Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for detecting a plurality of pixels of interest within an image and identifying luminance values corresponding to a predetermined object. The apparatus for detecting includes a memory configured to store first and second images captured using light of first and second wavelengths, respectively. The apparatus for detecting further includes at least one processor configured to detect a plurality of pixels of interest within the first captured image based on luminance values of the stored first and second captured images. The apparatus for identifying includes a memory configured to store a processed image, and at least one processor configured to determine frequencies of luminance values of the plurality of pixels of interest in the processed image and to determine a range of luminance values corresponding to a predetermined object within the processed image based on the determined frequencies of the luminance values.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and more particularly to, an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that are suitable in a case where a shape of a hand of a user or the like is extracted from a captured image obtained by capturing an image of the user, for example.BACKGROUND ART[0002]In recent years, there has been studied a data input technique of inputting data by using a gesture (motion) or a posture (pose) of a user as an input device for inputting data into a personal computer or the like, in addition to a mouse, a graphics tablet, and a touch pad.[0003]Since data is input by using, for example, a gesture or a posture of a hand of a user in the data input technique, it is necessary to precisely extract a shape of the hand of the user from a captured image obtained by capturing an image of the user.[0004]As extraction techniques for extracting the shape ...

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Benefits of technology

[0019]According to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to extract a precise shape of a hand of a user or the like at high-speed while suppressing an increase of an amount of operations necessary for a series of processing.

Problems solved by technology

However, in the above extraction technique of the related art in which the spectral reflectance characteristics are used, when a face and a hand of a subject are present within a captured image as skin areas, both shapes of the face and the hand are extracted as skin areas, and therefore it is difficult to extract only the shape of the hand as a skin area.

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