JP2007289385A - Shooting game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shooting game apparatus which provides a shooting game with enhanced reality by appealing to smell of players while blocking the persons surrounding the players from feeling discomfort. <P>SOLUTION: When a player draws a trigger member of a gun-like controller 20, a simulated shooting is carried out to an enemy character displayed on an image display device 16 while a gas as powder smoke is discharged from an odor discharge port provided in the gun-like controller 20. Upon the drawing of the trigger member, an air cleaner 17 is actuated for a fixed period of time to suck the odor due to the diffusion of the gas as powder smoke discharged and after having passed through a deodorizing film, the gas is discharged outside the game device 1. Furthermore, an air curtain device 50 is provided to block the spillage of the odor over the surrounding area due to the diffusion of the game as powder smoke discharged. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a shooting game apparatus that artificially shoots a target displayed on an image display apparatus using a controller simulating a gun.

  Shooting games have been established as a genre of games for a long time, and are popular genres for game players even today. For this reason, game devices that provide shooting games with various tastes have been proposed, and some of them pursue more reality. Moreover, as one of the elaborate shooting game apparatuses, for example, a shooting game apparatus that generates smoke between a gun and a target has been proposed as disclosed in Patent Document 1.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-55092

  By the way, smoke that is generated by the above-described game device is usually odorless water vapor, but there are players who want to generate a smell like glass smoke in order to increase the reality. . However, if this requirement is satisfied, in an environment where a large number of game devices of a genre other than a shooting game device are installed, such as a game center, a person who does not play a shooting game feels a strange odor and feels uncomfortable. A new problem arises that may give

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shooting game with increased reality by appealing to the sense of smell of the game player, and to provide a shooting game device that is less likely to cause discomfort to those around the game player. There is.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a main body having an image display device having a screen for displaying a target image, a separate body from the main body and a trigger, and the image display device. When the trigger operation is detected by the operation detecting means, the position detecting means simulating a gun for specifying an arbitrary position in the screen, the operation detecting means for detecting the trigger operation of the position specifying means, A shooting game apparatus comprising: determination means for determining whether or not a position in the screen designated by the position designation means overlaps the target image displayed in the screen, A tank that stores gas, and an odor discharge unit that discharges smoke gas from the tank to the outside when the operation of the trigger is detected by the operation detection unit. To have.

  Here, the smoke gas may be stored by compressing a gas that smells of smoke, or a liquid that smells of smoke may be stored together with compressed air or a high-pressure gas that is harmless to the human body. Further, as a method of discharging the glass smoke gas, for example, in order to discharge the glass smoke gas stored in the tank, a valve is provided at the outlet provided in the tank, and the valve is opened. It is conceivable that the ink is discharged by the

  According to the present invention, when the player operates the trigger included in the position specifying means, the smell of glass smoke is discharged as if a bullet was fired from a real gun. Thereby, a shooting game with increased reality can be provided.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned shooting game apparatus, there is provided deodorizing means for sucking odor due to diffusion of the odor gas discharged by the odor discharging means and exhausting it to the outside through a deodorizing member that absorbs the odor. It is said.

  Here, the deodorizing means is, for example, an air cleaner. In this case, the deodorizing member is a deodorizing filter using a deodorizing agent such as activated carbon. In addition, it is also possible to use an air purifier that performs deodorization using a photocatalyst or plasma.

  According to the present invention, since the deodorizing means is provided, the smoke gas discharged from the odor discharging means is deodorized by the deodorizing member and then discharged to the outside of the shooting game apparatus. It is possible to reduce the possibility that the player and the people around him may feel discomfort due to the smell of the discharged smoke gas.

  According to the present invention, in the above-described shooting game apparatus, a timing unit that counts a predetermined time from the time when the trigger operation is detected by the operation detection unit, and the trigger operation by the operation detection unit. Deodorizing means that starts sucking and discharging the odor by the deodorizing means and stops sucking and exhausting the odor when the predetermined time is counted by the timing means. And a control means.

