JP2008083839A - Image display system, image display program, and image display method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display system capable of constructing a virtual space that has a rapid handling speed and produces a realistic feeling by downloading a scenery image at every required time. <P>SOLUTION: In the image display system, a character moves in the virtual space by using a portable communication terminal connected via a communication line with an image information storage device storing image information, and an image file stored in the image information storage device is displayed on a screen of the portable communication terminal, a location direction detection means detects the location and direction of the character in the virtual space, a download file decision means decides an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen on the portable communication terminal, according to the detected location and direction, a download means downloads the image file decided by the download file decision means, and a display means displays the downloaded image file on the screen of the portable communication terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  According to the present invention, an image is stored in the image information storage device by moving a character in a virtual space using a mobile communication terminal connected to the image information storage device storing image information by a communication line. The present invention relates to an image display system, an image display program, and an image display method for displaying a file on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.

  As a service using a mobile phone, a service that is familiar and easy to use that enables rich communication is desired. To that end, it is necessary to support communication between the real “people” rather than unilaterally receiving messages sent by third parties. In addition, it is also necessary to expand the communication partners that have been limited to “acquaintances” to “people who have the same interests” in the world. And as a user, there is a demand for finding new friends and making communication between people more enjoyable.

For this purpose, services in a virtual space using characters are used. For example, online competitive games have been realized, but communication that leads to the real world with people who did not know before has not been realized.
Therefore, it is desired to construct a platform for realizing “communication with people who have not known so far” in the virtual space. In other words, there is a demand for a virtual space in which a mobile phone user can become a resident and enjoy casual walks, events, communication, fashion, games, etc. anytime, anywhere.
In order to realize these virtual spaces, it is necessary to download necessary programs and data from the management server to the mobile phone.

As a technology related to these, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a push-type content distribution service system that pushes a trial version of a content that a user desires to improve convenience and pushes content to a terminal. A mail distribution unit via the Internet, a content browsing unit that allows the terminal to browse the content via the Internet and search for the desired content, and after the search, a mail that agrees to the distribution of the new content is transmitted, the mail address of the terminal A content search condition setting / complete version providing unit that sets search conditions for content obtained by browsing and downloading a full version of content upon request, a content browsing unit, and a content search condition setting / complete version providing unit. Operate and register new content and register new content that matches the search conditions. If there is a content, to deliver the mail to attach a trial version to the terminal, technology and a content management / trial version providing unit to request the download of the full version in the case of expected it has been disclosed.
JP 2005-242399 A

However, when a character freely moves around in the virtual space, it is necessary to display the landscape image. However, it is difficult to store a huge amount of the landscape image in the mobile phone in terms of memory capacity. . On the other hand, downloading landscape images in the virtual space also has a problem that it is difficult to construct a virtual space with a high sense of realism due to its high communication speed and communication capacity.
The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems of the conventional technology, and downloads a landscape image every time it is necessary to construct a virtual space with a high response speed and a realistic feeling. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display system, an image display program, and an image display method that can be used.

The gist of the present invention for achieving the object lies in the inventions of the following items.
[1] An image file stored in the image information storage device by moving a character in a virtual space using a mobile communication terminal connected to the image information storage device storing image information by a communication line Is displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal,
Position and direction detection means for detecting the position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character;
Download file determining means for determining an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal according to the position and direction detected by the position / direction detecting means;
Download means for downloading the image file determined by the download file determination means from the image information storage device;
An image display system comprising: display means for displaying the image file downloaded by the download means on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.

[2] comprising motion detection means for detecting the motion of the character;
The image according to [1], wherein the download file determining unit determines an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the operation detected by the operation detecting unit. Display system.

[3] An image file stored in the image information storage device by moving a character in a virtual space using a mobile communication terminal connected to the image information storage device storing image information by a communication line. Is an image display program for operating an image display system to display on a screen of the mobile communication terminal,
In the image display system,
A position and direction detection function for detecting the position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character;
A download file determination function for determining an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, according to the position and direction detected by the position / direction detection function;
A download function for downloading the image file determined by the download file determination function from the image information storage device;
An image display program for realizing a display function for displaying an image file downloaded by the download function on a screen of the mobile communication terminal.

