JP2000135373A - Portable electronic machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase an amusing feeling of selecting a character at a battle game in a portable electronic device and to enable to be played by two or more players with continuous interest. SOLUTION: The position of a portable electronic apparatus is detected by a position sensor and a battle game is set up by the detected position. In addition, the setting is varied by the clocked time. Also, a plurality of portable electronic machines are connected with each other by a combining connector 112 so as to organize the combined machines into a team and they battle with an opponent team combined as the same as them by intercommunication using a device 113 for receiving and transmitting IR.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology effective when applied to a game of a portable electronic device, particularly a game setting in a competitive game, and a cooperative play by a multiplayer.

In a fighting game in a portable electronic device of this type, a player and an opponent each have a portable electronic device, and set values such as the ability of a character recorded in each portable electronic device and the like. Generally, the attack value of the character input from the input means, such as hitting or kicking, is compared with each other, and the attacking character generally damages the opponent character.

[0003] In some cases, a match is played by three or more players. In this case, two players play a one-on-one match, or three or more players play at the same time. Each character operated by each player is set to be an enemy of each other.

[0004]

However, in a competitive game using such a portable electronic device, the characters that can be selected by the player are limited, and the game tends to be monotonous. Also, when playing with three or more multi-players, it is a battle of independent characters for each unit, and there is a lack of satisfaction.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is a technique that can enhance the playability of character selection in a competitive game in a portable electronic device device, and can be played by a multiplayer without getting tired. Is to provide.

[0006]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
A portable electronic device for displaying a character on a display and playing a game, comprising: posture detecting means for detecting a posture of the portable electronic device; and setting of the game based on a posture detected by the posture detecting means. It is a portable electronic device provided with a game setting means for performing.

The character is an object operated by the player and displayed on the display means, and means a human, an animal, a plant, or a virtual creature that does not exist in reality. The display means means a liquid crystal display device. The attitude of the portable electronic device means a tilt, a direction, and the like of the portable electronic device. In other words, the game is set according to the posture of the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is shaken by hand.

As described above, by setting the game variously according to the detected posture, the playability of the competitive game can be enhanced.

In a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the game setting means includes a timekeeping means, and the game setting means is provided based on the attitude detected by the attitude detection means and the time measured by the timekeeping means. It is for setting.

That is, the game is set based on the posture and the time. As a result, the game setting conditions can be further changed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the portable electronic device includes a uniting unit, and a team is formed by each character displayed on each display unit of the united portable electronic device. Is organized.

The combining means means a combining means for mechanically and electrically connecting the portable electronic device with the portable electronic device. Forming a team means that a plurality of characters become friend characters and fight against enemy characters in a group. That is, the characters of the united portable electronic device are formed by forming a team,
The attack method can be given a range.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, the characters forming the team are displayed in a unified costume and are displayed separately on the respective display means. One of the roles of attack and defense.

Displaying with a unified costume:
This means that the costumes are unified even if the types of the characters displayed on the display means of the combined portable electronic device are different. Splitting and displaying on each display means that the same character is displayed across a plurality of display means. Sharing the roles of attack and defense in the game means that the characters forming the team share the roles of the attacking character and the character protecting the characters in the team in one battle.
This makes it possible to double the enjoyment of the game by forming a team.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the portable electronic device includes communication means, and the portable electronic device plays the game between the portable electronic devices.

The communication means means a wired or wireless communication means using a cable, an infrared ray, an electromagnetic wave or the like. That is, the portable electronic device can be connected to each other by the communication means and a competitive game can be played.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0018]

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a portable electronic apparatus according to the present invention as viewed from the front. Portable electronic device body 10
A liquid crystal display (hereinafter, simply referred to as a “display”) 102 is provided on an upper portion of the front of the device 1 and an operation button group is provided on a lower portion. The display 102 has a character display area 103 in the center, an alphanumeric display 108 in the upper part, a character selection icon (hereinafter simply referred to as “selection icon”) 104, a battle icon 105, a parameter icon 106, and a clock icon 107 in the lower part. Is displayed. Among them, the battle icon 105 is an icon for displaying the game selection screen, the parameter icon 106 is an icon for displaying the parameters of the character, and the clock icon 107 displays the time by selecting the icon. The operation button group includes an enter button 109, a cancel button 110, and a select button 111. A connector 112 for combining with another portable electronic device 101 is provided on a side surface of the portable electronic device main body 101.
Is installed. Further, the portable electronic device main body 10
An infrared transmitter / receiver 113 (not shown) is mounted as a communication means on the front surface of the portable electronic device 1 to perform communication between portable electronic devices.

FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration of the portable electronic apparatus main body 101. The control device 201 is composed of a one-chip integrated circuit, and includes a CPU 202, a ROM 2
03, a RAM 204 and the like. The ROM 203 stores programs, data, and the like, and the RAM 204 stores sensor detection values and the like. The control device 202 is connected to the display 102, the attitude sensor 205, the united connector 112, the infrared transmitter / receiver 113, the transmitter 206, the battery 207, and a group of buttons including an enter button 109, a cancel button 110, and a select button 111. I have. The attitude sensor 205 is a gyro sensor that detects the inclination of the portable electronic device main body 101 in the three-dimensional direction. Is detected. The transmitter 206 generates a clock pulse, and the CPU 202 counts the pulse to count the time.

FIG. 4 shows a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The game setting unit 401 counts the change in the inclination angle detected by the posture detection unit 402 for each three-dimensional direction, and selects a character from the count value. The character data of the character is read from the character data recording unit 403 and displayed on the display 102. Here, when the parameter icon 106 is selected, the name, the HP (hit point), the attack power, and the attack speed are displayed as the parameters of the character.

The battle processing unit 404 includes the battle icon 10
The game selection screen is displayed by the selection of 5, and the selection button 1
When one player game is selected by pressing the button 11 and the determination button 109, a one-player game mode is set.

An opponent processing unit 404 reads opponent character data from the character data recording unit 403 and displays it on the display 102. OK button 109
Is pressed, an attack method selection screen is displayed, and the attack method is determined by pressing the selection button 111 and the determination button 109. In addition, the random number is read from the random number generation unit 405, and the attack speed of the character is displayed in alphanumeric display 10.
8, a roulette for determining the attack speed of the opponent character (hereinafter, simply referred to as “opponent”) is displayed, and the attack speed of the opponent is determined.

FIG. 10 shows a portable electronic device main body 101.
Shows the character 1001 displayed on the display 102 selected by the change in the inclination angle of the character.

FIG. 11 is a parameter display screen displayed by selecting the parameter icon 106. The character name, HP, attack power, and attack speed of the character 1001 are displayed below the image of the character 1001.

FIG. 12 shows a game selection screen displayed by selecting a battle icon.
This shows a state where 201 has been selected by the cursor.

FIG. 13 shows an opponent 1301 displayed when the one-player game is selected.

FIG. 14 shows an attacking method selection screen of the character 1001, in which punching, kicking, and body attacking are displayed as attacking methods, and D (damage) and S (speed at which the technique is performed) given are displayed. .
FIG. 14 shows a state where a kick is selected by the cursor. For example, if a body attack is selected, the damage dealt is large, but the speed at which the technique is performed is slow, so that the probability of being able to attack is small.

FIG. 15 shows a roulette 1501 for determining the displayed attack speed of the opponent. The value of roulette is the basic speed of the opponent (filled part = 6)
And the result of multiplying the technique speed by a random number (white part = 2) (8 displayed at the bottom of the roulette wheel). Only the side with the higher total value attacks.

FIG. 16 shows a character 1001 whose opponent has a large total value and is attacked. The body attack in FIG. 15 has caused damage 50 and the HP which was initially 100 has been reduced to 50.

FIG. 5 shows this in a flow.
That is, the game setting unit 401 performs a character selection process (501). FIG. 6 shows details of the character selection process (501). In FIG. 6, when the selection icon 104 is selected (601), the posture detection unit 402 detects a change in the inclination angle (602). The game setting unit 401 counts the number of detections for each three-dimensional direction (603). When the determination button 109 is pressed (604), the character 1001 corresponding to the count is determined (606), and the character image data is read from the character data recording unit 403 and displayed (607). Here, when the parameter icon 106 is selected (608), character data is read from the character data recording unit 403 and character parameters are displayed (609).

In FIG. 5, the battle processing unit 404 performs a game selection process (502). The details of the game selection process (502) are steps 701 to 703 in FIG. 7, and the battle processing unit 404 selects the battle icon 105 (7
01), a game selection screen is displayed (702). Here, one player game is selected by the selection button 111, and when the determination button 109 is pressed, the one player game is selected (703).