  According to the present invention, the deodorizing means is activated when the trigger of the position detecting means is operated, and the operation is stopped when a predetermined time has elapsed. At the same time, for example, compared with the case where the deodorizing means is always operated, the energy consumed when the deodorizing means deodorizes can be reduced, and the running cost can be reduced.

  In addition, in any one of the above-described shooting game apparatuses, the present invention generates the odor discharge unit by generating an air flow between a space including at least the main body and the position specifying unit and the outside world. Is provided with odor diffusion suppressing means for suppressing the odor due to the diffusion of the odor gas discharged from the odor gas from spreading to the surroundings.

  Here, as the odor diffusion suppressing means, for example, a so-called air curtain device for deodorization corresponds. According to the present invention, in order to prevent the odor due to the diffusion of the odor gas discharged by the odor discharge means by the air flow from diffusing to the outside, the odor diffusion without hindering the movement of the player who performs the shooting game. Can be suppressed.

  Further, according to the present invention, in each of the shooting game apparatuses, a partition member that partitions at least a space including at least the main body portion and the position specifying unit and the outside world, and discharges air inside the partition member to the outside world. And a light transmitting member is used for at least a part of the partition member.

  Here, the partition member is, for example, a transparent synthetic resin plate, and is partitioned into a space of a size necessary for the player to play the shooting game of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as a game play space for convenience). It may be provided so as to form a game play space as a closed space, or a sheet-like member can be freely opened and closed around the player and the shooting game device, like a so-called Purikura (registered trademark) shading curtain. A game play space that is partially attached to the outside and cut off from the outside world may be formed.

  According to the present invention, the partition member prevents the odor due to the diffusion of the odor gas discharged from the odor discharge means to the surroundings or reduces the amount of odor outflow, and the space formed by the partition member by the exhaust means. Since the air in the above-described game play space is discharged to the outside of the shooting game apparatus, the outflow of the generated odor to the surroundings can be more effectively suppressed. Furthermore, since a part or all of the partition member is formed of a transparent member, the inside of the game play space can be visually recognized, and a reduction in security can be prevented.

  According to the shooting game device of the present invention, by appealing to the sense of smell of the game player, it is possible to provide a shooting game with increased reality and to make it difficult for a person around the game player to feel uncomfortable.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a game apparatus 1 which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. This game apparatus 1 provides a shooting game, and an image of a target character displayed on an image display device (hereinafter referred to as an enemy character) is simulated by a player using a gun-type controller. However, the score is added when the enemy character is defeated. A numerical value called a life point is set in advance for the enemy character, and the life point value decreases each time it is determined that a bullet fired from the gun-type controller by the player has hit the enemy character. When the numerical value becomes “0”, the enemy character is supposed to fall. Further, the enemy character also shoots the player in a simulated manner, and every time it is determined that the bullet fired by the enemy character hits the player, the value of the life point assigned in advance to the player decreases, When the life point becomes “0”, the game is over.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the game apparatus 1 roughly includes a main body 10, a gun-type controller 20, an outer wall body 40, and an air curtain device 50. The main body unit 10 includes various devices necessary for performing the shooting game provided by the game device 1 and controls these devices. On the surface of the main body 10, various sound effects such as shooting sounds generated during the execution of the shooting game, and a speaker 11 that outputs background music, a start button 12 for the player to instruct the start of the shooting game, When a shooting game is performed, a coin insertion slot 13 into which a player inserts a coin, a return slot 14 for returning the coin when the coin inserted into the coin insertion slot 13 is clogged, and the coin insertion slot 13 are inserted. A coin collecting door 15 is provided for collecting coins. Further, an image display device 16 for displaying an appropriate character, a score, and the like that are targets of the shooting game provided by the game device 1 is provided on the back side of the main body 10. The image display device 16 may be any of a CRT, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, and an organic EL display as long as an image can be displayed. Below the image display device 16 is provided an air cleaner 17 for deodorizing odors caused by the diffusion of glass smoke gas (described later) discharged from the gun-type controller 20. In FIG. 1, only the air inlet of the air cleaner 17 is shown, and the air cleaner 17 passes the air sucked from the air inlet through a deodorizing filter containing a deodorizing agent such as activated carbon, It is discharged outside the game apparatus 1.

