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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Satoshi Suzuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Shizue Okuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuo Koda, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Suzuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Shizue Okuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuo Koda, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus generating a three-dimensional map on the basis of three-dimensional map data includes rendering area acquiring means for acquiring a rendering area in which the three-dimensional map is generated with respect to a focal point; identifying means for identifying the three-dimensional map data in the rendering area, among the three-dimensional map data including rendering object data that concerns at least one rendering object and that is hierarchized into multiple groups in accordance with characteristics of the rendering object; rendering object data acquiring means for selecting a group on the basis of the distance from the focal point and acquiring the rendering object data in the selected group from the three-dimensional map data in the rendering area; and three-dimensional map generating means for rendering the rendering object on the basis of the rendering object data to generate the three-dimensional map.