INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY IMAGE GENERATION METHOD

• US 20110181703A1
• Filed: 01/25/2011
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bandai Namco Games Inc (BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc. (BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi, TANIGUCHI, Kohtaro, NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro
• Application Number:
  US13/013,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20110181703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/46
• 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 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/525 Changing parameters of virtual cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/56 Computing the motion of game characters with respect to other game characters, game objects or elements of the game scene, e.g. for simulating the behaviour of a group of virtual soldiers or for path finding
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/814 Musical performances, e.g. by evaluating the player's ability to follow a notation
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1087 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/305 for providing a graphical or textual hint to the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6676 by dedicated player input
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8047 Music games

Abstract

A game system acquires an input image from an input section that applies light to a body and receives reflected light from the body. The game system controls the size of an object in a virtual space based on a distance between the input section and the body, the distance being determined based on the input image. The game system generates a display image including the object.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium storing a program that generates a display image to be displayed on a display section, the program causing a computer to function as:

an acquisition section that acquires an input image from an input section that applies light to a body and receives reflected light from the body;

an object control section that controls the size of an object in a virtual space based on a distance between the input section and the body, the distance being determined based on the input image; and

an image generation section that generates a display image including the object.

2. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the object control section increases a scaling factor of the object as the distance increases.

3. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the object control section reduces a scaling factor of the object as the distance decreases.

4. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the object control section controls a degree by which the scaling factor of the object is changed with the lapse of time based on the distance.

5. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the image generation section generates a display image including a plurality of objects;

and

wherein the object control section controls the size of a predetermined object among the plurality of objects based on the distance.

6. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the program causes the computer to further function as a determination section that determines an input from the input section;

and

wherein the determination section determines the input based on the distance.

7. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the program causes the computer to further function as a movement processing section that moves the object in the virtual space;

and

wherein the movement processing section controls a moving speed of the object based on the distance.

8. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the program causes the computer to further function as a virtual camera control section that controls a position of a virtual camera in a virtual three-dimensional space;

wherein the virtual camera control section controls the position of the virtual camera based on the distance; and

wherein the image generation section generates an image viewed from the virtual camera as the display image.

9. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the program causes the computer to further function as a virtual camera control section that controls an angle of view of a virtual camera in a virtual three-dimensional space;

wherein the virtual camera control section controls the angle of view of the virtual camera based on the distance; and

wherein the image generation section generates an image viewed from the virtual camera as the display image.

10. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the program causes the computer to further function as a virtual camera control section that controls a view direction of a virtual camera in a virtual three-dimensional space;

wherein the virtual camera control section controls the view direction of the virtual camera based on a positional relationship between the body and the input section, the positional relationship being determined based on the input image; and

wherein the image generation section generates an image viewed from the virtual camera as the display image.

11. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the program causes the computer to further function as a disposition section that disposes the object in the virtual space;

and

wherein the disposition section determines the position of the object in the virtual space based on a positional relationship between the body and the input section, the positional relationship being determined based on the input image.

12. The information storage medium as defined in claim 1,

wherein the program causes the computer to further function as a movement processing section that moves the object in the virtual space;

and

wherein the movement processing section controls a moving direction of the object in the virtual space based on a positional relationship between the body and the input section, the positional relationship being determined based on the input image.

13. A game system that generates a display image to be displayed on a display section, the game system comprising:

an acquisition section that acquires an input image from an input section that applies light to a body and receives reflected light from the body;

an object control section that controls the size of an object in a virtual space based on a distance between the input section and the body, the distance being determined based on the input image; and

an image generation section that generates a display image including the object.

14. A display image generation method that is implemented by a game system that generates a display image to be displayed on a display section, the method comprising:

acquiring an input image from an input section that applies light to a body and receives reflected light from the body;

controlling the size of an object in a virtual space based on a distance between the input section and the body, the distance being determined based on the input image; and

generating a display image including the object.