JP2009000419A - Game system, and method for preparing composite object image - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system capable of allowing the object image of a character, etc., appearing as a game performance image to be coordinated at arbitrary time in an arbitrary place in response to the taste of a user. <P>SOLUTION: A management server displays a Web page for selecting a favorite image on the terminal apparatus of a user concerning the images registered in a database by each item for coordinating the object image. When the user selects the favorite item image, the selected item ID is registered in the database by association with the card ID of the user. When the user plays a game with a game device, the game device performs access to the management server so as to acquire the item ID selected by the user, synthesizes the object image, based on the acquired information and the item images registered in the game device, and allows the composite object image to appear as the game performance image. A portable terminal can be used as the terminal apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  In the present invention, when a game is executed on a game apparatus, object images such as characters, weapons, vehicles, backgrounds, and the like that appear as effect images are synthesized in advance by the player who executes the game with their favorite images. The present invention relates to a game system that is customized and displayed when a synthesized object image is executed, and a method for customizing the object image.

  When software such as a game executed under the control of a computer is executed by a game device, various object images such as virtual characters are often displayed on the display device as effect images. If an object image such as a character that is edited and synthesized (customized) into an image that is preferred by the player (user) who executes the game can be displayed when the game is executed, the player is more interested. You will be able to play the game.

  Many technologies have already been proposed for the technique of customizing various object images such as characters appearing in software such as games into images that the user likes and displaying these customized object images on the screen of games etc. Has been. For example, the following patent documents have been proposed.

JP 2002-94675 A JP 2003-67767 A JP 2003-256862 A JP 2007-34588 A

In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the user decides to create a character that the user likes by accessing a database connected to the telephone network from the portable terminal, and stores the created character in the memory of his / her portable terminal. Mobile terminal service systems have been proposed that display on the display unit during standby, or store in a database and transmit to the other party.
Furthermore, in the portable terminal service system described in Patent Document 1, a plurality of pattern images are registered in a database for each of a plurality of parts for each of a plurality of characters. Then, it is disclosed that a user's mobile terminal accessing the database displays a screen for allowing the user to select one of the favorite pattern images for each part, and the favorite character is created and determined.

In Patent Document 2, a game player specifies and edits parts such as clothes for a video game character in a video game device that generates a two-dimensional image viewed from a predetermined viewpoint using three-dimensional CG data. In addition, a video game apparatus is described in which a game can be played by operating the edited character.
Furthermore, Patent Document 2 gives a function for specifying a part to be added to a character to a video game device, a function for changing a parameter included in part data corresponding to the specified part, and an overlapping order of the parts. It is disclosed that a three-dimensional CG data of this character is newly generated by providing a function of storing a layer number, a part code assigned to a part, and a changed parameter in association with each other in a layer table.

  Patent Document 3 proposes a character display device that can realize various display forms of characters by using dress-up data for characters appearing in applications such as games. In the character display device described in Patent Document 3, a storage unit that stores a dress-up item having a layer structure for superimposing an image on a character, and an image of the dress-up item is defined in a layer structure on the character. A character processing unit that displays the images in a superimposed order. In addition, the storage unit for this item stores items having a plurality of pieces of image data having different shapes with respect to the same dressing item, and the character processing unit defines the layer when displaying the dressing item in an overlapping manner. It is disclosed that any one of a plurality of types of image data is selected on the basis of the constraint rule and used for overlay display.

  Patent Document 4 proposes a method of creating a composite image such as a predicted building renovation plan and a predicted view after wearing clothes, and further presenting this composite image. In Patent Document 4, a base image as a base of a composite image is selected from images inside or outside the computer, and the selected base image is displayed on a display screen of the computer, and the displayed base image is combined. Selecting a material image to be selected from images inside or outside the computer, displaying the selected material image in a base image displayed on the display screen, and completing a composite image by combining the base image and the material image , A step of registering the composite image in the storage unit, and presenting the composite image registered in the storage unit to the customer on the screen of the created computer, the screen of another device, or over the Internet is disclosed. ing.

  The inventions described in Patent Literature 1 to Patent Literature 4 select various images created in advance, create a synthesized image by combining the selected images, and display the created synthesized image on a display screen of a computer or a mobile phone. Is displayed. However, these patent documents include a game device connected to the Internet, a user terminal device, and a game management server, and transmit to the game management server that the user has selected and determined various images using the terminal device. Thus, the selected image is stored in the storage unit of the management server in association with the user identification information, and when the user requests the management server for an image synthesized from the terminal device, the management server creates a synthesized image and creates the user By transmitting the information of the selected image to the terminal device or generating the composite image by the terminal device, and the user can confirm on the display screen of the terminal device. When the user logs in at the device, the management server transmits information on the image to be synthesized from the identification information of the user to the game device, and the information is Game device generates a composite image, does not disclose a game system without a to use the synthesized image as a rendering image of the game apparatus. Also, there is no disclosure about a game system in which the management server changes the process of displaying a composite image on a terminal device depending on whether the terminal device is a computer or a mobile phone.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to customize an object image such as a character appearing as an effect image of a game according to the user's preference at any place and at any time before the user executes the game. Can be registered at any time, and the synthesized image can be confirmed at any time. When the user plays a game on the game device, the user accesses the server from the game device to customize the character created in advance by the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game system capable of acquiring information and capturing it as a game effect image, and a method for creating the object image.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a game device connected to a network, a terminal device, and a management server, and is selected in advance from effect images displayed when a game is executed on the game device. A game system that enables a user to display a synthesized object image synthesized with a favorite image as an effect image for an object image,
The management server
Information previously registered in a database for creating the composite object image by superimposing a plurality of item images, wherein the item image identification information is associated with the identification information of the object image for each item image identification information. Item image information transmitting means for transmitting the related information to the terminal device,
The terminal device
Displaying information related to the item image received from the item image information transmitting means, and causing the user to select the desired item image from the displayed information related to the item image, and acquiring selection information. Item image selection means for transmitting the selected information to the management server,
The management server further includes information included in the selection information received from the item image selection unit, the identification information of the item image selected by the user, the identification information of the object image and the identification information of the user Combined image information storage means for storing in a storage area in the management server in association with
The game device includes:
A data table in which information relating to the item image and its superposition order is registered for each item image identification information in association with the object image identification information in a storage unit in the game device;
Means for accessing the composite image information storage means and acquiring the identification information of the item image stored in association with the identification information of the user executing the game on the game device and the identification information of the object image; ,
An object image obtained by superimposing the item images registered in the data table corresponding to the acquired identification information in accordance with the order of superimposition is used as the object image of the game for the game control means of the game device. The means to capture
It is characterized by having.

