Abstract: Disclosed herein is an input device including, a target creating section a performing section, and a height information generating section wherein the target creating section generates the information on the target to which information the height information is added, and the performing section performs predetermined processing on a basis of the height information added to the information on the target.

Abstract: An image generating unit of a display apparatus generates a determination image based on first and second light reception images obtained from light reception cells in a light-emission period and in a non-light-emission period, respectively. An image determining unit determines whether or not an image of an object to be detected is included in the determination image, stores data corresponding to the determination image as initial data into a storage when the object image is not included in the determination image, and stores the data corresponding to the determination image as detection data into the storage when the object image is included in the determination image. A position determining unit determines at least an object position based on an image represented by the detection data in the storage and an image represented by the initial data in the storage.

Abstract: A touch detector includes a touch detecting section generating detection intensity mapping information including detection intensity values according to an external proximity object, and a touched-position detecting section determining a touched position based on one or a plurality of touch regions determined by comparing each of the detection intensity values with a predetermined threshold. The touched-position detecting section selects an effective region from the one or each of the plurality of touch regions, establishes a computation region for the effective region, and determines a centroid as the touched position with use of the detection intensity values in the computation region.

Abstract: A method, computer readable medium and apparatus that can produce a depth image based on a first image of a scene from a first viewpoint and a second image of the scene from a second viewpoint. The first and second viewpoints are displaced along a first dimension. A third image and a fourth image are produced based on the depth image. The third and fourth images correspond to third and fourth viewpoints, respectively. The third and fourth viewpoints are displaced along a second dimension different from the first dimension.

Abstract: An image-taking apparatus includes an image-taking device configured to take an image of an object, at least one illumination light source configured to be able to illuminate the object, an illumination region controller configured to be able to partially emit an illumination light ray originating from the illumination light source towards a plurality of different regions of the object, and to sequentially change the location of an illuminated area of the illumination light ray, and a controller configured to cause the image-taking device to take an image of the object under a plurality of illumination conditions produced in accordance with control of the illumination region controller.

Abstract: A display-and-image-pickup apparatus includes: a display-and-image-pickup panel having an image display function and an image pickup function; an image producing means for producing a predetermined processed image on the basis of a picked-up image of a proximity object obtained through the use of the display-and-image-pickup panel; an image processing means for obtaining information about the proximity object through selectively using one of two obtaining modes on the basis of at least one of the picked-up image and the processed image; and a switching means for switching processes so that, in the case where the parameter is increasing, one of the two obtaining modes is switched to the other obtaining mode when the parameter reaches a threshold value, and in the case where the parameter is decreasing, the other obtaining mode is switched to the one obtaining mode when the parameter reaches a smaller threshold value.

Abstract: An information input device includes an input panel including detection elements each obtaining a detection signal from an object, an image processing section performing predetermined image processing on the detection signal obtained by the input panel, thereby obtaining touch point information which is indicative of whether the object is in a touch state and proximity point information which is indicative of whether the object is in a proximity state. The information input device further includes a drive section driving each of the detection elements in the input panel in such a manner that the detection signal is obtained from each of the detection elements at predetermined drive intervals, and a control section determining the drive interval based on the touch point information and the proximity point information obtained by the image processing section.

Abstract: An information input/output device allowed to detect both of a finger and a palm as a proximity object is provided. An information input device includes: an input panel obtaining a detection signal from a proximity object; and an object information detection section comparing the detection signal from the input panel with a first threshold value and a second threshold value, thereby detecting information of the proximity object, the first threshold value being provided for detecting the proximity object in proximity to a surface of the input panel, and the second threshold value being lower than the first threshold value.

Abstract: An information input device includes an input panel and one or more circuits. The one or more circuits are configured to determine first, second and third representations of possible proximity of an object to an input panel from first, second and third input frames, respectively. The second input frame is generated after the first input frame, and the third input frame is generated after the second input frame. The one or more circuits are configured to determine whether proximity of the object to the input panel is detected for the second input frame, based on the third representation, if the first and second representations are not similar.

Abstract: Provided is an image pickup device with which object detection can be performed with a good stability no matter in what use conditions. A display area 21 of an I/O display panel 20 is provided therein with a plurality of main sensors 32 each including, as a photosensitive wavelength region, a wavelength region ??23 of detection light for use to detect any proximity object, and a plurality of auxiliary sensors 33 whose photosensitivity in the wavelength region of the detection light is lower than photosensitivity of the main sensors 32. Moreover, with use of a composite image F derived based on a differential image MC obtained by the main sensors 32 and a differential image HC obtained by the auxiliary sensors 33, object information about the proximity object is acquired. Accordingly, even when the proximity object is moving on the display area 21 of the I/O display panel 20, for example, any false signal can be prevented from being generated in the composite image F.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which is allowed to achieve a higher speed of a labeling process than ever before is provided. Sequential scanning is performed on pixels in a picked-up image represented by binarized data Din. Moreover, during the sequential scanning, while label information representing an identification number for each connected region in the picked-up image is, as occasion arises, allocated to a target pixel based on values of pixel data of the target pixel and neighboring pixels thereof, additional information (position information and area information) for each connected region corresponding to each label information is updated as occasion arises. Thereby the label information, the position information and the area information about the whole picked-up image are obtained by one sequential scanning process.

