The detection stability of a camera regarding lightemitting sections is enhanced. An input device (100) includes a tracked region in which a plurality of lightemitting sections (H) are arranged. The tracked region includes a rear tracked section (31A) located on the rear side of operation members (13, 14, and 15) in side view and a front tracked section (31B) that is located on the front side of the rear tracked section (31A) and that extends in a direction different from that of the rear tracked section (31A) in side view.
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
There is provided an electronic apparatus which improves an external appearance and which easily ensures the strength of an exterior member. In the electronic apparatus, an upper surface of an exterior panel (20A) has, on a peripheral portion of the upper surface, a first position (P1), a second position (P2) defined on an opposite side of a center (PO) of the upper surface from the first position (P1), a third position (P3), and a fourth position (P4) defined on an opposite side of the center (PO) of the upper surface from the third position (P3). A line (L1) that connects the first position (P1) and the second position (P2) to each other and is formed along the upper surface is a curve bulging to a lower side, and a line (L2) that connects the third position (P3) and the fourth position (P4) to each other and is formed along the upper surface is a curve bulging to an upper side.
Disclosed herein is an input device including: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.
Provided are a voice chat device, a voice chat method, and a program which can suitably control whether a text, which is a voice recognition result for the voice of a voice chat, is provided. According to the present invention, a voice receiving unit (44) receives the voice of a voice chat. A text acquisition unit (46) acquires a text that is a voice recognition result for the voice received by the voice receiving unit (44). A transmission control unit (52) controls whether to transmit text data including the text acquired by the text acquisition unit (46) to a communication counterpart according to whether the voice recognition result is displayed in a voice chat system that is the counterpart for communication.
[Problem] To provide an information processing device, information processing method, and information medium with which it is possible to control an operation of a mobile body adaptively according to position information which corresponds to a prescribed arrangement pattern. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device, comprising: an information acquisition unit which acquires position information from a sensor which is configured to read in a prescribed arrangement pattern; and an operation control unit which controls an operation of a first mobile body, including a movement in a real space, on the basis of the position information.
Provided is an image generating device which generates and outputs a panoramic image by segmenting a surface of a sphere, whereon a view which is seen from an observation point is projected upon at least a select range, into eight segment regions along three planes which are mutually orthogonal at the center of the sphere, and converting and positioning upon a plane at least one of the segment regions which includes the range in which the view is projected, such that the numbers of pixels corresponding to mutually equivalent latitudes decrease the higher the latitude.
Provided is an information processing system whereby an invited user can determine whether or not a session to which he or she has been invited is available, before participating in the session to which he or she has been invited. The information processing system stores, for a plurality of sessions providing services in which respective users are able to participate, status information indicating whether or not each session is available; and stores invitation information relating to a plurality of invitations inviting invited users to participate in any of the sessions; and a plurality of client devices respectively acquire, from multiple items of invitation information, invitation information relating to the invited user who is also the user using the client device in question, and display the acquired invitation information on the display screen, in a format that depends on the status information.
Provided is an information processing system capable of controlling a user's own name disclosed to other user in accordance with the relationship with the other user. A user management server (2) stores, for each of a plurality of users, an identification name adapted to identify the user in association with a restricted disclosure name registered by the user and information identifying a user entitled to disclosure to whom the disclosure of the restricted disclosure name is permitted. The user management server (2) receives a request for acquisition of name information of a requested user including information identifying a requesting user from a client device (3). The user management server (2) transmits the restricted disclosure name of the requested user as a reply to the acquisition request if the requesting user is registered as a user entitled to disclosure of the requested user. If not, the user management server (2) transmits the identification name of the requested user. The client device (3) shows the transmitted name information of the requested user on a display screen.
An image generation unit 110 generates image data to be displayed on an outputting apparatus 4. An acceptance unit 104 accepts operation information of inputting units provided in an inputting apparatus. A sharing processing unit 150 carries out, when the acceptance unit 104 accepts operation information of particular one of the inputting units provided in the Inputting apparatus, a process of sharing the image data generated by the image generation unit 110 or information relating to the image data. The particular inputting unit provided in the inputting apparatus is used by a user to input operation information to system software of an information processing apparatus 10, and the sharing processing unit 150 carries out the sharing process only when the acceptance unit 104 accepts the operation information of the particular inputting unit.
G06F 3/048 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
A63F 13/00 - Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
G06F 3/023 - Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c).
A63F 13/24 - Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
A63F 13/213 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells
In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c).
A63F 13/24 - Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
A63F 13/213 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells
In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c).
A63F 13/24 - Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
A63F 13/23 - Input arrangements for video game devices for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
13.
MOVING IMAGE DATA GENERATION DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD, MOVING IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF MOVING IMAGE FILE
Frames of a moving image have a hierarchical structure where each frame is represented with a plurality of resolutions. Assuming that a resolution becomes higher in the order a 0-th layer to a third layer, the 0-th layer and the second layer are set as an original image layer, and the first layer and the third layer are set as a difference image layer in hierarchical data representing a frame at time. When an area is to be displayed in the resolution of the third layer, to respective pixel values of a difference image of the area retained by the third layer, respective pixel values of an image of a corresponding area retained by the second layer, the image enlarged to the resolution of the third layer, are added. A layer to be set as a difference image layer is switched to another layer as time passes.
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
14.
