JP2000325653A - Portable videogame device and storage medium with program stored therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the motion of characters on a display screen of a portable game device by easily detecting the motion of a player. SOLUTION: This portable game device has a sensor for detecting the movement of the game device built therein, and the amounts of motion of first characters 41, 42 and a second character 43 are calculated from the detected values and displayed as motion. Also, determination is made as to whether or not the first and second characters are associated with each other, and if they are judged to be associated with each other, the first and second characters are displayed in combined form. The portable game device is allowed to transmit and receive information on the amounts of motion of the characters to and from other portable game devices.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable game device for detecting a motion of a player and moving a character on a display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a game in which a character is moved on a display screen by capturing a movement of a player, for example, an acceleration sensor is attached to a wrist, and the acceleration of the movement of the wrist is detected and transmitted to the game machine body by radio or the like. There is something to do. The main body that has received the transmission displays the character's arm swing and the like in accordance with the magnitude of the acceleration.

[0003]

However, in such a game, it is necessary to separately prepare a sensor section and a game machine main body section, and furthermore, it is necessary to transmit and receive the two sections by radio or the like. There was a problem. Attachment of the sensor unit to the human body is complicated for the player.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a technique in a portable game apparatus that can easily detect a player's movement and control the movement of a character on a display screen. It is in.

[0005]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
A portable video game device for displaying a first character and a second character on a display means in motion, comprising: a sensor means for detecting a movement of the portable video game apparatus; Calculating means for calculating the amount of movement of the character and the second character; display control means for displaying the first character and the second character based on the amount of movement calculated by the calculating means; and operation by the display control means Association determination means for determining an association between the displayed first character and the second character, wherein the display control means determines that the first character and the second character are related when the association determination means determines that there is an association. A portable video game device wherein a second character is united and displayed.

[0006] According to the means of the present invention, the player moves the portable game device having the built-in sensor in his / her hand to make the first game.
The character and the second character are displayed in motion, and if the association between them is determined, they are combined and displayed. As described above, it is not necessary to prepare the sensor means separately from the game apparatus main body, and it is possible to enjoy a change in the motion display of the character.

[0007] Here, the first character means a player character or a first item accompanying the player character by being gripped by the player character or the like. The second character means a player character or a second item operated by the first item. The display means means a liquid crystal display device. The sensor means for detecting movement means a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, a tilt sensor, and the like. Determining the association between the first character and the second character means that a certain positional relationship has been established on both display means.

[0008] A second means of the present invention is a portable video game device for operatively displaying a first character and a second character on a display means, a sensor means for detecting the movement of the portable video game device, Calculating means for calculating the amount of movement of the first character and the second character from the movement detected by the sensor means; and transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving information on the amount of movement of the character to and from another portable video game device. A display for displaying the motion of the first character and the second character based on the motion amount calculated by the calculation unit, or a display for displaying the motion of the second character based on the information on the motion amount of the second character received by the transmission / reception unit; Control means, and the transmission / reception means transmits information on the amount of movement of the second character calculated by the calculation means. A portable video game device and transmitting the serial another portable video game device.

According to the means of the present invention, the first character and the second character that are operated by the player moving the portable video game device having the built-in sensor in his / her hand, and input from another portable game device. By displaying the action with the second character, the game can be enjoyed.

[0010] Here, the transmitting / receiving means means communication means connected by wireless connection of infrared rays, electromagnetic waves or the like or wired connection by a cable or the like.

[0013] A third means of the present invention is a recording medium storing a program for displaying the first character and the second character on a display means, wherein the detecting step detects a movement by a player; A calculating step of calculating a motion amount of the first character and the second character from the detected motion; and a display control step of motion-displaying the first character and the second character based on the motion amount calculated in the calculating step. And an association determining step of determining an association between the first character and the second character operatively displayed by the display control step, wherein the display control step is determined to be relevant by the association determining step. Sometimes, the first character and the second character are united and displayed. It is a recording medium which stores a program characterized.

As the recording medium, any recording medium such as a game cassette, a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, and a magneto-optical disk can be used. Among them, the game cassette is particularly suitable for a game. .

