IP Library Granted Patent US 12,440,752
Granted Patent B2
US 12,440,752 · App. 17/001,892 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Recording medium having recorded program

Inventor: Noriaki Okamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
A63F13/214A63F13/285G06F3/016G06F3/04186G06F2203/04105
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Patent No.
US 12,440,752
App. No.
17/001,892
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has recorded therein a program for causing a processor to function as: a touch position information acquirer configured to acquire touch position information regarding a touch position on a touch panel; a pressure information acquirer configured to acquire pressure information regarding a pressure applied to the touch panel; an input presence determiner configured to determine, based on the pressure information acquired by the pressure information acquirer, whether input of an instruction regarding a game is present; and an instruction determiner configured to determine a direction regarding the game indicated by the instruction, based on the touch position information acquired by the touch position information acquirer, when a determination result by the input presence determiner is affirmative.

Claims (13)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded therein a program for causing a processor to function as:

a touch position information acquirer configured to acquire touch position information regarding a touch position on a touch panel, the touch panel including a first area for inputting a first instruction regarding a game and a second area for inputting a second instruction regarding the game;

a pressure information acquirer configured to acquire pressure information regarding a pressure applied to the touch panel;

a first determiner configured to determine, based on the touch position information acquired by the touch position information acquirer, whether input of the first instruction is present; and

a second determiner configured to, in response to a result determined by the first determiner being negative, determine, based on the pressure information, whether input of the second instruction is present, the result being determined by the first determiner based on the touch position information indicative of at least a presence of a touch to the second area, the pressure information being acquired by the pressure information acquirer at a point in time at which the touch position information acquirer acquires the touch position information indicative of at least the presence of the touch to the second area,

wherein the game is not affected by the touch to the second area, during a period in which the determination result by the first determiner based on the touch position information indicative of at least the presence of the touch to the second area is affirmative.

2. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the program causes the processor to further function as

an instruction determiner configured to determine a direction regarding the game indicated by the second instruction, based on the touch position information indicative of the presence of the touch to the second area acquired by the touch position information acquirer, in response to a determination result by the second determiner being affirmative.

3. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein the game is not affected by the second instruction, during a period in which the determination result by the first determiner based on the touch position information indicative of the presence of the touch to the second area is affirmative.

4. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein the program causes the processor to further function as

a vibration controller configured to vibrate the touch panel, in at least one of a situation in which the determination result by the second determiner changes or a situation in which a determination result by the instruction determiner changes.

5. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein the program causes the processor to further function as

a display controller configured to display information regarding a determination result by the instruction determiner on the touch panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: OKAMURA, NORIAKI
To: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053590/0422 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2018-064162 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
JP 2018-064164 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019003592 · Feb 1, 2019
Related Publication 20200384350A1 · Dec 10, 2020
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