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US 12,263,405 · App. 17/638,976 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Display videogame character and object modifications

Inventors: Naruatsu Baba (Tokyo, JP); Junya Fukushige (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: COLOPL, INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,263,405
App. No.
17/638,976
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

First display data is received to enable display of a video of a virtual space including a first character, which moves in cooperation with a behavior of a performer. A video is displayed in which the first character behaves in the virtual space on the basis of the first display data. The first character is associated with a prescribed first object, and a display mode of the first object is changed in accordance with a predetermined rule.

Claims (46)

1. A non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium having a program to be executed in a terminal device which comprises a processor,

the program causing the processor to execute steps of:

receiving first display data for enabling display of a video of a virtual space including a first character, which moves in cooperation with a behavior of a performer; and

displaying a video in which the first character behaves in the virtual space, on the basis of the first display data, wherein:

the first character is associated with a prescribed first object; and

a display mode of the first object is changed with or without a request from a user of the terminal device to a display mode that is independent from the degree of progress of the video on the terminal device, wherein the user can identify the first object even when the first object is changed to any display mode,

wherein the display of the first object is changed so that the user can identify the first object that was hidden by another different object interlocking with the user's operation even when the first object is changed to any display mode.

2. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the program causes the processor to execute steps of:

receiving second display data for enabling display of a video of a virtual space including a second character, which moves in cooperation with the behavior of the performer; and

displaying a video in which the second character behaves in the virtual space, on the basis of the second display data, wherein:

the second character is associated with a second object of the same type as the first object; and

a display mode of the second object is fixed.

3. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the display mode of the first object is changed to a display mode different from a display mode in a previous transmission period, every transmission period.

4. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first display data is data transmitted from an external source and including motion data corresponding to a motion input by the performer; and

the step of displaying the video includes producing a behavior of the first character in the virtual space in real time on the basis of the motion data to display the video in which the first character behaves in the virtual space.

5. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium according to claim 4 , wherein the program causes the processor to execute steps of:

receiving first data for specifying the display mode of the first object that is changed in accordance with the predetermined rule; and

setting the display mode of the first object on the basis of the first data.

6. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium according to claim 4 , wherein:

the program causes the processor to execute the step of setting to any one of a plurality of types of viewing modes in which at least a part of a mode for specifying a viewpoint is different;

the step of displaying the video includes displaying the video of the virtual space as viewed from the specified viewpoint; and

a viewpoint is movable to a position where the first object is displayed in a case of a first viewing mode among the plurality of types of viewing modes, and a viewpoint is not movable to the position where the first object is displayed in a case of a mode other than the first viewing mode.

7. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein:

the terminal device includes a detection unit that detects a position and a direction of the terminal device and a touch screen;

the first viewing mode is a viewing mode in which a viewpoint is specifiable on the basis of the position and the direction detected by the detection unit;

the plurality of types of viewing modes include a second viewing mode in which a viewpoint is specified on the basis of a touch operation on the touch screen; and

a viewpoint is not movable to the position where the first object is displayed in a case of the second viewing mode among the plurality of types of viewing modes.

8. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first display data is data transmitted from an external source, and moving image data including the video in which the first character associated with the first object whose display mode is changed in accordance with the predetermined rule behaves in the virtual space; and

the step of displaying the video includes displaying the video in which the first character behaves in the virtual space on the basis of the moving image data.

9. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first character is associated with a prescribed third object; and

the third object is an object that covers at least a part of the first object.

10. A method to be executed by a terminal device which comprises a processor, the method comprising steps of:

receiving first display data for enabling display of a video of a virtual space including a first character, which moves in cooperation with a behavior of a performer; and

displaying a video in which the first character behaves in the virtual space, on the basis of the first display data, wherein:

the first character is associated with a prescribed first object; and

a display mode of the first object is changed with or without a request from a user of the terminal device to a display mode that is independent from the degree of progress of the video on the terminal device, wherein the user can identify the first object even when the first object is changed to any display mode,

wherein the display of the first object is changed so that the user can identify the first object that was hidden by another different object interlocking with the user's operation even when the first object is changed to any display mode.

11. A terminal device which comprises a processor, the terminal device being configured to:

receive first display data for enabling display of a video of a virtual space including a first character, which moves in cooperation with a behavior of a performer; and

display a video in which the first character behaves in the virtual space, on the basis of the first display data, wherein:

the first character is associated with a prescribed first object; and

a display mode of the first object is changed with or without a request from a user of the terminal device to a display mode that is independent from the degree of progress of the video on the terminal device, wherein the user can identify the first object even when the first object is changed to any display mode,

wherein the display of the first object is changed so that the user can identify the first object that was hidden by another different object interlocking with the user's operation even when the first object is changed to any display mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: BABA, NARUATSU; FUKUSHIGE, JUNYA
To: COLOPL, INC.
Reel/Frame 059136/0868 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-157900 · Aug 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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