US 12,327,307 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
Daisuke Kawamura, Tokyo (JP); and Erika Ohno, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/783,757
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/049424
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124451, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0005207 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 13/80 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 13/80 (2013.01) [G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus in which a display element displayed on a screen of a display apparatus is caused to transit from an initial state to a target state, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
determine a target state of the display element after transition according to an operation of a user; and
display a transition moving image that indicates a procedure of change of the display element from the initial state to the determined target state, wherein:
the transition moving image is a moving image that includes a procedure of change of the display element from the initial state to a first intermediate state and a procedure of change of the display element from a second intermediate state to the target state and that does not include a procedure of change of the display element from the first intermediate state to the second intermediate state; and
the procedure of change of the display element from the initial state to the first intermediate state and the procedure of change of the display element from the second intermediate state to the target state are such that:
(i) an initial size of the display element in the initial state is different than a target size of the display element in the target state, an initial position of the display element in the initial state is different than a target position of the display element in the target state, or both,
(ii) a first intermediate size of the display element in the first intermediate state is between the initial size and a second intermediate size of the display element in the second intermediate state, a first intermediate position of the display element in the first intermediate state is between the initial position and a second intermediate position of the display element in the second intermediate state, or both,
(iii) the second intermediate size of the display element in the second intermediate state is between the first intermediate size and the target size, the second intermediate position is between the first intermediate position and the target position, or both,
(iv) a process of changing from the initial state to the first intermediate state in the transition moving image is such that a current position of the display element, a current size of the display element, or both continuously changes from the initial state toward the first intermediate state, and
(v) a process of a changing from the second intermediate state to the target state in the transition moving image is such that the current position of the display element, the current size of the display element, or both continuously changes from the second intermediate state toward the target state.