Program, electronic device, and method that improve ease of operation for user input
US10391399B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 13, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/04883
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The present invention provides a program for a game that is executed at an electronic device that includes a display and a contact-type position input device, the program causing the electronic device to execute setting an operation reference position in a coordinate plane; determining whether a touch is being made on the contact-type position input device; setting an operation position in the coordinate plane in accordance with a touched position that is acquired; moving an object that is displayed on the display in the game, on the basis of the operation reference position and the operation position; saving the operation position as a displacement reference position; detecting a touched-position movement from the displacement reference position, the touched-position movement satisfying a predetermined condition; and resetting the operation reference position in the coordinate plane in a case where a touched-position movement satisfying the predetermined condition is detected.
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