Further, according to the present invention, the terminal device is composed of a mobile terminal,
The management server
The item image registered in the database corresponding to the identification information of the item image selected by the user stored in the composite image information storage means, according to the information related to the order of superposition registered in the database. It is characterized by comprising means for transmitting a composite object image created by overwriting to a storage unit in the management server to the portable terminal.

Further, according to the present invention, the terminal device is composed of a personal computer,
The item image information transmission means of the management server is information registered in the database, and is associated with the identification information of the object image and the information related to the item image for each identification information of the item image. Means for transmitting information relating to the order of matching to the personal computer;
The personal computer includes means for displaying a composite object image obtained by superimposing the item images selected by the user by the item image selecting means in accordance with information relating to the superposition order received from the management server. It is characterized by that.

In addition, the present invention includes a game device, a terminal device, and a management server connected to a network, and a user likes a preselected object image among effect images displayed when a game is executed on the game device. A method of creating a composite object image for displaying a composite object image combined with the image as the effect image,
The management server is based on access from the terminal device,
Information previously registered in a database for creating the composite object image by superimposing a plurality of item images, wherein the item image identification information is associated with the identification information of the object image for each item image identification information. Transmitting related information to the terminal device,
The terminal device
Displaying information related to the item image received from the management server; obtaining the selection information by allowing the user to select the desired item image from the displayed information related to the item image; and acquiring the selection information Transmitting the selected information to the management server,
The management server further associates the identification information of the item image selected by the user with the identification information of the object image and the identification information of the user, which is information included in the selection information received from the terminal device. And storing in a storage area in the management server,
The game apparatus comprising: a data table in which information related to the item image and the superposition order thereof is registered for each piece of identification information of the item image in the storage unit in the game apparatus in association with the identification information of the object image Is
Access the composite image information storage means of the management server to obtain the identification information of the item image stored in association with the identification information of the user who executes the game on the game device and the identification information of the object image And
Data relating to an object image obtained by superimposing the item images registered in the data table corresponding to the acquired identification information in accordance with the order of superimposition is used as the object image data of the game as the game device. It is characterized by being incorporated into the game control program.

Furthermore, in the method for creating a composite object image of the present invention, the terminal device is composed of a mobile terminal,
The management server stores the item image registered in the database corresponding to the identification information of the item image selected by the user stored in a storage area in the management server, with the registration registered in the database. The method includes a step of transmitting, to the mobile terminal, a composite object image created by overwriting the storage unit in the management server according to the information related to the ranking.

Furthermore, in the method for creating a composite object image of the present invention, the terminal device is composed of a personal computer,
The management server is information registered in the database, and relates to the identification information of the object image, and relates to the item image identification information and information related to the order of superimposition thereof for each item image identification information. Transmitting to the personal computer,
The personal computer superimposes the item image selected by the user from the information relating to the item image displayed by the personal computer in accordance with the superposition order received from the management server. It is characterized by including the step which displays.

  Before the game is executed, the user coordinates an object image such as a favorite character using a terminal device including a mobile terminal at an arbitrary place including a home and at an arbitrary time zone. Information about the selected item image can be registered in advance in the management server.

  When a user coordinates an object image of a favorite character or the like using a mobile terminal, the process of creating a composite object image by superimposing the item images selected by the user is executed by the management server. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a large load from being applied to the mobile terminal.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. First, a system configuration for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration for implementing the game system of the present invention.

(System configuration)
In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1a and 1b denote mobile terminals (hereinafter referred to as mobile terminals) such as a mobile phone of a user who executes a game using this system. Reference numerals 2a and 2b denote terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as PC terminals) which are also configured by the user's personal computer or the like. The portable terminals 1a and 1b and the PC terminals 2a and 2b are equipped with a web browser and have an Internet connection function, and are terminal devices used by users. In the following description, the mobile terminals 1a and 1b will be described as the mobile terminal 1, and the PC terminals 2a and 2b will be described as the PC terminal 2.

  1 is a game device, for example, a game device installed in a game center G1, G2, or the like. The game devices 3a, 3b,... Are equipped with one or more types of game application programs (hereinafter referred to as game control programs) for executing a game using the game system of the present invention. In the following description, when the game devices 3a, 3b,...

  Reference numeral 4 shown in FIG. 1 denotes a card such as an IC card or a magnetic card owned by the user, which is read by a card read / write device included in the game apparatus 3 when the user executes a game on the game apparatus 3. Card for. Note that the user can make his / her own card 4 by purchasing the card 4 at the game center G1, G2 or the like and performing initial setting with the game device or the like.

  In the storage unit of the card 4, a card identification number (hereinafter referred to as a card ID) for identifying the card in advance, a game identification number (hereinafter referred to as a game ID) that can be executed with this card, and the number of times the game can be executed , Etc. are stored. Each time the user plays a game on the game machine 3, the number of possible games stored in the storage unit of the card 4 is subtracted (“−1”) by the card read / write device. Information on the execution result, for example, information related to the game implementation date, win / loss, score, etc. is stored. Further, on the surface of the card 4, an image of the card ID of the card, a name of a game that can be executed, a character, and the like is printed.

  The above-mentioned user refers to a player who purchases the card 4 at the game center G1, G2 or the like and executes a game on the game apparatus 3, and as a member who uses the game system of the present invention, for example, a user of a management server The player who accesses the registration site and registers as a user is shown. Further, when the user ID is registered, if the card ID of the card 4 purchased by the user is registered in the database of the management server, this card ID is user identification information (hereinafter referred to as a user ID) for identifying the user. become.

  Similarly, in FIG. 1, 5 is a management server, 6 is a portable terminal server, 7 is a PC terminal server, and 8 is a game device server. The management server 5 is a server that manages and manages the operation of the game system. FIG. 1 shows a server group including four servers, that is, a management server 5, a mobile terminal server 6, a PC terminal server 7, and a game apparatus server 8 in order to operate the game system of the present invention. Although the example provided is shown, it is also possible to operate the game system of the present invention by one server, for example, the management server 5 shown in FIG. Therefore, the management server 5, the mobile terminal server 6, the PC terminal server 7, and the game apparatus server 8 constitute a server that manages the entire game system of the present invention.

  The mobile terminal server 6 is a server for the user to access using the mobile terminal 1 in order to use this game system. Similarly, the PC terminal server 7 is a server for the user to access using the PC terminal 2. Similarly, the game apparatus server 8 is used when the user uses the game apparatus 3 to play a game. It is a server for the device 3 to access.

  In addition to the server OS, the management server 5, the mobile terminal server 6, the PC terminal server 7, and the game device server 8 include various programs and databases (data tables) necessary for operating the game system. ), Image data and audio data are stored in an external storage device or the like. These servers 5, 6, 7, and 8 are set with URLs (Uniform resource Locators) that are sites accessed by the mobile terminal 1, the PC terminal 2, and the game apparatus 3.

