Character image display control method and apparatus, and storage medium therefor
First Claim
1. In an apparatus which displays a character image with expression on a display unit and performs a subsequent display process after receiving a command input from a player in response to an input selection request with respect to the character image being displayed, a display control method comprising the steps of:
- counting, upon every occurrence of the input selection request, an elapsed time after the occurrence of the input selection request in a state invisible to the player; and
changing, unless the command input is given by the player until a time point when said elapsed time reaches the end of an idle time associated with said character image, the expression of said character image being displayed on the display unit, and repeating the input selection request with the changed expression of said character image.
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Abstract
Upon making an input selection request to a player, an idle time for an expected command input from the player is calculated, and further, an elapsed time after making the input selection request is counted. If no command input is given from the player within a lapse of the idle time, expression of a character image being displayed is changed, and further, the idle time is shortened for the next input selection request.
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30 Claims
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1. In an apparatus which displays a character image with expression on a display unit and performs a subsequent display process after receiving a command input from a player in response to an input selection request with respect to the character image being displayed, a display control method comprising the steps of:
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counting, upon every occurrence of the input selection request, an elapsed time after the occurrence of the input selection request in a state invisible to the player; and
changing, unless the command input is given by the player until a time point when said elapsed time reaches the end of an idle time associated with said character image, the expression of said character image being displayed on the display unit, and repeating the input selection request with the changed expression of said character image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image display control apparatus comprising:
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an image processing section which displays a character image with expression on a display unit;
a request offering section which offers an input selection request to a player;
a counting section which counts an elapsed time after offering said input selection request in a state invisible to the player;
an idle time determining section which determines an idle time for a command input by the player in response to said input selection request;
and a control section which, when the command input is not given by the player until a time point when said elapsed time reaches said idle time associated with said character image, changes expression of said character image being displayed on the display unit, and repeats the input selection request with the changed expression of said character image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An image display control apparatus comprising:
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an image processing section which selectively displays one of character images with expressions on a display unit;
a request offering section which interactively offers to a player an input selection request for a command input triggering a subsequent display process;
an idle time determining section which determines an idle time for the command input by the player in response to said input selection request;
a counting section which counts an elapsed time after offering said input selection request in a state invisible to the player; and
a control section which, when the command input is not given by the player until a time point when said elapsed time reaches said idle time associated with said character image, changes expression of the character image being displayed on the display unit, and repeats the input selection request with the changed expression of said character image. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program which causes a computer connected to a display unit and a data input unit to execute:
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a process of displaying a character image with expression on the display unit;
a process of offering to a player an input selection request with respect to said character image and counting an elapsed time after offering said input selection request in a state invisible to the player;
a process of determining an idle time for a command input from the player via the data input unit in response to said input selection request; and
a process of, when the command input is not given via the data Input unit until a time point when said elapsed time reaches said idle time associated with said character image, changing expression of said character image being displayed on the display unit, and repeating the input selection request with the changed expression of said character image. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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Specification