JPH09198521A - Image display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display method for retriving the location of an intended human body image from the human body images moving on linked plural different spaces constructed in virtual three dimensions, superimposing the location from the inclusion relation of the spaces where both are present and displaying the relating information of the pertinent human body image. SOLUTION: Respective users register client numbers, user names, initial space numbers and initial position coordinates in the data base of a main system and updatingly input the space numbers and the position coordinates of positions where they A themselves are located thereafter. Also, they respectively store a space table. At the time of searching the position of an opposite party B whose location is to be obtained, the name of a retrieval object person is inputted to a retrieval user input window. Since the server of the system answers the position data and relating information of the object person, based on the data, the pertinent space is superimposed on a two-dimensional space map and screen-displayed and the position in a detailed sub space is gradually magnified and displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention creates a three-dimensionally displayed virtual space such as a building or a road on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation, and a person between a plurality of participants through a computer network. Regarding the field of environment construction that searches and displays the position information of an image (user character), especially with the position information on a two-dimensional map based on the inclusion relation between the position of oneself and the position of the intended person. The present invention relates to a technique for displaying information related to an intended party.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there have been virtual reality (VR) systems using three dimensions and computer games displayed in three dimensions. In addition, these technologies are used to imitate the real world to realize a three-dimensional virtual space, and a link connected by a network using a public line or a LAN is set up (from one virtual space to another virtual space). A mechanism to connect so that the person image can be moved to the space) On the computer,
A system has been realized in which a user using a computer moves back and forth in a virtual space.

In the system for sharing this space, it was possible to easily confirm the state of the person image moving near himself in the shared three-dimensional space.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional image display system, an intended person image is selected from among person images moving between buildings in different spaces connected by a three-dimensional communication network. There was a problem that it was impossible to easily grasp whereabouts.

An object of the present invention is to search for the whereabouts of an intended human image from among human images constructed in three dimensions and moving between buildings in a linked space, and display a two-dimensional map. An object of the present invention is to provide an image display method for displaying related information of the person image so as to be superimposed on each other together with their respective whereabouts.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for checking the location at a glance by displaying it based on the inclusive relation between the location of the user and the location of the other party, omitting unnecessary portions. .

[0007]

According to an image display method of the present invention, a virtual three-dimensional space constituted by a computer is connected by a communication network connecting a client and a server, and a human image of a user and a search target of the user are connected. The image and the constituent elements arranged in a plurality of different spaces linked to each other are registered in the database of the server together with the position information, and the user displays the moving image of the search target image in the virtual three-dimensional space. In the image display method capable of performing the following, each user renewally registers the position information in the server, and the step of retrieving and acquiring the position information of the moving search target by commanding the identification name. , A step of acquiring information on the space in which the search target is located from the acquired position information of the search target, and the space where the user is and the search target are It has a step of detecting a containment relationship to the space that location, and the space in a two-dimensional flat map based on the inclusion relationship, users and, a step of image display and said search target.

Further, the position information of the search target and the related information of the search target are displayed on the two-dimensional plane map, and further, the search target is at least one specific person, and each one updates the position information. However, the present invention also includes a state in which each user is a user.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram in which a user A himself sees a virtual three-dimensional space from his / her own computer. FIG.
In, when the person image 1 (user A who is himself) searches for the desired person image 2 (user B), when the user A inputs a search command, the search user input window 3 is displayed. User A inputs the search target user name in the search user input window.

FIG. 2 is an image diagram when the results retrieved in FIG. 1 are displayed on a two-dimensional space map. Person image 2
(User B) exists in the same space (main space) as the person image 1 (user A), and displays a message as the location and related information 4 in the form shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram for implementing the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow from transmission of user registration position data to retrieval and display of a desired user, and FIG. It is a figure which shows a database format.

Next, the processing procedure will be described with reference to FIGS. Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, a building (sub space) exists in one large town (main space), and the pattern in which the human image moves in the space is from the town to the inside of the building ( There are two patterns from the main space to the sub space) and from the building to the town (from the sub space to the main space). Initially, each client includes its own client number, user name, space number (number given to each town or building), position coordinates (X, Y, Z) of the person image, and its own related information data. The position data is sent to the server 11 via the network according to 5 in FIG. 3 (step 13).

The server receives the initial position data, and FIG.
Registered in the database 12 shown in (steps 15 and 1)
6).

An example of the format used in the database is shown in FIG. 5, in which the line number 31, the client number 32, and the user name 33 are invariant attribute information, the space number 34, and the coordinates X, Y. , Z (reference number 3
5, 36, 37) are variable attributes.

When the user B in FIG. 3 moves a person image, the position data information is stored in the database 1 on the server 11 in FIG.
Registered in 2. Along with the registration, No. of the line number 31 shown in FIG. The variable attribute of 2 is updated.