  Reference numeral 9 shown in FIG. 1 denotes an Internet communication network (hereinafter referred to as the Internet) serving as a communication network. The mobile terminals 1a and 1b, the PC terminals 2a and 2b, the game devices 3a to 3g, the management server 5, and the mobile phone The terminal server 6, the PC terminal server 7, and the game apparatus server 8 are communicably connected to the Internet 9. The mobile terminals 1a and 1b are connected to the Internet 9 via the ground base station 10 of the mobile phone service company and the server 11 of the mobile phone service company. The game devices 3a to 3d installed in the game center G1 and the game devices 3e to 3g installed in the game center G2 are connected to the Internet 9 via LANs 12 and 13, respectively. In the system of the present invention, the game apparatus 3 may be installed in any place other than the game center. The game apparatus 3 can also include a personal computer capable of executing a game in addition to a dedicated game machine for executing the game.

  Although not shown in FIG. 1, the management server 5, the mobile terminal server 6, the PC terminal server 7, and the game device server 8 are accessed to maintain the databases and programs provided in these servers. An auxiliary terminal device for performing these operations is also connected to the Internet 9.

(Database configuration)
Subsequently, in order to operate this system, a database (data table) stored in an external storage device such as a hard disk device by the management server 5, the mobile terminal server 6, the PC terminal server 7, and the game device server 8 is stored. ).

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the user database D1 in which information related to user attributes is registered for a user who has performed user registration to use the present system. When the system of the present invention is provided with a plurality of servers 5, 6, 7, and 8 as shown in FIG. 1, the user database D1 is provided in the management server 5 that manages the overall operation of the system. It is desirable.

  A user database D1 (hereinafter referred to as a user DB (D1)) is mainly used to manage the system (management server 5, mobile terminal server 6, PC terminal server 7, game device server 8). This database is referred to when processing for authenticating whether or not the user who has accessed is registered as a member of the system.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the user DB (D1) is owned by the user as a user name d12, a password d13, a mail address d14, as attribute information about the user, for each user ID (d11) of the user who performed the user registration. Information relating to the card ID (d15a), etc. of the card 4 being registered is registered. Further, although not shown, information related to the user's name, address, etc. is also registered in the user DB (D1). Moreover, you may register a user's PIN code as needed. In this system, for example, when a user who has registered as a user can own three cards, a column for registering IDs of cards owned by the user DB (D1) ( The card IDs of these three cards 4 can be registered in the (d15a to d15c) column of d15). The operation for registering the card ID in the user DB (D1) is, for example, a card purchased by the user accessing the site for registering the card ID of the management server from the mobile terminal 1, the PC terminal 2, or the game device 3. The operation of registering the card ID 4 is performed.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the data configuration of the card database D2. As with the user DB (D1), the card database D2 (hereinafter referred to as the card DB (D2)) is provided in the management server 5 when a plurality of servers 5, 6, 7, and 8 are provided. Is desirable.

  The card DB (D2) is a game ID (game ID of a game that can be executed with this card) for each card ID (d15) for identifying the card 4 in advance for the card 4 that the user purchases to execute the game. d21), record information d22 that the user has synthesized (coordinated) an object image such as a character displayed as an effect image when the game is executed, and a history of game execution results when the game is executed using this card Information relating to information d23, card update information d24, and the like is registered. Note that the information related to the card ID (d15), the game ID (d21), and the object image ID (d22a) is registered in the card DB (D2) in advance when the card 4 is manufactured.

  As the above-mentioned coordination result information d22, information (hereinafter referred to as object image ID) d22a for identifying an object image that can be synthesized with a user's favorite image, and an item name selected by the user to coordinate this object Information d33b related to item image identification information (hereinafter referred to as item ID) for each ID (d32b) relating to the date, date d22c when the item ID selected by the user is registered in the card DB (D2), etc. Contains information about. When the user cannot coordinate the object image, for example, “0” is stored in the column for storing the object image ID (d22a).

  Further, as the above-described game execution result history information d23, when a game is executed on the game apparatus 3 using the card 4 owned by the user, information on the game execution result is stored. As the history information, information on the number of times the game has been executed (or the remaining number of times that the game can be executed) d23a, the winning / losing of the game result or the score d23b, etc. is stored for each game date. Further, in the card update information d24, when the upper limit of the number of games that can be executed in advance stored in the card 4 assigned with the card ID (d15) has expired and the user newly purchases the card 4, The card ID (d15) of the newly purchased card 4 is registered as the update information of the card 4. In order to register the update information in the card DB (D2), for example, the user accesses the management server 5 from the portable terminal 1 and performs a registration operation.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of the object image database D3. When the object image database D3 (hereinafter referred to as object image DB (D3)) is provided with a plurality of servers 5, 6, 7, and 8 as in the system configuration shown in FIG. Although the management server 5 that manages and manages the operation of the system may be provided, in order to distribute the load of the management server 5, the mobile terminal server 6, the PC terminal server 7, and the game apparatus server 8 Each may be provided.

  The object image DB (D3) is an object image selected in advance among object images such as characters displayed as effect images when the user executes a game on the game apparatus 3, and the user uses the portable terminal 1 and the PC terminal 2 Alternatively, it is a database in which information necessary for operating the game apparatus 3 to create a composite object image coordinated with a user's favorite image in advance is registered.

  As the object image such as a character that can be coordinated with the user's favorite image, one or more images are appropriately set in advance as images displayed on the display device as effect images for each game. The object images that can be coordinated include, for example, an image of a character that appears as a game effect image, and costumes and accessories thereof. In particular, in the case of a battle game, if the user can coordinate the character images of the characters, various weapons and the parts to be worn, background images, etc. according to the user's preference, the user executes the game. The interest to do can be made higher.

  In addition, specific identification information (object image ID) is set in advance on the object image that can be coordinated by the user, and an item name is set for each part to be customized for the object image. Keep it. For each item name, one or more item images that can be selected by the user are created in advance and stored in the external storage device of the management server 5. The data format of the item image is created in, for example, a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) format and stored with a file name assigned to a storage location of a predetermined external storage device.

  In the object image DB (D3), for example, information related to data items as shown in FIG. 4 is registered. As this data item, for each game ID (d21) in which this object image can be used, information d31 related to the object image that can be coordinated by the user, information related to the item of each part that can coordinate the object image d32, information d33 on the item image that can be selected by the user, and the like are registered.

  As the information d31 related to the object image, the name (d31a) of the object image that can be coordinated by the user, the object image ID (d22a), and the like are stored. The item name (d32a) and the item name ID (d32b) serving as identification information thereof are stored as the information d32 relating to the item of each part.

