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Game object control using pointing inputs to rotate a displayed virtual object control device

  • US 9,533,223 B2
  • Filed: 07/08/2015
  • Issued: 01/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus comprising:

  • a touch screen display having a touch surface, the touch screen display configured to output touch coordinates representing movement of an input object on the touch surface,non-volatile memory configured to store instructions, anda processor operatively coupled to the touch screen display and the non-volatile memory, the processor executing the stored instructions to;

    (a) display an object on the touch screen display,(b) detect plural touch coordinates indicating linear movement of the input object on the touch surface at a position on the touch screen display that does not need to be in registry with the displayed object, and(c) animate the displayed object to rotate by an amount corresponding to a length of the detected linear movement.

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