WO2010000210A1

WO2010000210A1 - Display method and device for game content in mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2010000210A1
Application number: PCT/CN2009/072613
Authority: WO
Inventors: 马泉伟
Original assignee: 腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司
Priority date: 2008-07-03
Filing date: 2009-07-03
Publication date: 2010-01-07
Also published as: CN101339488A

Abstract

A display method for game content in a mobile terminal is provided, which comprises: proportionally compressing an actual game image as a bottom layer image and displaying said bottom layer image on the screen of the current mobile terminal; selecting an area currently in need of enlarging from the bottom layer image; enlarging the area in need of enlarging, and displaying the enlarged area above the bottom layer image as a surface layer image. In addition, a display device for game content in the mobile terminal is also provided.

Description

Method and device for displaying game content in mobile terminal

Technical field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to mobile terminal technologies, and in particular, to a display method and apparatus for game content in a mobile terminal. Background of the invention

With the increasing popularity of mobile terminals, the functions of mobile terminals are becoming more and more powerful, and games based on mobile terminals are also increasing. However, since the mobile terminal must meet the needs of carrying it, the screen size and resolution of the mobile terminal are always limited to a very limited range, which is a game for the mobile terminal, especially for multiplayer games. It has caused a big impact. For example, after the popular mahjong game on the personal computer (PC) platform is transplanted to the mobile terminal platform, the entertainment of the game is greatly degraded due to the too small screen of the mobile terminal and the poor resolution. This causes a lot of problems such as serious player loss.

For the mobile terminal, the size of the mobile terminal cannot be too large due to the need to be portable, and therefore the screen size of the mobile terminal is not too large, so that the above problems cannot be solved from the hardware. Therefore, in the prior art, games based on mobile terminals can only be improved in several ways as described below:

1) Only provide games that are suitable for performance on a small screen.

2) Minimize the displayed content.

3) Reduce the content that must be displayed.

4) Decompose the game content with multiple pages, and the player enters different pages as needed to operate.

However, the above solution itself has problems, such as: 1) It is a common solution to provide only games suitable for performance on a small screen, but this also causes the problem of the game in the current mobile terminal to be uniform, reducing the appeal to the user.

2) The method of reducing the displayed content can alleviate the problem caused by the screen size being too small, but this method also causes monotonous problems in the game mode.

3) If the displayed content is reduced, for cards such as Mahjong and Parker, since there is more content to be displayed, the card to be displayed can only be reduced to fit the size of the screen, causing the user to be difficult. Identifying the content of the card makes the game's playability greatly reduced.

4) If the game content is decomposed by multiple pages, the operation process of the game will become more complicated, and the user will feel more difficult to get started. At the same time, because the operation feeling of the mobile terminal is generally poor, if the game is played for a long time, the user is easy. Feeling tired.

In summary, in the prior art, the game provided in the mobile terminal is limited by the screen size and the screen resolution, the operability and entertainment of the game are greatly reduced, and the attraction to the user is reduced.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for displaying game content in a mobile terminal, so that the game provided in the mobile terminal is no longer limited by the screen size of the mobile terminal and the screen resolution.

The technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

A method for displaying game content in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

The actual game screen is proportionally compressed into the bottom screen, and the bottom screen is displayed on the screen of the current mobile terminal;

When the game is played, the area that is currently required to be enlarged is selected from the bottom picture; the area to be enlarged is enlarged, and the enlarged area is displayed as a surface picture. Above the underlying picture.

A display device for game content in a mobile terminal, the device comprising: a compression module, a selection module, an amplification module, and a display module;

The compression module is configured to scale the actual game screen into an underlying picture; and send the bottom picture to the selection module and the display module;

The selecting module is configured to select, in the received bottom layer picture, an area that is currently required to be enlarged; and send the selected currently required enlarged area to the amplifying module;

The amplifying module is configured to enlarge the area to be enlarged, and send the enlarged area as a surface layer to the display module;

The display module is configured to display the received underlying picture and the surface layer picture, and display the surface layer picture on the bottom picture.

