US Patent Issued to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) on June 30 for "Virtual object control method based on distance from player-controlled virtual object" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,785, issued on June 30, was assigned to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Virtual object control method based on distance from player-controlled virtual object" was invented by Yachang Wang (Shenzhen, China), Yang Yang (Shenzhen, China) and Yulong Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual object control method includes controlling a first virtual object in a virtual environment through a first behavior tree, the first virtual object being a Non-Player character (NPC) in the virtual environment, and obtaining a first distance between the first virtual object and a second virtual object con...