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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Norihiro Aoyagi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Koizumi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Norihiro Aoyagi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Koizumi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A video game apparatus includes a CPU, the CPU detects marker coordinates data included in input data transmitted from a controller, and calculates indicated coordinates of the controller. A star object indicated by the controller is set as a target object by a player pressing a B-trigger switch. Then, a player object executes a processing according to the target object. For example, when the player continues to press the B-trigger switch, the player object is moved to approach the target object.