| US 7,492,362 B2 | ||
| Virtual space rendering/display apparatus and virtual space rendering/display method | ||
| Yukio Sakagawa, Tokyo (Japan); Akihiro Katayama, Kanagawa (Japan); and Masahiro Suzuki, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 15, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/618,610. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-211122 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0109296 A1, May 17, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06T 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/48 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—419 [345/619; 715/700; 715/757; 715/782; 715/848] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A virtual space presentation apparatus comprising:
a virtual space image generation unit adapted to generate an image of a virtual space, according to a viewpoint position and
a visual axis direction which are set in the virtual space;
a map image generation unit adapted to generate a map image representing a region around the viewpoint position, according
to the viewpoint position and the visual axis direction;
a view image displaying unit adapted to display the generated image of the virtual space;
a map image displaying unit adapted to display the generated map image; and
a viewpoint position and visual axis direction input unit, which is used to operate the viewpoint position and the visual
axis direction, and which is fixed in a position on said map image displaying unit,
wherein said map image generation unit generates an image of a plan-view map that looks down the region around the viewpoint
position from a position immediately above the viewpoint.
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