Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090036213 | Game system and game information storage medium used for same - A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in an X-axis and Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in an Z-axis direction. These sensor and switch detect at least one of an amount (e.g., tilt amount, movement amount, impact amount or the like) and a direction (e.g., tilt direction, movement direction, impact direction or the like) of a change applied to the housing. A simulation program provides simulation such that a state of a game space is changed related to at least one of the amount and direction of the change applied to the housing. | 02-05-2009 |
20090325698 | Game system and game information storage medium used for same - A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in a X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in a Z-axis direction. The sensor and switch detect at least one of an amount (e.g. tilt amount, movement amount, impact amount or the like) and a direction (e.g. tilt direction, movement direction, impact direction or the like) of a change applied to the housing. A simulation program provides simulation such that a state of a game space is changed related to at least one of the amount and direction of the change applied to the housing. | 12-31-2009 |
20110304611 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Using as a texture of an image to be placed in a virtual world an image included in a predetermined area in a captured image captured by a real camera, a virtual world image is generated, in which the object placed in the virtual world is viewed from a virtual camera. Then, the captured image captured by the real camera is combined with the virtual world image, and the combined image is displayed on a display device. | 12-15-2011 |
20110312419 | GAME SYSTEM AND GAME INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM USED FOR SAME - An example mobile wireless handset includes a housing configured to be held in at least one hand of a user and a display disposed on the housing. A motion sensor is disposed in the housing and is configured to generate an output in response to movement of the handset. A communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive game data from a source external to the mobile wireless handset. The communication interface includes wireless telephone circuitry; a memory configured to store the received game data; and a processor configured to execute a gaming process including the game data and the output from the motion sensor. | 12-22-2011 |
20120004032 | GAME SYSTEM AND GAME INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM USED FOR SAME - A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in an X-axis and Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in an Z-axis direction. These sensor and switch detect at least one of an amount (e.g., tilt amount, movement amount, impact amount or the like) and a direction (e.g., tilt direction, movement direction, impact direction or the like) of a change applied to the housing. A simulation program provides simulation such that a state of a game space is changed related to at least one of the amount and direction of the change applied to the housing. | 01-05-2012 |
20120019520 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - For generating a destination image (a left-eye image) from an original image and a height map thereof, the height of the height map of the original image is compared with the height of the height map of the destination image, and if a pixel of the original image is higher, the pixel of the original image is copied to a pixel of the destination image. After the pixel of the original image is copied to the pixel of the destination image, the height of the pixel of the original image is decremented. The pixel of the original image is copied in the rightward direction to pixels of the destination image until the height of the pixel of the original image becomes 0 or until a height of the pixel of the destination image becomes lower than that of the pixel of the original image. The same processes are performed on each pixel of the original image, and thereby the left-eye image is generated. | 01-26-2012 |
20120068980 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Captured image acquisition means acquires a captured image captured by a real camera. Color detection means, in the captured image acquired by the captured image acquisition means, detects at least one pixel having specific range color information in color information including at least one selected from the group including RGB values, a hue, a saturation, and a brightness. Image generation means, on the basis of the specific range color information of the at least one pixel detected by the color detection means, generates an image of an object to be placed in a virtual world. Image display control means displays the image generated by the image generation means on a display device. | 03-22-2012 |
20120081568 | STORAGE MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device, which acquires a face image of a person to be imaged that is captured by an imaging device, executes: a determination step of determining whether a distance between a face of the person to be imaged and the imaging device is within a predetermined range; and a display step of, if the distance between the face of the person to be imaged and the imaging device is determined to be within the predetermined range in the determination step, displaying, on a display device, a target position for alignment of at least one feature point contained in the face image of the person to be imaged, together with the face image of the person to be imaged repeatedly captured by the imaging device. | 04-05-2012 |
20120092342 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM OF GENERATING DISPLAY IMAGE - There is generated a display image of a state in which a three-dimensional virtual space, including a first model and a second model to which a predetermined texture is pasted, is imaged by a virtual camera, and the generated image is displayed on a display device. In the generated display image, there is rendered, at a front surface of the first model, a silhouette model which is a silhouette model that is present at a position corresponding to the second model present behind the first model with respect to a view direction of the virtual camera in the virtual space, and to which a silhouette image of the second model is pasted. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092367 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM OF SYNTHESIZING IMAGES - A real world image captured by a real camera such as an outside right imaging unit | 04-19-2012 |
20120094754 | STORAGE MEDIUM RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An example image processing method for rendering an object arranged in a virtual space, the method being implemented by a computer executing: acquiring a captured image of a subject captured by an imaging device; determining an imaging direction of a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space, such that the imaging direction is changed in conjunction with motion of the imaging device; specifying, in information for performing predetermined image processing on the captured image, a particular piece of information determined according to the imaging direction of the virtual camera determined in the determining; an image processing of performing the predetermined image processing on the captured image acquired in the acquiring, by using the piece of information specified in the specifying; and causing a display device to display the captured image subjected to the predetermined image processing in the image processing. | 04-19-2012 |
