Patent ID: 9269175
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A63F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, having an associated input device and a display device and including one or more information processing units, operable to generate and display movements of, a virtual object in a virtual space, comprising: at least one computer processor configured to provide functionality and operate as: virtual object position controller that sets, using said one or more information processing units, a position of the virtual object in the virtual space and changes the set position of the virtual object based at least in part upon an input signal provided by the input device; a first body part position controller that sets and updates position data of a first body part of the virtual object, using said one or more information processing units, as a relative position in the virtual space with respect to the position of the virtual object; and a display controller that displays on a screen of the display device an animated image of the virtual object including the first body part, wherein the set position data of the first body part is repeatedly updated by calculating an updated position of the first body part in virtual space, using said one or more information processing units, in a manner which causes the first body part to move a predetermined amount along a first trajectory in accordance with a movement amount of the virtual object in the virtual space, and wherein the first trajectory is a circle or an ellipse whose minor axis has a length greater than or equal to zero which is set in accordance with the position of the virtual object.