Image processing device and image processing method
AssigneeSega Enterprises, Ltd.
InventorKunio Watanabe
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Abstract
An object is to provide an image processing device that is capable of reproducing effectively objects or characters in a condition showing considerable variation, such as explosions or smoke. This image processing device is constituted of an output device and processing devices constituted of ROM that stores data constituting an object whose mode is anticipated to show a series of changes in prescribed time, the object being constituted of a plurality of portions, and that execute image processing whereby animation is effected in respect of each portion, the processing results from these processing devices being displayed on an output device.
Claims21
An image processing device comprising:
- memory means that stores, for each of a plurality of constituent portions arranged in a radial or in a concentric fashion, object data whose form is anticipated to change in a prescribed time;
- processing means that executes image processing whereby said object is represented by using the data stored in said memory means to respectively constitute a plurality of constituent portions of said object, performing animation in respect of each radial or concentric portion, and combining these portions;
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- output means that outputs to display means the processing result of this processing means.
A method of image processing whereby animation is performed on an object, comprising;
- a first step wherein an object comprising a plurality of constituent portions and whose form is anticipated to change within a prescribed time is displayable in a compressed condition in a first co-ordinate axis direction;
- a second step wherein said object is expanded in a prescribed ratio in at least two axial directions including said first co-ordinate axis direction;
- a third step of repeating said second step until said object has reached a prescribed size;
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- a fourth step of compressing said object in a prescribed ratio when the prescribed size has been reached.
A method of image processing wherein animation is performed on an object, comprising:
- a first step wherein an object comprising a plurality of constituent portions and whose form is anticipated to change within a prescribed time is displayable in a compressed condition in a first co-ordinate axis direction;
- a second step wherein said object is expanded in a prescribed ratio in at least two axial directions including said first co-ordinate axis direction;
- a third step wherein said second step is repeated until said object has reached a prescribed size;
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- a fourth step wherein, when the prescribed size has been reached, said object is compressed in a prescribed ratio in said first co-ordinate axis direction and is expanded in a prescribed ratio in the directions of the other co-ordinate axes.
A method of image processing wherein animation is performed on an object, comprising:
- a first step wherein an object constituted of a plurality of image elements comprising a first element and a second element arranged in radial fashion and whose form is anticipated to change within a prescribed time is expanded in a prescribed ratio in the radial direction;
- a second step wherein said first step is repeated until said object has reached a prescribed size;
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- a third step wherein, when the prescribed size has been reached, said first element of said plurality of image elements is respectively shrunk in a prescribed ratio in the radial direction, and said second element is respectively expanded in a prescribed ratio in the radial direction.
An image processing device for displaying, on a display, images of an object having a form anticipated to change in a prescribed time, the image processing device comprising:
- memory means that stores image data of a plurality of slice-shaped constituent portions of said object arranged in concentric fashion;
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- image processing means that generates images of said object with spaces provided between said slice-shaped portions based on the image data stored in said memory means, wherein processing results of said image processing means are outputted for display.
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