  Further, as the information d33 relating to the item image that can be selected by the user, for each item name ID (d32b), the name (d33a) of the first part image and its identification information (the above-mentioned item ID (d33b, etc.)) And the storage location (d33c) for storing the image data related to the name (d33a) of the first part image, the overlay order information d33d, and the name (d33e) of the second part image and its item Information relating to the storage location storing the ID (d33f) and its image data, overlapping order information,... Is stored.

  The image data related to the names (d33a) of the first, second,... Part images is an item image that can be selected by the user when the user coordinates a favorite synthesized object image. Become. Then, information regarding item images such as third, fourth,... That can be selected by the user may be further registered in the object image DB (D3).

  Further, the above-described information regarding the order of superposition (d33d,...) Means that when a composite object image is created by superimposing an item image selected by the user by processing of a program (item image superposition program). The priority of the superposition is shown. For example, the item image superimposing program performs a process of writing in a predetermined area of the storage device in preference to an item image having a small superimposition order value. By performing the process of superimposing the item images selected by the user based on the order of superimposition, it is possible to prevent the previously superimposed item image from disappearing due to the superimposed item image.

  Note that when the user coordinates the object image by operating the mobile terminal 1, the PC terminal 2, the game apparatus 3, etc., the image data relating to the item image is stored in the mobile terminal 1, the PC terminal 2, and the game apparatus 3, respectively. Performs processing to be displayed on the screen. At this time, the image data related to the item image stored in the image storage location d33c of the object image DB (D3) provided in the mobile terminal server 6 has a display size corresponding to the screen size of the mobile terminal 1. It is recommended to store data. Similarly, the image data related to the part image registered in the object image DB (D3) provided in the PC terminal server 7 stores display size data corresponding to the screen size of the PC terminal 2.

The details of the data structure of the object image DB (D3) will be described based on the example shown in FIG.
“KA01” is assigned as the object image ID (d22a) to the name (d31a) “Young Man A” of the object image that can be coordinated by the user. Further, the item name (d31a) corresponding to “Young man A” (d32a) “KM” as the item name ID corresponding to “hairstyle”, and the item name (d32a) “hairstyle” that can be selected. Image storage location storing image data relating to “long (1)” as one part name (d33a), “L1” as its item ID (d33b), and first part name (d33a) “long (1)” "Gazou / km01 / l1.gif" is registered. Further, item IDs (d33f),... Are registered in the same manner as described above for information relating to the selectable second part name (d33e) “long (2)”.
In the object image database D3, “face”, “costume (upper)”, “costume (lower)”, and “accessory” are registered as item names (d32a). For each item name (d32a), Information (d33) relating to item images that can be selected by the user is registered as described above.

(Procedure for coordinating object images)
Next, a procedure for a user to coordinate an object image with his / her favorite image will be described with respect to an example of a system configuration for carrying out the above-described present invention. In the present invention, for example, the user operates the portable terminal 1, the PC terminal 2, or the game apparatus 3 to access the portable terminal server 6, the PC terminal server 7, or the game apparatus server 8, respectively, and display the object image. It is possible to coordinate.

(Coordination using mobile devices)
First, an example of a procedure for a user to coordinate an object image using the mobile terminal 1 and its processing contents will be described in the order of steps in the flowchart shown in FIG. In the following description, the user DB (D1), the card DB (D2), and the object image DB (D3) described above are assumed to be provided in the mobile terminal server 6 serving as a management server.

(Step S1)
The user operates the mobile terminal 1 to access the coordination web page of the mobile terminal server 6. Note that the URL of the Web page for coordination accessed by the mobile terminal 1 is disclosed beforehand to the user by the system administrator who manages and operates the system. The user may register this URL as a bookmark in his / her portable terminal 1.

(Step S2)
When the user's mobile terminal 1 accesses the mobile terminal server 6, the mobile terminal server 6 performs a process of displaying an authentication Web page on the mobile terminal 1, and holds the user name, password, and user name from this Web page. The process of acquiring the card ID and the like is performed. Subsequently, the mobile terminal server 6 performs an authentication process as to whether or not information such as a user name, a password, and a card ID acquired from the mobile power terminal 1 is registered in advance in the user DB (D1).

  If it is determined by the above-described authentication process that the authorized user has accessed, the portable terminal server 6 performs the following process by program processing. That is, for the game ID (d21) that can be executed with the received card ID, a process for confirming whether or not the object image can be coordinated is performed. This confirmation processing can be performed by determining whether or not information related to the object image ID that can be coordinated is registered in the object image ID (d22a) column of the card DB (D2) corresponding to the received card ID. Become.

(Step S3)
As a result of the determination process, if it is determined that coordination is possible, the mobile terminal server 6 relates to the object image that is registered in the object image DB (D3) corresponding to the received card ID and can be coordinated by the user. Information d31 is transmitted to portable terminal 1. The mobile terminal server 6 performs a process for displaying the transmitted information as a Web page (coordinate character selection Web page) on the screen of the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 6 shows a display example of this coordinate character selection Web page W1.

  A coordinated character selection Web page W1 shown in FIG. 6 is a Web page for allowing the user to select the name of an object image such as a character to be coordinated, and the display area W1a is coordinated by the user. The names d31a and d31b of the object images that can be displayed are displayed.

  The process for displaying the name d31a of the object image that can be coordinated on the coordinate character selection Web page W1 can be performed as follows, for example. First, based on the card ID acquired from the mobile terminal 1 of the user, the game ID (d21) of the game that can be executed with this card is obtained with reference to the card DB (D2). Subsequently, the object image DB (D3) is referred to for the obtained game ID (d21), the name d31a of the coordinated object image registered in the database (D3), its ID (d22a), and the like are obtained. The obtained information can be obtained by incorporating it into the programming language describing the coordinate character selection Web page W1.

(Step S4)
The user displays the object image name to be coordinated from, for example, the object image (character) names d31a “Young businessman A” and d31b “Lady B” shown in FIG. 6 displayed on the coordinate character selection Web page W1. One is selected and the name of the object image is clicked and designated. As a result, when the user clicks and designates the name of one object image, the mobile terminal server 6 can acquire the ID (d22a) of the object image corresponding to the name of the object image designated by the user.

When the portable terminal server 6 obtains the object image ID (d22a) in step S4, the portable terminal server 6 performs a process of displaying the item selection Web page W2 shown in FIG. 7 on the portable terminal 1 (step S4).
The item selection Web page W2 is a Web page for obtaining the selection information by causing the user to select an item name (d32a) to be coordinated for the object image to be coordinated. In the display example of the item selection Web page W2 shown in FIG. 7, “hairstyle”, “face”, “face” as the item name (d32a) set in advance corresponding to the object image designated by the user in the display area W2a. Five types of item names are displayed: costume (top), costume (bottom), and accessory. Then, the user performs an operation of sequentially designating the five types of items displayed on the item selection Web page W2.