[4] In the image display system,
Realize the motion detection function to detect the motion of the character,
The image according to [3], wherein the download file determination function determines an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the operation detected by the operation detection function. Display program.

[5] An image file stored in the image information storage device by moving a character in a virtual space using a mobile communication terminal connected to the image information storage device storing image information by a communication line. An image display method performed by an image display system that displays the image on the screen of the mobile communication terminal,
Detect the position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character,
According to the detected position and direction, determine an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal,
Download the determined image file from the image information storage device,
The downloaded image file is displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.

[6] The image display system includes:
Detecting the movement of the character,
The image display method according to [5], wherein when the download file is determined, an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal is determined according to the detected operation. .

The present invention operates as follows.
In the image display system, the image display program, and the image display method according to the present invention, a character moves in a virtual space using a portable communication terminal connected to an image information storage device that stores image information by a communication line. The image file stored in the image information storage device is displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.
The position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character are detected, an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal is determined according to the detected position and direction, and the determined image file Is downloaded from the image information storage device, and the downloaded image file is displayed on the screen of the portable communication terminal.
Alternatively, when the motion of the character is detected and the download file is determined, an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal is determined according to the detected motion. Good.
As a result, a virtual space with a high response speed and a realistic feeling can be constructed. As a result, the latest situation can be accurately displayed, and the load on the system can be reduced.

  According to the image display system, the image display program, and the image display method according to the present invention, the position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character are detected, and the scenery of the virtual space is determined according to the detected position and direction. Since the image file related to the file is downloaded, it is possible to construct a virtual space with a high response speed and a realistic feeling. As a result, the latest status can be accurately displayed, and the load on the system can be reduced.

First, in order to facilitate understanding of the present embodiment, a virtual space application will be described with reference to FIGS.
The virtual space application provides a place for communication with people who can not meet in the real world. For that purpose, a city as a virtual space is prepared and in real time through a character as `` another self '' Prepare an environment for chatting. As a result, business related to advertisements and electronic contents can be activated.
In addition, the city as a virtual space is another world that spreads out in the mobile phone and is different from the real world. In that city, the user's own character can act and have a conversation with another user (chat) or decorate his / her room (my room) while living as a person who is different from reality. .
However, it is possible not only to behave in the virtual space, but to have conversations with real users, purchase electronic content that matches their hobbies, or actual content, etc. .
In addition, the city as a virtual space can be changed according to the season, and new shops and towns can be created.

The virtual space handled by the virtual space application will be described with reference to FIG. The virtual space is drawn by three-dimensionally drawn graphics, and is roughly composed of towns such as My Room 520, Center Town 510, and Fashionable Town 530. The character can move freely in this virtual space.
My room 520 is a space allocated for each user. When the virtual space application is activated, it starts from this my room 520. In addition, the my room 520 can be changed by the user. You can invite other users to show your My Room 520 to other users and chat with them. My room 520 is connected to center city 510, and can be moved to center city 510 by opening the door of my room 520.

The center street 510 is a space shared by all users. Meet and chat with others. In addition, items can be purchased or picked up at the shop 512. In the shop 512, items can be purchased using virtual money or the like. In FIG. 5, four shops 512 </ b> A to 512 </ b> D are arranged as shops 512. In addition, examples of the item include wallpaper decorating My Room 520, plants placed in My Room 520, and the like.
The signboard advertisement 511 can be placed in the center town 510. A URL is embedded in the signboard advertisement 511, and when the signboard advertisement 511 is clicked by the operator using the key 420 of the mobile phone 200, the server indicated by the URL can be accessed. In FIG. 5, four signboard advertisements 511 </ b> A to 511 </ b> D are arranged as the signboard advertisement 511.
The center town 510 is connected to towns such as the My Room 520 and the fashionable town 530, and the user can enter the center town 510 from the My Room 520 and enter a town such as the fashionable town 530.

