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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Takanori Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A picture processor for processing a plurality of objects which include a user-controlled object and a specific object each moving against a background, and existing in a virtual three-dimensional coordinate space, and displaying an image of the objects, operation signals obtained so that movement of the user-controlled object is controlled In the coordinate space according to operation signals from the processor comprising moving direction control for adjusting relative movement between the objects so that user-controlled and enemy objects on a display device move in the same direction while the enemy object is positioned in front of the user-controlled object, and the moving direction control is released when the user-controlled object reaches the specific enemy object, and a picture is developed on the display device.