  Further, although not shown in the figure, the main body 10 has an infrared camera sensor 18 (described later) provided with a CCD (Charge Coupled Devices) element that captures infrared rays on an inclined surface indicated by a dashed arrow A in FIG. Is installed). The infrared camera sensor 18 has a field of view that can capture the entire screen of the image display device 16 at the installation position, and irradiates the screen of the image display device 16 with infrared rays emitted from a gun-type controller 20 described later. The infrared image is captured. Based on the captured infrared rays, the position on the screen of the image display device 16 irradiated with the infrared rays is analyzed and output as coordinate data. That is, the infrared camera sensor 18 associates the vertical and horizontal positions on the screen of the image display device 16 with the vertical and horizontal position coordinates of the CCD elements constituting the infrared camera sensor 18, and uses the coordinates of the CCD elements that pick up infrared rays. The position of the image display device 16 is calculated. The coordinate data output from the infrared camera sensor 18 is used to determine whether or not a virtual bullet fired by the player using the gun-type controller 20 has hit an appropriate character. The infrared camera sensor 18 may transmit only infrared imaging data to the main body unit 10, and the main body unit 10 may calculate the infrared irradiation position on the screen of the image display device 16.

  The gun-type controller 20 is connected to the main body 10 via a cable 21, and various devices for a player to shoot enemy characters displayed on the image display device 16 in a shooting game provided by the game apparatus 1 are provided. Is provided. The structure of the gun-type controller 20 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 2A is a side view showing a side surface of the gun-type controller 20, and FIG. 2B is a rear view of the gun-type controller 20 viewed from the hammering iron 26 side. As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the gun-type controller 20 includes a trigger member 22, and turns on when the trigger member 22 is pulled in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 2 (a) by the player. A microswitch 23 is provided. That is, the microswitch 23 corresponds to a detection unit that detects that the trigger is operated. In addition, in the barrel of the gun-type controller 20, a light emitting unit 25 that emits infrared rays by a power source supplied from the main body unit 10 is provided in the vicinity of the muzzle unit 24, and from an opening provided in the muzzle unit 24. Infrared rays are always emitted along the barrel. That is, as described in the description of the infrared camera sensor 18 described above, the gun-type controller 20 including the light emitting unit 25 corresponds to a position specifying unit that specifies an arbitrary position in the screen of the image display device. Further, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), two odor discharge ports 27 a and 27 b that discharge the smoke gas sent from the main body 10 are formed below the hammering portion 26 of the gun-type controller 20. It is installed. As described above, the gun-type controller 20 is connected to the main body 10 by the cable 21, and a signal line for outputting an on / off signal of the microswitch 23 to the main body 10 is provided inside the cable 21. 29 and the power line 30 for supplying power from the main unit 10 to the light emitting unit 25 and the odor for sending the smoke gas discharged from the odor discharge ports 27a and 27b from the main unit 10 to the gun-type controller 20 A delivery tube 28 is provided.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the game apparatus 1 is provided with an outer wall body 40 that surrounds both sides and the upper three sides of the main body 10 described above. The upper portion of the outer wall body 40 has a shape that protrudes toward the player side (left side in FIG. 1), and is discharged from the gun-type controller 20 inside the protruding portion (hereinafter referred to as a protruding portion). An air curtain device 50 is provided to prevent the odor due to the diffusion of the odor gas from being diffused to the surroundings. The air curtain device 50 shown in FIG. 1 is a so-called blow-down air curtain device that starts operating when the game apparatus 1 is turned on and constantly blows downward from the air blowing port 50a during operation. There is a so-called vertical circulation type in which a suction port for sucking air blown down is provided on the floor surface facing the blower port 50a, and the sucked air is circulated and blown down again from the blower port 50a. An air curtain device may be used. This vertical circulation type air curtain device generally has a feature that the effect of blocking odor is higher than that of a blow-down type air curtain device. The air curtain device 50 corresponds to an odor diffusion suppressing unit that suppresses the odor due to the diffusion of the odor gas discharged by the odor discharging unit from being diffused to the surroundings.

