Image generation system, image generation method, and information storage medium

#Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-134584 filed on Jun. 11, 2010, is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

#The present invention relates to an image generation system, an image generation method, an information storage medium, and the like.

#A game device that allows the player to perform a game operation using a controller provided with a motion sensor instead of a controller provided with an operation button and a direction key, has been popular. A game device having such an operation interface allows the operator (player or user) to perform an intuitive operation input, and can simplify the game operation, for example. JP-A-2008-136695 discloses a game device that enables such an intuitive interface, for example.

#FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of an image generation system according to one embodiment of the invention.

#FIGS. 2A and 2B are views illustrative of an operation interface according to one embodiment of the invention that utilizes imaging information from an image sensor.

#FIG. 3 is a view illustrative of a method that calculates skeleton information about an operator based on depth information and the like.

#Several aspects of the invention may provide an image generation system, an image generation method, an information storage medium, and the like that can absorb the difference in aspect ratio between an image sensor and a display section, for example.

#According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided an image generation system comprising: an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor; a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor; a correction section that performs a correction process on the motion information based on at least one of an aspect ratio of the image sensor and an aspect ratio of a display section; and an image generation section that generates an image corresponding to a result of the correction process.

#According to one embodiment of the invention, the image information is acquired from the image sensor, and the motion information about the operator is acquired based on the image information. The correction process is performed on the motion information about the operator based on at least one of the aspect ratio of the image sensor and the aspect ratio of the display section, and an image based on the result of the correction process is generated. Therefore, even if the aspect ratio of the image sensor differs from the aspect ratio of the display section, it is possible to generate an image that absorbs the difference in aspect ratio, for example.