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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takumi Kawagoe, Kyoto, JP;
Yoichi Yamada, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Umemiya, Kyoto, JP;
Masatoshi Ogawa, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/300 ; C06T 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/300 ; C06T 1/500 ;
Abstract
A video game apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU detects a camera code of a land object at a foot of a player object. According to the camera code, any one is selected of a first virtual camera, a second virtual camera, . . . , a fifth virtual camera. A selected virtual camera is controlled according to a corresponding camera control program. That is, the plurality of virtual cameras provided in a virtual three dimensional space are to be selected by the camera codes contained in the land objects.