WO2021155694A1 - Method and apparatus for driving traffic tool in virtual environment, and terminal and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for driving a traffic tool in a virtual environment, and a terminal and a storage medium. The method comprises: displaying a traveling picture and a map presentation control, wherein the traveling picture is a picture showing a virtual object driving a virtual traffic tool to travel in a virtual environment, and the virtual traffic tool is in a manual driving mode; in response to an automatic driving area, where the virtual traffic tool is located, in the virtual environment, receiving a marking operation on the map presentation control, wherein the marking operation refers to an operation of marking a location in the map presentation control; and in response to the marking operation, switching the virtual traffic tool to an automatic driving mode, and controlling the virtual traffic tool to automatically travel to a destination. In the present application, a terminal can control a virtual traffic tool to automatically travel to a destination, and a user does not need to manually control the virtual traffic tool, thereby simplifying the process of controlling the virtual traffic tool to travel, and reducing the operation difficulty of the user when controlling the virtual traffic tool to travel.

Description

Method, device, terminal and storage medium for driving vehicle in virtual environment

The embodiments of this application are required to be filed on February 4, 2020. The application number is 202010080028.6 and the invention title is the priority of the Chinese patent application "Method, device, terminal and storage medium for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment", all of which The content is incorporated in the embodiments of this application by reference.

Technical field

This application relates to the field of human-computer interaction, and in particular to a method, device, terminal and storage medium for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment.

Background technique

First-Person Shooting game (FPS) is an application based on a three-dimensional virtual environment. Users can manipulate virtual objects in the virtual environment to walk, run, climb, shoot, etc., and multiple users You can team up online to complete a task in the same virtual environment.

When it is necessary to control a virtual object from the current location to another location in the virtual environment, and the distance between the two places is relatively long, the user can control the virtual object to drive the virtual vehicle set in the virtual environment (such as car, airplane) , Motorcycles, etc.), so as to deliver the virtual object to the destination through the virtual vehicle. Among them, the user needs to control the driving of the virtual vehicle through driving controls. The driving controls include steering control, acceleration control, deceleration control, brake control, horn control, gear shift control, and so on.

Since there are many driving controls, it is difficult for users (especially users who use the virtual vehicle for the first time) to control the virtual object to drive the vehicle.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present application provide a method, a device, a terminal, and a storage medium for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment, which can reduce the operation difficulty for a user to control a virtual object driving a vehicle. The technical solution is as follows:

On the one hand, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment. The method is applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

Displaying a driving picture and a map display control, the driving picture is a picture of a virtual object driving a virtual vehicle driving in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle is in a manual driving mode;

In response to the virtual vehicle being located in the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment, receiving a marking operation on the map display control, where the marking operation refers to an operation of marking a location in the map display control;

In response to the marking operation, the virtual vehicle is switched to an automatic driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to automatically drive to the destination.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present application provides a device for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment, and the device includes:

A display module for displaying a driving picture and a map display control, the driving picture is a picture of a virtual object driving a virtual vehicle driving in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle is in a manual driving mode;

The receiving module is configured to receive a marking operation on the map display control in response to the virtual vehicle being located in the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment, where the marking operation refers to marking a location in the map display control operate;

The control module is configured to switch the virtual vehicle to an automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation, and control the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to the destination.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal. The terminal includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores at least one instruction, at least one program, code set, or instruction set, and the at least one instruction, The at least one program, the code set or the instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment as described in the above aspect.

In another aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, and the computer-readable storage medium stores at least one instruction, at least one program, code set, or instruction set, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, The code set or instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment as described in the above aspect.

In another aspect, a computer program product or computer program is provided. The computer program product or computer program includes computer instructions, and the computer instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The processor of the computer device reads the computer instruction from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instruction, so that the computer device executes the method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided in the above aspect.

Using the method provided by the embodiments of the present application, when the virtual vehicle is driven to the automatic driving area in the virtual environment in the manual driving mode, if a marking operation on the map display control is received, the virtual vehicle is switched according to the marking operation It is an automatic driving mode and controls the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to the destination without the user manually controlling the virtual vehicle. This simplifies the process of controlling the virtual vehicle and reduces the user's difficulty in controlling the virtual vehicle to drive in the virtual environment. .

Description of the drawings

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an interface for manually controlling the driving process of a virtual vehicle in the related art;

Fig. 2 shows a schematic interface diagram of a process of driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of an implementation environment provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 shows a flowchart of a method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 5 shows a flowchart of a method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by another exemplary embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a collision detection box corresponding to an autonomous driving area provided by an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a collision detection box corresponding to a virtual vehicle and an autonomous driving area provided by an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the implementation of the process of determining the destination according to the marked location;

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the implementation of controlling the automatic driving of the virtual vehicle according to the waypoints on the automatic driving path;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the interface of the user interface in the automatic driving mode and the manual driving mode;

Fig. 11 shows a flowchart of a method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by another exemplary embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 12 is a structural block diagram of an apparatus for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 13 shows a structural block diagram of a terminal provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions, and advantages of the present application clearer, the implementation manners of the present application will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

First, introduce the terms involved in the embodiments of this application:

Virtual environment: It is the virtual environment displayed (or provided) when the application is running on the terminal. The virtual environment may be a simulation environment of the real world, a semi-simulation and semi-fictional environment, or a purely fictitious environment. The virtual environment may be any one of a two-dimensional virtual environment, a 2.5-dimensional virtual environment, and a three-dimensional virtual environment, which is not limited in this application. In the following embodiments, the virtual environment is a three-dimensional virtual environment as an example.

Virtual object: refers to the movable object in the virtual environment. The movable objects may be virtual characters, virtual animals, cartoon characters, etc., such as: characters, animals, plants, oil barrels, walls, stones, etc. displayed in a three-dimensional virtual environment. Optionally, the virtual object is a three-dimensional model created based on animation skeletal technology. Each virtual object has its own shape and volume in the three-dimensional virtual environment, and occupies a part of the space in the three-dimensional virtual environment.

Virtual vehicle: refers to a vehicle that can be driven and exercised by virtual objects in a virtual environment. It can be a virtual car, a virtual motorcycle, a virtual plane, a virtual bicycle, a virtual tank, a virtual boat, and so on. Among them, the virtual vehicles can be randomly set in the virtual environment, and each virtual vehicle has its own shape and volume in the three-dimensional virtual environment, occupies a part of the space in the three-dimensional virtual environment, and can interact with other virtual objects in the three-dimensional virtual environment. (Such as houses, trees) collide.

First-person shooting game: refers to a shooting game that users can play from a first-person perspective. The screen of the virtual environment in the game is a screen that observes the virtual environment from the perspective of the first virtual object. In the game, at least two virtual objects play a single-game battle mode in the virtual environment. The virtual objects can avoid the damage initiated by other virtual objects and the dangers in the virtual environment (for example, gas circle, swamp, etc.) to achieve the virtual environment. The purpose of survival in the environment, when the life value of the virtual object in the virtual environment is zero, the life of the virtual object in the virtual environment ends, and the virtual object that finally survives in the virtual environment is the winner. Optionally, the battle starts with the moment when the first client joins the battle, and the moment when the last client exits the battle as the end time. Each client can control one or more virtual objects in the virtual environment. Optionally, the competitive mode of the battle may include a single-player battle mode, a two-player team battle mode, or a multi-player team battle mode, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the battle mode.

