IP Library Granted Patent US 10,905,958
Granted Patent B2
US 10,905,958 · App. 16/388,164 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Game device, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Inventors: Hitoshi Imai (Minato-ku, JP); Gaku Kawamura (Minato-ku, JP); Yuzaburo Maruyama (Chuo-Ku, JP)
Assignee: GREE, Inc.
A63F13/58A63F13/525A63F13/57
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,905,958
App. No.
16/388,164
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A game device including memory an operation device, and circuitry. The memory is configured to store information related to an image of a first object and a virtual space. The operation device is configured to output first operation information and second operation information, based on a motion of a player. The circuitry is configured to display an image of the first object moving in the virtual space, progress a first game when the first operation information is retrieved, determine whether a state of the first object moving in the virtual space satisfies a predetermined condition in the first game, and progress a second game when the second operation information is retrieved within a predetermined period after the state of the first object satisfies the predetermined condition.

Claims (45)

1. A game device comprising:

memory configured to store information related to an image of a first object a parameter associated with the first object, and a virtual space;

an operation device configured to output first operation information and second operation information based on a motion of a player;

circuitry configured to

cause the image of the first object moving in the virtual space to be displayed;

progress a first game when the first operation information is retrieved;

determine whether a state of the first object moving in the virtual space satisfies a first predetermined condition in the first game;

progress a second game when the second operation information is retrieved within a predetermined period after the state of the first object satisfies the first predetermined condition;

progress a third game and interrupt the second game when the parameter associated with the first object satisfies a second predetermined condition in the second game; and

move the first object to a position depending on a result of the third game and resume the second game when the third game is terminated.

2. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry configured to

calculate a position in the virtual space, based on the first operation information;

move a second object to the calculated position in the virtual space; and

change a state of the first object, based on a position of the first object moving in the virtual space and a position of the second object in the virtual space.

3. The game device according to claim 2 , wherein

the operation device configured to output third operation information based on a player,

the circuitry configured to

move, according to the third operation information, the second object that has been previously moved to the calculated position in the virtual space;

set a size of a predetermined range with the second object as a center, based on a state of movement of the second object according to the third operation information; and

move the first object to a position of the second object when a position of the first object moving in the virtual space is included in the predetermined range.

4. The game device according to claim 3 , wherein

the circuitry configured to reduce the size of the predetermined range when the second object moves according to the third operation information.

5. The game device according to claim 3 , wherein

the circuitry configured to expand the size of the predetermined range when the second object moves according to the third operation information.

6. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation device comprises a motion sensor, and

the operation device is configured to output the first operation information and the second operation information measured by the motion sensor.

7. The game device according to claim 3 , wherein

the operation device comprises a motion sensor, and

the operation device is configured to output the first operation information, the second operation information, and the third operation information measured by the motion sensor.

8. A control method for controlling a game device including a memory that stores information related to an image of a first object, a parameter associated with the first object, and a virtual space, and an operation device that outputs first operation information and second operation information based on a motion of a player, the control method comprising:

causing the image of the first object moving in the virtual space to be displayed;

progressing a first game when the first operation information is retrieved;

determining whether a state of the first object moving in the virtual space satisfies a first predetermined condition in the first game;

progressing a second game when the second operation information is retrieved within a predetermined period after a state of the first object satisfies the first predetermined condition;

progressing a third game and interrupting the second game when the parameter associated with the first object satisfies a second predetermined condition in the second game, and

moving the first object to a position depending on a result of the third game and resuming the second game when the third game is terminated.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a game device comprising memory that stores information related to an image of a first object, a parameter associated with the first object, and a virtual space, and an operation device that outputs first operation information and second operation information based on a motion of a player, the instructions causing the game device to execute a method comprising:

causing the image of the first object moving in the virtual space to be displayed;

progressing a first game when the first operation information is retrieved;

determining whether a state of the first object moving in the virtual space satisfies a first predetermined condition in the first game; and

progressing a second game when the second operation information is retrieved within a predetermined period after a state of the first object satisfies the first predetermined condition;

progressing a third game and interrupting the second game when the parameter associated with the first object satisfies a second condition in the second game; and

moving the first object to a position depending on a result of the third game and resuming the second game when the third game is terminated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2019
From: IMAI, HITOSHI; KAWAMURA, GAKU; MARUYAMA, YUZABURO
To: GREE, INC.
Reel/Frame 048928/0741 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-081008 · Apr 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190321728A1 · Oct 24, 2019
Cited By (1)
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