JP5592150B2 - Information processing system and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system and an information processing method , and more particularly to an information processing system and an information processing method for improving the fun of a bowling game.

Many bowling alleys are equipped with an automatic bowling score device (so-called automatic scorer) that detects the number of pins that have fallen and automatically calculates and displays the score.
About the bowling alley management system comprised including the automatic bowling score apparatus, it describes in the following patent documents 1-8 etc., for example, patent document 1 discloses the following bowling alley management systems. ing.

FIG. 26 is a block diagram schematically showing the main part of the entire bowling alley management system.
In the figure, 1 indicates a console (operation panel equipped with an input / output device) provided for each box (two odd lanes and even lanes adjacent to each other), and the console 1 is provided on the front. The front management device 2 and the office unit 3 provided in the office are connected to each other via a local area network (LAN).

  The console 1 is installed above the runway and has a relatively large display 4 for displaying images such as scores and pin actions, a pin camera 5 for photographing the alignment position of the bowling pins, and a predetermined position on the lane. Two ball passage sensors 6 and foul sensors 7 are connected for odd lanes and even lanes.

FIG. 27 is a block diagram schematically showing the main part of the console 1.
In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU. The CPU 11 executes processing according to a program written in the ROM 12. The RAM 13 is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.
The LAN interface 14 performs data transmission control with an external device (for example, the front management device 2 shown in FIG. 26) via a network. As a result, data communication between the console 1 and the front management device 2 is realized.

  The display interface 15 includes a display memory (not shown), and a video signal is sent to the display 4 installed above the runway via the switch circuit 16 according to the contents stored in the display memory. The data is output or output to the display 17 provided in the console 1.

The image processing circuit 18 performs image processing on the video signal sent from the pin camera 5 to generate digital image data.
The CPU 11 can read the digital image data generated by the image processing circuit 18 and recognize the standing / falling state of the bowling pin.
Further, the CPU 11 can read the state of the ball passage sensor 6 and the foul sensor 7 via the I / O port 19.

The keyboard 20 is used when correcting the name of the player (bowler), and the CPU 11 can read the key operation content on the keyboard 20 via the interface 21.
Further, the CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, and LAN interface 14 are shared by two lanes, an odd lane and an even lane.

FIG. 28 is a block diagram schematically showing the main part of the front management device 2.
In the figure, reference numeral 31 denotes a CPU. The CPU 31 executes processing according to a program written in the ROM 32. The RAM 33 is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.
The LAN interface 34 controls data transmission with an external device (for example, the console 1 or the office unit 3 shown in FIG. 26) via a network. Thus, data communication between the front management device 2 and the console 1 and data communication between the front management device 2 and the office unit 3 are realized.

The display interface 35 includes a display memory (not shown), and outputs a video signal to the display 36 according to the contents stored in the display memory.
The keyboard 37 is used when inputting identification information such as the name of a player or instructing fee settlement, and the CPU 31 can read the key operation contents on the keyboard 37 via the interface 38. Yes.
The printer 39 is used for printing score sheets and the like, and the CPU 31 can output print data to the printer 39 via the interface 40.

In general, a visitor to the bowling alley enters the name of the player who plays the game on an application form as shown in FIG. 29 (a), for example, and gives it to the staff at the front.
Therefore, for example, if there are four competitors, “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, and “Shiro”, an application form filled in as shown in FIG. Become.
When the attendant receives the form, the number of lanes to be used is determined according to the number of competitors, the vacant lanes are confirmed, the keyboard 37 of the front management device 2 (FIG. 28) is operated, lane allocation work, Register the number of competitors and the names of the competitors.
After these operations, information indicating the number N of registered athletes and the names A1, A2,... Of the athletes is transmitted from the front management device 2 to the console 1 corresponding to the assigned lane. .

  Next, the processing operation [c] of the CPU 11 constituting the conventional console 1 (FIG. 27) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. This processing operation [c] is information (lane number, number N of athletes, athlete names A1, A2, etc.) required for starting the game transmitted from the front management device 2 (FIG. 26). (Information indicating ...) is received.

First, information indicating the number N of athletes and the names A1, A2,... Of athletes transmitted from the front management device 2 is registered in the RAM 13 in association with the lane numbers (step S1).
The CPU 11 is shared by two lanes, an odd lane and an even lane. However, the following description will be made without distinguishing the lanes in order to facilitate the description.

Next, the round number counter RC, the frame number counter FC, the player counter BC, and the pitch counter TC are set to “1” (steps S2 to S5), and a score screen corresponding to the number N of players is displayed on the display 4, 17 and the names of the players A1, A2,... Are displayed at predetermined positions on the score screen (step S6).
When the number of athletes N is “4”, the name A1 is “Taro”, the name A2 is “Jiro”, the name A3 is “Saburo”, and the name A4 is “Shiro”, for example, as shown in FIG. The screen is displayed on the displays 4 and 17.

Next, “game progress processing” such as calculation of the number of remaining pins and score calculation is performed (step S7). The “game progress process” is a process that is executed until all the players finish one game from the first frame to the tenth frame.
The “game progress process” will be described later in detail using the flowchart shown in FIG.

After completion of the “game progress process”, it is determined whether a “game settlement” operation or a “game continuation” operation has been performed with the keyboard 20 (FIG. 27) (steps S8 and S9).
If it is determined that the “game settlement” operation has been performed, the digest round number information (round number counter RC), score information, and the like are transmitted to the front management device 2 together with the lane number (step S10), and the processing operation [c ] Is finished.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the “game continuation” operation has been performed, the round number counter RC is incremented by “1” (step S11), and then the process returns to step S3.

Next, the “game progress process” (step S7 in FIG. 30) performed by the CPU 11 (FIG. 27) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the name of the player to be thrown is displayed based on the player counter BC (step S21).
When the player name A1 is “Taro”, the player name A2 is “Jiro”, and the player counter BC is “1”, for example, “Taro, please throw” is displayed, and the player counter BC Is “2”, for example, “Jiro-san, please throw a pitch” is displayed.
FIG. 33 shows an example of display when the player counter BC is “1”.

Next, based on the information from the ball passage sensor 6, it is determined whether or not a pitch has been performed (step S22). If it is determined that a pitch has been performed, the digital image data generated by the image processing circuit 18 is added to the digital image data. Based on this, the number of remaining pins is calculated (step S23).
Next, it is determined whether or not the frame number counter FC is “10” or more (step S24). If it is determined that the frame number counter FC is not “10” or more, “score processing (for frames 1 to 9)” is performed. ”(Step S25), and if it is determined that the frame number counter FC is“ 10 ”or more, the final frame (10th frame) has been reached, so“ score processing (for frame 10) ”. (Step S26) is performed.

In "score processing (for frames 1 to 9)" and "score processing (for frame 10)", it is determined whether or not the strike is based on the number of remaining pins, the number of pins that have fallen down, score calculation, counter update, etc. .
For example, in the “score processing (for frames 1 to 9)”, when the number of remaining pins after the first pitch is not “0” (that is, when there is a standing pin), the pitch is thrown When the counter TC is incremented by “1” and the number of remaining pins after the first pitch is “0” (that is, in the case of a strike), the pitch counter TC is set to “1” and the player counter A process of incrementing BC by “1” is performed.
The “score processing (for frames 1 to 9)” will be described in detail later using the flowchart shown in FIG.

After the “score processing (for frames 1 to 9)”, it is determined whether or not the competitor counter BC is greater than the number of athletes N (step S27), and the athlete counter BC is greater than the number of athletes N (ie, If it is determined that the player has made a round, the frame number counter FC is incremented by “1” (step S28), the player counter BC is set to “1” (step S29), and then the process returns to step S21.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the player counter BC is not greater than the number N of players, the process directly returns to step S21.

After “score processing (for frame 10)”, it is determined whether or not the competitor counter BC is greater than the number of athletes N (step S30), and the athlete counter BC is greater than the number of athletes N (that is, the first If it is determined that all the players have completed one game from the frame to the tenth frame), the “game progress process” is ended. After the “game progress process” is completed, the process proceeds to step S8 (FIG. 30).
On the other hand, if it is determined that the player counter BC is not greater than the number N of players, the process returns to step S21.

  Next, “score processing (for frames 1 to 9)” (step S25 in FIG. 32) performed by the CPU 11 (FIG. 27) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the pitch counter TC is “1” (step S31). If it is determined that the pitch counter TC is “1” (that is, the first pitch), it is determined whether or not there is a remaining pin. Is determined (step S32).

If it is determined that there are remaining pins, score processing based on the number of pins that have fallen (= 10−the number of remaining pins) is performed (step S33), and the pitching counter TC is incremented by “1” (step S34). If the score of the previous frame is determined, the score of that frame is calculated (step S35).
For example, if the immediately preceding frame is a spare, the score of the immediately preceding frame is obtained by adding “10” to the number of pins that have just been rotated (this is the bonus point).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S32 that there is no remaining pin (that is, strike), score processing at the time of strike is performed (step S36), the pitching counter TC is set to “1” (step S37), and the player counter BC is incremented by “1” (step S38), and then the process proceeds to step S35.

If it is determined in step S31 that the pitching counter TC is not “1” (that is, the second pitch), it is determined whether there is a remaining pin (step S39).
If it is determined that there are remaining pins, score processing based on the number of pins that have fallen is performed (step S40), and then the process proceeds to step S37.
On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no remaining pin (that is, a spare), score processing at the time of spare is performed (step S41), and then the process proceeds to step S37.

In bowling alleys, by introducing such a management system, convenience is improved and the number of users is increased.
However, the equipment ratio of the automatic bowling score device has reached 96.2% of the entire bowling alley (according to the 2004 Survey on Actual Conditions of Specific Service Industries by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and has already been generalized.

In order to further increase the number of users, various new services for users have been proposed and put into practical use.
In the following Patent Documents 1 to 8, it is described that images and characters are displayed according to the pitching result and the like. For example, it is described that when a strike or a spare occurs, a display for praising it is performed.

JP 2002-191744 A JP 2008-073244 A JP 2003-339933 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-210068 JP 2000-000339 A JP 11-123259 A JP 11-004929 A JP 09-308726 A JP 2008-282076 A

  If a strike or a spare occurs, you can make the bowling game more fun by displaying a praise for it, but this is the fun of the original bowling game (for example, the fun of competing for scores) ) Cannot be increased sufficiently.

A bowling game may be enjoyed by one person, but is generally enjoyed by a plurality of persons. It seems that the biggest purpose of playing a bowling game is to enjoy the excitement among the participants, except for pure practice.
However, it seems that there are many cases where there are people who do not get excited much, the climax is small, and some participants feel that it is not fun.

One of the reasons for this is that bowling may be due to the competition being completed solely by the individual competitors.
Completion of the competition for each individual athlete may lead to the situation that one athlete will be pleased even if there is a good pitch and one will be discouraged if there is a bad pitch. This is similar to the situation where no one is listening to singing karaoke.

As a method for preventing such a situation from occurring, a method of employing a team battle such as a doubles battle is considered to be the most effective.
For example, if there are four athletes, a team battle with two pairs of two people is adopted, and if there are six athletes, a team battle with three pairs of two people or a team battle with two pairs of three people is adopted.
If it is a team battle, members belonging to at least the same team should react to the pitching contents, and it is possible to avoid the situation described above.
In addition, team battles create a sense of unity, making it easier to excite.

However, the conventional bowling alley management system is premised on a singles game, and there are various inconveniences when performing a team game.
For example, consider a case where four players, “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, and “Shiro”, want to play a team battle (doubles battle) with two people.
Of course, as shown in Fig. 29 (b), "Taro" in the column for the competitor 1 on the application form, "Jiro" in the column for the player 2, "Saburo" in the column for the player 3, Do not write "Shiro" in the column of the person 4
Such an entry is not a doubles game but a singles game with four players.

