摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for selecting menu which can be easily used even for a person unskilled in OA equipment, can select the contents of a menu even without being skilled in the handling of a system and does not generate any mechanical contact between a human being and the system. SOLUTION: Concerning this menu selector for selecting a menu by showing the items of the menu described as character strings on a character plate from a user through any indicator, this device is provided with an image input means 1 for photographing the images of the character plate and the indicator through a camera, a position extracting means for extracting the contents of menu items written on the character plate in the format of character strings and the position information as images, an instructed point coordinate extracting means for extracting the identification of operation instructed by the indicator and the coordinate of an instructed point on the character plate, and a means for calculating an instructed item by collating that extracted coordinate with the record of the position information as the images of the respective menu items, and executing a function corresponding to that item.</p> |