US 11,835,727 B2
Information processing apparatus and information processing method for controlling gesture operations based on postures of user
Akane Kondo, Tokyo (JP); Tomoya Narita, Tokyo (JP); and Ryo Fukazawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/595,607
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/018497
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/241189, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-101104 (JP), filed on May 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0317462 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0179 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect, as a posture of a user who wears a head-mounted casing, one of a standing state of the user or a seated state of the user;
acquire gesture information regarding a gesture of the user;
set, based on the posture of the user, a determination condition to determine a trigger gesture that is a trigger for an operation input by the gesture of the user, wherein
the trigger gesture includes a head gesture of moving a head of the user upward,
the determination condition includes a threshold angle with respect to a posture angle of the head of the user, and
the posture angle is changeable based on the head gesture;
set, in a case where the seated state is detected, the threshold angle to be a smaller value than in a case where the standing state is detected;
determine, based on the gesture information and the determination condition, whether the trigger gesture is performed; and
control, based on a result of the determination, an output corresponding to the trigger gesture.