Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method for non-contact gesture-based selection

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

• acquiring a three-dimensional coordinate at which an operation object is detected, the operation object being in an operation space where operation for contactlessly selecting a displayed object is performed;
• in response to detecting moving of the three-dimensional coordinate of the detected operation object, the three-dimensional coordinate being moved by a predetermined threshold distance or longer from a predetermined reference position in a depth direction, regarding the moving as operation for selecting the object and executing a process for the operation;
• and
• setting, as the reference position from which the predetermined threshold distance is measured, depth from the operation object at a time point when the operation object is detected after a state where the operation object is not detected.

An information processing method comprising:

• acquiring a three-dimensional coordinate at which an operation object in an operation space where operation for selecting a displayed object contactlessly is performed is detected;
• in response to detecting moving of the three-dimensional coordinate of the detected operation object, the three-dimensional coordinate being moved by a predetermined threshold distance or longer from a predetermined reference position in a depth direction, regarding the moving as operation for selecting the object and executing a process for the operation;
• and
• setting, as the reference position from which the predetermined threshold distance is measured, depth from the operation object at a time point when the operation object is detected after a state where the operation object is not detected.