  The town is composed of a fashionable town 530, a digital town 540, an active town 550, and a culture town 560. Like the center town 510, the town is a space that can be shared by all users, and can meet and chat with others. Also, items can be purchased at the shop 512. The reason why there are multiple towns is because the users gathered vary depending on hobbies. Fashion town 530 has shops 512 for fashion, beauty, gourmet, pets, etc. Digital town 540 has shops 512 for mobile phones, computers, games, etc. Active town 550 has sports, fishing, outdoor, Shops 512 for cars, motorcycles, travel, gambling, etc. are arranged, and shops 512 for television, movies, reading, art, music, karaoke, lessons, languages, etc. are arranged in Culture Town 560. These shops 512 are managed by the manager of each shop.

  The my room 520 and the characters will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the my room 520 simulates a real room, and in addition to the character A 610 representing itself, a character B 620 and a character C 630 representing other users can enter. . However, in order to put another user's character B620 and character C630 into My Room 520, it is necessary to become “Tomodachi”. On the other hand, if it becomes “Tomodachi”, it is possible to go to other users' My Room 520.

The my room 520 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 7A is a view of My Room 520 as viewed from above. In FIG. 7, the upper right corner of My Room 520 is shown in FIG. 7B, the lower right corner of My Room 520 is shown in FIG. 7C, and the lower left corner of My Room 520 is shown in FIG. The upper left corner of the room 520 is shown in FIG.
In the upper right corner of My Room 520, MyBoard 710 where you can paste posters purchased at Shop 512, Mail 720 that you can email with users in this city, and the virtual money that the user has A safe 730 that can be used is arranged.
In the lower right corner of the My Room 520, a storage 740 for confirming all items possessed by the user and a plant 750 purchased at the shop 512 are arranged.

In the lower left corner of My Room 520, a collection space 761 to a collection space 764 are arranged. Item A771 and item B772 can be displayed on each collection space. The item A 771 is an item picked up at the center street 510 or an item purchased at the shop 512.
In the upper left corner of My Room 520, a BGM 780 for listening to music from a mobile phone, an agent space 781 for placing an agent 782, and a door 790 that allows access to the center town 510 are arranged. The agent 782 searches for other users having a desired profile in accordance with user instructions. Further, the appearance of the agent 782 can be changed depending on the frequency of various communications, and the ability of the agent 782 (such as the ability to fulfill a user's request or search for another user) can be improved.

  An example of communication in a virtual space application will be described with reference to FIG. Each of FIG. 8 is an image displayed on the display 410 of the mobile phone 200. FIG. 8A shows an image when a friend is invited to My Room 520. FIG. 8A shows an example of inviting other users “JJ”, “Miyachi”, “Takuya”, and “Yumiko” to My Room 520 of “Hiroshi”. FIG. 8 (B) is a continuation of FIG. 8 (A) and shows an example in which a chat is performed by the five people. In addition, when a pictograph is used as a character in the chat, a character who speaks in accordance with the pictograph can be operated. FIG. 8C is an example of a scene where a one-to-one chat is performed with another user who has met in the center town 510. FIG. 8D illustrates mail in this virtual space application. This mail is used to communicate using the mail 720 in the My Room 520 when the user who wants to talk is not currently logged in to the virtual space application.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Each figure shows an embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2 are conceptual module configuration diagrams of an embodiment of the present invention.
The module generally refers to a component such as software or hardware that can be logically separated. Therefore, the module in the present embodiment indicates not only a module in a program but also a module in a hardware configuration. Therefore, the present embodiment also serves as an explanation of a program, a system, and a method. In addition, the modules correspond almost one-to-one with the functions. However, in mounting, one module may be composed of one program, or a plurality of modules may be composed of one program. A plurality of programs may be used. The plurality of modules may be executed by one computer, or one module may be executed by a plurality of computers in a distributed or parallel environment. Hereinafter, “connection” includes not only physical connection but also logical connection.
The system includes a configuration in which a plurality of computers, hardware, devices, and the like are connected via a network and the like, and includes a case where the system is realized by one computer, hardware, devices, and the like.
Hereinafter, a mobile phone will mainly be described as an example of a mobile communication terminal.
As the character, a character imitating a person, an animal, a fictional animal, or the like, or a character called an avatar may be used.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has a module configuration in the management server 100, and includes a download instruction receiving module 110, a download module 120, and a landscape 3D file 130.
As shown in FIG. 1, the download instruction receiving module 110 is connected to the download module 120 and receives a download instruction from the download module 230 of the mobile phone 200. The received content is transferred to the download module 120.
As shown in FIG. 1, the download module 120 is connected to the download instruction receiving module 110 and the landscape 3D file 130, and is stored in the landscape 3D file 130 according to the download instruction received by the download instruction receiving module 110. A 3D (stereoscopic image) file of a landscape image in the virtual space is called and transmitted to the mobile phone 200.
As shown in FIG. 1, the landscape 3D file 130 is connected to the download module 120, stores the 3D file in the virtual space, and is accessed from the download module 120.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 2 has a module configuration in the mobile phone 200, and includes a direction / motion detection module 210, a download file determination module 220, a download module 230, a display module 240, and a map information database 250.
As shown in FIG. 2, the direction / motion detection module 210 is connected to the download file determination module 220 and detects the position of the character and the direction of the character in the virtual space. Further, the movement of the character may be detected. These detections are performed by detecting the operation of the operator by the key 420 and the multi-guide button 421 of the mobile phone 200, the activation status of the module that controls the movement of the character in the virtual space application, and the like.
As shown in FIG. 2, the download file determination module 220 is connected to the direction / motion detection module 210, the download module 230, and the map information database 250, and depends on the position and direction detected by the direction / motion detection module 210. Using the map information stored in the map information database 250, an image file to be downloaded for display on the display 410 of the mobile phone 200 is determined. Further, according to the motion detected by the direction / motion detection module 210, the map information stored in the map information database 250 is used to determine an image file to be downloaded for display on the display 410 of the mobile phone 200. You may do it.

