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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Scott Robert Hansen, Vancouver, CA;
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihito Ikebata, Kyoto, JP;
Ryuichi Nakada, Kyoto, JP;
Scott Robert Hansen, Vancouver, CA;
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihito Ikebata, Kyoto, JP;
Ryuichi Nakada, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for gyro-controlled gaming viewpoint with auto-centering. A virtual camera is positioned at a first position while the virtual camera views a first object at a first direction. Once the system moves, the virtual camera moves to a second position based on a measurement by an angular velocity sensor. While the virtual camera moves to the second position, the viewing direction of the virtual camera simultaneously so as to keep the first object positioned in a same position of a viewing direction of the virtual camera. The apparatus and method allow the system to move a virtual camera based on a measurement of a gyroscope while keeping an object of importance in the center of the field-of-view of the virtual camera.