# US 11,992,759 B2 · Method and apparatus for displaying virtual environment picture, device, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,992,759 B2 - Document ID: US11992759B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/504,278 - Filed: 2021-10-18 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-20 - Assignees: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Applicants: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Inventors: Xun Hu; Jianmiao Weng; Yulin Wan; Shandong Su; Yong Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992759B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/2145: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens - A63F 13/52: involving aspects of the displayed game scene - A63F 13/426: involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun - A63F 13/537: using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen - A63F 13/822: Strategy games; Role-playing games (A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence) - A63F 13/92: Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method and apparatus for displaying a virtual environment picture includes: displaying a user interface (UI), the UI including a virtual environment picture and a wheel skill control, the virtual environment picture being obtained by observing a virtual environment from an observing perspective of a first virtual character, and the wheel skill control being a control configured to cast a directional skill; receiving a skill cast operation on the wheel skill control; and skipping displaying a skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in response to that the skill cast operation is a fast cast operation and a selected second virtual character exists, the skill indicator being configured to indicate at least one of an aiming direction of the directional skill and a cast region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for displaying a virtual environment picture, performed by a terminal, the method comprising: displaying a user interface (UI), the UI comprising a virtual environment picture and a wheel skill control, the virtual environment picture being obtained by observing a virtual environment from an observing perspective of a first virtual character, and the wheel skill control being a control configured to cast a directional skill; receiving a skill cast operation on the wheel skill control; skipping displaying a skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in response to that the skill cast operation is a first-type cast operation and a selected second virtual character exists, the skill indicator being configured to indicate at least one of an aiming direction of the directional skill and a cast region; and displaying the skill indicator in the UI in response to that the first-type cast operation ends and before a skill of the first virtual character is cast, the skill indicator pointing to the second virtual character. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the wheel skill control comprises: an inner circle region and an outer circle region located outside the inner circle region; and the method further comprises: determining that the skill cast operation is the first-type cast operation upon detecting that the skill cast operation is located in the inner circle region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, further comprising: determining that the selected second virtual character exists upon detecting one candidate second virtual character in a range indicator. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, further comprising: displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in response to that the operation position of the skill cast operation is located in the inner circle region and two or more selected second virtual characters exist. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, further comprising: displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in response to that the operation position of the skill cast operation is located in the outer circle region. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture comprises: displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in a first manner, the first manner comprising at least one of the following: displaying in a first color, displaying in a first style, and displaying with a first special effect. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in a second manner in response to that the skill cast operation is received on the wheel skill control and the directional skill corresponding to the wheel skill control is in an unavailable state, the second manner comprising at least one of: displaying in a second color, displaying in a second style, or displaying with a second special effect. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the skill indicator comprises an arrow skill indicator or a range skill indicator. ### Claim 9 A computer device, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing at least one instruction, at least one program, a code set or an instruction set, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the code set or the instruction set being loaded and executed by the processor to implement: displaying a user interface (UI), the UI comprising a virtual environment picture and a wheel skill control, the virtual environment picture being obtained by observing a virtual environment from an observing perspective of a first virtual character, and the wheel skill control being a control configured to cast a directional skill; receiving a skill cast operation on the wheel skill control; skipping displaying a skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in response to that the skill cast operation is a first-type cast operation and a selected second virtual character exists, the skill indicator being configured to indicate at least one of an aiming direction of the directional skill and a cast region; and displaying the skill indicator in the UI in response to that the first-type cast operation ends and before a skill of the first virtual character is cast, the skill indicator pointing to the second virtual character. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device according to claim 9, wherein the wheel skill control comprises: an inner circle region and an outer circle region located outside the inner circle region; and the processor is further configured to perform: determining that the skill cast operation is the first-type cast operation upon detecting that the skill cast operation is located in the inner circle region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: determining that the selected second virtual character exists upon detecting one candidate second virtual character in a range indicator. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in response to that the operation position of the skill cast operation is located in the inner circle region and two or more selected second virtual characters exist. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in response to that the operation position of the skill cast operation is located in the outer circle region. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The device according to claim 9, wherein the displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture comprises: displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in a first manner, the first manner comprising at least one of the following: displaying in a first color, displaying in a first style, and displaying with a first special effect. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The device according to claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: displaying the skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in a second manner in response to that the skill cast operation is received on the wheel skill control and the directional skill corresponding to the wheel skill control is in an unavailable state, the second manner comprising at least one of: displaying in a second color, displaying in a second style, or displaying with a second special effect. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The device according to claim 9, wherein the skill indicator comprises an arrow skill indicator or a range skill indicator. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing at least one instruction, at least one program, a code set or an instruction set, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the code set or the instruction set being loaded and executed by a processor to implement: displaying a user interface (UI), the UI comprising a virtual environment picture and a wheel skill control, the virtual environment picture being obtained by observing a virtual environment from an observing perspective of a first virtual character, and the wheel skill control being a control configured to cast a directional skill; receiving a skill cast operation on the wheel skill control; skipping displaying a skill indicator in the virtual environment picture in response to that the skill cast operation is a first-type cast operation and a selected second virtual character exists, the skill indicator being configured to indicate at least one of an aiming direction of the directional skill and a cast region; and displaying the skill indicator in the UI in response to that the first-type cast operation ends and before a skill of the first virtual character is cast, the skill indicator pointing to the second virtual character. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the wheel skill control comprises: an inner circle region and an outer circle region located outside the inner circle region; and the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the code set or the instruction set further cause the processor to perform: determining that the skill cast operation is the first-type cast operation upon detecting that the skill cast operation is located in the inner circle region.