1. An image processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to: detect a position of a hand with a specific shape in an input image; set, based on the specific shape, a first region and a second region at a first position and a second position respectively as a first determination region and a second determination region, the detected position, the first position, and the second position being different from each other; recognize whether a hand-gesture input is applied into the first determination region or the second determination region; perform a first process in accordance with the first determination region when the hand-gesture input is applied into the first determination region, and perform a second process in accordance with the second determination region when the hand-gesture input is applied into the second determination region.