STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20120176370A1
• Filed: 04/21/2011
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: IMAI, Daiji, Kita, Takahito, Kondo, Motomasa, Yamada, Hiroshi, Nadatani, Ryu
• Granted Patent: US 8,988,494 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/111 Transformation of image signals corresponding to virtual viewpoints, e.g. spatial image interpolation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/361 Reproducing mixed stereoscopic images; Reproducing mixed monoscopic and stereoscopic images, e.g. a stereoscopic image overlay window on a monoscopic image background

Abstract

A display control program executed on a computer of a display having a first display portion capable of providing stereoscopic display and a second display portion configured to provide two-dimensional display is provided. The display control program includes object display instructions for controlling the first display portion and the second display portion such that a plurality of objects are displayed at respective arrangement positions set by arrangement position setting instructions and an object group is displayed across the first display portion and the second display portion. The object display instructions include instructions for determining on which of the first and second display portions objects included in the object group are to be displayed, and for providing stereoscopic display of an object determined to be displayed on the first display portion and providing two-dimensional display of an object determined to be displayed on the second display portion.

Claims

1. A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program and executable by a computer for controlling a display having a first display portion capable of providing stereoscopic display and a second display portion configured to provide two-dimensional display, the computer readable display control program comprising:

object group obtaining instructions for obtaining an object group consisting of a plurality of objects to be displayed;

arrangement position setting instructions for setting arrangement positions of respective objects in said object group; and

object display instructions for controlling said first display portion and said second display portion such that said plurality of objects are displayed at the respective arrangement positions set by execution of said arrangement position setting instructions and said object group is displayed across said first display portion and said second display portion,

said object display instructions including instructions for determining on which of said first display portion and said second display portion an object included in said object group is to be displayed, and for providing stereoscopic display of an object determined to be displayed on said first display portion and providing two-dimensional display of an object determined to be displayed on said second display portion.

2. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 1, wherein

said arrangement position setting instructions include instructions for setting the arrangement positions of the respective objects in accordance with an order of arrangement set in advance.

3. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 2, wherein

said object display instructions include instructions for setting a reference object serving as reference among the plurality of objects included in said object group, and for stereoscopically displaying the objects on said first display portion such that an object ordered or positioned more distantly from said reference object is greater in stereo depth in a direction perpendicular to a display surface of said first display portion.

4. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 3, wherein

said arrangement position setting instructions include instructions for setting the arrangement positions of the objects displayed on said first display portion such that the object ordered or positioned more distantly from said reference object is greater in a value of depth in a virtual three-dimensional space, and

said object display instructions include instructions for providing stereoscopic display such that the object ordered or positioned more distantly from said reference object is greater in stereo depth in the direction perpendicular to the display surface of said first display portion, by arranging a left virtual camera and a right virtual camera in said virtual three-dimensional space and causing said first display portion to display an image for left eye and an image for right eye obtained as a result of image pick-up of each object by said left virtual camera and said right virtual camera respectively.

5. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 3, wherein

said display further has a pointing device accepting a user'"'"'s operation,

said object display instructions include instructions for displaying at least said reference object on said second display portion, and

said display control program further includes input instructions for allowing selection of said reference object displayed on said second display portion by using said pointing device.

6. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 1, wherein

said object display instructions include instructions for providing stereoscopic display of the objects on said first display portion in a manner overlapping in a direction of depth in accordance with stereo depth in a direction perpendicular to a display surface of said first display portion.

7. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 1, wherein

said computer of said display can interact with transmission and reception instructions for transmitting and receiving data of a displayed object to and from another device, and

said object display instructions include instructions for displaying each object included in said object group in a manner in accordance with information on corresponding data.

8. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 7, wherein

said information on said data includes information for identifying whether the data is data that has been transmitted to another device or received from another device, and

said object display instructions include instructions for displaying each object included in said object group in a manner allowing identification of whether the corresponding data is data that has been transmitted to another device or received from another device.

9. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 8, wherein

said information on said data includes information indicating a creator of the data, and

said object display instructions include instructions for displaying an object included in said object group in association with the information indicating the corresponding creator.

10. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 7, wherein

said display control program further includes processing execution instructions for performing associated processing on an object designated by a user'"'"'s operation,

said information on said data includes information for identifying whether the associated processing has been performed on the corresponding object, and

said object display instructions include instructions for displaying each object included in said object group in a manner allowing identification of whether the associated processing has been performed.

11. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 10, wherein

said display control program further includes object selection instructions for accepting selection of one object from among the displayed plurality of objects, and

said processing execution instructions include instructions for displaying the object selected by execution of said object selection instructions in a zoomed-up manner.

12. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 1, wherein

said object display instructions include instructions for displaying the plurality of objects included in said object group in alignment along a track extending from a reference point in two different directions.

13. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 1, wherein

said object display instructions include instructions for displaying the plurality of objects included in said object group in alignment along a track in an inverted omega shape.

14. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 12, wherein

said object display instructions include instructions for providing stereoscopic display such that an object ordered or positioned on the track more distantly from a reference object serving as reference among the plurality of objects included in said object group is greater in stereo depth in a direction perpendicular to a display surface of said first display portion.

15. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 1, wherein

said object is configured such that time information can be set therefor, and

said arrangement position setting instructions include instructions for setting the arrangement position such that said plurality of objects are chronologically displayed based on the time information set for each object included in said object group.

16. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 13, wherein

said display control program further includes object generation instructions for generating an object in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation, and

said object generation instructions include instructions for providing the generated object with time information indicating a time of generation or a time designated by the user'"'"'s operation.

17. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 2, wherein

said object display instructions include instructions for changing in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation, the respective arrangement positions of said plurality of objects by moving said plurality of objects over a prescribed track while a set order of arrangement is maintained.

18. The non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable display control program according to claim 1, wherein

said object display instructions include instructions for setting a reference object serving as reference among the plurality of objects included in said object group and for displaying an object ordered or positioned more distantly from said reference object with a smaller size on said first display portion.

19. A display, comprising:

a first display portion capable of providing stereoscopic display;

a second display portion configured to provide two-dimensional display;

an object group obtaining unit for obtaining an object group consisting of a plurality of objects to be displayed;

an arrangement position setting unit for setting arrangement positions of respective objects in said object group; and

an object display unit for controlling said first display portion and said second display portion such that said plurality of objects are displayed at the respective arrangement positions set by said arrangement position setting unit and said object group is displayed across said first display portion and said second display portion,

said object display unit being configured to determine on which of said first display portion and said second display portion an object included in said object group is to be displayed, and to provide stereoscopic display of an object determined to be displayed on said first display portion and provide two-dimensional display of an object determined to be displayed on said second display portion.

20. A display system, comprising:

a display having a first display portion capable of providing stereoscopic display and a second display portion configured to provide two-dimensional display;

an entity capable of communicating with said display;

an object group obtaining unit for obtaining an object group consisting of a plurality of objects to be displayed;

an arrangement position setting unit for setting arrangement positions of respective objects in said object group; and

an object display unit for controlling said first display portion and said second display portion such that said plurality of objects are displayed at the respective arrangement positions set by said arrangement position setting unit and said object group is displayed across said first display portion and said second display portion,

said object display unit being configured to determine on which of said first display portion and said second display portion an object included in said object group is to be displayed, and to provide stereoscopic display of an object determined to be displayed on said first display portion and provide two-dimensional display of an object determined to be displayed on said second display portion.

21. A display control method performed in a computer of a display having a first display portion capable of providing stereoscopic display and a second display portion configured to provide two-dimensional display, comprising:

an object group obtaining step of obtaining an object group consisting of a plurality of objects to be displayed;

an arrangement position setting step of setting arrangement positions of respective objects in said object group; and

an object display step of controlling said first display portion and said second display portion such that said plurality of objects are displayed at the respective arrangement positions set in said arrangement position setting step and said object group is displayed across said first display portion and said second display portion,

said object display step including

determining on which of said first display portion and said second display portion an object included in said object group is to be displayed, and

providing stereoscopic display of an object determined to be displayed on said first display portion and providing two-dimensional display of an object determined to be displayed on said second display portion.