User Interface (UI) control: Refers to any visual control or element that can be seen on the user interface of the application, such as pictures, input boxes, text boxes, buttons, labels and other controls. Some of the UI controls respond The user’s operation, for example, the user triggers the dagger props corresponding to the UI control, and controls the virtual object to switch the currently used gun to the dagger; for example, when driving a vehicle, the user interface displays the driving control, and the user can control the virtual by triggering the driving control The subject is driving a virtual vehicle.

The method provided in this application can be applied to virtual reality applications, three-dimensional map programs, military simulation programs, first-person shooting games, multiplayer online battle Arena Games (MOBA), etc. The following embodiments are based on Take an example in the application of the game.

Games based on virtual environments are often composed of one or more maps of the game world. The virtual environment in the game simulates the scene of the real world. Users can manipulate virtual objects in the game to walk, run, jump, shoot, and fight in the virtual environment. , Driving, switching to use virtual props, using virtual props to damage other virtual objects and other actions, which are highly interactive, and multiple users can team up for competitive games online.

As shown in Fig. 1, it shows a schematic diagram of an interface for controlling the driving process of a virtual vehicle in the related art. When the user controls the virtual object to drive the virtual vehicle (the virtual vehicle in FIG. 1 is a virtual car), the user interface 100 displays a driving screen, and the user interface 100 displays a map display control 101 and driving controls (including direction controls) 102. Acceleration control 103, brake control 104), and vehicle fuel quantity indicator 105. The user can view the current location of the virtual object and the surrounding environment through the map display control 101, the direction control 102 can control the forward, backward and turning of the virtual vehicle, the acceleration control 103 can control the acceleration of the virtual vehicle, and the brake control 104 can control The virtual vehicle stops quickly, and the remaining fuel amount of the virtual vehicle can be known through the vehicle fuel level indicator 105.

When using the above method to manually control the virtual vehicle to drive, the user needs to operate different driving controls according to the environment of the virtual vehicle's current environment, and needs to manually select the driving route. For novice users, the operation is more difficult If the user does not operate properly or chooses the wrong route, it will take a lot of time to drive to the destination.

An embodiment of the present application provides a method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment, as shown in FIG. 2, which shows a schematic interface diagram of a process of driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

In a possible implementation, when the user controls the virtual vehicle to drive in the virtual environment through the driving controls (including the driving control as shown in FIG. 1), if the virtual vehicle is in the automatic driving area, the terminal is The automatic driving prompt message 106 is displayed in the user interface 100, prompting the user to switch the virtual vehicle to the automatic driving mode. Further, when a trigger operation on the map display control 101 is received, the enlarged map display control 101 is displayed in the user interface 100, and the destination 107 marked in the map display control 101 by the user is received. After the destination is marked, the terminal switches the virtual vehicle to the automatic driving mode, and in the automatic driving mode, controls the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to the destination without the user manually touching the driving controls. Moreover, after switching to the automatic driving mode, the user interface 108 also displays a driving mode switching control 108. The user can switch the virtual vehicle to manual driving mode again by clicking the driving mode switching control 108, and then manually control the virtual vehicle through the driving control Driving.

Compared with the related technology, the user needs to manually operate the driving controls to control the virtual vehicle, and needs to autonomously select the driving route during the driving process. With the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the user only needs to control the virtual vehicle to travel automatically. Driving area, and setting the destination of automatic driving through the map display control, the terminal can automatically determine the driving route and control the virtual vehicle to travel without manual operation by the user, which simplifies the control process of the virtual vehicle and reduces the operation of the virtual vehicle Difficulty, which helps to shorten the time required for the virtual vehicle to reach its goal.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which shows a schematic diagram of an implementation environment provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The implementation environment includes: a first terminal 120, a server 140, and a second terminal 160.

The first terminal 120 installs and runs an application program supporting the virtual environment. The application program can be any of virtual reality applications, three-dimensional map programs, military simulation programs, FPS games, MOBA games, and multiplayer gun battle survival games. The first terminal 120 is a terminal used by the first user. The first user uses the first terminal 120 to control the first virtual object in the virtual environment to perform activities, including but not limited to: adjusting body posture, crawling, walking, running, At least one of riding, jumping, driving, shooting, throwing, switching virtual props, and using virtual props to damage other virtual objects. Illustratively, the first virtual object is a first virtual character, such as a simulated character object or an animation character object.

The first terminal 120 is connected to the server 140 through a wireless network or a wired network.

The server 140 includes at least one of a server, multiple servers, a cloud computing platform, and a virtualization center. Illustratively, the server 140 includes a processor 144 and a memory 142, and the memory 142 includes a display module 1421, a receiving module 1422, and a control module 1423. The server 140 is used to provide background services for applications supporting the three-dimensional virtual environment. Optionally, the server 140 is responsible for the main calculation work, and the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 160 are responsible for the secondary calculation work; or, the server 140 is responsible for the secondary calculation work, and the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 160 are responsible for the main calculation work; Or, the server 140, the first terminal 120, and the second terminal 160 adopt a distributed computing architecture to perform collaborative computing.

The second terminal 160 installs and runs an application program supporting the virtual environment. The application program can be any of virtual reality applications, three-dimensional map programs, military simulation programs, FPS games, MOBA games, and multiplayer gun battle survival games. The second terminal 160 is a terminal used by the second user. The second user uses the second terminal 160 to control the second virtual object in the virtual environment to perform activities, including but not limited to: adjusting body posture, crawling, walking, running, At least one of riding, jumping, driving, shooting, throwing, switching virtual props, and using virtual props to damage other virtual objects. Illustratively, the second virtual object is a second virtual character, such as a simulated character object or an animation character object.

Optionally, the first virtual character and the second virtual character are in the same virtual environment. Optionally, the first virtual character and the second virtual character may belong to the same team, the same organization, have a friend relationship, or have temporary communication permissions.

Optionally, the applications installed on the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 160 are the same, or the applications installed on the two terminals are the same type of application on different control system platforms. The first terminal 120 may generally refer to one of multiple terminals, and the second terminal 160 may generally refer to one of multiple terminals. This embodiment only uses the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 160 as examples. The device types of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 160 are the same or different, and the device types include at least one of a smart phone, a tablet computer, an e-book reader, a digital player, a laptop computer, and a desktop computer. In the following embodiment, the terminal includes a smart phone as an example.

Those skilled in the art may know that the number of the aforementioned terminals may be more or less. For example, there may be only one terminal, or there may be dozens or hundreds of terminals, or more. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the number of terminals and device types.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which shows a flowchart of a method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. In this embodiment, the method is used in the first terminal 120 or the second terminal 160 in the implementation environment shown in FIG. 3 or other terminals in the implementation environment as an example for description. The method includes the following steps.

Step 401: Display a driving picture and map display controls. The driving picture is a picture of a virtual object driving a virtual vehicle in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle is in a manual driving mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the driving screen and the map display control are displayed in the user interface, and the map display control is superimposed and displayed on the upper layer of the driving screen.

Wherein, the user interface is an interface of an application program supporting a virtual environment, and the user interface includes a virtual environment screen and controls corresponding to various functions. In the embodiment of the present application, the virtual environment picture is the driving picture.

