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US 12,605,630 · App. 18/307,113 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Virtual accessory using method, related apparatus, device, and storage medium

Inventors: Weijian Cui (Shenzhen, CN); Meng Qiu (Shenzhen, CN); Cong Tian (Shenzhen, CN); Jingjing He (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
A63F13/537A63F13/2145A63F13/22A63F13/5255A63F13/837A63F13/92A63F2300/1075A63F2300/8076
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Patent No.
US 12,605,630
App. No.
18/307,113
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A virtual accessory using method includes: displaying, on a target game interface, a first shooting prop and an accessory switching control for the first shooting prop, the first shooting prop being a shooting prop held by a virtual operation object; obtaining a first touch operation on the accessory switching control; displaying an accessory switching region when the first touch operation satisfies a first switching condition, the accessory switching region including at least three accessory slots, and an accessory slot being used for displaying a virtual accessory; and controlling, in response to detecting a selection operation on a first accessory slot, the first shooting prop to use a first virtual accessory, the first accessory slot being one of the at least three accessory slots, and the first accessory slot being used for displaying the first virtual accessory.

Claims (67)

1 . A virtual accessory using method, performed by a terminal device and comprising:

displaying, on a target game interface, a first shooting prop and an accessory switching control for the first shooting prop, the first shooting prop being a shooting prop held by a virtual operation object;

obtaining a first touch operation on the accessory switching control;

displaying an accessory switching region when the first touch operation satisfies a first switching condition, the accessory switching region comprising a surrounding region and a view sub-region located inside the surrounding region, the surrounding region including at least three slot sub-regions, and each slot sub-region being an accessory slot configured to display a virtual accessory;

displaying in the view sub-region, in response to detecting a viewing operation on a first accessory slot, a position relationship between the first virtual accessory and the first shooting prop; and

controlling, in response to detecting a selection operation on a first accessory slot, the first shooting prop to use a first virtual accessory, the first accessory slot being one of the at least three accessory slots, and the first accessory slot being configured to display the first virtual accessory.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first switching condition comprises one of:

stay duration of a contact of the first touch operation on the accessory switching control is greater than or equal to a duration threshold;

a quantity of occurrences of a contact of the first touch operation on the accessory switching control in a preset duration is greater than or equal to a quantity threshold; and

a movement distance of a contact of the first touch operation on the accessory switching control is greater than or equal to a distance threshold.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the surrounding region comprises: a ring region divided into at least three sector ring regions, a circular region divided into at least three sector regions, or a rectangular region divided into at least three matrix sub-regions.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first shooting prop is fitted with K virtual accessories, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and

the method further comprises:

highlighting the first accessory slot in the accessory switching region in response to detecting the viewing operation on the first accessory slot.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first shooting prop is fitted with K virtual accessories, the K virtual accessories comprise a second virtual accessory, and K is an integer greater than 1; and

the method further comprises:

highlighting a second accessory slot in the accessory switching region when the first shooting prop currently uses the second virtual accessory, the second accessory slot being configured to display the second virtual accessory.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the surrounding region is a ring region which includes the at least three slot sub-regions, and the view sub-region is a circular region.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

triggering the selection operation on the first accessory slot in response to detecting that the viewing operation on the first accessory slot is released.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first shooting prop is fitted with K virtual accessories, the K virtual accessories comprise a second virtual accessory, K is an integer greater than 1, and the second virtual accessory is a virtual accessory currently used by the first shooting prop; and

the method further comprises:

switching the second virtual accessory to the first virtual accessory when the first touch operation satisfies a second switching condition, and controlling the first shooting prop to use the first virtual accessory.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the second switching condition comprises one of:

stay duration of a contact of the first touch operation on the accessory switching control is less than a duration threshold; and

a trajectory of the first touch operation is successfully matched with a preset trajectory.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying, on a virtual accessory configuration interface, M shooting props and at least one selectable virtual accessory corresponding to each shooting prop, the M shooting props comprising the first shooting prop, and M being an integer greater than or equal to 1; and

