Terminal device

• US 10,850,196 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2016
• Issued: 12/01/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: Kohara, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hylinski, Steven J
• Application Number:
  US15/735,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20180161674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,636 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• 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 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A terminal device controls a scroll display process for scrolling and moving a display region part of content displayed on a touch panel based on a slide operation input, and detects, during the slide operation input, any one input state of the number of slide operation inputs being simultaneously executed and the touch area involved in the touching on the touch panel for execution of the slide operation input, and controls a scrolling speed, which represents a moving speed exhibited when the display region part of the content is scrolled in the scroll display process, or a scroll movement amount, which represents a movement amount by which the content is scrolled, during the slide operation input based on the detected input state.

Claims

1. A terminal device for receiving an input on a touch panel on which a screen is displayed and to execute a game based on the received input, the terminal device comprising:

a processor programmed to;

perform a first detection process for detecting a touch operation on the touch panel;

perform a second detection process for detecting a slide operation on the touch panel directly following the touch operation detected by the first detection process;

determine a size of a physically continuous single area of the touch panel that is simultaneously touched during the slide operation; and

control a scroll display process for scrolling and moving a display region part of game content displayed on the screen based on the slide operation, such that;

at least one of (i) a scrolling speed, which represents a moving speed exhibited when the display region part of the game content is scrolled in the scroll display process, and (ii) a scroll movement amount, which represents a movement amount by which the game content is scrolled, is varied based on the determined size,

wherein the processor is also programmed to;

detect a non-display region part of the game content and a game circumstance with respect to the non-display region part; and

additionally control the at least one of (i) the scrolling speed and (ii) the scroll movement amount during the slide operation based on the detected game circumstance with respect to the non-display region part.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to:

detect at least one of;

a slide operation direction, and

a slide operation amount exhibited in the slide operation; and

control the scroll display process based on the detected one of the slide operation direction and the slide operation amount.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to:

detect a characteristic exhibited by the non-display region part of the game content; and

display the game content relating to the game on the screen based on the detected characteristic.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the detected game circumstance with respect to the non-display region part of the game content includes at least two of:

an extent of a region size of the non-display region part of the game content,

a number of characters arranged in the non-display region part of the game content for use in the game,

a type of character arranged in the non-display region part of the game content, and

an occupancy rate of an object arranged in the non-display region part of the game content with respect to the non-display region part.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to execute a notification control process for notifying the scrolling speed or the scroll movement amount on the screen under the scroll display process.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to:

reduce at least one of (i) the scrolling speed and (ii) the scroll movement amount, with a decreasing value of the determined size; and

increase at least one of (i) the scrolling speed and (ii) the scroll movement amount, with an increasing value of the determined size.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to:

determine the size of the physically continuous single area of the touch panel that is simultaneously touched during the slide operation, such that;

a single touch point performing the slide operation is distinguished from multiple touch points that are not independent of each other, which are all used to perform the slide operation.

6. A method of receiving an input that has been performed on a touch panel on which a screen is displayed, the method comprising:

performing a first detection process for detecting a touch operation on the touch panel;

performing a second detection process for detecting a slide operation on the touch panel directly following the touch operation detected by the first detection process;

determining a size of a physically continuous single area of the touch panel that is simultaneously touched during the slide operation; and

displaying game content relating to the game on the screen, and controlling a scroll display process for scrolling and moving a display region part of the game content displayed on the screen based on the slide operation, such that;

at least one of (i) a scrolling speed, which represents a moving speed exhibited when the display region part of the game content is scrolled in the scroll display process, and (ii) a scroll movement amount, which represents a movement amount by which the game content is scrolled, is varied based on the determined size,

wherein the method also includes;

detecting a non-display region part of the game content and a game circumstance with respect to the non-display region part; and

additionally controlling the at least one of (i) the scrolling speed and (ii) the scroll movement amount during the slide operation based on the detected game circumstance with respect to the non-display region part.

9. The method according to claim 6, comprising:

detecting at least one of;

a slide operation direction, and

a slide operation amount exhibited in the slide operation; and

controlling the scroll display process based on the detected one of the slide operation direction and the slide operation amount.

10. The method according to claim 6, comprising:

detecting a characteristic exhibited by the non-display region part of the game content; and

displaying the game content relating to the game on the screen based on the detected characteristic.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein the detected game circumstance with respect to the non-display region part of the game content includes at least two of:

an extent of a region size of the non-display region part of the game content,

a number of characters arranged in the non-display region part of the game content for use in the game,

a type of character arranged in the non-display region part of the game content, and

an occupancy rate of an object arranged in the non-display region part of the game content with respect to the non-display region part.

12. The method according to claim 6, comprising:

executing a notification control process for notifying the scrolling speed or the scroll movement amount on the screen under the scroll display process.

13. The method according to claim 6, comprising:

reducing at least one of (i) the scrolling speed and (ii) the scroll movement amount, with a decreasing value of the determined size; and

increasing at least one of (i) the scrolling speed and (ii) the scroll movement amount, with an increasing value of the determined size.

14. The method according to claim 6, comprising:

determining the size of the physically continuous single area of the touch panel that is simultaneously touched during the slide operation, such that;

a single touch point performing the slide operation is distinguished from multiple touch points that are not independent of each other, which are all used to perform the slide operation.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program which, when executed by a computer that receives an input on a touch panel on which a screen is displayed and executes a game based on the received input, causes the computer to:

perform a first detection process for detecting a touch operation on the touch panel;

perform a second detection process for detecting a slide operation on the touch panel directly following the touch operation detected by the first detection process;

determine a size of a physically continuous single area of the touch panel that is simultaneously touched during the slide operation; and

display game content relating to the game on the screen, and controlling a scroll display process for scrolling and moving a display region part of the game content displayed on the screen based on the slide operation, such that;

at least one of (i) a scrolling speed, which represents a moving speed exhibited when the display region part of the game content is scrolled in the scroll display process, and (ii) a scroll movement amount, which represents a movement amount by which the game content is scrolled, is varied based on the determined size,

wherein the program also causes the computer to;

detect a non-display region part of the game content and a game circumstance with respect to the non-display region part; and

additionally control the at least one of (i) the scrolling speed and (ii) the scroll movement amount during the slide operation based on the detected game circumstance with respect to the non-display region part.