As shown in FIG. 2, the download module 230 is connected to the download file determination module 220 and the display module 240, and downloads the image file determined by the download file determination module 220 from the management server 100.
As shown in FIG. 2, the display module 240 is connected to the download module 230, and displays the image file downloaded by the download module 230 on the display 410 of the mobile phone 200.
As shown in FIG. 2, the map information database 250 is connected to the download file determination module 220, stores information related to the map of the virtual space, and is accessed from the download file determination module 220. As the map information, a download management table 1000 that associates the position, direction, and motion of the character in the virtual space as shown in FIG. 5 with the map to be downloaded is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the download management table 1000 includes a download condition column 1100 and a download file column 1200, and the download condition column 1100 includes a position column 1110, a direction column 1120, and an operation column 1130. The download file column 1200 stores a 3D file name to be downloaded. Conditions for downloading a file having the 3D file name stored in the download file column 1200 are stored in correspondence with each column in the download condition column 1100. The condition for downloading is the logical product of each column.

  The position column 1110 stores the position of the character in the virtual space. This position has a range, and in order to download the file, it is a condition that there is a character within this range. The position is a position in the virtual space as shown in FIG. 5, for example, a code indicating that it is in the digital town 540 and an XY coordinate.

  The direction column 1120 stores which direction the character is facing. This direction has a range, and in order to download the file, it is necessary that the character is in this range. Note that the direction indicates which direction the character in the virtual space as shown in FIG. 5 is looking at. For example, the upward direction in FIG. Less).

  The action column 1130 stores what action the character is performing. In order to download the file, the character is required to perform this operation. The operation includes, for example, “walking” and “stopping”. Therefore, even if the character satisfies the conditions shown in the position column 1110 and the direction column 1120, it is not downloaded in the case of an action such as “chatting”.

FIG. 3 shows a hardware module configuration example in which the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or 2 is realized.
The management server 100 and the mobile phone 200 are connected via a communication line 300.
The management server 100 includes a communication module 191, a CPU 192, an input module 193, a display module 194, a RAM 195, a ROM 196, and an HDD 197, which are connected by a bus 199.
The communication module 191 is an interface with the communication line 300 for communicating with the mobile phone 200.
The CPU 192 executes various processes in accordance with programs stored in the RAM 195. The processing by the download instruction receiving module 110, the download module 120, etc. described above is executed.
The input module 193 receives input from a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse.
The display module 194 displays the processing results by various programs on the display.
The RAM 195 stores a program that implements the download instruction receiving module 110, the download module 120, and the like, variables that each module processes, and the like.
The ROM 196 stores a program that operates when the management server 100 is activated.
The HDD 197 is a storage device that stores contents such as the landscape 3D file 130.