Therefore, it is necessary for the visitors to work their heads, for example, to write “Taro Jiro” in the column for the player 1 and “Saburo Shiro” in the column for the player 2.
If you want to reorganize the team for each round, for example, enter “Team A” in the Athlete 1 field and “Team B” in the Athlete 2 field on the application form. Must be managed by the competitor.
1st round Team A: “Taro / Jiro” pair Team B: “Saburo / Shiro” pair 2nd round Team A: “Taro / Saburo” pair Team B: “Jiro / Shiro” pair 3rd round Team A: “Taro・ Shiro ”Pair Team B:“ Jiro / Saburo ”Pair

However, these operations are troublesome. Also, team formation and game progress are difficult without a solid partition. In addition, the totaling of scores for each player must be performed not by the bowling alley but by the player, which is very troublesome.
In the first place, there is a high possibility that even trying to adopt a team battle to make the game easier will not come up.
Patent Document 9 describes the formation of a team so that the ability between the teams is balanced, but merely describes the team formation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system and an information processing method for improving the fun of competing for scores, which is an original pleasure of a bowling game.

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing system (1) according to the present invention stores game progress data related to the number of participants in a bowling game, in which game progress data related to the progress of the game according to the number of participants is stored. An information processing system for realizing a bowling game according to the number of participants using storage means, wherein the game progress data includes game content data relating to game content set for each round. The competition content data includes at least one round of team data related to the number of competition teams so that a team battle (a team battle in which a team such as a duo composed of a plurality of athletes competes) is realized in at least one round. And team organization data for identifying the competitors belonging to each competition team exist and correspond to the number of registered participants. The game progress data included in the competition content data constituting the competition based on the number of teams data, and the competition team number setting means for setting the number of competitor team in each round, based on the team creation data, said competition Team organization information creating means for creating team organization information indicating athletes belonging to each competition team for the number of competition teams set by the team number setting means, and further set by the competition team number setting means A score screen corresponding to the number of competition teams displayed is displayed, and the team organization information created by the team organization information creation means is displayed at a predetermined position on the score screen.

The game progress data is stored in the game progress data storage means in association with the number of participants in the bowling game, and includes the game content data set for each round.
The competition content data includes the competition team number data and the team organization data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the game progress data stored in the game progress data storage means (database 134). D1 to D4 in the figure indicate game progress data, competition content data, competition team number data, and team organization data, respectively. For example, D1_4 in the figure is the number of participants (participants P1 to P4). The game progress data associated with is shown.
Note that P1 to P6 in the figure are identification numbers for identifying participants.

In the figure, D2_41, D3_41, and D4_41 indicate competition content data, competition team number data, and team organization data in the first round when the number of participants is four. When the number of participants is four, In the round, it is shown that the number of competition teams is two, and each team is formed by a pair of participants P1, P2 and a pair of participants P3, P4.
That is, in the case where the number of participants is four, the database 134 stores data for performing a doubles game of two people by the participants P1 and P2 and two people by the participants P3 and P4 in the first round.

According to the information processing system (1), the number of competition teams in each round is set based on the game progress data corresponding to the number of registered participants, and in each round based on the team organization data. Team organization information indicating the team organization is created.
If the number of registered participants is 4 (P1 to P4) and, for example, the database 134 as shown in FIG. 4 is adopted, the competition team in the first round is a pair of participants P1 and P2. And two pairs of participants P3 and P4.
When each of the participants P1 to P4 is “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, one team is “Taro” and “Jiro”, and the other team is “ “Saburo” and “Shiro”.

Thereby, for example, when the number of participants is four, a team battle by two pairs of two people can be executed in the first round. When the number of participants is five, one pair of two people in the first round A team battle by one set of three people can be executed. When the number of participants is six, a team battle by three sets of two people can be executed in the first round.
Therefore, it is possible to surely execute a team battle that creates a sense of unity and is easy to excite, so that the participants can be greatly enjoyed.

Also, the created team organization information (for example, information indicating that one team is a duo of participants P1 and P2, and the other team is a duo of participants P3 and P4) By providing it to the participants, it is possible to inform the participants who the competitors belong to each team.
As a method of providing the team organization information to the participants, for example, one team name is “No. 1 and No. 2” and the other team name is “No. 3 and No. 4”. One way is to introduce the team name to the participants.

Further, as described above, the game progress data is stored in the game progress data storage means in association with the number of participants in the bowling game, so that a bowling game suitable for the number of participants can be realized. .
For example, when the number of participants is four, a game plan consisting of two teams of two teams with three rounds and a singles game with one round is realized. When the number of participants is five, two teams 1 A team plan consisting of 5 pairs of teams and 3 teams can realize a game plan consisting of 5 rounds. When the number of participants is 6, a team plan consisting of 3 teams of 2 people can realize a game plan consisting of 5 rounds. .

In this way, it is possible to make the game easy to excite by including a team battle in the game plan. In addition, the content of the competition can be changed for each round, such as a doubles game in one round and a singles game in another round.
Therefore, it is possible to improve the fun of competing for the score, which is an original pleasure of the bowling game.

  In the information processing system (2) according to the present invention, in the information processing system (1), the game progress data includes the team organization data indicating the team organization that takes gender into consideration. The competition team number setting means sets the number of competition teams in each round based on the game progress data corresponding to the number of registered males and females.

Some of the game progress data includes the team organization data indicating the team organization in consideration of gender.
FIGS. 21-1 and 21-2 are diagrams showing an example of the game progress data stored in the game progress data storage means (database 134B). The number of participants is four and two men (M1) , M2), in the case of two women (W1, W2), in the first round, the number of competition teams will be two teams, and each team will be composed of two groups of participants M1, W1 and two groups of participants M2, W2 Has been shown to do.
In other words, in the database 134B, when the number of participants is four, two men and two women, in the first round, two pairs of participants M1 and W1 and two pairs of participants M2 and W2 are played. Data to be executed is stored.
In the figure, M1 to M3 are identification numbers for identifying male participants, and W1 to W3 are identification numbers for identifying female participants.

According to the information processing system (2), the number of competition teams in each round is set based on the game progress data corresponding to the registered number of males and females.
When the registered participants are two males (M1, M2) and two females (W1, W2), for example, when the database 134B as shown in FIGS. 21-1 and 21-2 is adopted, The competition teams in the first round will be two teams of two people consisting of participants M1 and W1 and two people consisting of participants M2 and W2.
Also, if the participants M1, M2, W1, and W2 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Matsuko”, and “Takeko” respectively, one team will be a mixed pair of “Taro” and “Matsuko” One team is a mixed pair of “Jiro” and “Takeko”.

Thereby, for example, when two participants are two men and two women, a doubles battle can be executed with two pairs of mixed men and women, and when there are three men and three women, mixed pair 3 A doubles battle can be executed by a group, and when a participant is four men and two women, a team battle by two groups of two men and one woman can be executed.
Therefore, the team battle by the mixed team can be increased, so that the participants can be more enjoyed.

  Further, in the information processing system (3) according to the present invention, in the information processing system (1) or (2), the team organization information creating means includes the registered participant identification information and the team organization data. On the basis of this, the team organization information is to create affiliation information indicating athletes belonging to each competition team.

According to the information processing system (3), based on the registered participant identification information (for example, name) and the team organization data, the athletes belonging to each competition team are shown as the team organization information. Affiliation information is created.
If the team is a duo of participants P1 and P2, the name of the participant P1 is “Taro” and the name of the participant P2 is “Jiro”, for example, affiliation information “Taro / Jiro” is created. .
This makes it easier for participants to tell who the competitors belong to each team.

  In the information processing system (4) according to the present invention, in any one of the information processing systems (1) to (3), the game progress data includes at least two rounds of the game content data indicating a team battle. What is included is present, and the team organization data indicating different team organization exists between these game content data.

  For example, in the database 134 as shown in FIG. 4, when the number of participants is four, the game content data indicating the team battle is included for three rounds, and the team organization data D3_41 constituting the game content data D2_41 to D2_43 is included. -D3_43 shows different team formations.

According to the information processing system (4), the game progress data includes at least two rounds of the game content data indicating a team game, and different team formations are included between the game content data. The team organization data indicating
Therefore, team battles with various formations can be realized, and communication with many participants can be facilitated. In addition, the ability can be balanced.
For example, if the ability is in the order of “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, then two rounds of “Taro”, “Jiro” and “Saburo”, “Shiro” In the team battle, there is a risk that a large deviation in ability will occur, but such a situation can be avoided.

  In addition, the information processing system (5) according to the present invention, in any one of the information processing systems (1) to (4), uses a score of a team to which the team belongs in the team battle as a score of each participant. It is characterized by having a counting means for counting the scores.

  The number of participants is 4 (P1 to P4), and the names of the participants P1 to P4 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, for example, as shown in FIG. When the database 134 is adopted, the score of “Taro” of the participant P1 is the score by the pair of the participant P2 “Jiro” in the first round, and the score of the participant P3 “Saburo” in the second round. It is obtained by counting the score by the duo, the score by the duo with the participant P4 “Shiro” in the third round, and the score in the singles game of the fourth round.

For example, a score of 160 points for a pair with “Jiro” in the first round, a score of 150 points for a pair of “Saburo” in the second round, and a pair of “Shiro” in the third round If the score of 140 is 140 points and the score in the fourth round singles game is 180 points, the total of these points may be 630 points (= 160 points + 150 points + 140 points + 180 points). it can.
However, this aggregation is cumbersome. Also, counting can be complicated if teams are reorganized for each round.

According to the information processing system (5), since the counting means is provided, it is possible to prevent the participant himself / herself from performing counting work that may be complicated.
Thereby, for example, it is possible to prevent the game plan proposed here from being avoided by a group of participants who are not good at counting work.

  In addition, the information processing system (6) according to the present invention provides a score for each participant in the information processing system (5) with a difference between the score weight in the team battle and the score weight in the singles match. It is characterized by being tabulated.

  As mentioned above, if the weight of the score in the team game and the score of the score in the singles game are treated equally, the score of “Taro” will be 630 points (= 450 points in the team game + scores in the singles game) 180 points), for example, if the weight of the score in the team game is half the weight of the score in the singles game, the score of “Taro” will be 405 points (= 450 points / 2 + 180 points).

  According to the information processing system (6), the difference between the weight of the score in the team game and the weight of the score in the singles game is set so that the score for each participant is counted. If the weight of the score in the team game is made smaller than the weight of the score in the singles game, and the singles game is set to the final round, it is possible to make a big reversal in the final round, so the bowling game It can be more exciting.

  Further, in the information processing system (7) according to the present invention, in the information processing system (6), the weight of the score in the team battle is determined according to the number of players constituting the team. It is a feature.

According to the information processing system (7), the score weight in the team battle is in accordance with the number of competitors that make up the team. It becomes 1/2 of the weight of the score in the battle, and the weight of the score in the trio is 1/3 of the weight of the score in the singles game.
Therefore, it is possible to realize the totaling of scores according to the participation rate in the game.

In addition, the information processing method (1) according to the present invention uses a game progress data storage means in which game progress data relating to the progress of a game corresponding to each participant is stored in association with each participant of the bowling game. An information processing method using a computer for realizing a bowling game according to the number of participants, wherein the game progress data includes competition content data relating to the competition content set for each round, and is at least 1 In order to realize a team battle (a team battle in which a team such as a duo composed of a plurality of athletes competes) in a round, the competition content data includes the competition team number data regarding the number of competition teams and each competition. There is team organization data for identifying the competitors belonging to the team, and the game data corresponding to the number of registered participants. Included in the competition content data constituting the beam progression data based on said competition team number data, and setting the number of competitor team in each round, on the basis of the team creation data, competitor team minutes set, A process of creating team organization information indicating the players belonging to each competition team, and a score screen corresponding to the set number of competition teams are displayed, and the created team organization information is displayed at a predetermined position on the score screen. And a process.

The game progress data is stored in the game progress data storage means in association with the number of participants in the bowling game, and includes the game content data set for each round.
The competition content data includes the competition team number data and the team organization data.

According to the information processing method (1), the number of competition teams in each round is set based on the game progress data corresponding to the number of registered participants.
The number of registered participants is 4 (P1 to P4). For example, when the database 134 as shown in FIG. 4 is adopted, the competition team in the first round is a pair of participants P1 and P2. There will be two pairs of two by the participants P3 and P4.
In addition, when the names of the participants P1 to P4 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, and “Shiro”, one team is a two-person group consisting of “Taro” and “Jiro”, and the other team Becomes "Saburo" and "Shiro".

