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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Yoshinori Tsuchida, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Minagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of image processing where a location of a three-dimensional object to be displayed by a quadrilateral polygon is displayed as a natural concave/convex shape and thereby the mode of change of the form of the three-dimensional object is displayed without a strange feeling, includes drawing and recording a quadrilateral polygon designated for division. The method also includes provisionally dividing that quadrilateral polygon into two triangular planes by a separating line connecting two facing vertexes, and judging if the two triangular planes form a convex shape facing the outside of the three-dimensional object. The method also includes dividing the quadrilateral polygon by that provisional division pattern if forming a convex shape, and dividing the quadrilateral polygon by another division pattern using a separating line connecting the remaining two vertexes if forming a concave shape so that the two triangular planes form a convex shape facing the outside of the three-dimensional object. Thus, the location of the three-dimensional object displayed by the quadrilateral polygon is displayed to form a convex shape facing the outside.