Optionally, the virtual environment screen is a screen for observing the virtual environment from the perspective of the virtual object. The angle of view refers to the viewing angle when the virtual object is observed in the virtual environment from the first person perspective or the third person perspective. Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the angle of view is the angle when the virtual object is observed through the camera model in the virtual environment.

Optionally, the camera model automatically follows the virtual object in the virtual environment, that is, when the position of the virtual object in the virtual environment changes, the camera model follows the position of the virtual object in the virtual environment and changes at the same time, and the camera The model is always within the preset distance range of the virtual object in the virtual environment. Optionally, during the automatic following process, the relative position of the camera model and the virtual object does not change.

The camera model refers to the three-dimensional model located around the virtual object in the virtual environment. When the first-person perspective is adopted, the camera model is located near the head of the virtual object or the head of the virtual object; when the third-person perspective is adopted, the camera The model can be located behind the virtual object and bound with the virtual object, or can be located at any position with a preset distance from the virtual object. The camera model can be used to observe the virtual object in the virtual environment from different angles, optional Specifically, when the third-person perspective is the over-the-shoulder perspective of the first person, the camera model is located behind the virtual object (such as the head and shoulders of the virtual character). Optionally, in addition to the first-person perspective and the third-person perspective, the perspective includes other perspectives, such as a top-view perspective; when a top-down perspective is adopted, the camera model can be located above the head of the virtual object, and the top-view perspective is viewed from the air Angle of view to observe the virtual environment. Optionally, the camera model is not actually displayed in the virtual environment, that is, the camera model is not displayed in the virtual environment displayed on the user interface.

Take the camera model at any position at a preset distance from the virtual object as an example for description. Optionally, a virtual object corresponds to a camera model, and the camera model can be rotated with the virtual object as the center of rotation, such as: virtual object Any point of is the center of rotation to rotate the camera model. During the rotation, the camera model not only rotates in angle, but also shifts in displacement. When rotating, the distance between the camera model and the center of rotation remains unchanged. That is, the camera model is rotated on the surface of the sphere with the center of rotation as the center of the sphere, where any point of the virtual object can be the head, torso, or any point around the virtual object. Not limited. Optionally, when the camera model observes the virtual object, the center of the angle of view of the camera model points to the direction where the point on the spherical surface where the camera model is located points to the center of the sphere.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 2, the driving picture is a picture when observing in a virtual environment with a third-person perspective. Of course, in other possible implementation manners, the driving picture may also be a picture when observed in a virtual environment using a first-person perspective, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Optionally, other elements in the virtual environment are also displayed in the driving picture, including at least one element of mountains, flatlands, rivers, lakes, oceans, deserts, sky, plants, and buildings.

The map display control is a control used to display the map of all or part of the area in the virtual environment. Optionally, the map screen displayed in the map display control is the screen when observing the virtual environment from a bird's-eye view.

In addition to displaying the virtual environment, the map display control also displays the object identifier of the current virtual object. Optionally, the object identifier is displayed in the center of the map displayed by the map display control, and when the position of the virtual object in the virtual environment changes, the map displayed by the map display control also changes accordingly.

Optionally, in addition to displaying the driving screen and map display controls, the user interface also displays driving controls for controlling the virtual vehicle in the manual driving mode. Among them, the type and number of driving controls corresponding to different virtual vehicles may be different. For example, when a virtual object drives a virtual car, the driving controls displayed on the user interface may include direction controls, acceleration controls, and brake controls; when the virtual object drives a virtual motorcycle When driving, the driving controls displayed on the user interface may include a direction control, an acceleration control, a brake control, a head-up control, and a head-down control. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the types and distribution positions of the driving controls in the user interface.

Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 2, the user interface 100 includes a direction control 102, an acceleration control 103 and a brake control 104.

Step 402: In response to the virtual vehicle being located in the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment, receiving a marking operation on the map display control, the marking operation refers to an operation of marking a location in the map display control.

In the embodiment of the present application, the virtual vehicle is not capable of performing automatic driving in any area in the virtual environment, but is only capable of performing automatic driving in the automatic driving area. In a possible implementation manner, an autonomous driving area is preset in the virtual environment, and when the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, the user can set the destination of the automatic driving through the map display control.

Optionally, the automatic driving area includes a preset road in the virtual environment, that is, the user needs to manually control the virtual vehicle to drive to the preset road before setting the destination of the automatic driving. Of course, outside the preset road, other simple environment areas in the virtual environment (that is, areas containing fewer environmental elements) can also be set as automatic driving areas, and this embodiment does not limit the specific types of automatic driving areas.

Optionally, the terminal detects in real time whether the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, and if it detects that the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, a prompt message is displayed on the user interface, prompting the user to set the destination of automatic driving through the map display control, and then Enter autopilot mode.

In a possible implementation manner, when receiving a viewing operation on the map display control, the terminal displays the enlarged map, and further receives a marking operation on the map display control, where the marking operation may be a certain operation on the map. A click operation of a region, correspondingly, the click position corresponding to the click operation is the position of the marked location.

Of course, when the virtual vehicle is located outside the autonomous driving area, or when the virtual object is not driving the vehicle, the user can also mark the map display controls, but the location indicated by the mark operation is not used to control the virtual vehicle for automatic driving , But only has a location marking function to indicate the relative position of the marked location and the current location of the virtual object.

It should be noted that when the virtual object controlled by the terminal is the driver of the virtual vehicle, the user can perform the marking operation. Correspondingly, if the virtual exclusive is the occupant of the virtual vehicle, the user will not be able to perform the marking operation (ie Does not have the authority to set up automatic driving).

Step 403: In response to the marking operation, the virtual vehicle is switched to an automatic driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to automatically drive to the destination.

Further, the terminal switches the virtual vehicle to the automatic driving mode according to the marking operation, and determines the destination of the automatic driving, thereby controlling the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to the destination. Among them, the driving path of the virtual vehicle from the current location to the destination is automatically planned by the terminal.

In a possible implementation manner, all virtual vehicles in the virtual environment support the automatic driving mode.

In another possible implementation manner, the preset virtual vehicle in the virtual environment supports an automatic driving mode. Correspondingly, when the virtual vehicle is the preset virtual vehicle, the terminal switches the virtual vehicle to the automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation. Among them, the preset virtual vehicle may include virtual cars, virtual tanks, and virtual ships, but does not include virtual bicycles and virtual motorcycles.

Optionally, in the automatic driving mode, the terminal displays mode prompt information to remind the user that the virtual vehicle is currently in the automatic driving mode.

In a possible implementation, in the automatic driving mode, the user cannot manually control the virtual vehicle; or, the user can still manually control the virtual vehicle through the driving controls, and after the virtual vehicle is manually controlled, the virtual vehicle will exit Autopilot mode.

It should be noted that if the marking operation on the map is received again in the automatic driving mode, the terminal will update the destination according to the marking operation and control the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to the updated destination.

In summary, in the embodiment of the present application, when the virtual vehicle drives to the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment in the manual driving mode, if it receives a marking operation on the map display control, the virtual vehicle will be loaded according to the marking operation. The vehicle is switched to the automatic driving mode and the virtual vehicle is controlled to automatically drive to the destination. There is no need for the user to manually control the virtual vehicle. This simplifies the process of controlling the virtual vehicle to drive and reduces the user’s control of the virtual vehicle to drive in the virtual environment. Difficulty of operation.

