Patent ID: 11968338
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a display unit configured to display at least one input object corresponding to data input;
a detection unit configured to detect a three-dimensional position of an object located within a predetermined distance in a vertical direction with respect to the display unit and that interacts with the display unit in a contactless manner, the display unit and the detection unit each being included in an operation panel;
a determination unit configured to determine the detected position of the object in relation to the at least one input object that is displayed on the display unit;
a selection unit configured to select, based on the position detected by the detection unit, one object from among a plurality of objects displayed on the display unit;
an input confirmation unit configured to receive an input, for determining an object, from a device different from the operation panel; and
a control unit configured to control update of the display by the display unit;
wherein, on a basis of the receipt, by the input confirmation unit, of the input in a state in which the one object is being selected by the selection unit, the control unit executes an instruction related to the selected one object.