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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Yasuhiro Kawabata, Minato-ku, JP;
Yasuhiro Kawabata, Minato-ku, JP;
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A game machine includes a first virtual camera control unit which determines a change direction in which a posture of the virtual camera is changed, based on a state of operation of an operation unit, and changes a posture of the virtual camera such that the virtual camera is directed in a direction displaced from a current direction in the change direction by a predetermined angle; a second virtual camera control unit which determines a direction in the virtual three dimensional space based on the state of operation of the operation unit, and changes the posture of the virtual camera such that the virtual camera is directed in the determined direction; and a virtual camera control switching unit which switches between a state in which the first virtual camera control unit controls the virtual camera and a state in which the second virtual camera control unit controls the virtual camera.