Moreover, compared to the manual control of the virtual vehicle, the user needs to perform frequent control operations. Accordingly, the terminal needs high-frequency detection and control operations and responds to the control operations (such as the need to respond to the touch operations received on the touch screen). Perform detection and response), resulting in a large amount of terminal data processing during the automatic driving process, which in turn increases the power consumption of the terminal; using the solution provided by the embodiment of this application, the terminal can automatically drive to the destination based on the mark, and the user is not required during the automatic driving process. Perform control operations, thereby reducing the frequency of the terminal's control operation detection and response during the virtual vehicle driving process, thereby reducing the amount of terminal data processing, and helping to reduce the power consumption of the terminal.

In addition, the terminal only needs to send the destination to other terminals through the server, and other terminals can restore the virtual vehicle in automatic driving according to the destination, without the need to forward real-time control data and location data to other terminals through the server, which reduces The data forwarding volume of the server reduces the data forwarding pressure of the server.

Different from the automatic driving function of a real vehicle (which requires complex image recognition technologies such as vehicle recognition and lane recognition), in the embodiments of this application, in order to reduce the difficulty and computational complexity of the virtual vehicle to realize the automatic driving function, the virtual vehicle only The automatic driving can be carried out in an automatic driving area (such as a preset road), that is, the automatic driving path of the virtual vehicle is located in the automatic driving area. In the following, an illustrative embodiment is used to describe the process of realizing the automatic driving function.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which shows a flowchart of a method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by another exemplary embodiment of the present application. In this embodiment, the method is used in the first terminal 120 or the second terminal 160 in the implementation environment shown in FIG. 3 or other terminals in the implementation environment as an example for description. The method includes the following steps.

Step 501: Display a driving picture and map display controls. The driving picture is a picture of a virtual object driving a virtual vehicle driving in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle is in a manual driving mode.

For the implementation of step 501, reference may be made to step 401 above, and details are not described herein again in this embodiment.

Step 502: In response to the virtual vehicle being located in the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment, receiving a marking operation on the map display control, the marking operation refers to an operation of marking a location on the map.

Regarding the method of determining whether the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, in a possible implementation manner, in addition to setting collision detection for virtual objects in the virtual environment (such as virtual vehicles, virtual houses, virtual roadblocks, virtual trees, etc.) Outside the box, in the embodiment of the present application, the automatic driving area in the virtual environment is also provided with a collision detection box, and the collision detection box is used to detect that other virtual objects in the virtual environment enter the automatic driving area.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 6, when the autonomous driving area is a preset road in the virtual environment, each preset road corresponds to its own collision detection box 61 (the dotted area in the figure is the range of the collision detection box) .

Optionally, in response to a collision between the first collision detection box and the second collision detection box, the terminal determines that the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, where the first collision detection box is a collision detection box corresponding to the virtual vehicle, and the second collision detection box The detection box is the collision detection box corresponding to the autonomous driving area.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 7, when the first collision detection box 71 corresponding to the virtual car collides with the second collision detection box 72 corresponding to the virtual road, the terminal determines that the virtual car pickup is located in the automatic driving area.

Of course, in addition to the above method of determining whether the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, in other possible implementation manners, the terminal may also coordinate the location of the virtual vehicle in the virtual environment and the area coordinate range corresponding to the autonomous driving area. , It is determined whether the virtual vehicle is located in the automatic driving area (when the coordinates are within the range of the area coordinates, it is determined that the virtual vehicle is located in the automatic driving area), which is not limited in this embodiment.

Further, when the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, the terminal receives the marking operation on the map display control. For the process of receiving the marking operation, reference may be made to the above step 402, which will not be repeated in this embodiment.

Step 503: Determine the destination according to the marked location indicated by the marking operation, and the destination is located in the autonomous driving area.

In this embodiment, since the virtual vehicle can only achieve automatic driving in the automatic driving area, in order to avoid the virtual vehicle from driving to an area outside the automatic driving area according to the marked location indicated by the marking operation, causing the virtual vehicle to drive abnormally ( For example, a collision with an obstacle in a virtual environment). In a possible implementation manner, the terminal determines a destination within the autonomous driving area according to the marked location indicated by the marking operation.

Optionally, when the marked location indicated by the marking operation is located in the autonomous driving area, the terminal determines the marked location as the destination. The terminal may determine whether the marked location is located in the automatic driving area according to the location coordinates of the marked location and the area coordinate range of the automatic driving area. This embodiment does not limit the specific determination method.

Optionally, when the marked location indicated by the marking operation is located outside the automatic driving area, the terminal determines the location closest to the marked location in the automatic driving area as the destination.

In order to reduce the user's learning cost, when the marked location is outside the automated driving area, the terminal automatically determines the closest location in the automated driving area to the marked location as the destination, so that subsequent automated driving can be carried out based on the destination.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 8, when the autonomous driving area is a preset road in the virtual environment, if the marked location 81 marked on the map by the user is outside the preset road, the terminal will mark the distance on the preset road The nearest location of the location 81 is determined as the destination 82.

In addition to automatically determining the destination based on the marked location, in other possible implementations, when the marked location indicated by the marking operation is outside the autonomous driving area, the terminal may also display mark prompt information, which is used to prompt the automatic driving Set the destination in the area until the marked location indicated by the marking operation is in the autonomous driving area.

Step 504: Determine an automatic driving path according to the current location and destination of the virtual vehicle, and the automatic driving path is located in the automatic driving area.

Further, according to the current location of the virtual item and the determined destination, the terminal determines the automatic driving path in the automatic driving area.

Since the current location is the starting point, there may be more than one path ending at the destination. For example, when the autonomous driving area is a preset road, different fork roads can be selected when driving from the current location to the destination. Therefore, in order to shorten the virtual load Optionally, the automatic driving path is the shortest path from the current location to the destination.

Regarding the method of determining the shortest path, in a possible implementation manner, the terminal uses a depth-first search (Depth First Search) algorithm to determine at least one candidate path (each node is traversed only once) by using path branch points as nodes. Therefore, according to the length of each candidate path, the shortest candidate path is determined as the automatic driving path, where the path branch point is the preset branch point in the automatic driving area. Of course, the terminal may also determine the candidate path through other graph algorithms, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In other possible implementation manners, after the terminal determines at least one candidate route through the graph algorithm, it displays each candidate route on the map, and determines the automatic driving route according to the user's selection operation, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 9, the terminal determines an automatic driving path 91.

In step 505, the virtual vehicle is switched to the automatic driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to drive to the destination according to the automatic driving path.

In order to reduce the difficulty and computational complexity of realizing automatic driving, in a possible implementation manner, waypoints are preset in the automatic driving area. Accordingly, the terminal controls the virtual vehicle to drive automatically according to the waypoints on the automatic driving path. To the destination.

Optionally, this step includes the following sub-steps.

1. Determine at least two waypoints on the automated driving path, and the waypoints are preset in the automated driving area.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 9, a number of waypoints 92 are set on a preset road (autonomous driving area) in the virtual environment, and the waypoints on the autonomous driving path 91 include: K, G, D, E, F .

