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Patent No.:

US 9940757 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2015

Modifying a simulated character by direct manipulation

Applicant:

Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Srikumar M. B. Nair, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Steven Ray Rheinfrank, Daly City, CA (US);

Glenn Shayn Song, Redwood City, CA (US);

Pawel Piotr Wrotek, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mark Zimmerman

Assistant Examiner:

Yu-Jang Tswei

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01); A63F 13/63 (2014.01); A63F 13/825 (2014.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2013.01); A63F 13/63 (2014.09); A63F 13/825 (2014.09); A63F 13/25 (2014.09); A63F 2300/5553 (2013.01); G06T 17/10 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2012 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A portion of a simulated element of a graphical simulation available for modification is identified in view of a cursor location associated with a user input device. The identified portion of the simulated element is selected for modification. The selected portion of the simulated element is then modified according to a direct manipulation of a display of the selected portion of the simulated element by a user using the user input device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nair, Srikumar M. B.. (2018). Modifying a simulated character by direct manipulation (U.S. Patent No. 9940757). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9940757

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