In summary, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method and apparatus for displaying game content in a mobile terminal. In the above method and apparatus, since a specific area can be selected and enlarged from the game content displayed by the mobile terminal according to actual needs, the user can see clearly when the screen size of the mobile terminal is small. The game information, so that the game provided in the mobile terminal is no longer limited by the screen size of the mobile terminal and the screen resolution, improves the operability and entertainment of the game provided in the mobile terminal. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an area setting in an underlying picture in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3a is a schematic diagram showing the display of the bottom layer and the surface layer in the embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3b is a diagram showing another display of the underlying picture and the surface picture in the embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic diagram of a display device for game content in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Mode for carrying out the invention

The method provided by the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes: compressing an actual game screen into an underlying picture, displaying the bottom picture on a screen of the current mobile terminal; and selecting an area that is currently required to be enlarged in the bottom picture; The area to be enlarged is displayed on the bottom picture as a surface picture. With the embodiment of the present invention, the user can also see the required game information when the screen size of the mobile terminal is small, so that the game provided in the mobile terminal is no longer affected by the screen size and screen resolution of the mobile terminal. The rate limit increases the operability and entertainment of the games provided in the mobile terminal.

It should be noted that the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applicable not only to the mobile terminal but also to other portable devices such as the MP4 and the like, and is not specifically limited herein. In general, the game player is more enthusiastic about networking and playing with others. Therefore, in order to facilitate understanding, the embodiment of the present invention takes a mobile terminal as an example. The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for displaying game content in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method for displaying game content in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

Step 101: The actual game screen is proportionally compressed into the bottom screen, and the bottom screen is displayed on the screen of the current mobile terminal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the game screen of the game may be designed according to actual needs of various games, and the actual size of the game screen is not necessarily limited by the screen size of the mobile terminal, that is, the actual game screen may be larger than the mobile terminal. Screen. When the user starts playing the game through the mobile terminal, the actual game screen may be proportionally compressed to be less than or equal to the screen of the current mobile terminal (ie, the top edge of the compressed game screen according to the actual size of the screen of the current mobile terminal). Less than or equal to the top edge of the screen of the current mobile terminal, and the compressed game screen The side of the screen is smaller than or equal to the side of the screen of the current mobile terminal, and then the above-described compressed game screen is displayed as the bottom screen on the screen of the current mobile terminal. Further, the above-described proportional compression means that the aspect ratio of the compressed game screen is the same as the aspect ratio of the actual game screen, thereby avoiding distortion of the game screen.

Step 102: Set more than one area in the bottom picture.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the information in the game screen (ie, the above-mentioned bottom screen) displayed in the screen of the current mobile terminal (for example, the game content displayed in the game screen, etc.) may be in the above-mentioned bottom screen. More than one area is set, and the total area covered by the one or more areas may be less than or equal to the area of the entire bottom layer.

In order to better introduce the technical solution of the present invention, step 102 will be further described below by taking a game screen of a mahjong game in a mobile terminal as an example. For example, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an area setting in an underlying picture in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, for the mahjong game, the bottom layer may be different according to the game content displayed in the game screen (for example, information of each player in the game, information of mahjong tiles, timing information, score information, etc.). Five areas are set on the screen, which are areas 1 to 5. The content displayed in the area 1 is the information of the user of the current mobile terminal as the current game player, and the information may include: identity information of the current game player, information of the mahjong card owned by the current game player, and the current game. The player's score information or the current game player's timing information, etc.; the content displayed in the areas 2 to 4 is the information of the other three game players; the content displayed in the area 5 is the information of the mahjong card that each game player has played. .

Step 103: Select an area that is currently required to be enlarged from the set area.

In the embodiment of the present invention, each area set in step 102 has a corresponding area identifier. In this manner, at least one area identifier may be set in advance as an area identifier of the area to be enlarged. The area identifier selects the corresponding area, and the corresponding area is used as the area that is currently required to be enlarged. Preferably, the embodiment of the present invention can dynamically select one region from the plurality of regions set as the current desired zoomed region according to the state of the current game. If the mahjong game in the mobile terminal and the regional setting situation shown in FIG. 2 are still taken as an example, the area currently required to be enlarged can be selected according to the state of the current mahjong game. For example, when a game player has just played a mahjong tile, the area where the mahjong tile that was just played is located (ie, zone 5) is the area that is currently needed to be enlarged; when the current game player (ie, the user of the current mobile terminal) When a mahjong tile is selected, the area where the selected mahjong tile is located (for example, region 1) can be used as the currently enlarged area; when certain game content of a certain game player (for example, mahjong tiles) When the order or arrangement of the game changes, the area where the game player is located (for example, area 1) can be used as the currently enlarged area; when a game player wants to view other players who have played according to current needs When the mahjong tiles are used, the area where the mahjong tiles that the player wants to view may be the area that is currently required to be enlarged. It can be seen that the currently required enlarged area can be dynamically selected according to the state of the current mahjong game.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, step 103 is performed after the area is set on the bottom layer screen obtained in step 101. Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, the operation of setting an area on the bottom picture obtained in step 101 may not be performed; thus, after step 101, directly performing the current desired enlarged area on the bottom picture obtained in step 101 is performed. operating. Therefore, the operation shown in Fig. 1 is only an example and does not limit the application of the embodiment of the present invention.

