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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Hiromasa Shikata, Kyoto, JP;
Shinji Okane, Kyoto, JP;
Hiromasa Shikata, Kyoto, JP;
Shinji Okane, Kyoto, JP;
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment provides an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a first object control unit for changing an orientation or a direction of movement of a first object in a three-dimensional space, a virtual camera control unit for determining a direction of shooting of the virtual camera in the three-dimensional space, and a display data generation unit for generating display data based on the determined direction of shooting of the virtual camera. The virtual camera control unit includes a detection unit for detecting whether the first object is hidden by another object when viewed from the virtual camera and a first following change unit for increasing a degree of causing the direction of shooting of the virtual camera to follow the orientation or the direction of movement of the first object based on a result of detection.