Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-10
2005-05-10
Brocketti, Julie (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
C463S036000, C463S007000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06890262
ABSTRACT:
A 3-dimensional video game apparatus comprises display40for displaying an image; image-processing means16for creating a 3-dimensional image from the viewpoint of a simulated camera and displaying that image on a display screen; and game controller14which conducts the game in response to reactions of the player, responsive to images displayed on display40.The game apparatus further comprises camera unit42which can be arranged in such an orientation that its field of view is the play area in front of the display screen, and which periodically captures images of the play area in the state thus arranged; a position recognizing part which detects the player's head from the captured image, and detects the two-dimensional movement of the detected head position; and viewpoint change processor which moves the viewpoint of said simulated camera in conjunction with the change direction and change amount of the position of the detected marked region.
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Domitsu Hideyuki
Oishi Toshimitsu
Okubo Toru
Yamano Tomoya
Brocketti Julie
Jordan and Hamburg LLP
Konami Corporation
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