METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING USER CHARACTER FOR PLAYING GAME WITHIN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling a user character for playing a game within a virtual environment, comprising:
- a touch sensitive display for displaying a user character and virtual environment information to a user;
a touch sensitive gesture input device comprising a plurality of touch sensitive elements arranged in a pre-defined array;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;
provide the user character and the virtual environment information via the touch sensitive display;
detect a touch gesture via the touch sensitive gesture input device, the touch gesture formed by a continuous sweep touching at least two touch sensitive elements arranged in the pre-defined array;
compare the detected touch gesture to reference gestures of the user character for playing the game within the virtual environment; and
generate an action for the user character within the virtual environment in response to finding a matching reference gesture based on comparison.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a user character for playing a game within a virtual environment, including providing a user character and virtual environment information on the touch sensitive display to a user; detecting a touch gesture via a touch sensitive gesture input device, the touch gesture formed by a continuous sweep touching at least two touch sensitive elements arranged in the pre-defined array; comparing the detected touch gesture to reference gestures of the user character for playing the game within the virtual environment; and generating an action for the user character within the virtual environment in response to finding a matching reference gesture based on comparison.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling a user character for playing a game within a virtual environment, comprising:
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a touch sensitive display for displaying a user character and virtual environment information to a user; a touch sensitive gesture input device comprising a plurality of touch sensitive elements arranged in a pre-defined array; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; provide the user character and the virtual environment information via the touch sensitive display; detect a touch gesture via the touch sensitive gesture input device, the touch gesture formed by a continuous sweep touching at least two touch sensitive elements arranged in the pre-defined array; compare the detected touch gesture to reference gestures of the user character for playing the game within the virtual environment; and generate an action for the user character within the virtual environment in response to finding a matching reference gesture based on comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a user character for playing a game within a virtual environment, comprising:
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providing a user character and virtual environment information via a touch sensitive display to a user; detecting a touch gesture via a touch sensitive gesture input device, the touch sensitive gesture input device comprising a plurality of touch sensitive elements arranged in a pre-defined array, the touch gesture formed by a continuous sweep touching at least two touch sensitive elements arranged in the pre-defined array; comparing the detected touch gesture to reference gestures of the user character for playing the game within the virtual environment; and generating an action for the user character within the virtual environment in response to finding a matching reference gesture based on comparison. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program embodied on a computer readable non-transitory medium comprising computer executable program code, which code, when executed by at least one processor of an apparatus, causes the apparatus to:
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provide a user character and virtual environment information via the touch sensitive display to a user; detect a touch gesture via a touch sensitive gesture input device, the touch gesture formed by a continuous sweep touching at least two touch sensitive elements arranged in the pre-defined array; compare the detected touch gesture to reference gestures of the user character for playing the game within the virtual environment; and generate an action for the user character within the virtual environment in response to finding a matching reference gesture based on comparison.
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