(Step S5) (Step S6) (Step S7) (Step S8)
When the user performs an operation of specifying one of the item names displayed on the item selection Web page W2, the mobile terminal server 6 performs a process of acquiring an item ID (d32b) related to the item name specified by the user. Then, the process of displaying the item image selection Web page W3 shown in FIG. 8 on the portable terminal 1 is performed (steps S5 to S6). The item image selection Web page W3 serving as an item image selection means displays an item image that can be selected by the user together with the name (part name) for the item name specified by the user, and displays one of the item images that the user likes. It is a Web page for performing an operation to select.

  The item image selection Web page W3 shown in FIG. 8 displays part names (d33a, d33e,...) That can be selected by the user corresponding to the item name (d32a) specified by the user in the display areas w3a-1 to w3a-. .., And item images corresponding to the displayed part names are respectively displayed in the display areas w3b-1 to w3b-4,. When the user performs an operation of selecting one of the favorite item images using the item image selection Web page W3 (step S7), the item image display areas w3b-1 to w3b-4,. Click on one of the buttons to specify it. In the example of the display screen shown in FIG. 8, when all the part images cannot be displayed on one screen, the user performs an operation of selecting a favorite item image while scrolling the screen as necessary. Display the screen.

  When the user performs an operation of selecting one favorite image from the item images displayed on the item image selection Web page W3, the portable terminal server 6 receives the item ID (for example, d33b) and the card ID designated by the user. The acquired item image ID (d33b) is associated with the acquired card ID and stored once in the storage device (step S8). The program processing for acquiring the ID (d33b) corresponding to the item image selected by the user is performed in the item image display areas w3b-1 to w3b-4 in the program language describing the item selection Web page W3. ,... Are embedded with item IDs (d33b,...). Accordingly, when the user clicks and designates any one of the display areas w3b-1 to w3b-4,..., An item ID (d33b, etc.) corresponding to the display area can be acquired.

  In addition, the process of displaying the item image on the item image selection Web page W3 described above includes the first part name d33a and the second part registered in the image storage location d33c,... Of the object image DB (D3). The item image data corresponding to the part name d33e, etc. is transmitted as a thumbnail image adapted to the screen size of the portable terminal 1. Then, the program describing the item image selection Web page W3 performs processing for displaying the item image (thumbnail image) received by the mobile terminal 1 in the display area W3b-1,... Of the Web page W3.

  Depending on the service company of the mobile phone, there is a possibility that the format of image data that can be reproduced on the mobile phone adopts a data format other than the GIF format. Accordingly, the mobile terminal server 6 determines the service company of the mobile phone by program processing from the address of the user's mobile terminal 1 obtained from the accessed mobile terminal, and the GIF registered in the image storage location d33c,. A process of converting the item image data in the format into a data format suitable for the determined service company and transmitting it to the portable terminal 1 is performed.

Until the user completes an operation for selecting a favorite item image for each item name d32a displayed on the item selection Web page W2, the processes in steps S5 to S8 described above are repeated.
Then, when the information for completing the operation of selecting a favorite item image for each item name by the user is acquired from, for example, the item selection Web page W2, the mobile terminal server 6 performs the following process. That is, the item ID (d33b, etc.) associated with the card ID acquired from the item image selection Web page W3 and stored in the storage device is stored in the card DB ( A process of storing the selected item ID (d33b, etc.) in D2) in the column d22b for registration is performed. This registration process is stored in the column corresponding to the card ID acquired from the item image selection Web page W3. With this process, information related to the item ID selected by the user for coordinating the desired object image is registered in the card DB (D2) in association with the card ID, the game ID, and the object image ID. When the registration process to the card DB (D2) is completed, the mobile terminal server 6 performs a process of displaying a message indicating “item image selection complete” on the user's mobile terminal 1 as a Web page (step S8).

(Step S9) (Step S10)
The user sees a message indicating “item image selection complete” displayed on the screen of the portable terminal 1 in step S9, selects the object image for coordinating the object image, and information on the item image is stored in the portable terminal server 6. Can be confirmed. In addition, the Web page displaying this message is provided with a button switch for requesting transmission of a composite object image to be combined when the user selects a favorite item image. When the user clicks a button switch for requesting transmission of the composite object image displayed on the Web page, the mobile terminal server 6 can acquire the user's card ID acquired in the process of step S2. (Step S10).

(Step S11)
When the mobile terminal server 6 obtains the user's card ID based on the process of step S10, the process of creating the composite object image by superimposing the item images selected by the user in the above-described step S7 in a predetermined order. The process of transmitting the created composite object image to the portable terminal 1 is performed.

The composite object image can be created by a composite object image creation program serving as a composite image creation means provided in the mobile terminal server 6, for example, in the following procedure.
(1) For the card ID acquired in step S10, information related to the selected item ID (d33b, etc.) registered corresponding to this card ID with reference to the card DB (D2) is stored in the storage device. Write process.
(2) Subsequently, for the item ID (d33b, etc.) stored in the storage device according to (1) above, refer to the storage column of the item ID (d33b, d33f,...) Of the object image DB (D3). For example, information related to the same item ID (d33b, etc.) as this item ID (d33b, etc.) and registered, for example, information relating to the image storage location d33c and the overlapping (overlapping) rank d33d is extracted and stored in the storage device. Write process.

(3) Subsequently, a process (sort) is performed in which the information regarding the image storage location d33c and the overlapping order d33d written in the storage device in the process of (2) is rearranged in ascending order using the overlapping order d33d as a key. Store in the storage device. By this rearrangement process, the information regarding the image storage location d33c and the overlapping order d33d stored in the storage device is rearranged in ascending order of the overlapping order (d33d). The ascending order of the overlapping order (d33d) indicates the order in which the item images are overlapped when the process of creating the composite object image by superimposing the item images selected by the user is performed.

(4) The storage location (d33c) for storing the item image corresponding to the top overlapping order information rearranged in the process (3) is obtained.
(5) A process of storing the item image data (P1) stored in the storage location (d33c) obtained in the process of (4) above in a predetermined storage area R of the storage device is performed.

(6) Returning to the processing of (4) above, the item image data (P2) stored in the storage location (d33c) corresponding to the second overlapping position of the rearranged overlapping order information is Processing to store in a predetermined storage area R of the storage device is performed. By this process, the item image data (P2) is overwritten on the item image data (P1), that is, the item image data (P1) and the item image data (P2) are combined and stored in the storage area R. Will be.