  Next, main hardware configurations of the game apparatus 1 and the gun-type controller 20 will be described with reference to a block diagram shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the same components as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. First, in the main body unit 10, data related to a shooting game provided by the game device 1 is calculated, and a control unit 100 that controls each unit of the game device 1 and a program for executing the shooting game (hereinafter referred to as a shooting game) ROM 110 that stores a program), RAM 120 that temporarily stores various data generated during the processing of the shooting game program, timer 130 that is used when controlling the operation of the air cleaner 17 described above, and a shooting game A data storage unit 140 is provided in which various image data displayed on the image display device 16 during execution and musical tone data output from the speaker 11 are stored. Here, the data temporarily stored in the RAM 120 includes values of a trigger operation flag TR and an air purifier operation flag CL, which will be described in detail later (both initial values are “0”). The main body unit 10 is also provided with a coin sensor 13a that outputs a coin detection signal to the control unit 100 when a coin inserted into the coin slot 13 shown in FIG.

  The control unit 100 is a central processing unit (CPU), and reads and executes a shooting game program stored in the ROM 110, whereby a game processing unit 101, an image processing unit 102, a target processing unit 103, and a shooting processing unit 104 are read out. The odor control processing unit 105 and the voice processing unit 106 are realized. The game execution unit 101 advances the shooting game according to the shooting operation of the player input from the gun-type controller 20. In the shooting game provided by the game apparatus 1, the image processing unit 102 includes a background for depicting a virtual place (hereinafter referred to as a game space) where a player and an enemy character shoot each other, an enemy character, and Control for displaying the score, life point, etc. of the player on the image display device 16 is performed.

  Here, the contents of the game screen displayed on the image display device 16 will be described with reference to FIG. The game screen of the shooting game provided by the game apparatus 1 includes a game information display area INF for displaying information related to the shooting game and a game space display area GS for displaying the game space. In the game information display area INF, a point PNT given to the player and a life gauge LG representing the life points assigned to the player in analog quantities are displayed. Further, in the game space display area GS, a background image such as the ground and the sky depicting the game space is displayed, and an aiming AM indicating a position where the player is aiming at the screen of the image display device 16 by the gun-type controller 20. As a result of the player performing a shooting operation on the gun-type controller 20, the impact mark BM, the enemy character TC, and the enemy character that indicate where the virtually fired bullet has landed in the game space GS A gunfire GF indicating that it has been displayed is displayed.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the target processing unit 103 performs processing such as determining whether or not to generate an enemy character in the game space, moving and firing control of each generated enemy character, and updating and extinguishing a life point. The shooting processing unit 104 sequentially grasps the position of the aiming AM, calculates the landing position in the game space based on the position of the aiming AM when the player operates the trigger member 22, and whether or not the enemy character is hit Judgment is made. The odor control processing unit 105 causes the smoke gas to be discharged from the odor discharge ports 27a and 27b of the gun-type controller 20 when the player operates the trigger member 22, and the odor caused by the diffusion of the discharged glass smoke gas. Control to deodorize. The sound processing unit 106 performs processing for outputting various sound effects such as shooting sound, landing sound, sound effects when hit, and background music from the speaker 11.