determining a virtual accessory switching order corresponding to the first shooting prop in response to an accessory setting operation on the first shooting prop.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying a slot addition control and a slot deletion control on an accessory slot configuration interface; and

increasing a quantity of accessory slots in the accessory switching region in response to detecting a touch instruction for the slot addition control; or

decreasing the quantity of accessory slots in the accessory switching region in response to detecting a touch instruction for the slot deletion control.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying an associated recommendation prompt on the target game interface, the associated recommendation prompt being determined according to a scene in which the virtual operation object is, and the associated recommendation prompt comprising a shooting prop recommendation prompt and a virtual accessory recommendation prompt.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying a prop switching control on the target game interface;

obtaining a second touch operation on the prop switching control;

displaying a prop switching region when the second touch operation satisfies the first switching condition, the prop switching region comprising at least three prop slots, and the prop slot being configured to display a shooting prop; and

controlling, in response to detecting a selection operation on a first prop slot, the virtual operation object to use a second shooting prop, the first prop slot being one of the at least three prop slots, and the first prop slot being configured to display the second shooting prop.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the view sub-region further displays an aiming viewing angle after use of the first virtual accessory in response to detecting the viewing operation on the first accessory slot.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the view operation on the first accessory slot includes pressing and dragging the accessory switching control in a direction corresponding to the first accessory slot.

16 . A virtual accessory using apparatus, comprising:

a memory and a processor,

the memory being configured to store a program,

the processor being configured to execute the program in the memory and perform:

displaying, on a target game interface, a first shooting prop and an accessory switching control for the first shooting prop, the first shooting prop being a shooting prop held by a virtual operation object;

obtaining a first touch operation on the accessory switching control;

displaying an accessory switching region when the first touch operation satisfies a first switching condition, the accessory switching region comprising a surrounding region and a view sub-region located inside the surrounding region, the surrounding region including at least three slot sub-regions, and each slot sub-region being an accessory slot configured to display a virtual accessory;

displaying in the view sub-region, in response to detecting a viewing operation on a first accessory slot, a position relationship between the first virtual accessory and the first shooting prop; and

controlling, in response to detecting a selection operation on a first accessory slot, the first shooting prop to use a first virtual accessory, the first accessory slot being one of the at least three accessory slots, and the first accessory slot being configured to display the first virtual accessory.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first switching condition comprises one of:

stay duration of a contact of the first touch operation on the accessory switching control is greater than or equal to a duration threshold;

a quantity of occurrences of a contact of the first touch operation on the accessory switching control in a preset duration is greater than or equal to a quantity threshold; and

a movement distance of a contact of the first touch operation on the accessory switching control is greater than or equal to a distance threshold.

18 . The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the surrounding region is a ring region which includes the at least three slot sub-regions, and the view sub-region is a circular region.

19 . The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first shooting prop is fitted with K virtual accessories, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and

the processor is further configured to perform:

highlighting the first accessory slot in the accessory switching region in response to detecting the viewing operation on the first accessory slot.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program, when run in a computer, causing the computer to perform:

displaying, on a target game interface, a first shooting prop and an accessory switching control for the first shooting prop, the first shooting prop being a shooting prop held by a virtual operation object;

obtaining a first touch operation on the accessory switching control;

displaying an accessory switching region when the first touch operation satisfies a first switching condition, the accessory switching region comprising a surrounding region and a view sub-region located inside the surrounding region, the surrounding region including at least three slot sub-regions, and each slot sub-region being an accessory slot configured to display a virtual accessory;

displaying in the view sub-region, in response to detecting a viewing operation on a first accessory slot, a position relationship between the first virtual accessory and the first shooting prop; and

controlling, in response to detecting a selection operation on a first accessory slot, the first shooting prop to use a first virtual accessory, the first accessory slot being one of the at least three accessory slots, and the first accessory slot being configured to display the first virtual accessory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2026
From: CUI, WEIJIAN; QIU, MENG; TIAN, CONG; HE, JINGJING
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110950639.6 · Aug 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022108430 · Jul 28, 2022
Related Publication 20230264103A1 · Aug 24, 2023
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