IP Library Granted Patent US 10,286,303
Granted Patent B2
US 10,286,303 · App. 15/698,094 · Granted May 14, 2019

Game system, game progressing method, and computer apparatus

Inventors: Naoya Kashima (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihisa Akashi (Tokyo, JP); Natsuko Kushida (Tokyo, JP); Robin Boucher (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.; GREE, INC.
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Patent No.
US 10,286,303
App. No.
15/698,094
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A game system including a display device used by being mounted on the head of a player and a controller, comprising: a first direction specifier that specifies direction and/or position of the display device; a second direction specifier that specifies direction of the controller; a displayer that displays on the display device, a state of a virtual space where a game is in progress, according to the direction and/or the position specified by the first direction specifier and a plurality of first options; a first selector that selects at least one first option from the plurality of first options, according to a relative relationship between the direction of the display device and the direction of the controller; and a game progressor that causes the game to progress according to the selected first option.

Claims (58)

1. A game system including a display device configured to be mounted on a head of a player and a controller, the game system comprising:

a first sensor that specifies a direction and/or a position of the display device;

a second sensor that specifies a direction of the controller;

the display device that displays a state of a virtual space where a game is in progress, according to the direction and/or the position of the display device, and a plurality of first options;

the controller that selects at least one first option from the plurality of first options, according to a relative relationship between the direction of the display device and the direction of the controller; and

a game processor that causes the game to progress according to the selected at least one first option,

wherein the controller further selects at least one second option from a plurality of second options, according to the relative relationship between the direction of the display device and the direction of the controller, after the at least one first option is selected,

wherein the display device further displays the plurality of second options,

wherein the game processor causes the game to progress according to the selected at least one first option and the selected at least one second option, and

wherein, when the at least one first option is selected, the selected at least one first option moves to follow a movement of the controller.

2. The game system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller further performs switching from a selection processing of the at least one first option to a selection processing of the at least one second option, according to an input received by the controller.

3. The game system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one first option is a first object associated with a player account, and

wherein the at least one second option is a second object that is impacted by the first object, when the game progresses.

4. The game system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one first option is a first object associated with a player account, and

wherein the at least one second option is a second object that is impacted by the first object, when the game progresses.

5. The game system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display device displays an aspect that a player character appearing in the game grasps the first option, when the at least one first option is selected by the controller.

6. The game system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display device displays an aspect that the at least one first option grasped by a player character is directed to a direction in which the selected at least one second option is present, when the at least one second option is selected by the controller.

7. The game system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical receiver provided at a predetermined position,

wherein the display device includes an irradiator that irradiates a predetermined light beam, and

wherein the first sensor specifies the direction of the display device, based on the light beam irradiated from the irradiator and received by the optical receiver.

8. The game system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an irradiator provided at a predetermined position and irradiates a predetermined light beam,

wherein the display device includes an optical receiver that receives a light beam, and

wherein the first sensor specifies the direction of the display device, based on the light beam irradiated from the irradiator and received by the optical receiver.

9. The game system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical receiver provided at a predetermined position,

wherein the controller includes an irradiator that irradiates a predetermined light beam, and

wherein the second sensor specifies the direction of the controller, based on the light beam irradiated from the irradiator and received by the optical receiver.

10. The game system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an irradiator provided at a predetermined position and irradiates a predetermined light beam,

wherein the controller includes an optical receiver that receives a light beam, and

wherein the second sensor specifies the direction of the controller, based on the light beam irradiated from the irradiator and received by the optical receiver.

11. A game progressing method executed in a game system including a display device configured to be mounted on a head of a player and a controller, the method comprising:

specifying a direction and/or a position of the display device;

specifying a direction of the controller;

displaying, on the display device, a state of a virtual space where a game is in progress, according to the direction and/or the position of the display device, and a plurality of first options;

selecting, via the controller, at least one first option from the plurality of first options, according to a relative relationship between the direction of the display device and the direction of the controller;

causing the game to progress according to the selected at least one first option;

selecting, via the controller, at least one second option from a plurality of second options, according to the relative relationship between the direction of the display device and the direction of the controller, after the at least one first option is selected;

displaying, on the display device, the plurality of second options; and

causing the game to progress according to the selected at least one first option and the selected at least one second option,

wherein, when the at least one first option is selected, the selected at least one first option moves to follow a movement of the controller.

12. A computer device connected, by communication, to a display device configured to be mounted on a head of a player and to a controller, the computer device comprising:

a first sensor that specifies direction and/or position of the display device;

a second sensor that specifies direction of the controller;

the display device that displays a state of a virtual space where a game is in progress, according to the direction and/or the position of the display device, and a plurality of first options;

the controller that selects at least one first option from the plurality of first options, according to a relative relationship between the direction of the display device and the direction of the controller; and

a game processor that causes the game to progress according to the selected at least one first option,

wherein the controller further selects at least one second option from a plurality of second options, according to the relative relationship between the direction of the display device and the direction of the controller, after the at least one first option is selected,

wherein the display device further displays the plurality of second options,

wherein the game processor causes the game to progress according to the selected at least one first option and the selected at least one second option, and

wherein, when the at least one first option is selected, the selected at least one first option moves to follow a movement of the controller.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE STREET ADDRESS AND ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71303 FRAME: 337. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071611/0102 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071303/0337 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2017
From: KASHIMA, NAOYA; AKASHI, YOSHIHISA; KUSHIDA, NATSUKO; BOUCHER, ROBIN
To: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.; GREE, INC.
Reel/Frame 043525/0598 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-179938 · Sep 14, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180071619A1 · Mar 15, 2018