Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing method executed by an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• an image capturing step of capturing an image on a stage with a camera;
• a distance image obtaining step of obtaining a distance image with a distance sensor;
• a detecting step of detecting an object placed on the stage from the captured image;
• a projecting step of projecting, with a projector, an operation item regarding a reading of the object placed onto the stage according to the detection of the object placed on the stage in the detecting step;
• a recognizing step of recognizing a gesture of a user on the stage from the distance image obtained in the distance image obtaining step;
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• a reading step of obtaining a read image of the object in accordance with the gesture recognized by the recognizing step to the operation item projected by the projecting step.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executable by a computer to execute a method comprising:

• an image capturing step of capturing an image on a stage with a camera;
• a distance image obtaining step of obtaining a distance image with a distance sensor;
• a detecting step of detecting an object placed on the stage from the captured image;
• a projecting step of projecting, with a projector, an operation item regarding a reading of the object placed onto the stage according to the detection of the object placed on the stage in the detecting step;
• a recognizing step of recognizing a gesture of a user on the stage from the distance image obtained in the distance image obtaining step;
• and
• a reading step of obtaining a read image of the object in accordance with the gesture recognized by the recognizing step to the operation item projected by the projecting step.