DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD

• US 20140152562A1
• Filed: 06/26/2013
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Toshiaki, UMEHARA, Akihiro
• Application Number:
  US13/927,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20140152562A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal

Abstract

An exemplary display controller includes: an attitude detecting unit configured to detect an attitude of a terminal device; a first display controlling unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial image that is clipped in response to the detected attitude from a panoramic image corresponding to a position; a determining unit configured to determine a direction in which the position is moving; and a second display controlling unit configured to update, in response to a first operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the first partial image to a second partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image.

Claims

1. A display controller comprising:

an attitude detecting unit configured to detect an attitude of a terminal device;

a first display controlling unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial image that is clipped in response to the detected attitude from a panoramic image corresponding to a position;

a determining unit configured to determine a direction in which the position is moving; and

a second display controlling unit configured to update, in response to a first operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the first partial image to a second partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image.

2. The display controller according to claim 1, further comprising

a third display control unit configured to update, in response to a second operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the second partial image to a third partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image.

3. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein

the first operation input is independent of the determined direction.

4. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein

the panoramic image includes a relationship between itself and another panoramic image from among a plurality of panoramic images, the relationship relating to a direction of moving from one to the other of the panoramic images, and

the determining unit is further configured to determine the direction based on the relationship.

5. The display controller according to claim 4, wherein

the relationship is determined based on a pathway on a map.

6. The display controller according to claim 5, wherein

the panoramic image corresponds to a position on the map.

7. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein

if there is a plurality of candidates of directions to which the position is moving, the determining unit is further configured to determine one direction from the candidates according to a predetermined rule.

8. The display controller according to claim 7, wherein

the determining unit is further configured to determine the one direction based on the plurality of candidates and a direction of a line of sight corresponding to the first partial image.

9. The display controller according to claim 8, wherein

if there is a plurality of candidates of directions to which the position is moving, the determining unit is further configured to determine the one direction so that a difference between the one direction and the direction of the line of sight is minimum.

10. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein

the second display controlling unit is further configured to determine the second partial image whose horizontal position is determined in response to the direction determined by the determining unit and whose vertical direction is predetermined.

11. The display controller according to claim 2, wherein

if there are a plurality of panoramic images along the direction determined by the determining unit, the third display controller is further configured to control the display unit to display the third partial image clipped from one of the plurality of panoramic images that satisfies a predetermined condition.

12. The display controller according to claim 11, wherein

the plurality of panoramic images correspond to a predetermined pathway, and

the third display controlling unit is further configured to control the display unit to display the third partial image clipped from the panoramic image corresponding to a position at a corner of the pathway.

13. A display system comprising:

a display controller; and

a display device including a display unit, wherein

the display controller includes

an attitude detecting unit configured to detect an attitude of a terminal device;

a first display controlling unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial image that is clipped in response to the detected attitude from a panoramic image corresponding to a position;

a determining unit configured to determine a direction in which the position is moving; and

a second display controlling unit configured to update, in response to a first operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the first partial image to a second partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image.

14. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer device to execute a process, the process comprising:

controlling a display unit to display a partial image that is clipped in response to a detected attitude of a terminal device from a panoramic image corresponding to a position;

determining a direction in which the position is moving; and

updating, in response to a first operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the first partial image to a second partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image.

15. A method comprising:

controlling a display unit to display a partial image that is clipped in response to a detected attitude of a terminal device from a panoramic image corresponding to a position;

determining a direction in which the position is moving; and

updating, in response to a first operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the first partial image to a second partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image.