JP2007097965A - Game system, method for controlling thereof, and game operation body - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system where an illegal behavior in data input using an operation body is suppressed. <P>SOLUTION: The system comprises: the operation body 20 for a game operated by a player; an input data deciding means for deciding input data in an apparatus (game server) separated from the operation body 20 when the operation body 20 is operated; an RFID communication device 22 for transmitting the input data decided by the input data deciding means to the operation body 20; and an LED display part 20a for displaying input data transmitted by the RFID communication device 22. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system, a game system control method, and a game system operation body, and more particularly, to a game system using a game operation body such as a dice.

An operation body such as a dice or roulette may be used in a game system. Such an operation body is subjected to an operation such as shaking or turning by the player, whereby input data (for example, dice or roulette roll) is determined. This input data is used for game progress on the game system side. Note that a game system using dice is disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 below.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-177056

  However, in the game system according to the background art, for example, the player puts the dice on the board in an arbitrary posture or stops the rotation of the roulette at an arbitrary position, and the player uses the operation body to input arbitrary input data to the game system. Can be entered. In particular, when data input using an operation body such as a dice or roulette is adopted in a network game system, it is expected that a technique for suppressing such injustice will be strongly demanded.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game system, a game system control method, and a game operating body that can suppress fraud in data input using the operating body. There is.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a game system according to the present invention includes a game operation body operated by a player and a device separate from the game operation body when the game operation body is operated. Input data determining means for determining input data, transmitting means for transmitting input data determined by the input data determining means to the game operating body, and provided in the game operating body and transmitted by the transmitting means And display means for displaying the input data.

  The game system control method according to the present invention includes an input data determination step for determining input data in a device separate from the game operation body when the game operation body is operated by a player, and the input A transmission step of transmitting the input data determined in the data determination step to the game operation body; a display step of displaying the input data transmitted in the transmission step on a display means provided in the game operation body; It is characterized by including.

  In addition, a game operation body according to the present invention is a game operation body used in a game system, wherein the display means provided on each surface of the shape including the plurality of surfaces, and the game operation body is provided by a player. Receiving means for receiving input data determined in a separate device when operated, wherein the display means displays the input data received by the receiving means.

  In the present invention, a game operating body is provided in the game system, and when the game operating body is operated by a player, input data is determined in a device separate from the game operating body. Based on this input data, for example, the game progress is controlled. Further, the input data is transmitted to the game operation body, and display means provided on the game operation body displays the input data. According to the present invention, since the input data is determined in a device separate from the game operating body, it is possible to suppress the player's fraud. Further, since the determined input data is displayed on the display means of the game operating body, the player can quickly know the determined input data.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, when the game operation body is operated, the game operation body further includes a client computer that transmits the fact to the separate device, and the separate device communicates with the client computer. A server computer connected via a network. In this way, the player is less likely to be involved in determining the input data, and fraud can be suppressed more effectively. The client computer may be a home game machine, for example.

  Further, in one aspect of the present invention, when the game operation body is operated, the game operation body posture detection means for detecting a posture of the game operation body is further included, and the display means includes the transmission means. Is displayed at a position corresponding to the posture of the game operation body detected by the game operation body posture detection means. In this way, the determined input data can be displayed, for example, at a position where the player can easily see it.

  In this aspect, the display means may be provided at a plurality of locations on the game operating body, and the input data determination means determines data to be displayed on the display means at each location together with the input data. The transmission means transmits the data to be displayed on the display means at each location together with the input data determined by the input data determination means, and the display means at each location transmits the data by the transmission means. You may make it display data according to the content.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the game operation body is formed in a shape having a plurality of surfaces, and the display means is provided on each surface of the game operation body having a shape having the plurality of surfaces. In this way, it is possible to realize a dice-shaped operation body that is difficult to cheat.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a network game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the network game system 10 includes a plurality of home game systems 16 connected to a communication network such as the Internet, and a game server 12 separate from the home game systems 16. Is included. The game server 12 is realized by using, for example, a known server computer system, and executes a network game management program that uses a network sugoroku game, a network casino game, or other dice. A network game service is provided to a plurality of home game systems 16. In particular, when predetermined data (a dice surface ID, which will be described later) is transmitted from the home game system 16, an input value (a numerical value of any one of 1 to 6 representing the dice roll) is used for the home game system 16. Input data) is determined based on random numbers, and the game proceeds according to the input value. Further, an output table, which will be described later, is generated together with the input value, and this is returned to the home game system 16.

