Patent ID: 8212780
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a touch panel for detecting operation information which indicates an operation performed by the player on a 2D plane of the touch panel; area information setting programmed logic circuitry for dividing the touch panel into a plurality of areas and setting different area information for each of the plurality of areas regarding a display form of an object; marker display position storage area for storing a display position of a marker for representing one of the plurality of areas; at least one display provided in relation with the touch panel for displaying an image of an entirety of the object operable by the player and the marker; marker distinguishing programmed logic circuitry for comparing coordinate data obtained from the operation information with a coordinate value of the display position of the marker and thus distinguishing whether or not the player indicates the marker; marker display position changing programmed logic circuitry for, when it is distinguished by the marker distinguishing programmed logic circuitry that the player indicates the marker, changing the display position of the marker in accordance with a change in the operation information based on a single user input operation performed on the 2D plane of the touch panel; area distinguishing programmed logic circuitry for distinguishing an area corresponding to the display position of the marker based on the display position; object changing programmed logic circuitry for, when the display position of the marker is changed by the marker display position changing programmed logic circuitry based on the single user input operation performed on the 2D plane of the touch panel, changing the display form on the object, including a shape of the object, based on the area information which is set for the area corresponding to the display position of the marker and distinguished by the area distinguishing programmed logic circuitry; the area information setting programmed logic circuitry divides the 2D plane of the touch panel into first areas along a first direction and divides the touch panel into second areas along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and sets a first parameter, which changes step by step along the first direction, and which indicates the display form of the object, and a second parameter, which changes step by step along the second direction, which is different from the first parameter, and which indicates the display form of the object, for each of the plurality of areas as the area information; and the object changing programmed logic circuitry changes the display form of the object, including the shape of the object, based on the first parameter and the second parameter simultaneously changing their respective values as the marker display position changes in a direction other than the first direction and the second direction based on the single user input operation performed on the 2D plane of the touch panel, the first and second parameters being set for the distinguished area so that the image of the entirety of the object to be deformed by at least the change in shape of the object is displayed on the display.