The mobile phone 200 includes an antenna 291, a communication module 292, a CPU 293, a key input module 294, a display module 295, a RAM 296, a ROM 297, and a memory card module 298, which are connected by a bus 299.
The communication module 292 is an interface with the communication line 300 for communicating with the management server 100 via the antenna 291 that performs wireless communication.
The CPU 293 executes various processes in accordance with programs stored in the RAM 296. The above-described processing by the direction / motion detection module 210, the download file determination module 220, the download module 230, and the like is executed.
The key input module 294 receives input from the key 420 of the mobile phone 200.
The display module 295 displays processing results by various programs on the display 410 of the mobile phone 200.
The RAM 296 stores a program that realizes the direction / motion detection module 210, the download file determination module 220, the download module 230, and the like, variables that each module processes, and the like.
The ROM 297 stores a program that operates when the mobile phone 200 is activated.
The memory card module 298 is a storage device that stores the contents of the display module 240 and the like. The contents of the display module 240 and the like may be stored in the RAM 296.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the mobile phone 200 inputs a character for a phone number or a virtual space application, a microphone 450 that can input voice so as to have a function as a telephone, a speaker 440 that can output voice. A key 420 that is a character input device, a kind of key 420, a multi-guide button 421 for moving and changing the direction of the character, an antenna 430 for transmitting and receiving radio waves, and a key 420. And a display 410 for displaying a result of character input by the virtual space application or the like. In addition, a camera or the like may be provided.
In order to detect the position and direction of the character, a key operation of the multi guide button 421 or the like is detected. For example, when the multi-guide button 421 is continuously pressed in a certain direction, the time is detected, and how much the character has moved and changed direction in the virtual space is detected. More specifically, when it is detected that the top of the multi-guide button 421 is pressed, the character is moved forward (back of the screen) and the bottom of the multi-guide button 421 is detected. In this case, when the character is advanced in the direction opposite to the direction in which the character is facing (front of the screen) and the left or right of the multi-guide button 421 is detected, the character is turned in that direction (left or right). .

Next, the function and operation (operation) will be described.
An example of processing order in the mobile phone 200 will be described with reference to FIG.
In step S902, the direction / motion detection module 210 detects key inputs of the key 420, the multi-guide button 421, and the like of the mobile phone 200.
In step S904, the direction / motion detection module 210 detects the current position of the character from the key operation detected in step S902.
In step S906, the direction / motion detection module 210 detects the current direction of the character from the key operation detected in step S902.

In step S908, the download file determination module 220 searches the download management table 1000 in the map information database 250 from the position and direction of the character detected in steps S904 and S906, and determines whether there is a file to be downloaded. Determine whether. In this determination, if Yes (there is a file to be downloaded), the process proceeds to step S910, and if No (no file to be downloaded), the process returns to step S902. In this determination, it may be determined by adding an action in addition to the position and direction of the character.
In step S910, the download module 230 downloads the file. Thereafter, the display module 240 displays the downloaded file on the display 410 of the mobile phone 200. That is, it is possible to preferentially download and display the scenery that the character will see in the virtual space.
When there is no file to be downloaded, that is, when there is a margin in the communication line, the file storing the surrounding landscape image may be downloaded in advance from the position and direction of the character. By doing so, the display of the landscape image in the virtual space becomes smoother and the communication line can be used effectively.

  In the embodiment, a mobile phone is shown as the mobile communication terminal. However, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a navigation system, or the like may be used.

