JPH0130221Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a music game device in which a plurality of players compete to win or lose by guessing the pitches (pitch names) of problems that are irregularly presented.

In the past, this type of music game device was for individual players to guess the pitch name of randomly generated sounds using keyboard input, but now there is a device that allows multiple players to compete to see who wins or loses. Since there was nothing there, the gameplay was lacking.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned background, and aims to provide a music game device in which a plurality of players can enjoy a sound guessing game.

Therefore, the music game device according to this invention is
As shown in FIG. 1, the problem sound data generating means 1 randomly generates problem pitch data, and the problem sound is presented by the note or note name corresponding to the pitch data. This is done by presentation means 2.

When the operator is operated by a plurality of players who have seen this, the plurality of answer sound data generating means 3 and 4 each generate pitch data designated by the operator, and the comparison means 5 , 6 compare the pitch data generated by the problem sound data generation means 1 with the pitch data generated by each answer sound data generation means 3 and 4, and determine whether they match or do not match. Then, the determining means 7 determines the winner or loser based on each of the determination results and the timing of pitch data generation by the answer sound data generating means 3 and 4 after the problem sound presentation means 2 presents the question sound.

Then, the judgment result by the judgment means 7 is presented by the judgment result presentation means 8, for example, as a score.

In addition, as an example of the determination by the determination means 7, the pitch data generated by the problem sound data generation means 1 is designated as A, and the pitch data generated by the answer sound data generation means 3 and 4 is designated as B, respectively. If it is C,
When A=B≠C, the player who operated the answer sound data generation means 3 wins; when A=C≠B, the player who operated the answer sound data generation means 4 wins; A=B
When =C, it is determined that the one who operates the answer sound data generating means 3 or 4 sooner wins.

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

FIG. 2 shows the external appearance of the music game device for two-player games according to this invention.
A pair of keyboard devices 11A and 11B are provided as answer sound data generating means, each having a plurality of piano-shaped white keys and black keys as operators for specifying pitches, and a game start switch 12,
A speaker 13 and a display 14 are provided.

The display 14 includes a pair of staff score displays 15A and 15B as means for presenting question sounds, respectively, for a player who answers using the keyboard device 11A and a player who answers using the keyboard device 11B.
and a score display 16 as a means for presenting judgment results.
A and 16B are provided.

The staff display devices 15A and 15B each have a fixed display section consisting of a staff and a treble clef, and, for example, as shown in the figure, from "C" on the lower first line to "F" on the fifth line.
a selection display section using a liquid crystal pattern or a light emitting diode (LED) in the form of a sharp (#) and flat (b) indicating a whole note indicating the pitch of the 11 notes and a semitone;
and a display drive circuit.

The score displays 16A and 16B each have, for example, a 3-digit 7-segment liquid crystal number pattern or an LED.
It consists of a digital display section and its display drive circuit.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of this music game device, and parts corresponding to those in FIG. 2 are given the same reference numerals.

In this embodiment, a keyboard device 1 is used as a question sound data generating means and as each answer sound data generating means.
1A and 11B, a pair of random number generators 17A and 17B are used, each generating problematic pitch data using random numbers. 18A and 18B decode the random numbers (for example, any number from 1 to 18 when generating 18 types of pitch data) generated by the random number generators 17A and 17B. This is a pair of converters that converts pitch data into pitch data.

The comparison means and the determination means are a pair of comparators 19A,
19B, and a determination circuit 20 (details thereof are shown in FIG. 4).

In addition, a pair of address decoders 21 are used to display problem notes on the staff display devices 15A and 15B.
A, 21B, a read-on memory (ROM) 22 storing display data, and a display register 23 are provided, and in order to display the scores of Puya on the score display devices 16A and 16B, respectively, score data (for example, "10") are provided. 24, a pair of accumulators 25A and 25B, and latch circuits 26A and 26B that store the respective accumulated data.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, a gate circuit 27, an OR circuit 28, and a musical tone signal according to the input data are generated and the speaker 13 is used to generate a question sound, an answer sound, and a sound effect indicating the end of judgment. It includes a musical tone signal generation circuit 29 for generating sounds, a question generation circuit 30 (details thereof are shown in FIG. 5), and a sound effect generation circuit 31.

