Patent ID: 6917356

Claim:
A three-dimension image processing system, including an image processing apparatus connected to a display to generate image data for displaying an object existing in a three-dimensional space on said display according to a program, and an operating device including an operating member having a base end rotatably supported and a free end operable by an operator, so that the image data is varied in accordance with movement of said operating member, wherein said operating device includes an inclination amount circuitry which detects an inclination amount of said operating member to output inclination amount data, and wherein said image processing apparatus comprises: direction determining circuitry which determines a moving direction of the object in the three-dimensional space based on the inclination amount data and a camera angle at which the object is being viewed by said operator at a time when the inclination amount is detected; moving amount determining circuitry which determines a moving amount of the object on said display; position determining circuitry which determines a position of the object in the three-dimensional space in accordance with the moving direction and the moving amount; and an image data output circuitry which outputs image data for displaying the object on said display at a position controlled by said position determining circuitry.