Patent ID: 8890809

Claim:
An image recognition apparatus comprising: three-dimensional photography means for taking an image of an operator to produce stereoscopic image data; operation screen creating means for creating a virtual operation screen based upon the image of the operator taken by the three-dimensional photography means; operation determining means for, by reading a movement of an image of at least a part of the operator to the created virtual operation screen by the three-dimensional photography means, determining whether or not the movement is an operation, based upon a position relation between the part of the operator and the virtual operation screen; signal output means for outputting a predetermined signal when it is determined that the movement is the operation; and image display means which can be visually recognized by the operator, wherein the image display means calculates a distance between the part of the operator at an opposite side of the three-dimensional photography means on a basis of the virtual operation screen created by the operation screen creating means and the virtual operation screen from a position relation therebetween, and displays a mark changing with the distance to indicate an operation to be determined.