Competitive video game system and method of displaying images in competitive video game system
US6126547A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/8011
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A competitive video game system has a plurality of display units and a plurality of manual controllers for a plurality of game players to play a competitive video game such as a soccer game. The game players select respective viewpoints, and image data representative of images to be displayed on the display units is generated on the basis of control signals supplied from the manual controllers and the viewpoints selected by the game players. The generated image data is supplied to the display units to display images based thereon. Each of the game players to select two different viewpoints for a field, such as a soccer field, of the competitive video game. The field comprises an elongate field, and the two different viewpoints comprise a viewpoint for viewing the soccer field in a transverse direction thereof and a viewpoint for viewing the soccer field in a longitudinal direction thereof.
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