# US 9,436,426 B2 · Computer-readable storage medium, information processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,426 B2 - Document ID: US9436426B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/458,478 - Filed: 2014-08-13 - Published: 2014-11-27 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-03 - Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hisashi Nogami; Tomoaki Tsuji - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436426B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display} - A63F 13/00: Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions - A63F 13/26: having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth - A63F 13/47: involving branching, e.g. choosing one of several possible scenarios at a given point in time - A63F 13/53: involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game - G06F 3/033: Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user {, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks}; Accessories therefor (digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041) - H04N 21/4122: {additional display device, e.g. video projector (digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423)} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/4781: {Games} - A63F 2300/204: the platform being a handheld device - A63F 2300/301: using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A game system has at least two modes of operation, that is, a monitor game mode and a terminal device game mode. In the monitor game mode, a main game image is displayed on a monitor and a sub game image is displayed on an LCD of a terminal device. In the terminal device game mode, the main game image is displayed on the LCD of the terminal device. The mode of operation can be switched in accordance with a mode switching instruction from a user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising an information processing program which causes a computer of an information processing apparatus, configured to output an image to a separately housed portable display device and a separately housed stationary display device, to: repeatedly execute an information process; generate a process image, using the information processing apparatus, in accordance with the executed information process; output the process image from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed stationary display device; determine whether a condition is satisfied; and output the process image from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed portable display device when the condition is satisfied, wherein the process image is repeatedly generated in accordance with the repeatedly executed information process, and the repeatedly generated process image is output from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed portable display device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the process image is output from the information processing apparatus to the portable display device without ending the executed information process. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the process image is not output from the information processing apparatus to the portable display device when the condition is not satisfied. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the information processing program further causes the computer to: accept an input from a user; and determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied based on the accepted input. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 4, wherein the information process is temporarily stopped when the input is accepted, and the process image is output from the information processing apparatus to the portable display device when the information process is executed again after temporarily stopping when the input is accepted. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the portable display device includes an operation section, and the information process is executed based on a signal from the operation section of the portable display device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the information processing apparatus further configured to communicate with a controller, and the information process is executed based on a signal from the controller before the condition is determined to be satisfied, and the information process is executed based on the signal from the operation section after the condition is determined to be satisfied. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the process image is generated in a format suitable for a display device to which the process image is to be output. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the process image is generated in a resolution suitable for the display device to which the process image is to be output. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the process image is output to the stationary display device in a general-purpose output format, and the process image is output to the portable display device in an output format specific to the portable display device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the information processing program further causes the computer to: generate a sub image in accordance with the information process; and output the process image to the stationary display device and output the sub image to the portable display device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the information process is a game process. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the information processing program further causes the computer to: accept an input from a user; execute the game process based on the accepted input; and generate the process image in accordance with the game process. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the process image is output to the portable display device via wireless transmission. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the process image is compressed and output to the portable display device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the process image is rendered by the information processing apparatus and output to the separately housed stationary display device and/or to the separately housed portable display device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the process image is output from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed stationary display device in a first mode, and the process image is output to the separately housed portable display device in a second mode. ### Claim 18 An information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor and configured to output an image to a separately housed portable display device and a separately housed stationary display device, the information processing apparatus further configured to: repeatedly execute an information process; generate a process image, using the information processing apparatus, in accordance with the executed information process; output the process image from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed stationary display device; determine whether a condition is satisfied; and output the process image from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed portable display device when the condition is satisfied, wherein the process image is repeatedly generated in accordance with the repeatedly executed information process, and the repeatedly generated process image is output from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed portable display device. ### Claim 19 An information processing system configured to output an image to a separately housed portable display device and a separately housed stationary display device, the information processing system comprising: a processing system having at least one processor, the processing system configured to: repeatedly execute an information process, generate a process image, using the information processing system, in accordance with the executed information process, output the process image from the information processing system to the separately housed stationary display device, determine whether a condition is satisfied, and output the process image from the information processing system to the separately housed portable display device when the condition is satisfied, wherein the process image is repeatedly generated in accordance with the repeatedly executed information process, and the repeatedly generated process image is output from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed portable display device. ### Claim 20 A method implemented using a processing system having at least one processor, the processing system configured to output an image to a separately housed portable display device and a separately housed stationary display device, the method comprising: repeatedly executing an information process; generating a process image, using the processing system, in accordance with the executed information process; outputting the process image from an information processing apparatus to the separately housed stationary display device; determining whether a condition is satisfied; and outputting the process image from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed portable display device when the condition is satisfied, wherein the process image is repeatedly generated in accordance with the repeatedly executed information process, and the repeatedly generated process image is output from the information processing apparatus to the separately housed portable display device.