# US 11,310,376 B2 · Image processing apparatus for providing notification of a function selected using an aerial image > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,376 B2 - Document ID: US11310376B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/124,521 - Filed: 2020-12-17 - Published: 2021-04-08 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-06 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. - Applicants: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. - Inventors: Kengo Tokuchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310376B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00411: {the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen} - H04N 1/00267: {with a viewing or projecting apparatus, e.g. for reading image information from a film (H04N1/00262 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/00474: {outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print} - H04N 1/00493: {Particular location of the interface or console} - H04N 1/00514: {for individual users} - G09G 3/003: {to produce spatial visual effects} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor changes darkness of an image presented in mid-air in response to a sensor detecting a user performing a mid-air gesture on the image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: change darkness of an image presented in mid-air in response to a sensor detecting a user performing a mid-air gesture on the image, wherein the processor is configured to change the darkness of the image at a speed in accordance with a speed of movement of a fingertip of the user in a depth direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mid-air gesture is in a depth direction with respect to the image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to change the darkness of the image in a case where the mid-air gesture is in a depth direction, and the processor is configured not to change the darkness of the image in a case where the mid-air gesture is in a direction other than the depth direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: control, in response to the mid-air gesture satisfying a first condition, a time gap between the detection of the mid-air gesture and an onset of the change of the darkness of the image in a first manner; and control, in response to the mid-air gesture satisfying a second condition, the time gap between the detection of the mid-air gesture and the onset of the change of the darkness of the image in a second manner. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image comprises a plurality of partial images, and the processor is configured to change darkness of only a portion of the plurality of partial images in response to the mid-air gesture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the mid-air image is associated with a plurality of functions, and each of the plurality of partial images corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of functions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the mid-air gesture is a gesture for selecting one or more of the plurality of partial images, wherein the processor is configured to: change, in response to the mid-air gesture, darkness of the selected one or more of the plurality of partial images from a first state to a second state; and change, in response to cancellation of the selection, the darkness of the one or more of the plurality of partial images from the second state to the first state. ### Claim 8 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising: changing darkness of an image presented in mid-air in response to a sensor detecting a user performing a mid-air gesture on the image, wherein a processor is configured to change the darkness of the image at a speed in accordance with a speed of movement of a fingertip of the user in a depth direction. ### Claim 9 A method for information processing, comprising: changing darkness of an image presented in mid-air in response to a sensor detecting a user performing a mid-air gesture on the image, wherein a processor is configured to change the darkness of the image at a speed in accordance with a speed of movement of a fingertip of the user in a depth direction.