ELECTRONIC GAME DEVICE, ELECTRONIC GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ELECTRONIC GAME PROGRAM

• US 20140378228A1
• Filed: 10/02/2013
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENA Company Limited
• Original Assignee: DENA Company Limited
• Inventors: TAKANO, Ayumi
• Granted Patent: US 9,174,132 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/37
• 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 13/533 for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence

Abstract

Image data including a plurality of consecutively arranged images each indicating an option that is selectable as an instruction specifying a next action in an electronic game is stored. An image area indicating part of the image data is displayed in a command selection area on the touch panel. A slide or a flick, input by a user, on the touch panel is detected. The image area is displayed by scrolling an image area displayed in the command selection area within the image data in response to detection of the input slide or flick.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. An electronic game device having a touch panel, comprising:

storage means for storing, for each plurality of characters, image data including a plurality of consecutively arranged images each indicating an option that is selectable as an instruction specifying a next action for each of a plurality of characters in an electronic game;

option display means for displaying an image area indicating part of the image data for each of a plurality of characters, in each of command selection areas, each of which is provided for one of the plurality of characters, on the touch panel; and

input detecting means for detecting a slide or a flick, input by a user, on the touch panel, wherein the option display means scrolls and displays an image area displayed in the command selection area within the image data in response to detection of the input slide or flick by the input detecting means.

11. The electronic game device according to claim 10, wherein the option display means disables selection of at least one of the options in accordance with progress of the electronic game.

12. The electronic game device according to claim 11, wherein the option display means disables selection of at least one of the options by setting only an image area indicating part of the image data as a selectable area in accordance with progress of the electronic game.

13. The electronic game device according to claim 10, further comprising:

game processing means for performing processing for the electronic game in accordance with a combination of options selected using the command selection areas for the plurality of characters.

14. The electronic game device according to claim 10, wherein the image data is configured such that images indicating options selected by a user in advance are arranged in order set by the user.

15. The electronic game device according to claim 10, wherein the option display means displays an image area in the command selection area as an initial image, the image area including an image indicating an option that is most frequently selected by a user in the image data or including an image indicating an option recommended using an AI function.

16. An electronic game processing method using an electronic game device having a touch panel, the electronic game processing method causing a computer to perform a process comprising:

an option displaying step of displaying an image area indicating part of image data including a plurality of consecutively arranged images each indicating an option that is selectable as an instruction specifying a next action for each of a plurality of characters in an electronic game, in a command selection area on the touch panel, the command selection area being provided for each of the plurality of characters;

an input detecting step of detecting a slide or a flick, input by a user, with respect to the command selection area as a starting point; and

a scrolling step of scrolling and displaying an image area displayed in the command selection area within the image data in response to detection of the input slide or flick in the input detecting step.

17. An electronic game program that uses an electronic game device having a touch panel, the electronic game program causing a computer to execute:

a storing step of storing, for each plurality of characters, image data including a plurality of consecutively arranged images each indicating an option that is selectable as an instruction specifying a next action for each of a plurality of characters in an electronic game;

an option displaying step of displaying an image area indicating part of the image data for each of a plurality of characters, in each of command selection areas, each of which is provided for one of the plurality of characters, on the touch panel;

an input detecting step of detecting a slide or a flick, input by a user, with respect to the command selection area as a starting point; and

a scrolling step of scrolling and displaying an image area displayed in the command selection area within the image data in response to detection of the input slide or flick in the input detecting step.