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20100083116 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE IMPLEMENTING USER INTERFACE SUITABLE FOR USER OPERATION - A volume setting icon is provided with a slider for indicating a volume increasing from left toward right. A region in a direction of lower volume relative to a position corresponding to a current value, at which the slider is displayed, is identified as a volume low region, and a region in a direction of higher volume is identified as a volume high region. When the slider is selected, the slider can continuously be operated to move in any direction toward the volume low region and the volume high region. When the volume low region other than the slider is touched, the slider is instantaneously operated to move to a position corresponding to a touch position. When the volume high region other than the slider is touched, the slider is not instantaneously operated to move to a position corresponding to a touch position. | 04-01-2010 |
20110292033 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hand-held electronic device ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110295709 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game apparatus executes an application loaded from a storage section, and generates an application information frame that contains most-recently-used app ID information that is identification information of the executed application. Then, the game apparatus transmits the application information frame to another game apparatus. The game apparatus receives, from the other game apparatus, most-recently-used app ID information that identifies an application executed by the other game apparatus. The game apparatus displays the received most-recently-used app ID information. | 12-01-2011 |
20120072863 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - When a scroll target consisting of an object or a group of objects is scrolled and displayed in a display area representing one part or the whole of a display screen, a uniform-velocity scrolling parameter representing a scroll amount for which the scroll target is scrolled at a uniform velocity is calculated in accordance with a scrolling operation by a user, and a scrolling including at least a uniform-velocity scrolling is executed for the scroll amount determined based on the uniform-velocity scrolling parameter. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072870 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - When displaying an object group consisting of a plurality of objects on a display device and when the plurality of objects are to be aligned and arranged in a first direction, arrangement positions of each of the objects are set in the first direction, and arrangement positions in a second direction, which is different from the first direction, for each of the objects whose arrangement position is set in the first direction are set in accordance with a predetermined rule such that each of the arrangement positions in the second direction is different from that of at least another object. Then, each of the plurality of objects is arranged and displayed on the display device, based on the arrangement positions in the first direction and the second direction. | 03-22-2012 |
20120075496 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM, CAPTURING APPARATUS, CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - In an exemplary capturing apparatus, a captured image is acquired in real time. A first face area is detected from a plurality of face areas included in the captured image thus acquired, and a first face image corresponding to the first face area is acquired. Then, a face combination image is generated by replacing at least a part of a second face area with the first face image. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075503 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM, CAPTURING APPARATUS, CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - In an exemplary capturing apparatus, a first captured image captured by a capturing section is acquired. Then, it is determined whether or not a face image is included in the first captured image. When it is determined that a face image is included, any one type of image processing is selected from a plurality of types of image processing including a type of image processing using the face image, and the selected type of image processing is performed on the first captured image. | 03-29-2012 |
20120142434 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A game apparatus includes a CPU and a main memory. The main memory stores a first character, is capable of storing a second character, and stores a first movement history being brought into association with the first character. The CPU acquires position information indicating a position in which the game apparatus exists, updates a first movement history on the basis of the position information, receives a second character and a second movement history being brought into association with the second character from another game apparatus, and performs processing of writing down a diary and giving a quiz by the character on the basis of at least one of the first character and the second character, and at least one of the first movement history and the second movement history. | 06-07-2012 |
20120158789 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An example computer | 06-21-2012 |
20120242807 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a hand-held electronic device having a stereoscopic display section capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes, a variety of functions are realized. A hand-held electronic device | 09-27-2012 |
20130296044 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND GAME CONTROLLING METHOD - An example non-limiting game system includes a game apparatus to which a television is connected. There is provided with, an input terminal, device which functions as an input device of the game apparatus. The television is displayed with an information presenting screen, and an input screen in which a part of objects is omitted from the information presenting screen is displayed on an LCD of the input terminal, device. A player inputs in the input screen a moving path for a player character such that an object to be acquired can be acquired and an object not to be acquired can be evaded. The player character moves according to the moving path that is input on the information- presenting screen. | 11-07-2013 |
20130324238 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, GAME APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When a certain user is playing a game by operating a terminal device while viewing a terminal game image displayed on an LCD of the terminal device, another user can operate a controller while viewing a monitor game image displayed on a monitor, and can acquire, remove, move, or halt an object other than a player object by moving a cursor displayed on a monitor game image. | 12-05-2013 |
20140164181 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Example systems and methods involve an information processing apparatus configured to transmit transmission data to one or more of a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, the transmission data including icon-related data for an icon associated with content data executed by the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus is also configured to receive reception data from one or more of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses, the reception data from each respective other information processing apparatus including icon-related data for an icon associated with content data executed by the respective other information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus cumulatively stores icon-related data included in the reception data received from the one or more of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses. | 06-12-2014 |
