Patent ID: 8704851
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A63F,G06T,G09G

Abstract:
1. An image generating apparatus that generates an image of a virtual three-dimensional space of a visual field of a virtual camera while having a point of gaze of the virtual camera follow a player character that moves in accordance with an operation input by a player, the image generating apparatus comprising: a character mover that moves the player character in the virtual three-dimensional space in accordance with the operation input by the player; a first virtual straight line setter that sets a first virtual straight line having a predetermined length and extending from a point of the player character in a predetermined direction in response to the character mover moving the player character; a first determiner that determines whether the first virtual straight line intersects with an object other than the player character in the virtual three-dimensional space when the first virtual straight line setter sets the first virtual straight line; a second virtual straight line setter that sets a second virtual straight line having the predetermined length and extending in an opposite direction than the predetermined direction of the first virtual straight line from an intersection point of the first virtual straight line and the object, when the first determiner determines that the first virtual straight line intersects with the object; and a controller that controls the virtual camera so that the point of gaze corresponds with an end point of the second virtual straight line, the end point being an end of the second virtual straight line opposite the intersection point of the first virtual straight line and the object from which the second virtual strain ht line extends.