Patent · US Expired

Game device, picture data forming method and medium

US6767286B1 · kind B1 · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 1999
Grant dateJul 27, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/8017
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide special effects which will make a video game more realistic.When a virtual light source exists in a three-dimensional virtual space, if a light from the light source extends toward a camera, a flare is generated on a screen because of incidence of the ray of light into a camera lens, thereby forming a dazzling picture in accordance with the state of backlight.

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