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Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Aritoki Kawai, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;

Hidehiko Morisada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
Abstract

When the user enters a request for moving a viewpoint, whether or not a displayed area is encompassed in a link area that is set for an active image is kept monitored. When the displayed area is encompassed, a corresponding link is determined to be valid, and an image of a link destination mapped to the link area is displayed. Whether or not the displayed area moves outside of a link area set for an image of a link origin is further monitored. If even a part of the displayed area moves outside of the link area, a corresponding link is determined to be invalid, and the display is switched back to the image of the link origin. If none of the above-stated conditions applies, the initial image continues to be displayed while moving the displayed area according to the movement of the viewpoint within the active image.


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