Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

Abstract

An exemplary system includes: an information processing unit; a storage unit which stores information processed by the information processing unit; a touch panel which is a touch input unit which accepts a touch input; and an acceleration sensor equivalent to a force detection unit which detects a force applied to an apparatus or the touch panel at a time of the touch input, and the information processing unit evaluates an input area of the touch input and performs predetermined information processing in accordance with the input area and an acceleration value which is a detection value of the force.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein a program which causes a computer of an information processing apparatus including a force detection unit which detects a force applied to the information processing apparatus to function as: an evaluation unit which obtains a touch position from a touch input unit and evaluates an input area of a touch input; and an information processing unit which performs predetermined information processing based on the input area and the force detected by the force detection unit. 
     
     
         2 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing unit performs the predetermined information processing based on the input area when the force is detected by the force detection unit and the detected force. 
     
     
         3 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing unit performs the predetermined information processing based on both of the input area and the detected force. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing unit performs the predetermined information processing based on the input area, the detected force, and the touch position. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the force detection unit is a movement sensor which detects a movement of the information processing apparatus and the information processing unit performs the predetermined information processing based on the input area and the detected movement. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 5 , wherein the information processing unit performs the predetermined information processing based on the input area, a magnitude and a direction of the movement detected by the movement sensor. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the force detection unit is a pressure sensor which detects a pressure applied to the touch input unit and the detected force is a magnitude of the pressure detected by the pressure sensor. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing unit performs the predetermined information processing when the input area and the detected force exceed a predetermined size and a predetermined magnitude, respectively. 
     
     
         9 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing unit performs the predetermined information processing when the touch position is in a certain region. 
     
     
         10 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the evaluation unit evaluates the input area based on a number of touches performed on the touch input unit. 
     
     
         11 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus includes a storage unit and the storage unit stores a table of setting values defining information processes which correspond to the respective setting values, and
 the information processing unit searches the table of setting values for at least one of a setting value which corresponds to the input area and a setting value which corresponds to a force detection value representing the detected force and performs information processing which corresponds to the corresponding setting value.   
     
     
         12 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the program causes the computer of the information processing apparatus to further function as a display control unit which reads information from a storage unit and displays the information on a display, and
 the information processing performed by the information processing unit is a process with regard to transformation of an object displayed on the display, and at least one of a transformation range and a degree of transformation of the object is changed based on at least one of the input area and the detected force.   
     
     
         13 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 12 , wherein the information processing unit further exerts a predetermined shape change on the transformation of the object based on at least one of the input area and the detected force. 
     
     
         14 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing performed by the information processing unit is a process with regard to an in-game effect and at least one of a target range and a magnitude of the in-game effect is changed based on at least one of the input area and the detected force. 
     
     
         15 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the program causes the computer of the information processing apparatus to further function as a display control unit which reads information from a storage unit and displays the information on a display, and the information processing performed by the information processing unit is a process with regard to image display of the display, and at least one of a number of display images to transit and a transition speed is changed based on at least one of the input area and the detected force. 
     
     
         16 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing performed by the information processing unit is a process with regard to data reproduction, and at least one of a skip time and a speed of the data reproduction are changed based on at least one of the input area and the detected force. 
     
     
         17 . An information processing method comprising the steps of: obtaining a touch position from a touch input unit and evaluating an input area of a touch input; obtaining a force detection value from a force detection unit which detects a force applied to an information processing apparatus; and performing predetermined information processing based on the input area and the force detection value. 
     
     
         18 . An information processing system comprising: a display; an information processing unit; a storage unit which stores information processed by the information processing unit; a touch input unit which accepts a touch input; and a force detection unit which detects a force applied to an information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing unit evaluates an input area of the touch input and performs predetermined information processing based on the input area and the force detected by the force detection unit. 
     
     
         19 . An information processing apparatus comprising: a display; an information processing unit; a storage unit which stores information processed by the information processing unit; a touch input unit which accepts a touch input; and a force detection unit which detects a force applied to the information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing unit evaluates an input area of the touch input and performs predetermined information processing based on the input area and the force detected by the force detection unit.