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Granted Patent B2
US 9,791,948 · App. 14/428,111 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Control device and storage medium

Inventors: Yoichiro Sako (Tokyo, JP); Seiji Wada (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroaki Ogawa (Chiba, JP); Hiroshi Mukawa (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuya Narahara (Kanagawa, JP); Motoyuki Takai (Tokyo, JP); Yasushi Miyajima (Kanagawa, JP); Ikuo Tsukagoshi (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Asada (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuyuki Sakoda (Chiba, JP); Masashi Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Akira Tange (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhide Kemmochi (Tokyo, JP); Ichigo Hayakawa (Tokyo, JP); Takao Tanikame (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,791,948
App. No.
14/428,111
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present disclosure, there is provided a control device including a detection unit configured to detect, as a manipulation region, at least a part of a substantial object present at a position at which a user is estimated to be able to perform a manipulation, a function setting unit configured to perform setting in a manner that a predetermined function matches the manipulation region detected by the detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform the function matched with the manipulation region based on a positional relation between the manipulation region and a manipulator.

Claims (30)

1. A control device, comprising:

a detection unit configured to:

detect an object present at a position at which a user manipulates at least a part of the object; and

detect a manipulation region of a first object from a plurality of objects of which an area of a flat region is largest among the plurality of objects;

a function setting unit configured to associate a function with the manipulation region detected by the detection unit; and

a control unit configured to control the function associated with the manipulation region based on a positional relation between the manipulation region and a manipulator.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit is further configured to detect, as the manipulation region, at least the part of the object present at the position at which the user manipulates the manipulation region directly or indirectly.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the manipulator is a finger of the user or the object held by the user.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the object present at the position at which the user manipulates at least the part of the object, the detection unit is further configured to detect, as the manipulation region, at least the part of the object with a manipulation unit.

5. The control device according to claim 4 , wherein the manipulation unit is the flat region of the object.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further configured to control a display unit to display a virtual manipulation screen superimposed on the manipulation region detected by the detection unit.

7. The control device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the control device is a head-mounted display device, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to control a display screen of the head-mounted display device to display the virtual manipulation screen superimposed on the manipulation region of the object that appears on the display screen of the head-mounted display device.

8. The control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an image projection unit,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control the image projection unit to project a manipulation screen on the manipulation region detected by the detection unit.

9. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the function setting unit is further configured to match particular function with one manipulation region selected by the user based on a plurality of manipulation regions that are detected through the detection unit.

10. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the function setting unit is further configured to match function of the object of which the manipulation region is detected with the function of the manipulation region.

11. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit is further configured to detect, as the manipulation region, at least the part of the object instructed by the user.

12. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further configured to:

recognize a finger of the user, as the manipulator, that manipulates the manipulation region;

determine whether the finger of the user overlaps the manipulation region for a time; and

enable the user based on the determination, to manipulate the manipulation region based on a movement of the finger in the manipulation region.

13. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit is further configured to detect the plurality of objects present at respective positions at which the user manipulates at least a respective part of the plurality of objects.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

detecting, an object present at a position at which a user manipulates at least a part of the object;

detecting a manipulation region of a first object from a plurality of objects of which an area of a flat region is largest among the plurality of objects;

associating a function with the manipulation region; and

controlling the function associated with the manipulation region based on a positional relation between the manipulation region and a manipulator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2015
From: HAYAKAWA, ICHIGO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035412/0711 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2015
From: SAKO, YOICHIRO; WADA, SEIJI; OGAWA, HIROAKI; MUKAWA, HIROSHI; NARAHARA, TATSUYA; TAKAI, MOTOYUKI; MIYAJIMA, YASUSHI; TSUKAGOSHI, IKUO; ASADA, KOHEI; SAKODA, KAZUYUKI; TAKEDA, MASASHI; TANGE, AKIRA; KEMMOCHI, KAZUHIDE; TANIKAME, TAKAO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035202/0500 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-208029 · Sep 21, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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