The sequence control circuit 32 sequentially controls each of these circuits.

In addition, 33 is a problem number counter for setting the number of problems (for example, "10"), 34 is an R-S type flip-flop circuit, 35 and 36 are delay circuits, and 37 to 3 are
9 and 45 are OR circuits, and 40 to 44 are AND circuits.

Next, the sequence operation of this circuit will be explained.

When the game start switch 12 is pressed and turned on, a high level signal "1" is input to start the sequence control circuit 32, and
The number of questions is preset in the question number counter 33, the flip-flop circuit 34 is set, and the accumulator 25 is set.
Reset A and 25B. Furthermore, the determination circuit 20 and display register 23 are also cleared by the initial clear signal IC.

The sequence control circuit 32 first sets the problem set signal _S0 to "1", causes the problem number counter 33 to count up, and after being slightly delayed by the delay circuit 35, becomes one input of the AND circuits 41 and 42.
Since the Q output of the flip-flop circuit 34, which is the other input of the AND circuits 41 and 42, is "1", the outputs of the AND circuits 41 and 42 become "1".

As a result, the random number generators 17A and 17B
The random number generation operation is temporarily stopped, the random number data generated at that time is output, and the converter 18A,
Comparators 19A and 19B and address decoders 21A and 21 are used as pitch data DA and DB that are converted into pitch data by 18B and become problematic, respectively.
B and output to the question sounding circuit 30.

Address decoders 21A and 21B receive pitch data input from decoders 18A and 18B, respectively.
DA, DB and the corresponding display data ROM2
2 to address data for reading.
As a result, the display data read from the ROM 22 is temporarily stored in the display register 23, respectively.

When the random number generators 17A and 17B finish outputting the random number data, the output of the AND circuit 40 becomes "1" due to the end signal, so the problem is set to the end, and the sequence control circuit 32 inputs it and starts the next step. Set the problem sound signal S ₁ to “1”.

As a result, the problem generating circuit 30 first outputs the warning sound data, and then outputs the warning sound data to the decoders 18A and 18.
Pitch data DA and DB from B are output together for a predetermined time. During that time, gate pulse _G1 is set to “1”
to close the gate circuit 27, and the keyboard device 11A,
Passing of data from 11B is prohibited.

The preview sound data outputted from the problem sound generation circuit 30 and the subsequent pitch data DA of the problem sound,
DB passes through the OR circuit 28 to the musical tone generation circuit 29
The signal is input into the system, converted into a musical tone signal, and output from the speaker 13 as a question tone for the previewer and the player.

The problem sound generation circuit 30 outputs a problem sound sound generation end signal after outputting the pitch data DA, DB, and the display register 23 that receives the signal outputs the temporarily stored display data to the staff display devices 15A, 15B. ,
Display the note of the problem note (also # or b in the case of a semitone) on each staff score.

Further, the sequence control circuit 32 next sets the key press detection signal S ₂ to "1", and the two keyboard devices 11A,
11B is placed in a standby state for key press detection.

Two players listen to the problem generated from the speaker 13, look at the notes displayed on their respective staff score displays 15A and 15B, and select the key that they think corresponds to the pitch of the question on the keyboard devices 11A and 11B. When you press , the keyboard devices 11A and 11B will
Pitch data specified by the pressed key
In addition to generating KA and KB, key press detection signals KON ₁ and KON ₂ are also generated, and the determination circuit 20 and
The signal is input to the comparators 19A, 19B and the sequence control circuit 32 via the OR circuit 37.

The sequence control circuit 32 receives this key press detection signal.
By inputting KON ₁ or KON ₂ , next judgment signal S ₃
Set to “1”.

The comparator 19A takes the pitch data KA from the keyboard device 11A as input a ₁ , takes the pitch data DA from the decoder 18A as input b ₁ , and sets the output c ₁ to "1" only when a ₁ = b ₁ . , when a ₁ ≠ b _1, the output d ₁ is set to “1”.

