Program, information storage medium, image generation system, and image generation method for generating an image for overdriving the display device

1. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium storing a program for generating an image, the program causing a computer to function as:

a drawing section which draws an object to generate image data; and

an overdrive effect processing section which performs overdrive effect processing for the generated image data and generates image data to be output to a display section,

wherein the overdrive effect processing section obtains differential image data in the Kth frame between image data generated in a Kth frame and image data generated in a Jth frame (K>J),

and stores difference reduction image data obtained based on the differential image data in the Kth frame, and performs the overdrive effect processing in an Lth (L>K>J) frame based on differential image data in the Lth frame which is differential image data between image data generated in the Lth frame and image data generated in the Kth frame and the stored difference reduction image data, and

wherein the overdrive effect processing section adds image data obtained by multiplying the differential image data in the Lth frame by the effect intensity coefficient and the difference reduction image data which is multiplied by an effect intensity coefficient smaller than that of overdrive effect processing in the Kth frame to the image data generated in the Lth frame.

2. The computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein the overdrive effect processing section adds image data obtained by multiplying the differential image data in the Lth frame by the effect intensity coefficient and the stored difference reduction image data to the image data generated in the Lth frame.

3. The computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein the overdrive effect processing section adds image data obtained by multiplying the differential image data by an effect intensity coefficient to the image data generated in the Kth frame.

4. The computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein the overdrive effect processing section performs the overdrive effect processing based on the effect intensity coefficient which increases as a value of the differential image data increases.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium storing a program for generating an image, as defined in claim 1 , the program causing a computer to function as:

wherein the overdrive effect processing section generates image data subjected to the overdrive effect processing by performing alpha blending which calculates IMK+(IMK−IMODJ)× based on the image data IMK generated in the Kth frame, image data IMODJ after the overdrive effect processing generated in the Jth frame, and an alpha value α, and

the overdrive effect processing section generates the image data IMK by drawing the object in a drawing buffer, and writing into a display buffer the image data subjected to the overdrive effect processing by performing alpha blending which calculates IMK+(IMK−IMODJ)× based on the generated image data IMK, the image data IMODJ after the overdrive effect processing in the Jth frame which has been written into the display buffer, and the alpha value α.

6. The computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 5 ,

wherein the overdrive effect processing section maps a texture of the image data IMK onto a primitive plane with a screen size or a divided screen size in which the alpha value is set, and draws the primitive plane onto which the texture has been mapped in a buffer in which the image data IMODJ has been drawn while performing alpha blending.

7. The computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 5 , the program causing the computer to function as:

a display control section which controls display of an adjustment screen for adjusting effect intensity of the overdrive effect processing,

wherein, when the effect intensity has been adjusted by using the adjustment screen, the overdrive effect processing section performs the overdrive effect processing based on the effect intensity after the adjustment.

8. The computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 7 ,

wherein the display control section moves an object set in a second intermediate color in a background area of the adjustment screen set in a first intermediate color.

9. The computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 5 , the program causing the computer to function as:

a display control section which controls display of a mode setting screen for setting whether or not to enable the overdrive effect processing,

wherein the overdrive effect processing section performs the overdrive effect processing when the overdrive effect processing has been enabled by using the mode setting screen.