Computer-readable storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• imaging means for capturing an image;
• input means by which a user inputs an image;
• display means having a screen on which the user can view a real space;
• captured image data obtaining means for successively obtaining captured image data indicating the image captured by the imaging means;
• input data obtaining means for successively obtaining input data indicating an image inputted by the input means;
• detection means for detecting a specific target from the captured image data successively obtained by the captured image data obtaining means;
• calculation means for calculating relative positions of the imaging means and the specific target, based on a result of the detection for the specific target;
• virtual camera setting means for successively setting a virtual camera in a virtual space, based on a result of the calculation by the calculation means;
• generation means for capturing, using the virtual camera, an object in the virtual space, which is indicated by the input data successively inputted by the input data obtaining means, to generate an object image corresponding to the object;
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• display control means for causing the display means to successively display a superimposed image in which the object image generated by the generation means is superimposed on the real space on the screen.

An information processing system comprising:

• imaging means for capturing an image;
• input means by which a user inputs an image;
• display means having a screen on which the user can view a real space;
• captured image data obtaining means for successively obtaining captured image data indicating the image captured by the imaging means;
• input data obtaining means for successively obtaining input data indicating an image inputted by the input means;
• detection means for detecting a specific target from the captured image data successively obtained by the captured image data obtaining means;
• calculation means for calculating relative positions of the imaging means and the specific target, based on a result of the detection for the specific target;
• virtual camera setting means for successively setting a virtual camera in a virtual space, based on a result of the calculation by the calculation means;
• generation means for capturing, using the virtual camera, an object in the virtual space, which is indicated by the input data successively inputted by the input data obtaining means, to generate an object image corresponding to the object;
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• display control means for causing the display means to successively display a superimposed image in which the object image generated by the generation means is superimposed on the real space on the screen.

An information processing method comprising:

• an imaging step of capturing an image by imaging means;
• an input step in which a user inputs an image;
• a display step in which the user can view a real space on a screen;
• a captured image data obtaining step of successively obtaining captured image data indicating the image captured in the imaging step;
• an input data obtaining step of successively obtaining input data indicating an image inputted in the input step;
• a detection step of detecting a specific target from the captured image data successively obtained in the captured image data obtaining step;
• a calculation step of calculating relative positions of the imaging means and the specific target, based on a result of the detection for the specific target;
• a virtual camera setting step of successively setting a virtual camera in a virtual space, based on a result of the calculation in the calculation step;
• a generation step of capturing, using the virtual camera, an object in the virtual space, which is indicated by the input data successively inputted in the input data obtaining step, to generate an object image corresponding to the object;
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• a display control step of causing the display step to successively display a superimposed image in which the object image generated in the generation step is superimposed on the real space on the screen.