Information-processing apparatus having photography applications

• US 9,135,026 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2008
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Matsushima, Yoshihiro, Onozawa, Yuki
• Primary Examiner(s): KHAN, USMAN A
• Application Number:
  US12/213,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20090310889A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,640 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207.1, 348/222.1, 348/231.99, 348/231.6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils

Abstract

An information-processing apparatus stores in advance a photographing application program. Further, the information-processing apparatus comprises photographing processing means which has a function different from that of the photographing application program. In a launch acceptance state, the information-processing apparatus accepts a first launch operation for selectively launching a plurality of application programs, and a photographing enabling operation for setting a state of the information-processing apparatus to a photographing enabled state. In the photographing enabled state, the information-processing apparatus executes photographing processing by the photographing processing means, and accepts a second launch operation for launching the photographing application program.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a camera operable in a photographing-enabled state of the information processing apparatus;

a touchscreen display; and

processing circuitry in communication with the camera and the touchscreen display, the processing circuitry configured to control the information processing apparatus to display on the touchscreen display a main menu screen comprising multiple scrollable images for receiving respective user operations for launching corresponding application programs, the processing circuitry controlling the information processing apparatus to return to the main menu screen after executing of a launched application program is terminated and the multiple scrollable images including at least one image responsive to user operation for activating the photographing-enabled state, wherein

before the display of the main menu screen, the processing circuitry controls the information processing apparatus to display a screen on the touchscreen display comprising a first image for receiving a user operation for activating the photographing-enabled state of the information processing apparatus and a second image for receiving a user operation for proceeding to the main menu screen, and

functionality of a photograph-related function when the photographing-enabled state is activated by user operation of the first image is lower relative to functionality of the photograph-related function when the photographing-enabled state is activated by user operation of the at least one image of the scrollable images.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

wireless communication circuitry.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a microphone; and

speakers.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

memory storing photographs captured by the camera.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which is executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus, which comprises a touchscreen display and a camera operable in a photographing-enabled state of the information processing apparatus, the program, when executed, causing the computer to control the information processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a main menu screen on the touchscreen display comprising multiple scrollable images for receiving respective user operations for launching corresponding application programs, the information processing apparatus returning to the main menu screen after executing of a launched application program is terminated and the multiple scrollable images including at least one image responsive to user operation for activating the photographing-enabled state, wherein

before displaying the main menu screen, displaying a screen on the touchscreen display comprising a first image for receiving a user operation for activating the photographing-enabled state of the information processing apparatus and a second image for receiving a user operation for proceeding to the main menu screen, and

functionality of a photograph-related function when the photographing-enabled state is activated by user operation of the first image is lower relative to functionality of the photograph-related function when the photographing-enabled state is activated by user operation of the at least one scrollable image.

6. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a camera operable in a photographing-enabled state of the information processing apparatus;

a touchscreen display;

memory for storing photographs captured using the camera; and

processing circuitry in communication with the camera, the touchscreen display, and the memory and configured to control the information processing apparatus to (i) display a main menu including multiple scrollable touch images for receiving respective user operations for launching corresponding application programs, (ii) launch an application program in response to receiving a user operation for the corresponding scrollable touch image, and (iii) return to the display of the main menu after executing of the launched application program is terminated, wherein the multiple scrollable touch images include at least one scrollable touch image responsive to user operation for activating the photographing-enabled state, wherein

before the display (i) of the main menu, the processing circuitry controls the information processing apparatus to display a screen comprising a first touch image for receiving a user operation for activating the photographing-enabled state of the information processing apparatus and a second touch image for receiving a user operation for proceeding to the main menu, and

functionality of a photograph-related function when the photographing-enabled state is activated by user operation of the first image is lower relative to functionality of the photograph-related function when the photographing-enabled state is activated by user operation of the at least one scrollable touch image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

wireless communication circuitry;

a microphone; and

speakers.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processing circuitry further controls the information processing apparatus to display a photograph stored in the memory concurrently with the main menu.