Information output system and method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorKen KUTARAGI
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Abstract
To provide an information output system and an information output method capable of providing appropriate information for the user's current situation. The operation device comprises a state detection section for detecting a posture of the operation device, and a state information transmission section for transmitting state information to a home-use computer based on the state detected by the state detection section. The home-use computer outputs information depending on the state information transmitted by the state information transmission section.
Claims10
An information output system, comprising:
- a portable operation device;
- and
- an information output device in communication with the portable operation device,
- wherein the information output device arranges a plurality of image objects in a virtual space on a display,
- wherein the portable operation device comprises:
- state detection section for detecting a state of the portable operation device including at least a posture of the operation device;
- and
- communication section for transmitting the state of the portable operation device to the information output device,
- wherein the information output device shows a cursor on the display for selecting an image object from the plurality of image objects based on the state of the portable operation device,
- wherein the information output device determines at least a viewpoint of a user in the virtual space or a viewing direction of the user,
- wherein the information output device displays a linear object in the virtual space to the selected image object from the plurality of image objects,
- wherein the viewpoint is movable within the virtual three-dimensional space according to an operation carried out using the portable operation device, and
- wherein the viewing direction can be defined according to the operation carried out using the portable operation device.
The information output system according to claim 3, wherein the linear object extends between a position of the selected image object and a position ahead of the viewpoint in a viewing direction of the user.
A display control method comprising the steps of:
- arranging a plurality of image objects in a virtual space on a display;
- detecting a state of a portable operation device including at least a posture of the operation device;
- transmitting the state of the portable operation device to an information output device;
- and
- showing a cursor on the display for selecting an image object from the plurality of image objects based on the state of the portable operation device,
- wherein the information output device determines at least a viewpoint of a user in the virtual space or a viewing direction of the user,
- wherein the information output device displays a linear object in the virtual space to the selected image object from the plurality of image objects,
- wherein the viewpoint is movable within the virtual three-dimensional space according to an operation carried out using the portable operation device, and
- wherein the viewing direction can be defined according to the operation carried out using the portable operation device.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program for a computer, the program comprising the steps of:
- arranging a plurality of image objects in a virtual space on a display;
- detecting a state of a portable operation device including at least a posture of the operation device;
- transmitting the state of the portable operation device to an information output device;
- and
- showing a cursor on the display for selecting an image object from the plurality of image objects based on the state of the portable operation device,
- wherein the information output device determines at least a viewpoint of a user in the virtual space or a viewing direction of the user,
- wherein the information output device displays a linear object in the virtual space to the selected image object from the plurality of image objects,
- wherein the viewpoint is movable within the virtual three-dimensional space according to an operation carried out using the portable operation device, and
- wherein the viewing direction can be defined according to the operation carried out using the portable operation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.