Patent ID: 6226002
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A63F,G06T,G09B

Abstract:
An apparatus for displaying a pseudo-three-dimensional image of a continuously moving object as viewed from a moving view point, comprising:first memory means for storing a history of coordinates and/or rotation angles of the continuously moving object;viewpoint determining means for determining coordinates and/or rotation angles of the moving viewpoint based on the history stored in said first memory means of the coordinates and/or rotation angles of the continuously moving object;display control means for generating and displaying a pseudo-three-dimensional image of the continuously moving object as viewed from the moving viewpoint when the moving viewpoint is at the coordinates and/or at the rotation angle determined by said viewpoint determining means; anda player-operated unit having an input device for inputting into said viewpoint determining means changes in direction and/or rotational angles of said moving viewpoint such that the display control means substantially simultaneously effects a corresponding change in the generated and displayed image of the continuously moving object.