US Patent Issued to NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK on Sept. 16 for "In-game aiming control method and apparatus, and electronic terminal" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,131, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"In-game aiming control method and apparatus, and electronic terminal" was invented by Nan Jiang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-game aiming control method and apparatus, and an electronic terminal are provided. The method includes: in response to an adjustment operation for a reticle, controlling adjustment of an aiming direction of a virtual weapon in a game scene; and in response to an angle between the aiming direction and a direction in which a target virtual object is located being less than or equal to a prese...