Control device, control method, and program for moving position of target in response to input operation

• US 9,126,110 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2011
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Narita, Kuniaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, David L
• Assistant Examiner(s): HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N
• Application Number:
  US13/235,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20120202596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,450 Days
• Field of Search: 463/16, 463/36
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/22 Setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment
• 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 13/428 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 13/5255 according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1006 having additional degrees of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands

Abstract

A game device comprises: a first receiving unit configured to receive an input direction from a controller comprising an input interface for accepting an input direction in which to move a target displayed on a screen of a display device; a second receiving unit configured to receive, from a sensor that detects the position or the attitude of the controller, information relating to the position and the attitude of the controller; and a movement control unit configured to move the position of the target based on both of the direction received by the first receiving unit and the information relating to the position or the attitude of the controller received by the second receiving unit.

Claims

1. A control device, comprising:

a first receiving unit configured to receive an input direction from an input device comprising a directional input unit for accepting an input direction in which to move a target displayed on a screen of a display device;

a second receiving unit configured to receive, from a sensor that detects a position or an attitude of the input device, information relating to the position and the attitude of the input device; and

a movement control unit configured to move the position of the target based on both the direction received by the first receiving unit and the information relating to the position or the attitude of the input device received by the second receiving unit, wherein

the first receiving unit receives an input direction and an input speed value from the directional input unit which is capable of accepting the input direction in which to move the target and the input speed value at which to move the target,

the second receiving unit receives a direction of a movement or a direction of a rotation of the input device and an amount of variation with respect to the position and the attitude of the input device at a predetermined time point as a reference,

the movement control unit moves the position of the target in the direction received by the first receiving unit at the speed received by the first receiving unit and concurrently moves the position of the target in the direction received by the second receiving unit by the amount in accordance with the amount of variation received by the second receiving unit, and

in the case where the amount of variation of the movement or the rotation of the input device received by the second receiving unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, the movement control unit moves the position of the target in the direction received by the second receiving unit by the amount in accordance with the amount of variation received by the second receiving unit.

2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the directional input unit includes an analogue stick capable of accepting the input direction in which to move the target and the input speed value at which to move the target.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing a computer program, comprising:

a module configured to receive, using a first receiving unit, an input direction from an input device comprising a directional input unit for accepting an input direction in which to move a target displayed on a screen of a display device;

a module configured to receive, using a second receiving unit, from a sensor that detects a position or an attitude of the input device, information relating to the position and the attitude of the input device; and

a module configured to move, using a movement control unit, the position of the target based on both the direction received by the first receiving unit and the information relating to the position or the attitude of the input device received by the second receiving unit, wherein

the first receiving unit receives an input direction and an input speed value from the directional input unit which is capable of accepting the input direction in which to move the target and the input speed value at which to move the target,

the second receiving unit receives a direction of a movement or a direction of a rotation of the input device and an amount of variation with respect to the position and the attitude of the input device at a predetermined time point as a reference, and

the movement control unit moves the position of the target in the direction received by the first receiving unit at the speed received by the first receiving unit and concurrently moves the position of the target in the direction received by the second receiving unit by the amount in accordance with the amount of variation received by the second receiving unit, and

in the case where the amount of variation of the movement or the rotation of the input device received by the second receiving unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, the movement control unit moves the position of the target in the direction received by the second receiving unit by the amount in accordance with the amount of variation received by the second receiving unit.

4. The computer program according to claim 3, wherein the directional input unit includes an analogue stick capable of accepting the input direction in which to move the target and the input speed value at which to move the target.

5. A control method, comprising:

receiving an input direction by a first receiving unit from an input device comprising a directional input unit for accepting an input direction in which to move a target displayed on a screen of a display device;

receiving by a second receiving unit, from a sensor that detects a position or an attitude of the input device, information relating to the position and the attitude of the input device; and

moving, by a movement control unit, the position of the target based on both the direction received by the first receiving unit and the information relating to the position or the attitude of the input device received by the second receiving unit, wherein

the first receiving unit receives an input direction and an input speed value from the directional input unit which is capable of accepting the input direction in which to move the target and the input speed value at which to move the target,

the second receiving unit receives a direction of a movement or a direction of a rotation of the input device and an amount of variation with respect to the position and the attitude of the input device at a predetermined time point as a reference,

the movement control unit moves the position of the target in the direction received by the first receiving unit at the speed received by the first receiving unit and concurrently moves the position of the target in the direction received by the second receiving unit by the amount in accordance with the amount of variation received by the second receiving unit, and

in the case where the amount of variation of the movement or the rotation of the input device received by the second receiving unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, the movement control unit moves the position of the target in the direction received by the second receiving unit by the amount in accordance with the amount of variation received by the second receiving unit.

6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein the directional input unit includes an analogue stick capable of accepting the input direction in which to move the target and the input speed value at which to move the target.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to carry out actions, comprising:

receiving an input direction by a first receiving unit from an input device comprising a directional input unit for accepting an input direction in which to move a target displayed on a screen of a display device;

receiving by a second receiving unit, from a sensor that detects a position or an attitude of the input device, information relating to the position and the attitude of the input device; and

moving, by a movement control unit, the position of the target based on both the direction received by the first receiving unit and the information relating to the position or the attitude of the input device received by the second receiving unit, wherein

the first receiving unit receives an input direction and an input speed value from the directional input unit which is capable of accepting the input direction in which to move the target and the input speed value at which to move the target,

the second receiving unit receives a direction of a movement or a direction of a rotation of the input device and an amount of variation with respect to the position and the attitude of the input device at a predetermined time point as a reference,

the movement control unit moves the position of the target in the direction received by the first receiving unit at the speed received by the first receiving unit and concurrently moves the position of the target in the direction received by the second receiving unit by the amount in accordance with the amount of variation received by the second receiving unit, and

in the case where the amount of variation of the movement or the rotation of the input device received by the second receiving unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, the movement control unit moves the position of the target in the direction received by the second receiving unit by the amount in accordance with the amount of variation received by the second receiving unit.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the directional input unit includes an analogue stick capable of accepting the input direction in which to move the target and the input speed value at which to move the target.