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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Toshiyuki Hosaka, Matsumoto, JP;
Masafumi Sakaguchi, Suwa, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Hosaka, Matsumoto, JP;
Masafumi Sakaguchi, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A camera picks-up an image external of a game machine and outputs image pick-up data Dv. A display control part controls the camera to pick-up an image and outputs the image pick-up data DV to an external device. In this case, a display device for displaying an image for a game is provided. When prescribed conditions are satisfied, the display control part controls the display device to display an image based on image data Dp extracted from the image pick-up data Dv as a part of the image for a game.