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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
May. 08, 2000
Masaru Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises, Tokyo, US;
Abstract
In order to realize the smooth display of a fielder's ball-catching movement, determination of a collision between a batted ball and a fence by an easy method, and an accurate hidden-face treatment for polygons which are located very close to each other, virtual area producing means is provided to produce a collision area for collision determination at a position away from the picture of a ball for a predetermined distance, and determining means is provided to determine at which position in the collision area a fielder is located. When it is determined that the fielder is located in the collision area, picture changing means gradually changes the posture of the fielder from a waiting state to a ball-catching state.