Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing apparatus for providing a displayed image on a display device, said image processing apparatus comprising:

• a processing unit for producing an image on said display device, wherein said image is from a vantage point of a virtual camera, said image being a selected surface of a three-dimensional model located in a virtual three-dimensional space, wherein said three-dimensional model is formed by enclosing a first model in a second model obtained by magnifying said first model at a predetermined ratio;
• and wherein the surface of said first model facing said second model and the surface of said second model facing said first model are selected.

An image processing apparatus for use with a display device, said image processing apparatus comprising:

• a processing unit for producing an image on said display device, wherein said image is from a vantage point of a virtual camera positioned opposite a selected surface of a three-dimensional model located in virtual three-dimensional space, wherein said three-dimensional model includes a line along an external circumference, and the thickness of said line is changed in accordance with the distance from said virtual camera.

An image processing method, for using computer graphics to generate a polygon model in a three-dimensional coordinate space, comprising:

• a geometry step of employing data for a first model read from a storage medium to generate a second model by the magnification of said first model at a predetermined ratio, of reversing the directions of the normal vectors of polygons of said second model, and of enclosing said first model in said second model;
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• a rendering step of performing rendering for said first and said second models processed at said geometry step.

A storage medium storing an image processing program for using computer graphics to generate a polygon model in a three-dimensional coordinate space and data for a first model, said image processing program comprising:

• a geometry process step of employing said data for said first model read from a storage medium to generate a second model by the magnification of said first model at a predetermined ratio, of reversing the directions of the normal vectors of polygons of said second model, and of enclosing said first model in said second model;
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• a rendering process step of performing rendering for said first and said second models processed at said geometry process step.

A storage medium storing a computer readable image processing program, said image processing program being configured to operate a computer to control a display on a display device of an image from a vantage point of a virtual camera, said image being a selected surface of a three-dimensional model in a virtual three-dimensional space, and data for the three-dimensional model,

• wherein the data for the three-dimensional model is formed by enclosing a first model in a second model obtained by magnifying the first model at a predetermined ratio;
• and wherein the surface of the first model facing the second model and the surface of the second model facing the first model are selected.