The comparator 19B takes the pitch data KB from the keyboard device 11B as input a ₂ and the pitch data DB from the decoder 18B as input b ₂ , and sets the output c ₂ to "1" only when a ₂ = b ₂ . , when a ₂ ≠ b _2, the output d ₂ is set to “1”.

The determination circuit 20 uses these comparators 19A, 19
Outputs c ₁ , d ₁ , c ₂ , d ₂ indicating the match/mismatch between the question sound and the answer sound from B, and a key depression detection signal KON indicating the generation timing of pitch data, which is the answer timing, from the keyboard devices 11A, 11B. ₁ , KON ₂ is input, and the winner is decided by determining which of the two players answered correctly first. When the player wins, the output VA is set to "1", and when the player wins, the output is Set VB to “1”.

As a result, the output of the OR circuit 39 becomes "1", the sound effect generation circuit 31 generates sound effect data, and inputs it to the musical sound generation circuit 29 via the OR circuit 28, and generates a sound effect to determine the winner. The sound is generated by the speaker 13. During that time, gate pulse G ₂ is set to “1”
to close the gate circuit 27.

When the determination circuit 20 outputs the determination end signal,
The sequence control circuit 32 then sets the score display signal _S4 to "1".

Thereby, the judgment output from the judgment circuit 20
The output of one of the AND circuits 43 and 44 that ANDs VA, VB and this signal _S4 becomes "1", and the score data of the ROM 24 is added to the data of one of the accumulators 25A and 25B. The cumulative score of each player is updated and stored in the registers 26A and 26B, and the score display 16 for each player is displayed.
The updated score is displayed on A and 16B. For the first time, one of the displays changes from "0" to "10", for example.

The score display signal S ₄ is also slightly delayed by the delay circuit 36 and inputted to the reset terminal of the sequence control circuit 32 via the OR circuit 45 .

Thereby, the sequence control circuit 32 again sequentially outputs the problem set signal _S0 starting from the first problem set signal, and repeats the same sequence operation as described above.

The problem number counter 33 counts up each time the problem set signal _S0 becomes "1", and when the count value exceeds a preset value, that is, after a predetermined number of problem sounds have been emitted, a count over signal is generated.
The flip-flop circuit 34 is reset by _C0 . Therefore, the Q output becomes "0", the AND circuits 41 and 42 are closed, and subsequent generation of problem pitch data is prohibited, resulting in a game over.

The score displayed on the score display devices 16A and 16B at that time determines whether the player wins or loses.

Next, a specific example of the determination circuit 20 will be explained with reference to FIG.

This determination circuit 20 receives a key press detection signal KON ₁ from the player, a key non-press signal obtained by inverting it with an inverter 201, and a key press detection signal from the player.
Mark the intersection of the matrix circuit among KON ₂ , the non-key pressed signal obtained by inverting it with the inverter 202, and the outputs c ₁ , d ₁ , c ₂ , d ₂ of the comparators 19A and 19B in FIG. six AND circuits 203 to 208 that take the AND of the output signals, an OR circuit 209 that takes the OR of the outputs of the AND circuits 204, 205, and 208;
an OR circuit 210 that takes the OR of the outputs of 7; an OR circuit 211 that takes the OR of the respective outputs VA and VB;
It is constituted by an AND circuit 212 that ANDs the output and the determination signal _S3 . and,
When wins, set VA to “1”, when wins, set VB
Set to “1”.

That is, according to this determination circuit 20, when the players press the keys at the same time, the one who answered correctly wins, and when both players answer correctly, both players win. When one of the players presses a key first, if the answer is correct, the player who pressed the key wins, and if the answer is incorrect, the opponent wins.

Therefore, if you make a so-called "movement", the other party wins.

Then, when the judgment signal _S3 from the sequence control circuit 32 in FIG. 3 is "1" and the signal VA or VB indicating the judgment result becomes "1", the output of the AND circuit 212 becomes "1". and is output as a judgment end signal.

Next, a specific example of the problem generating circuit 30 will be explained with reference to FIG.

