IP Library Granted Patent US 10,860,145
Granted Patent B2
US 10,860,145 · App. 16/578,530 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Projection device, projection method and projection program

Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma (Tokyo, JP); Ikuo Yamano (Tokyo, JP); Shunichi Kasahara (Kanagawa, JP); Ken Miyashita (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyuki Yamamoto (Kanagawa, JP)
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Patent No.
US 10,860,145
App. No.
16/578,530
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.

Claims (28)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire, based on hand detection processing, a first result of detection of a first user gesture operation of a first hand of a user performed in a three-dimensional space;

output a first image based on the first result of detection, the first image being superimposed on the first hand of the user at a first position in the three-dimensional space;

acquire, based on the hand detection processing, a second result of detection of a second user gesture operation of a second hand of the user performed to the first image superimposed on the first hand of the user; and

output a second image based on the second result of detection, the second image being positioned at a second position in the three-dimensional space.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second position is fixed in the three-dimensional space based on a position of a portion of the first hand of the user at a time when the second result of detection is acquired.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first position is a flat part of a surface of the first hand of the user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first image comprises at least one of text or a picture.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second image comprises at least one of text or a picture.

6. A method comprising:

acquiring, by a processor, a first result of detection of a first user gesture operation of a first hand of a user based on hand detection processing, the first user gesture operation of the first hand of the user being performed in a three-dimensional space;

outputting, by the processor, a first image based on the first result of detection, the first image being superimposed on the first hand of the user at a first position in the three-dimensional space;

acquiring, by the processor, a second result of detection of a second user gesture operation of a second hand of the user based on the hand detection processing, the second user gesture operation being performed to the first image superimposed on the first hand of the user and detected based on the hand detection operation performed in the three-dimensional space; and

outputting, by the processor, a second image based on the second result of detection, the second image being positioned at a second position in the three-dimensional space.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the second position is fixed in the three-dimensional space based on a position of a portion of the first hand of the user at a time when the second result of detection is acquired.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first position is a flat part of a surface of the first hand of the user.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first image comprises at least one of text or a picture.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the second image comprises at least one of text or a picture.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable memory having stored thereon instructions for causing a processor to:

acquire, based on hand detection processing, a first result of detection of a first user gesture operation of a first hand of a user performed in a three-dimensional space;

output a first image based on the first result of detection, the first image being superimposed on the first hand of the user at a first position in the three-dimensional space;

acquire, based on the hand detection processing, a second result of detection of a second user gesture operation of a second hand of the user performed to the first image superimposed on the first hand of the user and detected based on the hand detection operation performed in the three-dimensional space; and

output a second image based on the second result of detection, the second image being positioned at a second position in the three-dimensional space.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the second position is fixed in the three-dimensional space based on a position of a portion of the first hand of the user at a time when the second result of detection is acquired.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first position is a flat part of a surface of the first hand of the user.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first image comprises at least one of text or a picture.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the second image comprises at least one of text or a picture.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2019
From: MIZUNUMA, HIROYUKI; YAMANO, IKUO; KASAHARA, SHUNICHI; MIYASHITA, KEN; YAMAMOTO, KAZUYUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051375/0862 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-075998 · Mar 30, 2011 · national
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