Image processing device, image processing method, and game...

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2007-04-24

2007-04-24

Sager, Mark (Department: 3712)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

Perceptible output or display

Reexamination Certificate

active

10157997

ABSTRACT:
An object of this invention is to provide an image processing device which does not interrupt the flow of a game.The processing board in the main game device attaches information required by the player at the completion of each stage to a map and provides it to the player by displaying it on the display in the following way. The front edge of the truck20is displayed (FIG.5(a)), and camera work is conducted showing the game characters24, 25riding in the truck20(FIG.5(b)). In order that the relationship between the characters24, 25and the truck20can be appreciated, a bird's-eye view is shown on the display1a(FIG.5(c)), and the camera work is moved again to diagonally above the characters24, 25, and an enlarged display of the characters24, 25is shown (FIG.5(d)). The map26is displayed such that it can be viewed from between the characters24, 25(FIG.5(e)), and finally, the map26is displayed as an enlarged image (FIG.5(f)).

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