Method and device for displaying image

• US 9,535,585 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2012
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Tsuda, Munetaka, Kakimoto, Yasuto, Aoki, Ryoma
• Primary Examiner(s): IPAKCHI, MARYAM M
• Application Number:
  US13/728,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20130167070A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,468 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user

Abstract

An example information-processing device includes a display controller that, when a scaling operation for changing a scale of an image to be displayed is not performed, displays in a display the image with a first magnification, and when the operation is performed, displays in the display the image with a second magnification that is greater than the first magnification.

Claims

1. An information-processing device comprising:

a memory;

a display controller configured to, when a magnifying operation for magnifying a partial image, which is a predetermined part of a display image, is not performed, display the partial image with a first magnification, and when the magnifying operation is performed, display the partial image with a second magnification that is greater than the first magnification, and

a scroll controller configured to scroll the display image in response to a predetermined operation, wherein said device is operable such that,

when the display image is scrolled while the magnifying operation is not being performed, position of the partial image changes to a predetermined initial position irrelevant to the scrolling of the display image.

2. The information-processing device according to claim 1, the scroll controller is further configured to, when the magnifying operation is being performed, scroll the partial image in response to an input operation.

3. The information-processing device according to claim 2, wherein a position of the partial image is retained when the magnifying operation is stopped, and, when the magnifying operation is performed again after retention of the position, the display controller displays the partial image at the retained position with the second magnification.

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

the predetermined operation is a scrolling operation, and the scroll controller scrolls the image, irrespective of whether the magnifying operation is being performed.

5. The information-processing device according to claim 2, further comprising a motion detector configured to obtain motion information indicative of a motion of the display, wherein the scroll controller scrolls the image based on the motion information.

6. The information-processing device according to claim 5, further comprising a grip sensor configured to detect that a display is held by a user,

wherein, when the display being held is detected, the scroll controller scrolls the image based on the motion information.

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

the display includes a hardware key or a software key, and

the scroll controller is configured to scroll the image based on a key input and the motion information, such that when an operation using the key is performed, a higher priority is given to the key input than to the motion information.

8. The information-processing device according to claim 2, further comprising a secondary display controller configured to display in a second display the image and an indicator indicating a position of the image, wherein the secondary display controller causes the indicator to move within the secondary display in accordance with the scrolling of the image, and when the indicator reaches a boundary of the display, causes the image displayed in the secondary display to change.

9. The information-processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a generator configured to generate an image data of the image to be displayed, wherein

the display controller:

in a case where the partial image is to be displayed with the second magnification, displays the partial image based on the image data in the display, and

in a case where the image is to be displayed, performs a predetermined processing on the image data generated by the generation unit and displays the image based on the processed image data.

10. The information-processing device according to claim 9, wherein

the display controller displays the partial image in a first mode in which the partial image is displayed with the second magnification, or in a second mode in which the partial image is displayed with a third magnification different from the first or second magnification, and

in a case where the partial image is to be displayed in the second mode, the generator generates the image data corresponding to the third magnification, and the first display controller displays the partial image in the display based on the generated image data.

11. The information-processing device according to claim 1, further comprising an object selector configured to select an object included in the image displayed in the display, wherein when the magnifying operation is not being performed and an object residing outside the partial image is in a selectable state, the object selector causes an object residing in the partial image to be in a selectable state responsive to the magnifying operation.

12. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the image is displayed, the first display controller displays an object for performing an operation relating to displaying an image, and when the partial image is displayed, the display controller does not display the object.

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

the display controller:

in a case where a duration time of the magnifying operation is shorter than a predetermined time period, continues to display the partial image with the second magnification until another magnifying operation is performed; and

in a case where the duration time is equal to or longer than the predetermined time period, initiates displaying the partial image with the first magnification during the magnifying operation.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program that causes a computer to execute:

when a magnifying operation for magnifying a partial image, which is a predetermined part of a display image, is not performed, displaying the partial image with a first magnification, and when the magnifying operation is performed, displaying the partial image with a second magnification that is greater than the first magnification; and

scrolling the display image in response to a predetermined operation, wherein,

when the display image is scrolled while the magnifying operation is not being performed, position of the partial image changes to a predetermined initial position irrelevant to the scrolling of the display image.

