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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2001
Takashi Kitao, Tokyo, JP;
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A game system in which a game field is configured in a virtual three-dimensional space and a display image of said game field visible from a predetermined viewpoint is formed to thereby be displayed as a game picture. The system comprises a texture storing device for storing in advance a texture representing a three-dimensional configuration as a two-dimensional pattern, a mapping surface setting device for setting a mapping surface of the texture in the game field, a texture processing device for processing the texture readout from the texture storing device in accordance with a dispositional relationship between the viewpoint and the mapping surface, and a texture mapping device for mapping the processed texture on the mapping surface.