Patent ID: 8016671
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a first display portion configured to display a game image; a second display portion; an input device configured to point to an arbitrary position on said second display portion; image displaying programmed logic circuitry configured to display the image being displayed on said first display portion in response to an operation by a user; image controlling programmed logic circuitry configured to control a display of the image being displayed on said first display portion according to a position designated by said input device after said image was displayed on said second display portion; and capture counting programmed logic circuitry configured to determine a count of a number of times the user can initiate a capture operation, wherein the image displayed on said first display portion is a moving image, and an image to be displayed on said second display portion is a captured image obtained by capturing, via a capture operation, said moving image being displayed on said first display portion in response to the operation by the user and in dependence on whether the count is positive, and wherein the capture counting programmed logic circuitry is further configured to decrement the count each time the user initiates a capture operation unless the count is 0.