Display controlling program and display controlling apparatus

• US 9,230,293 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2009
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Nakada, Ryuichi, Ando, Takeshi, Taira, Masayuki, Obata, Sensuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Li, Tracy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rahman, Mohammad J
• Application Number:
  US12/582,839
• Publication Number:
  US 20100182228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,267 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/00 General purpose image data processing

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a computer. The computer subsequently images a user, makes an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained by subsequently imaging, and displays the evaluation result on an LCD by subsequently updating the same.

Claims

1. A non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program, wherein said information processing program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to execute:

imaging, for subsequently imaging a user with a camera;

evaluating, for making an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging; and

evaluation result displaying, for displaying an evaluation result on a screen by said evaluating through subsequent updating, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute

storing, for previously storing second image data indicating an image of a party to be evaluated different than the user, and

said evaluating evaluates a relationship between said user and said party to be evaluated on the basis of said first data indicating the images obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging and said second image data stored in said storing, wherein

based on the evaluated relationship between said user and said party to be evaluated, a displayed position on said screen of the image of said party to be evaluated changes relatively to a displayed position of the image of said user, wherein

the distance between the image of said party to be evaluated and the image of said user is proportional to the degree of the evaluated relationship.

2. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said evaluation result displaying moves and displays the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating.

3. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said evaluation result displaying moves and displays the image of said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating.

4. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

map displaying, for displaying a map in association with an evaluation content made by said evaluating on said screen; and

mapping, for mapping the image obtained by said imaging through the subsequent imaging at a position on said map corresponding to the evaluation result by said evaluating.

5. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

display position deciding, for deciding a position corresponding to a position on an axis in association with an evaluation content within said screen on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating, and

said evaluation result displaying displays an image in association with said evaluation content at a predetermined position on said axis, and displays the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging at the position decided by said display position deciding.

6. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

display target position deciding, for deciding a target position corresponding to a position on an axis in association with an evaluation content within said screen on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating, and

said evaluation result displaying displays an image in association with said evaluation content at a predetermined position on said axis, and gradually moving the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging toward the target position decided by said display target position deciding, and displaying the same.

7. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

display position deciding, for deciding a position to display the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating and a predetermined position within said screen, and

said evaluation result displaying displays the image of said party to be evaluated at said predetermined position, and displays the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging at the position decided by said display position deciding.

8. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

display position deciding for deciding a position to display the image of said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation by said evaluating and a predetermined position within said screen, and

said evaluation result displaying displays the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging at said predetermined position, and displays the image of said party to be evaluated at the position decided by said display position deciding.

9. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

display target position deciding, for deciding a target position to display the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating and a predetermined position within said screen, and

said evaluation result displaying displays the image of said party to be evaluated at said predetermined position, and gradually moving the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging toward the target position decided by said display target position deciding and displaying the same.

10. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

display target position deciding, for deciding a target position to display the image of said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating and a predetermined position within said screen, and

said evaluation result displaying displays the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging at said predetermined position, and gradually moving the image of said party to be evaluated toward the target position decided by said display target position deciding and displays the same.

11. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 7, wherein

said display position deciding decides a position to display the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging such that said predetermined position where the image of said party to be evaluated is displayed and the position where the image obtained through the imaging by said imaging is displayed are close to each other with increases in relationship evaluated by said evaluating.

12. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

third image data storing, for previously storing third image data indicating an image of a person except for said user; and

other person evaluating, for making an evaluation of the third image data stored in said third image data storing, and

said evaluation result displaying moves and displays the image obtained through subsequent imaging by said imaging on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating, and moves and displays the image of the person except for said user on the basis of the evaluation result by said other person evaluating.

13. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

third image data storing, for previously storing third image data indicating an image of other person different from said user and said party to be evaluated; and

other person evaluating, for evaluating a relationship between said other person and said party to be evaluated on the basis of the second image data stored by said storing and the third image data stored by said third image data storing, and

said evaluation result displaying moves and displays the image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating, and moves and displays the image of said other person different from said user and said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said other person evaluating.

14. The non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program according to claim 13, wherein

said information processing program causes said computer to further execute:

dividing, for dividing a plurality of third image data into a plurality of groups; and

selecting, for selecting at least one group out of said plurality of groups, and

said evaluation result displaying moves and displays the image obtained through subsequent imaging by said imaging on the basis of the evaluation result by said evaluating, and displays in a recognizable manner an image corresponding to the third image data belonging to the group selected by said selecting out of images of other persons different from said user and said party to be evaluated on the basis of the evaluation result by said other person evaluating.

15. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an imager for subsequently imaging a user; and

a computer configured to perform at least;

making an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imager;

displaying an evaluation result of said first image data on a screen through subsequent updating, and

storage, for previously storing second image data indicating an image of a party to be evaluated different than the user wherein

said computer evaluates a relationship between said user and said party to be evaluated on the basis of said first image data indicating the images obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imager and said second image data stored in said storage, wherein

based on the evaluated relationship between said user and said party to be evaluated, a displayed position on said screen of the image of said party to be evaluated changes relatively to a displayed position of the image of said user, wherein

the distance between the image of said party to be evaluated and the image of said user is proportional to the degree of the evaluated relationship.

16. A method of making an evaluation based on an image by utilizing an information processing apparatus and informing a user of an evaluation result, comprising:

imaging, for subsequently imaging a user with a camera;

evaluating, for making an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained by the subsequent imaging by said imaging;

evaluation result displaying, for displaying an evaluation result on a screen by said evaluating through subsequent updating, and storing, for previously storing second image data indicating an image of a party to be evaluated different than the user, wherein

said evaluating evaluates a relationship between said user and said party to be evaluated on the basis of said first image data indicating the images obtained through the subsequent imaging by said imaging and said second image data stored in said storing, wherein

based on the evaluated relationship between said user and said party to be evaluated, a displayed position on said screen of the image of said party to be evaluated changes relatively to a displayed position of the image of said user, wherein

the distance between the image of said party to be evaluated and the image of said user is proportional to the degree of the evaluated relationship.