Storage medium having input processing program stored thereon and input processing device

Abstract

An input processing program for displaying a virtual 3-dimensional space and causing a computer to execute: a virtual plane setting step for setting a virtual plane in the virtual 3-dimensional space; a 2-dimensional coordinate detection step for detecting 2-dimensional coordinates inputted by a pointing device; an on-virtual plane moving step for moving a predetermined object on the virtual plane based on the 2-dimensional coordinates; an in-3-dimensional-space moving step for moving the object in the virtual 3-dimensional space out of the virtual plane, according to a predetermined input condition, and a display control step for displaying the object which is moved in the on-virtual plane moving step and the in-3-dimensional-space moving step and represented in the virtual 3-dimensional space.

1 . A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon an input processing program executed by a computer in an input processing device for displaying a virtual 3-dimensional space, including a display screen and a pointing device for inputting corresponding 2-dimensional coordinates on the display screen, the input processing program causing the computer to execute:
 a virtual plane setting step for setting a virtual plane in the virtual 3-dimensional space;   a 2-dimensional coordinate detection step for detecting the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device;   an on-virtual plane moving step for moving a predetermined object on the virtual plane based on the 2-dimensional coordinates detected in the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step;   an in-3-dimensional-space moving step for moving the object in the virtual 3-dimensional space out of the virtual plane, according to a predetermined input condition, and   a display control step for displaying, on the display screen, the object which is moved in the on-virtual plane moving step and the in-3-dimensional-space moving step and represented in the virtual 3-dimensional space.   
   
   
       2 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 1  wherein the display screen is a touch sensitive display screen. 
   
   
       3 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 1  wherein the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device are inputted as a series of coordinates inputted as the pointing device is dragged across the display screen. 
   
   
       4 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 1  wherein the virtual plane is a two-dimensional plane 
   
   
       5 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 1  wherein the virtual plane is on a virtual curved surface. 
   
   
       6 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 1  wherein the predetermined input condition is lifting the pointing device from the display screen. 
   
   
       7 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 1  wherein the in-3-dimensional-space moving step occurs after the on-virtual plane moving step. 
   
   
       8 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 1  wherein the on-virtual plane moving step includes moving the predetermined object to a position on the virtual plane corresponding to the 2-dimensional coordinates detected in the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step. 
   
   
       9 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 1  wherein the on-virtual plane moving step includes moving the predetermined object to positions on the virtual plane corresponding to a continuous series of the 2-dimensional coordinates detected in the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step, and
 the in-3-dimensional-space moving step begins when the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step detects the pointing device ceasing the input of the 2-dimensional coordinates.   
   
   
       10 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 9  wherein in the display control step includes changing a display angle of the predetermined object projected on the virtual plane when an input from the pointing device based on 2-dimensional coordinates continuously inputted by the pointing device. 
   
   
       11 . The non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon the input processing program according to  claim 9  wherein when an input from the pointing device is determined as being continuously inputted, a display angle of the predetermined object projected on the virtual plane is controlled based on the 2-dimensional coordinates detected in the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step, and
 in the in-3-dimensional-space moving step, an initial normal vector of the predetermined object is set according to the display angle, and a motion trajectory in the virtual 3-dimensional space is calculated based on the initial normal vector, wherein the movement of the object in the virtual 3-dimensional space is based on the motion trajectory.   
   
   
       12 . An input processing device, comprising:
 a display screen adapted to display a projection of a virtual 3-dimensional space;   a pointing device adapted to input corresponding 2-dimensional coordinates on the display screen;   a virtual plane setting means for setting a virtual plane in the virtual 3-dimensional space;   a 2-dimensional coordinate detection means for detecting the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device;   an on-virtual plane moving means for moving a predetermined virtual object in the virtual plane based on the 2-dimensional coordinates detected by the 2-dimensional coordinate detection means;   an in-3-dimensional-space moving means for moving the predetermined virtual object in the virtual 3-dimensional space out of the virtual plane according to a predetermined input condition, and   a display control means for displaying on the display screen the movements of the predetermined virtual object by the on-virtual plane moving means and the in-3-dimensional-space moving means.   
   
   
       13 . An input processing device of  claim 12  wherein the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device are inputted as a series of coordinates inputted as the pointing device is moved across the display screen. 
   
   
       14 . An input processing device of  claim 12  wherein the virtual plane is a curved plane. 
   
   
       15 . An input processing device of  claim 12  wherein the predetermined input condition is lifting the pointing device from the display screen. 
   
   
       16 . An input processing device of  claim 12  wherein the on-virtual plane moving step includes moving the predetermined virtual object to a position on the virtual plane corresponding to the 2-dimensional coordinates detected in the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step. 
   
   
       17 . An input processing device of  claim 12  wherein the on-virtual plane moving step includes displaying the predetermined virtual object at positions on the virtual plane corresponding to a continuous series of the 2-dimensional coordinates detected in the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step, and
 the in-3-dimensional-space moving step begins when the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step detects the pointing device ceasing the input of the continuous series of 2-dimensional coordinates.   
   
   
       18 . An input processing device of  claim 12  wherein in the display control step includes controlling a display angle of the predetermined virtual object to be projected on the virtual plane when an input from the pointing device is determined as being continuously inputted. 
   
   
       19 . An input processing device of  claim 12  when an input from the pointing device is determined as being continuously conducted, a display angle of the predetermined virtual object is projected on the virtual plane in the display control step and the display angle is controlled based on the 2-dimensional coordinates detected in the 2-dimensional coordinate detection step, and
 in the in-3-dimensional-space moving step, an initial normal vector of the predetermined virtual object is set according to the display angle, and a motion trajectory in the virtual 3-dimensional space is calculated based on the initial normal vector, wherein the movement of the predetermined virtual object in the virtual 3-dimensional space is based on the motion trajectory.   
   
   
       20 . An interactive processing device comprising:
 a display screen adapted to display a projection from a virtual three dimensional space;   a pointing device adapted to input to the device 2-dimensional coordinates corresponding to positions on the display screen;   a processor in communication with the display screen and receiving the input from the pointing device, the processor accessing a memory unit storing on non-transitory tangible media a program executed by the processor to generate a virtual object shown on the display screen, the program causing the processor to:   set a virtual plane in the virtual 3-dimensional space;   detect the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted by the pointing device;   moving the virtual object on the virtual plane according to the detected 2-dimensional coordinates;   moving the virtual object out of the virtual plane upon detection of a predetermined input from the pointing device, and   displaying on the display screen the movements of the virtual object in the virtual plane and out of the virtual plane.