Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Creatures Inc.

Katsunori Orimoto

Hiroyuki Ogasawara

A game apparatus takes an image of a marker placed in the real space. The game apparatus calculates the position and the orientation of the marker with respect to the game apparatus on the basis of the marker included in the taken image, and sets a marker coordinate system on the marker. In addition, the game apparatus detects the direction of gravity on the basis of acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor included in the game apparatus. Next, the game apparatus calculates the direction of gravity in the marker coordinate system on the basis of the detected direction of gravity, and determines the orientation of the virtual character on the basis of the calculated direction of gravity in the marker coordinate system. Then, the game apparatus displays the virtual character on a display device.

Computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

A computer-readable storage medium has stored therein an information processing program that causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to operate as: means for sequentially obtaining an image; means for detecting a specific object from the obtained image; means for detecting, on the basis of a first threshold and a pixel value obtained from a first region of the detected specific object, first region information on the first region; calculation means for calculating a second threshold on the basis of the pixel value obtained from the first region when the first region information is detected; means for detecting, on the basis of the second threshold calculated by the calculation means and a pixel value obtained from a second region of the detected specific object that is different from the first region, second region information on the second region; and means for outputting at least the second region information detected.

Computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and information processing system

A computer-readable storage medium has stored therein an information processing program for causing a computer of an information processing apparatus to operate as: means for sequentially obtaining an image; specific object detection means for detecting a specific object from the obtained image; means for detecting, on the basis of a pixel value obtained from a central region of the detected specific object, first region information on the central region; means for determining whether or not a result of the detection meets a predetermined condition; means for detecting, on the basis of a pixel value obtained from a surrounding region of the specific object that is present around the central region, second region information on the surrounding region; and means for outputting at least the second region information detected by the second region information detection means when a result of the determination is positive.

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Chiyoda-ku, Japan

Katsunori Orimoto