  Each of the home game systems 16 has the configuration shown in FIG. That is, the home game system 16 includes a game operation body 20 formed in a dice shape (polyhedral shape), an RFID communication device 22, a home game device 24, and a home television receiver 26. It is configured. The RFID communication device 22 is a known non-contact, short-range wireless communication means such as an electromagnetic induction method or a radio wave method, and transmits data to an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag that is close to the communication surface 22a. Or data is read from there. Here, the RFID communication device 22 performs non-contact communication with the RFID tag 20b provided on the game operating body 20 (see FIG. 3). The home game machine 24 is a known home computer game system including a CPU, a memory, a disk reader, and the like, connected to the communication network 14, and connected to the game server 12 (other home game system 16 as necessary). ) Can communicate with each other. The home game machine 24 is provided with an external device connection port such as a USB port, to which the RFID communication device 22 is connected. Then, data is transmitted to the game operation body 20 by the RFID communication device 22, or data (dice surface ID) read by the RFID communication device 22 from the RFID tag 20b of the game operation body 20 is acquired. be able to. The home television receiver 26 is a known television receiver including a liquid crystal and a cathode ray tube, and is connected to the home game machine 24 and displays a game screen according to a video signal output therefrom.

  The game operating body 20 has a cubic shape as shown in FIG. 2, and LED display units 20a-1 to 20a for displaying dice eyes (numerical values 1 to 6) on each surface (six surfaces). -6 is provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the game operating body 20 includes a control unit 20c mainly composed of a microcomputer including a CPU and a memory, and the control unit 20c has an LED display on each surface. The unit 20a-1 to the LED display unit 20a-6 are connected. And according to control from the control part 20c, each LED display part 20a displays the numerical value of 1-6. In addition, six RFID tags 20b-1 to 20b-6 are connected to the control unit 20c. Each RFID tag 20b stores a dice surface ID for identifying each surface of the game operation body 20, and is disposed on the back side of the LED display unit 20a on each surface of the game operation body 20. Then, when the dice-like game operating body 20 is shaken above the RFID communication device 22 and the game operation body 20 is placed on the communication surface 22a of the RFID communication device 22 with one of the faces down. The dice surface ID is read from the RFID tag 20b corresponding to the contact surface. This dice surface ID is input to the consumer game machine 24. Further, data output from the home game machine 24 is transmitted from the RFID communication device 22, and this transmission data is received by the RFID tag 20b corresponding to the contact surface and passed to the control unit 20c.

  Here, the operation of the network game system 10 will be described. In this network game system 10, as shown in FIG. 4, when the game operating body 20 is shaken on the RFID communication device 22, and one surface thereof is placed on the communication surface 22a with the lower surface, the surface (contact surface) ) Is sent to the consumer game machine 24 from the RFID tag 20b (S101). In the consumer game machine 24, the dice surface ID on the lower surface of the game operating body 20 is converted into an upper surface, that is, a dice surface ID (upper surface dice surface ID) on the opposite side of the lower surface. For example, the dice surface ID of the surface opposite to the dice surface ID of each surface may be stored in advance in the consumer game machine 24, and the upper surface dice surface ID may be obtained according to the stored contents. This upper surface dice surface ID is transmitted to the game server 12 via the communication network 14 (S102). In the game server 12, when the upper surface dice surface ID is transmitted, it is determined that the game operating body 20 has been shaken, a random number is generated (S103), and the outcome table shown in FIG. Is generated (S104). The outcome table stores the dice surface ID and a numerical value (any one of 1 to 6) to be displayed on the surface of the game operating body 20 identified by the dice surface ID in association with each other. . Each dice surface ID is associated with one of numerical values 1 to 6 so as not to overlap each other. In the game server 12, which dice surface ID is associated with which numerical value of 1 to 6 is stored in the outcome table is determined according to a random number.

  Thereafter, the game server 12 returns the outcome table to the consumer game machine 24 via the communication network 14 (S105). The outcome table is further transmitted to the game operating body 20 by the RFID communication device 22 (S106). When the game operating body 20 receives the outcome table from the consumer game machine 24, the control unit 20c acquires it and turns on each LED display unit 20a according to the content (S107). That is, the numerical value stored in the outcome table in association with each dice surface ID is displayed on the RFID tag 20b that stores the dice surface ID.

