IP Library Granted Patent US 9,612,665
Granted Patent B2
US 9,612,665 · App. 14/719,060 · Granted Apr 4, 2017

Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same

Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Wataru Kaku (Yokohama, JP); Takeshi Nakata (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 9,612,665
App. No.
14/719,060
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A distance measuring unit measures a distance from a picked-up image by an image pickup unit to a tip portion of a finger. When the measured distance is less than a reference distance, a CPU displays an identification mark at a position corresponding to the finger on a display image, and takes in a locus of the finger as a handwritten character/figure. When the measured distance is the reference distance or more, the CPU hides the identification mark, and does not take in the locus of the finger as the handwritten character/figure.

Claims (21)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising a memory and at least one processor which function as:

a detection unit configured to detect a base point of an operation body that performs a gesture operation;

a distance measuring unit configured to measure a distance between the information processing apparatus and the base point;

a processing unit configured to perform processing according to a motion of the base point when the distance to the base point satisfies a distance condition of whether the distance is equal to or less than a reference distance or the distance is equal to or more than the reference distance;

a display control unit configured to display a picked-up image on a display unit, the picked-up image being an image of the operation body picked up by an image pickup unit, and to perform control to display an identification mark at a position on the display unit corresponding to a position of the base point in the picked-up image displayed on the display unit when the distance to the base point satisfies the distance condition; and

an image pickup control unit configured to control focus of the image pickup unit to focus the base point in the picked-up image at the reference distance and to control an aperture of the image pickup unit to make depth of field shallow with respect to the base point in the picked-up image.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to mirror-display the picked-up image.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display control unit performs control to mirror-display the picked-up image according to a fact that the operation body holds a predetermined pose.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup control unit performs control to perform optical zoom or electronic zoom to cause the base point to be displayed at a predetermined size in the picked-up image.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup control unit performs control to perform panning or tilting to cause the base point to be displayed at a predetermined position in the picked-up image, or performs control to perform cut-out processing from the picked-up image.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup control unit starts control based on the base point according to a fact that the operation body holds a predetermined pose.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to display the pick-up image in hue or brightness according to a gap between the distance to the base point, and the reference distance.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit determines the reference distance, based on the distance to the base point of when the operation body holds a predetermined pose.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing is handwriting processing to the display unit, the handwriting processing being a rendering process according to a motion of the position of the base point of when the distance to the base point satisfies the distance condition.

10. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a base point of an operation body that performs a gesture operation;

measuring a distance between the information processing apparatus and the base point;

performing processing according to a motion of the base point when the distance to the base point satisfies a distance condition of whether the distance is equal to or less than a reference distance or the distance is equal to or more than the reference distance;

performing control to display an identification mark at a position on a display unit according to a position of the base point when the distance to the base point satisfies the distance condition; and

controlling focus of an image pickup unit to focus the base point in the picked-up image at the reference distance and controlling an aperture of the image pickup unit to make depth of field shallow with respect to the base point in the picked-up image.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the method of claim 10 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2015
From: WATANABE, KAZUHIRO; KAKU, WATARU; NAKATA, TAKESHI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036147/0384 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-108073 · May 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150338924A1 · Nov 26, 2015