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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2001
Hideaki Kikukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Saito, Saitama, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An entertainment device comprises: an operation device comprising a plurality of push operation mechanisms, each of which outputs a multi-level signal indicating one of three or more values, which change according to the amount of the push operation; a data hold section, which holds an image expression data to display one entertainment image by a different representation style by associating with an identification information of the corresponding representation style and an identification information of said push operation mechanism to which an input is scheduled, and a value of a multi-level signal; a detection section to detect a value of the identification information and the multi-level signal of said push operation mechanism input from said operation device; a data retrieval section, which specifies the identification information of the detected said push operation mechanism and the identification information of said representation style corresponding to the value of the multi-level signal and retrieves an image expression data corresponding to the identification information of the specified representation style from the data hold section; a display control section to change the representation style of a displayed entertainment image based on the retrieved image expression data; and a display section to display the entertainment image on a predetermined display unit. It is preferable that a value of said multi-level signal reversibly changes according to an amount of said push operation.