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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kenjiro Tsuda, Hirakata, JP;

Yoshihisa Nishigori, Ikeda, JP;

Satoru Inagaki, Suita, JP;

Takayasu Miki, Hirakata, JP;

Yoshimasa Sogo, Osaka, JP;

Yoshimori Nakase, Kawachinagano, JP;

Akira Yoneyama, Higashiosaka, JP;

Hironori Nakano, Katano, JP;

Tetsuya Imamura, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ; G06T 1/570 ; G06T 1/140 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ; G06T 1/570 ; G06T 1/140 ;
Abstract

An apparatus comprises an object generation unit for generating an object based on three-dimensional object data externally input, an object position determination unit that moves the generated object according to a user input, and thereby determines an object position, a view point position determination unit that moves a view point according to the user input and thereby determines a view point position, a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance from the object position and the view point position, a frame rate determination unit for determining a frame rate corresponding to the calculated distance on the basis of a set table or formula, and a frame rate control unit and a moving image generation unit for reproducing the moving image with the frame rate of moving image data externally input reduced.


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