2. Control the virtual vehicle to drive to the destination according to the waypoint sequence of at least two waypoints.

The order of waypoints refers to the order of the waypoints passed by from the current location to the destination on the automatic driving path. In Figure 9, the order of the waypoints is K→G→D→E→F.

In a possible implementation manner, when k waypoints are included on the automated driving path, the terminal controlling the virtual vehicle to travel to the destination according to the order of the waypoints includes the following steps.

1. Control the virtual vehicle to drive from the current location to the first waypoint according to the first direction of travel, and the first direction of travel is directed from the current location to the first waypoint.

Optionally, if no waypoint is set at the current location of the virtual vehicle, the terminal determines the first driving direction according to the current starting point and the first waypoint on the automatic driving path, thereby controlling the virtual vehicle to follow the first driving direction Drive to the first waypoint.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 9, since no waypoint is set at the current location of the virtual vehicle, the terminal first controls the virtual prop to drive to waypoint K (the first waypoint).

Of course, if a waypoint is set at the current location of the virtual vehicle, the terminal directly executes step two.

2. Control the virtual vehicle to drive from the nth waypoint to the n+1th waypoint according to the second driving direction. The second driving direction is from the nth waypoint to the n+1th waypoint, and n is greater than or equal to An integer of 1 and less than or equal to k-1.

In a possible implementation manner, the path between adjacent waypoints in the autonomous driving area is a straight line (or an approximate straight line) and does not contain obstacles. Therefore, when the virtual vehicle travels to the nth waypoint, the terminal is The second driving direction is determined according to the nth waypoint and the n+1th waypoint, thereby controlling the virtual vehicle to travel to the n+1th waypoint according to the second driving direction. By looping this step, the virtual vehicle travels to the k-th waypoint (that is, the last waypoint on the automatic driving path).

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 9, the terminal controls the virtual vehicle to pass through waypoints K, G, D, E, and F in sequence.

3. Control the virtual vehicle to drive from the k-th waypoint to the destination according to the third driving direction, and the third driving direction is from the k-th waypoint to the destination.

Optionally, if no waypoint is set at the destination, the terminal determines the third driving direction according to the k-th waypoint and the destination, so as to control the virtual vehicle to drive to the destination in the third driving direction.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 9, since the destination is located between waypoints F and I (no waypoint is set), the terminal controls the virtual item to automatically drive to the destination according to the direction in which waypoint F points to the destination.

Step 506: In response to the virtual vehicle driving to the destination, the virtual vehicle is switched to the manual driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to stop driving.

In a possible implementation manner, after controlling the virtual vehicle to drive to the destination through the above steps, the terminal automatically switches the virtual vehicle to the manual driving mode and controls the virtual vehicle to stop at the destination.

Optionally, since the marked location marked by the user may not completely coincide with the destination, the terminal can automatically display the marked location on the map display control after the virtual vehicle is switched to manual driving mode, so that the user can follow the marked location and purpose The relative position relationship between the ground, the virtual vehicle is manually controlled to drive to the marked location.

Optionally, when the marked location is different from the destination, the terminal automatically controls the virtual vehicle to turn to the direction of the destination.

In this embodiment, when the marked location manually set by the user is outside the automatic driving area, the terminal determines from the automatic driving area the destination closest to the marked location, and then determines the automatic driving path based on the destination and the current location , To avoid driving abnormalities caused by the virtual vehicle automatically driving to the non-autonomous driving area.

In addition, in this embodiment, by setting waypoints on the automatic driving area, after determining the automatic driving path, the terminal can determine the driving direction of the virtual vehicle according to the waypoints on the automatic driving path, and then according to the driving direction. The direction control virtual vehicle automatically drives, that is, the terminal only needs to process and calculate a small amount of data when realizing automatic driving, reducing the difficulty and the amount of calculation when realizing automatic driving.

At the same time, in this embodiment, by setting a collision detection box for the automatic driving area, the collision detection box is used to determine whether the virtual vehicle is located in the automatic driving area, which helps to simplify the process of determining the location of the virtual vehicle.

In a possible implementation, in the manual driving mode, the driving controls are displayed in the user interface, and the driving controls are in a clickable state. In order to prevent the user from accidentally touching the driving controls and exiting the automatic driving mode during the automatic driving process, the automatic driving In the mode, the terminal sets the driving controls in the user interface to a non-clickable state, or cancels the display of the driving controls.

Correspondingly, when the virtual vehicle travels to the destination, the terminal sets the driving control to a clickable state, or restores the display of the driving control, so that the user can continue to manually control the virtual vehicle to travel.

Optionally, in manual driving mode, in order to simulate a real driving scene, virtual objects cannot use virtual props. For example, virtual objects cannot use virtual supply bottles, cannot use virtual attack props to attack other virtual objects in the virtual environment, and cannot be used. Virtual throwing props and so on. Correspondingly, the terminal does not display the item usage control.

In the embodiment of the present application, since the virtual vehicle can automatically drive in the virtual environment in the automatic driving mode without manual control by the user, in order to enable the user to use the virtual props during the automatic driving of the vehicle, the terminal displays the control for using the props. , So that users can use virtual props by triggering the prop use control.

Optionally, the item use control is the use control corresponding to the virtual attacking props, such as the shooting control of a virtual rifle, or the use control corresponding to the virtual replenishment props, such as the use control of the virtual bandage, or the use control corresponding to the virtual throwing props For example, the throwing control of a virtual grenade, etc., the embodiment of the present application does not limit the type of the prop using control. Correspondingly, when receiving a trigger operation on the use of the control on the prop, the terminal controls the virtual object to use the virtual prop. It should be noted that when virtual switching back to the manual driving mode, the terminal cancels the display of the prop use control.

Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 10, in the automatic driving mode, the terminal cancels the display of the driving control 1004 in the user interface 1000, and displays the aiming control 1001 and the firing control 1002 in the user interface 1000.

If in the automatic driving mode, the driving controls in the user interface are set to a non-clickable state, or the display of the driving controls is canceled, the user will not be able to manually control the virtual vehicle during the automatic driving process. In actual situations, when being attacked by other virtual objects in the virtual environment, the user often needs to change the driving route to avoid the attack. Therefore, in a possible implementation manner, in the automatic driving mode, the user interface displays a driving mode switching control, and when a trigger operation on the driving mode switching control is received, the terminal switches the virtual vehicle to the manual driving mode, and The driving controls are set to a clickable state, or the driving controls are restored to display.

Schematically, as shown in FIG. 10, in the automatic driving mode, a driving mode switching control 1003 is displayed in the user interface 1000. When a click operation on the driving mode switching control 1003 is received, the terminal controls the virtual vehicle to exit the automatic driving Mode, and display the driving control 1004 in the user interface 1000 again (and cancel the display of the attack control at the same time).

In this embodiment, in the automatic driving mode, the terminal sets the driving control to a non-clickable state, or cancels the display of the driving control, to avoid exiting the automatic driving mode due to the user accidentally touching the driving control; at the same time, the terminal displays the driving mode on the user interface Switch the control so that the user can exit the autopilot mode by triggering the control.

In combination with the foregoing embodiments, in an illustrative example, the process of controlling the automatic driving of the virtual vehicle is shown in FIG. 11.

Step 1101: Manually control the virtual vehicle.

Step 1102, whether to enter the autonomous driving area. If it enters the automatic driving area, step 1103 is executed, and if it has not entered the automatic driving area, return to execute step 1101.

