IP Library Granted Patent US 8,531,475
Granted Patent B2
US 8,531,475 · App. 13/297,604 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

Computer-readable storage medium having stored therein reception status display program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and reception status display method

Inventors: Ryota Oiwa (Kyoto, JP); Yousuke Fujino (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Nintendo, Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,531,475
App. No.
13/297,604
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exemplary reception status display apparatus receives a series of data transmitted thereto, and displays, in a stepwise manner, a corresponding image, which is an image corresponding to the series of data, in a predetermined region in a screen, in accordance with a progression of reception of the series of data. Furthermore, during the reception of the series of data, the exemplary reception status display apparatus continuously generates, outside the predetermined region, movement objects each having a color selected from component colors of the corresponding image and moves each movement object toward the predetermined region.

Claims (31)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a reception status display program executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus for displaying a reception status of a series of data transmitted thereto, the computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program causing the computer to function as:

a reception section configured to receive the series of data transmitted thereto;

a corresponding image display section configured to display, in a stepwise manner, a corresponding image, which is an image corresponding to the series of data, in a predetermined region in a screen, in accordance with a progression of reception of the series of data; and

an object moving section configured to continuously generate, outside the predetermined region, movement objects each having a color selected from component colors of the corresponding image and move each movement object toward the predetermined region, during the reception of the series of data by the reception section.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program according to claim 1 , wherein the object moving section generates the movement object having a color selected from component colors, of the corresponding image, near a boundary between a portion of the corresponding image already displayed and a portion of the corresponding image not yet displayed.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program according to claim 2 , wherein the object moving section generates the movement object having a color randomly selected from the component colors near the boundary.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program according to claim 1 , wherein

main data and corresponding image data are included in the series of data,

the reception section receives and stores the corresponding image data in a predetermined storage section prior to a beginning of reception of the main data, and

the corresponding image display section displays a corresponding image based on the received corresponding image data in the stepwise manner, in accordance with an accumulated reception amount of the main data.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program according to claim 1 , wherein

the object moving section moves the movement object to a boundary position between a portion of the corresponding image already displayed and a portion of the corresponding image not yet displayed, and thereafter deletes the movement object that has reached the boundary position, and

the corresponding image display section displays the corresponding image line by line, in accordance with the progression of reception of the series of data.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program according to claim 5 , wherein the corresponding image display section displays the corresponding image in the stepwise manner along a direction different from a direction in which the movement object is moved.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program according to claim 1 , wherein the corresponding image display section displays the corresponding image in the stepwise manner so that an entirety of the corresponding image is displayed when the reception of the series of data has completed.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program according to claim 1 , wherein the object moving section changes the number of movement objects to be generated, in accordance with a received amount of the series of data per unit of time.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the reception status display program according to claim 1 , wherein

the reception status display program causes the computer to further function as a sketch image display section configured to generate, based on the corresponding image, a sketch image which is an image similar to the corresponding image, and display the sketch image in the predetermined region, and

the corresponding image display section displays the corresponding image in the stepwise manner as being superimposed onto the sketch image.

10. An information processing apparatus for displaying a reception status of a series of data transmitted thereto, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a reception section configured to receive the series of data transmitted thereto;

a corresponding image display section configured to display, in a stepwise manner, a corresponding image, which is an image corresponding to the series of data, in a predetermined region in a screen, in accordance with a progression of reception of the series of data; and

an object moving section configured to continuously generate, outside the predetermined region, movement objects each having a color selected from component colors of the corresponding image and move each movement object toward the predetermined region, during the reception of the series of data by the reception section.

11. An information processing system for displaying a reception status of a series of data transmitted thereto, the information processing system comprising:

a reception section configured to receive the series of data transmitted thereto;

a corresponding image display section configured to display, in a stepwise manner, a corresponding image, which is an image corresponding to the series of data, in a predetermined region in a screen, in accordance with a progression of reception of the series of data; and

an object moving section configured to continuously generate, outside the predetermined region, movement objects each having a color selected from component colors of the corresponding image and move each movement object toward the predetermined region, during the reception of the series of data by the reception section.

12. A reception status display method for displaying a reception status of a series of data transmitted thereto, the reception status display method comprising the steps of:

receiving the series of data transmitted thereto;

displaying, in a stepwise manner, a corresponding image, which is an image corresponding to the series of data, in a predetermined region in a screen, in accordance with a progression of reception of the series of data; and

continuously generating, outside the predetermined region, movement objects each having a color selected from component colors of the corresponding image and moving each movement object toward the predetermined region, during the reception of the series of data by the receiving step.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2011
From: OIWA, RYOTA; FUJINO, YOUSUKE
To: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-257037 · Nov 17, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120120094A1 · May 17, 2012