Abstract: An electronic toy comprising: a sensor for detecting movement of the electronic toy; a reader for detecting markers in a proximity of the electronic toy; a user-interface for providing a user-perceptible output; a processing unit configured to control the user-interface responsive to a detected movement and a detected marker.

Abstract: An example system includes a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a data determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium and the data stored in the storage part have a predetermined relationship with each other or not. When the data determination part determines that both of the data do not have the predetermined relationship with each other, the data writing part overwrites the data stored in the data storage medium with the data stored in the storage part.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for processing information according to a command, including: an acceptor which repeatedly accepts an operation to designate a plurality of command elements of said command, said acceptor repeatedly performing to designate each of said command elements of said command; a determiner which determines whether or not a command satisfies an execution allowable condition after said acceptor accepts the operation designating the command element, wherein the determination of whether the command satisfies the execution allowable condition does not depend on an order of the repeated accepting processes by said acceptor or a sequence in which the command elements are designed in the repeated accepting processes by said acceptor; and an information processor which executes, when said determiner determines that the command satisfies the execution allowable condition, processing information according to said command.

Abstract: An example system includes: a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a corruption determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium is corrupted or not. When the corruption determination part determines that the data is corrupted, the data writing part writes the data stored in the storage part, to the data storage medium.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for processing information according to a command, including: an acceptor which repeatedly accepts an operation to designate a plurality of command elements of said command, said acceptor repeatedly performing to designate each of said command elements of said command; a determiner which determines whether or not a command satisfies an execution allowable condition after said acceptor accepts the operation designating the command element, wherein the determination of whether the command satisfies the execution allowable condition does not depend on an order of the repeated accepting processes by said acceptor or a sequence in which the command elements are designed in the repeated accepting processes by said acceptor; and an information processor which executes, when said determiner determines that the command satisfies the execution allowable condition, processing information according to said command.

Abstract: A computer of an information processing apparatus repeatedly accepts an operation to designate at least one of a plurality of command elements making up of a command, executes at least any one of a first memory writing processing to write a first command element having a specific attribute out of the command elements corresponding to the accepted operation in a first memory and a second memory writing processing to write a second command element having an attribute different from the attribute in a second memory, determines whether or not a command element array stored over the first memory and the second memory satisfies an execution allowable condition every execution of the writing processing, and processes information according to the command element array when the satisfaction is determined.

Abstract: An example system includes a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a data determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium and the data stored in the storage part have a predetermined relationship with each other or not. When the data determination part determines that both of the data do not have the predetermined relationship with each other, the data writing part overwrites the data stored in the data storage medium with the data stored in the storage part.

Abstract: An example system includes: a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a corruption determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium is corrupted or not. When the corruption determination part determines that the data is corrupted, the data writing part writes the data stored in the storage part, to the data storage medium.

Abstract: The present invention is a storage medium storing a game program to be executed by a computer in a game apparatus comprising an input device for detecting positions designated by a player on an input surface. The game apparatus calculates an input graphic drawn on the input surface by using the positions detected by the input device. The game apparatus further calculates a degree of similarity between a share of each reference pattern indicated by previously stored shape data and a shape of the input graphic. Also, the game apparatus sets a reference value to each of the reference patterns. The game apparatus identifies the shape of the input graphic from among a plurality of reference patterns by using a result obtained by performing a predetermined calculation for each of the plurality of reference patterns through using the degree of similarity and the reference value set to one process is performed in accordance with the identified shape.

Abstract: A computer of an information processing apparatus repeatedly accepts an operation to designate at least one of a plurality of command elements making up of a command, executes at least any one of a first memory writing processing to write a first command element having a specific attribute out of the command elements corresponding to the accepted operation in a first memory and a second memory writing processing to write a second command element having an attribute different from the attribute in a second memory, determines whether or not a command element array stored over the first memory and the second memory satisfies an execution allowable condition every execution of the writing processing, and processes information according to the command element array when the satisfaction is determined.

Abstract: A computer of an information processing apparatus repeatedly accepts an operation to designate at least one of a plurality of command elements making up of a command, executes at least any one of a first memory writing processing to write a first command element having a specific attribute out of the command elements corresponding to the accepted operation in a first memory and a second memory writing processing to write a second command element having an attribute different from the attribute in a second memory, determines whether or not a command element array stored over the first memory and the second memory satisfies an execution allowable condition every execution of the writing processing, and processes information according to the command element array when the satisfaction is determined.

Abstract: A game apparatus includes a display and a touch panel provided thereon. A CPU core displays a game screen on the display. A user draw a circular arc path on the touch panel by continuously touching the touch panel with a stick or the like. In either case of continuous inputs so as to draw a clockwise circular arc path in a right-hander mode or continuous inputs so as to draw a counterclockwise circular arc path in a left-hander mode, it is concluded that the same input operations have been carried out. Accordingly, a user character is moved to the right in proportion to a predetermined angle in the right-hander mode, and the user character is moved to the left in proportion to the predetermined angle in the left-hander mode.

