The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1997
Yoshifusa Hayama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori O, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Shinobu Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigenobu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuko Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Makio Kida, Tokyo, JP;
Takeharu Tanimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tadahiro Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Mine, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Warama, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.