JP2007014465A - Tv game toy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a TV game toy which allows a girl and a younger child to enjoy a TV game by simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: In the TV game toy, a game toy main body 1 provided with a memory 5 stored with a game program, image data and sound data and a control part 6 controlling the advance of the game according to a game program stored in the memory 5 consists of a stuffed animal toy. The stuffed animal toy is formed while imaging a character appearing on a TV screen, and is provided with detection means 7 and 8 for detecting a plurality of operation patterns of the main body 1. When the detection means 7 and 8 detect an operation pattern of the main body 1, the control part 6 links the movement of the main body 1 with that of the character (a) displayed on the TV screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a video game toy, and more particularly to a video game toy in which the movement of a character displayed on a screen and a toy body is linked.

Conventionally, various game devices have been proposed and put into practical use as home video games. However, as the hardware of the game device itself becomes more sophisticated in recent years, the game software also has a higher level of content. As a result, users have been offered software with advanced image quality and advanced game content. However, since it is difficult for a young player to deal with, a video game apparatus that is easy to understand visually is proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). This video game device is formed by imitating the driver's seat of a construction machine whose game device body is a working car that young boys like, and when the crane and power shovel are moved by operating the lever, the screen The construction machine displayed above was also moving in the same way.
JP 2002-273037 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that the above-mentioned video game device does not need to proceed with the game by pushing the cursor button or the operation button like the conventional video game device, and it is not necessary to proceed to the construction machine on the screen. There was a sense of realism as if it were actually being operated, and the young people were able to play video games while enjoying the operation, but even boys who like machines can enjoy it, but girls and younger youth It was a fun and uninteresting point.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a video game toy that can solve the above-described problems and that allows a girl or a younger child to enjoy a video game with a simple operation.

In order to solve the above problems, a video game toy according to the present invention supplies a video signal and an audio signal output from a toy body to a display device via a connection cable, and displays a game image on the display device. The following requirements for outputting sound are provided.
(B) The toy body includes a memory storing a game program, image data, and audio data, and a control unit that controls the progress of the game according to the game program stored in the memory. (B) The toy body is a stuffed toy And the stuffed toy is formed in the image of a character appearing on the game screen. (C) The game toy main body has an inclination detecting means for detecting a plurality of operation patterns of the game toy main body. Or detecting means including tilt detection, and when the detecting means detects an operation pattern of the game toy main body, the control unit links the movement of the game toy main body with the movement of the character displayed on the display device.

  According to the present invention, the game toy main body is formed in the image of a character appearing on the game screen, and the toy main body is provided with detection means for detecting the operation pattern of the toy main body, corresponding to the detection result of the detection means. Since the movement of the character on the game screen is controlled, the game can be progressed with a simple operation, so that it is possible to provide a video game toy that allows girls and young children to enjoy video games. .

  In FIG. 1, a symbol A indicates a video game toy according to the present invention. The video game toy A is a television that is a display device 2 through a connection cable 3 for connecting a video signal and an audio signal output from the game toy body 1. The game toy main body 1 is formed to imitate a character appearing in the game. The game toy main body 1 is formed to imitate a character appearing in the game.

  The game toy main body 1 is composed of a stuffed toy, and has a memory 5 that stores a game program, image data, and sound data, and a control unit 6 that controls the progress of the game according to the game program stored in the memory. The first detection means 7 for detecting the tilt of the game toy body 1 and the second detection means 8 for detecting the jump of the game toy body 1 are arranged, and the power switch 9 is arranged on the head. .

  The first detection means 7 is composed of a sensor (for example, a biaxial sensor) that detects the direction of inclination and the magnitude of the inclination, and the second detection means 8 is a sensor (for example, a pendulum, for example) that detects whether or not a jump has occurred. These sensors not only detect the operation of the game toy body 1 independently, but also when the first detection means 7 and the second detection means 8 work simultaneously, It is possible to detect typical movements.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a block diagram of a video game toy. A memory 5 for storing video data, audio data and a game program, and video based on video data and audio data read from the memory 5 according to the game program are shown. The signal processing unit 10 and the audio signal processing unit 11 generate a video signal and an audio signal to be transmitted to the display device 2 and have a control unit 6 that controls the entire game machine. 12, a memory 5, a video signal processing unit 10 that generates a game screen, and an audio signal processing unit 11 that generates a game sound are connected. The video signal processing unit 10 and the audio signal processing unit 11 are connected to an output terminal 13. The connected audio signal and video signal are output to the display device 2 via the connection cable 3. Further, sensors 7 and 8 for detecting the movement of the game toy main body 1 are connected to the bus line 12 via the I / O port 14.

