Abstract This invention relates to a hand pointing type input unit to input information into a computer, and aims to input into the computer by the action of a hand or finger without touching equipment. And, this invention relates to a wall computer module disposed on the wall of a building and aims to make interface with a person without touching. This invention contains a display to indicate certain information, a plurality of imaging means to take an image of the hand or finger of an inputting person indicated to the above display, a direction calculating means to calculate the direction which is indicated by the hand or finger to the display based on an image taken by the imaging means, a position indicating means to indicate the position on the display corresponding to the direction calculated by the direction calculating means on the display by the cursor, a click action detecting means to detect click action of the hand or finger, and a selection means to select the information at a part where the above cursor is positioned when the click action is detected by the click action detecting means as the information instructed by the inputting person. And, this invention contains a board type module body to be fixed on a wall, a display to be disposed on the front face of the module body and to indicate certain information, an imaging means to be disposed on the module body, and a computer body disposed on the module body to control the display and input information based on an image taken by the imaging means.
A hand pointing type input unit comprising: a display to indicate certain information, a plurality of imaging means to take an image of the hand or finger of an inputting person indicated to said display, a direction calculating means to calculate the direction which is indicated by said hand or finger to the display based on an image taken by the imaging means, a position indicating means to indicate the position on said display corresponding to the direction calculated by said direction calculating means, on said display by the cursor, a click action detecting means to detect the click action of the hand or finger, and a selection means to select the information at a part where said cursor is positioned when the click action is detected by said click action detecting means, as the information instructed by said inputting person.
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A wall computer module comprising: a board type module body to be fixed on a wall, a display to be disposed on the front face of the module body and to indicate certain information, an imaging means to be disposed on said module body, and a computer body disposed on said module body to control said display and input information based on an image taken by said imaging means.
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