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Program, electronic device, and method that improve ease of operation for user input

US10391399B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 2017
Grant dateAug 27, 2019
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2038

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  • 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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