  Next, an example of the game by the video game toy having the above configuration will be described based on the display of the screens of FIGS.

  When the power is turned on, the program automatically starts and the game starts, and the title screen (see FIG. 4A) is displayed. Therefore, when the game toy body 1 is moved and the sensors 7 and 8 are operated, the setting screen is displayed. (See FIG. 4B) is displayed. Since the selection screen for selecting the difficulty level of the game is displayed on the setting screen, when the game toy body 1 is tilted according to the difficulty level, the character a on the screen moves, so the difficulty level of the moved location If a game is desired, the game toy body 1 may be jumped.

  When the game toy body 1 is jumped, the difficulty level is set, the game starts, and a story screen (see FIG. 5) is displayed. When a predetermined time (for example, 20 seconds) elapses without jumping, the difficulty level of the place where the character is located is automatically set.

  In the story screen, for example, a story in which a character that appears on a ship landed on the island and proceeds toward the destination b is programmed.

  When jumping while tilting the game toy body 1 to the left, the character a on the screen jumps to the left, jumps from the ship to the island, and the story starts.

  When the story starts, the stage screen is displayed. On this stage screen, the rear view of the character a walking on the road toward the destination is displayed, and the character a is set to walk toward the back of the screen by automatic scrolling. Since obstacles and targets appear, it is programmed to avoid this obstacle and to proceed while acquiring the target.

  As shown in FIG. 6 (a), if there is no obstacle to the road, the character a on the screen will walk in the middle of the road toward the back of the screen. As shown in b), when a pit c appears in the middle of the road, when the game toy body 1 is jumped, the character a on the screen jumps and jumps over the pit c, as shown in FIG. When the dog d appears on the right side of the road, when the game toy body 1 is tilted to the left, the character a on the screen advances to the left and moves away from the dog d, as shown in FIG. 6 (d). If, on the right side of the road, the apple tree e is found to have an apple f, when the game toy body 1 is jumped while tilting to the right, the character a on the screen jumps to the right and the apple f To take action Come, it is possible to game the successfully end if it is possible to reach the destination while clearing a variety of disorders and target.

  As described above, the movement of the character a displayed on the screen can be controlled simply by operating the game toy main body 1, and it is possible to operate various operation buttons while looking at the screen without making full use of the advanced technology. A video game toy A that can be enjoyed by a game and that can be accepted by younger players and girls who are not interested in extreme battles and races can be realized.

  Since this video game toy A looks like an ordinary stuffed toy when the cable connected to the television is removed, it can be played using the game toy body 1 other than the video game.

The perspective view explaining the structure of the video game toy based on this invention Front view explaining the toy body Block diagram illustrating the electrical configuration of the video game toy (A) (b) is explanatory drawing of the screen displayed by a game Illustration of the screen displayed in the game (A)-(d) is explanatory drawing of the screen displayed by a game

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game toy main body 2 Display apparatus 5 Memory 6 Control part 7 1st detection means (detection means)
8 Second detection means (detection means)
A video game toy a character

Claims (1)

A video signal and an audio signal output from the game toy main body are supplied to a display device via a connection cable, the game image is displayed on the display device, and the following requirements for outputting sound are provided: Video game toy.
(A) The game toy body is composed of a stuffed toy, and the stuffed toy is formed in the image of a character appearing on a game screen. (B) The game toy body is a game program, image data and sound. A memory storing data, and a control unit that controls the progress of the game according to the game program stored in the memory. (C) The game toy main body detects a plurality of operation patterns of the game toy main body. Inclination detecting means, or detecting means including inclination detection, and when the detecting means detects an operation pattern of the game toy main body, the control unit detects the movement of the game toy main body and the movement of the character displayed on the display device. Interlocking

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