Patent ID: 8264488
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for displaying in three dimensions information with a hierarchical relationship on surfaces of solid objects with a corresponding hierarchical relationship, comprising: a shape information storage portion in which shape information, which is information specifying a shape of a solid object, which is a three-dimensional object, can be stored; a placement information storage portion in which placement information, which is one or more pieces of information that can be placed on a surface constituting the solid object, can be stored; an acquisition condition information storage portion in which acquisition condition information for a specific hierarchical level, which is information indicating a condition for acquiring different pieces of information that is to be each placed on different surfaces constituting the solid object from the placement information, can be stored; a surface information acquiring portion that acquires surface information, which is information that is to be placed on at least three surfaces of the solid object, from the placement information, using the acquisition condition information; an image information configuration portion that reads the shape information of the solid object, and configures, for one or more surfaces of the read solid object, image information in which the surface information acquired by the surface information acquiring portion is placed; and an output portion that outputs the image information configured by the image information configuration portion, wherein the acquisition condition information for a specific hierarchical level stored in the acquisition condition information storage portion is an arithmetic formula for calculating the average of the multiple pieces of placement information, and the surface information acquiring portion acquires the placement information that is the average of the values of the multiple pieces of placement information as the surface information.