Method for locking target in game scenario and terminal

• US 10,391,390 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2017
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Tang, Yong, Liao, Changyan
• Primary Examiner(s): Galka, Lawrence S
• Application Number:
  US15/703,623
• Publication Number:
  US 20180001189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• 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 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method is performed at a terminal for locking a target in a game application, the method comprising: obtaining input gesture information from a user on an operation interface of a game application; recognizing the gesture information to obtain a switching instruction of the game application corresponding to the gesture information; selecting an object category of virtual characters according to the switching instruction; locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character; and after performing the operation, automatically repeating the locking and the performing operations on a next target virtual character in the object category until finishing a last virtual character in the object category.

Claims

1. A method for locking a target in a game application, the method comprising:

at a terminal that has one or more processors and memory storing instructions executed by the processors;

obtaining, by the terminal, input gesture information from a user on an operation interface of a game application, wherein the game application includes multiple object categories, each object category having one or more virtual characters displayed on the operation interface;

recognizing, by the terminal, the gesture information to obtain a switching instruction of the game application corresponding to the gesture information;

selecting, by the terminal, an object category of virtual characters according to the switching instruction;

locking, by the terminal, a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing, by the terminal, an operation on the target virtual character; and

after performing the operation, automatically repeating, by the terminal, the locking and the performing operations on a next target virtual character in the object category until finishing a last virtual character in the object category.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operation of locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character, further comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, target virtual characters in the object category within a preset distance range from a controlled virtual character;

obtaining, by the terminal, a respective distance between each of the target virtual characters and the controlled virtual character; and

sequentially locking, by the terminal, the target virtual characters in the object category according to their respective distances from near to far and performing the operation on the target virtual character.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operation of locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character, further comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, target virtual characters in the object category within a preset distance range from a controlled virtual character;

obtaining, by the terminal, a respective distance between each of the target virtual characters and the controlled virtual character;

selecting and locking, by the terminal, a target virtual character that is closest to the controlled virtual character in the object category, and adding, by the terminal, the locked target virtual character to a locking array; and

automatically repeating, by the terminal, the obtaining, selecting, and locking operations until no target virtual character within the preset distance range remains unlocked, and resetting the locked target virtual characters in the locking array by unlocking all of the locked target virtual characters.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operation of automatically repeating the locking and the performing operations on a next target virtual character in the object category until finishing a last virtual character in the object category, further comprises:

after reaching a preset number of interaction times on the current target virtual character, switching, by the terminal, from locking the current target virtual character to locking the next target virtual character in the object category.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operation of automatically repeating the locking and the performing operations on a next target virtual character in the object category until finishing a last virtual character in the object category, further comprises:

after the current locked target virtual character disappears from the preset distance range, switching, by the terminal, from locking the current target virtual character to locking the next target virtual character in the object category.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

marking, using a first indicator by the terminal, a target virtual character that has been locked, and marking, using a second indicator by the terminal visually distinct from the first indicator, a target virtual character that has not been locked.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operation of obtaining input gesture information from a user on an operation interface of a game application comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal in the operation interface of the game application, gesture information that is formed by a sliding operation on a touch screen of the terminal.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

after selecting an object category of virtual characters according to the switching instruction;

obtaining, by the terminal in the operation interface of the game application, horizontal gesture information that is formed by a sliding operation on the touch screen;

recognizing, by the terminal, the horizontal gesture information to obtain a screening instruction corresponding to the horizontal gesture information;

screening out, by the terminal, corresponding level target virtual characters from the object category according to the screening instruction; and

locking, by the terminal, a target virtual character in the level target virtual characters according to a preset rule.

9. A terminal, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory and

one or more programs stored in the memory, wherein the one or more program, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the terminal to perform a plurality of operations including;

obtaining input gesture information from a user on an operation interface of a game application, wherein the game application includes multiple object categories, each object category having one or more virtual characters displayed on the operation interface;

recognizing the gesture information to obtain a switching instruction of the game application corresponding to the gesture information;

selecting an object category of virtual characters according to the switching instruction;

locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character; and

after performing the operation, automatically repeating the locking and the performing operations on a next target virtual character in the object category until finishing a last virtual character in the object category.

10. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the operation of locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character, further comprises:

obtaining target virtual characters in the object category within a preset distance range from a controlled virtual character;

obtaining a respective distance between each of the target virtual characters and the controlled virtual character; and

sequentially locking the target virtual characters in the object category according to their respective distances from near to far and performing the operation on the target virtual character.

11. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the operation of locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character, further comprises:

obtaining target virtual characters in the object category within a preset distance range from a controlled virtual character;

obtaining a respective distance between each of the target virtual characters and the controlled virtual character;

selecting and locking a target virtual character that is closest to the controlled virtual character in the object category, and adding the locked target virtual character to a locking array; and

automatically repeating the obtaining, selecting, and locking operations until no target virtual character within the preset distance range remains unlocked, and resetting the locked target virtual characters in the locking array by unlocking all of the locked target virtual characters.

12. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the operation of automatically repeating the locking and the performing operations on a next target virtual character in the object category until finishing a last virtual character in the object category, further comprises:

after reaching a preset number of interaction times on the current target virtual character, switching from locking the current target virtual character to locking the next target virtual character in the object category.

13. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the operation of automatically repeating the locking and the performing operations on a next target virtual character in the object category until finishing a last virtual character in the object category, further comprises:

after the current locked target virtual character disappears from the preset distance range, switching from locking the current target virtual character to locking the next target virtual character in the object category.

14. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

marking, by using a first indicator, a target virtual character that has been locked, and marking, by using a second indicator visually distinct from the first indicator, a target virtual character that has not been locked.

15. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the operation of obtaining input gesture information from a user on an operation interface of a game application comprises:

obtaining, in the operation interface of the game application, gesture information that is formed by a sliding operation on a touch screen of the terminal.

16. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

after selecting an object category of virtual characters according to the switching instruction;

obtaining, in the operation interface of the game application, horizontal gesture information that is formed by a sliding operation on the touch screen;

recognizing the horizontal gesture information to obtain a screening instruction corresponding to the horizontal gesture information;

screening out corresponding level target virtual characters from the object category according to the screening instruction; and

locking a target virtual character in the level target virtual characters according to a preset rule.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, that are configured to be executed by one or more processors of a terminal and cause the terminal to perform a plurality of operations including:

obtaining input gesture information from a user on an operation interface of a game application, wherein the game application includes multiple object categories, each object category having one or more virtual characters displayed on the operation interface;

recognizing the gesture information to obtain a switching instruction of the game application corresponding to the gesture information;

selecting an object category of virtual characters according to the switching instruction;

locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character; and

after performing the operation, automatically repeating the locking and the performing operations on a next target virtual character in the object category until finishing a last virtual character in the object category.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the operation of locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character, further comprises:

obtaining target virtual characters in the object category within a preset distance range from a controlled virtual character;

obtaining a respective distance between each of the target virtual characters and the controlled virtual character; and

sequentially locking the target virtual characters in the object category according to their respective distances from near to far and performing the operation on the target virtual character.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the operation of locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character, further comprises:

obtaining target virtual characters in the object category within a preset distance range from a controlled virtual character;

obtaining a respective distance between each of the target virtual characters and the controlled virtual character;

selecting and locking a target virtual character that is closest to the controlled virtual character in the object category, and adding the locked target virtual character to a locking array; and

automatically repeating the obtaining, selecting, and locking operations until no target virtual character within the preset distance range remains unlocked, and resetting the locked target virtual characters in the locking array by unlocking all of the locked target virtual characters.