US 2011/0086710 A1 · GAME APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM

Abstract

A game apparatus comprises an obtaining means, a gravity direction calculating means, a first movement direction calculating means, and a game processing means. The obtaining means successively obtains acceleration data. The gravity direction calculating means calculates a gravity direction based on values of a plurality of pieces of acceleration data obtained during a predetermined period, where an orientation of an input device is used as a reference. The first movement direction calculating means calculates a first movement direction which is a movement direction of the input device, based on the values of the plurality of pieces of acceleration data obtained during the predetermined period, where the orientation of the input device is used as a reference. The game processing means executes a game process based on the first movement direction and the gravity direction.

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Dependent claims

A game apparatus for executing a game process using acceleration data output from an acceleration sensor included in an input device, comprising:

an obtaining means for successively obtaining and storing acceleration data output during a predetermined period into a memory;
a selecting means for selecting one or more pieces of limit acceleration data indicating a limit value of a detectable range of the acceleration sensor, from an acceleration data group stored in the memory;
a correcting means for correcting the limit acceleration data so that a value of at least one piece of limit acceleration data is a value outside the range, based on non-limit acceleration data indicating a value which is not the limit value, of the acceleration data group;
and
a game processing means for executing a game process based on the acceleration data group including the limit acceleration data corrected by the correcting means.

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A computer readable non-transitory storage medium storing a game program for causing a computer in a game apparatus to execut a game process using acceleration data output from an acceleration sensor included in an input device, the game program when executed by the computer cause the game apparatus to execute the following steps:

an obtaining step of successively obtaining and storing acceleration data output during a predetermined period into a memory of the game apparatus, wherein the stored acceleration data includes an acceleration data group of limit acceleration data indicating a limit value of a detectable range of the acceleration sensor;
a selecting step of selecting one or more pieces of limit acceleration data from the acceleration data group stored in the memory;
a correcting step of correcting the selected limit acceleration data so that a value of at least one piece of the selected limit acceleration data is a value outside the detectable range, based on non-limit acceleration data indicating a value which is not the limit value, of the acceleration data group;
and
a game processing step of executing a game process based on the acceleration data group including the limit acceleration data corrected by the correcting step.

2 more elements

A method to execute a game process using acceleration data output from an acceleration sensor included in an input device of a game apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring and storing acceleration data output by the acceleration sensor during a predetermined period, wherein the stored acceleration data includes limit acceleration data indicative of a limit of a detectable range of the sensor and non-limit acceleration data indicating acceleration values within the detectable range;
correcting the limit acceleration data to have a corrected value beyond the detectable range, wherein the corrected value is determined from the stored non-limit acceleration data, and
executing a game process using the corrected limit acceleration data.

A game apparatus including a computer and an acceleration sensor mounted to an input device, the computer executes instructions stored in non-transitory memory to cause the game apparatus to:

acquire and store acceleration data output sequentially by the acceleration sensor, wherein the stored acceleration data includes limit acceleration data indicating a limit of a detectable range of the sensor and non-limit acceleration data indicating acceleration values within the detectable range;
correct the limit acceleration data to have a corrected acceleration value beyond the detectable range, wherein the corrected acceleration value is determined from the stored non-limit acceleration data, and
execute a game process using the corrected limit acceleration data.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program

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Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program

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