IP Library Granted Patent US 11,779,839
Granted Patent B2
US 11,779,839 · App. 17/488,854 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Game device, control method, control program, and computer-readable recording medium having control program recorded therein

Inventors: Hitoshi Imai (Tokyo, JP); Gaku Kawamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: GREE, INC.
A63F13/428A63F13/211A63F13/23A63F13/57A63F13/818A63F2300/6045A63F2300/8035
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Patent No.
US 11,779,839
App. No.
17/488,854
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display processing unit that displays at least an image of the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit.

Claims (60)

1. A game device comprising:

a memory that stores a first image of a first object and a second image of a parameter object;

first and second operation devices for outputting operation information based on a movement of a player; and

circuitry configured to

display at least the first image of the first object and the second image of the parameter object,

determine whether the operation information that has been output satisfies a first specified condition,

identify, as an object operation device, among the first and second operation devices, the operation device that has output the operation information satisfying the first specified condition,

change the first object according to the operation information from the object operation device,

determine whether the operation information that has been output satisfies a second specified condition,

identify, as a parameter operation device, among the first and second operation devices, the operation device that has output the operation information satisfying the second specified condition, and

change the parameter object according to the operation information from the parameter operation device.

2. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein

changing the first object includes changing the first image, and

changing the parameter object includes changing the second image.

3. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein

the parameter object corresponds to an operation of the first object.

4. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein

the object operation device is identified before the parameter operation device is identified.

5. The game device according to claim 4 , wherein

when the first operation device is identified as the object operation device and then identified as the parameter operation device, identification of the object operation device is changed such that the second operation device is identified as the object operation device.

6. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first and second operation devices has a transmitter that outputs the operation information, which has been measured by a motion sensor,

the first specified condition is that the operation information output from the transmitter has exceeded a specified numerical value, and

the second specified condition is that, based on the operation information output from the transmitter, it is determined that the operation device having the transmitter is performing a specified motion.

7. The game device according to claim 6 , wherein

the memory stores information related to a virtual space, and

the circuitry is configured to

move a second object related to the first object within the virtual space, based on the operation information from the object operation device, and

display an image of the second object that moves within the virtual space.

8. The game device according to claim 7 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to (i) calculate a velocity of the first object, based on the operation information from the object operation device and (ii) calculate a travel distance of the second object within the virtual space based on the calculated velocity.

9. The game device according to claim 7 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to (i) calculate a direction of a movement of the object operation device, based on the operation information from the object operation device and (ii) calculate a travel direction of the second object within the virtual space based on the calculated direction.

10. The game device according to claim 7 , wherein

information related to a movable range of the second object is included in the information related to the virtual space, and

when a position of the second object is out of the movable range, the circuitry corrects the position of the second object to be in the movable range.

11. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

change a parameter value related to the first object according to the operation information from the parameter operation device, wherein the second image of the parameter object changes in accordance with a change in the parameter related to the first object.

12. The game device according to claim 6 , wherein

the specified motion is a reciprocating motion of the parameter operation device, and

the circuitry is configured to change the parameter object and increase a parameter value related to the first object as the number of reciprocating motions of the parameter operation device per specified time increases.

13. The game device according to claim 6 , wherein

the specified motion is a reciprocating motion of the parameter operation device, and

the circuitry is configured to change the parameter object and increase a parameter value related to the first object as displacement of one cycle of reciprocating motion of the parameter operation device per specified time increases.

14. A control method of a game device comprising (i) a memory that stores a first image of a first object and a second image of a parameter object and (ii) first and second operation devices for outputting operation information based on a movement of a player, the control method including:

displaying at least the first image of the first object and the second image of the parameter object;

determining whether the operation information that has been output satisfies a first specified condition;

identifying, as an object operation device, among the first and second operation devices, the operation device that has output the operation information satisfying the first specified condition;

changing the first object according to the operation information from the object operation device;

determining whether the operation information that has been output satisfies a second specified condition;

identifying, as a parameter operation device, among the first and second operation devices, the operation device that has output the operation information satisfying the second specified condition; and

changing the parameter object according to the operation information from the parameter operation device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a control program causing a game device, comprising (i) a memory that stores a first image of a first object and a second image of a parameter object and (ii) first and second operation devices for outputting operation information based on a movement of a player, to execute:

displaying at least the first image of the first object and the second image of the parameter object;

determining whether the operation information that has been output satisfies a first specified condition;

identifying, as an object operation device, among the first and second operation devices, the operation device that has output the operation information satisfying the first specified condition;

changing the first object according to the operation information from the object operation device;

determining whether the operation information that has been output satisfies a second specified condition;

identifying, as a parameter operation device, among the first and second operation devices, the operation device that has output the operation information satisfying the second specified condition; and

changing the parameter object according to the operation information from the parameter operation device.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY STREET ADDRESS AND ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71308 FRAME: 765. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071611/0252 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071308/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-248309 · Dec 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16957922
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