Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing method performed to display in three dimensions information with a hierarchical relationship on surfaces of solid objects with a corresponding hierarchical relationship for using:

• a shape information storage portion in which shape information, which is information specifying a shape of a solid object, which is a three-dimensional object, can be stored;
• a placement information storage portion in which placement information, which is one or more pieces of information that can be placed on a surface constituting the solid object, can be stored;
• an acquisition condition information storage portion in which acquisition condition information for a specific hierarchical level, which is information indicating a condition for acquiring different pieces of information that is to be each placed on different surfaces constituting the solid object from the placement information, can be stored;
• a surface information acquiring portion;
• an image information configuration portion;
• and an output portion, the method comprising:
• a surface information acquiring step, performed by the surface information acquiring portion, of acquiring surface information, which is information that is to be placed on one or more surfaces of the solid object, from the placement information, using the acquisition condition information;
• an image information configuring step, performed by the image information configuration portion, of reading the shape information of the solid object, and configuring, for
• at least three surfaces of the read solid object, image information in which the surface information acquired by the surface information acquiring portion is placed;
• and
• an output step, performed by the output portion, of outputting the image information configured in the image information configuring step,
• wherein the acquisition condition information for a specific hierarchical level stored in the acquisition condition information storage portion is an arithmetic formula for calculating the average of the multiple pieces of placement information, and
• the surface information acquiring portion acquires the placement information that is the average of the values of the multiple pieces of placement information as the surface information.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to display in three dimensions information with a hierarchical relationship on surfaces of solid objects with a corresponding hierarchical relationship and to function as:

• a surface information acquiring portion that acquires, from placement information stored in a placement information storage portion, which is one or more pieces of information that can be placed on a surface constituting a solid object, which is a three-dimensional object, surface information, which is information that is to be placed on at least three surfaces of the solid object, using acquisition condition information for a specific hierarchical level stored in an acquisition condition information storage portion, which is information indicating a condition for acquiring different pieces of information that is to be each placed on different surfaces constituting the solid object;
• an image information configuration portion that reads shape information stored in a shape information storage portion, which is information specifying a shape of the solid object, and configures, for one or more surfaces of the read solid object, image information in which the surface information acquired by the surface information acquiring portion is placed;
• and
• an output portion that outputs the image information configured by the image information configuration portion,
• wherein the acquisition condition information for a specific hierarchical level stored in the acquisition condition information storage portion is an arithmetic formula for calculating the average of the multiple pieces of placement information, and
• the surface information acquiring portion acquires the placement information that is the average of the values of the multiple pieces of placement information as the surface information.