Patent ID: 9715738
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the apparatus to: acquire information about an image of a space on an operation surface; identify a position where each of a plurality of objects to be used for an operational input has entered into the space, based on the acquired information about the image; identify a combination of a plurality of objects, among the plurality of objects, based on the position identified for each of the plurality of objects, and associate the combined plurality of objects with each other; extract at least one area including a plurality of objects to be used for the operational input, from periodically acquired images; and identify an intersectional position where a borderline of an image in which each area has been initially extracted crosses with the area as the position where the object has entered into the space.