(7) The processes (5) to (6) are repeatedly executed up to the lowest overlapping order of the rearranged overlapping orders. Thereby, it is possible to obtain a composite object image in the storage area R by performing a superimposition process on the favorite item image selected by the user in the ascending order of the superimposition order information.
When the process (7) is completed, the composite object image data stored in the storage area R of the storage device is transmitted to the portable terminal 1. In this transmission process, the composite object image created in the process of step S11 is pasted on the Web page and displayed on the mobile terminal 1.

  As described above, at present, the data format of the image data that can be reproduced by the mobile phone is not unified. Therefore, for a specific mobile phone service company, the data (GIF format) related to the composite object image is converted into a data format that matches the specifications of the mobile phone of this service company, and the converted image data is It transmits to the user's portable terminal 1.

(Step S12)
The user can confirm that the image is a coordinated image by looking at the composite object image pasted on the Web page displayed on the mobile terminal 1.

Based on the procedure described in steps S <b> 1 to S <b> 12 described above, the user selects a favorite item from the item images displayed on the mobile terminal 1 for each of a plurality of preset items. By performing an operation of selecting an image, the mobile terminal server 6 can create a composite object image coordinated with the user's favorite image by program processing.
In addition, since the process of creating the composite object image is not executed on the mobile terminal 1 but on the mobile terminal server 6, the processing time can be remarkably shortened and a load is applied to the mobile terminal 1. There is no need. Note that the composite object image created by the mobile terminal server 6 is created and discarded each time, thereby preventing an enormous amount of data in the mobile terminal server 6.

  When a plurality of object images that can be coordinated in one (one type) game are set, and the user coordinates these object images, the user repeatedly performs the operation in step S1 described above. Alternatively, when the coordinate processing of one object image is completed in step S12, the mobile terminal server 6 returns control to execute the processing of step S4, and supports the coordination of other object images to the user. It is good to do.

  In addition, although the operation of step S10 in which the user makes a transmission request for the composite object image to the mobile terminal server 6 has been described using the Web page displayed in the process of step S9, the user coordinates himself / herself. The composite object image transmission request may be requested from the portable terminal 1 at any time. In order to realize this, for example, in the process of steps S1 to S2 described above, the coordinated page displayed when the user accesses the mobile terminal server 6 by operating the mobile terminal 1, the composite object image is displayed. A menu for requesting transmission is provided.

(Coordination using PC terminal)
Next, an example of a procedure for coordinating an object image by the user using the PC terminal 2 and an example of the processing contents will be described in the order of steps in the flowchart shown in FIG. In the following description, the user DB (D1), the card DB (D2), and the object image DB (D3) will be described as being provided in the PC terminal server 6 serving as a management server.

(Step S21)
The user operates the PC terminal 2 to access the coordination Web page of the PC terminal server 7. Note that the URL of the coordination Web page accessed by the PC terminal 2 is previously disclosed to the user by the system administrator who manages and operates this system.

(Step S22)
When the user's PC terminal 2 accesses the PC terminal server 7, the PC terminal server 7 performs a process of displaying an authentication Web page on the PC terminal 2, and holds the user name, password, and user name from this Web page. The process of acquiring the card ID and the like is performed. Subsequently, the PC terminal server 6 performs an authentication process as to whether or not information such as a user name, a password, and a card ID acquired from the PC terminal 2 is registered in advance in the user DB (D1).

  If it is determined by the above authentication processing that a legitimate user has accessed, the PC terminal server 6 can coordinate the object image of the game ID (d21) that can be executed with the received card ID. The process which confirms whether or not is performed. This confirmation processing can be performed by determining whether or not information related to the object image ID that can be coordinated is registered in the object image ID (d22a) column of the card DB (D2) corresponding to the received card ID. Become.

(Step S23)
As a result of the determination process, if it is determined that coordination is possible, the PC terminal server 7 relates to the object image that is registered in the object image DB (D3) corresponding to the received card ID and can be coordinated by the user. Information d31, information on item d32, and information d33 on selectable item images are transmitted to PC terminal 7. Among these, as the information d33 regarding the selectable item image, the first part name d33a and its item ID (d33b), the item image data stored in the image storage location d33c, the overlapping order d33d, and so on. Each piece of data registered with respect to the two-part names d33e,.

(Step S24)
When the PC terminal 7 receives the data described above in step S23, the PC terminal 7 performs a process of displaying the same content as the coordinate character selection Web page W1 shown in FIG. 6 as a personal computer screen (coordinate character selection screen). A process for allowing the user to select a character desired to coordinate. Then, when the user selects a character (name of object image) that he / she wants to coordinate with, the display content (item selection screen) similar to the item selection Web page W2 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed as a personal computer screen. A process for allowing the user to specify an item name is performed.

(Step S25)
When the user performs an operation for designating one item name from the item selection screen in step S24, the PC terminal 7 is an item image related to the item name designated by the user, and is received from the PC terminal server 7 in step S23. A process for displaying the item image on the screen is performed. This screen display is the same display content of the item image selection Web page W3 shown in FIG. 8, and is a screen (item image selection screen) for allowing the user to select a favorite item image. When the user clicks and specifies a favorite image among the item images displayed on the item image selection screen, for example, the PC terminal 7 acquires the item ID (d33b) of the specified item image, Processing to store the acquired item ID (d33b) in the storage device is performed. At this time, the acquired item ID (d33b) is stored in the storage device in association with the item ID overlap rank d33d received from the PC terminal server 7 in step S23.

  When the user clicks and designates a favorite item image, the PC terminal 7 returns to step S24 to display the item selection screen and controls the user to perform an operation of designating the next item name. Hereinafter, control is performed so that the processes in steps S24 to S25 are repeated until the above-described operation for selecting a favorite item image is completed for each item name displayed on the item selection screen. The program for creating the coordinate character selection screen, item selection screen, and item image selection screen described above is created using HTML, which is a program language for describing Web pages.

(Step S26)
Subsequently, the PC terminal 7 is an item ID related to the item image selected by the user, and is based on the item ID (d33b, etc.) stored in the storage device in the process of step 25 and the information of the overlapping order d33d. A process of superimposing images to create a composite object image is performed. In this process, the item image to be superimposed is the item image received from the PC terminal server 7 in the process of step S23 and stored in the storage device.
Note that the process of creating the composite object image on the PC terminal 7 is the same as the procedure described in the process of step S11 described above, and thus the description of the process procedure is omitted.

(Step S27)
The PC terminal 7 performs a process of displaying the composite object image created in the process of step S26 on the display screen of the PC terminal 7 and causing the user to confirm the composite object image. Subsequently, a process of transmitting all item IDs (d33b, etc.) selected by the user to create a composite object image and the user's card ID to the PC terminal server 7 is performed. The item ID (d33b, etc.) is processed to transmit the item ID stored in the storage device in the process of step 25.

