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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2012
Masaki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinobu Matono, Saitama, JP;
Shuji Hiramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mode setting parthas a function to selectively set 2D and 3D display output modes. A play control partchanges the manner in which to control switching between display images in accordance with the display output mode set by the mode setting part. The play control partchanges the opacities of first and second display images with time so that when the two display images are cross-faded, the sum of the opacities of the first and second display images in a 3D display output mode is equal to or smaller than the sum of the opacities of the first and second display images in a 2D display output mode during a cross-fading period.