Thereby, for example, when the number of participants is four, a team battle by two pairs of two people can be executed in the first round. When the number of participants is five, one pair of two people in the first round A team battle by one set of three people can be executed. When the number of participants is six, a team battle by three sets of two people can be executed in the first round.
Therefore, it is possible to surely execute a team battle that creates a sense of unity and is easy to excite, so that the participants can be greatly enjoyed.

Also, the created team formation information (for example, information indicating that one team is a duo of participants P1 and P2 and the other team is a duo of participants P3 and P4) By providing the information to the participants, it is possible to inform the participants who the competitors belong to each team.
As a method of providing the team organization information to the participants, for example, one team name is “No. 1 and No. 2” and the other team name is “No. 3 and No. 4”. One way is to introduce the team name to the participants.

Further, as described above, the game progress data is stored in the game progress data storage means in association with the number of participants in the bowling game, so that a bowling game suitable for the number of participants can be realized. .
For example, when the number of participants is four, a game plan consisting of two teams of two teams with three rounds and a singles game with one round is realized. When the number of participants is five, two teams 1 A team plan consisting of 5 pairs of teams and 3 teams can realize a game plan consisting of 5 rounds. When the number of participants is 6, a team plan consisting of 3 teams of 2 people can realize a game plan consisting of 5 rounds. .

In this way, it is possible to make the game easy to excite by including a team battle in the game plan. In addition, the content of the competition can be changed for each round, such as a doubles game in one round and a singles game in another round.
Therefore, it is possible to improve the fun of competing for the score, which is an original pleasure of the bowling game.

  In the information processing method (2) according to the present invention, in the information processing method (1), the game progress data includes the team organization data indicating the team organization taking gender into consideration. The number of competition teams in each round is set based on the game progress data corresponding to the number of registered males and females.

According to the information processing method (2), the number of competition teams in each round is set based on the game progress data corresponding to the registered number of males and females.
If the registered participants are two males (M1, M2) and two females (W1, W2), and the database 134B as shown in FIGS. The competition teams in one round are two teams of two teams of participants M1 and W1 and two teams of participants M2 and W2.
Also, if the participants M1, M2, W1, and W2 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Matsuko”, and “Takeko” respectively, one team will be a mixed pair of “Taro” and “Matsuko” One team is a mixed pair of “Jiro” and “Takeko”.

Thereby, for example, when two participants are two men and two women, a doubles battle can be executed with two pairs of mixed men and women, and when there are three men and three women, mixed pair 3 A doubles battle can be executed by a group, and when a participant is four men and two women, a team battle by two groups of two men and one woman can be executed.
Therefore, the team battle by the mixed team can be increased, so that the participants can be more enjoyed.

  Further, the information processing method (3) according to the present invention provides the team organization information based on the registered participant identification information and the team organization data in the information processing method (1) or (2). , It is characterized by creating affiliation information indicating the competitors belonging to each competition team.

According to the information processing method (3), based on the registered identification information (for example, name) of the participant and the team organization data, the athletes belonging to each competition team are shown as the team organization information. Create affiliation information.
If the team is a duo of participants P1 and P2, the name of the participant P1 is “Taro” and the name of the participant P2 is “Jiro”, for example, the affiliation information “Taro / Jiro” is created.
This makes it easier for participants to tell who the competitors belong to each team.

  In the information processing method (4) according to the present invention, in any one of the information processing methods (1) to (3), the game progress data includes at least two rounds of the game content data indicating a team battle. What is included is present, and the team organization data indicating different team organization exists between these game content data.

  For example, in the database 134 as shown in FIG. 4, when the number of participants is four, the game content data indicating the team battle is included for three rounds, and the team organization data D3_41 constituting the game content data D2_41 to D2_43 is included. -D3_43 shows different team formations.

According to the information processing method (4), the game progress data includes at least two rounds of the game content data indicating a team game, and different team formations are included between the game content data. The team organization data indicating
Therefore, team battles with various formations can be realized, and communication with many participants can be facilitated. In addition, the ability can be balanced.
For example, if the ability is in the order of “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, then two rounds of “Taro”, “Jiro” and “Saburo”, “Shiro” In the team battle, there is a risk that a large deviation in ability will occur, but such a situation can be avoided.

  In addition, the information processing method (5) according to the present invention is any one of the information processing methods (1) to (4) described above. Is characterized by having a step of counting the scores.

  The number of participants is 4 (P1 to P4), and the names of the participants P1 to P4 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, for example, as shown in FIG. When the database 134 is adopted, the score of “Taro” of the participant P1 is the score by the pair of the participant P2 “Jiro” in the first round, and the score of the participant P3 “Saburo” in the second round. It is obtained by counting the score by the duo, the score by the duo with the participant P4 “Shiro” in the third round, and the score in the singles game of the fourth round.

For example, a score of 160 points for a pair with “Jiro” in the first round, a score of 150 points for a pair of “Saburo” in the second round, and a pair of “Shiro” in the third round If the score of 140 is 140 points and the score in the fourth round singles game is 180 points, the total of these points can be 630 points (= 160 points + 150 points + 140 points + 180 points). .
However, this aggregation is cumbersome. Also, counting can be complicated if teams are reorganized for each round.

According to the information processing method (5), since the scores are totaled for each participant, the participant himself / herself does not have to perform a totaling operation that may be complicated.
Thereby, for example, it is possible to prevent the game plan proposed here from being avoided by a group of participants who are not good at counting work.

  In addition, the information processing method (6) according to the present invention is different from the information processing method (5) in that the score weight in the team game and the score weight in the singles game are different from each other, It is characterized by counting.

  As mentioned above, if the weight of the score in the team game and the score of the score in the singles game are treated equally, the score of “Taro” will be 630 points (= 450 points in the team game + scores in the singles game) 180 points), for example, if the weight of the score in the team game is half the weight of the score in the singles game, the score of “Taro” will be 405 points (= 450 points / 2 + 180 points).

  According to the information processing method (6), the difference between the weight of the score in the team game and the weight of the score in the singles game is provided, and the score for each participant is totaled. If the weight of the game is made smaller than the weight of the score in the singles game, and the singles game is set to the final round, it is possible to make a big reversal in the final round, which makes the bowling game more exciting. be able to.

  Further, the information processing method (7) according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the information processing method (6), the weight of the score in the team battle is in accordance with the number of competitors constituting the team. Yes.

According to the information processing method (7), the weight of the score in the team battle is determined according to the number of competitors that constitute the team. The score weight of the three-person group is 1/3 of the score weight of the singles game.
Therefore, it is possible to realize the totaling of scores according to the degree of participation in the game.

The data structure (1) according to the reference example is a data structure of a game progress database in which game progress data relating to the progress of the game corresponding to each participating number is stored in association with each participating number of bowling games. The game progress data includes game content data related to the game content set for each round, and team battles (team battles such as a team of two players composed of a plurality of players) are played in at least one round. In the game content data, there are competition team number data relating to the number of competition teams and team organization data relating to team formation.

The game progress data is stored in association with the number of participants in the bowling game, and includes the game content data set for each round.
The competition content data includes the competition team number data and the team organization data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the game progress data. D1 to D4 in the figure indicate game progress data, competition content data, competition team number data, and team organization data, respectively. For example, D1_4 in the figure is the number of participants (participants P1 to P4). The game progress data associated with is shown.
Also, D2_41, D3_41, and D4_41 in the figure indicate competition content data, competition team number data, and team organization data in the first round when the number of participants is four, and the first in the case of four participants. It is shown that the number of competition teams in the round is 2 teams, and each team is composed of 2 persons composed of participants P1 and P2 and 2 persons composed of participants P3 and P4.

  According to the data structure (1), it is possible to set the number of competition teams in each round according to the registered number of participants based on the game progress data, and based on the team organization data, Team formation information indicating team formation in each round can be created.

The number of registered participants is 4 (P1 to P4). For example, when the database 134 as shown in FIG. 4 is adopted, the competition team in the first round is a pair of participants P1 and P2. There will be two pairs of two by the participants P3 and P4.
In addition, when the names of the participants P1 to P4 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, and “Shiro”, one team is a two-person group consisting of “Taro” and “Jiro”, and the other team Becomes "Saburo" and "Shiro".

Thereby, for example, when the number of participants is four, a team battle by two pairs of two people can be executed in the first round. When the number of participants is five, one pair of two people in the first round A team battle by one set of three people can be executed. When the number of participants is six, a team battle by three sets of two people can be executed in the first round.
Therefore, it is possible to surely execute a team battle that creates a sense of unity and is easy to excite, so that the participants can be greatly enjoyed.

Also, the created team formation information (for example, information indicating that one team is a duo of participants P1 and P2 and the other team is a duo of participants P3 and P4) By providing the information to the participants, it is possible to inform the participants who the competitors belong to each team.
As a method of providing the team organization information to the participants, for example, one team name is “No. 1 and No. 2” and the other team name is “No. 3 and No. 4”. One way is to introduce the team name to the participants.

In addition, as described above, the game progress data is stored in association with the number of participants in the bowling game, so that a bowling game suitable for the number of participants can be realized.
For example, when the number of participants is four, a game plan consisting of two teams of two teams with three rounds and a singles game with one round is realized. When the number of participants is five, two teams 1 A team plan consisting of 5 pairs of teams and 3 teams can realize a game plan consisting of 5 rounds. When the number of participants is 6, a team plan consisting of 3 teams of 2 people can realize a game plan consisting of 5 rounds. .

In this way, it is possible to make the game easy to excite by including a team battle in the game plan. In addition, the content of the competition can be changed for each round, such as a doubles game in one round and a singles game in another round.
Therefore, it is possible to improve the fun of competing for the score, which is an original pleasure of the bowling game.

Further, in the data structure (2) according to the reference example , in the data structure (1), the game progress data includes that including the team organization data indicating the team organization taking gender into consideration. It is a feature.

According to the data structure (2), the number of competition teams in each round can be set based on the game progress data corresponding to the registered number of males and females.
If the registered participants are two males (M1, M2) and two females (W1, W2), and the database 134B as shown in FIGS. The competition teams in one round are two teams of two teams of participants M1 and W1 and two teams of participants M2 and W2.
Also, if the participants M1, M2, W1, and W2 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Matsuko”, and “Takeko” respectively, one team will be a mixed pair of “Taro” and “Matsuko” One team is a mixed pair of “Jiro” and “Takeko”.

Thereby, for example, when two participants are two men and two women, a doubles battle can be executed with two pairs of mixed men and women, and when there are three men and three women, mixed pair 3 A doubles game can be executed by a group, and when a participant is four men and two women, a doubles game by two groups of two men and one woman can be executed.
Therefore, the team battle by the mixed team can be increased, so that the participants can be more enjoyed.

The data structure (3) according to the reference example is the data structure (1) or (2) described above, wherein the game progress data includes at least two rounds of the game content data indicating a team battle. And the team organization data indicating the different team organization exists between these game content data.

  For example, in the database 134 as shown in FIG. 4, when the number of participants is four, the game content data indicating the team battle is included for three rounds, and the team organization data D3_41 constituting the game content data D2_41 to D2_43 is included. -D3_43 shows different team formations.

According to the data structure (3), the game progress data includes at least two rounds of the game content data indicating a team game, and different team formations are formed between the game content data. The team organization data shown is present.
Therefore, team battles with various formations can be realized, and communication with many participants can be facilitated. In addition, the ability can be balanced.
For example, if the ability is in the order of “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, then two rounds of “Taro”, “Jiro” and “Saburo”, “Shiro” In the team battle, there is a risk that a large deviation in ability will occur, but such a situation can be avoided.

The data structure (4) according to the reference example is stored in the game progress data in association with 2n (n is a natural number) people in the game progress data in any of the data structures (1) to (3). There is one that includes the game content data indicating a team battle of n pairs of two people.

It seems that the most fun and most exciting part of the team battle is the doubles battle (a team battle of two people).
For example, if you use the baker method (the method of deciding the order and throwing one frame at a time), you will throw one frame at a time, so the bonus score for strikes and spares is the same as the person who issued the strike Not depending on the partner's pitch. Therefore, the joy when a good pitching result is obtained will be very great.
In addition, when the Scatch method (method of alternately throwing one throw at a time) is adopted, the partner covers the failure of the first throw. For example, it seems that the joy of having spared by taking down all the pins that remained after the failure of the first throw will be very great.