  The control unit 100 outputs the image signal and the audio signal generated as a result of the processing in each unit described above to the image display device 16 and the speaker 11, respectively. The control unit 100 outputs infrared irradiation position data output from the infrared camera sensor 18, a game start signal output from the start button 12 when the player operates the start button 12, and is output from the coin sensor 13a. The coin insertion signal and the on / off signal output from the microswitch 23 are received. In addition, the control unit 100 outputs an on / off signal to the air purifier 17, so that when the air purifier 17 receives the on signal from the control unit 100, the control unit 100 starts an operation to perform air cleaning and outputs an off signal. When received, the operation is stopped to stop the air cleaning. Further, an odor tank 150 that stores odor gas (or fragrance) that is the source of the smoke gas is provided inside the main body 10, and the odor stored in the odor tank 150 is sent to the gun controller 20. An electromagnetic valve 160 is also provided for controlling whether or not. The control unit 100 outputs an open / close signal to the electromagnetic valve 160. In response to this, the electromagnetic valve 160 opens when receiving an open signal from the control unit 100, and closes the valve when receiving a close signal. Thus, when the electromagnetic valve 110 is open, the smoke gas stored in the odor tank 150 through the odor delivery tube 28 is discharged from the odor discharge ports 27a and 27b of the gun-type controller 20 and closed. At that time, the discharge of glass smoke gas stops. Therefore, the odor discharge ports 27a and 27b, the odor delivery tube 28, and the electromagnetic valve 160 can be said to be odor discharge means for discharging the smoke gas from the odor tank 150 to the outside.

  Next, based on FIG. 4, the main process regarding the shooting game which the control part 100 of the game device 1 performs is demonstrated. First, when the game apparatus 1 is powered on, the control unit 100 reads out demonstration image data from the data storage unit 140 and displays a demonstration screen on the image display device 16 (step S1). This demonstration screen repeatedly displays a situation in which a shooting game provided by a game device 1 prepared in advance is being executed. Then, it is determined whether or not a coin detection signal is output from the coin sensor 13a, that is, whether or not a coin has been inserted into the coin insertion slot 13 (step S2). If no coin detection signal is output from the coin sensor 13a, the determination result is NO and the process returns to step S1 to continue displaying the demonstration screen. On the other hand, when a coin detection signal is output from the coin sensor 13a, the determination result is YES, and the control unit 100 determines whether or not a game start signal is output from the start button 12, that is, the player presses the start button 12. Whether or not is operated is determined (step S3). If the game start signal has not been output from the start button 12, the determination result is NO, the process returns to step S3 again, and enters a standby state until the game start signal is output. During the standby state, the demonstration screen displayed in step S1 may be continuously displayed on the image display device 16, or a message such as “Please press the start button” is displayed as an image. It may be displayed on the device 16.

  When the control unit 100 receives a game start signal from the start button 12, the determination result in step S3 is YES, and the control unit 100 displays the game initial screen on the image display device 16 (step S4). That is, the control unit 100 accesses the data storage unit 140 to read out various image data, and in the game screen shown in FIG. 4, in the game information display area INF, an initial value (“00000”) of the player's score PNT, The life gauge LG corresponding to the initial value of the life point is displayed. In addition, a background image such as the sky and the ground depicting the game space is displayed in the game space GS, and an image of the aiming AM is displayed at an initial position in the game space GS. Next, the control unit 100 updates or updates various operations such as generation or erasure of enemy characters to be displayed in the game space GS and movement, movement stop, shooting, or shooting stop of the enemy characters being displayed. (Step S5).

  Here, for example, if the number of enemy characters displayed in the game space GS is smaller than the number of enemy characters that can be displayed at a time, a new enemy character appears. If there is an enemy character whose life point is “0” due to shooting by the player among the displayed enemy characters, the display of the enemy character is erased. The number of enemy characters that can be displayed at a time may be appropriately determined according to the processing capability of the control unit 100 or the difficulty level of the shooting game set in advance. The various actions of the enemy character being displayed may be determined based on random numbers, according to a predetermined pattern, or a combination thereof. Note that the display position of each enemy character, the value of the life point, and information regarding the currently performed action are stored and updated in the RAM 120 in association with information that can identify each enemy character. When the appropriate character is shooting, the control unit 100 reads the sound data of the shooting sound from the data storage unit 140 and outputs a sound signal based on the read sound data to the speaker 11.

