Image processing device, image processing method, and game device and storage medium using the same

Abstract

An object of this invention is to provide an image processing device which does not interrupt the flow of a game. The processing board in the main game device attaches information required by the player at the completion of each stage to a map and provides it to the player by displaying it on the display in the following way. The front edge of the truck 20 is displayed (FIG. 5 ( a )), and camera work is conducted showing the game characters 24, 25 riding in the truck 20 (FIG. 5 ( b )). In order that the relationship between the characters 24, 25 and the truck 20 can be appreciated, a bird's-eye view is shown on the display 1 a (FIG. 5 ( c )), and the camera work is moved again to diagonally above the characters 24, 25, and an enlarged display of the characters 24, 25 is shown (FIG. 5 ( d )). The map 26 is displayed such that it can be viewed from between the characters 24, 25 (FIG. 5 ( e )), and finally, the map 26 is displayed as an enlarged image (FIG. 5 ( f )).

1 . In an image processing device which causes a moving object composed in three-dimensional spatial coordinates to move, and generates viewpoint images whereby said moving object is viewed from prescribed viewpoints, the image processing device comprising: 
 information representing object generating means for composing an information representing object whereby information relating to said moving object is represented in three-dimensional spatial coordinates.    
   
   
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