In this problem generation circuit 30, when the problem generation signal _S1 from the sequence control circuit 32 in FIG _. becomes "1" and closes the gate circuit 27 in FIG.

On the other hand, when the Q output of the flip-flop circuit 301 becomes "1", the AND circuit 303 opens, and the tempo counter 30 is reset by the pulse obtained by differentiating the signal _S1 by the differentiating circuit 304.
A pulse outputted every predetermined count of clock pulses φ from 5 is input to an address counter 306 through an AND circuit 303.

Thereby, the address counter 306 sequentially reads out the notice sound data from the notice sound data memory (ROM) 307 according to the count data,
It is output to the OR circuit 28 in FIG. 3 via the OR circuit 308.

When the final data of the warning sound data is read out, the end detection circuit 309 detects it and outputs a pulse, and the differentiating circuit 310 resets the address counter 306 and the flip-flop circuit 301 with the differentiated pulse. do.

Further, when a pulse is output from the tempo counter 305 after the detection pulse is output from the end detection circuit 309, the output of the AND circuit 311 becomes "1".
, and triggers the one-shot multi 312.

As a result, the one-shot multi 312 outputs "1" for a predetermined period of time, and the gate circuit 313
The pitch data DA and DB, which are the problem sounds, are passed through and outputted via the OR circuit 308.

When the output of the one-shot multi 312 falls, a differential pulse is generated by the differentiating circuit 314, which is output as a problem sounding end signal to the sequence control circuit 32 and display register 23 in FIG. The flip-flop circuit 302 is then delayed by one period of the clock pulse φ, and the flip-flop circuit 302 is reset.

As described above with respect to the embodiments, by using the music game device according to this invention, it is possible to improve pitch sense and music reading ability while enjoying a game in which multiple people compete for speed and accuracy in guessing notes.

Note that if a staff notation display is used as a means of presenting problem sounds, it has the advantage of being able to memorize the correspondence between pitches and notes; however, it is not limited to this; for example, pitch names such as "C" and "D" may be displayed. You can do it like this.

Further, the answer sound data generating means is not limited to a keyboard device, and for example, a keyboard having push button switches or touch switches as a plurality of operators may be used.

Furthermore, it is also possible to provide three or more sets of question sound presentation means, answer sound data generation means, etc., so that three or more people can play at the same time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a music game device according to this invention. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing a specific embodiment of this invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration, and FIG.
3 is a circuit diagram showing a specific example of the determination circuit 20 in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the question generation circuit in FIG. 10... Case, 11A, 11B... Keyboard device (answer sound data generation means), 12... Game start switch, 13... Speaker, 14... Display, 15A, 15B... Staff score display (problem sound presentation) means), 16A, 16B...Score display (discrimination result presentation means), 17A, 17B...Random number generator (problem sound data generation means), 19A, 19B
... Comparator, 20 ... Judgment circuit, 30 ... Problem sounding circuit, 32 ... Sequence control circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] 1. A music game device having the following (a) to (e). (b) problem sound data generation means for randomly generating problem pitch data; (b) problem sound presentation means for presenting the problem sound generated by the problem sound data generation means; and (c) a plurality of each. (d) a plurality of answer sound data generation means having an operator and generating pitch data specified by the operator; (d) pitch data generated by the problem sound data generation means; a plurality of comparison means for comparing the pitch data generated by each of the answer sound data generation means and determining whether they match or not; (d) the determination result by each of the comparison means and the problem sound; Judgment means for judging victory or defeat based on the pitch data generation timing by each of the answer sound data generation means after the presentation of the question sound by the presentation means; (e) Judgment result presentation means for presenting the judgment results by the judgment means; 2 Utility model registration claim 1, in which the question sound data generation means in (B) is a random number generator that generates question pitch data using random numbers in correspondence with each answer sound data generation means in (C). The music game device described in Section 1. 3. The music game device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of answer sound data generating means in (c) is a keyboard device each having a plurality of keys as operators. 4. The problem sound presenting means in (b) is a staff notation display device that displays notes corresponding to the pitch data of the problem sound on a staff score, as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 3 of the claims for registration of a utility model. music game device.