15. A display system comprising:

a display configured to display an image; and

an information-processing device including;

a display controller configured to, when a magnifying operation for magnifying a partial image, which is a predetermined part of a display image, is not performed, display the partial image with a first magnification, and when the magnifying operation is performed, display the partial image with a second magnification that is greater than the first magnification, and

a scroll controller configured to scroll the display image in response to a predetermined operation, wherein said device is operable such that,

when the display image is scrolled while the magnifying operation is not being performed, position of the partial image changes to a predetermined initial position irrelevant to the scrolling of the display image.

16. An information-processing device comprising:

a processor system including at least one processor, the processor system being configured to;

when a scaling operation for changing a scale of an image to be displayed is not performed, display the image with a first magnification in a display, and when the operation is performed, display at least a part of the image with a second magnification that is different from the first magnification in the display, and

scroll the image in response to a predetermined operation, wherein,

when the image is scrolled while the scaling operation is not being performed, position of the at least a part of the image to be scaled and displayed changes to a predetermined initial position irrelevant to the scrolling of the image.

17. The information-processing device according to claim 16, the processor system being further configured to, when the scaling operation is being performed, scroll the at least a part of the image displayed in the display in response to an input made by a user.

18. The information-processing device according to claim 17, the processor system being further configured to obtain motion information indicative of a motion of the display, wherein the image is scrolled based on the motion information.

19. The information-processing device according to claim 18, further comprising a grip sensor configured to detect that a display is held by a user,

wherein, when the display being held is detected, the image is scrolled based on the motion information.

20. The information-processing device according to claim 18, wherein:

the display includes a hardware key or a software key, and

the image displayed in the display is scrolled based on a key input and the motion information, such that when an operation using the key is performed, a higher priority is given to the key input than to the motion information.

21. The information-processing device according to claim 16, the processor system being further configured to generate image data for displaying the image,

wherein

in a case where the at least a part of the image is to be displayed with the second magnification, the at least a part of the image is displayed in the display based on the image data;

and

in a case where the image is displayed with the first magnification, a predetermined processing is performed on the image data, and the image is displayed in the display based on image data on which the predetermined processing has been performed.

22. The information-processing device according to claim 21, wherein

the at least a part of the image is displayed in a first mode with the second magnification, or in a second mode with a third magnification that is different from the first or second magnification, and

in a case where the at least a part of the image is to be displayed in the second mode, data of the image is generated corresponding to the third magnification, and the at least a part of the image is displayed in the display based on the generated data.

23. The information-processing device according to claim 16, wherein when the image is displayed with the first magnification, an object is displayed for performing an operation relating to the image, and when the at least a part of the image is displayed with the second magnification, the object is not caused to be displayed.

24. The information-processing device according to claim 16, wherein

in a case where a duration time of the scaling operation is shorter than a predetermined time period, the at least a part of the image is continually displayed with the second magnification until another scaling operation is performed;

and

in a case where the duration time is equal to or longer than the predetermined time period, the image starts to be displayed with the first magnification during the scaling operation.

25. The information-processing device according to claim 16, wherein:

the scaling operation is displaying a reduced image of the image displayed in the display; and

the second magnification is smaller than the first magnification.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a computer program for causing a computer to execute:

when a scaling operation for changing a scale of an image to be displayed is not performed, displaying the image with a first magnification in a display, and when the scaling operation is performed, displaying the image with a second magnification that is different from the first magnification in the display; and

scrolling the image in response to a predetermined operation, wherein,

when the image is scrolled while the scaling operation is not being performed, position of the at least a part of the image to be scaled and displayed changes to a predetermined initial position irrelevant to the scrolling of the image.

27. A display system comprising:

a display configured to display an image; and

an information-processing device including a display controller configured to, when a scaling operation for changing a scale of an image to be displayed is not performed, display the image with a first magnification in the display, and when the scaling operation is performed, display the image with a second magnification that is different from the first magnification in the display,

a scroll controller configured to scroll the image in response to a predetermined operation, wherein said device is operable such that,

when the image is scrolled while the scaling operation is not being performed, position of the at least a part of the image to be scaled and displayed changes to a predetermined initial position irrelevant to the scrolling of the image.