METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TARGETING TARGET OBJECTS IN A COMPUTER GAME

• US 20160129345A1
• Filed: 06/11/2014
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wemade Icarus Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Wemade I&C
• Inventors: SEOK, Hoon, ROH, Kyu II, LEE, Kwang Soo, KIM, Sung Hee, LEE, Young Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 10,350,487 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 13/426 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 13/5372 for tagging characters, objects or locations in the game scene, e.g. displaying a circle under the character controlled by the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/837 Shooting of targets

Abstract

A method of automatically targeting a target object, the method including setting a target range including a designated distance from a user-controlled character and a designated horizontal angle centering at a location of the character, selecting at least one target object included in the set target range, and displaying a shape distinguishable from a shape of the target object at a location near the at least one selected target object, wherein the target object is an object the character is able to attack from among objects in a computer game.

Claims

1. A method targeting a target object, the method comprising:

setting a target range including a designated distance from a user-controlled character and a designated horizontal angle centering at a location of the character;

selecting at least one target object included in the set target range; and

displaying a shape distinguishable from a shape of the target object at a location near the at least one selected target object,

wherein the target object is an object the character is able to attack from among objects in a computer game.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target range is determined based on types of equipment items set to the character.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the target range is a range in which the effect of the equipment item is applied, and

the target object is a target object within the range in which the effect of the equipment item is applied.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the designated horizontal angle comprises an angle formed by a location of the character two different locations selected based on information input by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the shape comprises continuously displaying the shape while the at least one selected target object is within the target range.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the number of selected target objects is two or greater, determining priorities of the target objects based on distances between the target objects and the character, respectively,

wherein the displaying of the shape comprises displaying different shapes at locations near the selected target objects in correspondence to the determined priorities

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, in the determining of the priorities, if there is a target object selected based on information input by the user, priorities of the target objects are determined by setting the highest priority to the target object selected based on the information input by the user.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting at least one area based on a designated radius range centering at the character,

wherein, in the displaying of the shape, different shapes are displayed at locations near the at least one selected target object in correspondence to the at least one set area.

13. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for implementing the method of claim 1.

9. A method of targeting at least one object in a computer game, the method comprising:

combining a first user-controlled character with a second character based on first information input by a user;

setting a target range of the first character based on moving information regarding the second character;

determining whether the object is within the set target range based on second input information from the user; and

displaying an image indicating that an object is targeted based on a result of the determination

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, in the setting of the target range, the target range is set based on a current moving direction and a moving speed of the second character, and

the target range moves in correspondence to the current moving direction of the second character and area of the target range is changed in correspondence to the current moving speed of the second character.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the target range comprises a range set based on 3-dimensional directional axis around a location of the first character.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising, if an object is attacked based on third information input by a user, determining a success of the attack based on a designated probability.

14. An apparatus for executing a computer game, the apparatus comprising:

a setting unit, which sets a target range including a designated distance from a user-controlled character and a designated horizontal angle centering at a location of the character;

a selecting unit, which selects at least one target object included in the set target range; and

a display unit, which displays a shape distinguishable from a shape of the target object at a location near the at least one selected target object

15. An apparatus for executing a computer game, the apparatus comprising:

a combining unit, which combines a first user-controlled character with a second character based on first information input by a user;

a setting unit, which sets a target range of the first character based on moving information regarding the second character;

a determining unit, which determines whether the object is within the set target range based on second input information from the user; and

a display unit, which displays an image indicating that an object is targeted based on a result of the determination.