Menu screen for information processing apparatus and computer-readable storage medium recording information processing program

• US 9,256,449 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2014
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Matsushima, Yoshihiro, Kawase, Tomohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): GILES, NICHOLAS G
• Application Number:
  US14/530,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20150049235A1
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0488 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 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An information processing apparatus capable of being opened and closed includes storage means, display means, and taken image display control means. The storage means stores a taken image therein. The display means has a display screen provided in a surface which is located inside when the information processing apparatus is closed and which is located outside when the information processing apparatus is opened. The taken image display control means displays a taken image on the display screen, and changes a taken image to be displayed between before and after closing and opening the information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus is closed and opened again.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus capable of being opened and closed, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a camera;

memory for storing therein images captured by the camera;

a display having a display screen provided in a surface of the information processing apparatus which is hidden when the information processing apparatus is closed and which is visible when the information processing apparatus is opened;

processor for controlling the display screen to display, in accordance with start-up of the information processing apparatus, both an image from the images in the memory and one or more selection images, each selection image being selectable for launching a corresponding application program, wherein

the memory of the information processing apparatus stores a first photographing application for performing photographing processing which includes storing in the memory an image captured by the camera and a second photographing application for performing photographing processing which includes storing in the memory an image captured by the camera, the second photographing application having a function different from the first photographing application, and

the processor selects for display along with the one or more selection images from among images stored in the memory by photographing processing of both the first photographing application and the second photographing application.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor selects from among images stored in the memory in a random manner.

3. An information processing apparatus capable of being opened and closed, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a camera;

a memory for storing therein images captured by the camera;

a display having a display screen provided in a surface of the information processing apparatus which is hidden when the information processing apparatus is closed and which is visible when the information processing apparatus is opened;

processor for controlling the display screen to display, in accordance with start-up of the information processing apparatus, both an image from the images in the memory and one or more selection images, each selection image being selectable for launching a corresponding application program,

wherein when the information processing apparatus is closed and opened again, the processor changes an image from the memory to be displayed between before and after closing and opening the information processing apparatus.