US 7,804,502 B2Granted

Method of causing first object to take motion according to positional relationship with second object

AssigneesSquare Enix Co., Ltd., Nintendo Co., Ltd.

InventorShin Azuma

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Abstract

When a direction is input through a direction indicating switch of an operation switch unit, a player character of a game, such as, but not limited to, for example a basketball game, moves in the inputted direction while dribbling a ball. When a direction directed toward the position of the ball from the position of the player character matches with the inputted direction, the moving speed of the player character becomes V. When the direction directed toward the position of the ball from the position of the player character does not match with the input direction, the moving speed of the player character becomes Vcos(θ/2) where θ is an angle defined by the direction directed toward the position of the ball from the position of the player character and the inputted direction.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An image generating apparatus that generates an image of a virtual space where a first object and a second object are present, comprising:

a motion input unit that inputs a motion instruction that causes the first object to take a motion in the virtual space according to an operation of an operator;
a positional relationship determining unit that determines a positional relationship, between the first object and the second object when the motion instruction is input, the positional relationship including at least a direction from the position of the first object toward a position of the second object;
an object motion unit that causes the first object to take a motion according to the input motion instruction such that the speed of the first object in response to a same motion instruction differs depending on the positional relationship between the first object and the second object;
an image generating unit that generates the image of the virtual space including the first object and the second object;
and
a display control unit that displays the generated image of the virtual space,
wherein the motion input unit includes a direction input unit that inputs a moving direction of a plurality of predetermined directions to move a position of the first object from a current position,
the object motion unit includes an object moving unit that moves the first object in the input moving direction at a speed according to the input moving direction and the positional relationship between the first object and the second object,
the object motion unit moves the first object faster as an angle defined by the input moving direction and the direction from the position of the first object toward the position of the second object becomes smaller.

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An image generating apparatus that generates an image of a virtual space where a first object and a second object are present, comprising:

a program storage that stores a program;
a processor that executes the program;
a motion input device that inputs a motion instruction that causes the first object to take a motion according to an operation of an operator, the motion input device including a direction input device that inputs a moving direction of a plurality of predetermined directions to move a position of the first object from a current position;
and
a display device that displays an image,
the program including:
a first code section that determines a positional relationship between the first object and the second object when the motion instruction is input, the positional relationship including at least a direction from the position of the first object toward a position of the second object;
a second code section that causes the first object to take a motion according to the input motion instruction such that the speed of the first object in response to a same motion instruction differs depending on the positional relationship between the first object and the second object;
a third code section that generates the image of the virtual space including the first object and the second object;
and
a fourth code section that displays the generated image,
wherein the second code section causes the first object to move in the input moving direction and to move faster as an angle defined by the input moving direction and the direction from the position of the first object toward the position of the second object becomes smaller.

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A method of generating an image of a virtual space where a first object and a second object are present, the method being executed by a computer device having a motion input device that inputs a motion instruction that causes the first object to take a motion according to an operation of an operator, the motion input device including a direction input device that inputs a moving direction of a plurality of predetermined directions to move a position of the first object from a current position, and a display device that displays an image, the method comprising:

determining a positional relationship between the first object and the second object when the motion instruction is input, the positional relationship including at least a direction from the position of the first object toward a position of the second object;
causing the first object to take a motion according to the input motion instruction such that the speed of the first object in response to a same motion instruction differs depending on the positional relationship between the first object and the second object;
generating the image of the virtual space including the first object and the second object;
and
displaying the generated image on the display device,
wherein the first object is moved in the input moving direction and is moved faster as an angle defined by the input moving direction and the direction from the position of the first object toward the position of the second object becomes smaller.

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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium comprising a program for generating an image of a virtual space where a first object and a second object are present, the program being executed by a computer device having a motion input device that inputs a motion instruction for causing the first object to take a motion according to an operation of an operator, the motion input device including a direction input device that inputs a moving direction of a plurality of predetermined directions to move a position of the first object from a current position, and a display device that displays an image, the program comprising:

a first code section that determines a positional relationship between the first object and the second object when the motion instruction is input, the positional relationship including at least a direction from the position of the first object toward a position of the second object;
a second code section that causes the first object to take a motion according to the input motion instruction such that the speed of the first object in response to a same motion instruction differs depending on the positional relationship between the first object and the second object;
a third code section that generates the image of the virtual space including the first object and the second object;
and
a fourth code section that displays the generated image on the display device,
wherein the second code section causes the first object to move in the input moving direction and to move faster as an angle defined by the input moving direction and the direction from the position of the first object toward the position of the second object becomes smaller.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/538,573Filed 4 Oct 2006
Priority: JP P2005-2918024 Oct 2005
Published: US 2007/0139419 A121 Jun 2007
Granted: 28 Sep 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

A63F 13/26
Output arrangements for video game devices: having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
A63F 13/57
Controlling game characters or game objects based on the game progress: simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world,…
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 13/42
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: by mapping the input…