20140194189 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Example systems and methods involve an information processing apparatus configured to transmit transmission data to one or more of a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, the transmission data including identification information for content data executed by the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus is also configured to receive reception data from one or more of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses, the reception data from each respective other information processing apparatus including identification information for content data executed by the respective other information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus accesses purchase information associated with purchasing content data corresponding to at least one piece of identification information included in the reception data received from the one or more of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses. | 07-10-2014 |
20140362254 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND LAUNCH PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - A game device according to the present embodiment includes a camera as image pick-up means. An inner camera is accommodated in an upper housing. In addition, a microphone hole is provided in an inner surface of the upper housing so as to sense external sound through a microphone. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100083187 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A game apparatus as one example of an information processing apparatus includes an LCD, a touch panel provided to the LCD, and a CPU core. The CPU core displays a “Yes” button to which a command of allowing save of temporarily-stored sound data is assigned, on the LCD. When a designating operation of an arbitrary position within the displayed button is performed with a stick or the like, which position within the button is designated is specified through a touch panel, a condition is set to the command on the basis of the specified position, and information processing in relation to the command is executed according to the set condition. | 04-01-2010 |
20110242361 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND LAUNCH PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - A game device according to the present embodiment includes a camera as image pick-up means. An inner camera is accommodated in an upper housing. In addition, a microphone hole is provided in an inner surface of the upper housing so as to sense external sound through a microphone. | 10-06-2011 |
20110304714 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DESIRED BY USER WITH SIMPLER OPERATION, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A storage medium encoded with a display control program and executable by a computer of a display control device capable of interacting with an input device, for controlling a display capable of providing stereoscopic display, is provided. The present display control program stored in the storage medium includes zoom control instructions for performing zoom processing of a stereoscopic image based on an operation input accepted by operation input acceptance instructions, parallax control instructions for adjusting parallax of the stereoscopic image based on the operation input accepted by the operation input acceptance instructions, and display control instructions for causing the display to display the stereoscopic image subjected to zoom processing in accordance with the zoom control instructions, with parallax adjusted in accordance with the parallax control instructions. | 12-15-2011 |
20120075267 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF ASSOCIATING DATA WITH EACH OTHER, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a display portion having first and second display regions, a first display control unit for displaying a first object showing first data in the first display region, a second display control unit for displaying a second object showing second data in the second display region, an acceptance portion for accepting a series of position indication operations in the second display region, and an association control unit for selecting the second object based on a position indicated by the series of position indication operations within the second display region accepted by the acceptance portion and performing processing for associating the first data with the second data corresponding to the selected second object based on subsequent variation in the indicated position. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075294 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING PLURALITY OF DISPLAY PORTIONS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An exemplary apparatus at least partially displays a first object group on a first display portion, selects at least one first object from the first object group in response to an operation of a direction operation portion, changes a selected position in an order of alignment in a second object group in response to an operation of a first or second operation portion, displays at least one object included in the second object group and corresponding to the selected position on a second display portion, adds a new object corresponding to the selected first object at a position corresponding to the selected position in the second object group in response to an operation of a third operation portion, and displays at least one object included in the second object group on the second display portion. | 03-29-2012 |
20130249819 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND DETERMINATION METHOD - An example controller device includes a housing, and a grip portion formed lopsided with respect to a center of a predetermined surface of the housing. An information processing system calculates an attitude of the controller device, and determines the orientation of the grip portion with respect to the center based on the attitude of the controller device. For example, the information processing system determines whether the grip portion is facing right or facing left with respect to the center. Thus, the information processing system can precisely determine the mode of use in which the controller device is used. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252736 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESS METHOD, GAME DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREON - An example game system accepts, as a first input, a predetermined game operation performed before the game control process. The attitude of the controller device when the first input was made is set as the tentative reference attitude. After the first input, the game system further accepts, as an additional input, a predetermined game operation performed in a state where the attitude of the controller device is within a predetermined range defined by the tentative reference attitude. In response to a predetermined number of additional inputs, the reference attitude is determined using at least one of the tentative reference attitude and attitudes of the controller device when the predetermined number of additional inputs were made. The game control process is executed based on the attitude of the controller device and the reference attitude. | 09-26-2013 |