COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20120220251A1
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Ooe, Tooru, Nakata, Tetsuya, NAKAYAMA, Satoshi, Mizuguchi, Yuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,031,524 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/226.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength

Abstract

A game apparatus receives signals from a plurality of game apparatuses. When the game apparatus has received signals from the plurality of game apparatuses, the game apparatus sorts the signals by apparatus and calculates an average RSSI value of the signals for each of the respective apparatuses. The game apparatus further calculates an average value of the calculated average RSSI values of the respective apparatuses. Then, the game apparatus determines a single icon to be displayed based on the calculated average value and causes the icon to be displayed on a screen.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program executed on a computer of an information processor having a wireless communication function, the program causing the computer to execute:

calculating a reception condition of a signal transmitted from each of a plurality of apparatuses having a wireless communication function; and

calculating a comprehensive reception condition representing the respective reception conditions of the signals from the plurality of apparatuses comprehensively by using the respective reception conditions having been calculated.

2. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein values that respectively represent the calculated reception conditions are averaged, and thereby the comprehensive reception condition is calculated.

3. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, the program further causing the computer to execute correcting the calculated comprehensive reception condition based on the respective reception conditions having been calculated.

4. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 3, the program further causing the computer to execute

determining whether each of the values that represent the calculated respective reception conditions is smaller than or equal to a predetermined reference value, wherein

the comprehensive reception condition is corrected in accordance with a result of the determination.

5. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 4, wherein the comprehensive reception condition is corrected when there is any apparatus, among the plurality of apparatuses, with respect to which a result of the determination is affirmative.

6. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, the program further causing the computer to execute

measuring a time from reception of a signal from an apparatus to next reception of a signal from the apparatus, wherein

when the measured time is longer than or equal to a predetermined time period, the comprehensive reception condition is calculated, excluding the apparatus with respect to which the predetermined time period has elapsed.

7. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein the comprehensive reception condition is calculated by using the lowest one of the values that represent the respective reception conditions.

8. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein the comprehensive reception condition is calculated based on a ratio of apparatuses with respect to which the values that represent the respective reception conditions are greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value.

9. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein any of the respective reception conditions is selected time-sequentially, and the comprehensive reception condition is calculated by using the selected reception condition.

10. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein each of the calculated respective reception conditions is assigned weighting and the weighted reception conditions are averaged, and thereby the comprehensive reception condition is calculated.

11. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 10, wherein the reception conditions are assigned weighting so that greater weighting is assigned to the reception condition of a specific apparatus among the plurality of apparatuses than those of the others of the plurality of apparatuses, and the values representing the weighted respective reception conditions are averaged, and thereby the comprehensive reception condition is calculated.

12. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 10, wherein

the respective reception conditions are calculated and a variance of values representing the reception conditions of signals transmitted from each of the respective apparatuses is calculated, and

each of the respective apparatuses is assigned weighting in accordance with the calculated variance for the apparatus and the values representing the weighted respective reception conditions are averaged, and thereby the comprehensive reception condition is calculated.

13. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein the reception conditions of the signals transmitted from the plurality of apparatuses are sorted by apparatus and by signal type, and the reception condition is calculated for each sorted group.

14. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 13, wherein weighting is assigned in accordance with the signal type and the weighted values representing the respective reception conditions are averaged, and thereby the comprehensive reception condition is calculated.

15. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 13, wherein each of the values representing the respective reception conditions is quantized based on a different reference depending on the signal type, and the comprehensive reception condition is calculated by using the respective quantized values.

16. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, the program further causing the computer to execute transmitting a predetermined signal to at least one of the plurality of apparatuses and receiving a response for the signal.

17. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 16, wherein the predetermined signal is transmitted to an apparatus, among the plurality of apparatuses, from which no signal has been received for a predetermined time period so that a response for the predetermined signal is received from the apparatus.

18. The computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, the program further causing the computer to execute notifying a user of information representing the comprehensive reception condition.

19. An information processor having a wireless communication function, the information processor comprising:

a first calculation unit which calculates a reception condition of a signal transmitted from each of a plurality of apparatuses having a wireless communication function; and

a second calculation unit which integrates the respective reception conditions calculated by the first calculation unit and calculates a comprehensive reception condition representing the respective reception conditions of the signals from the plurality of apparatuses comprehensively.

20. An information processing system which conducts wireless communication, the information processing system comprising:

a first calculation unit which calculates a reception condition of a signal transmitted from each of a plurality of apparatuses having a wireless communication function; and

a second calculation unit which integrates the respective reception conditions calculated by the first calculation unit and calculates a comprehensive reception condition representing the respective reception conditions of the signals from the plurality of apparatuses comprehensively.

21. An information processing method comprising:

calculating a reception condition of a signal transmitted from each of a plurality of apparatuses having a wireless communication function; and

integrating the calculated respective reception conditions and calculating a comprehensive reception condition that comprehensively represents the respective reception conditions of the signals from the plurality of apparatuses.