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US 9,286,939 B2Granted
Information-processing system, information-processing device, storage medium, and method
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinya Takahashi, Toshiaki Suzuki, Akihiro Umehara
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Abstract
An exemplary information-processing system includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images, each of which is clipped from each of a plurality of panoramic images, the plurality of images being determined in response to a pathway on a map, each of the plurality of panoramic images corresponding to a point on the map; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the plurality of images obtained by the obtaining unit sequentially.
Claims19
An information-processing system comprising:
- at least one hardware processor coupled to a memory, the at least one hardware processor programmed to:
- obtain a plurality of images, each of which is clipped from each of a plurality of panoramic images, the plurality of images being determined in response to a pathway on a map with each one of the plurality of panoramic images corresponding to a point on the map;
- and
- sequentially output the plurality of images to a display screen for display thereon, where only one image from among the plurality of images is displayed on the display screen at any one time over the sequentially output plurality of images, where the sequentially output plurality of images are time-sequentially switched from one to another,
- wherein each one of the plurality of panoramic images from which the plurality of images are obtained are panoramic images that have been already captured,
- wherein the sequentially output plurality of images are sequentially switched independently of input provided from a user and during a time period of being sequentially switched independent of input provided from a user the plurality of images are output at a first image resolution,
- wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:
- accept an input, while the plurality of images are being sequentially switched, to pause or interrupt the sequential switching of the plurality of images;
- and
- responsive to the accepted input, show at least one of the plurality of images at a second image resolution that is higher than the first image resolution.
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An information-processing device, comprising:
- a display device that includes a display screen;
- and
- a processing system that includes at least one hardware processor coupled to the memory and the display device, the processing system configured to:
- obtain a plurality of images where each of the plurality of images is a partial portion clipped from one of a plurality of panoramic images, the plurality of images being determined in response to a pathway on a map, each one of the plurality of panoramic images corresponding to a point on the map;
- sequentially output, to the display device, the plurality of images on the display screen for display thereon, where only one image from among the plurality of images is displayed on the display screen at any one time over the sequentially output plurality of images, where the sequentially output plurality of images are automatically sequentially switched from one to another based on an expiration of a period of time and independent of input provided from a user;
- determine if at least one of the plurality of images has been displayed for greater than a threshold period of time;
- and
- responsive to the determination, cause the at least one of the plurality of images to be displayed at a resolution that is higher than other ones of the plurality of images,
- wherein each one of the plurality of panoramic images from which the plurality of images are obtained are panoramic images that were capture prior the corresponding partial portion being clipped therefrom.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an image program for use with a computer that includes at least one hardware processor coupled a memory, the image program comprising instructions configured to cause the computer to:
- obtain a plurality of images, each of which is clipped from one of a plurality of panoramic images, the plurality of images being determined in response to a pathway on a map, with each one of the of the plurality of panoramic images corresponding to a point on the map;
- control a display, which includes a display screen, to sequentially display the plurality of images on the display screen, where only one image from among the plurality of images is displayed on the display screen at any one time over the sequentially output plurality of images, where the sequentially output plurality of images are time-sequentially switched from one to another independent of input provided from a user;
- determine that at least one of the plurality of images has been displayed for greater than a threshold period of time;
- and
- responsive to determination that an image of the plurality of images has been displayed for greater than a threshold period of time, cause the corresponding image to be displayed at a resolution that is higher than other ones of the plurality of images,
- wherein each one of the plurality of images is obtained from a corresponding one of the plurality of panoramic images that has already been captured by a camera and subsequently stored in the memory of the computer.
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A method of configuring at least one hardware processor coupled to a memory, the method comprising:
- clipping a partial portion from each one of a plurality of panoramic images to obtain a plurality of images, the partial portion that is to be clipped from a corresponding panoramic image being determined in response to a pathway on a map, where each one of the plurality of panoramic images correspond to a point on the map;
- outputting the obtained plurality of images to a display screen for display thereon;
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- time-sequentially switching between the plurality of images that are being output, where only one image from among the plurality of images is displayed on the display screen at any one time over the sequentially output plurality of images;
- accepting an input, while the plurality of images are being time-sequentially switched, to pause or interrupt the time-sequential switching of the plurality of images;
- and
- responsive to the accepted input, showing at least one of the plurality of images at a second image resolution that is higher than a first image resolution,
- wherein each one of the plurality of panoramic images from which each partial portion is clipped has already been captured by an imager,
- wherein the sequentially output plurality of images are sequentially switched independently of input provided from a user and during a time period of the plurality of images being sequentially switched independent of user input are shown at the first image resolution.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.