US 12,343,626 B2
System, method, and computer readable medium with program for virtual camera placement in a virtual environment
Masato Kuwahara, Kyoto (JP); Kochi Kawai, Kyoto (JP); Tatsuya Ajimizu, Kyoto (JP); Shingo Horiguchi, Kyoto (JP); Keisuke Seko, Kyoto (JP); Yuriko Sakai, Kyoto (JP); and Shinji Kurimoto, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,810.
Application 17/868,810 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/035539, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-011691 (JP), filed on Jan. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362667 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/5252 (2014.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/5252 (2014.09) [G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing system comprising:
a first display that can be viewed by a first user;
a first input device configured to receive an input from the first user;
a portable second display that is carried by a second user and can be viewed by the second user; and
at least one processor,
the at least one processor configured to:
place a first object in a virtual space, regardless of positions in a real space of the first display and the first user;
control the first object in accordance with the input received by the first input device;
place a first virtual camera at a position relating to a position of the first object in the virtual space;
place a second virtual camera at a first position in the virtual space set in accordance with a position of the second display relative to a reference in the real space and set an orientation of the second virtual camera to a first orientation relating to an orientation of the second display in the real space;
place a second object at a second position in the virtual space set in accordance with the position of the second display relative to the reference in the real space;
display an image of the virtual space including the second object on the first display, the image generated based on the first virtual camera; and
display an image of the virtual space including the first object on the second display, the image generated based on the second virtual camera.