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Image generation system, image generation method, and information storage medium

  • US 8,556,716 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2011
  • Issued: 10/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image generation system comprising:

  • an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor;

    an information acquisition section that acquires position information about a player relative to a display section that displays an image or the image sensor, based on the image information;

    a virtual camera control section that controls at least one of a distance between a character corresponding to the player and a virtual camera in a depth direction, a distance between the character and the virtual camera in a height direction, a distance between the character and the virtual camera in a transverse direction, and an angle of view of the virtual camera, based on the position information about the player acquired by the information acquisition section; and

    an image generation section that generates an image viewed from the virtual camera in an object space, whereinthe virtual camera control section moves the virtual camera when the player has moved in one of a leftward direction and a rightward direction relative to the display section or the image sensor, the virtual camera being moved in the other of the leftward direction and the rightward direction relative to the character.

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