In FIG. 5, the competition processing unit 404 reads the first competitor data of the one-player game from the character data recording unit 403 and displays it (503). OK button 1
When 09 is pressed (504), an attack method selection screen is displayed (505). The attack method is selected by pressing the selection button 111, and the attack method is selected by the decision button 109 (506). Upon depression of the decision button 109, the random number generation unit 405 generates a random number and reads the random number (50
7) The attack speed of the character is determined and displayed on the alpha metric display 108, and the roulette of the opponent is displayed to determine the attack speed of the opponent (5).
08). The attacking side is determined from the comparison of the two attacking speeds (509), and the battle result of the attacked side is displayed (5).
10). The battle is repeated until one HP becomes 0 (511).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
Since the character is selected according to the tilt state when the player holds the portable electronic device main body 101 in his or her hand, the interest in the game can be increased.

In this embodiment, the gyro sensor is used as the posture detecting means, but the direction may be detected by a magnetic sensor, a gravity sensor, or the like.

In this embodiment, the character is selected by the game setting means. However, the determination of the character attribute value, the occurrence of an event, the determination of a score, the determination of a game turn, and the like may be performed.

[0036]

Second Embodiment In the first embodiment, a character is selected based on the number of changes in the inclination angle in each three-dimensional direction by the posture detecting means. However, the player tries to select a different character from the main body of the portable electronic device. The 101 is shaken for a long time, and becomes redundant.

This embodiment further solves this problem by selecting a character in relation to the time measured by the time measuring means.

That is, in the functional block diagram of FIG. 4, the game setting unit 401 determines the number of changes in the inclination angle of the portable electronic device 101 detected by the posture detecting unit 402 and the time counting unit 4.
The character 1001 is selected from the time read from 06.

This processing can be realized only by adding step 605 in the flowchart of FIG. That is, the game setting unit 401 counts the number of detections of the change in the inclination angle for each three-dimensional direction (603), reads the time from the timer 406 (605), and sets the character corresponding to the number of detections and the time. Is determined (606).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if an input for changing the same inclination angle is performed, the character to be selected changes depending on the time, and the game can be given a range.

The character selected by the time may be predicted and displayed together with the time, and the result may be reflected in the result of the player shaking the portable electronic device main body.

[0042]

[Embodiment 3] This embodiment shows a case of playing in a multi-player mode. That is, FIG. 2 shows a state of the portable electronic device main body 101 when a battle is played in the multi-player mode. Up to three portable electronic device main units 101 can be combined with the connector 112 to form a team. The opponent can also combine up to three cars to form a team. In one battle, the character who presses the attack determination button first for each team acts as an attacker. Communication between the friendly team and the opponent team is performed by the infrared transmitting / receiving device 113 provided on the front of the portable electronic device main body 101.

The above processing will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. That is, the game setting unit 401 sets the posture detection unit 4
The change of the inclination angle detected by 02 is counted for each three-dimensional direction, and a character is selected from the count value. The character data of the character is stored in a character data recording unit 40.
3 is displayed on the display 102. Here, when the parameter icon 106 is selected, the name, HP (hit point),
Displays attack power and attack speed.

The battle processing unit 404 includes the battle icon 10
When 5 is selected, a game selection screen is displayed. When the multi-player game is selected by pressing the selection button 111 and the determination button 109, the game is set to the multi-player game. A game number selection screen is displayed by the selection, and the number of teams is determined by pressing the selection button 111 and the determination button 109. Character data is transmitted to and received from the opponent via the communication unit 408.

The match processing unit 404 reads the connection information from the uniting unit 407 and, if the connection is OK, displays the character 1001 of the unified costume in the team. In addition, the same character 1 is displayed on the portable electronic device 101 next to the team.
When 001 is selected, the character is regarded as one character and the display 10 of the portable electronic apparatus main body 101 is displayed.
2 is divided and displayed. On the other hand, if the connection is bad, a message indicating a connection error is displayed.

When the enter button 109 is pressed, an attack method selection screen is displayed, and the select button 111 and the enter button 10 are displayed.
9. The portable electronic device main body 10 in which the press of 9 is performed first
1 becomes an attacker, and the attack method is determined. In addition, the random number is read from the random number generation unit 405, and the attack speed of the character is displayed on the alpha new metric display 108,
The communication unit 408 transmits the attack speed to the opponent team portable electronic device main body 101. Similarly, the communication unit 408
Receives the attack speed of the opponent and displays it in roulette.
The attack processing unit 404 compares both attack speeds and determines the attacking side. The attacker's attacker attacks the opposing team. The result of the attacked side is transmitted / received to / from the portable electronic device main body 101 via the communication unit 408 and displayed.

