Patent ID: 6441814
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A63F,G06T

Abstract:
An image generating apparatus displaying images of display objects located in a virtual space, the apparatus comprising:a mass point setting circuit for setting a plurality of mass points on said display object which mass points are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance set by the mass point setting circuit; an influential force setting circuit for setting influential forces acting on said plurality of mass points; a mass point position calculating circuit for calculating new positional coordinates for said mass points on the basis of said influential forces acting on said plurality of mass points; and a figure generating circuit for generating a prescribed figure on the basis of said new positional coordinates; wherein said mass point position calculating circuit corrects said new positional coordinates for one of said plurality of mass points when a distance between the new positional coordinates of said one of said mass points and the new positional coordinates of another of said mass points exceeds said predetermined distance set by said mass point setting circuit.