  According to the above data structure (4), when the number of participants is an even number (2n), it is possible to realize a doubles game (a team game of two people) that is considered to be the most fun and most exciting in a team game. it can.

In addition, the data structure (5) according to the reference example is stored in the game progress data in association with five participants in any one of the above data structures (1) to (3). The competition content data indicating a team battle by one set of three people is configured to include five rounds, and is stored in association with five participants, and the competition showing a team battle by two pairs of two people and one person waiting The content data is configured to include 5 rounds, and the game content data including 7 rounds is stored in association with 7 participants, and the game content data indicating a team battle of 1 set of 3 people and 1 set of 4 people is included. Among these, at least one of them is present.

As mentioned above, it seems that the most fun and most exciting part of the team battle is the doubles battle (a team battle of two people). Cannot be realized.
As a method of realizing a doubles game when the number of participants is an odd number, for example, there is a method in which one participant belongs to two teams. For example, if the participants are five people, “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, “Goro”, “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro” There is a method of making a doubles game with two people, and “Goro” and “Taro”. That is, “Taro” is assigned to 2 teams.
However, this may disturb enemy ally and hinder excitement.

Therefore, when the number of participants is five, for example, a team battle by one group of two people, one group of three people, or two groups of two people, one person waiting (the round is not a competition, it is a watching game) Adopt team battles.
As a result, it is possible to prevent enemies from getting mixed up.

Moreover, there is a possibility that unfairness may occur in the number of frames in charge and the number of pitches, but this problem can be solved by playing 5 rounds.
Below is an example of a game plan for a team battle with one set of two people and one set of three people.
1st round Team battle by 2 people of participants A and B and 3 people of participants C, D and E 2nd round Team battle of 2 people by participants E and A and 3 people of participants B, C and D Round 3 Team Battle with Participants D and E and Participants A, B and C Round 4 Team Battle with Participants C and D and Participants E, A and B Round 5: Team battle with a pair of participants B and C and a group of participants D, E and A

Next, an example of a game plan of a team battle by two pairs, two groups and one person standby will be shown.
1st round (Participant E is on standby)
Participant A and B team duo, Participants C and D team duo 2nd round (Participant D is on standby)
Participant A and C team duo, Participants B and E team duo 3rd round (Participant C is on standby)
Participant A, E duo, Participant B, D duo team battle 4th round (Participant B waits)
Participant A, D duo, Participants C, E duo 5th round (participant A is on standby)
Team battle by two pairs of Participants B and C and Participants D and E When the fifth round is the final round, Participant A will watch the final round and may feel lonely For example, by providing a singles game in the sixth round, this problem is solved.

As a team battle when the number of participants is 7, team battles with 2 groups, 2 groups, and 3 groups, 3 groups in total can be considered, but such team battles may cause the following problems. is there.
When the number of participants is 7, two lanes are generally used.
If two lanes are used and the European method (throwing in the same lane through one game) is adopted as the pitching method, the number of teams is odd, so there is a big gap in the time required to digest the game between lanes. End up.
As a pitching method, an European method is generally adopted instead of an American method (a method in which two lanes are used and left and right lanes are alternately thrown between odd and even frames).

A large difference in the game digestion time between lanes may hinder excitement.
Also, the opening time of the game between lanes will make time for non-competition. This is not a pleasure for bowling alleys.

For this reason, when the number of participants is seven, it is desirable to employ, for example, a team battle consisting of a total of two groups of one group of three and one group of four.
As a result, it is possible to prevent a large gap from occurring in the game digestion time between lanes.
In addition, there is a risk that unfairness may occur in the number of frames in charge and the number of pitches, but this problem can be solved by, for example, playing 7 rounds.

  According to the data structure (5), even if the number of participants is difficult to realize a doubles game, a doubles game can be realized. Also, if the number of participants is 7, even if the doubles game cannot be realized, a fun plan can be realized instead.

The data structure (6) according to the reference example is included in the game progress data stored in association with 7 to 12 participants in any of the data structures (1) to (3). The team battle indicated by the game content data is a team battle of an even number group.

Generally, the maximum number of competitors in one lane is 6, so when the number of participants is 7 to 12, the number of lanes to be used is two.
As mentioned above, when two lanes are used and the European method is used as the pitching method (the method of throwing in the same lane throughout one game), the time required to digest the game between the lanes when the number of teams is odd. There is a risk that a large opening will occur.
For example, if one lane has 3 sets and the other lane has 4 sets, and the time required for one game is 10 minutes, the time required to complete the game in one lane is 30 minutes, while the other In this lane, it takes 40 minutes to digest the game.

  According to the above data structure (6), when the number of participants is 7 to 12 and two lanes are used, a team battle with an even number of groups is realized, so it takes a lot of time to digest the game between lanes. It is possible to prevent the opening from occurring.

The data structure (7) according to the reference example is any one of the data structures (1) to (6), wherein the game progress data includes the number of lanes to be used, the number of boxes to be used, or the number of lanes to be used. And data indicating the number of boxes.

  According to the data structure (7), the necessary number of lanes and boxes can be known according to the number of participants. For example, by using the game progress data, the necessary number of lanes and boxes can be automatically determined. And automatically check if the required number of lanes and boxes are available.

In addition, the data structure (8) according to the reference example includes any of the data structures (1) to (7) in which the game content data includes data relating to a pitching method such as an American method. It is characterized by doing.

  If the throwing method is not the European method (a method that always throws on the same lane through one game), but the American method (a method that uses two lanes and throws left and right lanes alternately between odd and even frames), either left or right There is a risk that you will not know if you should throw in the lane.

  According to the data structure (8), it is possible to inform the participant of which lane should be pitched by using the data regarding the pitching method included in the game content data.

Further, in the data structure (9) according to the reference example , in any one of the data structures (1) to (8), the game content data includes data on a pitcher replacement method in a team game such as a baker method. It is characterized by the existence of

In the case of a team game, even if the pitching team is known, there is a risk that it will become difficult to know who should throw in the team. There are a plurality of replacement methods.
For example, the Baker method is a method in which the order is determined and pitched one frame at a time, and the Satchch method is a method in which the order is determined and the pitch is changed one by one.
According to the data structure (9), the pitcher can be notified to the participant by using the data relating to the pitcher replacement method included in the game content data.

Further, in the data structure (10) according to the reference example , in any one of the data structures (1) to (9), the game progress data includes data indicating a game equivalent number to be consumed per participant. It is characterized by being composed.

According to the data structure (10), the number of games corresponding to each participant can be known, so that a game plan corresponding to the number of games that the participant wants to digest can be set.
For example, when the participating games per participant are 4 games of doubles game and 1 game of singles game, the number of games to be digested is 3 games.

It is a system configuration figure showing roughly the principal part of the bowling alley management system using the information processing method concerning embodiment (1) of the present invention. It is the block diagram which showed roughly the principal part of the console which comprises the bowling alley management system using the information processing method which concerns on embodiment (1). It is the block diagram which showed roughly the principal part of the front management apparatus which comprises the bowling alley management system using the information processing method which concerns on embodiment (1). It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the game progress data memorize | stored in a database. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation which CPU which comprises the front management apparatus which comprises the bowling alley management system using the information processing method which concerns on embodiment (1) performs. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation which CPU which comprises the front management apparatus which comprises the bowling alley management system using the information processing method which concerns on embodiment (1) performs. It is the figure which showed an example of the operation screen displayed on a display. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation which CPU which comprises the front management apparatus which comprises the bowling alley management system using the information processing method which concerns on embodiment (1) performs. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation which CPU which comprises the console which comprises the bowling alley management system using the information processing method which concerns on embodiment (1) performs. It is the figure which showed an example of the display displayed on a display. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation which CPU which comprises the console which comprises the bowling alley management system using the information processing method which concerns on embodiment (1) performs. It is the figure which showed an example of the display displayed on a display. It is the flowchart which showed the processing operation which CPU which comprises the front management apparatus which comprises the bowling alley management system using the information processing method which concerns on embodiment (1) performs. It is the figure which showed an example of the registration form of score information. 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Embodiments of an information processing system and an information processing method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing a main part of a bowling alley management system (corresponding to an information processing system) using the information processing method according to the embodiment (1). Here, the same components as those in the conventional bowling alley management system shown in FIG.

  In the figure, 101 indicates a console (operation panel equipped with an input / output device) provided for each box (two odd lanes and even lanes that are adjacent to each other), and the console 101 is provided on the front. The front management apparatus 102 and the office unit 103 provided in the office are respectively connected via a local area network.

  The console 101 is installed above the runway, has a relatively large display 4 for displaying images such as scores and pin actions, a pin camera 5 for photographing the alignment position of the bowling pins, and a predetermined position on the lane. Two ball passage sensors 6 and foul sensors 7 are connected for odd lanes and even lanes.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the main part of the console 101. Here, the same components as those of the conventional console 1 shown in FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 111 denotes a CPU. The CPU 111 executes processing according to a program written in the ROM 112. The RAM 113 is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.
The LAN interface 14 performs data transmission control with an external device (for example, the front management device 102 shown in FIG. 1) via a network. As a result, data communication between the console 101 and the front management apparatus 102 is realized.

  The display interface 15 includes a display memory (not shown), and a video signal is sent to the display 4 installed above the runway via the switch circuit 16 according to the contents stored in the display memory. It outputs to the display 17 with which it output or the console 101 was equipped.

The image processing circuit 18 performs image processing on the video signal sent from the pin camera 5 to generate digital image data.
The CPU 111 can read the digital image data generated by the image processing circuit 18 and recognize the standing / falling state of the bowling pin.
Further, the CPU 111 can read the state of the ball passage sensor 6 and the foul sensor 7 via the I / O port 19.

The keyboard 20 is used when correcting the name of the player (bowler), and the CPU 111 can read the key operation content on the keyboard 20 via the interface 21. Although the case where a keyboard is used as the input device is described here, other input devices such as a touch panel may be used.
Further, the CPU 111, the ROM 112, the RAM 113, and the LAN interface 14 are shared by two lanes, an odd lane and an even lane.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the main part of the front management apparatus 102. Here, the same components as those of the conventional front management apparatus 2 shown in FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 131 denotes a CPU. The CPU 131 executes processing according to a program written in the ROM 132. The RAM 133 is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.
The LAN interface 34 performs data transmission control with an external device (for example, the console 101 or the office unit 103 shown in FIG. 1) via a network. As a result, data communication between the front management apparatus 102 and the console 101 and data communication between the front management apparatus 102 and the office unit 103 are realized.
In the figure, reference numeral 134 denotes a database. The database 134 stores game progress data related to the progress of the game in association with the number of participants in the bowling game.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of game progress data stored in the database 134.
In the figure, D1 to D7 respectively represent game progress data associated with the number of participants (here, 4 to 6), competition content data set for each round, competition team number data, team organization data, use lanes Number data, round number data, and game number data per participant, game progress data D1 is competition content data D2, lane number data D5, round number data D6, and number of games per participant. The data D7 is included.
The competition content data D2 includes competition team number data D3 and team formation data D4.
Note that P1 to P6 in the figure are identification numbers for identifying participants.

For example, D1_4 in the figure indicates game progress data associated with four participants (participants P1 to P4). The game progress data D1_4 includes game content data D2_41 to D2_44, lane number data D5_4, It includes round number data D6_4 and game number data D7_4 per participant.
The game content data D2_41 to D2_44 indicate the game content data in each round when the number of participants is four.

The game content data D2_41 shows the game content data in the first round when the number of participants is four, and includes the competition team number data D3_41 and the team organization data D4_41.
The competition team number data D3_41 indicates that the number of teams is two teams, and the team formation data D4_41 indicates that the first team is a duo of participants P1 and P2, and the second team is a duo of participants P3 and P4. It is shown that.
Therefore, when the number of participants is four, in the first round, a team battle (doubles battle) is performed by two pairs of the participants P1 and P2 and two pairs of the participants P3 and P4.

Further, the game content data D2_44 indicates the game content data in the fourth round in the case of 4 participants, and includes the game team number data D3_44 and the team organization data D4_44.
The competition team number data D3_44 indicates that the number of teams is four teams. The team formation data D4_44 indicates that the first team is the individual of the participant P1, the second team is the individual of the participant P2, and the third team is participating. This shows that the person P3 and the fourth team are the participants P4.
Therefore, when the number of participants is four, a singles game is performed in the fourth round.