  On the other hand, in the game server 12, after the outcome table is transmitted to the home game machine 24, the numerical value of 1 to 6 stored in the outcome table has been transmitted from the home game machine 24. The item associated with the upper surface die surface ID is determined as the outcome (input data) (S108). Then, the game is advanced according to the outcome (S109). The progress contents are transmitted to the home game machine 24 (S110), and the home game machine 24 updates the game screen displayed on the home television receiver 26 according to the progress contents (S111).

  According to the embodiment described above, when the game operation body 20 is shaken by the player, the input data (out) is determined in the game server 12 which is a separate device from the game operation body 20. . Based on this input data, the progress of a game such as a super game is controlled. The outcome table including the input data is returned to the game operation body 20, and the LED display section 20a on the upper surface of the LED display sections 20a (display means) provided on each surface of the game operation body 20 Display input data. In addition, other numerical values are also displayed on the other LED display units 20a according to the outcome table. According to the present embodiment, since the input data is determined by a device separate from the game operating body 20, it is possible to suppress the player's injustice. Further, since the determined input data is displayed on the LED display unit 20a on the upper surface of the game operating body 20, the player can quickly know the determined input data.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  For example, in the above description, RFID is used as the short-range wireless communication means, but other short-range wireless communication means such as BLUETOOTH may be used. In this case, a means for determining the lower surface of the game operating body 20 (for example, a gyroscope or a contact sensor) may be provided.

  Further, a plurality of game operating bodies 20 may be used. In this case, an operation body ID for identifying each game operation body 20 may be further prepared, and the game server 12 may generate an output table for each operation body ID and send it back to the home game machine 24.

  In the above description, a dice-shaped object is taken up as the game operating body 20, but a roulette-shaped object may be used.

  Moreover, it is not always necessary for the game server 12 to generate the outcome table. In the game operating body 20, the LED display unit 20a on the surface other than the upper surface is displayed with data other than the input data (the outcome) determined by the game server 12. Any numerical value may be displayed without duplication.

  Furthermore, the game server 12 is not necessarily required to receive data indicating the attitude of the game operating body 20 such as the upper surface dice surface ID, and can detect that the game operating body 20 has been operated (was shaken). The input data may be determined at that timing, and the input data may be transmitted to the game operating body 20.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a network game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the home game system contained in the network game system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the operation body for games. It is a communication sequence diagram of the game system at the time of data input. It is a figure which shows an example of an outcome table.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Network game system, 12 Game server, 14 Communication network, 16 Home game system, 20 Game operation body, 20a LED display part, 20b RFID tag, 20c Control part, 22 RFID communication machine, 22a Communication surface, 24 Home use Game console, 26 Household television receiver.

Claims (8)

A game operating body operated by a player;
Input data determining means for determining input data in a device separate from the game operating body when the game operating body is operated;
Transmitting means for transmitting the input data determined by the input data determining means to the game operating body;
Display means provided in the game operating body and displaying input data transmitted by the transmission means;
A game system comprising: The game system according to claim 1,
When the game operating body is operated, it further includes a client computer that transmits the fact to the separate device,
The separate device is a server computer connected to the client computer via a communication network.
A game system characterized by that. The game system according to claim 2,
The client computer is a consumer game machine.
A game system characterized by that. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A game operation body posture detection means for detecting the posture of the game operation body when the game operation body is operated;
The display means displays the input data transmitted by the transmitting means at a position corresponding to the attitude of the game operating body detected by the game operating body attitude detecting means.
A game system characterized by that. The game system according to claim 4,
The display means is provided at a plurality of locations of the game operating body,
The input data determining means determines data to be displayed on the display means at each location together with the input data,
The transmission means transmits the data to be displayed on the display means of each place together with the input data determined by the input data determination means,
The display means at each location displays data according to the content transmitted by the transmitting means.
A game system characterized by that. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The game operating body is formed in a shape having a plurality of surfaces,
The display means is provided on each surface of the game operating body having a shape including the plurality of surfaces.
A game system characterized by that. An input data determining step for determining input data in a device separate from the game operating body when the game operating body is operated by a player;
A transmission step of transmitting the input data determined in the input data determination step to the game operating body;
A display step of causing the display means provided in the game operating body to display the input data transmitted in the transmission step;
A game system control method comprising: A game operating body used in a game system,
Display means provided on each surface of the shape including the plurality of surfaces;
Receiving means for receiving input data determined in a separate device when the game operating body is operated by a player;
The display means displays input data received by the receiving means;
A game operating body characterized by that.

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