US 12,366,956 B2
Virtual object control method and apparatus, device, storage medium, and computer program product
Zefeng Yang, Shenzhen (CN); and Jiaqi Pan, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/373,116.
Application 18/373,116 is a continuation of application No. 17/548,183, filed on Dec. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,803,301.
Application 17/548,183 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/115804, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011302236.2 (CN), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028193 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); A63F 13/56 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); A63F 13/56 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09)] 20 Claims
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14. A virtual object control apparatus, comprising:
a memory configured to store a plurality of executable instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the plurality of executable instructions to:
display a direction control in a display region of an interface of a virtual scene;
in response to a user operation on the direction control, control a virtual object in the virtual scene to move in a first movement state;
only in response to the virtual object being in the first movement state, replace the direction control with a switch control and a target switch control in the interface, wherein the replacement comprises removing the direction control from being displayed in the display region and displaying the switch control in the same display region; and
control, in response to a state switching operation triggered based on the switch control, the virtual object to be switched from the first movement state to a second movement state.