Step 104: Enlarge the area to be enlarged, and display the enlarged area as a surface picture on the bottom picture displayed by the current mobile terminal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the operation of enlarging the area to be enlarged may be implemented in various implementation manners, for example, according to the size of the area to be enlarged and the size of the screen of the current mobile terminal, the corresponding magnification is preset. , when performing the zoom-in operation, directly enlarge the area of the desired zoomed area according to the preset magnification; or by the user according to the operating system Or the option of the magnification provided by the game software autonomously selects the multiple that needs to be enlarged, performs an operation of enlarging the area to be enlarged according to the user's selection; or performs an operation of dynamically expanding the area to be enlarged by the operating system, the embodiment of the present invention Not specifically limited.

When it is necessary to display the selected enlarged area as described above, the area to be enlarged can be enlarged by a preset magnification as a surface picture. As shown in FIG. 3, when the area to be enlarged is the area 1 in FIG. 2, the area 1 can be enlarged by a preset multiple (for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the area 1 can be enlarged to The bottom edge is equal to the bottom edge of the screen of the current mobile terminal, and the enlarged area 1 is used as a surface layer picture.

At this time, the content displayed by the current mobile terminal can be divided into two layers, that is, an underlying picture and a surface picture. Preferably, in consideration of a specific application of the embodiment of the present invention, a transparency instruction may be input by the user when performing an operation of displaying the enlarged area as a surface layer image on the underlying screen displayed by the current mobile terminal, wherein the transparency is The transparency information is carried in the instruction. Specifically, the transparency information may be a transparency value, and different transparency values indicate different transparency display information; for example, when the transparency value is 0, the current display is opaque display; when the transparency value is 100, Indicates that the current display is a transparent display; when the transparency value is 50, it indicates that the current display is a semi-transparent display; of course, the above is only an example, and the embodiment of the present invention may further set a transparency value, so that, relative to the above solution, this The operation of presetting the transparency value is compared.

After that, the enlarged area is displayed as a surface picture on the bottom picture according to the transparency value; wherein, if the transparency value is 0, the current display is opaque display; when the transparency value is 100, the current display is transparent display; When the transparency value is 0, the surface picture is displayed on the bottom picture, and the part of the bottom picture overlapping with the surface picture will not be displayed; for details, refer to the bottom picture in the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3a. The display of the surface picture; when the transparency value is 100, the surface picture is displayed on the bottom picture, and the part of the bottom picture that overlaps with the above picture layer is transparently displayed. FIG. 3b is another schematic diagram showing the display of the underlying picture and the surface picture in the embodiment of the present invention. For other transparency values, the operation is similar to the above transparency values of 0, and 100, and will not be described here.

It is to be noted that the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 described above is exemplified by setting the area enlargement function in the game. Preferably, in this embodiment, the area enlargement function may not be set in the game. For example, if the mobile terminal system can provide a function such as enlarging the screen area, when the user selects the currently required enlarged area, the mobile terminal is actively invoked. The interface corresponding to the enlarged screen area function is provided; thus, the enlargement of the currently required enlarged area can be realized. It can be seen that the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is only an example and does not limit the application of the embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the step 104, when the user of the current mobile terminal no longer needs to view the game content displayed on the surface layer, the user may send an instruction to close the surface layer to the current mobile terminal, and the current mobile The terminal may close the display of the surface layer according to the received instruction to close the surface layer, that is, display only the underlying picture in the screen of the current mobile terminal, without displaying the surface picture.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a display device for game content in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the display device 400 for game content in a mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention includes: a compression module 401, a selection module 402, an amplification module 403, and a display module 404.

The compression module 401 is configured to compress the actual game screen into an underlying picture, and send the bottom picture to the selection module 402 and the display module 404. The proportional compression is: The aspect ratio of the compressed game screen is the same as the aspect ratio of the actual game screen.