The display interface 35 (FIG. 3) includes a display memory (not shown), and outputs a video signal to the display 36 in accordance with the contents stored in the display memory.
The keyboard 37 is used when inputting identification information such as the name of a player or instructing fee settlement, and the CPU 131 can read key operation contents on the keyboard 37 via the interface 38. Yes. Although the case where a keyboard is used as the input device is described here, other input devices such as a touch panel may be used.
The printer 39 is used for printing a score sheet and the like, and the CPU 131 can output print data via the interface 40.

Next, the processing operation [f-1] of the CPU 131 constituting the front management apparatus 102 (FIG. 3) will be described based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. This processing operation [f-1] is executed when the keyboard 37 is operated to instruct the display of the “lane selection screen”.
The “lane selection screen” is an operation screen for indicating a lane usage state and for selecting a lane to be used from lanes in an empty state.

First, a “lane selection screen” is displayed on the display 36 (step S51), and a lane selection operation is awaited. The staff changes the number of lanes selected according to the number of participants.
In general, the maximum number of players per lane is 6, so one lane is selected for up to 6 participants and 2 lanes for 7-12 participants. Will be selected.

Next, it is determined whether or not a lane has been selected (step S52). If it is determined that a lane has been selected, a new customer identification number is provided and selected in association with the customer identification number. The lane number is registered and the lane is secured (step S53).
The securing of the lane is, for example, changing the selected lane from the “free” state to the “used” state.

Next, a “plan selection screen” as shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display 36 (step S54), and it is determined whether “new plan” or “conventional” is selected (step S55). ).
If it is determined that the “new plan” has been selected, a “participant number selection screen” as shown in FIG. 6B is displayed on the display 36 (step S56).
Since the subsequent processing when “conventional” is selected is the same as the conventional processing, description thereof is omitted here.

Next, it is determined whether or not a participant number PN (here, 4 to 6 people) has been selected on the “participant number selection screen” (step S57), and it is determined that the participant number PN has been selected. For example, the selected number of participants PN is registered in association with the customer identification number (step S58), and then a “participant name input screen” corresponding to the number of participants PN is displayed on the display 36 (step S59).
The clerk will input the name of the participant entered on the application form on the “participant name input screen”.

Next, it is determined whether or not the input of the participant's name is completed (step S61). If it is determined that the input of the participant's name is completed, the input participant is associated with the customer identification number. Are registered (step S62), and the corresponding game progress data D1 is read from the database 134 (FIG. 4) based on the number of participants PN (step S63).
For example, when the number of participants is 4, the game progress data D1_4 (FIG. 4) is read out.
Further, the names A1, A2,... Of the participants are associated with the participants P1, P2,..., The name A1 is the registered name of the participant P1, and the name A2 is the registered name of the participant P2.

The read game progress data D1 is registered in association with the customer identification number (step S64), the round number counter RC is set to “1” (step S65), and then the first round of game progress data D1 is determined. The competition content data D2 is read (step S66), and the competition team number BN is set based on the competition team number data D3 included in the read competition content data D2 (step S67).
For example, when the game progress data D1 corresponds to 4 participants, the competition team number data D3_41 is “2” as shown in FIG. 4, so the competition team number BN is set to “2”. Is done.

  Next, a “competitive team name creation process” (FIG. 7) for creating the name of each competitive team is performed (step S68), and then information (lane number, number of competitive teams BN, The information indicating the name of the competition team) is transmitted to the console 101 (FIGS. 1 and 2) corresponding to the selected lane (step S69), and the processing operation [f-1] is terminated.

Next, the “competitive team name creation process” (step S68 in FIG. 5-2) performed by the CPU 131 (FIG. 3) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the coefficient k is set to “1” (step S71), and based on the team organization data D4 included in the game content data D2, the team Bk is used using information indicating the names A1, A2,. Is created (step S72).
When the team B1 (coefficient k is 1) is composed of a pair of participants P1 and P2, the name A1 of the participant P1 is “Taro” and the name A2 of the participant P2 is “Jiro”. The name of B1 is created as “Taro / Jiro”. Further, when the team B1 is composed of only the participant P1 and the name A1 of the participant P1 is “Taro”, for example, the name of the team B1 is created as “Taro”.

Next, the coefficient k is incremented by “1” (step S73), and it is determined whether or not the coefficient k is larger than the number of competition teams BN (step S74).
If it is determined that the coefficient k is larger than the number of competition teams BN (that is, the names of all competition teams have been created), the “competition team name creation process” is terminated.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the coefficient k is not larger than the number of competition teams BN (that is, there are still teams whose names should be created), the process returns to step S72.

  Next, the processing operation [c-1] of the CPU 111 constituting the console 101 (FIG. 2) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. This processing operation [c-1] indicates information (lane number, number of competition teams BN, and name of competition team) necessary for the progress of the game transmitted from the front management apparatus 102 (FIG. 1). Information) is received.

First, the information indicating the number of competition teams BN and the name of the competition team transmitted from the front management apparatus 102 is registered in the RAM 113 in association with the lane number (step S81).
The CPU 111 is shared by two lanes, an odd lane and an even lane. However, for the sake of easy explanation, the following description will be made without distinguishing the lanes.

Next, the frame number counter FC, the player counter BC, and the pitch counter TC are set to “1” (steps S82 to S84), and a score screen corresponding to the number of competition teams BN is displayed on the displays 4 and 17, and The name of the competition team is displayed at a predetermined position on the score screen (step S85).
When the number of competition teams BN is “2”, the name of team B1 is “Taro / Jiro”, and the name of team B2 is “Saburo / Shiro”, for example, the screen shown in FIG. Is displayed.

Next, “game progress processing” (FIG. 10) such as calculation of the number of remaining pins and score calculation is performed (step S86). The “game progress process” is a process executed until one game from the first frame to the tenth frame is completed by all the competition teams.
This process will be described later in detail using the flowchart shown in FIG.

After completion of the “game progress process”, it is determined whether or not a “game settlement” operation or a “game continuation” operation has been performed on the keyboard 20 (steps S87 and S88).
If it is determined that the “game settlement” operation has been performed, information indicating the settlement of the game and score information are transmitted to the front management apparatus 102 (FIG. 1) together with the lane number (step S89), and the processing operation [c− 1] is terminated.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the “game continuation” operation has been performed, information indicating the continuation of the game and score information are transmitted to the front management apparatus 102 together with the lane number (step S90), and the processing operation [c-1] is performed. Exit.
The score information here is information indicating the score of each team in the round. For example, when the score of team B1 in the round is “142” and the score of team B2 is “160”, “ Information such as “the score of team B1 is 142 and the score of team B2 is 160” is transmitted from the console 101 to the front management apparatus 102.

Next, the “game progress process” (step S86 in FIG. 8) performed by the CPU 111 (FIG. 2) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the name of the competition team to be thrown is displayed based on the athlete counter BC (step S91).
If the name of Team B1 is “Taro / Jiro”, Team B2 is “Saburo / Shiro” and the competitor counter BC is “1”, for example, “Taro / Jiro, please throw” When the player counter BC is “2”, for example, “Saburo and Shiro-san, please pitch” is displayed.
FIG. 11 shows an example of display when the player counter BC is “1”.
If it is not a singles, the guidance may be made using “Taro / Jiro team, please throw” or “XX team”. The team or individual can be identified from the team formation data D4.

Next, based on information from the ball passage sensor 6 (FIG. 2), it is determined whether or not a pitch has been performed (step S92). If it is determined that a pitch has been performed, the image processing circuit 18 (FIG. 2) Based on the generated digital image data, the number of remaining pins is calculated (step S93).
Next, it is determined whether or not the frame number counter FC is “10” or more (step S94). If it is determined that the frame number counter FC is not “10” or more, “score processing (for frames 1 to 9)” is performed. ”(Step S95), and if it is determined that the frame number counter FC is“ 10 ”or more, the final frame (10th frame) has been reached, so“ score processing (for frame 10) ”. (Step S96) is performed.

In "score processing (for frames 1 to 9)" and "score processing (for frame 10)", it is determined whether or not the strike is based on the number of remaining pins, the number of pins that have fallen down, score calculation, counter update, etc. .
For example, in the “score processing (for frames 1 to 9)”, when the number of remaining pins after the first throw is not “0” (that is, not a strike), the pitch counter TC is incremented by “1”. When the number of remaining pins after the first pitch is “0” (that is, in the case of a strike), the pitch counter TC is set to “1” or the player counter BC is incremented by “1”. Processing is performed.

After “score processing (for frames 1 to 9)”, it is determined whether or not the player counter BC is larger than the number of competition teams BN (step S97), and the player counter BC is larger than the number of competition teams BN (ie, If it is determined that the competition team has made a round), the frame number counter FC is incremented by “1” (step S98), the player counter BC is set to “1” (step S99), and then the process returns to step S91.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the competitor counter BC is not greater than the number of competition teams BN, the process directly returns to step S91.

After “score processing (for frame 10)”, it is determined whether or not the player counter BC is greater than the number of competition teams BN (step S100), and the player counter BC is greater than the number of competition teams BN (ie, the first If it is determined that one game from the frame to the tenth frame has been completed for all the game teams, the “game progress process” is ended. After the “game progress process” is completed, the process proceeds to step S87 (FIG. 8).
On the other hand, if it is determined that the competitor counter BC is not greater than the number of competition teams BN, the process returns to step S91.

Next, the processing operation [f-2] of the CPU 131 constituting the front management apparatus 102 (FIG. 3) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. The processing operation [f-2] is executed when information indicating continuation of the game is received from the console 101 (FIG. 1).
Information indicating the continuation of the game is transmitted from the console 101 together with the lane number and score information.

First, based on the lane number transmitted from the console 101, the score information is registered in association with the corresponding customer identification number (step S101), and then the round number counter RC is incremented by “1” (step S102). ).
For example, if information such as “team B1 score is 142, team B2 score is 160” is transmitted from the console 101 and is the first round score information, the score of team B1 in the first round is “142”. The score information of the team B2 is registered in the form of “160”.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a form of registering score information, and shows that the score of team B1 in the first round is “142” and the score of team B2 is “160”.
The round number can be determined from the round number counter RC.

Next, based on the round number counter RC, the corresponding game content data D2 of the corresponding round is read from the game progress data D1 (step S103), and based on the game team number data D3 included in the read game content data D2, The number of teams BN is set (step S104).
For example, if the game progress data D1 corresponds to 4 participants and the round number counter RC is “2”, the competition team number data D3_42 is “2” as shown in FIG. When the number of competition teams BN is set to “2” and the round number counter RC is “4”, the number of competition teams data D3_44 is “4”, so the number of competition teams BN is set to “4”. .

  Next, a “competitive team name creation process” (FIG. 7) is performed for creating the names of the respective competition teams (step S105). Thereafter, information (lane number, competition team number BN, The information indicating the name of the competition team) is transmitted to the console 101 (FIGS. 1 and 2) corresponding to the selected lane (step S106), and the processing operation [f-2] is terminated.

Next, the processing operation [f-3] of the CPU 131 constituting the front management apparatus 102 (FIG. 3) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. The processing operation [f-3] is executed when information indicating the settlement of the game is received from the console 101 (FIG. 1).
Information indicating the settlement of the game is transmitted from the console 101 together with the lane number and score information.

First, based on the lane number transmitted from the console 101, the score information is registered in association with the corresponding customer identification number (step S111).
For example, if information such as “Team B1 score is 160, Team B2 score is 148, Team B3 score is 135, Team B4 score is 130” is transmitted from the console 101 as score information of the fourth round In the fourth round, the score information of team B1 is “160”, the score of team B2 is “148”, the score of team B3 is “135”, and the score of team B4 is “130”. become.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a registration form of score information. The score of team B1 in the second round is “138”, the score of team B2 is “120”, and the team B1 in the third round. Score of “150”, the score of team B2 is “146”, the score of team B1 in the fourth round is “160”, the score of team B2 is “148”, the score of team B3 is “135”, It is indicated that the score of team B4 is “130”.
The round number can be determined from the round number counter RC.

