# US 2014/0198077 A1 · Apparatus, system, method, and program for processing information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0198077 A1 - Document ID: US20140198077A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/211,391 - Filed: 2014-03-14 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2008-10-10 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Haruo Oba; Atsushi Koshiyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140198077A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0447: {Position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells} - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus includes a sensor for generating a sensor output signal responsive to the three-dimensional coordinate position of a detection target in a monitor space by detecting a capacitance in the monitor space, and outputting the sensor output signal, a position detector for detecting the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space from the sensor output signal of the sensor, a storage unit for storing coordinate information identifying a three-dimensional space region set in the monitor space, a determining unit for determining whether the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target in the monitor space is contained in the three-dimensional set space region, based on the three-dimensional coordinate position of the detection target detected by the position detector and the coordinate information stored on the storage, and an output unit for outputting determination results of the determining unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 An information processing system comprising circuitry configured to execute a control process in response to a detection of a contact between a first object and a second object which is a 3D object placed in a monitor space, the detection of the contact being performed regardless of whether or not the second object is touch-sensitive, wherein, the circuitry executes a first control process when the contact occurs in a first area in the monitor space, and executes a second control process, which is different from the first control process, when the contact occurs in a second area in the monitor space which is different from the first area in the monitor space. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the circuitry determines a 3D coordinate position of the first object. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information processing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the circuitry detects the contact based on the 3D coordinate position of the first object and information of a 3D space region related to the second object. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first object comprises at least one of a hand and a finger. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control process comprises a process of controlling a display interface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The information processing system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first control process comprises a process of controlling the display interface to display a first image, and the second control process comprises a process of controlling the display interface to display a second image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control process comprises executing an application program associated with the contact. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the application program comprises an image viewer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control process changes when the second object changes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the control process changes when the height of the second object changes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the circuitry executes a third control process in response to a predetermined gesture related to the first object. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The information processing system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the third control process comprises terminating display of an image. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The information processing system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the predetermined gesture comprises moving the first object in a horizontal direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control process comprises providing notification by at least one of sound and light. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the circuitry detects that the contact occurs when the first object and the second object come within a predetermined distance of each other. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second object comprises a hard object. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second object comprises an elastic object. ### Claim 19 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second object is deformable. ### Claim 20 (depends on 2) The information processing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second object comprises a virtual object. ### Claim 21 An information processing method comprising executing a control process in response to a detection of a contact between a first object and a second object which is a 3D object placed in a monitor space, the detection of the contact being performed regardless of whether or not the second object is touch-sensitive, wherein, a first control process is executed when the contact occurs in a first area in the monitor space, and a second control process, which is different from the first control process, is executed when the contact occurs in a second area in the monitor space which is different from the first area in the monitor space. ### Claim 22 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer-readable program for implementing an information processing method, the method comprising executing a control process in response to a detection of a contact between a first object and a second object which is a 3D object placed in a monitor space, the detection of the contact being performed regardless of whether or not the second object is touch-sensitive, wherein, a first control process is executed when the contact occurs in a first area in the monitor space, and a second control process, which is different from the first control process, is executed when the contact occurs in a second area in the monitor space which is different from the first area in the monitor space.