Abstract: An image pickup device capable of stably detecting an object irrespective of use conditions while reducing manufacturing costs is provided. When illumination light from a backlight 15 is emitted to a proximity object from an I/O display panel 20, an electric charge for charging is accumulated in each of image pickup pixels 33 in accordance with total light amount as a summation of reflected light Lon originating from the illumination light and environment light (outside light) L0. Moreover, when the above-described illumination light is not emitted, an electric charge for discharging is released from each of the image pickup pixels 33 in accordance with light amount of the environment light L0. Thereby, a component by the environment light L0 is subtracted in an image pickup signal obtained from each of the image pickup pixels 33, so object information about the proximity object is obtainable without influence of the environment light L0.

Abstract: An information input device with a simple structure is provided, which allows information on an external proximity object to be conveniently inputted. The information input device includes: an input panel having a detection function of detecting an external proximity object; a position detection section acquiring position information and area information of the external proximity object based on a detection signal of the external proximity object obtained by the input panel; and an image generation section generating drawing data, which is to be used in a drawing process according to a behavior of the external proximity object, based on the position information and the area information so that the drawing process is performed in a manner according to an area value of the external proximity object represented by the area information.

Abstract: An information input device is provided, which may perform highly-convenient processing in response to input of information with an external proximity object. The information input device includes: an input panel having a detection function of detecting an external proximity object, to be used in a state of being placed on a display panel; a position detection section detecting position and area value of the external proximity object based on a detection signal of the external proximity object obtained by the input panel; and an image generation section generating display data to be utilized to display an image including a display object, in such a manner that size of the display object displayed on the display panel at the detected position of the external proximity object is allowed to vary in accordance with the detected area value of the external proximity object.

Abstract: An image recognition method includes: a first step of acquiring n-th received light data at light receiving elements arranged in a matrix form on a light receiving surface; a second step of acquiring (n+1)-th received light data at the light receiving elements; a third step of calculating differential data resulting from subtraction of the n-th received light data acquired from the (n+1)-th received light data acquired; and a fourth step of carrying out image recognition based on the differential data.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus capable of easily improving the detection accuracy of a touching or proximity object is provided. An offset noise (a reset image R) is obtained by an image pickup process in a state (a reset state) in which an image pickup device is initialized. Moreover, a fingertip extraction process is performed in consideration of the offset noise on the basis of a picked-up image (a shadow image A or a display light-using image B) which is obtained by picking up an image of a proximity object to obtain object information about the proximity object. While an offset noise in the apparatus is easily reduced, object information about the proximity object can be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus enables the operation such that the relation between the image displayed on the display unit and the operation of the user is close to the actual operation and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit which displays an image at a display unit, a closeness value acquisition unit which acquires a closeness value regarding contact or closeness between an operation entity and a surface of the display unit, an area detection unit which performs a ternary process to the closeness value and detects a first area and a second area being different from the first area in accordance with the ternary-processed closeness value, and a centroid position calculation unit which calculates respective centroid positions of the first area and the second area.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image input/output device including an input/output panel, a correction section and an image processing section. The input/output panel includes display elements and photo-reception elements to receive lights emitted from the display plane and then reflected from an external adjacent object. The correction section corrects photo-reception signals from the photo-reception elements based on an in-plane correction table where correction coefficients are associated with positions on the display plane, respectively. A value distribution profile in the display plane of the correction coefficients is defined based on both of a light intensity distribution profile of the light emitted from the display plane and a photo-reception sensitivity distribution profile of the photo-reception elements.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided and includes display cells each having a display circuit, light receiving cells each having a photosensor configured to receive light from an outside, and display signal lines. The display cells and the light receiving cells are arranged in a row direction perpendicular to the display signal lines and in a column direction parallel with the display signal lines. Also, the light receiving cells in each row are displaced in the row direction between every two adjacent rows in a column direction.

Abstract: An image generating unit of a display apparatus generates a determination image based on first and second light reception images obtained from light reception cells in a light-emission period and in a non-light-emission period, respectively. An image determining unit determines whether or not an image of an object to be detected is included in the determination image, stores data corresponding to the determination image as initial data into a storage when the object image is not included in the determination image, and stores the data corresponding to the determination image as detection data into the storage when the object image is included in the determination image. A position determining unit determines at least an object position based on an image represented by the detection data in the storage and an image represented by the initial data in the storage.