In step 1103, a prompt message that the autopilot can be driven is displayed.

Step 1104, whether a marking operation on the map is received. If it is received, step 1105 is executed, and if it is not received, step 1103 is executed back to.

Step 1105: Display the destination corresponding to the marking operation on the map.

Step 1106: Whether a destination determination operation is received. If it is received, step 1107 is executed, and if it is not received, step 1105 is executed back to.

Step 1107, enter the automatic driving mode.

Step 1108, whether the automatic driving path is determined. If it has been determined, step 1109 is executed, and if it is not determined, then return to step 1107.

Step 1109: Control the virtual vehicle to travel according to the waypoints on the automatic driving path.

Step 1110, whether the destination has been reached. If it reaches, go to step 1111, if not, go back to step 1109.

Step 1111: Control the virtual vehicle to stop driving.

Fig. 12 is a structural block diagram of a device for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and the device includes:

The display module 1201 is configured to display a driving picture and map display controls. The driving picture is a picture of a virtual object driving a virtual vehicle driving in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle is in a manual driving mode;

The receiving module 1202 is configured to receive a marking operation on the map display control in response to the virtual vehicle being located in the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment, where the marking operation refers to marking a location in the map display control The operation;

The control module 1203 is configured to switch the virtual vehicle to an automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation, and control the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to the destination.

Optionally, the control module 1203 is used for:

Determine the destination according to the marked location indicated by the marking operation, where the destination is located in the autonomous driving area;

Determine an automatic driving path according to the current location of the virtual vehicle and the destination, where the automatic driving path is located in the automatic driving area;

The virtual vehicle is switched to the automatic driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to drive to the destination according to the automatic driving path.

Optionally, when controlling the virtual vehicle to drive to the destination according to the automatic driving route, the control module 1203 is configured to:

Determining at least two waypoints on the automatic driving path, the waypoints being preset in the automatic driving area;

According to the waypoint sequence of at least two of the waypoints, the virtual vehicle is controlled to travel to the destination.

Optionally, the autonomous driving path includes k waypoints, and k is an integer greater than or equal to 2;

When controlling the virtual vehicle to travel to the destination according to the waypoint sequence of at least two of the waypoints, the control module 1203 is configured to:

Controlling the virtual vehicle to drive from the current location to the first waypoint according to a first driving direction, and the first driving direction is directed from the current location to the first waypoint;

Control the virtual vehicle to drive from the nth waypoint to the n+1th waypoint according to the second driving direction, and the second driving direction is from the nth waypoint to the n+1th way Point, n is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to k-1;

The virtual vehicle is controlled to drive from the k-th waypoint to the destination according to a third driving direction, and the third driving direction is from the k-th waypoint to the destination.

Optionally, when determining the destination according to the marking location indicated by the marking operation, the control module 1203 is configured to:

In response to the marked location indicated by the marking operation being located in the autonomous driving area, determining the marked location as the destination;

In response to the marking operation instruction indicating that the marked location is located outside the autonomous driving area, the location closest to the marked location in the automatic driving area is determined as the destination, or marking prompt information is displayed, so The mark prompt information is used to prompt to set the destination in the autonomous driving area.

Optionally, when determining the automatic driving path according to the current location of the virtual vehicle and the destination, the control module 1203 is configured to:

Using a path branch point in the virtual environment as a node, at least one candidate path between the current location and the destination is determined through a depth-first search algorithm, and the path branch node is a preset in the autonomous driving area Branch point

The shortest candidate path is determined as the automatic driving path.

Optionally, the receiving module 1203 is used for:

In response to a collision between the first collision detection box and the second collision detection box, it is determined that the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, and the first collision detection box is a collision detection box corresponding to the virtual vehicle. The second collision detection box is a collision detection box corresponding to the autonomous driving area.

Optionally, the device further includes:

The first switching module is configured to switch the virtual vehicle to the manual driving mode in response to the virtual vehicle driving to the destination, and control the virtual vehicle to stop driving.

Optionally, driving controls are displayed in the manual driving mode, and the driving controls are in a clickable state;

The device also includes:

The setting module is used to set the driving control to a non-clickable state in the automatic driving mode, or cancel the display of the driving control;

In response to the virtual vehicle traveling to the destination, the driving control is set to a clickable state, or the driving control is restored to be displayed.

Optionally, the device further includes:

The second switching module is configured to display driving mode switching controls in the automatic driving mode;

In response to a triggering operation on the driving mode switching control, the virtual vehicle is switched to the manual driving mode, and the driving control is set to a clickable state, or the driving control is restored to be displayed.

Optionally, no prop use control is displayed in the manual driving mode, and the prop use control is used to control the virtual object to use virtual props;

The device also includes:

The prop control display module is used to display the prop use control in the automatic driving mode;

The prop use module is configured to control the virtual object to use the virtual prop in response to a trigger operation on the prop use control.

Optionally, the autonomous driving area includes a preset road in the virtual environment.

In summary, in the embodiment of the present application, when the virtual vehicle drives to the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment in the manual driving mode, if it receives a marking operation on the map display control, the virtual vehicle will be loaded according to the marking operation. The vehicle is switched to the automatic driving mode and the virtual vehicle is controlled to automatically drive to the destination. There is no need for the user to manually control the virtual vehicle. This simplifies the process of controlling the virtual vehicle to drive and reduces the user’s control of the virtual vehicle to drive in the virtual environment. Difficulty of operation.

In this embodiment, when the marked location manually set by the user is outside the automatic driving area, the terminal determines from the automatic driving area the destination closest to the marked location, and then determines the automatic driving path based on the destination and the current location , To avoid driving abnormalities caused by the virtual vehicle automatically driving to the non-autonomous driving area.

In addition, in this embodiment, by setting waypoints on the automatic driving area, after the automatic driving path is determined, the driving direction of the virtual vehicle is determined according to the waypoints on the automatic driving path, and then the driving direction is controlled according to the driving direction. The virtual vehicle travels automatically, while realizing automatic driving, it reduces the difficulty and the amount of calculation when realizing automatic driving.

At the same time, in this embodiment, by setting a collision detection box for the automatic driving area, the collision detection box is used to determine whether the virtual vehicle is located in the automatic driving area, which helps to simplify the process of determining the location of the virtual vehicle.

In this embodiment, in the automatic driving mode, the terminal sets the driving control to a non-clickable state, or cancels the display of the driving control, to avoid exiting the automatic driving mode due to the user accidentally touching the driving control; at the same time, the terminal displays the driving mode on the user interface Switch the control so that the user can exit the autopilot mode by triggering the control.

Please refer to FIG. 13, which shows a structural block diagram of a terminal 1300 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The terminal 1300 may be a portable mobile terminal, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, an MP3 player (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III, dynamic image expert compression standard audio layer 3), MP4 (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer IV, dynamic Video expert compresses standard audio level 4) player. The terminal 1300 may also be called user equipment, portable terminal and other names.

Generally, the terminal 1300 includes a processor 1301 and a memory 1302.

