US 12,280,313 B2
Method and apparatus for controlling virtual race car, storage medium, and device
Meng Wang, Shenzhen (CN); Rui Zheng, Shenzhen (CN); Haosheng Xue, Shenzhen (CN); and Lei Zheng, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/601,877.
Application 18/601,877 is a continuation of application No. 17/988,711, filed on Nov. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,951,398.
Application 17/988,711 is a continuation of application No. 17/341,207, filed on Jun. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,529,560, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 17/341,207 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/082887, filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910363803.6 (CN), filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0216815 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A63F 13/65 (2014.01); A63F 13/5378 (2014.01); A63F 13/577 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/803 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/65 (2014.09) [A63F 13/5378 (2014.09); A63F 13/577 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/803 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); A63F 2300/638 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling a virtual car during a round of a game performed by a computer device, the method comprising:
controlling a first virtual car to pursue a second virtual car on a virtual map in accordance with instructions from a user of the computer device;
while the first virtual car pursues the second virtual car on the virtual map:
displaying a mini-map on the virtual map, the mini-map including a current position of the first virtual car; and
adaptively displaying a current position of the second virtual car on the mini-map,
wherein the first virtual car is located at a center of a visible region on the mini-map and other portions of the mini-map not within the visible region are invisible to the user of the computer device, and the second virtual car on the mini-map is only visible to the user of the computer device when its current position is within the visible region.