US Patent 7094153 Virtual space control method

Patent 7094153 was granted and assigned to Sony on August, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Sony

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7094153

Date of Patent

August 22, 2006

Patent Application Number

10092387

Date Filed

March 6, 2002

Patent Primary Examiner

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Corbett B. Coburn

Patent abstract

A program execution apparatus moves the fixation point in a virtual space in response to a change in the direction of a prescribed part of a virtual character in the virtual space. When the program execution apparatus moves the fixation point in a virtual space in response to a change in the direction of a prescribed part of a virtual character in the virtual space, it causes the occurrence of a prescribed object in the virtual space, thereby achieving a video game having a high level of reality and an improved level of entertainment.