US 12,064,689 B2
Method for selecting virtual objects, apparatus, terminal and storage medium
Yulin Wan, Shenzhen (CN); Xun Hu, Shenzhen (CN); Jianmiao Weng, Shenzhen (CN); and Shandong Su, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/494,624.
Application 17/494,624 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/083725, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010398569.3 (CN), filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032188 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/525 (2014.01); A63F 13/426 (2014.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC A63F 13/525 (2014.09) [A63F 13/426 (2014.09); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for selecting a virtual object on a user interface of a terminal, performed by the terminal, the method comprising:
displaying the user interface, wherein the user interface includes a display screen corresponding to a virtual environment, and further includes a first virtual object located in the virtual environment;
obtaining a predefined execution area of a first operation of the first virtual object within the virtual environment;
obtaining a visible boundary scope of the virtual environment, wherein virtual objects that reside in the visible boundary scope are visible on the user interface;
in response to that a part of the predefined execution area exists outside the visible boundary scope, determining an intersection area of the predefined execution area and the visible boundary scope as an effective execution area of the first operation within the virtual environment; and
determining, based on the effective execution area, a target virtual object.