Method of controlling display

• US 9,019,315 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Tsuda, Munetaka, Aoki, Ryoma, Kakimoto, Yasuto
• Primary Examiner(s): McDowell, Jr., Maurice L
• Application Number:
  US13/606,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20130321473A1
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.1, 345/204, 345/660, 345/684
• US Class Current: 345/660
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/346 for systems having a bit-mapped display memory

Abstract

An exemplary information-processing device includes: a first display controller configured to display selectively on a display a first image and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and a second display controller configured, while the second display is displayed on the display, to display an indicator image on the display, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image.

Claims

1. An information-processing device comprising:

a first display controller configured to display selectively on a display a first image in an original display size and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and

a second display controller configured, while the second image is displayed on the display device, to display an indicator image on the display device, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image in its original display size.

2. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the first display controller is further configured to display the second image temporarily after the first image is displayed.

3. The information-processing device according to claim 1, further comprising

a scroll controller configured, while the second image is displayed on the display device, to cause the second image to scroll in response to a scroll operation performed by a user.

4. The information-processing device according to claim 3, wherein

the second display controller is further configured to change a position of the indicator image relative to the second image in response to scrolling of the second image performed by the scroll controller.

5. The information-processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the first display controller is further configured, when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image after the position of the indicator image relative to the second image is changed in response to scrolling of the second image performed by the scroll controller, to cause an image present at the position indicated by the indicator image in the second image to be displayed as the first image.

6. The information-processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the second display controller is further configured, when the position of the indicator image relative to the second image is changed in response to scrolling of the second image performed by the scroll controller, not to change the position of the indicator image relative to a display region of the display device.

7. The information-processing device according to claim 3, further comprising

an acquisition unit configured to acquire motion information representing motion of the display device, wherein

the scroll controller causes the second image to scroll based on the motion information acquired by the acquisition unit.

8. The information-processing device according to claim 7, wherein

the scroll controller is further configured to cause the second image to scroll such that the speed of scrolling of the second image is changed based on the motion information acquired by the acquisition unit.

9. The information-processing device according to claim 7, further comprising a detection unit configured to detect that a user is holding the display device, wherein

the scroll controller is further configured, while holding of the display device by the user is detected by the detection unit, to cause the second image displayed on the display device to scroll based on the motion information acquired by the acquisition unit.

10. The information-processing device according to claim 7, wherein

the display device is provided with a hardware key or a software key, and

the scroll controller is further configured to cause the second image displayed on the display device to scroll based on an operation performed using the key and the motion information acquired by the acquisition unit, such that, when an operation is performed using the key, the operation using the key is treated with a higher priority than the motion information.

11. The information-processing device according to claim 3, wherein

the first display controller is further configured to generate a continuation image adjoining the first image in a direction of scrolling, and to display the second image including the first image and the continuation image.

12. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the second display controller is further configured, when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image, to cause the indicator image displayed in the second image not to be displayed in the first image.

13. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the first display controller is further configured to cause an operation object for performing an operation relating to the first image to be displayed when the first image is displayed, and to cause the operation object not to be displayed when the second image is displayed.

14. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute:

displaying selectively on a display device a first image in an original display size and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and

while the second image is displayed on the display device, displaying an indicator image on the display device, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image in its original display size.

15. An image-displaying method comprising:

selectively displaying on a display device a first image in an original display size and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and

while the second display is displayed on the display, displaying an indicator image on the display, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image in its original display size.

16. A display system comprising:

a display;

a first display controller configured to display selectively on the display a first image in an original display size and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and

a second display controller configured, while the second display is displayed on the display, to display an indicator image on the display, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image in its original display size.