US Patent 7803049 Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program

Patent 7803049 was granted and assigned to Nintendo on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Nintendo

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7803049

Date of Patent

September 28, 2010

Patent Application Number

11288399

Date Filed

November 29, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Peter Dungba Vo

Patent abstract

A game apparatus includes a display and a touch panel provided thereon. A CPU core displays a game screen on the display. A user draw a circular arc path on the touch panel by continuously touching the touch panel with a stick or the like. In either case of continuous inputs so as to draw a clockwise circular arc path in a right-hander mode or continuous inputs so as to draw a counterclockwise circular arc path in a left-hander mode, it is concluded that the same input operations have been carried out. Accordingly, a user character is moved to the right in proportion to a predetermined angle in the right-hander mode, and the user character is moved to the left in proportion to the predetermined angle in the left-hander mode.