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US 10,843,074 · App. 11/367,426 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Object movement control apparatus, storage medium storing object movement control program, and object movement control method

Inventor: Takanori Hino (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
A63F13/426A63F13/2145G06F3/04883A63F13/26A63F13/92A63F2300/1043A63F2300/1075A63F2300/204A63F2300/301A63F2300/6045A63F2300/8017
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Patent No.
US 10,843,074
App. No.
11/367,426
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A game apparatus includes an LCD, and a touch panel is provided in relation to the LCD. The LCD displays a game screen, and the player performs touch operations (sliding, click, etc.) on the touch panel with use of a stick to draw, correct and decide at random a moving path of an object. When the movement path of the object is decided and some point on the movement path is clicked, the object moves to the clicked position according to the movement path.

Claims (33)

1. An object movement control apparatus, comprising:

a display for displaying a movable object;

a touch panel provided in relation to said display;

one or more computer processors, configured to perform:

input detection for detecting an input coordinates position entered by said touch panel;

drawn locus creation for creating a first locus based on input coordinates positions continuously detected by said input detection according to a slide operation on said touch panel by a user;

locus extension for extending, when detecting by said input detection a predetermined touch operation that a touch off is performed after said slide operation, and then, a touch on is performed at a position excluding said first locus, said first locus so that said first locus comprises a segment from the position of said touch off to the position of said touch on after creation of the first locus by said locus creation; and

object movement for moving said movable object according to said first locus extended by said locus extension, wherein

said movable object moves along the extended first locus on said touch panel provided on said display.

2. The object movement control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said locus extension extends said first locus in accordance with a predetermined rule.

3. The object movement control apparatus according to claim 1 , the one or more computer processors further configured to perform:

allowable movement range determination for determining whether or not said first locus extended by said locus extension exceeds an allowable movement range decided by predetermined information; and

locus decision for deciding a second locus which is different from said first locus and links a start point of said first locus and said desired position in accordance with a predetermined rule when said first locus extended by said locus extension exceeds said allowable movement range.

4. The object movement control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

said predetermined information includes one of a kind of said movable object, a predetermined parameter concerning with said movable object and a kind of a background object corresponding to a current position of said movable object.

5. The object movement control apparatus according to claim 3 , the one or more computer processors further configured to perform:

locus erase for erasing said first locus when said locus decision decides said second locus.

6. The object movement control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of said movable objects are displayed on said display, and a current position of one said movable object out of said plurality of said movable objects, said one movable object being selected by the touch operation by the user is a start point of said first locus, and

said object movement moves said one movable object being selected according to said first locus extended by said locus extension.

7. A non-transitory storage medium for storing an object movement control program for an object movement control apparatus comprising a display for displaying a movable object and a touch panel provided in relation to said display, wherein

said object movement control program causes one or more computer processors of said object movement control apparatus to execute:

input detection for detecting an input coordinates position entered by said touch panel;

drawn locus creation for creating a first locus based on input coordinates positions continuously detected by said input detection according to a slide operation on said touch panel by a user;

locus extension for extending, when detecting by said input detection a predetermined touch operation that a touch off is performed after said slide operation, and then, a touch on is performed at a position excluding said first locus, said first locus so that said first locus comprises a segment from the position of said touch off to the position of said touch on after creation of the first locus by said locus creation; and

object movement for moving said movable object according to said first locus extended by said locus extension, wherein

said movable object moves along the extended first locus on said touch panel provided on said display.

8. An object movement control method for an object movement control apparatus comprising a display for displaying a movable object, a touch panel provided in relation to said display and an input detection unit for detecting an input coordinates position entered by said touch panel, including:

(a) creating a first locus based on input coordinates positions continuously detected by said input detection unit according to a slide operation on said touch panel by a user;

(b) extending, when detecting by said input detection a predetermined touch operation that a touch off is performed after said slide operation, and then, a touch on is performed at a position excluding said first locus, said first locus so that said first locus comprises a segment from the position of said touch off to the position of said touch on after creation of the first locus in (a); and

(c) moving said movable object according to said first locus extended in (b), wherein

said movable object moves along the extended first locus on said touch panel provided on said display.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2006
From: HINO, TAKANORI
To: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017650/0087 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-142857 · May 16, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060267955A1 · Nov 30, 2006