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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Adam J. Langridge, Guildford, GB;
Inventor:
Adam J. Langridge, Guildford, GB;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/02 (2006.01); A63F 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An approach is described for instructing a player character to automatically take cover in a region of a simulated environment without receiving express commands from a user. The approach determines whether the player character should take cover based on one or more factors. Such factors may include: the presence of an enemy-type character in the region; the presence of a nearby object in the region that can be used to seek cover; and a determination whether the player character's behavior is consistent with a decision to seek cover.