(Step S28)
When the PC terminal server 7 receives all the item IDs (d33b, etc.) selected by the user from the PC terminal 7 and information on the user's card ID, it selects the card DB (D2) corresponding to the received card ID. In the item ID (d22b) field, all received item IDs (d33b, etc.) are registered. As a result of this processing, information related to the item ID selected by the user to coordinate the desired object image using the PC terminal 2 is registered in the card DB (D2) in association with the card ID, game ID, and object image ID. Will be.

When the user uses the PC terminal 2 to coordinate the object image that the user likes, the process of step S26 for creating the composite object image by superimposing the item images selected by the user is as described above. The program is executed on a PC terminal used by a user having a higher processing capability than the portable terminal 1. Thereby, the load of the server 7 for PC terminals can be reduced.
In addition, when the processing capability of the portable terminal 1 is high and is equivalent to a PC terminal, the above-described coordination process using the PC terminal can be performed by the portable terminal 1.

(Game implementation procedure)
Next, a procedure for performing a game in which the user operates the game apparatus 3 and the composite object image coordinated by the user appears as an effect image will be described in the order of steps in the flowchart shown in FIG.
Note that various types of games that can be executed in the game device 3 in advance in the object image DB (D3) shown in FIG. 4 are stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) or an external storage device that constitutes the storage unit of the game device 3. Among these data, at least the item ID (d33b, etc.) relating to the item image that can be selected by the user, the image data, and the data relating to the overlapping order (d33d) of the image data are stored.

(Step S31) (Step S32)
The user inserts into the card read / write device of the game apparatus 3 the card 4 that the user holds and can be executed by the game apparatus 3 (step S31). Then, the game control program performs a process of reading information stored in the card 4, determines the number of times the game can be executed stored in the card 4, and determines whether or not the game can be executed using this card. Determine. And if it determines with it being possible, the process which transmits the read card ID to the management server 5 with which card DB (D3) is equipped will be performed (step S32).

(Step S33)
When the management server 5 receives information about the card ID from the game apparatus 3, the management server 5 performs a process of determining whether or not the received card ID and game ID are registered in the card DB (D3). If it is determined that the received card ID is registered by this determination process, whether or not the object image can be coordinated with respect to the game ID (d21) that can be executed with the received card ID. The process of confirming is performed. This confirmation processing can be performed by determining whether or not information related to the object image ID that can be coordinated is registered in the object image ID (d22a) column of the card DB (D2) corresponding to the received card ID. Become.

  Subsequently, the management server 5 is information stored in the column (d22b) for registering the item ID (d33b, etc.) in the card DB (D2) corresponding to the received card ID, and is coordinated by the user. Therefore, a process for transmitting information related to the item ID selected for the game device 3 is performed.

(Step S34)
When the game apparatus 3 receives the information regarding the item ID from the management server 5 in step S33, the coordinated image capturing program stores in advance in the ROM or the like corresponding to the received item ID (d33b,...). A process for obtaining the item image ID (d33b,...) Related to the item image that can be selected by the user, the image data, and the data related to the overlapping order (d33d) of the image data is performed. Subsequently, a process of creating a composite object image (game object image) by superimposing the item images corresponding to the item IDs received from the management server 5 is performed. The process of creating the composite object image is the same as the procedure described in step S11.

(Step S35)
Subsequently, a process of displaying the composite object image created in the process of step S34 on the display device of the game apparatus 3 is performed. As a result, the user can confirm that the object image is coordinated by the user.

(Step S36)
Next, the coordinated image capturing program of the game apparatus 3 performs processing for capturing the composite object image created in step S34 as a game effect image to be executed in the game control program. For example, the following process can be adopted as the process for fetching the composite object image into the game control program. That is, the game control program performs processing for storing the composite object image data in a storage location of a storage device that is set in advance to store the data related to the object image. As a result, when the game control program performs control to display the object image on the display device, it is possible to display the composite object image synthesized by the user's favorite image as an effect image. When the process of step S36 is completed, the user can enter the game with the game apparatus 3.

(Step S37) (Step S38)
When the user presses a game start button provided in the game apparatus 3 (step S37), the game control program starts execution of the game (step S38). Thus, the user can execute a game in which a composite object image coordinated with his / her preference appears as a production image, and thus the game can be executed with higher interest.
Note that if the user does not register information related to the composite object image coordinated with his / her preference in the management server 5, the object image registered in advance in the game control program is employed as the effect image.

(Step S39)
When one game is completed, the game control program operates the card read / write device to perform processing for writing information on the result of the game executed by the user to the card 4. Furthermore, the history information related to the game execution result is transmitted to the management server 5.

(Step S40)
When the management server 5 receives the history information related to the game execution result in step S39, the management server 5 stores the received information in the history information (d23) column of the game execution result of the user DB (D1) and card DB (D2). Do.

  In the game system of the present invention, the user can operate the game apparatus 3 to coordinate the object image with a favorite image. The process of creating a favorite composite object image on the game apparatus 3 can be performed based on the processing procedure described in the following (1) to (2), for example, by a coordinate program installed in the game apparatus 3.

(1) The item ID (d33b,...) Related to the item image that can be selected by the user and stored in advance in a storage device such as a ROM of the game apparatus 3, the image data, and the overlapping order (d33d) of the image data With reference to the data, a process for selecting an item image for coordinating the object image with a favorite image is performed by the interactive method with the display device of the game apparatus 3 in the same manner as described above.
(2) The item ID (d33b, etc.) selected by the user and the card ID information are transmitted to the management server 5. When the management server 5 receives this item ID (d33b, etc.), in the same manner as the process of step S28 described above, the management server 5 enters the selected item ID (d22b) field of the card DB (D2) corresponding to the received card ID. Then, a process of registering all received item IDs (d33b, etc.) is performed.

  Moreover, in the above-described game system of the present invention, a system having the following service functions for the user can also be provided. That is, the game apparatus 3 is equipped with an interface for transmitting and receiving data by infrared communication and its communication program. And the service as described in the following (1)-(3) can be performed with respect to the user who owns the portable terminal 1 provided with the infrared transmission / reception part.

(1) In the processing of step S12 shown in FIG. 5 described above, the mobile terminal server 6 stores the composite object image data and the item ID selected by the user in order to create the composite object image on the user's mobile terminal 1. (D33b, etc.), information about the object image ID (d22a) and the user's card ID (d15) are also transmitted. And the user who owns the portable terminal 1 provided with the infrared transmission / reception part performs operation which memorize | stores the information received from the server 6 for portable terminals in the memory of the portable terminal 1. FIG.
(2) When a user plays a game on the game apparatus 3, the user transmits the item ID, the object image ID, and the card ID stored in the memory of the portable terminal 1 in (1) to the game apparatus 3 by infrared communication. .

