IP Library Granted Patent US 9,259,647
Granted Patent B2
US 9,259,647 · App. 13/697,887 · Granted Feb 16, 2016

Image generation program, recording medium, information processing method, information processing device and information processing program for a puzzle game

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Patent No.
US 9,259,647
App. No.
13/697,887
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The image generating program makes the image generating device perform: setting a number of increase or decrease objects in at least one of a plurality of regions on a field having the plurality of regions divided from each other and connected to each other; generating a display image including a display corresponding to the field and the set number of increase or decrease objects; generating the display image in which an increase or decrease number corresponding to a selected level is set in the region within a predetermined area; generating the display image in which the number of increase or decrease objects is increased or decreased on a basis of the set increase or decrease number; and ending the stage when the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions becomes a predetermined value as a result of the increase or decrease.

Claims (36)

1. An image generating program executed by an image generating device having a processor, the image generating program making the image generating device perform:

setting, using the processor a number of increase or decrease objects in at least one of a plurality of regions on a field, the field having the plurality of regions divided from each other and connected to each other, in each stage;

generating a display image including a display corresponding to the field and the set number of increase or decrease objects;

generating the display image in which an increase or decrease number corresponding to a selected level is set in the region within a predetermined area with a selected region selected from the plurality of regions as a center;

generating the display image in which the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions is increased or decreased on a basis of the set increase or decrease number; and

ending the stage when the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions becomes a predetermined value as a result of the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions being increased or decreased,

wherein the predetermined value is zero.

2. The image generating program according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image generating device is made to display a position of the selected region in which the increase or decrease number is set for a first move in an operation procedure for bringing the set number of increase or decrease objects in each region to the predetermined value when a first input operation is performed.

3. The image generating program according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image generating device is made to perform:

clocking an elapsed time from a time of a start of the stage;

determining whether the elapsed time has reached a predetermined time; and

generating another region in a vicinity of the plurality of regions in the display image when it is determined that the elapsed time has reached the predetermined time,

the field having the other region in addition to the plurality of regions is generated at a time of a start of a stage next to the stage in which the other region is generated.

4. The image generating program according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image generating device is made to invert the field and make a positive or negative sign of the number of increase or decrease objects in each of the regions an opposite sign when a second input operation is performed.

5. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium on which the image generating program according to claim 1 is recorded so as to be readable by a computer.

6. An information processing method performed using an information processing device having a processor, the information processing method comprising:

setting, using the processor, a number of increase or decrease objects in at least one of a plurality of regions on a field, the field having the plurality of regions divided from each other and connected to each other, in each stage;

setting an increase or decrease number corresponding to a selected level in the region within a predetermined area with a selected region selected from the plurality of regions as a center;

increasing or decreasing the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions on a basis of the set increase or decrease number; and

ending the stage when the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions becomes a predetermined value as a result of the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions being increased or decreased,

wherein the predetermined value is zero.

7. An information processing device having a processor comprising:

an object setting portion configured to, using the processor, set a number of increase or decrease objects in at least one of a plurality of regions on a field, the field having the plurality of regions divided from each other and connected to each other, in each stage;

an increase and decrease number setting portion configured to set an increase or decrease number corresponding to a selected level in the region within a predetermined area with a selected region selected from the plurality of regions as a center;

an increasing and decreasing portion configured to increase or decrease the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions on a basis of the set increase or decrease number; and

a stage ending portion configured to end the stage when the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions becomes a predetermined value as a result of the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions being increased or decreased by the increasing and decreasing portion,

wherein the predetermined value is zero.

8. An information processing program executed by an information processing device, the information processing program making the information processing device function as:

an object setting portion configured to set a number of increase or decrease objects in at least one of a plurality of regions on a field, the field having the plurality of regions divided from each other and connected to each other, in each stage;

an increase and decrease number setting portion configured to set an increase or decrease number corresponding to a selected level in the region within a predetermined area with a selected region selected from the plurality of regions as a center;

an increasing and decreasing portion configured to increase or decrease the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions on a basis of the set increase or decrease number; and

a stage ending portion configured to end the stage when the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions becomes a predetermined value as a result of the number of increase or decrease objects set in each of the regions being increased or decreased by the increasing and decreasing portion,

wherein the predetermined value is zero.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2015
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036957/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2012
From: TADA, KOJI; KATO, WATARU; YASUMOTO, MASASUKE; SATO, MASAHIKO
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 029296/0228 →