Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises

Gree, Inc.

Sega Corporation

Denso Corporation

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Yasuhiro Hayashida

Taishi Yasuda

Takeshi Yamazaki

Atsushi Ueno

Yuta Tanaka

Masayuki Ao

Akihito Fujiwara

Ryuji Ochi

Hisaki Nimiya

Katsu Oshida

Minenori Shigeoka

Motohiro Fukumoto

A computer program product which may cause an information processing apparatus to execute steps of associating one group with each of a plurality of game media, arranging a plurality of game media on a field, starting a battle, arranging a first object associated with a plurality of parameters on the field according to a progress situation of the battle, executing a first change process of changing a parameter of the first object according to a control process of the game medium, stopping the executing of the first change process of the parameter if the parameter of the first object reaches the predetermined value, increasing points of the group corresponding to the parameter that has reached the predetermined value, and determining a result of the battle.

Program, information processing apparatus, and control method for providing a strategic battle game

An image processing apparatus is disclosed that displays a three-dimensional map including displays of a road and a three-dimensional building on a display unit. The image processing apparatus includes a managing unit that divides bearings into a predetermined number of bearing regions and manages identification information of a distant view pattern assigned to each of the bearing regions for each of a plurality of locations, an acquisition unit that acquires identification information of the distant view pattern assigned to each of the bearing regions for a current location, and a depiction unit that depicts a background image behind a display area for displaying the road and the building based on the acquired identification information of the distant view pattern.

Image processing apparatus, distant view image display method, and distant view image display program

In a map display device, a viewing angle for a three-dimensional road map can be changed horizontally on a screen so that the three-dimensional road map is generated at a standard viewing angle (45&#xb0;) up to a wide viewing angle (90&#xb0;). At this time, the viewing angle is changed based on a reference line passing through a current position of a subject vehicle where the map display device is mounted.

Map display device and map display method

A game device, which monitors with a virtual camera a picture of a game being proceeded in a virtual space by a first object controlled by a player and a second object controlled by a computer or an opponent and displays a picture on the screen of a monitor, includes a camera position switch ordering unit for issuing switching orders to switch the position of the virtual camera to a first position which shows the front of the first object and to a second position which shows the front of the first object from the rear of the first object, and a symbol displaying unit for displaying a symbol representing the second object on the monitor screen in correspondence with the switching order to switch the position of the virtual camera to the first position upon the second object existing behind the first object.

Game device

When a car turns, a visual point position CP and a sight line direction T are moved (from CP&prime; to CP and from T&prime; to T) in accordance with a turning angle of the car, and a displacement u of the visual point position (CP&Prime;) is made different from a displacement v of the sight line direction (T&Prime;). A ratio of the visual point position displacement u to the sight line direction displacement v is about 1:5.

Picture generating apparatus

A picture processing apparatus having a shape memory with shape data of an object previously stored therein, a processor to set a coordinate value of an object in a three-dimensional virtual space of the basis of the shape date stored in the shape memory, a transformation device to receive the coordinate value set by the processor and transform the coordinate value into a visual field coordinate system based on a specified visual point, and a visual point setting device to move the visual point position from a predetermined standard position for a predetermined base object as defined in the three-dimensional virtual space on the basis of data of the base object as well as changes in the situation caused by the movement of the base object, and for sending a new position after the movement to the transformation device.

Image processing

A small screen which enables a player to easily grasp the situation of a game field as well as the positional relationship between the game objects is displayed on a game screen in a game device. A game device which displays on a monitor screen a picture of a game being proceeded in a virtual space by a first object controlled by a player and a second object controlled by a computer comprises a supplementary screen forming means (S ) for forming on the monitor screen a small screen showing the surrounding condition with the first object in the center, a distance calculating means (S ) for calculating the distance between the first object and the second object in the virtual space, and a display magnification setting means (S ) for setting the display magnification on the small screen in correspondence with the distance between the above objects.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiro Hayashida