Next, the coefficient k is set to “1” (step S112), and the score information of the participant Pk is obtained from the registered score information based on the game content data D2 registered in association with the corresponding customer identification number. Read (step S113).
From the game content data D2, for example, it can be seen that the participant P1 belongs to the team B1 in the first to fourth rounds. Therefore, when the score information as shown in FIG. 15 is registered, the participant As the score information of P1, score information of “142”, “138”, “150”, and “160” is read out.

Next, the total score of the participant Pk is calculated from the read score information (S114).
For example, when score information of “142”, “138”, “150”, “160” is read as the score information of the participant P1, the total score of the participant P1 is 590 points (= 142 points + 138 points) +150 points + 160 points).

Note that here, there is no difference between the score weight in the team game and the score weight in the singles game, but there is a difference between the score weight in the team game and the score weight in the singles game. You may make it total a score.
For example, the score weight in a team match is set according to the number of people making up the team, the score weight in a two-player set is ½ of the score weight in a singles match, and the score weight in a three-player set Is 1/3 of the weight of the score in the singles game.
When the score weight in a two-person group is ½ of the score weight in a singles game, for example, when score information as shown in FIG. 15 is registered, the score in the team game of the participant P1 Is 430 (= 142 + 138 + 150) and the score in the singles game is “160”, so the total score of the participant P1 is 375 points (= score 430/2 + in the singles game + 160 score in the singles game).

Next, the coefficient k is incremented by “1” (step S115), and it is determined whether the coefficient k is larger than the number of participants PN (step S116).
If it is determined that the coefficient k is larger than the number of participants PN (that is, the total score of all participants has been calculated), the game progress data D1 registered in association with the corresponding customer identification number and the number of registered rounds Based on the counter RC, the number of digested games is calculated (step S117), and the bowling game fee is calculated based on the number of digested games (step S118). Next, score information such as the total score of each participant and the contents describing the bowling game fee are printed from the printer 39 (step S119).
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S116 that the coefficient k is not larger than the number of participants PN, the process returns to step S113.

  According to the bowling alley management system using the information processing method according to the embodiment (1), the number of competition teams BN in each round is based on the game progress data D1 corresponding to the registered number of participants PN. Based on the registered and registered participant names A1, A2,..., And team organization data D4, affiliation information (team organization information) indicating the players belonging to each competition team is created.

  For example, the number of registered participants is 4 (P1 to P4), and the names of the registered participants P1 to P4 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, When the database 134 as shown in FIG. 4 is adopted, the number of competition teams in the first round is set to two, indicating that the first team is composed of two people, “Taro” and “Jiro”. Information (team name “Taro / Jiro”) and information (team name “Saburo / Shiro”) indicating that the second team is composed of two groups of “Saburo” and “Shiro” are created.

As a result, when the number of participants is four, a team battle of two people can be executed in the first round to the third round, and a singles battle can be executed in the fourth round.
In addition, the created team organization information (for example, “Taro”, “Jiro” duo, “Saburo”, “Shiro” duo) will be introduced to the participants. Can inform participants.
Therefore, it is possible to surely execute a team battle that creates a sense of unity and is easy to excite, so that the participants can be greatly enjoyed.

Further, since the game progress data D1 is stored in the database 134 in association with the number of participants in the bowling game, a bowling game suitable for the number of participants can be realized.
For example, when the number of participants is four, a game plan can be realized in which two teams of two teams play three rounds and one singles round, and when the number of participants is five, A game plan for performing five rounds of team battles with one set of three people can be realized. When the number of participants is six, a game plan for performing five rounds of team battles with three sets of two people can be realized.

In this way, it is possible to make the game easy to excite by including a team battle in the game plan. In addition, the content of the competition can be changed for each round, such as a doubles game in one round and a singles game in another round.
Therefore, it is possible to improve the fun of competing for the score, which is an original pleasure of the bowling game.

In addition, according to the bowling alley management system using the information processing method according to the embodiment (1), the game progress data D1 includes at least two rounds of game content data D2 indicating a team battle. There is team formation data D4 indicating different team formations among the game content data D2.
For example, in the game progress data D1_4 corresponding to four participants, the game content data D2 indicating the team battle is included for three rounds (D2_41 to D2_43), and the team organization data D4_41 constituting the game content data D2_41 to D2_43 is included. ~ D4_43 all indicate different team formations.

As a result, team battles in various formations can be realized, and communication with many participants can be facilitated. In addition, the ability can be balanced.
For example, if the ability is in the order of “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Saburo”, “Shiro”, then two rounds of “Taro”, “Jiro” and “Saburo”, “Shiro” In this team battle, there will be a large bias in ability, but such a situation can be avoided.

Furthermore, according to the bowling alley management system using the information processing method according to the above embodiment (1), since the score of the team to which the user belongs is regarded as the score of the participant, the score is counted for each participant. It is possible to make it unnecessary for the participant himself / herself to perform the counting work that may be.
Thereby, for example, it is possible to prevent the game plan proposed here from being avoided by a group of participants who are not good at counting work.

  In the bowling alley management system using the information processing method according to the above embodiment (1), a case will be described in which the game progress data D1 employs the database 134 in which only one pattern is stored in association with the number of participants. However, in another embodiment, the game progress data D1 may employ a database in which two or more patterns are stored in association with the number of participants, and the game progress data may be arbitrarily selected.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 16, in addition to game progress data (plan A) in which a team battle with three groups of two people is performed for five rounds in association with the number of participants, five team battles with three groups of two people are performed. You may make it employ | adopt the database in which the game progress data (plan B) which performs 1 round of rounds and singles rounds, and the game progress data (plan C) which performs 6 team rounds by 2 groups of 3 persons are stored.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 17, in addition to game progress data (plan A) in which five teams are played in association with five participants and one team consisting of two people and one group of three people, two pairs Game progress data (plan B) for 5 rounds and singles rounds for two teams with one person waiting, and game progress data (plan C) for 2 rounds of team fights for 5 teams with 2 teams, and singles You may make it employ | adopt the database in which the game progress data (plan D) which added the battle were memorize | stored.

Further, since the game progress data includes game number data per participant, the game progress data can be input by using this, for example, by inputting the desired number of games per participant. The selection range may be narrowed down.
For example, when the database as shown in FIG. 16 is employed, when the number of participants is 6 and the desired number of games is 3, the game progress data selection range can be narrowed down to plan C. When the desired number of games is 2 to 3 games, the selection range of game progress data can be narrowed down to plans A and C.
In addition, when the database as shown in FIG. 17 is employed, when the number of participants is 5 and the desired number of games is 3, the selection range of game progress data can be narrowed down to plans B and D. it can.

  Next, a bowling alley management system (corresponding to the information processing system) using the information processing method according to the embodiment (2) will be described. However, this bowling alley management system has the same configuration except for the bowling alley management system shown in FIG. 1, the console 101, the front management apparatus 102, and the office unit 103.

  In the figure, 101A indicates a console (an operation panel equipped with an input / output device) provided for each box (a group of two odd lanes and even lanes adjacent to each other), and the console 101A is provided on the front. The front management apparatus 102A and the office unit 103A provided in the office are respectively connected via a local area network.

  The console 101A is installed above the runway, has a relatively large display 4 for displaying images such as scores and pin actions, a pin camera 5 for photographing the alignment position of the bowling pins, and a predetermined position on the lane. Two ball passage sensors 6 and foul sensors 7 are connected for odd lanes and even lanes.

The console 101A has the same configuration as the console 101 shown in FIG. 2 except for the CPU 111, the ROM 112, and the RAM 113.
The CPU 111A executes processing according to the program written in the ROM 112A. The RAM 113A is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.

The front management apparatus 102A has the same configuration as the front management apparatus 102 shown in FIG. 3 except for the CPU 131, the ROM 132, the RAM 133, and the database 134.
The CPU 131A executes processing according to the program written in the ROM 132A. The RAM 133A is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.
The database 134A stores game progress data relating to the progress of the game in association with the number of participants in the bowling game.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of game progress data stored in the database 134A.
In the figure, D1 to D7 respectively represent game progress data associated with the number of participants (here, 3 to 12), competition content data set for each round, competition team number data, team organization data, lanes used Number data, round number data, and game number data per participant, game progress data D1 is competition content data D2, lane number data D5, round number data D6, and number of games per participant. The data D7 is included.
The competition content data D2 includes competition team number data D3 and team formation data D4.
In addition, P1-P12 in a figure is an identification number for identifying a participant.

  For example, the game progress data D1 associated with three participants has the number of lanes used “1”, the number of rounds “3 times”, the number of games per participant “3 games”, the first round Indicates that a team battle by two groups of three teams will be held, and that each team is a two-person group by participants P1 and P2, a two-person group by participants P3 and P1, and a two-person group by participants P2 and P3 .

  In addition, for example, the game progress data D1 associated with the number of participants 9 has the number of lanes used “2”, the number of rounds “6 times”, the number of games per participant “2 games”, In the first round, three teams of 3 teams (2 groups in odd lanes, 1 group in even lanes) will be held, and each team will be composed of 3 groups of participants P1 to P3, 3 groups of participants P4 to P6, It shows that it is a group of three by the participants P7 to P9.

Next, the processing operation [f-4] of the CPU 131A constituting the front management apparatus 102A (FIG. 3) will be described based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 19-1 and 19-2. This processing operation [f-4] is executed when the keyboard 37 is operated to instruct the display of the “lane selection screen”.
The “lane selection screen” is an operation screen for indicating a lane usage state and for selecting a lane to be used from lanes in an empty state.

First, a “lane selection screen” is displayed on the display 36 (step S121), and a lane selection operation is awaited. The staff changes the number of lanes selected according to the number of participants.
In general, the maximum number of players per lane is 6, so one lane is selected for up to 6 participants and 2 lanes for 7-12 participants. Will be selected.

Next, it is determined whether or not a lane has been selected (step S122). If it is determined that a lane has been selected, a new customer identification number is provided and selected in association with the customer identification number. The lane number is registered and the lane is secured (step S123).
The securing of the lane is, for example, changing the selected lane from the “free” state to the “used” state.
Next, a “plan selection screen” as shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display 36 (step S124), and it is determined whether “new plan” or “conventional” is selected (step S125). ).

If it is determined that the “new plan” has been selected, a “participant number input screen” (in this case, input of 3 to 12 persons) for inputting the number of participants is displayed on the display 36 (step S126). .
Since the subsequent processing when “conventional” is selected is the same as the conventional processing, description thereof is omitted here.

Next, it is determined whether or not the number of participants PN (here, 3 to 12 people) has been input on the “participant number input screen” (step S127), and it is determined that the number of participants PN has been input. For example, the input number of participants PN is registered in association with the customer identification number (step S128), and then a “participant name input screen” corresponding to the number of participants PN is displayed on the display 36 (step S129).
The clerk will enter the name of the participant entered on the application form on the “participant input screen”.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the input of the participant's name has been completed (step S131). If it is determined that the input of the participant's name has been completed, the input participant is associated with the customer identification number. Are registered (step S132), and the corresponding game progress data D1 is read from the database 134A (FIG. 18) based on the number of participants PN (step S133).

  Next, the read game progress data D1 is registered in association with the customer identification number (step S134), the round number counter RC is set to “1” (step S135), and then included in the game progress data D1. Based on the used lane number data D5, it is determined whether the number of lanes to be used is one or two (step S136).

If it is determined that the number of lanes to be used is one, the game content data D2 of the first round is read from the game progress data D1 (step S137), and the competition team number data D3 included in the read game content data D2 is read. Based on this, the number of competition teams BN is set (step S138).
For example, when the game progress data D1 corresponds to three participants, the number of competition teams BN is set to “3” as can be seen from FIG.

  Next, a “competitive team name creation process” (FIG. 7) is performed for creating the names of the respective competition teams (step S139), and then information (lane numbers, the number of competition teams BN, The information indicating the name of the competition team) is transmitted to the console 101A (FIGS. 1 and 2) corresponding to the selected lane (step S140), and the processing operation [f-4] is terminated.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S136 that the number of lanes to be used is two, the game content data D2 for the odd lanes in the first round is read from the game progress data D1 (step S141), and the read game content data Based on the competition team number data D3 included in D2, the competition team number BN is set (step S142), and then "competition team name creation processing" (FIG. 7) is performed to create the name of each competition team (FIG. 7). Step S143).
For example, when the game progress data D1 corresponds to 9 participants, the number of competition teams BN in the odd lane is set to “2” as can be seen from FIG.

