The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Eiji Aonuma, Kyoto, JP;
Yoichi Yamada, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a game system that displays a 3-D game screen and a 2-D map screen for representing a 3-D game space. The present game system includes a 2-D map screen display control section, a cursor operating section, a first cursor movement control section, a 3-D game screen display control section, and a second cursor movement control section. The 2-D map screen display control section is to display the 2-D map screen including a first cursor. The cursor operating section is operated by a player. In accordance with an operation of the cursor operating section, the first cursor movement control section moves the first cursor on a 2-D field map. The 3-D game screen display control section is to display the 3-D game screen including a second cursor. The second cursor movement control section moves the second cursor in the 3-D game space in relation to a movement of the first cursor on the 2-D field map.