US 11,890,532 B2
Shooting game control method and game system
Yuichi Tsuchiya, Tokyo (JP); Norihiro Sawada, Tokyo (JP); Tadashi Nagano, Tokyo (JP); and Takeshi Arakawa, Mitaka (JP)
Assigned to GREE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by GREE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,377.
Application 17/686,377 is a continuation of application No. 16/719,917, filed on Dec. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,278,794.
Application 16/719,917 is a continuation of application No. 15/929,118, filed on Mar. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,033,808, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Application 15/929,118 is a continuation of application No. 15/711,131, filed on Sep. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,286,302, issued on May 14, 2019.
Application 15/711,131 is a continuation of application No. 15/376,810, filed on Dec. 13, 2016, granted, now 9,795,873, issued on Oct. 24, 2017.
Application 15/376,810 is a continuation of application No. 14/186,496, filed on Feb. 21, 2014, granted, now 9,561,436, issued on Feb. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-035555 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2013; and application No. 2013-131778 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184490 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/837 (2014.01); A63F 13/426 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/2145 (2014.09) [A63F 13/426 (2014.09); A63F 13/837 (2014.09)] 17 Claims
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1. A game control method executed by an apparatus comprising circuitry and a display device, the game control method comprising:
in response to a first operation from a user on the display device, causing, using the circuitry, a shooting area and a cross hair to be displayed on the display device, the cross hair being positioned inside the shooting area;
in response to a second operation from the user on the display device, determining, using the circuitry, whether a target exists within a shooting effective range, the shooting effective range being an area inside the shooting area; and
in response to determining that the target exists within the shooting effective range, performing, using the circuitry, an auto-aiming process to position the cross hair at a position of the target within the shooting effective range, wherein
when the position of the target within the shooting effective range is off-center from a center of the shooting effective range, the auto-aiming process includes moving the cross hair to be off-center at the position of the target within the shooting effective range.