US 12,208,329 B2Granted

System and method for controlling technical processes

AssigneeSupercell Oy

InventorsTimur Haussila, Touko Tahkokallio, Mikko Hokkanen, John Nicholas Derome, Lassi Leppinen

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Abstract

In a method and a system for improving a user's experience with a graphical user interface corresponding to a gaming or simulation environment on an electronic device, the interface renders multiple graphical objects and user selectable options corresponding to the graphical object. The user selects one or more selectable option, and performs a touching or a swiping operation through multiple points on the display screen. The touching or swiping operation leads to deploying of multiple resources corresponding to the selected option, at different locations on the interface. For controlling the different deployed resources, the user can swipe through different regions of the display screen. The number of resources deployed at the different locations on the screen depends on certain parameters, including the pressure applied by the user on the screen. Results of the simulation can be employed to control real technical systems, for example for food production.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A gaming device comprising:

a graphical user interface;
and
a processor configured to execute non-transitory machine readable instructions embodied on a software product, wherein execution of the non-transitory machine readable instructions by the processor is configured to:
detect a selection of a graphical object from a first area on a graphical user interface, the graphical object having an effect to be performed on a target object associated therewith;
provide an indication on the graphical user interface that the selection of the graphical object is active;
detect a single swipe touching in a second area away from the first area on the graphical user interface proximate to the target object presented in the second area of the graphical user interface while the selection of the graphical object is active, the single swipe touching defining a path in the second area of the graphical user interface, the second area of the graphical user interface representing a playing area for a game;
generate a first representation of the selected graphical object at a first point along the path and at least one second representation of the selected graphical object at at least one second point along the path, the first representation and the at least one second representation being generated along the path at a same time instance;
apply the effect of the selected graphical object on the target object;
change a state of the target object based on a function of the effect at an expiration of a pre-determined period of time.

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A method of facilitating user interactions with a graphical user interface, the graphical interface being generated and rendered on the display of a gaming device, by executing non-transitory machine readable instructions on a processor of the gaming device, the processor, graphical user interface and the non-transitory machine readable instructions being implemented on the gaming device, the method comprising:

detecting a selection of a graphical object from a first area on a graphical user interface, the graphical object having an effect to be performed on a target object associated therewith;
provide an indication on the graphical user interface that the selection of the graphical object is active;
detecting a single swipe touching in a second area away from the first area on the graphical user interface proximate to the target object presented in the second area of the graphical user interface while the selection of the graphical object is active, the single swipe touching defining a path in the second area of the graphical user interface, the second area of the graphical user interface representing a playing area for a game;
generating a first representation of the selected graphical object at a first point along the path and at least one second representation of the selected graphical object at at least one second point along the path, the first representation and the at least one second representation being generated along the path at a same time instance;
applying the effect of the selected graphical object on the target object;
changing a state of the target object based on a function of the effect at an expiration of a pre-determined period of time.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/210,690Filed 16 Jun 2023 · continuation
Priority: GB 12220967 Dec 2012
Published: US 2023/0083741 A128 Dec 2023
Granted: 28 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

A63F 13/533
Involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser…:…
A63F 13/2145
For locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
A63F 13/218
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: using pressure sensors, e.g. generating a signal proportional to the pressure applied by the player
A63F 13/42
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: by mapping the input…

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