User controlled graphics object movement based on a amount of joystick angular rotation and point of view angle
First Claim
1. A three-dimension image processing system, including an image processing apparatus connected to a display to generate image data for displaying an object existing in a three-dimensional space on said display according to a program, and an operating device including an operating member having a base end rotatably supported and a free end operable by an operator, so that the image data is varied in accordance with movement of said operating member, wherein said operating device includes an inclination amount data output means which detects an inclination amount of said operating member to output inclination amount data;
- and wherein said image processing apparatus comprises;
a direction determining means which determines a moving direction of the object in the three-dimensional space based on the inclination amount data;
a moving amount determining means which determines a moving amount of the object within one frame on said display;
a position determining means which determines a position of the object in the three-dimensional space in accordance with the moving direction and the moving amount; and
an image data output means which outputs image data for displaying the object on said display at a position controlled by said position determining means.
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Abstract
Three-dimensional image display game system and method for use with a display for displaying an object in a three-dimensional space, including an operation controlling device including an operating member having a base end rotatably supported and a free end operable by an operator. The operation controlling device includes an inclination amount data output detector which detects an inclination amount of the operating member to output inclination amount data. The system further includes direction determining circuitry operable to determine a direction that corresponds to an inclination direction of the operating member based on the inclination amount data, and moving object direction determining circuitry which determines a moving direction of the object in three-dimensional space based upon the direction determined by the direction determining circuitry and a point of view angle at which the object is being viewed by the operator in three-dimensional space. A direction in which the operating member must be moved to cause forward movement of the object is offset from a forward direction of the operation controlling device by an angle corresponding to the point of view angle.
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1. A three-dimension image processing system, including an image processing apparatus connected to a display to generate image data for displaying an object existing in a three-dimensional space on said display according to a program, and an operating device including an operating member having a base end rotatably supported and a free end operable by an operator, so that the image data is varied in accordance with movement of said operating member,
wherein said operating device includes an inclination amount data output means which detects an inclination amount of said operating member to output inclination amount data; - and
wherein said image processing apparatus comprises;
a direction determining means which determines a moving direction of the object in the three-dimensional space based on the inclination amount data;
a moving amount determining means which determines a moving amount of the object within one frame on said display;
a position determining means which determines a position of the object in the three-dimensional space in accordance with the moving direction and the moving amount; and
an image data output means which outputs image data for displaying the object on said display at a position controlled by said position determining means.
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