  Next, the control unit 100 updates the display position of the aiming AM based on the position data output from the infrared camera sensor 18, and displays an image from the player when the player operates the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20. Assuming that the enemy character displayed on the device 16 has been shot, a shooting process for performing various controls associated therewith is executed (step S6). The details of this shooting process will be described in detail later. Then, based on the results of the target display update process performed in step S5 and the shooting process performed in step S6, the control unit 100 determines the life points of each enemy character being displayed on the image display device 16 and the player. A parameter update process for updating the value of the life point assigned to is performed (step S7). For example, in the target display update process performed in step S5, when there is an enemy character that has fired among the displayed enemy characters, the control unit 100 determines whether the player has fired the player character based on the display position and random number in the game space. It is determined whether or not to decrease the life point assigned to, and if it is determined to decrease the life point, the size of the value to be decreased is determined based on a random number. When the life points assigned to the player are reduced, the display of the life gauge LG displayed in the game information display area INF is updated according to the reduced life points. Further, in the shooting process of step S6, when it is determined that one enemy character has hit as a result of shooting by the player, the value of the life point of the enemy character is determined in advance according to the hit position. When the life point of the enemy character becomes “0” as a result, the enemy character is defeated by the current player's score PNT displayed in the game information display area INF. A score corresponding to the number of bullets hit is added and displayed.

  Next, the control unit 100 determines whether or not the game end condition is satisfied (step S8). Here, in the shooting game of the present embodiment, the game end condition is satisfied when the life point assigned to the player becomes “0” or when a predetermined number of enemy characters are defeated. And If the game end condition is not satisfied, the determination result is NO, and the control unit 100 returns to step S5 and performs target display update processing. Thereafter, the processes in steps S5 to S8 are repeated until the game end condition is satisfied. When the game end condition is satisfied, the determination result in step S8 is YES, and the control unit 100 indicates that the shooting game has ended. An end screen display process of reading (for example, a message such as “GAME_OVER”) from the data storage unit 140 and displaying it on the image display device 16 is performed (step S9), and the process relating to the shooting game is ended.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, step S6 of the main process shown in FIG. 5 and the content of the shooting process will be described. When the target display update process in step S5 in FIG. 5 is completed, the control unit 100 proceeds to the shooting process shown in FIG. 6, and first receives coordinate data from the infrared camera sensor 18 (step S10). As described above, the coordinate data indicates a position where the screen of the image display device 16 is irradiated by infrared rays emitted from the gun-type controller 20. Thereby, the control unit 100 updates the display of the aiming AM displayed on the image display device 16 so that the position indicated by the coordinate data received from the infrared camera sensor 18 becomes the center position of the aiming AM (Step S100). S11). And the control part 100 judges whether the ON signal was output from the micro switch 23 provided in the inside of the gun-type controller 20 (step S12). If the ON signal is output from the micro switch 23, the determination result is YES, and the value of the trigger operation flag TR stored in the RAM 120 is set to “1” (step S13). The trigger operation flag TR indicates whether or not the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 has been operated by the player. If the value is “0”, it indicates that the trigger member 22 has not been operated. , "1" indicates that the trigger member 22 has been operated.