A fourth means of the present invention is a portable video game device for displaying a character on a display means in an action manner,
Sensor means for detecting the movement of the portable video game device; calculating means for calculating the amount of movement of the character from the movement of the portable video game device detected by the sensor means; A portable video game device comprising: a display control means for displaying the character in motion based on a motion amount.

According to the means of the present invention, the character can be displayed in motion in accordance with the motion of the player without the trouble of attaching the sensor to the body.

A fifth means of the present invention comprises a threshold value judging means for judging whether or not the operation amount calculated by the calculating means has reached a threshold value, and the display control means comprises: The display of the character is changed when the determining means determines that the amount of movement has reached the threshold value.

According to this embodiment, after displaying the action of the character, the display can be changed to give a change to the game.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first means,
In the second means, the fourth means or the fifth means, the sensor means is incorporated in a game cassette of the portable game apparatus.

According to the means of the present invention, a game can be played on an existing portable game device.

[0019]

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

[0020]

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a portable video game device 1 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "video game device 1") of the present invention. On the upper part of the upper surface of the video game device 1,
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
y) A panel 2 (hereinafter simply referred to as “LCD2”) is provided to display images and characters. An input button group is provided at a lower portion, and an A button 3 and a B button 4 for a player to input a decision item are provided at a lower right portion, and a cross key 5 for moving a character or a cursor is provided at a left side. Is provided. A select button 6 and a start button 7 are provided in the lower center.
The select button 6 is used to input a selection menu screen or the like, and the start button 7 is used to input a pause or restart of the game.

A ROM cassette insertion slot 8a (not shown) is formed on the upper side surface, and a ROM cassette 8 which is a game cassette for providing a game program (not shown) is detachably connected.

An infrared light emitting element and a light receiving element 10 (not shown) are provided on the upper side surface for transmitting and receiving to and from another video game apparatus. Further, on the right side of the video game device 1, an input / output terminal 9 for connecting another video game device with a cable is provided.

FIG. 2 shows a hardware block diagram of the video game apparatus 1. The ROM cassette 8 is connected to the CPU 21 via the system bus 20. CP
An oscillation circuit 22 is connected to U21, and time is measured according to the number of oscillations. An input button group such as an A button is further connected to the CPU 21 via a port 23. The system bus 20 is provided with a RAM 24, a ROM 25, and a sensor 31. The RAM 24 is a recording unit used as a work area or the like of the CPU 21, and stores predetermined contents of the ROM cassette 8 and the ROM 24, calculation results of the CPU 21, and the like. ROM 25 is accessed by CPU 21 only when selected by memory switching circuit 26. The sensor 31 uses, for example, a piezoelectric vibrating gyroscope to detect a three-dimensional movement of the video game device. In accordance with the game program stored in the ROM cassette 8, the system program stored in the ROM 25, the detection value of the sensor 31, the signal input by the input button group, and the like, the CPU 21 controls the entire apparatus and processes data at various places.

The CPU 21 outputs display data to the LCD controller 27. The display RAM 28 connected to the LCD controller 27 includes a character RAM and a VR.
It consists of AM and provides information on display characters and image specifications.
The LCD controller 27 displays an image or the like on the LCD 2 based on the display data and the information. The sound controller 29 synthesizes a game sound such as a sound effect or background music based on information stored in the ROM cassette 8 or the ROM 24 and outputs the synthesized sound to the speaker 30.

The input / output device interface 9a
Is connected to another video game device via a cable attached to the input / output terminal 9, and is used to input / output various information used inside the video game device 1 to / from an external device. An infrared light emitting element and a light receiving element 10 are connected to the input / output device interface 9a to enable input / output with an external device using infrared light.

Here, the video game stored in the ROM cassette 8 is to play a sword ball on the LCD 2 by the player holding the video game apparatus 1 in his / her hand.

FIG. 3 shows a display screen of the above-mentioned video game. FIG. 3A shows a state in which the player character 41 swings a sword 42 held by a sword and moves a ball 43 connected to the sword 42 with a string. FIG. 3 (b)
The ball 43 approaches the sword 42 and stabs the sword 42.

