IP Library Granted Patent US 8,570,330
Granted Patent B2
US 8,570,330 · App. 13/240,220 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Image processing device, image processing method and information storage medium

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Patent No.
US 8,570,330
App. No.
13/240,220
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

To control screen display using moving pictures for a plurality of users. Respective moving pictures for a plurality of users are acquired, and each of the acquired moving pictures are displayed on a screen. Display content for the screen is controlled in response to content of each moving picture. At this time, it is also possible to move a specified movement image on the screen according to display position of each moving picture on the screen and content of each moving picture, or to change a display region of the moving picture on the screen according to content of each moving picture.

Claims (32)

1. An image processing method comprising:

detecting a movement by analyzing content of a plurality of moving pictures, which are displayed at a plurality of display areas respectively on a screen;

changing a shape or a location of at least one of the plurality of the display areas based on a result of the detecting; and

moving the plurality of display areas away from a detected display area wherein the movement is detected as a result of the detecting without receiving input from a user.

2. The image processing method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display areas are displayed as cubes in a virtual three dimensional space.

3. The image processing method of claim 2 , wherein a surface of the cubes is changed based on a result of the detecting.

4. The image processing method of claim 2 further comprising:

generating an object image, which is displayed on the screen in addition to the plurality of display areas; and

moving the object image when a change in shape of at least one of the plurality of the display areas is detected.

5. The image processing method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of the display areas move away from the vicinity of the plurality of the display areas in which a predetermined content movement is detected.

6. The image processing method of claim 1 , wherein both the shape and the location of at least one of the plurality of the display areas are changed based on the result of the detecting.

7. The image processing method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating an object image, which is displayed on the screen in addition to the plurality of display areas; and

executing a predetermined processing corresponding to the object image after one of the plurality of the display areas contacts the object image.

8. The image processing method of claim 7 , wherein the object image is an arbitrary operating button.

9. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a screen configured to display for a plurality of moving pictures in a plurality of display areas, respectively; and

a processor configured to detect a movement by analyzing content of the plurality of moving pictures and change a shape or a location of at least one of the plurality of the display areas based on the detected movement,

wherein the plurality of display areas are moved away from a detected display area wherein the movement is detected by the processor without receiving input from a user.

10. The image processing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of display areas are displayed as cubes in a virtual three dimensional space.

11. The image processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a surface of the cubes is changed based on a result of the movement detection.

12. The image processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor generates an object image, which is displayed on the screen in addition to the plurality of display areas; and

moves the object image when a change in shape of at least one of the plurality of display areas is detected.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying an image processing program comprising instructions to cause a computer to perform:

detecting, using the computer, a movement by analyzing content of a plurality of moving pictures, which are displayed at a plurality of display areas respectively on a screen;

changing a shape or a location of at least one of the plurality of the display areas based on a result of the detecting, and

moving the plurality of the display areas away from a detected display area wherein the movement is detected as a result of the detecting without receiving input from a user.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of display areas are displayed as cubes in a virtual three dimensional space.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein a surface of the cubes is changed based on a result of the detecting.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions to cause a computer to perform:

generating an object image, which is displayed on the screen in addition to the plurality of display areas; and

moving the object image when a change in shape of at least one of the plurality of the display areas is detected.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2013
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030814/0267 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2011
From: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM INC.
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 027449/0546 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 26, 2011
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM INC.
Reel/Frame 027448/0794 →