Patent ID: 8917236
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer in an information processing apparatus capable of obtaining operation data according to a tilt of a predetermined object that can be moved by a user, the information processing program causing the computer to provide functionality comprising: a tilt calculation for calculating, based on the operation data, tilt information corresponding to the tilt of the object about a predetermined axis of the object; a position calculation for calculating a specified position on a screen of a display device based on the operation data so that the specified position changes according to a direction of the predetermined axis of the object and calculating the specified position according to a tilt of the object about a first axis and a tilt thereof about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, or according to a movement in a direction of the first axis and a movement in a direction of the second axis, the first and second axes being perpendicular to the predetermined axis of the object; a display control for displaying one of partial sub-groups of selection items on the screen of the display device; a switching for switching one of a plurality of partial sub-groups of selection items displayed on the screen to another according to an amount of tilt about the predetermined axis, the amount of tilt changing independently of a direction of the predetermined axis, which is used for calculating the specified position; and a selection for selecting one item displayed at the specified position, which changes according to the direction of the predetermined axis and which changes according to the tilt of the object about the first axis and the tilt thereof about the second axis or according to the movement in the direction of the first axis and the movement in the direction of the second axis, from among the partial sub-group of selection items, to which switching has been made according to the amount of tilt, which changes independently of the direction of the predetermined axis, to perform an information process according to the selected item; wherein where a first partial sub-group of selection items is displayed on the screen, the switching switches the selection items displayed on the screen from the first partial sub-group of selection items to a second partial sub-group of selection items on a condition that the amount of tilt about the predetermined axis goes above a first threshold value, and where the second partial sub-group of selection items is displayed on the screen, the switching switches the selection items displayed on the screen from the second partial sub-group of selection items to the first partial sub-group of selection items on a condition that the amount of tilt about the predetermined axis goes below a second threshold value being smaller than the first threshold value.