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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Masahiro Sakurai, Chiyoda-Ku, JP;
Taichi Machino, Chiyoda-Ku, JP;
Teppei Ikeda, Chiyoda-Ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/40 (2006.01); A63F 13/5255 (2014.01); A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/5255 (2014.09); A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/42 (2014.09); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 2300/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
In order to attain the object described above, a game apparatus is able to use coordinate input means and display means, and positions a virtual camera Ca in a three-dimensional virtual space. When a predetermined operation is performed at any position in a predetermined range on a touch panel (coordinate input means), the game apparatus performs zooming-in-on operation (changes an angle θof view of the virtual camera) without changing an imaging direction of the virtual camera.