Touch input program and touch input device

• US 7,860,315 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2009
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Kitahara, Shinji, Katsuki, Yoshinori, Kawamoto, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Seth; Manav
• Application Number:
  US12/501,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20090273582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 382173-179, 382/181, 382185-189, 382312-316, 382/321, 345156-158, 345169-179, 463/30, 463 36- 40
• US Class Current: 382/187
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1075 using a touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A game apparatus includes a CPU core. In response to a setting of a reverse input mode, the CPU core reverses vertically and horizontally BG/OBJ data corresponding to a question, and displays on an LCD an image based on the reversed BG/OBJ data. When a handwriting input operation associated with the image is accepted by a touch panel, the CPU core displays on the LCD an image based on handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium readable by a processor of a touch input device having a first display and a second display arranged on respective left and right sides with respect to a predetermined axis and a touch panel provided on the second display, the storage medium holds a touch input program, the touch input program causes the processor to execute:

setting a reverse input mode in response to a predetermined operation;

accepting through the touch panel a handwriting input operation;

executing a recognition process based on handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation when the reverse input mode is not set;

reversing, vertically and horizontally, the handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation when the reverse input mode is set; and

executing recognition processing based on the reversed handwriting input data.

2. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium readable by a processor of a touch input device having a first display and a second display arranged on respective left and right sides with respect to a predetermined axis and a touch panel provided on the second display, the storage medium holds a touch input program, the touch input program causes the processor to execute:

setting a reverse input mode in response to a predetermined operation;

displaying a predetermined first image on the first display when the reverse input mode is not set;

accepting through the touch panel a handwriting input operation associated with the displayed first image;

executing a character recognition process based on first handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation;

displaying on the first display a second image taken by reversing vertically and horizontally the first image when the reverse input mode is set;

accepting through the touch panel a handwriting input operation associated with the displayed second image;

reversing, vertically and horizontally, second handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation associated with the displayed second image, and

executing a character recognition process on the basis of the reversed second handwriting input data.

3. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the touch input program causes the processor to further execute:

displaying an image on the second display, the image based on the first handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation associated with the displayed first image, and

displaying an image on the second display, the image based on the second handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation associated with the displayed second image.

4. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the touch input program causes the processor to further execute:

displaying an image based on first character data corresponding to character information recognized by executing the character recognition process based on the first handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation on the first display;

reversing, vertically and horizontally, second character data corresponding to character information recognized by executing the character recognition process on the basis of the reversed second handwriting input data; and

displaying an image based on the reversed second character data on the first display.

5. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the touch input program causes the processor to further execute:

reversing, vertically and horizontally, third character data corresponding to the first image, and

displaying an image based on the reversed third character data on the first display.

6. A touch input device, comprising:

a first display and a second display arranged on respective left and right sides with respect to a predetermined axis;

a touch panel provided on the second display;

a setting programmed logic circuitry for setting a reverse input mode in response to a predetermined operation;

an accepting programmed logic circuitry for accepting through the touch panel a handwriting input operation;

a first processing programmed logic circuitry for executing a recognition process based on the handwriting input data corresponding to the handwriting input operation accepted by the accepting programmed logic circuitry when the reverse input mode is not set by the setting programmed logic circuitry;

a reversing programmed logic circuitry for reversing, vertically and horizontally, the handwriting input data corresponding to the handwriting input operation accepted by the accepting programmed logic circuitry when the reverse input mode is set by the setting programmed logic circuitry; and

a second processing programmed logic circuitry for executing recognition processing based on the handwriting input data reversed by the reversing programmed logic circuitry.

7. A touch input device, comprising:

a first display and a second display arranged on respective left and right sides with respect to a predetermined axis;

a touch panel provided on the second display;

a setting programmed logic circuitry for setting a reverse input mode in response to a predetermined operation;

a first displaying programmed logic circuitry for displaying a predetermined first image on the first display when the reverse input mode is not set by the setting programmed logic circuitry;

a first accepting programmed logic circuitry for accepting through the touch panel a handwriting input operation associated with the first image displayed in the first displaying programmed logic circuitry;

a first processing programmed logic circuitry for executing a character recognition process based on first handwriting input data corresponding to the handwriting input operation accepted by the first accepting programmed logic circuitry;

a second displaying programmed logic circuitry for displaying on the first display a second image taken by reversing, vertically and horizontally, the first image when the reverse input mode is set by the setting programmed logic circuitry;

a second accepting programmed logic circuitry for accepting through the touch panel a handwriting input operation associated with the second image displayed in the second displaying programmed logic circuitry;

a first reversing programmed logic circuitry for reversing, vertically and horizontally, second handwriting input data corresponding to the handwriting input operation accepted by the second accepting programmed logic circuitry; and

a second processing programmed logic circuitry for executing a character recognition process based on the second handwriting input data reversed by the first reversing programmed logic circuitry.

8. A touch input device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a third displaying programmed logic circuitry for displaying an image based on the first handwriting input data corresponding to the handwriting input operation accepted by the first accepting programmed logic circuitry on the second display, and

a fourth displaying programmed logic circuitry for displaying an image based on the second handwriting input data corresponding to the handwriting input operation accepted by the second accepting programmed logic circuitry on the second display.

9. A touch input device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a fifth displaying programmed logic circuitry for displaying an image based on first character data corresponding to character information recognized by the process of the first processing step on the first display;

a second reversing programmed logic circuitry for reversing, vertically and horizontally, second character data corresponding to character information recognized by the process of the second processing programmed logic circuitry; and

a sixth displaying programmed logic circuitry for displaying an image based on the second character data reversed by the second reversing step on the first display.

10. A touch input device according to claim 7, further comprising a third reversing programmed logic circuitry for reversing, vertically and horizontally, third character data corresponding to the first image, wherein

the second displaying programmed logic circuitry displays an image based on the third character data reversed by the third reversing programmed logic circuitry on the first display.