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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
May. 20, 2003
Fumiaki Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Fumiaki Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Sega Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to apply an effect, which does not cause deficiency in any direction of 360 degrees within a virtual three-dimensional space, around an object. An image processing method which generates an image obtained by viewing an object existing in a virtual three-dimensional space is provided which includes: a step of displaying a screen consisting of a three-dimensional model which contains the viewpoint and is provided between the viewpoint and the object; a step of displaying a predetermined image on the screen; and a step of generating an image obtained by viewing the object from the viewpoint through the screen