Patent ID: 9295909
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer-readable information processing program for performing information processing for displaying and controlling the movement of virtual objects in a computer generated virtual space in which a first virtual object moves in response to an input from an input device and at least one second virtual object moves in accordance with the movement of said first virtual object in the virtual space, said information processing program being executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus and causing said computer to provide functionality and operations including: generating a virtual space having a plurality of virtual objects; accepting an input from a user operated input device; performing movement control to move said first virtual object in said virtual space based on said input from the input device; calculating and setting a plurality of movable ranges wherein said at least one second virtual object is enabled to move in said virtual space within a range of a predetermined distance in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the first virtual object, said movable ranges based on a position of said first virtual object; setting a safe region by connecting the plurality of movable ranges together; performing movement control of said at least one second virtual object based on the set safe region; and displaying an image of the movements of said first virtual object and said at least one second virtual object on a display device.