IP Library Granted Patent US 9,770,650
Granted Patent B2
US 9,770,650 · App. 14/643,924 · Granted Sep 26, 2017

Game program and information processing device

Inventors: Kohei Nishino (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Ninjouji (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
A63F13/2145A63F13/426A63F13/833
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,770,650
App. No.
14/643,924
Granted
Sep 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The game program according to the present invention directs a computer to execute processes whereby a graphic pattern input is accepted in response to a pointing location on a game screen being moved as a result of manipulation by a player; probabilities are calculated, with which a graphic pattern inferred from a pointing location trajectory matches each of respective multiple preset graphic patterns in a state in which the movement of the pointing location is maintained; a graphic pattern satisfying a preset criterion is selected from among the multiple graphic patterns based on the result of calculating a probability of match for each of the graphic patterns; and the action of a player character operated by the player is controlled in accordance with the character action associated with the selected graphic pattern.

Claims (17)

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions stored in a storage, the instructions in a processor of a computer, the instructions comprising:

an acceptance process which accepts a graphic pattern input in response to a pointing location on a game screen being moved as a result of a player's touch gesture;

a probability calculation process which calculates probabilities with which an unfinished graphic pattern identified from a pointing location trajectory matches each of respective preset finished graphic patterns in a state in which the movement of the pointing location is maintained;

a graphic pattern selection process which selects a finished graphic pattern satisfying a preset criterion from among the multiple finished graphic patterns based on the result of calculating a probability of match for each of the finished graphic patterns;

a character control process which controls the action of a player character operated by the player in accordance with the character action associated with the selected finished graphic pattern;

a determination process which, upon selection of a finished graphic pattern during the graphic pattern selection process, determines whether the pointing location has stopped moving based on whether or not the player's touch gesture has been continued without a touch release event; and

a restriction process which, if said determination is negative, imposes restrictions such that graphic pattern input is not accepted during the acceptance process for a predetermined time during the period when the movement of the pointing location is continuously maintained.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein, in a state in which the pointing location has stopped moving without any of the multiple finished graphic patterns satisfying the preset criterion, the graphic pattern selection process selects a pattern from among the multiple finished graphic patterns based on the result of calculating probabilities of match for each of the finished graphic patterns.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the multiple preset finished graphic patterns include a polygonal pattern composed of multiple segments, and the probability calculation process calculates probabilities with which the direction of a movement vector obtained from a pointing location trajectory matches the direction of segment vectors aligned with each of the respective segments forming the polygonal pattern, and also calculates a probability of match for the polygonal pattern based on the result of calculating a probability of match for each of the segment vectors.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the character control process controls the action of the player character such that the higher the probability of match for a finished graphic pattern satisfying the preset criterion, the greater the advantage gained by the player in the game.

5. An information processing device comprising:

an acceptance processing unit which accepts a graphic pattern input in response to a pointing location on a game screen being moved as a result of a player's touch gesture;

a probability calculation processing unit which calculates probabilities with which an unfinished graphic pattern identified from a pointing location trajectory matches each of respective preset finished graphic patterns in a state in which the movement of the pointing location is maintained;

a graphic pattern selection processing unit which selects a finished graphic pattern satisfying a preset criterion from among the multiple finished graphic patterns based on the result of calculating a probability of match for each of the finished graphic patterns;

a character control processing unit which controls the action of a player character operated by the player in accordance with the character action associated with the selected finished graphic pattern;

a determination processing unit which, upon selection of a finished graphic pattern during the graphic pattern selection process, determines whether the pointing location has stopped moving based on whether or not the player's touch gesture has been continued without a touch release event; and

a restriction processing unit which, if said determination is negative, imposes restrictions such that graphic pattern input is not accepted during the acceptance process for a predetermined time during the period when the movement of the pointing location is continuously maintained.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 10, 2022
From: DENA CO., LTD.
To: DENA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059805/0970 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2015
From: NISHINO, KOHEI; NINJOUJI, TAKASHI
To: DENA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035131/0439 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-046197 · Mar 10, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150251087A1 · Sep 10, 2015