  Next, the control unit 100 causes the image display device 16 to display the landing mark BM (see FIG. 4) at the center position of the aiming AM when the ON signal is output from the micro switch 23 (step S14), and then Of the enemy characters TC displayed on the image display device 16, a hit determination is made as to whether or not the center position of the aiming AM is located (that is, overlaps) within the display area of any enemy character (step S15). . Here, the display area of the enemy character is an area surrounded by the outline of the enemy character TC displayed on the image display device 16, and therefore the hit determination process in step S15 is performed when a trigger operation is detected. This corresponds to determination means for determining whether or not the position in the screen designated by the position designation means overlaps the target image displayed in the screen. If the center position of the aiming AM when the ON signal is output from the micro switch 23 is within the display area of any enemy character, the enemy character is bulleted with information that can identify the enemy character. Information indicating that the hit is stored in the RAM 120. This information is used when the parameter update process in step S7 shown in FIG. 5 is performed. Then, the control unit 100 outputs an open signal to the electromagnetic valve 160, and outputs a close signal when a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) elapses (step S16). As a result, the electromagnetic valve 160 is opened, and the glass smoke gas stored in the odor tank 150 is discharged from the odor discharge ports 27a and 27b of the gun-type controller 20 through the odor delivery tube 28. When the above-described predetermined time has elapsed, the electromagnetic valve 160 is closed and the sending of the glassy smoke gas to the odor discharge ports 27a, 27b is blocked.

  When the valve control process in step S16 described above is completed, the control unit 100 removes the odor caused by the diffusion of the smoke gas discharged from the odor discharge ports 27a and 27b of the gun-type controller 20 in order to deodorize the air cleaner 17. Is controlled (step S17). If the determination result in step S12 is NO because the ON signal is not output from the micro switch 23, the air purifier control in step S17 is directly performed without performing the processes in steps S13 to S16. I do. The contents of this air cleaner control will be described in detail later. When the control unit 100 finishes the air purifier control in step S17, the control unit 100 resets the value of the trigger operation flag TR stored in the RAM 120 to “0” (step S18), ends the shooting process, and returns to FIG. The process proceeds to the parameter update process in step S7 shown.

  Next, the contents of the air purifier control in step S17 of FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG. When the control unit 100 proceeds to step S17 in FIG. 6, first, as shown in step S20 in FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not the value of the trigger operation flag TR stored in the RAM 120 is “1”. . Here, when the value of the trigger operation flag TR is “1”, the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is operated in the shooting process shown in FIG. 6 (FIG. 6, step S12; YES), and as a result. Then, the smoke gas is discharged from the odor discharge ports 27a and 27b of the gun-type controller 20 (FIG. 6, step S14). In this case, the control unit 100 determines whether or not the value of the air purifier operation flag CL stored in the RAM 120 is “0” (step S21). Here, the air cleaner operating flag CL is a flag indicating whether or not the air cleaner 17 is currently operating. If the value is “0”, the air cleaner 17 is not operating. If it is “1”, it indicates that it is operating. If the value of the air purifier operation flag CL is “0” (that is, the state in which the air purifier 17 is not operating), the determination result in step S21 is YES, and the control unit 100 determines that the air purifier 17 An ON signal is output (step S22). Thereby, the air cleaner 17 operates and air cleaning is started. That is, the air purifier 17 corresponds to deodorizing means that sucks odor due to diffusion of the discharged smoke gas and exhausts it to the outside through a deodorizing member (deodorizing filter). Then, the control unit 100 sets the value of the air purifier operation flag CL stored in the RAM 120 to “1” (step S23), and then sets the timer 130 shown in the block diagram of FIG. After setting the data indicating the second (step S24), the air cleaner control in FIG. 7 is finished, and the process proceeds to step S18 in FIG.

  If the air cleaner 17 is activated when the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is operated, the determination result in step S20 described above is YES, and the air cleaner is processed by the process in step S23. Since the value of the operation flag CL is “1”, the determination result of step S21 is NO. In this case, the control unit 100 adds 10 seconds to the remaining time to be counted by the timer 130 that is timing (step S25), and ends the air cleaner control in FIG. Thereby, when the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is operated during the operation of the air cleaner 17, the operation time of the air cleaner 17 is further extended for 10 seconds.

