STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME APPARATUS AND GAME CONTROLLING METHOD

• US 20110045904A1
• Filed: 04/08/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: KAWAMOTO, Kouichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,439,750 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/30
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/215 comprising means for detecting acoustic signals, e.g. using a microphone
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5375 for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/655 by importing photos, e.g. of the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/833 Hand-to-hand fighting, e.g. martial arts competition A63F13/837 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1093 using visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/305 for providing a graphical or textual hint to the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/695 Imported photos, e.g. of the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8029 Fighting without shooting

Abstract

A game apparatus includes a camera, and with this camera, images in a plurality of poses decided in advance are imaged. From the imaged image in the plurality of poses, an image of a game character in each pose is created. In a battle game and a match-up game, the image in the pose corresponding to a motion according to an operation by a player is read, and by utilizing the read image in the pose, a character is displayed on a battle screen and a match-up screen.

Claims

1. A storage medium storing a game program causes a computer of a game apparatus to function as:

an imager which is caused to image a subject corresponding to each of a plurality of postures;

an image selector which selects at least one image out of said plurality of subject images which said imager is caused to image on the basis of operation information according to an operation by a user; and

a selected image displayer which displays the subject image selected by said image selector on a display.

2. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

said game program causes said computer to function as a motion selector which selects one motion from a plurality of motions on the basis of the operation information according to the operation by the user, and

said image selector selects the image corresponding to the motion selected by said motion selector out of said plurality of subject images which said imager is caused to image.

3. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

said game program causes said computer to further function as a game processing executer which executes predetermined game processing, and

said image selector selects at least one image out of said plurality of subject images which said imager is caused to image on the basis of the operation information according to the operation by the user during execution of said predetermined game by said game processing executer.

4. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

said imager is caused to image said plurality of postures for each person of said plurality of subjects, and

said image selector selects one subject person from persons of said plurality of subjects, and selects at least one image from the subject images in correspondence with said plurality of postures which the imager is caused to image as to the one selected subject.

5. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

said game program causes said computer to further function as a notifier which notifies the user of an instruction corresponding to each of said plurality of postures when said imager is caused to image images said subject.

6. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 5, wherein

said notifier displays a guide image corresponding to each of said plurality of postures on said display.

7. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 6, wherein

said guide image includes a mask image which transmits a part corresponding to each of said plurality of postures, and

said game program causes said computer to further function as a through image displayer which displays a through image of the subject which said imager is caused to image at the back of said mask image on said display.

8. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 5, wherein

said game program causes said computer to further function as an imaged image displayer which displays the subject image which said imager is caused to image on said display.

9. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

said game program causes said computer to further function as

a sound storage which stores a voice corresponding to each of said plurality of postures, and

a sound outputter which, when the image of said subject is displayed on said display by said selected image displayer, reads the voice corresponding to the posture indicated by said image from said sound storage and outputs the same.

10. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 9, wherein

said game program causes said computer to further function as a voice inputter which inputs the voice corresponding to each of said plurality of postures by using a microphone, and

said sound storage stores the voice input by said voice inputter.

11. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

said game program causes said computer to further function as

a background imager which images a background representing a background image to be displayed on said display together with the image of said object when the image of said subject is displayed on said display by said selected image displayer, and

a index displayer which displays an index as to a reference position for displaying the image of said subject on said display when the background is imaged by said background imager.

12. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

said game apparatus comprises a hit judging area storage which stores a hit judging area set to each subject images in advance in correspondence with each of said plurality of postures, and

said game program causes said computer to further function as a hit judger which executes hit judging processing by utilizing the hit judging area set the posture corresponding to the one image selected by said image selector on the basis of the operation information in correspondence with the operation by at least said user.

13. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 12, wherein

said hit judging area includes a first judging area in a case that a hit judging is made on the basis of the operation information according to the operation by said user and a second judging area in a case that a hit judging is made on the basis of the operation information according to an operation by a user different from said user or an operation by said computer.

14. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 12, wherein

said hit judging area is changed in at least one of a position, a shape and a size depending on a display manner of said image.

15. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

said game program said computer to further function as

a game processor which executes a one-player game or a two-player game according to a selection by a user, and

a changer which changes a content of an instruction to be input by said inputter between said one-player game and said two-player game.

16. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

the image of the subject which the imager is caused to image is a portrait image, and

said game program causes said computer to further function as an image processor which performs image processing for displaying said portrait image on said landscape display.

17. A storage medium storing a game program according to claim 16, wherein

said game program causes said computer to function as a through image displayer which displays a through image of said subject which said imager is caused to image on said display.

18. A game apparatus comprising:

an imager which is caused to image a subject corresponding to each of a plurality of postures;

an image selector which selects at least one image out of said plurality of subject images which said imager is caused to image on the basis of operation information according to an operation by a user; and

a selected image displayer which displays the subject image selected by said image selector on a display.

19. A game controlling method comprising following steps of:

(a) being caused to image a subject corresponding to each of a plurality of postures,

(b) selecting at least one image out of said plurality of subject images which said step (a) is caused to image on the basis of operation information according to an operation by a user, and

(c) displaying the subject image selected by said step (b) on a display.