Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Animation
Reexamination Certificate
1998-08-25
2001-11-06
Nguyen, Phu K. (Department: 2773)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Animation
Reexamination Certificate
active
06313843
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling image display and a recording medium storing a program for controlling image display which enable a pre-stored living thing image, such as an image of an animal, a plant or a virtual living thing, to show unexpectable behaviors.
2. Description of the Related Art
An image display control apparatus which displays a living thing image, such as an animal image, has been known conventionally. In such the apparatus, a user operates a plurality of keys on a key input section to move or vary a displayed image. That is, when a user selectively operates cross-directional cursor keys, a living thing image of, for example, a dog moves in accordance with the input direction.
In such the conventional image display control apparatus, however, a displayed living thing image is merely varied or moved in accordance with key operations by a user and a moved or varied image is merely displayed thereon. The conventional apparatus cannot give a user fun to bring up a living thing image, such as a dog, with feeling similar to that experienced through actual raising activities.
Some of recent image display control apparatus have virtual raising mode which makes a user feed elements necessary for growth, such as foods, to a living thing image. The displayed living thing image is varied in accordance with the user's raising operations.
Such the apparatus stores the degree of the user's raising operations as parameter. The apparatus determines health conditions, expressions, and the like of the living thing image based on the parameter. The determined matters influences the variance of the living thing image. This brings realistic virtual raising. Shown parameters during the raising operation helps a user to bring up the living thing finely.
However, the living thing image in such the apparatus has no individuality. In other words, the same variance appears if the same raising operation has been done by a different user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for controlling image display and a recording medium storing a program for controlling image display which give a living thing image variety behavior which is unexpectable for a user, and individuality.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for controlling image display and a recording medium storing a program for controlling image display, which enable a living thing image to show unexpectable behaviors based on determination whether the user's raising operation is well or not.
To achieve the above objects, it is provided an image display control device which comprises:
living thing image storage means for storing sets of living thing images each set representing sequential behavior a living thing;
display means for reading the living thing images from said living thing image storage means and for displaying the read images so as to display sequential behavior of the living thing;
discrimination data setting means for setting arbitral discrimination data to each set of the living thing images stored in said living thing image storage means; and
display control means for controlling said display means so that the sequential behavior of the living thing is displayed thereon by displaying the living thing images included in the set in accordance with the discrimination data set by said discrimination data setting means.
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