Information processor, image generation method, and program

1. An information processor comprising:

a mode control section adapted to select a power saving mode as an operation mode; and

a screen control section adapted to generate a display screen, wherein

when a user logs in after the mode control section switches the mode from power saving mode to normal mode, the screen control section generates a display screen to match the user who has logged in,

wherein when a first user and a second user are (a) concurrently logged in, (b) the first user starts an application program which is a video game program, and (c) the second user concurrently participates in the application program after the first user starts the application program,

if the first user, during concurrent participation in the application program, later transitions the operation mode to power saving mode and subsequently transitions the operation mode from power saving mode to normal mode, the screen control section displays a first application screen of the application program that appeared immediately before the transition to power saving mode as the display screen, and

if, during concurrent participation in the application program, the second user transitions the operation mode to power saving mode and subsequently transitions the operation mode from power saving mode to normal mode the screen control section displays a home screen to the user instead of the first application screen,

wherein the home screen is not a screen of the application program.

2. The information processor of claim 1 , further comprising:

a login processing section adapted to allow a plurality of users to simultaneously log in, wherein

the login processing section causes all concurrent logged-in users to log out before the mode control section switches the operation mode to power saving mode.

3. The information processor of claim 1 , wherein

the logged-in users are logged out after data of the application program under execution immediately before the transition is saved as suspend data when the operation mode is switched to power saving mode.

4. The information processor of claim 1 , wherein the screen control section additionally displays an information bar for a predetermined time period overlaying a portion of the application screen that appeared before the transition to power saving mode,

wherein the application screen is a full-screen image.

5. A screen generation method comprising:

selecting power saving mode by a first user as an operation mode while the first user and a second user are concurrently logged into an information processing device,

wherein the first user starts an application program which is a video game program and the second user concurrently participates in the application program after the first user starts the application program; and

generating a display screen, wherein

if the first user, during concurrent participation in the application program, later transitions the operation mode to power saving mode and subsequently transitions the operation mode from power saving mode to normal mode, an application screen of the application program is displayed that appeared immediately before the transition to power saving mode, and

if, during concurrent participation in the application program, the second user transitions the operation mode to power saving mode and subsequently transitions the operation mode from power saving mode to normal mode, a home screen is displayed to the user instead of the first application screen,

wherein the home screen is not a screen of the application program.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program causing a computer to perform:

by a storage section, storing a first user who started an application program which is a video game program and a second user that did not start the application, the first user and the second user concurrently logged in to the computer and concurrently participating in the application program;

by a mode control section, selecting power saving mode as an operation mode; and

by a screen control section, generating a display screen, wherein

when

the first user, during concurrent participation in the application program, later transitions the operation mode to power saving mode and subsequently transitions the operation mode from power saving mode to normal mode, the screen control section displays a first application screen of the application program that appeared immediately before the transition to power saving mode as the display screen, and

if, during concurrent participation in the application program, the second user transitions the operation mode to power saving mode and subsequently transitions the operation mode from power saving mode to normal mode, the screen control section displays a home screen to the user instead of the first application screen,

wherein the home screen is not a screen of the application program.