FIG. 4 shows a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The sensor unit 51 detects the three-dimensional movement of the video game apparatus 1, and the movement amount calculation unit 52 calculates the moving direction and the moving speed of the arm of the player character 41, the sword 42 of the sword ball and the ball 43 based on the detected value. And the movement amount are calculated. The display control unit 53 displays the motion of the arm of the player character 41, the sword 42 of the sword ball, and the ball 43 based on the calculated moving direction, moving speed, and moving amount. The first character position / posture recognition unit 54 recognizes the coordinate position and posture of the sword 42 of the sword on the display. On the other hand, the second character position / posture recognition unit 55 recognizes the coordinate position and posture of the sword ball 43 on the display. The association determination unit 56 calculates the distance between the sword 42 and the ball 43 from the coordinate positions thereof, and determines that there is an association if the distance is within a certain value and the directions of the two match. When it is determined that there is an association, the display control unit 53 performs a display in which the ball 43 is stabbed on the sword 42.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing this. That is, when the sensor unit 51 detects acceleration in a three-dimensional direction (101), the motion amount calculating unit 52 calculates the moving direction, the moving speed, and the moving amount of the first character and the second character (102). The display control unit 53 displays the actions of the first character and the second character based on the calculated values (103). First character position / posture recognition unit 54 and second character position / posture recognition unit 55
Recognizes the coordinate position and posture of the character (104). The association determination unit 56 calculates the distance between the two characters from the coordinate positions of both characters (105), the distance is within a certain value (106), and the direction of the sword 42 matches the direction of the hole of the ball 43. If (107), the display control unit 53
Performs a display in which the ball 43 is stuck on the sword 42 (108).
On the other hand, whether the distance between the characters is within a certain value (10
6) Or, if the direction of the sword 42 does not match the direction of the hole of the ball 43 (107), the display control unit 52 performs a drop display of the ball 43 (109).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, if the player holds the game device and moves it to perform a sword ball, the operation of the sword and the ball is displayed on the surface, and the user can enjoy the game without the trouble of attaching the sensor to the body. be able to.

Here, the sensor 31 is connected to the ROM cassette 8
May be installed inside the game device so that it can be played on an existing game device.

[0032]

[Embodiment 2] In the present embodiment, a game is played by connecting to a game device of another player.

FIG. 6 shows a battle screen displayed on the LCD 2. The ping-pong ball 43 as the second character is hit back in the direction of the opponent character 44 by the racket 42 held by the player character 41 as the first character.

This will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. 4 and the flowchart of FIG. That is, when the transmission / reception unit 57 receives the motion information of the second character (201), the display control unit 53 displays the motion of the ping-pong ball 43 as the second character in the direction of the player character 41 based on the motion information. (202). Here, when the movement of the game apparatus 1 is detected by the sensor unit 51 (203), the movement amount calculation unit 52 determines the player character 4 as the first character.
1 and a racket 4 held by the player character 41
Calculate the moving direction, moving speed, and moving amount of (2)
4). The display control unit 53 moves and displays the first character based on the calculated value (205). The first character position / posture recognition unit 54 and the second character position / posture recognition unit 55 recognize the coordinate position and posture of the first character and the second character (206). The association determination unit 56 calculates the distance between the first character and the second character from the coordinate position (207), and if the distance is within a certain value (20)
8), the motion amount calculation unit 52 calculates the moving direction, the moving speed, and the moving amount of the second character (209). The display control unit 53 performs movement display of the second character based on the calculated value (210). In addition, the transmission / reception unit 57 transmits information on the movement amount of the second character calculated by the movement amount calculation unit 52 to the opponent game device (211). On the other hand, when there is no sensor detection (203), or when the distance between the characters is not within a certain value (208), the display control unit 53 performs a display that cannot return the second character (221).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the player moves the game apparatus like a racket, a display in which the player hits the ping-pong ball with the opponent is displayed, and there is no trouble in attaching the sensor to the body.

Here, the sensor may be provided in a ROM cassette so that an existing game device can be used.
In addition to the table tennis, the game may be a garden ball, baseball batting, or the like.

[0037]

Embodiment 3 In this embodiment, a character is moved and displayed in a direction in which the game apparatus is tilted.

FIG. 8 shows the tilt direction of the game apparatus 1 and the moving display direction of the player character 41. For example, when the game apparatus 1 is tilted in the direction of A in FIG.
The player character 41 in FIG. 8B turns right as shown in FIG.