20120094773 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON GAME PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A face image is acquired during a predetermined game or before a start of the predetermined game, and a first character object is created, the first character object including the face image. Then, in the predetermined game, a game related to the first character object is advanced in accordance with an operation of a player. At least when a success in the game related to the first character object has been determined, the face image is saved in a storage area in an accumulating manner. | 04-19-2012 |
20120176369 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program, an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system which are capable of alleviating a user's uncomfortableness are provided. When a game process is performed by a game apparatus having an LCD on which a display image can be displayed by switching between a planar view display and a stereoscopically visible display, angular velocities of rotations about axes of the game apparatus are detected by using an angular velocity sensor provided in the game apparatus. When at least one of the detected angular velocities of the rotations about the respective axes is greater than or equal to a predetermined angular velocity threshold value, the stereoscopically visible display is switched to the planar view display. | 07-12-2012 |
20120306933 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - From a stored panorama moving image, panorama images are read and sequentially acquired every predetermined time for reproduction on a display device, each of the panorama images being a frame of the panorama moving image. A range to be displayed in a first display area is set in each of the acquired panorama images. A range to be displayed in a second display area is set in each of the acquired panorama images. The respective ranges of the acquired panorama images which are set to be displayed in the first display area are displayed in the first display area. The respective ranges of the acquired panorama images which are set to be displayed in the second display area are displayed in the second display area. | 12-06-2012 |
20130321568 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - From a panorama moving image storage unit storing a panorama moving image, a panorama moving image is read and sequentially acquired. A display range, of the acquired panorama moving image, which is to be displayed on a display device is set in accordance with an operation made by a user. A sound to be output in synchronization with display of the image on the display device is generated based on the display range. Control of sequentially displaying the display range of the acquired panorama moving image on the display device is performed. Control of outputting the generated sound from the speaker in synchronization with the display of the image on the display device is performed. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322843 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PANORAMIC VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - An example information processing device displays a partial area of a panoramic video on a display device. The information processing device obtains range information with which it is possible to identify a display range of the panoramic video to be displayed and/or to identify a position within the display range. The obtained range information is information regarding a display range determined based on an input made on a predetermined input device while the panoramic video is played. Where the panoramic video is output using the display device, the information processing device outputs the panoramic video while changing output content thereof in accordance with the obtained range information. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322844 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PANORAMIC VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - An example information processing device displays a partial area of a panoramic video on a display device. The information processing device determines a display range of the panoramic video to be displayed on the display device based on an input made on a predetermined input device. A range and/or a position on a panoramic image is set as a target. Then, the information processing device displays the panoramic video of the display range on the display device, and outputs guide information representing a relationship between the display range and the target. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322845 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PANORAMIC VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - An example information processing device displays a partial area of a panoramic video on a display device. A display range of the panoramic video to be displayed on the display device is determined based on an input made on a predetermined input device. The information processing device accepts an input of additional information for the panoramic video being displayed on the display device. Moreover, input information is stored in a storage unit, the input information including the additional information and input range information with which it is possible to identify a display range when the additional information was accepted and/or a position within the display range. The information processing device outputs the additional information together with the panoramic video based on the input range information when the panoramic video is played with the additional information having been stored. | 12-05-2013 |
20140011588 | GAME SYSTEM AND GAME INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM USED FOR SAME - A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in a X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in a Z-axis direction. The sensor and switch detect at least one of an amount (e.g., tilt amount, movement amount, impact amount or the like) and a direction (e.g., tilt direction, movement direction, impact direction or the like) of a change applied to the housing. A simulation program provides simulation such that a state of a game space is changed related to at least one of the amount and direction of the change applied to the housing. | 01-09-2014 |
