Game Terminal Route Calculation for Intuitive Directional Movement

The patent introduces a direction-based intermediary operation between the player's intent and the character's movement. Instead of directly designating destination coordinates, the player specifies a moving direction, which serves as an intermediary that the system then translates into actual movement toward a destination in that direction. This resolves the contradiction by making the operation intuitive (direction is easier to specify than coordinates) while still achieving the goal (reaching a destination).

The patent inverts the traditional control paradigm by allowing the player to specify direction rather than destination. Instead of the player knowing the destination and directing the character there, the system takes the player's directional input and automatically determines the destination along that direction. This inversion makes the operation more intuitive while maintaining effective destination-reaching capability.

The patent applies preliminary action by having the system pre-calculate routes and prepare movement paths based on the player's directional input. Before the character actually moves, the system determines the destination along the specified direction and prepares the movement sequence. This allows the player to act with incomplete information (only knowing the general direction) while the system handles the detailed destination determination in advance.

The system acts as an intermediary that bridges the gap between the player's partial knowledge (direction only) and the complete information needed for movement (exact destination coordinates). The intermediary process translates directional intent into specific destination identification and movement execution, enabling flexible control without requiring the player to have complete destination information in advance.

The patent changes the verification parameter from complex spatial analysis to a simple angular measurement. Instead of verifying whether the route matches the player's intent in a complex way, the system checks whether the angle between the route's initial direction and the player's specified moving direction is within a predetermined threshold. This parameter transformation maintains intuitive movement while significantly simplifying the verification complexity.

The patent applies local quality by focusing the verification process only on the initial segment of the route rather than the entire path. The angle condition is checked specifically at the starting point where the character begins movement, rather than verifying the entire route geometry. This localized verification approach maintains operational intuitiveness while reducing computational complexity.