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US 11,980,814 · App. 17/341,289 · Granted May 14, 2024

Method and apparatus for controlling virtual object to mark virtual item and medium

Inventors: Cong Tian (Shenzhen, CN); Meng Qiu (Shenzhen, CN); Jiaqi Pan (Shenzhen, CN); Weijian Cui (Shenzhen, CN); Shuting Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
A63F13/5372A63F13/5375G06F3/04817G06F3/0486
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Patent No.
US 11,980,814
App. No.
17/341,289
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling a virtual object to mark a virtual item is provided. The method includes: displaying a virtual environment picture, the virtual environment picture including the virtual object and the virtual item in a virtual environment; controlling the virtual object to move, in the virtual environment, into a proximity range of the virtual item; displaying a pick-up item list on the virtual environment picture, a field of the virtual item available for pick-up being displayed in the pick-up item list; and receiving a mark operation on the field of the virtual item, and marking the virtual item in the virtual environment according to the mark operation, the mark operation being an operation different from a pick-up operation.

Claims (69)

1. A method for controlling a virtual object to mark a virtual item, applied to a terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a virtual environment picture, the virtual environment picture including the virtual object and the virtual item in a virtual environment;

controlling the virtual object to move, in the virtual environment, into a proximity range of the virtual item;

displaying a pick-up item list on the virtual environment picture, a field of the virtual item available for pick-up being displayed in the pick-up item list, comprising:

displaying a pick-up list button; and

in response to receiving an expanding operation on the pick-up list button, displaying the pick-up item list and an information list associated with the pick-up item list for prompting existence of the virtual item;

and

in response to receiving a mark operation on the field of the virtual item, marking the virtual item in the virtual environment and transmitting a prompt message to another virtual object according to the mark operation, the mark operation being an operation different from a pick-up operation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the mark operation comprises:

receiving a long-press operation on the field of the virtual item; and

marking the virtual item in the virtual environment in response to determining that a duration of the long-press operation is longer than a mark taking-effect time.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein marking the virtual item comprises:

marking the virtual item in the virtual environment in response to determining that the duration of the long-press operation is longer than the mark taking-effect time, and a horizontal coordinate displacement and a vertical coordinate displacement of the long-press operation are less than a displacement threshold.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein receiving the long-press operation comprises:

receiving a press operation on the field of the virtual item; and

determining reception of the long-press operation in response to determining that a duration of the press operation is longer than a long-press activation duration.

5. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

displaying a marking process of the virtual item on the field of the virtual item according to the duration of the long-press operation.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the mark operation comprises:

receiving a slide operation on the field of the virtual item; and

moving the field of the virtual item according to the slide operation, and marking the virtual item in the virtual environment in response to determining that a displacement by which the field of the virtual item has been moved is greater than a slide displacement threshold.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein moving the field of the virtual item comprises:

marking the virtual item in the virtual environment in response to determining that the displacement by which the field of the virtual item has been moved is greater than a slide taking-effect displacement threshold.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein receiving the slide operation on the field of the virtual item comprises:

receiving the slide operation on the field of the virtual item; and

moving the field of the virtual item according to the slide operation, and determining reception of the slide operation in response to determining that the displacement by which the field of the virtual item has been moved is greater than a slide activation displacement threshold.

9. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

displaying a marking process of the virtual item according to the displacement generated by moving, according to the slide operation, the field of the virtual item.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the pick-up item list comprises:

displaying the pick-up item list and a marking region on the virtual environment picture, a field of the virtual item available for pick-up being displayed in the pick-up item list; and

receiving the mark operation comprises:

receiving a drag operation on the field of the virtual item, the drag operation being used for dragging the virtual item to the marking region; and

marking the virtual item in the virtual environment according to the drag operation.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein receiving the drag operation comprises:

receiving the drag operation on the field of the virtual item; and

dragging the field of the virtual item according to the drag operation, and determining reception of the drag operation in response to determining that a displacement by which the field of the virtual item has been moved is greater than a drag activation displacement threshold.

12. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

highlighting the marking region according to the drag operation received on the field of the virtual item.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein marking the virtual item comprises:

obtaining a coordinate position of the virtual item in the virtual environment;

obtaining mark information corresponding to the virtual item, the mark information being default mark information or customized mark information; and

transmitting a mark message of the virtual item to a server according to the coordinate position and the mark information.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the pick-up item list comprises:

displaying a pick-up list button on the virtual environment picture that collapses the pick-up item list; and

displaying the pick-up item list in response to determining that the expanding operation is received on the pick-up list button.

15. An apparatus for controlling a virtual object to mark a virtual item, comprising: a memory storing computer program instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer program instructions and perform:

displaying a virtual environment picture, the virtual environment picture including the virtual object and the virtual item in a virtual environment;

controlling the virtual object to move, in the virtual environment, into a proximity range of the virtual item;

displaying a pick-up item list on the virtual environment picture, a field of the virtual item available for pick-up being displayed in the pick-up item list, comprising:

displaying a pick-up list button; and

in response to receiving an expanding operation on the pick-up list button, displaying the pick-up item list and an information list associated with the pick-up item list for prompting existence of the virtual item;

and

in response to receiving a mark operation on the field of the virtual item, marking the virtual item in the virtual environment and transmitting a prompt message to another virtual object according to the mark operation, the mark operation being an operation different from a pick-up operation.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program instructions and perform:

receiving a long-press operation on the field of the virtual item; and mark the virtual item in the virtual environment in response to determining that a duration of the long-press operation is longer than a mark taking-effect time.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program instructions and perform:

marking the virtual item in the virtual environment in response to determining that the duration of the long-press operation is longer than the mark taking-effect time, and a horizontal coordinate displacement and a vertical coordinate displacement of the long-press operation are less than a displacement threshold.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program instructions and perform:

receiving a press operation on the field of the virtual item; and determining reception of the long-press operation in response to determining that a duration of the press operation is longer than a long-press activation duration.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program instructions and perform:

displaying a marking process of the virtual item on the field of the virtual item according to the duration of the long-press operation.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions executable by at least one processor to perform:

displaying a virtual environment picture, the virtual environment picture including the virtual object and the virtual item in a virtual environment;

controlling the virtual object to move, in the virtual environment, into a proximity range of the virtual item;

displaying a pick-up item list on the virtual environment picture, a field of the virtual item available for pick-up being displayed in the pick-up item list, comprising:

displaying a pick-up list button; and

in response to receiving an expanding operation on the pick-up list button, displaying the pick-up item list and an information list associated with the pick-up item list for prompting existence of the virtual item;

and

in response to receiving a mark operation on the field of the virtual item, marking the virtual item in the virtual environment and transmitting a prompt message to another virtual object according to the mark operation, the mark operation being an operation different from a pick-up operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2021
From: TIAN, CONG; QIU, MENG; PAN, JIAQI; CUI, WEIJIAN; ZHANG, SHUTING
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056460/0599 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910543073.8 · Jun 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
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