Image displaying method, game system and computer readable storage medium storing image displaying program

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EP 1 150 276 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/04

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	31.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/44

(21)	Application number: 01303014.3

(22)	Date of filing: 29.03.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G09G 5/391

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.04.2000 JP 2000130254

(71)	Applicant: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Inc.
	Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Uehara, Kazunobu, Konami Comp. Entert. Japan, Inc. Tokyo (JP)

(74)	Representative: Haley, Stephen
	Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	Image displaying method, game system and computer readable storage medium storing image displaying program

(57) It is an object of the present invention to enable to provide with a image display method which displays a high-quality picture without making any disorder on the screen even when the processing load increases.
A required time for each unit processing within one frame is detected during the image display processing ( step S1 ), and a cumulative processing time Ta which is a total of each unit processing time is calculated ( step S2 ). Then it is judged weather the situation Ta<Tr is made for the predetermined reference value Tr ( step S3 ). By the result of the above judgement, the first display mode in which the pixel position of an odd number frame and an even number frame are differently arranged, and the second display mode in which the pixel position of an odd number frame and an even number frame are identically arranged, are alternatively settled (step S4 ∼ S8 ). Then the paint processing for the object frame is performed ( step S9 ). The first display mode which has advantage in picture quality is settled if the processing load is light. The second display mode is settled if the processing load is heavy. Accordingly, the disorder on the screen caused by the delay of processing is prevented and the high quality image display is realized.

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