  Note that the user's portable terminal 1 needs to have a program for executing the processes (1) and (2) in advance. As a means for storing this program in the storage device of the mobile terminal 1, for example, the management server executes the processes (1) and (2) for the mobile terminal 1 of the user who has accessed the management server. A method of downloading a program can be adopted. Further, the user's portable terminal 1 needs to be equipped with an execution environment for application programs.

(3) The game apparatus 3 executes the process of step S34 shown in FIG. 10 described above to create a composite object image based on the item image ID and the object image ID received from the portable terminal 1 according to (2) above. To do. Subsequently, the game apparatus 3 executes the processes of steps S35 to S39 described above in order for the user to execute the game.

  When the service function described above is provided in the game system of the present invention, the game apparatus 3 does not need to access the management server 5 and acquire information related to the composite object image coordinated by the user when the user executes the game. That is, there is an effect that the system of the present invention can be implemented even if the game apparatus 3 is not connected to the Internet 9.

  As described above, according to the present invention, an object image such as a character appearing as an effect image of a game can be obtained by accessing a management server from a mobile terminal, a terminal device composed of a personal computer, and a game device. Can coordinate with the image. In particular, it is possible to coordinate object images with a simple operation using a mobile terminal and without imposing excessive software processing load on the mobile terminal. Can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the example of a system configuration | structure about the game system of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data structure of the user database with which the game system of this invention is provided. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data structure of the card database with which the game system of this invention is provided. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data structure of the object image database with which the game system of this invention is provided. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the process sequence for operating a portable terminal and coordinating an object image about the game system of this invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a display example of a coordinated character selection Web page displayed on the mobile terminal by the management server in the processing procedure shown in FIG. 5. Similarly, it is a figure for demonstrating the example of a display of the item selection Web page which a management server displays on a portable terminal in the process sequence shown in FIG. Similarly, it is a figure for demonstrating the example of a display of the item image selection Web page which a management server displays on a portable terminal in the process sequence shown in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the process sequence for operating a PC terminal and coordinating an object image about the game system of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the process sequence when implementing a game with a game device about the game system of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1a, 1b: Mobile terminal (mobile phone)
2, 2a, 2b: Personal computer (PC terminal)
3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g: Game device 4: Card 5: Management server 6: Server for mobile terminal 7: Server for PC terminal 8: Server for game device 9: Internet D1: User database (User DB)
D2: Card database (Card DB)
D3: Object image database (object image DB)
W1: Coordinate character selection Web page W2: Item selection Web page W3: Item image selection Web page

Claims (6)

A composition comprising a game device connected to a network, a terminal device, and a management server, wherein a user selects a pre-selected object image from among the effect images displayed when the game is executed on the game device, and combines the image with a user's favorite image. A game system that enables an object image to be displayed as the effect image,
The management server
Information previously registered in a database for creating the composite object image by superimposing a plurality of item images, wherein the item image identification information is associated with the identification information of the object image for each item image identification information. Item image information transmitting means for transmitting the related information to the terminal device,
The terminal device
Displaying information related to the item image received from the item image information transmitting means, and causing the user to select the desired item image from the displayed information related to the item image, and acquiring selection information. Item image selection means for transmitting the selected information to the management server,
The management server further includes information included in the selection information received from the item image selection unit, the identification information of the item image selected by the user, the identification information of the object image and the identification information of the user Combined image information storage means for storing in a storage area in the management server in association with
The game device includes:
A data table in which information relating to the item image and its superposition order is registered for each item image identification information in association with the object image identification information in a storage unit in the game device;
Means for accessing the composite image information storage means and acquiring the identification information of the item image stored in association with the identification information of the user executing the game on the game device and the identification information of the object image; ,
An object image obtained by superimposing the item images registered in the data table corresponding to the acquired identification information in accordance with the order of superimposition is used as the object image of the game for the game control means of the game device. The means to capture
A game system characterized by comprising. The terminal device is composed of a mobile terminal,
The management server
The item image registered in the database corresponding to the identification information of the item image selected by the user stored in the composite image information storage means, according to the information related to the order of superposition registered in the database. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising means for transmitting a composite object image created by overwriting on a storage unit in a management server to the mobile terminal. The terminal device is composed of a personal computer,
The item image information transmission means of the management server is information registered in the database, and is associated with the identification information of the object image and the information related to the item image for each identification information of the item image. Means for transmitting information relating to the order of matching to the personal computer;
The personal computer includes means for displaying a composite object image obtained by superimposing the item images selected by the user by the item image selecting means in accordance with information relating to the superposition order received from the management server. The game system according to claim 1. A composition comprising a game device connected to a network, a terminal device, and a management server, wherein a user selects a pre-selected object image from among the effect images displayed when the game is executed on the game device, and combines the image with a user's favorite image. A method of creating a composite object image for displaying an object image as the effect image,
The management server is based on access from the terminal device,
Information previously registered in a database for creating the composite object image by superimposing a plurality of item images, wherein the item image identification information is associated with the identification information of the object image for each item image identification information. Transmitting related information to the terminal device,
The terminal device
Displaying information related to the item image received from the management server; obtaining the selection information by allowing the user to select the desired item image from the displayed information related to the item image; and acquiring the selection information Transmitting the selected information to the management server,
The management server further associates the identification information of the item image selected by the user with the identification information of the object image and the identification information of the user, which is information included in the selection information received from the terminal device. And storing in a storage area in the management server,
The game apparatus comprising: a data table in which information related to the item image and the superposition order thereof is registered for each piece of identification information of the item image in the storage unit in the game apparatus in association with the identification information of the object image Is
Access the composite image information storage means of the management server to obtain the identification information of the item image stored in association with the identification information of the user who executes the game on the game device and the identification information of the object image And
Data relating to an object image obtained by superimposing the item images registered in the data table corresponding to the acquired identification information in accordance with the order of superimposition is used as the object image data of the game as the game device. A method for creating a composite object image, which is incorporated into a game control program. The terminal device is composed of a mobile terminal,
The management server stores the item image registered in the database corresponding to the identification information of the item image selected by the user stored in a storage area in the management server, with the registration registered in the database. 5. The method of creating a composite object image according to claim 4, further comprising a step of transmitting a composite object image created by overwriting the storage unit in the management server according to the information related to the ranking to the portable terminal. . The terminal device is composed of a personal computer,
The management server is information registered in the database, and relates to the identification information of the object image, and relates to the item image identification information and information related to the order of superimposition thereof for each item image identification information. Transmitting to the personal computer,
The personal computer superimposes the item image selected by the user from the information relating to the item image displayed by the personal computer in accordance with the superposition order received from the management server. The method of creating a composite object image according to claim 4, further comprising a step of displaying.

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