Entertainment apparatus, storage medium and object display method
First Claim
1. An entertainment apparatus which displays a moving picture on a display screen of a display device, the moving picture being obtained by photographing an object moving in a virtual three dimensional field, according to manipulation contents of a manipulator received via a controller, by the use of a virtual camera, comprising:
- object position calculating means for sequentially calculating a position and a moving direction of said object in said three dimensional field; and
camera setup means for determining a setup point of said virtual camera in said three dimensional field every time the position and moving direction of said object are calculated by said object position calculating means, while taking a setup point of the virtual camera obtained at least in the last calculation into consideration.
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Abstract
In the case of displaying a moving picture obtained by photographing an object moving in a virtual three dimensional field by the use of a virtual camera, behavior of the object is made to be grasped more easily from the moving picture displayed on a display screen of a display device. A camera setup point 606, which is a setup point of the virtual camera 609, is settled so that the camera setup point 606 approaches a camera chasing point 604 settled to the rear of a position 602 on a line which passes through the position 602 of the object 601 and parallel with a moving direction of the object, from a camera setup point 606′ obtained at least in the last calculation.
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16 Claims
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1. An entertainment apparatus which displays a moving picture on a display screen of a display device, the moving picture being obtained by photographing an object moving in a virtual three dimensional field, according to manipulation contents of a manipulator received via a controller, by the use of a virtual camera, comprising:
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object position calculating means for sequentially calculating a position and a moving direction of said object in said three dimensional field; and
camera setup means for determining a setup point of said virtual camera in said three dimensional field every time the position and moving direction of said object are calculated by said object position calculating means, while taking a setup point of the virtual camera obtained at least in the last calculation into consideration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A storage medium storing a program which is read out and executed by a computer,
said program being read out and executed by said computer to realize means on said computer, said means displaying a moving picture on a display screen of a display device connected to the computer, obtained in such a manner that an object moving in a virtual three dimensional field according to manipulation contents of a player, which are received by said computer via a controller connected to said computer, is photographed by a virtual camera, and said means comprises: -
object position calculating means for sequentially calculating a position and a moving direction of said object in said three dimensional field; and
camera setup means for determining a setup point of said virtual camera in said three dimensional field every time the position and the moving direction of said object are calculated by said object position calculating means, while taking the setup point of said virtual camera obtained at least in the last calculation into consideration. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program product which is read out and executed by a computer, said program product being executed by said computer to realize means on said computer, said means displaying a moving picture on a display screen of a display device connected to the computer, obtained in such a manner that an object moving in a virtual three dimensional field according to manipulation contents of a player, which are received by said computer via a controller connected to said computer, is photographed by a virtual camera, and
said means comprise: -
object position calculating means for sequentially calculating a position and a moving direction of said object in said three dimensional field; and
camera setup means for determining a setup point of said virtual camera in said three dimensional field every time the position and the moving direction of said object are calculated by said object position calculating means, while taking the setup point of the virtual camera obtained at least in the last calculation into consideration.
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16. An object display method in which a moving picture is obtained by photographing an object moving in a virtual three dimensional field by the use of a virtual camera, and displayed on a display screen of a display device, comprising the steps of:
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sequentially calculating a position and a moving direction of said object in said three dimensional field; and
determining a setup point of said virtual camera in said three dimensional field every time the position and the moving direction of said object are calculated while taking a setup point of said virtual camera obtained at least in the last calculation into consideration.
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Specification