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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Kenji Kaido, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamichi Otsu, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kaido, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamichi Otsu, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for controlling a character object in a virtual space by means of an information processing program. When a specific event occurs in the execution of the information processing program, a passing rate of time of the character object in the virtual space is changed, for example, by changing the rate at which the object is displaced in the virtual space as compared to a rate of change prior to the specific event. This method can be used, for example, to decrease a rate of displacement of only the object in the virtual space so that the object may be more easily manipulated.