20140152544 | DISPLAYING SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROLLER, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD - An exemplary display system includes: a first display device; a second display device; and a display control unit that controls one of the first display device and the second display device to display a map image corresponding to a given position, and controls the other of the first display device and the second display device to display a partial image which is a part of a panoramic image corresponding to the position. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152562 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD - An exemplary display controller includes: an attitude detecting unit configured to detect an attitude of a terminal device; a first display controlling unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial image that is clipped in response to the detected attitude from a panoramic image corresponding to a position; a determining unit configured to determine a direction in which the position is moving; and a second display controlling unit configured to update, in response to a first operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the first partial image to a second partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152764 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD - An example of an information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses each capable of displaying, on a display device, a plurality of panoramic images associated with points on a map. A transmission-side apparatus determines a target point on the basis of an operation of a user, and displays, on a first display device, an image of a partial area, corresponding to a line-of-sight direction determined in accordance with an operation of the user, of a panoramic image associated with the target point. The transmission-side apparatus stores path information regarding a path along which the target point is moved during a predetermined period. A reception-side apparatus acquires the two or more panoramic images identified by the path information stored in the transmission-side apparatus, and displays, on a second display device, the acquired two or more panoramic images in an order identified by the path information. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153896 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD - An exemplary information-processing system includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images, each of which is clipped from each of a plurality of panoramic images, the plurality of images being determined in response to a pathway on a map, each of the plurality of panoramic images corresponding to a point on the map; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the plurality of images obtained by the obtaining unit sequentially. | 06-05-2014 |
20140218279 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In accordance with an attitude of a portable display device calculated based on data output from a sensor and an operation made on an operation unit, in a display target image, a first display range in which a part of the display target image is to be displayed on the portable display device is set, and in the display target image, an image in the first display range is displayed on the portable display device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140270692 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PANORAMIC VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL DATA - An example of an information processing device obtains control data for a panoramic video. The control data includes a time condition and a direction condition. The information processing device displays, on a display device, an image of the panoramic video in a viewing range corresponding to a viewing direction determined based on an input on a predetermined input device. It is determined whether the time condition included in the control data is satisfied for a playback time point of the panoramic video being played on the display device. It is also determined whether the direction condition included in the control data is satisfied for the viewing direction determined based on an input. Based on a determination result for the time condition and the direction condition the information processing device performs a predetermined information process. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING MOVING IMAGE DATA STORED THEREON, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD - An example of an information processing device displays a moving image on at least one display device. The information processing device first acquires moving image data which includes at least one piece of data of panorama moving image including panorama images each representing an image of a range wider than the range displayed on the display device and also includes at least one piece of data of non-panorama moving image including non-panorama images each representing an image of a range substantially the same as the range displayed on the display device. The information processing device reproduces the at least one piece of data of panorama moving image and the at least one piece of data of non-panorama moving image in an order defined by the moving image data during a time duration from a start to an end of the moving image. | 09-18-2014 |
20140285514 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - An example of an information processing system presents information together with a virtual space such that the information is associated with a position within the virtual space. The information processing system displays some of pieces of presentation information associated with positions within the virtual space, in a first display region. The presentation information displayed in the first display region is changed in accordance with an input by a user. The information processing system selects some of the plurality of pieces of presentation information. In this case, the presentation information to be selected is changed in accordance with change of a display of the presentation information in the first display region. The information processing system displays, in a second display region different from the first display region, the selected presentation information together with the virtual space such that the selected presentation information is associated with positions within the virtual space. | 09-25-2014 |
20140327666 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An example of a display control system displays, on a display device, an image of a three-dimensional space representing a real world or a virtual world. The object is arranged in the three-dimensional space on the basis of a line-of-sight direction determined in the three-dimensional space. In addition, an image in a field-of-view range, determined on the basis of the line-of-sight direction, of the three-dimensional space is displayed on the display device. The display control system arranges the object in either a first control mode in which the object is arranged on a reference plane set in the three-dimensional space or in an area near the reference plane or a second control mode in which the object is arranged away from the area. In addition, the display control system switches between the first control mode and the second control mode in accordance with the line-of-sight direction. | 11-06-2014 |
20140354683 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PANORAMIC IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, PANORAMIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PANORAMIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND PANORAMIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An example of an information processing system displays, on a display device, a plurality of panoramic images associated with locations on a map. Here, a predetermined virtual object is set for at least one of the plurality of panoramic images. an information processing system | 12-04-2014 |
20140368426 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A marker image that, if included in a captured image captured by an image capturing apparatus, performs image processing on the captured image and is thereby allowed to cause a predetermined virtual object to appear is placed in a virtual space. Then, a viewpoint for displaying a part of the virtual space on a display apparatus is changed in accordance with a user input, and the virtual space viewed from the viewpoint is displayed on the display apparatus. | 12-18-2014 |