MOVING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD
An imaging device with a stereo camera generates demosaiced stereo images of a plurality of sizes. The imaging device connects cyclically row of pixels for a single horizontal row of each image, in accordance with a predetermined rule and forms a stream so as to generate a virtual synthesized image in which a row of pixels that results when a connecting cycle is completed is defined as a horizontal row of pixels. A host terminal requests for data that specifies a plurality of areas in the synthesized image by setting a common vertical range. The imaging device crops out the specified areas and transmits a stream of a new synthesized image that consists only of cropped areas. The host terminal segments it into individual images and deploys them in a main memory.
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
Provided is a list display apparatus configured to: arrange, from a list including a plurality of item images arranged in order, item images included in a partial range of the list in a predetermined scroll direction, and display the item images in the partial range on a screen; and move the item images in the scroll direction at a speed corresponding to a user's scroll instruction, and move item images that have not been displayed on the screen in the scroll direction from outside of the screen into the screen so as to newly display the item images on the screen. When the item image that is newly displayed is moved in the scroll direction into the screen, at least a part of the item image is moved in a cross direction crossing the scroll direction from the outside of the screen into the screen at a predetermined speed.
16.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AREA-EFFICIENT GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
A user operates a GUI with a thumb and an index finger while holding an information processing device with left and right hands. For that purpose, the GUI screen image displays a directional keys input area at the lower left on the screen image, a button input area at the lower right, an L1/L2 button input area at the upper left, and an R1/R2 button input area at the upper right. The L1/L2 button input area and the R1/R2 button input area are in the forms of circle sectors, whereby the center angles of the circle sectors are the right angles of the two upper corners of the screen, and by internally dividing the center angles further so as to divide the sectors into two sectors respectively, the L1 button and the L2 button, and the R1 button and the R2 button are distinguished.
G06F 3/0487 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
A63F 13/42 - Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
A63F 13/537 - Controlling the output signals based on the game progress 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 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
A camera 100 outputs to a host terminal 20 a moving image for display on a display. An image acquisition unit 102 acquires an unprocessed image captured using an imaging element. A simple demosaic processing unit 106 performs a demosaic process on the unprocessed image. A pyramid filter unit 170 converts the unprocessed image into a plurality of reduced images whose resolutions vary in stages. An image transmission unit 150 is provided with a selection unit for selecting a part of the unprocessed image as a specific part and also selecting any one of the plurality of reduced images as a specified reduced image. The specific part of the unprocessed image and the specified reduced image that have been selected are transmitted to a host terminal by a communication unit 108 for a further image process.
18.
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
First a standard image to which a link is defined is displayed (S18). If a user operates a input device and if the viewpoint enters into the first link boundary (Y in S20), and if the information indicating that a resume operation is required does not exist (N in S22) the first frame of moving image data is read out and displayed on the display device as a still image. If resume information exists, the information is read out (Y in S22, S24), and the frame of the resume point is displayed on the display device as a still image. If the viewpoint enters into the second link boundary (Y in S28), playing back and displaying of the moving image and is started (S30). If the viewpoint moves out from the second link boundary (Y in S32), a frame displayed when the playback of the moving image is suspended is displayed as a still image and the resume point is stored (S34, S36). If the viewpoint moves out of the first link boundary (Y in S38), a standard image displayed at step S18 is displayed (S40).
G09G 5/36 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of individual graphic patterns using a bit-mapped memory
A63F 13/30 - Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
G09G 5/38 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of individual graphic patterns using a bit-mapped memory with means for controlling the display position
An entertainment device or other electronic device having an outward shape improved in functionality compared with that in the related art are provided. The electronic device includes a main housing (10) that is formed in an approximately elliptical cylinder form, and disposed in a such a manner that a longitudinal direction is approximately horizontal to a setting surface, and has medium insertion ports (14, 26, 28 and 30) for inserting a portable information storage medium such as an optical disk, and an approximately boxlike base portion (52) attached to a lower portion of the main housing (10).
An entertainment device or other electronic device having an outward shape improved in functionality compared with that in the related art are provided. The electronic device includes a main housing (10) that is formed in an approximately elliptical cylinder form, and disposed in a such a manner that a longitudinal direction is approximately horizontal to a setting surface, and has medium insertion ports (14, 26, 28 and 30) for inserting a portable information storage medium such as an optical disk, and an approximately boxlike base portion (52) attached to a lower portion of the main housing (10).
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
A63F 13/90 - Constructional details or arrangements of video game devices not provided for in groups or , e.g. housing, wiring, connections or cabinets
21.
BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME
The present invention provides a battery pack which is capable of enhancing a short-circuit prevention effect, and electronic equipment using this battery pack. The battery pack 31 has a battery built in the case 32 and an output terminal 47 which is electrically connected to the battery and provided in such a manner as directed towards the outside of the case 32. The battery pack 31 has an output section 34 that is provided in orthogonal to a virtual plane including a mount reference plane for the electronic equipment (under surface 33B) of the case 32, with a space between the virtual plane and the output section 34. The output section 34 is provided with an output terminal 47.
A portable electronic device (100) has a long sideways housing (10) whose both ends are held by the hands of a user and an LCD fitted in the surface of the housing (10). Bulges (42L, 42R) projecting outward are formed on both end portions of the rear face of the housing (10), which both end portions being held by fingers of the user holding the housing. When the fingers and palms of user~s hands are placed along the bulges (42L, 42R) with the fingers and palms bent naturally, the device fits the hands and operability is less likely to be impaired even the user violently moves in game play with the device.
patents
