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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Shinya Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an image processor that is capable of presenting images in which a character object is moved smoothly and naturally as a user intends it to be, regardless of the change in shape of an object. An image processoraccording to the present invention includes an object behavior control sectionfor controlling an object and movement of a character object in a virtual 3D space, the character object being capable of being moved in the virtual 3D space according to an operation by a user, the object being made up of one or more polygons in the virtual 3D space; a character location determination sectionfor identifying the shape of such a part of the object that is close to the character object, according to the shape of the object and the location of the character object obtained as a result of movement control; and a character location/orientation correction sectionfor correcting the location and orientation of the character object relative to the object, according to the result of identification by the character location determination section