Abstract: An information processing device executing a graphics identification program detects a trace drawn on an input surface as coordinate points in chronological order. Coordinate points for representing the trace are selected from a group of coordinate points arranged in chronological order. Lengths of line segments obtained by connecting the selected coordinate points in chronological order are calculated. Also, for each line segment, an absolute angle and a relative angle are calculated. A trace graph in an orthogonal coordinate system, whose first axis indicates a line segment distance and whose second axis indicates an angle of a line segment whose startpoint is one of the selected coordinate points, is compared with a reference graphic graph representing a reference graphic in the orthogonal coordinate system, thereby identifying a reference graphic represented by a reference graphic graph which most closely resembles the trace graph as a shape of the trace.

Abstract: A computer of an information processing apparatus repeatedly accepts an operation to designate at least one of a plurality of command elements making up of a command, executes at least any one of a first memory writing processing to write a first command element having a specific attitude out of the command elements corresponding to the accepted operation in a first memory and a second memory writing processing to write a second command element having an attitude different from the attitude in a second memory, determines whether or not a command element array stored over the first memory and the second memory satisfies an execution allowable condition every execution of the writing processing, and processes information according to the command element array when the satisfaction is determined.

Abstract: The present invention is a storage medium storing a game program to be executed by a computer in a game apparatus comprising an input device for detecting positions designated by a player on an input surface. The game apparatus calculates an input graphic drawn on the input surface by using the positions detected by the input device. The game apparatus further calculates a degree of similarity between a share of each reference pattern indicated by previously stored shape data and a shape of the input graphic. Also, the game apparatus sets a reference value to each of the reference patterns. The game apparatus identifies the shape of the input graphic from among a plurality of reference patterns by using a result obtained by performing a predetermined calculation for each of the plurality of reference patterns through using the degree of similarity and the reference value set to one process is performed in accordance with the identified shape.

Abstract: A game apparatus includes a display and a touch panel provided thereon. A CPU core displays a game screen on the display. A user draw a circular arc path on the touch panel by continuously touching the touch panel with a stick or the like. In either case of continuous inputs so as to draw a clockwise circular arc path in a right-hander mode or continuous inputs so as to draw a counterclockwise circular arc path in a left-hander mode, it is concluded that the same input operations have been carried out. Accordingly, a user character is moved to the right in proportion to a predetermined angle in the right-hander mode, and the user character is moved to the left in proportion to the predetermined angle in the left-hander mode.

Abstract: An information processing device executing a graphics identification program detects a trace drawn on an input surface as coordinate points in chronological order. Coordinate points for representing the trace are selected from a group of coordinate points arranged in chronological order. Lengths of line segments obtained by connecting the selected coordinate points in chronological order are calculated. Also, for each line segment, an absolute angle and a relative angle are calculated. A trace graph in an orthogonal coordinate system, whose first axis indicates a line segment distance and whose second axis indicates an angle of a line segment whose start point is one of the selected coordinate points, is compared with a reference graphic graph representing a reference graphic in the orthogonal coordinate system, thereby identifying a reference graphic represented by a reference graphic graph which most closely resembles the trace graph as a shape of the trace.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a plurality of basic cells fabricated on a single semiconductor substrate. Each of the basic cells comprises a first-conduction-type FETs, a second-conduction-type FETs, and a bipolar transistor. The collector region of the bipolar transistor is formed in a well region where the first-conduction-type FETs are formed. The bipolar transistor is formed between the first-conduction-type FETs of adjacent ones of the basic cells separated by an element insulation film.

Abstract: An npn bipolar transistor and a p-channel MOS transistor are formed on a p-type silicon substrate. The outer base electrode of the npn bipolar transistor and the gate electrode of the p-channel MOS transistor contain a p-type impurity and are composed of films consisting of the same material. The inner and outer bases are formed in a surface region of the p-type silicon substrate. The outer base is connected to the outer base electrode. The emitter electrode of the npn bipolar transistor is formed on the inner base. A laminated film constituted by a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film is formed on a p-type silicon substrate at a position between the outer base electrode and the emitter electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a p-type semiconductor substrate, an n-type semiconductor well formed on the substrate and connected to a positive power supply, a p-type semiconductor source formed within the n-type semiconductor well, a p-type semiconductor layer formed within the n-type semiconductor well and having a lower impurity concentration than the p-type semiconductor source, a first gate electrode formed over a region between the p-type semiconductor source and the p-type semiconductor layer through an insulating film, an n-type semiconductor emitter formed over the p-type semiconductor layer within the n-type semiconductor well, a first conductive layer formed over the n-type semiconductor well to connect with said p-type semiconductor source.