EP1725966A4 - Method and system for on-screen navigation of digital characters or the likes - Google Patents

Method and system for on-screen navigation of digital characters or the likes

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Publication number
EP1725966A4
EP1725966A4 EP05714659A EP05714659A EP1725966A4 EP 1725966 A4 EP1725966 A4 EP 1725966A4 EP 05714659 A EP05714659 A EP 05714659A EP 05714659 A EP05714659 A EP 05714659A EP 1725966 A4 EP1725966 A4 EP 1725966A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
likes
screen navigation
digital characters
characters
digital
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP05714659A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1725966A1 (en
Inventor
Paul Kruszewski
Greg Labute
Cory Kumm
Fred Dorosh
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BGT Biographic Technologies Inc
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BGT Biographic Technologies Inc
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Application filed by BGT Biographic Technologies Inc filed Critical BGT Biographic Technologies Inc
Publication of EP1725966A1 publication Critical patent/EP1725966A1/en
Publication of EP1725966A4 publication Critical patent/EP1725966A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/50—Controlling the output signals based on the game progress
    • A63F13/52—Controlling the output signals based on the game progress involving aspects of the displayed game scene
    • A63F13/10—
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/40—Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment
    • A63F13/42—Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/45—Controlling the progress of the video game
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/55—Controlling game characters or game objects based on the game progress
    • A63F13/57—Simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world, e.g. computing tyre load in a car race game
    • A63F13/577—Simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world, e.g. computing tyre load in a car race game using determination of contact between game characters or objects, e.g. to avoid collision between virtual racing cars
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/60—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program
    • A63F2300/64—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/60—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program
    • A63F2300/64—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
    • A63F2300/643—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car by determining the impact between objects, e.g. collision detection
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/60—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program
    • A63F2300/66—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program for rendering three dimensional images
    • A63F2300/6607—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program for rendering three dimensional images for animating game characters, e.g. skeleton kinematics
EP05714659A 2004-03-19 2005-03-18 Method and system for on-screen navigation of digital characters or the likes Withdrawn EP1725966A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US55435704P 2004-03-19 2004-03-19
PCT/CA2005/000426 WO2005091198A1 (en) 2004-03-19 2005-03-18 Method and system for on-screen navigation of digital characters or the likes

Publications (2)

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EP1725966A1 EP1725966A1 (en) 2006-11-29
EP1725966A4 true EP1725966A4 (en) 2008-07-09

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Country Status (4)

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EP (1) EP1725966A4 (en)
JP (1) JP2007529796A (en)
CA (1) CA2558971A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2005091198A1 (en)

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US11532139B1 (en) * 2020-06-07 2022-12-20 Apple Inc. Method and device for improved pathfinding
US11804012B1 (en) * 2020-06-07 2023-10-31 Apple Inc. Method and device for navigation mesh exploration

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US4862373A (en) * 1987-05-13 1989-08-29 Texas Instruments Incorporated Method for providing a collision free path in a three-dimensional space

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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DANTE TREGLIA,: "Game Programming Gems 3", 24 August 2002, CHARLES RIVER MEDIA, XP002481483 *

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JP2007529796A (en) 2007-10-25
WO2005091198A1 (en) 2005-09-29
EP1725966A1 (en) 2006-11-29
CA2558971A1 (en) 2005-09-29

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