DISPLAY CONTROLLING PROGRAM AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS

• US 20100182228A1
• Filed: 10/21/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Obata, Sensuke, NAKADA, Ryuichi, Ando, Takeshi, Taira, Masayuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,230,293 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/00 General purpose image data processing

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a computer. The computer subsequently images a user, makes an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained by subsequently imaging, and displays the evaluation result on an LCD by subsequently updating the same.

Claims

1. A storage medium storing an information processing program, wherein

said information processing program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to execute:

an imaging step for subsequently imaging a user with a camera;

an evaluating step for making an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging step; and

an evaluation result displaying step for displaying an evaluation result on a screen by said evaluating step through subsequent updating.

2. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute

a storing step for previously storing second image data indicating an image of a party to be evaluated, and

said evaluating step evaluates a relationship between said user and said party to be evaluated on the basis of said first image data indicating the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging step and said second image data stored in said storing step.

3. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said evaluation result displaying step moves and displays the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging step on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step.

4. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 2, wherein

said evaluation result displaying step moves and displays the image of said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step.

5. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a map displaying step for displaying map in association with an evaluation content made by said evaluating step on said screen; and

a mapping step for mapping the image obtained by said imaging step through the subsequent imaging at a position on said map corresponding to the evaluation result by said evaluating step.

6. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a display position deciding step for deciding a position corresponding to a position on an axis in association with an evaluation content within said screen on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step, and

said evaluation result displaying step displays an image in association with said evaluation content at a predetermined position on said axis, and displays the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging step at the position decided by said display position deciding step.

7. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a display target position deciding step for deciding a target position corresponding to a position on an axis in association with an evaluation content within said screen on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step, and

said evaluation result displaying step displays an image in association with said evaluation content at a predetermined position on said axis, and gradually moving the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging step toward the target position decided by said display target position deciding step, and displaying the same.

8. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 2, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a display position deciding step for deciding a position to display the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging step on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step and a predetermined position within said screen, and

said evaluation result displaying step displays the image of said party to be evaluated at said predetermined position, and displays the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging step at the position decided by said display position deciding step.

9. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 2, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a display position deciding step for deciding a position to display the image of said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step and a predetermined position within said screen, and

said evaluation result displaying step displays the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging step at said predetermined position, and displays the image of said party to be evaluated at the position decided by said display position deciding step.

10. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 2, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a display target position deciding step for deciding a target position to display the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging step on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step and a predetermined position within said screen, and

said evaluation result displaying step displays the image of said party to be evaluated at said predetermined position, and gradually moving the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging step toward the target position decided by said display target position deciding step and displaying the same.

11. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 2, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a display target position deciding step for deciding a target position to display the image of said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step and a predetermined position within said screen, and

said evaluation result displaying step displays the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging step at said predetermined position, and gradually moving the image of said party to be evaluated toward the target position decided by said display target position deciding step and displays the same.

12. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 8, wherein

said display position deciding step decides a position to display the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging step such that said predetermined position where the image of said party to be evaluated is displayed and the position where the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging step is displayed are close to each other with increases in relationship evaluated by said evaluating step.

13. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a third image data storing step for previously storing third image data indicating an image of a person except for said user; and

an other person evaluating step for making an evaluation of the third image data stored in said third image data storing step, and

said evaluation result displaying step moves and displays the image obtained through subsequent imaging by said imaging step on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step, and moves and displays the image of the person except for said user on the basis of the evaluation result by said other person evaluating step.

14. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 2, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a third image data storing step for previously storing third image data indicating an image of other person different from said user and said party to be evaluated; and

an other person evaluating step for evaluating a relationship between said other person and said party to be evaluated on the basis of the second image data stored by said storing step and the third image data stored by said third image data storing step, and

said evaluation result displaying step moves and displays the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging step on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step, and moves and displays the image of said other person different from said user and said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said other person evaluating step.

15. A storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 14, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

a dividing step for dividing a plurality of third image data into a plurality of groups; and

a selecting step for selecting at least one group out of said plurality of groups, and

said evaluation result displaying step moves and displays the image obtained through subsequent imaging by said imaging step on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating step, and displays in a recognizable manner an image corresponding to the third image data belonging to the group selected by said selecting step out of images of other persons different from said user and said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said other person evaluating step.

16. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an imaging means for subsequently imaging a user;

an evaluating means for making an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging means; and

an evaluation result displaying means for displaying an evaluation result on a screen by said evaluating means through subsequent updating.

17. A method of making an evaluation based on an image by utilizing an information processing apparatus and informing a user of an evaluation result, comprising:

an imaging step for subsequently imaging a user with a camera;

an evaluating step for making an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained by the subsequent imaging by said imaging step; and

an evaluation result displaying step for displaying an evaluation result on a screen by said evaluating step through subsequent updating.