JP2008077203A5

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Publication number: JP2008077203A5
Application number: JP2006253182A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2006-09-19
Publication date: 2009-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 2026-09-19

Claims

In an information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit; and an instruction unit for instructing the display surface of the display unit with a cursor.
The virtual three-dimensional space together with displaying the two-dimensional by the display surface, and control means for controlling the instruction operation by the instruction means by moving the cursor displayed on the display surface in response to operation of said instruction means,
Detecting means for detecting an operation switching instruction for a three-dimensional object arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space by the instruction means;
When the first operation switching instruction for enabling an object inside the three-dimensional object arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space to be designated by the detection means is detected, the control means performs an operation by the instruction means. An information processing apparatus that controls an instruction so as to switch from a three-dimensional object displayed two-dimensionally on the display surface to a state in which an object inside the three-dimensional object can be selected .

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit changes and controls the shape of the cursor according to a range that can be instructed by the instruction unit.

The control means is configured to allow the instruction means to indicate the outside of the three-dimensional object by the detection means when the range that can be indicated by the instruction means is an object inside the three-dimensional object. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that an instruction to switch operations is given, the external space of the three-dimensional object is controlled to be within a range that can be instructed by the instruction means.

When the instructable space of the instruction unit is an object inside the first three-dimensional object, the control unit applies the second three-dimensional object that is an object inside the first three-dimensional object. When it is determined that the instruction for switching the first operation has been made, the object inside the second three-dimensional object is recursively controlled so as to be in a range that can be instructed by the instruction means,
When the instructable space of the instruction means is an internal space of a second three-dimensional object that is an object inside the first three-dimensional object, if it is determined that the instruction to switch the second operation is given, 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an object outside the second three-dimensional object and inside the first object is recursively controlled so as to be within a range that can be instructed by the instruction means. .

Generating means for generating an entry / exit area for moving the inside and outside of the three-dimensional object on the surface of the three-dimensional object;
The control means includes
When the cursor is moved from the external space of the three-dimensional object in which the entry / exit area is generated to the entry / exit area, it is determined that the first operation switching instruction is given to the three-dimensional object;
When the cursor is moved from the internal space of the three-dimensional object in which the entry / exit area is generated to the entry / exit area, it is determined that an instruction to switch the second operation is given.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus.

The control means can designate any point on the display surface by the instruction means when determining that the third operation switching instruction is made when the instruction means indicates the internal space of the three-dimensional object. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is controlled to a first state.

An object generating unit capable of generating and arranging a three-dimensional object within a range that can be instructed by the instruction unit based on a cursor operation by the instruction unit;
7. The information according to claim 1, wherein the object generation unit can process a three-dimensional object arranged within a range that can be instructed by the instruction unit based on a cursor operation by the instruction unit. Processing equipment.

In a control method for an information processing apparatus, comprising: a display unit; and an instruction unit for designating a display surface of the display unit with a cursor.
A control step of controlling the instruction operation by the instruction unit by moving the cursor to the display surface in accordance with the operation of the instruction unit, while displaying the virtual three-dimensional space two-dimensionally on the display surface;
A detection step of detecting an operation switching instruction for a three-dimensional object arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space by the instruction means;
When the detection step detects a first operation switching instruction for enabling an object inside the three-dimensional object arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space to be indicated, the control step includes the instruction means, A control method for an information processing apparatus, wherein control is performed so as to switch the internal space of the three-dimensional object from a two-dimensional display on the display surface to a selectable state.

The program for functioning a computer as a means of the information processing apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7.