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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Takeshi Goden, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Goden, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Sega Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of this invention is to provide an image processing device which does not interrupt the flow of a game. The processing board in the main game device attaches information required by the player at the completion of each stage to a map and provides it to the player by displaying it on the display in the following way. The front edge of the truckis displayed (FIG.()), and camera work is conducted showing the game charactersriding in the truck(FIG.()). In order that the relationship between the charactersand the truckcan be appreciated, a bird's-eye view is shown on the display(FIG.()), and the camera work is moved again to diagonally above the characters, and an enlarged display of the charactersis shown (FIG.()). The mapis displayed such that it can be viewed from between the characters(FIG.()), and finally, the mapis displayed as an enlarged image (FIG.()).