This will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. 5 and the flowchart of FIG. That is, when the sensor unit 51 detects the inclination of the game apparatus 1 (301), the motion amount calculation unit 52
If the inclination is left and right (304), the turning radius is calculated (303). If the inclination is front and back (304), the ascending or descending angle is calculated (305). Display control unit 53
Performs the change display of the traveling direction of the player character 41 based on the calculated value (306).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by tilting the game device, the moving direction of the character is changed, and the game can be enjoyed.

By providing transmission / reception means to / from a game device operated by another player, the characters operated mutually may be transmitted / received, and a dogfight may be performed on both LCDs. The character may be an automobile, a motorboat, a skateboard, or the like, in addition to the airplane.

[0042]

Embodiment 4 In the present embodiment, the operation of the game device is detected during the game, and the display of the character is changed.

FIG. 10 shows a character display screen of this embodiment. The character 41 moves his arm in accordance with the movement of the game device (FIG. 10A). After this operation, the display of the character 41 is changed (see FIG. 10).
(B)).

In the functional block diagram of FIG. 4 and the flowchart of FIG. 11, when the sensor unit 51 detects the movement of the game apparatus 1 (401), the movement amount detection unit 52 detects the movement amount of the arm of the character 41. It is calculated (402). The display control unit 53 displays the motion of the character 41 based on the calculated motion amount (403). The threshold value determination unit 58 determines whether the detection value of the sensor has reached the threshold value.
04), the display control unit 53 changes the display of the character 41 (405).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the display of the character is changed by moving the game device, and the character is displayed as if it were transformed by the action of the player, and the game can be changed.

In addition to the display change, the character's ability may be changed. Further, a timer means may be provided so that the display or the change of the ability is returned to the original state after a certain time has elapsed.

[0047]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique in a portable game apparatus that can easily detect a player's movement and control the movement of a character on a display screen.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an appearance of a video game device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the video game device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a game screen.

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

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a game screen.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a game screen.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a game screen.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game device 2 LCD panel 3 A button 5 Cross key 6 Select button 10 Infrared light emitting / emitting element 41 Player character

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A portable video game device for displaying a first character and a second character on a display means in motion, wherein the sensor means detects a movement of the portable video game apparatus, and the motion is detected by the sensor means. Calculating means for calculating the amount of movement of the first character and the second character from movement; display control means for displaying the movement of the first character and the second character based on the amount of movement calculated by the calculating means; Association determining means for determining the association between the first character and the second character operatively displayed by the display control means, wherein the display control means is configured to determine when the association is determined by the association determining means. The first character and the second character
A portable video game device characterized by displaying characters in combination. 2. A portable video game device for displaying a first character and a second character on a display means in motion, wherein the sensor means detects a movement of the portable video game apparatus, and the motion is detected by the sensor means. Calculating means for calculating the amount of movement of the first character and the second character from the movement; transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving information on the amount of movement of the character to and from another portable video game device; Display control means for displaying the movement of the first character and the second character based on the amount of movement, or displaying the movement of the second character based on the information on the amount of movement of the second character received by the transmission / reception means; The transmitting / receiving means transmits the information on the movement amount of the second character calculated by the calculating means to the other portable video. Portable video game device and transmits to the game apparatus. 3. A recording medium storing a program for displaying a first character and a second character on a display means, wherein: a detecting step of detecting a movement by a player; A calculating step of calculating a motion amount of one character and the second character; a display control step of displaying motion of the first character and the second character based on the motion amount calculated in the calculating step; An association judging step of judging an association between the first character and the second character displayed in an action, and wherein the display control step includes the steps of: Displaying the second character unitedly. Recording medium storing the program. 4. A portable video game device for displaying characters in motion on a display means, comprising: sensor means for detecting movement of the portable video game device; and the portable video game device detected by the sensor means. A portable video game device comprising: a calculating unit that calculates the amount of movement of the character from the movement of the character; and a display control unit that displays the character in motion based on the amount of movement calculated by the calculating unit. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a threshold determining unit configured to determine whether the amount of operation calculated by the calculating unit has reached a threshold value. The display control unit includes: The video game device according to claim 4, wherein the display of the character is changed when it is determined that the threshold value has been reached. 6. The portable video game device according to claim 1, wherein said sensor means is incorporated in a game cassette of said portable game device.