US 11,717,752 B2
Method and apparatus for controlling virtual camera in game
Wenchao Zhou, Zhejiang (CN); and Kun Shao, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
Appl. No. 17/43,739
Filed by NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO.,LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/079280
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/124839, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811562465.0 (CN), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0299562 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A63F 13/5255 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/5258 (2014.01); A63F 13/56 (2014.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC A63F 13/5255 (2014.09) [A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/42 (2014.09); A63F 13/5258 (2014.09); A63F 13/56 (2014.09); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6676 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a virtual camera in a game, applied to a touch terminal rendered with a graphical user interface (GUI), contents rendered on the GUI comprising a game scene captured by the virtual camera, the game scene at least comprising a virtual character, the method comprising:
associating the virtual camera with a position of a game scene where the virtual character is located to control a movement of the virtual camera according to a change of the position of the virtual character;
providing a visual field control area on the GUI, in response to a first touch operation on the visual field control area, controlling the virtual camera to shift from a first position to a second position according to the first touch operation and
in response to the ending of the first touch operation, controlling the virtual camera to restore from the second position to the first position, receiving a game operation instruction during a process of restoring the virtual camera from the second position to the first position, and performing an action corresponding to the game operation instruction;
wherein the process of restoring the virtual camera from the second position to the first position comprises: detecting whether the virtual character orients towards the second position; when the virtual character orients towards the second position, controlling the virtual camera to move from the second position to the first position in a speed descending manner; and when the virtual character does not orient towards the second position, controlling the virtual camera to move from the second position to the first position in a speed ascending manner.