Next, the game content data D2 for even lanes of the first round is read from the game progress data D1 (step S144), and the number of competition teams BN is based on the competition team number data D3 included in the read game content data D2. Is set (step S145), and then "competitive team name creation processing" (FIG. 7) is performed (step S146) for creating the names of each competitive team.
For example, when the game progress data D1 corresponds to 9 participants, the number of competition teams BN in the even lane is set to “1” as can be seen from FIG.

  Next, information necessary for the progress of the game (lane numbers (for two), the number of competition teams BN associated with each lane number, and information indicating the name of the competition team) are stored in the selected lane. It transmits to corresponding console 101A (FIG. 1, FIG. 2) (step S147), and complete | finishes processing operation [f-4].

When the CPU 111A constituting the console 101A (FIG. 2) receives information necessary for the progress of the game transmitted from the front management apparatus 102A, the CPU 111A registers the information indicating the number of competition teams BN and the names of competition teams. Various processes are performed to advance the game.
More specifically, when information (one lane) necessary for the game progress is transmitted from the front management apparatus 102A (step S140 in FIG. 19-2), the CPU 111A performs various types corresponding to one lane. When the process is executed to advance the game and information (for two lanes) necessary for the game progress is transmitted from the front management apparatus 102A (step S147 in FIG. 19-2), the CPU 111A sets the two lanes. The game is progressed by performing various corresponding processes.
Various processes corresponding to one lane are the same as the processing operation [c-1] illustrated in FIG.

Next, the processing operation [f-5] of the CPU 131A constituting the front management apparatus 102A (FIG. 3) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. The processing operation [f-5] is executed when information indicating continuation of the game is received from the console 101A (FIG. 1).
Information indicating the continuation of the game is transmitted from the console 101A together with the lane number and score information.

First, based on the lane number transmitted from the console 101A, the score information is registered in association with the corresponding customer identification number (step S151), and then the round number counter RC is incremented by “1” (step S152). ).
Next, based on the customer identification number, the corresponding use lane number data D5 is read from the game progress data D1 (step S153), and based on the read use lane number data D5, is the number of lanes used being one? It is determined whether the number is two (step S154).

  If it is determined that the number of lanes to be used is one, the game content data D2 of the corresponding round is read from the game progress data D1 based on the round number counter RC (step S155), and is included in the read game content data D2. On the basis of the competition team number data D3, the competition team number BN is set (step S156).

  Next, the “competitive team name creation process” (FIG. 7) is performed to create the name of each competitive team (step S157), and then information necessary for the progress of the game (lane number, competitive team number BN, The information indicating the name of the competition team) is transmitted to the console 101A (FIGS. 1 and 2) corresponding to the selected lane (step S158), and the processing operation [f-5] is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S154 that the number of lanes to be used is two, the game content data D2 for odd lanes of the corresponding round is read from the game progress data D1 based on the round number counter RC (step S159). ) Based on the competition team number data D3 included in the read competition content data D2, the competition team number BN is set (step S160), and then the name of each competition team is created “a competition team name creation process”. (FIG. 7) is performed (step S161).

  Next, based on the round number counter RC, the game content data D2 for even lanes of the corresponding round is read from the game progress data D1 (step S162), and the competition team number data D3 included in the read game content data D2 is read. Based on this, the number of competition teams BN is set (step S163), and thereafter, “competition team name creation processing” (FIG. 7) for creating the names of each competition team is performed (step S164).

Next, information necessary for the progress of the game (lane numbers (for two), the number of competition teams BN associated with each lane number, and information indicating the name of the competition team) are stored in the selected lane. It transmits to corresponding console 101A (FIG. 1, FIG. 2) (step S165), and complete | finishes processing operation [f-5].
Note that the processing operation of the CPU 131A constituting the front management apparatus 102A, which is executed when information indicating game settlement is received from the console 101A, is the same as the processing operation [f-3] shown in FIG. Therefore, the description is omitted here.

According to the bowling alley management system using the information processing method according to the above embodiment (2), it is possible to cope with the case where the number of lanes used is two or more. However, it is possible to realize a team battle that creates a sense of unity and facilitates excitement.
Therefore, even when the number of participants increases, it is possible to improve the fun of competing for the score, which is an original pleasure of the bowling game.

  In addition, when the number of participants is an even number (4, 6, 8, 10, 12), the doubles match (two-player team battle) is considered to be the most fun and most exciting in the team battle. ) Can be realized.

In addition, in the bowling alley management system using the information processing method according to the embodiment (2), the use lane number data D5 is used for determination of competition contents such as setting the competition team number BN for each lane. Although described, in another embodiment, lane reservation may be automatically performed using the used lane number data D5.
In addition, using box number data indicating a box to be used may be adopted, and lane reservation may be automatically performed in units of boxes.

When the number of participants is 7 to 12, two lanes are used. When two lanes are used and the European method (throwing in the same lane through one game) is adopted as the pitching method, if the number of teams becomes an odd number, there will be a big difference in the time required to digest the game between the lanes. It may occur.
For example, if one lane has 4 sets and the other lane has 3 sets, and the time required for one game is 10 minutes, the game digestion time in one lane is 40 minutes, while the other lane The game digest time is 30 minutes.

As a method of solving this problem, for example, a method of changing the number of team members to make the number of teams an even number, or belonging to a plurality of teams to make the number of teams an even number, can be mentioned.
For example, if the number of participants is 7 (9, 11), one lane has one set of four (one set of five, one set of six), and the other lane has one set of three (4 A data structure including a competition content data D2 in which a total of two groups of one group and one group of five), that is, a team battle by an even group is executed is adopted.
Also, for example, when the number of participants is 10, the competition content data is such that all the participating P1 to P10 belong to 2 teams and team battles are executed by a total of 10 teams of 5 teams of 2 teams in 2 lanes. A data structure including D2 is adopted.
Odd Lane P1P2 Pair P3P4 Pair P5P6 Pair P7P8 Pair P9P10 Pair Even Lane P1P6 Pair P2P7 Pair P3P8 Pair P4P9 Pair P5P10 Pair

  Needless to say, when the number of participants is 8 (12), teams of 4 pairs (6 pairs) of 2 pairs (2 pairs 3 pairs) are executed on each lane. What is necessary is just to employ | adopt the data structure containing the competition content data D2 which is done.

In another embodiment, a data structure including game content data D2 having data relating to the pitching method is adopted, and data relating to the pitching method (American method, European method) is also necessary as information necessary for the progress of the game. You may make it transmit to console 101,101A.
For example, using the American method (using two lanes and throwing left and right lanes alternately between odd and even frames) prevents the time required for game digestion between lanes. Can do.

Also, in the case of a team battle, there is a risk that it will not be clear which member of the team is the pitcher.
For example, “Taro / Jiro, please throw a ball” as shown in FIG. 11 may make it difficult to know which of “Taro” or “Jiro” is the pitcher.

Therefore, in another embodiment, in the case of the baker method, a count-up process is performed at each frame end, and in the case of the scatch method, a count-up process is performed for each pitch so that the pitcher can be identified. Then, it may be possible to introduce to the participant who the pitcher is.
In addition, regarding the selection of the baker method or the scatch method, the participant may be able to select freely on the consoles 101 and 101A, or may be selected on the front management devices 102 and 102A.
In addition, a data structure including game content data D2 having data relating to the pitcher's change method (Baker method, Scatch method) is adopted, and the data relating to the change method is also console 101, 101A as information necessary for the progress of the game. You may make it transmit to.

  Next, a bowling alley management system (corresponding to the information processing system) using the information processing method according to the embodiment (3) will be described. However, this bowling alley management system has the same configuration except for the bowling alley management system shown in FIG. 1, the console 101, the front management apparatus 102, and the office unit 103.

  In the figure, 101B shows a console (operation panel equipped with an input / output device) provided for each box (two odd lanes and even lanes that are adjacent to each other), and the console 101B is provided on the front. The front management apparatus 102B and the office unit 103B provided in the office are respectively connected via a local area network.

  The console 101B is installed above the runway, has a relatively large display 4 for displaying images such as scores and pin actions, a pin camera 5 for photographing the alignment position of the bowling pins, and a predetermined position on the lane. Two ball passage sensors 6 and foul sensors 7 are connected for odd lanes and even lanes.

The console 101B has the same configuration as the console 101 shown in FIG. 2 except for the CPU 111, the ROM 112, and the RAM 113.
The CPU 111B executes processing according to the program written in the ROM 112B. The RAM 113B is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.

The front management apparatus 102B has the same configuration as the front management apparatus 102 shown in FIG. 3 except for the CPU 131, the ROM 132, the RAM 133, and the database 134.
The CPU 131B executes processing according to the program written in the ROM 132B. The RAM 133B is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.
The database 134B stores game progress data relating to the progress of the game in association with the number of participants in the bowling game.

FIGS. 21A and 21B are diagrams illustrating an example of the data structure of the game progress data stored in the database 134B.
In the figure, D1 to D7 are game progress data associated with the number of male and female participants (here, 4 to 6 participants), competition content data set for each round, and the number of competition teams, respectively. Data, team formation data, used lane number data, round number data, and game number data per participant, game progress data D1 is competition content data D2, used lane number data D5, round number data D6, And game number data D7 per participant.
The competition content data D2 includes competition team number data D3 and team formation data D4.
In the figure, M1 to M4 are identification numbers for identifying male participants, and W1 to W4 in the figure are identification numbers for identifying female participants.

  For example, in the game progress data D1 associated with three male participants and three female participants, the number of lanes used is “1”, the number of rounds is “4 times”, and the number of games per participant is “ "2.5 games", the first round will be a team battle with three mixed-sex pairs, and each team will be a two-person group consisting of participants M1 and W1, a two-person group consisting of participants M2 and W2, and participants M3 and W3 It shows that it is a two-person group.

Next, the processing operation [f-6] of the CPU 131B constituting the front management apparatus 102B (FIG. 3) will be described based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 22-1 and 22-2. The processing operation [f-6] is executed when the keyboard 37 is operated to instruct the display of the “lane selection screen”.
The “lane selection screen” is an operation screen for indicating a lane usage state and for selecting a lane to be used from lanes in an empty state.

First, a “lane selection screen” is displayed on the display 36 (step S171), and a lane selection operation is awaited. The staff changes the number of lanes selected according to the number of participants.
In general, the maximum number of players in one lane is 6, so when there are up to 6 participants, one lane is selected.

Next, it is determined whether or not a lane has been selected (step S172). If it is determined that a lane has been selected, a new customer identification number is provided and selected in association with the customer identification number. The lane number is registered and the lane is secured (step S173).
The securing of the lane is, for example, changing the selected lane from the “free” state to the “used” state.
Next, a “plan selection screen” as shown in FIG. 23A is displayed on the display 36 (step S174), and it is determined whether “new plan” or “conventional” is selected (step S175). ).

If it is determined that the “new plan” is selected, a “participant number selection screen” as shown in FIG. 23B is displayed on the display 36 (step S176).
Since the subsequent processing when “conventional” is selected is the same as the conventional processing, description thereof is omitted here.

  Next, it is determined whether or not a participant number PN (here, 4 to 6 people) has been selected on the “participant number selection screen” (step S177), and it is determined that the participant number PN has been selected. For example, the selected number of participants PN is registered in association with the customer identification number (step S178), and then it is determined whether gender consideration is desired (step S179).

If it is determined that gender consideration is not desired, a “participant name input screen” corresponding to the number of participants PN is displayed on the display 36 (step S180).
Since the subsequent processing is the same as the processing shown in FIG. 5B, the description thereof is omitted here.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that gender consideration is desired, a “participant name input screen” having an item for selecting a gender is displayed on the display 36 according to the number of participants PN (step S181).

Next, it is determined whether the input of the participant's name and the selection of gender are completed (step S191). If the input of the name of the participant and the selection of the gender are determined, the customer identification number is determined. Are registered, and the entered names MA1, WA1,... Are registered (step S192).
The names MA1, WA1,... Of the participants are associated with the participants M1, W1,..., The name MA1 is the registered name of the participant M1, and the name WA1 is the registered name of the participant W1.