Next, in order for user A (self) to search for the location of user B, a search command is used to search window 3
When B is entered in, the information is sent to the server 11 by the inquiry flow 6 shown in FIG. 3 (steps 17, 1).
8, 19).

The server 11 responds to the user about the attribute information of the user B by the response flow 7 shown in FIG. 3 (steps 20 and 21). The user A confirms that the user B is registered in the database based on the response from the server 11, and refers to the spatial table 8 shown in FIG. The space table describes the main space number, the sub-space number included in the main space, and the space coordinates corresponding to the sub-space number. The space table is used to search for the user's whereabouts ( Steps 22, 23, 24). The user A displays a screen based on the received attribute information of the user B. At the time of display, the position data of the user B is displayed on the two-dimensional space map. When the space number 34 shown in FIG. 5 is the same as that of the user B when displayed on the two-dimensional space map (the space number in FIG. 8 is M1.
In case of the same), the main space previously held by the client and all sub-spaces included in the main space are displayed on the two-dimensional space map (steps 25, 26, 27, 2).
8). Then, each person image is displayed on the M1 space displayed in the two-dimensional space.

If the space numbers 34 shown in FIG. 5 are the same for user A and user B (the space numbers in FIG. 8 are the same in S2), the two-dimensional space map is created from the space coordinates of the same sub space number. Enlarge to. That is, S2 shown in FIG.
The space is expanded so that it is displayed on the screen (step 27). Each person image is displayed on the S2 space in the two-dimensional space displayed above.

When the space number 34 shown in FIG. 5 is different between user A and user B (the space number in FIG. 8 is user A).
Is M1 and user B is S2), the main space in which the client is present and all sub-spaces included in the main space are displayed on the two-dimensional space map. Further, the person image of the user A is displayed on the S3 space displayed in the two-dimensional space, and the person image of the user B is displayed on the S4 space (step 29).

When the space number 34 shown in FIG. 5 is different between user A and user B, and one of them is in the sub space, when the two-dimensional space map is displayed, as shown in FIG. 6, the sub space is displayed. User B is displayed at the center position.

Further, when it is felt that the positional information is insufficient by simply displaying the user B at the center position of the sub space, the sub space shown in FIG. 7 is enlarged and accurately displayed by selecting the sub space with the pointing device. Display whereabouts.

Even if the search target is not a person but a specific animal, such as a migratory bird with a built-in transmitter, or a small animal separated from the natural world, if the action range is limited, the corresponding space is tabulated and monitored. It is also available when you do.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the location of a desired human image is searched in a virtual three-dimensional space on a computer, it is not necessary to search around the three-dimensional space. Even if the desired person images are displayed in different dimensions, the location can be confirmed at a glance, so there is an effect that the location can be easily searched. Furthermore, the information of the person images is registered. Since there is no need to respond to inquiries such as person image introductions each time, there is also an effect that the versatility is high.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an image diagram when a person image 1 of oneself is searching for a desired person image 2 in a town in a virtual three-dimensional space.

FIG. 2 is a diagram in which the tertiary space of FIG. 1 is displayed on a two-dimensional space map.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram between each registered user terminal and the server 11.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a user desired person image position search procedure.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a data format registered in the database 12 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a search target person image is present in a flower shop building on the two-dimensional space map shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a screen showing a position where a search target person image is present in a building.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a relationship between a main space and a sub space.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 User A (person's own image) 2 User B (search target person image) 3 Search user input window 4 User B related information 5 Registration flow 6 Inquiry flow 7 Response flow 8 Client 1 (user terminal) 9 Client 2 ( User terminal) 10 Client 3 (user terminal) 11 Server 12 Database 31 Line number 32 Client number 33 User name 34 Space number 35 X coordinate 36 Y coordinate 37 Z coordinate 38 Related information data

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A virtual three-dimensional space formed by a computer is connected by a communication network connecting a client and a server, and a user's image, a user's search target image, and a plurality of different links are provided. In the image display method in which the components arranged in the space and the position information thereof are registered in the database of the server, and the moving image of the search target image can be displayed in the virtual three-dimensional space by the user, Updating the location information in the server, obtaining the location information of the moving search target by commanding its identification name, and searching the obtained location information of the search target The step of acquiring information about the space in which the user is located and the step of detecting the inclusion relationship between the space in which the user is and the space in which the search target is located. Flop and the the space in a two-dimensional flat map based on the inclusion relationship encompasses the user and the search target, an image display method characterized by a step of displaying the image. 2. The image display method according to claim 1, wherein the positional information of the search target and the related information of the search target are displayed on the two-dimensional plane map. 3. The image display method according to claim 1, wherein the search target is at least one specific person, each person updates the position information, and each person is a user.