Game Device Provided with Touch Panel, Game Control Program, And Method for Controlling Game.
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorMasaharu Sakai
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Abstract
A game device includes: a display device; a rear touch panel provided on the other side of a surface on which the display device is mounted; an activation control unit operative, when the rear touch panel detects an operation of bringing an input means into contact with the rear touch panel and moving the input means in a predetermined direction, to activate a function determined in accordance with the direction; and a screen image managing unit operative to display a screen image displayed by the function activated by the activation control unit on the display device so that the screen image slides from an edge of the screen of the display device in the direction.
Claims12
A game device comprising:
- a display device;
- a rear touch panel provided on the other side of a surface on which the display device is mounted;
- an activation control unit operative, when the rear touch panel detects an operation of bringing an input means into contact with the rear touch panel and moving the input means in a predetermined direction, to activate a function determined in accordance with the direction;
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- a screen image managing unit operative to display a screen image displayed by the function activated by the activation control unit on the display device so that the screen image slides from an edge of the screen of the display device in the direction.
A method for controlling a game comprising:
- in a game device comprising a display device and a rear touch panel provided on the other side of a surface on which the display device is mounted, activating, when the rear touch panel detects an operation of bringing an input means into contact with the rear touch panel and moving the input means in a predetermined direction, a function determined in accordance with the direction;
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- displaying a screen image displayed by the activated function on the display device so that the screen image slides from an edge of the screen of the display device in the direction.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing a computer program for controlling a game, the computer program comprising:
- a module, in a game device comprising a display device and a rear touch panel provided on the other side of a surface on which the display device is mounted, configured to activate, when the rear touch panel detects an operation of bringing an input means into contact with the rear touch panel and moving the input means in a predetermined direction, a function determined in accordance with the direction;
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- a module configured to display a screen image displayed by the activated function on the display device so that the screen image slides from an edge of the screen of the display device in the direction.
(canceled)
A game device comprising:
- a display device;
- a rear touch panel provided on the other side of a surface on which the display device is mounted;
- an application operative to provide a predetermined function;
- a function control unit operative to control a function that is activated when the rear touch panel is operated;
- an input device operative to allow a user to input an instruction to the application or the function control unit;
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- an event control unit operative, when a basic screen image displayed by the application and a virtual screen image displayed by the function control unit are displayed on the display device, to determine to which of the application or the function control unit to notify of an operation input via the input device, and operative to notify a determined target of the operation input via the input device.
A method for controlling a game comprising:
- displaying, by an application providing a predetermined function, a basic screen image on a display device;
- displaying a virtual screen image on the display device by a function control unit that controls a function activated when a rear touch panel, which is provided on the other side of a surface on which the display device is mounted, is operated;
- determining, when the basic screen image and the virtual screen image are displayed on the display device, to which of the application or the function control unit to notify of an input via an input device for allowing a user to input instructions to the application or to the function control unit;
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- notifying a determined target of information input via the input device.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing a computer program, the computer program comprising:
- a module configured to allow an application that provides a predetermined function to display a basic screen image on a display device;
- a module configured to allow a function control unit to display a virtual screen image on the display device, the function control unit controlling a function activated when a rear touch panel, which is provided on the other side of a surface on which the display device is mounted, is operated;
- a module configured determine, when the basic screen image and the virtual screen image are displayed on the display device, to which of the application or the function control unit to notify of an input via an input device for allowing a user to input instructions to the application or to the function control unit;
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- a module configured to notify a determined target of information input via the input device.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.