Information processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium

• US 10,507,383 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2018
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd. (NetEase, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd. (NetEase, Inc.)
• Inventors: He, Zhaoda
• Primary Examiner(s): D'Agostino, Paul A
• Application Number:
  US16/106,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20190070496A1
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5375 for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5378 for displaying an additional top view, e.g. radar screens or maps using two or more virtual cameras concurrently A63F13/5252
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: a touch area is provided on a graphical user interface, and a virtual character is configured to move in a game scene according to a first touch operation in the touch area; when a second touch operation of which a starting touch point is in the at least one signal icon is detected, a position of a current touch point of the second touch operation is detected in real time; when the position of the current touch point satisfies a preset condition, a mini-map is provided on the graphical user interface; and when the end of the second touch operation is detected, and a position of an ending touch point of the second touch operation is in the mini-map, a prompt signal corresponding to at least one signal icon is sent, the prompt signal including position indication information of the game scene.

Claims

1. An information processing method, applied to a mobile terminal having at least one processor for executing a software application and a touch screen which is rendered with a graphical user interface, contents rendered on the graphical user interface comprising a game scene, a virtual character and at least one signal icon, the method comprising:

providing a touch area on the graphical user interface, and configuring the virtual character to move in the game scene according to a first touch operation in the touch area;

when a second touch operation of which a starting touch point is in the at least one signal icon is detected, detecting a position of a current touch point of the second touch operation in real time;

when the position of the current touch point satisfies a preset condition, providing a mini-map on the graphical user interface; and

when the end of the second touch operation is detected, and a position of an ending touch point of the second touch operation is in the mini-map, sending a prompt signal corresponding to the at least one signal icon, the prompt signal comprising position indication information of the game scene.

2. The information processing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

after sending the prompt signal, identifying a position of the game scene indicated by the position indication information of the game scene in the mini-map.

3. The information processing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

when the prompt signal sent by other terminals is received, identifying a position of the game scene indicated by the position indication information of the game scene in the mini-map.

4. The information processing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

after sending the prompt signal, hiding the mini-map.

5. The information processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the prompt information further comprises at least one of voice prompt information and text prompt information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch area is a virtual joystick control area.

7. The information processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position indication information of the game scene comprises position information in the game scene corresponding to the position of the ending touch point of the second touch operation.

9. A computer-readable storage medium, on which at least one computer program is stored, wherein the at least one computer program is executed by at least one processor to implement the information processing method as claimed in claim 1.

11. The information processing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein contents rendered on the graphical user interface comprises one of the following:

an entire part of the game scene, and a local part of the game scene.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of signal icons corresponding to different instruction information are separately disposed on the graphical user interface;

or, a plurality of sub-icons corresponding to different instruction information are collapsed in one signal icon.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch area is a visible area.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch area is an invisible area.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein a visual guiding control is displayed in the touch area.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the preset condition is that the position of the current touch point is in an activation response area.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the preset condition is that the position of the current touch point is located in the at least one signal icon.

18. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein position information in the mini-map is in a one-to-one mapping relationship with position information in the game scene.

19. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein after hiding the mini-map, the method further comprises:

displaying the prompt signal on the mini-map.

8. An information processing apparatus, applied to a mobile terminal having at least one processor for executing a software application and a touch screen which is rendered with a graphical user interface, contents rendered on the graphical user interface comprising a game scene, a virtual character and at least one signal icon, the apparatus comprising:

an interaction element, configured to provide a touch area on the graphical user interface, and configure the virtual character to move in the game scene according to a first touch operation in the touch area;

a detection element, configured to detect, when a second touch operation of which a starting touch point is in at least one signal icon is detected, a position of a current touch point of the second touch operation in real time;

a signal processing element, configured to provide, when the position of the current touch point satisfies a preset condition, a mini-map on the graphical user interface; and

a signal sending element, configured to send, when the end of the second touch operation is detected, and a position of an ending touch point of the second touch operation is in the mini-map, a prompt signal corresponding to the at least one signal icon, the prompt signal comprising position indication information of the game scene.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory, connected to the at least one processor, and configured to store at least one executable instruction of the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the at least one executable instruction, the at least one executable instruction comprising;

providing a touch area on the graphical user interface, and configuring the virtual character to move in the game scene according to a first touch operation in the touch area;

when a second touch operation of which a starting touch point is in the at least one signal icon is detected, detecting a position of a current touch point of the second touch operation in real time;

when the position of the current touch point satisfies a preset condition, providing a mini-map on the graphical user interface; and

when the end of the second touch operation is detected, and a position of an ending touch point of the second touch operation is in the mini-map, sending a prompt signal corresponding to the at least one signal icon, the prompt signal comprising position indication information of the game scene.