Auxiliary Input Reference Graphic for Precise Mobile Football Shooting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mobile game input schemes for shooting operations in football games lack sufficient control accuracy, making it difficult for users, especially junior players, to achieve precise shooting, which negatively impacts the gaming experience.

Innovation Solution

An auxiliary input method and apparatus that utilize a first touch operation to determine an auxiliary input reference graphic within a preset range, followed by a second touch operation to calculate a target shooting position based on touch point information and a mapping relationship, allowing for more accurate shooting control in football games.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional touch operations (slide trace, long press) are used for shooting control, then the operation complexity is reduced, but the shooting accuracy and control precision deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation simplicityVSAvoidshooting accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an auxiliary input reference graphic as an intermediary element between the user's touch operation and the shooting action. This reference graphic provides visual guidance on shooting angle and strength, mediating the relationship between simple touch input and precise shooting output, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and shooting accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes visual feedback through color changes in the auxiliary input reference graphic to indicate different shooting parameters. The color variations provide intuitive information about shooting angle and strength, allowing users to achieve accurate shooting without complex operations, thus resolving the contradiction between operational simplicity and shooting precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

2Ease of operation

If simple touch operations are used for shooting, then the ease of operation is improved, but the control accuracy and intuitive relevance deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of shooting controlVSAvoidintuitive relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism through the auxiliary input reference graphic that visually displays the relationship between touch operation parameters and shooting outcomes. This feedback loop provides users with intuitive information about how their input translates to shooting angle and strength, reducing information loss and improving intuitive relevance while maintaining ease of operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11241615B2Method and apparatus for controlling shooting in football game, computer device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2022.02.08 NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling shooting in a football game, including: responding to a first touch operation acting on a shooting control, and determining an auxiliary input reference graphic within a preset range of the shooting control; and responding to a second touch operation acting on a screen region corresponding to the auxiliary input reference graphic, determining a target shooting position in a goal in the football game according to touch point position information of the second touch operation and a mapping relationship between the auxiliary input reference graphic and the goal, and controlling a virtual character in the football game to execute a shooting action. In addition, the present disclosure further provides an apparatus for controlling shooting in a football game, a computer device and a storage medium.