  Thereafter, based on the selection result, the number of males MN and the number of females WN of the participants are calculated (step S193). Based on the number of males MN and the number of females WN of the participants, the database 134B (FIG. 121-1, The corresponding game progress data D1 is read from FIG. 21-2) (step S194).

  Next, the read game progress data D1 is registered in association with the customer identification number (step S195), the round number counter RC is set to “1” (step S196), and then, from the game progress data D1, One-round competition content data D2 is read (step S197), and the number of competition teams BN is set based on the competition team number data D3 included in the read competition content data D2 (step S198).

Next, a “competitive team name creation process” (FIG. 7) is performed to create the names of each competitive team (step S199), and then information (lane number, number of competitive teams BN, The information indicating the name of the competition team) is transmitted to the console 101B (FIGS. 1 and 2) corresponding to the selected lane (step S200), and the processing operation [f-6] is terminated.
Since the subsequent processing operations of the front management apparatus 102B and the console 101B are the same as those described so far, the description thereof is omitted here.

According to the bowling alley management system using the information processing method according to the embodiment (3), based on the game progress data D1 corresponding to the registered number of men MN and number of women WN, in each round The number of competition teams BN is set.
When the registered participants are two males (M1, M2) and two females (W1, W2), for example, when the database 134B as shown in FIGS. 21-1 and 21-2 is adopted, The competition teams in the first round are two teams, a mixed-sex pair consisting of participants M1 and W1 and a mixed-sex pair consisting of participants M2 and W2.
Also, if the participants M1, M2, W1, and W2 are “Taro”, “Jiro”, “Matsuko”, and “Takeko” respectively, one team will be a mixed pair of “Taro” and “Matsuko” One team is a mixed pair of “Jiro” and “Takeko”.

Thereby, for example, when two participants are two men and two women, a doubles battle can be executed with two pairs of mixed men and women, and when there are three men and three women, mixed pair 3 A doubles battle can be executed by a group, and when a participant is four men and two women, a team battle by two groups of two men and one woman can be executed.
Therefore, the team battle by the mixed team can be increased, so that the participants can be more enjoyed.

So far, in the front management devices 102 to 102B, the case where the number of competition teams BN for each round is set from the game progress data D1 or the team name as team organization information is created has been described. The process of creating and team name creation may be performed by another device instead of the front management devices 102 to 102B.
For example, as described later, these processes may be performed on the console.

  A bowling alley management system (corresponding to the information processing system) using the information processing method according to the embodiment (4) will be described. However, this bowling alley management system has the same configuration except for the bowling alley management system shown in FIG. 1, the console 101, the front management apparatus 102, and the office unit 103.

  In the figure, 101C indicates a console (an operation panel equipped with an input / output device) provided for each box (a group of two odd lanes and even lanes adjacent to each other), and the console 101C is provided on the front. The front management apparatus 102C and the office unit 103C provided in the office are respectively connected via a local area network.

  The console 101C is installed above the runway, has a relatively large display 4 for displaying images such as scores and pin actions, a pin camera 5 for photographing the alignment position of the bowling pins, and a predetermined position on the lane. Two ball passage sensors 6 and foul sensors 7 are connected for odd lanes and even lanes.

The console 101C has the same configuration as the console 101 shown in FIG. 2 except for the CPU 111, the ROM 112, and the RAM 113.
The CPU 111C executes processing according to the program written in the ROM 112C. The RAM 113C is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.

The front management apparatus 102C has the same configuration except for the front management apparatus 102, the CPU 131, the ROM 132, the RAM 133, and the database 134 shown in FIG.
The CPU 131C executes processing according to the program written in the ROM 132C. The RAM 133C is used as a working area, such as temporarily storing score information during program execution.
The database 134C stores game progress data relating to the progress of the game in association with the number of participants in the bowling game. For example, the database 134C has a data structure as shown in FIG.

Next, the processing operation [f-7] of the CPU 131C constituting the front management apparatus 102C (FIG. 3) will be described based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 24-1 and 24-2. The processing operation [f-6] is executed when the keyboard 37 is operated to instruct the display of the “lane selection screen”.
The “lane selection screen” is an operation screen for indicating a lane usage state and for selecting a lane to be used from lanes in an empty state.

First, a “lane selection screen” is displayed on the display 36 (step S201), and a lane selection operation is awaited. The staff changes the number of lanes selected according to the number of participants.
In general, the maximum number of players per lane is 6, so one lane is selected for up to 6 participants and 2 lanes for 7-12 participants. Will be selected.

Next, it is determined whether or not a lane has been selected (step S202). If it is determined that a lane has been selected, a new customer identification number is provided and selected in association with the customer identification number. The lane number is registered and the lane is secured (step S203).
The securing of the lane is, for example, changing the selected lane from the “free” state to the “used” state.
Next, a “plan selection screen” as shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display 36 (step S204), and it is determined whether “new plan” or “conventional” is selected (step S205). ).

If it is determined that the “new plan” has been selected, a “participant selection screen” as shown in FIG. 6B is displayed on the display 36 (step S206).
Since the subsequent processing when “conventional” is selected is the same as the conventional processing, description thereof is omitted here.

Next, it is determined whether the number of participants PN (here, 4, 5, 6) has been selected on the “participant number selection screen” (step S207), and the number of participants PN is selected. If it is determined, the selected participant number PN is registered in association with the customer identification number (step S208), and then a “participant name input screen” corresponding to the participant number PN is displayed on the display 36 (step S208). S209).
The clerk will input the name of the participant entered on the application form on the “participant name input screen”.

Next, it is determined whether or not the input of the participant's name has been completed (step S211). If it is determined that the input of the participant's name has been completed, the input participant is associated with the customer identification number. Are registered (step S212), and the corresponding game progress data D1 is read from the database 134C (FIG. 4) based on the number of participants PN (step S213).
For example, when the number of participants is 4, the game progress data D1_4 (FIG. 4) is read out.

  Next, the read game progress data D1 is registered in association with the customer identification number (step S214), and then information necessary for the game progress (lane number, number of participants PN, name of participants A1, Information indicating A2,..., Game progress data D1) is transmitted to the console 101C (FIGS. 1 and 2) corresponding to the selected lane (step S215), and the processing operation [f-7] is terminated.

  Next, the processing operation [c-2] of the CPU 111C constituting the console 101C (FIG. 2) will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. This processing operation [c-2] is information (lane number, number of participants PN, names of participants A1, A2, etc.) required for the progress of the game transmitted from the front management apparatus 102C (FIG. 1). Is executed when information indicating the game progress data D1) is received.

First, the information indicating the number of participants PN, the names of participants A1, A2,... And the game progress data D1 transmitted from the front management apparatus 102C are registered in the RAM 113C (FIG. 2) in association with the lane numbers. (Step S221).
The CPU 111C is shared by two lanes, an odd lane and an even lane. However, the following explanation will be made without distinguishing the lanes in order to facilitate the explanation.

  The round number counter RC is set to “1” (step S222), the game content data D2 of the corresponding round is read from the game progress data D1 based on the round number counter RC (step S223), and the read game content data D2 The number BN of competition teams is set based on the competition team number data D3 included in (Step S224).

  Next, a “competition team name creation process” (FIG. 7) for creating the names of the respective competition teams is performed (step S225), and then the frame number counter FC, the competitor counter BC, and the pitching counter TC are set to “1”. (Steps S226 to S228), a score screen corresponding to the number of competition teams BN is displayed on the displays 4 and 17, and the name of the competition team is displayed at a predetermined position on the score screen (step S229).

  Next, “game progress processing” (FIG. 10) such as calculation of the number of remaining pins and score calculation is performed (step S230). The “game progress process” is a process executed until one game from the first frame to the tenth frame is completed by all the competition teams.

After completion of the “game progress process”, it is determined whether or not a “game settlement” operation or a “game continuation” operation has been performed on the keyboard 20 (FIG. 2) (steps S231 and S232).
If it is determined that the “game settlement” operation has been performed, information indicating the settlement of the game and score information are transmitted to the front management apparatus 102C (FIG. 1) together with the lane number (step S233), and the processing operation [c− 2] is ended. On the other hand, if it is determined that the “game continuation” operation has been performed, the score information is registered (step S234), the round number counter RC is incremented by “1” (step S235), and then the process returns to step S223.

  Regarding the processing operation of the CPU 131C constituting the front management apparatus 102C (FIG. 3), which is executed when information indicating game settlement is received from the console 101C, the processing operation [f-3] shown in FIG. Therefore, the description is omitted here.

  Further, the case where the databases 134, 134A to 134C in which the game progress data D1 is stored is provided in the front management devices 102, 102A to 102C has been described so far, but the location of this database is limited to the front management device. However, other devices may be used, for example, a console may be provided.

101, 101A to 101C Console 102, 102A to 102C Front management device 111, 111A to 111C, 131, 131A to 131C CPU
134,134A-134C Database

Claims (14)

Using game progress data storage means in which game progress data relating to the progress of the game corresponding to each participant is stored in association with each participant of the bowling game,
An information processing system for realizing a bowling game according to the number of participants,
The game progress data includes competition content data related to the competition content set for each round,
In order to realize a team battle in which at least one round is composed of two or more teams composed of a plurality of athletes, the competition content data includes the competition team number data relating to the number of competition teams, and each competition team. There is team organization data to identify the players to which they belong,
Competition team number setting means for setting the number of competition teams in each round based on the competition team number data included in the competition content data constituting the game progress data corresponding to the number of registered participants;
Based on the team organization data, team organization information creation means for creating team organization information indicating the athletes belonging to each competition team for the number of competition teams set by the competition team number setting means ,
Further, a score screen corresponding to the number of competition teams set by the competition team number setting means is displayed, and team formation information created by the team formation information creation means is displayed at a predetermined position on the score screen. An information processing system characterized by being configured. Some of the game progress data includes the team organization data indicating the team organization taking gender into account,
2. The competition team number setting means is for setting the number of competition teams in each round based on the game progress data corresponding to the number of registered male and female participants. The information processing system described.   The team organization information creation means creates affiliation information indicating athletes belonging to each competition team as the team organization information based on the registered participant identification information and the team organization data. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above. The game progress data includes at least two rounds of the game content data indicating a team battle,
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the team organization data indicating different team organization exists between the game content data.   The information according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a counting unit that counts the score for each participant, with the score of the team to which the team belongs in the team battle as the score of the participant. Processing system.   6. The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein a difference is provided between the score weight in the team game and the score weight in the singles game, and the score for each participant is totaled.   The information processing system according to claim 6, wherein the weight of the score in the team game is in accordance with the number of competitors constituting the team. Using game progress data storage means in which game progress data relating to the progress of the game corresponding to each participant is stored in association with each participant of the bowling game,
An information processing method by a computer for realizing a bowling game according to the number of participants,
The game progress data includes competition content data related to the competition content set for each round,
In order to realize a team battle in which at least one round is composed of two or more teams composed of a plurality of athletes, the competition content data includes the competition team number data relating to the number of competition teams, and each competition team. There is team organization data to identify the players to which they belong,
Setting the number of competition teams in each round based on the competition team number data included in the competition content data constituting the game progress data corresponding to the number of registered participants;
Based on the team organization data, a step of creating team organization information indicating the athletes belonging to the respective competition teams for the set number of competition teams;
And a step of displaying a score screen corresponding to the set number of competition teams and displaying the created team organization information at a predetermined position of the score screen. Some of the game progress data includes the team organization data indicating the team organization taking gender into account,
9. The information processing method according to claim 8, wherein the number of competition teams in each round is set based on the game progress data corresponding to the number of registered males and females.   9. The affiliation information indicating the athletes belonging to each competition team is created as the team formation information based on the registered participant identification information and the team formation data. 9. The information processing method according to 9. The game progress data includes at least two rounds of the game content data indicating a team battle,
The information processing method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the team organization data indicating different team organization exists between the game content data.   12. The information according to any one of claims 8 to 11, further comprising a step of counting the scores for each participant using the score of the team to which the team belongs in the team battle as the score of the participant. Processing method.   13. The information processing method according to claim 12, wherein a difference is provided between a score weight in a team game and a score weight in a singles game, and the score for each participant is totaled.   14. The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein the weight of the score in the team battle is determined according to the number of competitors constituting the team.

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