The selecting module 402 is configured to: in the received bottom layer, the selecting module 403, configured to select an area that is currently required to be enlarged; and send the selected currently required enlarged area to the amplifying module 403;

The amplifying module 403 is configured to enlarge the selected enlarged selected by the selecting module 402. And displaying, by the display module 404, the received bottom layer and the surface layer, and displaying the surface layer on the bottom layer. Above the picture.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus may further include: a setting module 405; wherein the setting module 405 is disposed between the compression module 401 and the selection module 402, and configured to receive the compression module 401. Sending an underlying picture, and setting more than one area in the bottom picture according to the content of the game; sending the set area to the selection module 402, wherein the total area covered by the set area is smaller than Or equal to the area of the underlying picture

In this manner, the selection module 402 may select a corresponding area according to the area identifier of the required enlarged area, and determine the area as the currently required enlarged area; wherein the preset area that needs to be enlarged is determined. Identifying an area identifier of at least one area set by the setting module 405;

Alternatively, the selection module 402 dynamically selects an area that is currently required to be enlarged from the area set by the setting module 405 according to the current game state.

Preferably, the amplifying module 403 enlarges the area to be enlarged at a predetermined magnification; wherein the predetermined magnification is set according to the size of the area to be enlarged and the size of the screen of the current mobile terminal.

Preferably, the display module 404 displays the enlarged area as a surface picture on the bottom picture according to the transparency information or the preset transparency information carried in the received transparency instruction;

The display of the surface screen is turned off according to the received instruction to close the surface screen.

In the method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present invention, since the selected specific area can be dynamically enlarged according to actual needs, some specific and partial game content can be dynamically enlarged, so that the game player is at the mobile terminal. You can see clearly when the screen size is small. The game information required, so that the game provided in the mobile terminal is no longer limited by the screen size of the mobile terminal and the screen resolution, thereby improving the operability and entertainment of the game provided in the mobile terminal; The method can be flexibly applied to the screens of mobile terminals of various sizes, without requiring multiple developments, reducing the workload of the game development stage; in addition, because the above method uses a "layer" method (for example, the bottom layer) The screen and surface screens) enlarge the game content that needs to be displayed, which reduces the coding difficulty in the development stage. Moreover, for different games, the same "layer" implementation code can be shared, which improves the code reuse rate and is beneficial to improve. Work efficiency.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

Selecting an area that is currently required to be enlarged in the bottom picture;

The area to be enlarged is enlarged, and the enlarged area is displayed as a surface picture on the bottom picture.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the scaling is: the aspect ratio of the compressed game screen is the same as the aspect ratio of the actual game screen.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

The top edge of the bottom picture is less than or equal to the top edge of the screen of the current mobile terminal, and the side of the bottom picture is less than or equal to the side of the screen of the current mobile terminal.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: setting one or more regions in the bottom layer according to content of the game; wherein, the total area covered by the set region is smaller than Or equal to the area of the underlying picture.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the selecting the area that is currently required to be enlarged comprises:

And determining, according to the preset area identifier of the area to be enlarged, the area to be the area that is currently required to be enlarged; wherein the area that needs to be enlarged is identified as the area identifier of the at least one area that is set; or

The currently desired enlarged area is dynamically selected from the set area according to the current game state.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the amplification required amplification The areas include:

The area to be enlarged is enlarged in accordance with a predetermined magnification; wherein the predetermined magnification is set according to the size of the area to be enlarged and the size of the screen of the current mobile terminal.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying the enlarged area as a surface picture on the bottom picture comprises:

According to the transparency information carried in the received transparency instruction; or the preset transparency information, the enlarged area is displayed as a surface picture on the bottom picture.

The method according to claim 1 or 7, wherein after the enlarged area is displayed as a surface picture on the bottom picture, the method further comprises:

The current mobile terminal turns off the display of the surface picture according to the received instruction to close the surface picture.

9. A display device for game content in a mobile terminal, the device comprising: a compression module, a selection module, an amplification module, and a display module;

The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the proportional compression is: an aspect ratio of the compressed game screen is the same as an aspect ratio of an actual game screen.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein the device further comprises: Setting module; among them,

The setting module is disposed between the compression module and the selection module, configured to receive an underlying picture sent by the compression module, and set more than one area in the bottom picture according to the game content; The area is sent to the selection module; wherein, the total area covered by the set area is less than or equal to the area of the bottom picture.

The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the selection module selects a corresponding area according to the area identifier of the enlarged area that needs to be set in advance, and determines the area as the currently required enlarged area; The preset area of the area to be enlarged is identified as the area identifier of at least one area set by the setting module; or

The area currently required to be enlarged is dynamically selected from the area set by the setting module according to the current game state.

13. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the amplifying module enlarges the area to be enlarged according to a predetermined magnification, wherein the predetermined magnification is a size according to the area to be enlarged and a screen of the current mobile terminal The size is set.

The device according to claim 9, wherein the display module displays the enlarged area as a surface layer image on the bottom layer according to the transparency information or the preset transparency information carried in the received transparency command. Up; and,