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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2007
Image processing device, control method for image processing device and information recording medium
Masashi Endo, Minato-ku, JP;
Toru Nagai, Minato-ku, JP;
Eiji Suzuki, Minato-ku, JP;
Tadaaki Tsunashima, Minato-ku, JP;
Masashi Endo, Minato-ku, JP;
Toru Nagai, Minato-ku, JP;
Eiji Suzuki, Minato-ku, JP;
Tadaaki Tsunashima, Minato-ku, JP;
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an image processing device capable of attaining shade expression on a surface of an object while reducing image processing load, and of reducing a sense of discomfort which the user may feel. A shading process execution unit () executes a shading process on the surface of the object, based on a pseudo-normal vector for each pixel of a texture image to be mapped onto the surface of the object. A shading process execution restraining unit () restrains execution of the shading process by the shading process execution unit (), based on the distance from a viewpoint to the object. A pseudo-normal vector obtaining unit () stores information correlating the distance from the viewpoint with pseudo-normal vector information for obtaining a pseudo-normal vector of each pixel. Then, the pseudo-normal vector obtaining unit () obtains a pseudo-normal vector of each pixel, based on the pseudo-normal vector information correlated to the distance from the viewpoint to the object.