INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20100265173A1
• Filed: 12/08/2009
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2009
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US12/633,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20100265173A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0334 Foot operated pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A game apparatus being one example of an information processing apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU detects a coordinate position designated on a monitor screen on the basis of a signal from a controller to be operated by a user, detects a barycentric position of the user on the basis of a signal from a load controller on which the user rides, and performs processing in relation to a test on a balance function and progress of the game on the basis of the detected coordinate position and the detected barycentric position.

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:

a coordinate position detecting step for detecting a coordinate position on a screen on the basis of a signal from a coordinate input means to be operated by a user,

a barycentric position detecting step for detecting a barycentric position of said user on the basis of a signal from a barycentric position detecting means, and

a processing step for performing predetermined processing on the basis of the coordinate position detected by said coordinate position detecting step and the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step.

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

said processing step performs said predetermined processing on the basis of the coordinate position detected by said coordinate position detecting step when the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step is within a predetermined range.

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

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute an image displaying step for displaying a designation image to be designated by said user when the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step is within the predetermined range.

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

said processing step performs a specific process when the coordinate position detected by said coordinate position detecting step is within a range corresponding to the designation image displayed by said image displaying step.

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

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute an image erasing step for erasing the designation image displayed by said image displaying step when the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step is off said predetermined range after said image displaying step displays said designation image.

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

said image displaying step displays a plurality of designation images when the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step is within said predetermined range.

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

said image displaying step displays said plurality of designation images to each of which a size is set when the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step is within said predetermined range.

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

said image displaying step displays a plurality of designation images to each of which an order is set when the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step is within said predetermined range, and

said processing step performs said specific processing when the coordinate position detected by said coordinate position detecting step enters a range corresponding to said designation image in the order set to the designation images displayed by said image displaying step.

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

said image displaying step displays an image corresponding to said predetermined range on said screen and said designation image around said image corresponding to said predetermined range.

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

said image displaying step displays said image corresponding to said predetermined range at approximately a center of a predetermined region of said screen, and displays said designation image around said image corresponding to said predetermined range.

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

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute a pointer displaying step for displaying a coordinate position pointer to indicate the coordinate position detected by said coordinate position detecting step on said screen.

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

said pointer displaying step further displays a barycentric position pointer indicating the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step on said screen.

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

said pointer displaying step displays said barycentric position pointer within the image corresponding to said predetermined range when the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step shows that the user is at balance.

14. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a coordinate position detecting means for detecting a coordinate position on a screen on the basis of a signal from a coordinate input means to be operated by a user;

a barycentric position detecting means for detecting a barycentric position of said user on the basis of a signal from a barycentric position detecting means; and

a processing means for performing predetermined processing on the basis of the coordinate position detected by said coordinate position detecting means and the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting means.

15. An information processing method, comprising:

a coordinate position detecting step for detecting a coordinate position on a screen on the basis of a signal from a coordinate input means to be operated by a user;

a barycentric position detecting step for detecting a barycentric position of said user on the basis of a signal from a barycentric position detecting means; and

a processing step for performing predetermined processing on the basis of the coordinate position detected by said coordinate position detecting step and the barycentric position detected by said barycentric position detecting step.