FIG. 17 shows a team number selection screen. FIG. 17 shows a state where the three-person team 1701 is selected by the cursor.

FIG. 18 shows a character 1001 of the team displayed in the unified costume.

FIG. 19 shows the character 10 displayed as divided.
01 is displayed. In this case, the character is stronger than the sum of the original characters.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing this processing. That is, the game setting unit 401 performs a character selection process (801). The details of the character selection (801) are shown in FIG. 6 and are the same as in the first embodiment. The battle processing unit 404 performs a game selection process (802). Details of the game selection process (802) are shown in FIG. 7, when the battle icon 105 is selected (701), the battle processing unit 404 displays a game selection screen (7).
02). Here, the multiplayer game is selected by the selection button 111, and when the enter button 109 is pressed, the multiplayer game is selected (703). When the multiplayer game is selected (704), a game number selection screen is displayed (705), and two or three players are selected by pressing the selection button 111 and the decision button 109 (70).
6). The communication unit 408 transmits / receives character data to / from the opponent (707).

In FIG. 8, the battle processing unit 404 reads the connection information from the uniting unit 407, and if the united portable electronic device 101 has a poor connection (803), displays a connection error message and terminates. (809). If the connection is OK (803), a random number is generated by the random number generation unit 405 and the random number is read (804), a costume is selected using the random number, and the combined character 1001 of the portable electronic device main unit 101 is displayed. The images are unified and displayed in the costume (805). If the adjacent characters are of the same type (806), they become the integrated character 1001 and are divided and displayed on the display 102 of each portable electronic device main body 101 (807).

The multiplayer battle process (808) performs a battle process in a multiplayer game. Details of the multiplayer battle process (808) are shown in FIG. FIG.
When the enter button 109 is pressed (901), the battle processing unit 404 displays an attack method selection screen (90).
2). The attack method is selected in the portable electronic device main body 101 in which the selection button 111 and the determination button 109 are first pressed in the team (903), and the portable electronic device main body 101 becomes an attacker (904).

The battle processing unit 404 generates a random number in the random number generation unit 405, reads the random number (905), determines the attack speed, displays the attack speed on the alphanumeric display 108, and communicates with the opponent via the communication unit 408. Is transmitted to the portable electronic device main body 101 (906). Similarly, the attack speed is received from the opponent via the communication unit 408 and displayed by roulette (907). The attacking side is determined from both attacking speeds (908), and the battle result of the attacked side is transmitted / received and displayed on both sides (909). This battle is repeated until the HP of all members of one team becomes 0 (9
10).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to give a change to the battle game by combining the portable electronic device and forming a team.

It should be noted that a character having a low attacking ability but a high defense ability may be set so that the character is not an attacker at the time of the battle but is solely used as a defensive role when the character is attacked.

Further, the selection of the character may be performed by shaking the hand with the portable electronic device united.

[0057]

According to the present invention, the playability of character selection in a battle game in a portable electronic device can be improved, and a multiplayer can play without getting bored.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view for explaining a portable electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing a combined state of the portable electronic device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the portable electronic device.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram for explaining the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a selected character display screen.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a parameter display screen.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a game selection screen.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an opponent character display screen.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an attack method selection screen.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a roulette screen.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an attack result screen.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a team number selection screen.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a character in a uniform costume.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a character that is divided and displayed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Portable Electronic Device Main Body 102 Liquid Crystal Display 104 Character Selection Icon 105 Battle Icon 106 Parameter Icon 108 Alpha New Metric Display 109 Enter Button 110 Selection Button 112 Connector 113 Infrared Receiver / Transmitter 205 Attitude Sensor 1001 Character 1301 Opponent Character

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A portable electronic device for displaying a character on a display means and playing a game, comprising: a posture detecting means for detecting a posture of the portable electronic device; and a posture detected by the posture detecting means. A portable electronic device comprising a game setting means for setting the game. 2. The game setting means includes a timing means,
2. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the game is set based on the posture detected by the posture detection unit and a time measured by the clock unit. 3. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device includes a unit, and a team is formed by each character displayed on each display unit of the combined portable electronic device. For electronic equipment. 4. The character that has formed the team is displayed in a unified costume, is divided and displayed on each of the display units, and shares roles of attack and defense in the game. 4. The portable electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the number is one. 5. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device includes a communication unit, and the game is played between the portable electronic devices.