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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Toshimitsu Oishi, Akashi, JP;
Toru Okubo, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Domitsu, Kobe, JP;
Tomoya Yamano, Kobe, JP;
Toshimitsu Oishi, Akashi, JP;
Toru Okubo, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Domitsu, Kobe, JP;
Tomoya Yamano, Kobe, JP;
Konami Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A 3-dimensional video game apparatus comprises displayfor displaying an image; image-processing meansfor creating a 3-dimensional image from the viewpoint of a simulated camera and displaying that image on a display screen; and game controllerwhich conducts the game in response to reactions of the player, responsive to images displayed on displayThe game apparatus further comprises camera unitwhich can be arranged in such an orientation that its field of view is the play area in front of the display screen, and which periodically captures images of the play area in the state thus arranged; a position recognizing part which detects the player's head from the captured image, and detects the two-dimensional movement of the detected head position; and viewpoint change processor which moves the viewpoint of said simulated camera in conjunction with the change direction and change amount of the position of the detected marked region.