The processor 1301 may include one or more processing cores, such as a 4-core processor, an 8-core processor, and so on. The processor 1301 can adopt at least one hardware form among DSP (Digital Signal Processing), FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), and PLA (Programmable Logic Array, Programmable Logic Array). accomplish. The processor 1301 may also include a main processor and a coprocessor. The main processor is a processor used to process data in the awake state, also called a CPU (Central Processing Unit, central processing unit); the coprocessor is A low-power processor used to process data in the standby state. In some embodiments, the processor 1301 may be integrated with a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit, image processor), and the GPU is used to render and draw content that needs to be displayed on the display screen. In some embodiments, the processor 1301 may further include an AI (Artificial Intelligence) processor, and the AI processor is used to process computing operations related to machine learning.

The memory 1302 may include one or more computer-readable storage media, which may be tangible and non-transitory. The memory 1302 may also include high-speed random access memory and non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices and flash memory storage devices. In some embodiments, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in the memory 1302 is used to store at least one instruction, and the at least one instruction is used to be executed by the processor 1301 to implement the method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, the terminal 1300 may optionally further include: a peripheral device interface 1303 and at least one peripheral device. Specifically, the peripheral device includes: at least one of a radio frequency circuit 1304, a touch display screen 1305, a camera 1306, an audio circuit 1307, a positioning component 1308, and a power supply 1309.

The peripheral device interface 1303 may be used to connect at least one peripheral device related to I/O (Input/Output) to the processor 1301 and the memory 1302. In some embodiments, the processor 1301, the memory 1302, and the peripheral device interface 1303 are integrated on the same chip or circuit board; in some other embodiments, any one of the processor 1301, the memory 1302, and the peripheral device interface 1303 or The two can be implemented on a separate chip or circuit board, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The radio frequency circuit 1304 is used to receive and transmit RF (Radio Frequency, radio frequency) signals, also called electromagnetic signals. The radio frequency circuit 1304 communicates with a communication network and other communication devices through electromagnetic signals. The radio frequency circuit 1304 converts electrical signals into electromagnetic signals for transmission, or converts received electromagnetic signals into electrical signals. Optionally, the radio frequency circuit 1304 includes: an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, an oscillator, a digital signal processor, a codec chipset, a user identity module card, and so on. The radio frequency circuit 1304 can communicate with other terminals through at least one wireless communication protocol. The wireless communication protocol includes but is not limited to: World Wide Web, Metropolitan Area Network, Intranet, various generations of mobile communication networks (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G), wireless local area network and/or WiFi (Wireless Fidelity, wireless fidelity) network. In some embodiments, the radio frequency circuit 1304 may also include a circuit related to NFC (Near Field Communication), which is not limited in this application.

The touch screen 1305 is used to display UI (User Interface). The UI can include graphics, text, icons, videos, and any combination thereof. The touch display screen 1305 also has the ability to collect touch signals on or above the surface of the touch display screen 1305. The touch signal may be input to the processor 1301 as a control signal for processing. The touch screen 1305 is used to provide virtual buttons and/or virtual keyboards, also called soft buttons and/or soft keyboards. In some embodiments, there may be one touch display screen 1305, and the front panel of the terminal 1300 may be provided; in other embodiments, there may be at least two touch display screens 1305, which are respectively arranged on different surfaces of the terminal 1300 or have a folding design. In still other embodiments, the touch display screen 1305 may be a flexible display screen, which is arranged on the curved surface or the folding surface of the terminal 1300. Even the touch screen 1305 can also be set as a non-rectangular irregular figure, that is, a special-shaped screen. The touch screen 1305 can be made of materials such as LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, organic light-emitting diode).

The camera assembly 1306 is used to collect images or videos. Optionally, the camera assembly 1306 includes a front camera and a rear camera. Generally, the front camera is used to implement video calls or selfies, and the rear camera is used to implement photos or videos. In some embodiments, there are at least two rear cameras, each of which is a main camera, a depth-of-field camera, and a wide-angle camera, so as to realize the fusion of the main camera and the depth-of-field camera to realize the background blur function, and the main camera and the wide-angle camera are fused Realize panoramic shooting and VR (Virtual Reality, virtual reality) shooting functions. In some embodiments, the camera assembly 1306 may also include a flash. The flash can be a single-color flash or a dual-color flash. Dual color temperature flash refers to a combination of warm light flash and cold light flash, which can be used for light compensation under different color temperatures.

The audio circuit 1307 is used to provide an audio interface between the user and the terminal 1300. The audio circuit 1307 may include a microphone and a speaker. The microphone is used to collect sound waves of the user and the environment, and convert the sound waves into electrical signals and input them to the processor 1301 for processing, or input to the radio frequency circuit 1304 to implement voice communication. For the purpose of stereo collection or noise reduction, there may be multiple microphones, which are respectively set in different parts of the terminal 1300. The microphone can also be an array microphone or an omnidirectional collection microphone. The speaker is used to convert the electrical signal from the processor 1301 or the radio frequency circuit 1304 into sound waves. The speaker can be a traditional thin-film speaker or a piezoelectric ceramic speaker. When the speaker is a piezoelectric ceramic speaker, it can not only convert the electrical signal into human audible sound waves, but also convert the electrical signal into human inaudible sound waves for distance measurement and other purposes. In some embodiments, the audio circuit 1307 may also include a headphone jack.

The positioning component 1308 is used to locate the current geographic location of the terminal 1300 to implement navigation or LBS (Location Based Service, location-based service). The positioning component 1308 may be a positioning component based on the GPS (Global Positioning System, Global Positioning System) of the United States, the Beidou system of China, or the Galileo system of Russia.

The power supply 1309 is used to supply power to various components in the terminal 1300. The power source 1309 may be alternating current, direct current, disposable batteries, or rechargeable batteries. When the power source 1309 includes a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery may be a wired rechargeable battery or a wireless rechargeable battery. A wired rechargeable battery is a battery charged through a wired line, and a wireless rechargeable battery is a battery charged through a wireless coil. The rechargeable battery can also be used to support fast charging technology.

In some embodiments, the terminal 1300 further includes one or more sensors 1310. The one or more sensors 1310 include, but are not limited to: an acceleration sensor 1311, a gyroscope sensor 1312, a pressure sensor 1313, a fingerprint sensor 1314, an optical sensor 1315, and a proximity sensor 1316.

The acceleration sensor 1311 can detect the magnitude of acceleration on the three coordinate axes of the coordinate system established by the terminal 1300. For example, the acceleration sensor 1311 can be used to detect the components of gravitational acceleration on three coordinate axes. The processor 1301 may control the touch screen 1305 to display the user interface in a horizontal view or a vertical view according to the gravitational acceleration signal collected by the acceleration sensor 1311. The acceleration sensor 1311 can also be used for the collection of game or user motion data.

The gyroscope sensor 1312 can detect the body direction and rotation angle of the terminal 1300, and the gyroscope sensor 1312 can cooperate with the acceleration sensor 1311 to collect the user's 3D actions on the terminal 1300. The processor 1301 can implement the following functions according to the data collected by the gyroscope sensor 1312: motion sensing (for example, changing the UI according to the user's tilt operation), image stabilization during shooting, game control, and inertial navigation.

The pressure sensor 1313 may be disposed on the side frame of the terminal 1300 and/or the lower layer of the touch screen 1305. When the pressure sensor 1313 is arranged on the side frame of the terminal 1300, it can detect the user's holding signal of the terminal 1300, and perform left and right hand recognition or shortcut operations according to the holding signal. When the pressure sensor 1313 is arranged on the lower layer of the touch display screen 1305, it can control the operability controls on the UI interface according to the user's pressure operation on the touch display screen 1305. The operability control includes at least one of a button control, a scroll bar control, an icon control, and a menu control.

