Patent ID: 8098892
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A body position detecting apparatus comprising: image acquisition means for repeatedly acquiring operator image data that includes an operation object and an operator in a place where the operator is capable of operating the operation object; instructing means for instructing the operator to operate the operation object when a predetermined instruction start condition is satisfied; first initial position detecting means for detecting an operator body part position that is a position of a body part of the operator included in the operator image data acquired by the image acquisition means after the instructing means instructs; and first accumulating body part position detecting means for setting the detected operator body part position to an initial position after the operator body part position is detected by the first initial position detecting means and for detecting the operator body part position in the operator image data that is acquired after the initial position is set, by detecting a displacement from the operator body part position detected last time and accumulating the displacement to the initial position.