INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120075208A1
• Filed: 01/26/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: TAMIYA, Fumihiko, Nakata, Satoru, Nakazono, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US13/014,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20120075208A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

A game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and a CPU displays a game screen on the LCDs according to a game program and layout data. On the second LCD, a touch panel is provided. On the second LCD, a plurality of objects are displayed. When a help mode key is touched, a “?” cursor is displayed near each of objects for which a description message is prepared (target object), and if any “?” cursor is touched, a detailed explanation of the target object indicated by the “?” cursor is displayed on the first LCD as a description message.

Claims

1. A storage medium storing an information processing program to be executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus that displays a plurality of objects on a screen of a monitor and has a storage storing a description message of at least one object, said information processing program causes said processor to function as:

a first displayer which displays a presence/absence indication for indicating whether or not there is a description message for each object on said screen when a predetermined input is accepted from an inputter;

a first determiner which determines whether or not the input accepted from said inputter designates a target object in association with any one of the presence indications; and

a second displayer which reads a relevant description message from said storage and displays the same on said screen when said first determiner determines that the target object in association with any one of the presence indications is designated.

2. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said first displayer includes a differently displayer which displays a target object about which the description message is stored in said storage in a manner different from the other objects, and

said first determiner determines whether or not said input designates said target object.

3. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said first displayer includes a mark displayer which displays a mark with respect to the target object about which the description message is stored, and

said first determiner determines whether or not said input designates said mark.

4. A storage medium according to claim 3, wherein

said mark displayer displays the mark near the corresponding target object.

5. A storage medium according to claim 3, wherein

said information processing program causes said processor to further function as:

a third determiner which determines whether or not the input accepted from said inputter designates any one of the objects, and

an executor which executes, when said third determiner determines that any one of the objects is designated, processing on the object.

6. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said processor to further function as a display manner changer which changes a display manner of at least the target object when said first determiner determines that the input accepted from said inputter designates the target object in association with any one of the presence indications.

7. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said processor to further function as

a second determiner which determines whether or not there is a predetermined input from said inputter in a state that said presence/absence indication is displayed by said first displayer, and

a presence/absence indication eraser which erases said presence/absence indication when said second determiner determines that there is a predetermined input.

8. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said first displayer displays said presence indication as to each of all the objects about which a description message is prepared.

9. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing apparatus has a first display portion and a second display portion,

said target object is displayed on said first display portion,

said first displayer displays said presence/absence indication on said first display portion, and

said second displayer displays said description message on said second display portion.

10. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing apparatus has a touch panel, and

said inputter includes a touch detector which detects touch coordinates detected by a touch of said touch panel.

11. An information processing apparatus displaying a plurality of objects on a screen of a monitor, comprising:

a storage which stores a description message of at least one object;

a first displayer which displays a presence/absence indication for indicating whether or not there is a description message for each object when a predetermined input is accepted from an inputter;

a determiner which determines whether or not the input accepted from said inputter designates a target object in association with any one of the presence indications; and

a second displayer which reads a relevant description message from said storage and displays the same on said screen when said determiner determines that the target object in association with any one of the presence indications is designated.

12. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus that displays a plurality of objects on a screen of a monitor and has a storage storing a description message of at least one object, including following steps of:

a first displaying step for displaying a presence/absence indication for indicating whether or not there is a description message for each object when a predetermined input is accepted from an inputter;

a determining step for determining whether or not the input accepted from said inputter designates a target object in association with any one of the presence indications; and

a second displaying step for reading a relevant description message from said storage and displaying the same on said screen when said determiner determines that the target object in association with any one of the presence indications is designated.

13. An information processing system displaying a plurality of objects on a screen of a monitor, comprising:

a storage which stores a description message of at least one object;

a first displayer which displays a presence/absence indication for indicating whether or not there is a description message for each object when a predetermined input is accepted from an inputter;

a determiner which determines whether or not the input accepted from said inputter designates a target object in association with any one of the presence indications; and

a second displayer which reads a relevant description message from said storage and displays the same on said screen when said determiner determines that the target object in association with any one of the presence indications is designated.