Program, Object Control Method, And Game Device

• US 20120056802A1
• Filed: 08/22/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Iijima, Takamitsu, Aizawa, Shinji
• Application Number:
  US13/214,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20120056802A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/20 Input arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1093 using visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/638 according to the timing of operation or a time limit

Abstract

A behavior table storage unit stores correspondence between a predetermined action of an object and a condition for operation of an input device. A condition determination unit determines whether control information of the input device meets the condition for operation stored in the behavior table storage unit. An object control unit causes, when the condition for operation is determined to be met, the object to perform an action mapped to the condition for operation. The behavior table storage unit stores a condition for operation requiring that the input device be moved by a predetermined amount within a predetermined period of time, and the condition determination unit measures time elapsed since the start of movement of the input device and determines, when the input device is moved by the predetermined amount within the predetermined period of time, that the condition for operation is met.

Claims

1. A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, comprising:

a module configured to determine whether control information indicating an operation of an input device meets a predetermined condition for operation; and

a module configured to cause, when the condition for operation is determined to be met, an object to perform an action mapped to the condition for operation,

wherein the predetermined condition for operation requires that the input device be moved by a predetermined amount within a predetermined period of time, and

wherein the determination module measures time elapsed since the start of a movement of the input device and determines, when the input device is moved by the predetermined amount within the predetermined period of time, that the condition for operation is met.

2. The computer program according to claim 1,

wherein the predetermined condition for operation requires that the input device be moved by the predetermined amount in a predetermined direction within the predetermined period of time, and

wherein the determination module measures time elapsed since the start of the movement of the input device and determines, when the input device is moved by the predetermined amount in the predetermined direction within the predetermined period of time, that the condition for operation is met.

3. The computer program according to claim 2, wherein the determination module includes a module configured to determine, when the input device is moved in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction before being moved by the predetermined amount in the predetermined direction since the start of the movement of the input device, that the condition for operation is not met.

4. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein

the condition for operation includes a plurality of individual conditions,

the determination module includes a module configured to determine whether each individual condition is met before determining whether the condition for operation is met, and

the module for object control includes a module configured to cause the object to perform an action mapped to the condition for operation including the plurality of individual conditions.

5. The computer program according to claim 4, wherein the determination module includes a module configured to determine whether all of the individual conditions are concurrently met.

6. The computer program according to claim 4, wherein the determination module includes a module configured to determine whether all of the individual conditions are met up to the present moment.

7. A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, comprising:

a module configured to determine whether control information indicating an operation of an input device meets a predetermined condition for operation; and

a module configured to cause, when the condition for operation is determined to be met, an object to perform an action mapped to the condition for operation,

wherein the condition for operation to cause the object to jump in a game space requires that the input device be directed substantially in the vertical direction and that the input device be moved upward in the vertical direction, and

wherein when the determination module determines that the condition for operation to cause the object to jump is met, the module for object control causes the object to jump in the game space.

8. The computer program according to claim 7, wherein the condition requiring that the input device be moved upward in the vertical direction requires that the input device be moved by a predetermined amount within a predetermined period of time.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program that operates to cause a processing system to execute actions, comprising:

determining whether control information indicating an operation of an input device meets a predetermined condition for operation, the predetermined condition for operation requiring that the input device to be moved by a predetermined amount within a predetermined period of time

measuring time elapsed since the start of a movement of the input device;

determining, when the input device is moved by the predetermined amount within the predetermined period of time, that the condition for operation is met; and

causing an object to perform an action mapped to the condition for operation, only when the condition for operation is determined to be met.

10. An object control method adapted to cause an object to perform an action in accordance with an operation using an input device, comprising:

acquiring an image of an input device having a light-emitting body;

acquiring control information indicating an operation of the input device by referring to positional information of the input device derived from the acquired image, and/or orientation information of the input device;

storing the correspondence between a predetermined action of the object and a condition for operation of the input device;

determining whether the control information meets the condition for operation; and

causing, when the condition for operation is determined to be met, the object to perform an action mapped to the condition for operation,

wherein said storing involves the storing of a condition for operation requiring that the input device be moved by a predetermined amount within a predetermined period of time, and

said determination measures time elapsed since the start of a movement of the input device and determines, when the input device is moved by the predetermined amount within the predetermined period of time, that the condition for operation is met.

11. A game device adapted to cause an object to perform an action in accordance with an operation using an input device, comprising:

an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of an input device having a light-emitting body;

a control information acquisition unit configured to acquire control information indicating an operation of the input device by referring to positional information of the input device derived from the acquired image, and/or orientation information of the input device;

a storage unit configured to store the correspondence between a predetermined action of the object and a condition for operation of the input device;

a condition determination unit configured to determine whether the control information meets the condition for operation stored in the storage unit; and

an object control unit configured to cause, when the condition for operation is determined to be met by the condition determination unit, the object to perform an action mapped to the condition for operation,

wherein the storage unit stores a condition for operation requiring that the input device be moved by a predetermined amount within a predetermined period of time, and

wherein the condition determination unit measures time elapsed since the start of a movement of the input device and determines, when the input device is moved by the predetermined amount within the predetermined period of time, that the condition for operation is met.