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Method, storage medium, apparatus, data signal and program for generating image of virtual space

US7651396B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateFeb 24, 2003
Grant dateJan 26, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/8094
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method for executing a game having a motif of rolling an object combined with another object with which the object is contacted, on a surface of the object, and growing large like a snowball. The method has: controlling a rotation and a movement of a first object as an operated object, in a virtual space; combining one of a plurality of second objects, with which the operated object is contacted, around a contact position of the operated object, at which the operated object is contacted with the one of the second objects, when the operated object is contacted with the one of the second objects; and determining the operated object with which the one of the second objects is combined, and the one of the second objects, when the one of the second objects is combined with the operated object, as an operated object, newly.

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