Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Sega

Yuichiro Mine

Hideki Tanaka

Takashi Ono

Shigeru Yoshida

Shinobu Hayashi

Norio Haga

Tetsuya Kaku

Makoto Osaki

Tetsuya Sugimoto

Saori Nishikawa

Naohiro Warama

Manabu Nakatani

Makio Kida

Ryoya Yui

Masumi Uchida

Yoshifusa Hayama

Kazunori O

Seiichi Yamagata

Shigenobu Nakamura

Takayuki Yamaguchi

Kazuko Noguchi

Norihiro Sekine

Takeharu Tanimura

Tadahiro Kawamura

Kenichi Yamamoto

Takayuki Yanagihori

This image processing device for games is a device whereby a prescribed number of models (characters) are setup in virtual space, these models are controlled such that they move in prescribed directions in the virtual space, and images of this virtual space from a virtual viewpoint are displayed on means for display. In order to display the movement of the models that are arranged in virtual space more realistically, in one construction thereof, this device is provided with means for image processing that apply virtual centripetal force to the models. Furthermore, in order to display the movement of the models more realistically and to heighten the dramatic effect, in one construction thereof, this device is equipped with means for processing residual image presentation in order to represent the track of movement of a model as residual images. This means for processing is equipped with means for storage that store without modification motion data of the model prior to the current motion and with means for display control that display this stored data together with the current motion data.

Image processing for a game

In an image processing device composed such that it can display a prescribed object while changing the shape of said object, there is provided a first memory for recording information for first polygons which form the object; a second memory for recording information for second polygons, which form the object and are linked to the first polygons; and when the shape of the object is changed, the shapes of said second polygons are changed such that no gaps are produced between the first polygons and the second polygons. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve a more realistic object representation, with the joint regions moving in a natural manner.

Image processing device, image processing method and recording medium

Image processing apparatus for a game, method and program for image processing for a game, and computer-readable medium

An image generating apparatus displays a highly expressive display of a polyhedron representing an object made from a pliable material using only a very small computational load. The image generating device displays images of polyhedrons located in a virtual space and includes a mass point setting circuit setting mass points across an entire surface of a polyhedron, an influential force setting circuit setting influential forces acting on the mass points, a mass point position calculating circuit calculating the positional coordinates of the mass points on the basis of the influential forces set by the influential force setting circuit; and a figure generating circuit generating a figure of the polyhedron on the basis of the positional coordinates for the mass points calculated by said mass point position calculating circuit. Since the positional coordinates of mass points are calculated on the basis of influential forces which simulate the forces acting on a real planar object, it is possible to generate a figure of a polyhedron which moves like a real, pliable planar object.

Image generator, image generating method and image recording medium

In an image processing device composed such that it can display a prescribed object whilst changing the shape of the object. Furthermore, the image processing device includes a first memory for recording information for first polygons which form the object; a second memory for recording information for second polygons that form the object and are linked to the first polygons; and when the shape of the object is changed, the shapes of the second polygons are changed such that no gaps are produced between the first polygons and the second polygons. Using computer graphics in a video game it is possible to achieve a more realistic object representation, wherein joint regions move in a natural manner.

This image processing device for games is a device whereby a prescribed number of models (characters) are set up in virtual space, these models are controlled such that they move in prescribed directions in the virtual space, and images of this virtual space from a virtual viewpoint are displayed on means for display. In order to display the movement of the models that are arranged in virtual space more realistically, in one construction thereof, this device is provided with means for image processing that apply virtual centripetal force to the models. Furthermore, in order to display the movement of the models more realistically and to heighten the dramatic effect, in one construction thereof, this device is equipped with means for processing residual image presentation in order to represent the track of movement of a model as residual images. This means for processing is equipped with means for storage that store without modification motion data of the model prior to the current motion and with means for display control that display this stored data together with the current motion data.

Fictitious virtual centripetal calculation and simulation system

Image processing method and image processing device

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Tokyo, Japan

Yuichiro Mine