In addition, about the program demonstrated, it is also possible to store in a recording medium, and it can also be grasped | ascertained as the following invention, for example in that case.
Using a portable communication terminal connected to an image information storage device storing image information via a communication line, a character moves in a virtual space, and an image file stored in the image information storage device is transferred to the portable device. A computer-readable recording medium storing an image display program for operating an image display system to display on a screen of a communication terminal,
In the image display system,
A position and direction detection function for detecting the position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character;
A download file determination function for determining an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, according to the position and direction detected by the position / direction detection function;
A download function for downloading the image file determined by the download file determination function from the image information storage device;
A computer-readable recording medium storing an image display program, which realizes a display function for displaying an image file downloaded by the download function on a screen of the mobile communication terminal.

The “computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded” refers to a computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, which is used for program installation, execution, program distribution, and the like.
The recording medium is, for example, a digital versatile disc (DVD), which is a standard established by the DVD Forum, such as “DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM,” and DVD + RW. Standards such as “DVD + R, DVD + RW, etc.”, compact discs (CDs), read-only memory (CD-ROM), CD recordable (CD-R), CD rewritable (CD-RW), etc. MO), flexible disk (FD), magnetic tape, hard disk, read only memory (ROM), electrically erasable and rewritable read only memory (EEPROM), flash memory, random access memory (RAM), etc. It is.
The program or a part of the program can be recorded on the recording medium and stored or distributed. Also, by communication, for example, a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wired network used for the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, etc., or wireless communication It can be transmitted using a transmission medium such as a network or a combination of these, and can also be carried on a carrier wave.
Furthermore, the above program may be a part of another program, or may be recorded on a recording medium together with a separate program.

It is a block diagram which shows the conceptual module structural example by the side of the management server which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the conceptual module structural example by the side of the mobile telephone which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the whole module structure which concerns on this Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structural example of a mobile telephone. It is explanatory drawing which shows the map in virtual space. It is explanatory drawing which shows the my room in virtual space. It is explanatory drawing which shows the my room in virtual space. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of communication in virtual space. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process order in a mobile telephone. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a data structure for managing a download file.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Management server 110 ... Download instruction receiving module 120 ... Download module 130 ... Scenery 3D file 200 ... Mobile phone 210 ... Direction / motion detection module 220 ... Download file determination module 230 ... Download module 240 ... Display module 250 ... Map information database

Claims (6)

Using a portable communication terminal connected to an image information storage device storing image information via a communication line, a character moves in a virtual space, and an image file stored in the image information storage device is transferred to the portable device. An image display system for displaying on a screen of a communication terminal,
Position and direction detection means for detecting the position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character;
Download file determining means for determining an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal according to the position and direction detected by the position / direction detecting means;
Download means for downloading the image file determined by the download file determination means from the image information storage device;
An image display system comprising: display means for displaying the image file downloaded by the download means on the screen of the mobile communication terminal. Comprising a motion detection means for detecting the motion of the character;
2. The image according to claim 1, wherein the download file determination unit determines an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the operation detected by the operation detection unit. Display system. Using a portable communication terminal connected to an image information storage device storing image information via a communication line, a character moves in a virtual space, and an image file stored in the image information storage device is transferred to the portable device. An image display program for operating an image display system to display on a screen of a communication terminal,
In the image display system,
A position and direction detection function for detecting the position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character;
A download file determination function for determining an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, according to the position and direction detected by the position / direction detection function;
A download function for downloading the image file determined by the download file determination function from the image information storage device;
An image display program for realizing a display function for displaying an image file downloaded by the download function on a screen of the mobile communication terminal. In the image display system,
Realize the motion detection function to detect the motion of the character,
The image according to claim 3, wherein the download file determination function determines an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal in accordance with an operation detected by the operation detection function. Display program. Using a portable communication terminal connected to an image information storage device storing image information via a communication line, a character moves in a virtual space, and an image file stored in the image information storage device is transferred to the portable device. An image display method performed by an image display system for displaying on a screen of a communication terminal,
Detect the position of the character in the virtual space and the direction of the character,
According to the detected position and direction, determine an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal,
Download the determined image file from the image information storage device,
The downloaded image file is displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal. The image display system includes:
Detecting the movement of the character,
The image display method according to claim 5, wherein when the download file is determined, an image file to be downloaded for display on the screen of the mobile communication terminal is determined according to the detected operation. .

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