Patent ID: 9327191
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A method of using at least one hardware processor for specifying a virtual camera position in a virtual 3-D space, the method comprising: displaying, to a screen of a display device, a 3-D space from the perspective of the virtual camera, the displayed 3-D space including a virtual game character; detecting at least one pointing input that is controllable by a player, detecting a user input indicating initiation of a free targeting mode; controlling said game character to assume an aiming position in accordance with initiation of the free targeting mode; controlling, using the least one hardware processor, said game character to aim at a location or in a direction within the 3-D space in accordance with the at least one pointing input; displaying, in accordance with the at least one pointing input, a targeting marker at a location(s) on the display area; determining where the targeting marker is located relative to where the game character is shown on the screen of the display device; and automatically selecting, using the at least one processor, between a first perspective and a second perspective different from said first perspective for viewing said game character in said aiming position as a result of determining the targeting marker overlaps where the video game character is displayed on the screen of the display device.