US 12,175,058 B2
Ability casting method and apparatus for virtual object, device, medium and program product
Keyu Pan, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/990,579.
Application 17/990,579 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/087836, filed on Apr. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110553091.1 (CN), filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078592 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/0484 (2013.01) [G06T 19/006 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method for selecting a target performed by a computer device and the method comprising:
displaying at least one second virtual object in a virtual environment picture;
in response to a first selection operation at a first location in the virtual environment picture, displaying a selection indicator in the virtual environment picture, the selection indicator surrounding the first location of the first selection operation in the virtual environment picture, and the selection indicator defining an initial selection region that identifies one or more initial second virtual objects in the selection region, and has a dimension centering around the first location of the first selection operation;
while the first selection operation is being performed, updating the selection region and changing the one or more initial second virtual objects in the updated selection region accordingly when the first selection operation moves within the virtual environment picture, wherein the updated selection region has a same dimension as the dimension of the initial selection region;
in response to a first confirmation operation at a second location in the virtual environment picture, determining one or more final second virtual objects as a target, wherein there is at least one difference between the one or more initial second virtual objects and the one or more final second virtual objects, including:
in response to a determination that one of the one or more final second virtual objects is located at the second location in the virtual environment picture, determining the one of the one or more final second virtual objects as the targeted final second virtual object; and
in response to a determination that none of the one or more final second virtual objects is located at the second location in the virtual environment picture, determining each of the one or more final second virtual objects as the targeted final second virtual objects; and
releasing m virtual objects to interact with the one or more targeted final second virtual objects.