The fingerprint sensor 1314 is used to collect the user's fingerprint to identify the user's identity according to the collected fingerprint. When the user's identity is recognized as a trusted identity, the processor 1301 authorizes the user to perform related sensitive operations, including unlocking the screen, viewing encrypted information, downloading software, paying, and changing settings. The fingerprint sensor 1314 may be provided on the front, back or side of the terminal 1300. When the terminal 1300 is provided with a physical button or a manufacturer logo, the fingerprint sensor 1314 can be integrated with the physical button or the manufacturer logo.

The optical sensor 1315 is used to collect the ambient light intensity. In an embodiment, the processor 1301 may control the display brightness of the touch screen 1305 according to the intensity of the ambient light collected by the optical sensor 1315. Specifically, when the ambient light intensity is high, the display brightness of the touch display screen 1305 is increased; when the ambient light intensity is low, the display brightness of the touch display screen 1305 is decreased. In another embodiment, the processor 1301 may also dynamically adjust the shooting parameters of the camera assembly 1306 according to the ambient light intensity collected by the optical sensor 1315.

The proximity sensor 1316, also called a distance sensor, is usually arranged on the front of the terminal 1300. The proximity sensor 1316 is used to collect the distance between the user and the front of the terminal 1300. In one embodiment, when the proximity sensor 1316 detects that the distance between the user and the front of the terminal 1300 gradually decreases, the processor 1301 controls the touch screen 1305 to switch from the on-screen state to the off-screen state; when the proximity sensor 1316 detects When the distance between the user and the front of the terminal 1300 gradually increases, the processor 1301 controls the touch display screen 1305 to switch from the rest screen state to the bright screen state.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the structure shown in FIG. 13 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal 1300, and may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or adopt different component arrangements.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, the readable storage medium stores at least one instruction, at least one program, code set or instruction set, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the The code set or instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment described in any of the foregoing embodiments.

This application also provides a computer program product or computer program. The computer program product or computer program includes computer instructions, and the computer instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The processor of the computer device reads the computer instruction from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instruction, so that the computer device executes the method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment provided in the above aspect. .

A person of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps in the above embodiments can be implemented by hardware, or by a program to instruct relevant hardware. The program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium mentioned can be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

The above are only optional embodiments of this application and are not intended to limit this application. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of this application shall be included in the protection of this application. Within range.

Claims (15)

1. A method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment, characterized in that the method is applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

   Displaying a driving picture and a map display control, the driving picture is a picture of a virtual object driving a virtual vehicle driving in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle is in a manual driving mode;

   In response to the virtual vehicle being located in the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment, receiving a marking operation on the map display control, where the marking operation refers to an operation of marking a location in the map display control;

   In response to the marking operation, the virtual vehicle is switched to an automatic driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to automatically drive to the destination.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the switching the virtual vehicle to an automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation and controlling the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to a destination comprises:

   Determine the destination according to the marked location indicated by the marking operation, where the destination is located in the autonomous driving area;

   Determine an automatic driving path according to the current location of the virtual vehicle and the destination, where the automatic driving path is located in the automatic driving area;

   The virtual vehicle is switched to the automatic driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to drive to the destination according to the automatic driving path.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the controlling the virtual vehicle to travel to the destination according to the automatic driving path comprises:

   Determining at least two waypoints on the automatic driving path, the waypoints being preset in the automatic driving area;

   According to the waypoint sequence of at least two of the waypoints, the virtual vehicle is controlled to travel to the destination.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the autonomous driving path includes k waypoints, and k is an integer greater than or equal to 2;

   The controlling the virtual vehicle to travel to the destination according to the waypoint sequence of the at least two waypoints includes:

   Controlling the virtual vehicle to drive from the current location to the first waypoint according to a first driving direction, and the first driving direction is directed from the current location to the first waypoint;

   Control the virtual vehicle to drive from the nth waypoint to the n+1th waypoint according to the second driving direction, and the second driving direction is from the nth waypoint to the n+1th way Point, n is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to k-1;

   The virtual vehicle is controlled to drive from the k-th waypoint to the destination according to a third driving direction, and the third driving direction is from the k-th waypoint to the destination.
5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the destination according to the marking location indicated by the marking operation comprises:

   In response to the marked location indicated by the marking operation being located in the autonomous driving area, determining the marked location as the destination;

   In response to the marking operation instruction indicating that the marked location is located outside the autonomous driving area, the location closest to the marked location in the automatic driving area is determined as the destination, or marking prompt information is displayed, so The mark prompt information is used to prompt to set the destination in the autonomous driving area.
6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining an automatic driving path according to the current location of the virtual vehicle and the destination comprises:

   Using a path branch point in the virtual environment as a node, at least one candidate path between the current location and the destination is determined through a depth-first search algorithm, and the path branch node is a preset in the autonomous driving area Branch point

   The shortest candidate path is determined as the automatic driving path.
7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the response to the virtual vehicle being located in an autonomous driving area in the virtual environment comprises:

   In response to a collision between the first collision detection box and the second collision detection box, it is determined that the virtual vehicle is located in the autonomous driving area, and the first collision detection box is a collision detection box corresponding to the virtual vehicle. The second collision detection box is a collision detection box corresponding to the autonomous driving area.
8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein in response to the marking operation, the virtual vehicle is switched to an automatic driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to automatically drive to the destination After that, the method further includes:

   In response to the virtual vehicle traveling to the destination, the virtual vehicle is switched to the manual driving mode, and the virtual vehicle is controlled to stop traveling.
9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein driving controls are displayed in the manual driving mode, and the driving controls are in a clickable state;

   The method also includes:

   In the automatic driving mode, setting the driving control to a non-clickable state, or canceling the display of the driving control;

   In response to the virtual vehicle traveling to the destination, the driving control is set to a clickable state, or the driving control is restored to be displayed.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

    In the automatic driving mode, display driving mode switching controls;

    In response to a triggering operation on the driving mode switching control, the virtual vehicle is switched to the manual driving mode, and the driving control is set to a clickable state, or the driving control is restored to be displayed.
11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein no props use controls are displayed in the manual driving mode, and the props use controls are used to control the virtual object to use virtual props;

    After switching the virtual vehicle to the automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation, the method further includes:

    In the automatic driving mode, display the control for using the props;

    In response to a triggering operation on the prop use control, controlling the virtual object to use the virtual prop.
12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the autonomous driving area includes a preset road in the virtual environment.
13. A device for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment, characterized in that the device comprises:

    A display module for displaying a driving picture and a map display control, the driving picture is a picture of a virtual object driving a virtual vehicle driving in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle is in a manual driving mode;

    The receiving module is configured to receive a marking operation on the map display control in response to the virtual vehicle being located in the autonomous driving area in the virtual environment, where the marking operation refers to marking a location in the map display control operate;

    The control module is configured to switch the virtual vehicle to an automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation, and control the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to the destination.
14. A terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprises: a processor and a memory, the memory stores at least one instruction, at least one program, code set or instruction set, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, The code set or instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
15. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores at least one instruction, at least one program, code set or instruction set, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the code set or The instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

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