Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program

An image processing method in an image processing apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional object as a moving image, comprising:

• a designating step of designating a position and an attitude of an animation object to which animation parameters are set in advance and the three-dimensional object in a virtual three-dimensional space;
• a first determining step of determining whether or not the three-dimensional object and the animation object cross each other;
• a second determining step of determining whether or not the animation parameters set to the animation object are already set to the three-dimensional object, if it is determined by the processing in the first determining step that the three-dimensional object and the animation object cross each other;
• a setting step of setting the animation parameters to the three-dimensional object if it is determined by the processing in the second determining step that the animation parameters are not set to the three-dimensional object;
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• a display control step of controlling the three-dimensional object to be displayed in accordance with the animation parameters set by the processing in the setting step.

A recording medium storing a computer-readable program, the program in an image processing apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional object as a moving image, comprising:

• a designating step of designating a position and an attitude of an animation object to which animation parameters are set in advance and the three-dimensional object in a virtual three-dimensional space;
• a first determining step of determining whether or not the three-dimensional object and the animation object cross each other;
• a second determining step of determining whether or not the animation parameters set to the animation object are already set to the three-dimensional object, if it is determined by the processing in the first determining step that the three-dimensional object and the animation object cross each other;
• a setting step of setting the animation parameters to the three-dimensional object if it is determined by the processing in the second determining step that the animation parameters are not set to the three-dimensional object;
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• a display control step of controlling the three-dimensional object to be displayed in accordance with the animation parameters set by the processing in the setting step.

A program causing a computer operating as an image processing apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional object as a moving image to perform a process comprising:

• a designating step of designating a position and an attitude of an animation object to which animation parameters are set in advance and the three-dimensional object in a virtual three-dimensional space;
• a first determining step of determining whether or not the three-dimensional object and the animation object cross each other;
• a second determining step of determining whether or not the animation parameters set to the animation object are already set to the three-dimensional object, if it is determined by the processing in the first determining step that the three-dimensional object and the animation object cross each other;
• a setting step of setting the animation parameters to the three-dimensional object if it is determined by the processing in the second determining step that the animation parameters are not set to the three-dimensional object;
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• a display control step of controlling the three-dimensional object to be displayed in accordance with the animation parameters set by the processing in the setting step.