US 12,070,681 B2
Virtual prop control method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device
Chao Liang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,516.
Application 17/516,516 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/122189, filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911295543.X (CN), filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054935 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/426 (2014.01); A63F 13/219 (2014.01); A63F 13/56 (2014.01); A63F 13/577 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/426 (2014.09) [A63F 13/219 (2014.09); A63F 13/56 (2014.09); A63F 13/577 (2014.09)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A virtual prop control method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying an aiming point of a virtual shooting prop, the virtual shooting prop being controlled by a first virtual operation object associated with the electronic device;
when a second virtual operation object is determined as an attachment target of the virtual shooting prop, determining a target rotation angle, the target rotation angle being an angle required for rotating the direction aimed at by the aiming point, to align with a target position on the second virtual operation object;
in accordance with a determination that the target rotation angle is not greater than a predetermined angle threshold, automatically rotating the direction aimed at by the aiming point by the target rotation angle to align the aiming point with the target position on the second virtual operation object in an angle-based rotation manner at a predetermined rotation speed; and
in accordance with a determination that the target rotation angle is greater than the predetermined angle threshold, automatically rotating the direction aimed at by the aiming point by the target rotation angle to align the aiming point with the target position on the second virtual operation object in a time-based rotation manner at a predetermined time duration, wherein the predetermined time duration is no less than a multiplication of the predetermined rotation speed and the predetermined angle threshold.