Patent ID: 6718058
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A picture generating apparatus for generating a picture at an attention point as seen from a visual point, the visual point being attached to the rear of a moving object moving in a virtual space such that the visual point moves along with the moving object and the visual point is positioned diagonally behind the object and the rear of the object is visible from the visual point at all times, and the attention point being set at a specified position in a moving direction of the moving object such that the attention point moves as the moving object moves in the moving direction,wherein said picture generating apparatus comprises: object moving means for moving the moving object in response to a control from an operator; and visual point position setting means for moving the visual point position after, with some delay, any change in a posture of the moving object when such a change occurs, and for causing the visual point to approach the specified position of the moving object.