  Next, when the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is not operated, the determination result of step S20 is NO, and the control unit 100 determines whether or not the value of the air purifier operation flag CL is “1”. Is determined (step S26). If the value of the air purifier operation flag CL is “1”, it means that the air purifier 17 is in operation, the determination result is YES, and the timer 130 is to be timed next. It is determined whether or not the measured time has reached “0” (step S27). When the timer 130 has finished counting the time set by the control unit 100, the determination result in step S27 is YES, and the control unit 100 outputs an off signal to the air purifier 17 ( Step S28), whereby the air cleaner 17 stops its operation. Then, the value of the air cleaner operation flag CL stored in the RAM 120 is reset to “0” (step S29), the air cleaner control process of FIG. 7 is terminated, and the process of step S18 shown in FIG. Migrate to

  When the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is not operated (step S20; NO), and the air cleaner 17 is not operating (step S26; NO), the control unit 100 directly performs the air cleaning shown in FIG. Since the machine control is finished and the process proceeds to step S18 in FIG. 6, the air purifier 17 maintains the stopped state. When the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is not operated (step S20; NO), the air cleaner 17 is operating (step S26; YES), but the timer 130 is set by the control unit 100. Even when the measured time is still being measured (step S27; NO), the control unit 100 finishes the air purifier control of FIG. 7 as it is, and proceeds to step S18 of FIG. Therefore, the air cleaner 17 continues to maintain the operating state.

  According to the game device 1 described above, when the player operates the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 (FIG. 6, step S12, YES), the control unit 100 outputs an open signal to the electromagnetic valve 160 (FIG. 6). , Step S16), the electromagnetic valve 160 is opened, and the smoke gas stored in the odor tank 150 passes through the odor discharge tube 28 and the odor discharge port 27a provided in the gun-type controller 20. , 27b. That is, since the odor due to the diffusion of the smoke gas is generated in synchronization with the operation of the trigger member 22, it is possible to enjoy a shooting game with increased reality. Further, since the smoke gas is discharged from the odor discharge ports 27a and 27b provided in the gun-type controller 20, which is closer to the player, the player can surely feel the smell of the glass smoke even with a small amount of the smoke gas. . Furthermore, since the odor tank 150 is provided inside the main body 10 of the game apparatus 1, its capacity can be increased as compared with the case where the gun-type controller 20 has a built-in odor tank. Replenishment frequency can be reduced. It should be noted that a sensor for detecting the remaining amount of smoke gas or the like is provided in the odor tank 150, and if the remaining amount is less than a predetermined amount, a lamp provided separately on the image display device 16 or the game device 1 is provided. You may make it alert | report that the odor tank 150 is replenished with respect to attendants, such as a game center, by blinking.

  In addition, when the smoke gas is discharged, the air cleaner 17 is operated for a predetermined time (in this embodiment, 10 seconds), so that the odor due to the diffusion of the discharged smoke gas can be eliminated in a shorter time. It is possible to reduce the possibility that the player feels uncomfortable. Further, when the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is operated while the air cleaner 17 is operating, the operating time of the air cleaner 17 is extended (see step S25 in FIG. 7). The odor due to diffusion can be more reliably deodorized. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, since the game apparatus 1 is provided with the air curtain device 50, it is possible to suppress the odor due to the diffusion of the discharged glass smoke gas from being diffused to the surroundings. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when a game device 200 is installed next to the game device 1 of the present embodiment in a so-called game center, the game provided by the game device 200 is the game device 1. Similarly, if a shooting game that is not related to the smell of glass smoke is provided, even if the player who is playing the game on the game device 200 feels the smell of glass smoke, the player may feel some discomfort. May be reduced. However, if the game device 200 provides a game of a genre different from the shooting game, the smell of glass smoke may be felt as a simple odor. Even in such a case, the installation of the air curtain device 50 suppresses the diffusion of odor due to the diffusion of the smoke gas, so that the player who is playing the game with the game device 200 is free of the smoke. It is possible to reduce the risk of discomfort due to the smell of the odor.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 9, an embodiment for further suppressing odor diffusion due to diffusion of discharged smoke gas in the game apparatus 1 described above will be described. The above-described game apparatus 1 suppresses the diffusion of odor due to the diffusion of the smoke smoke gas discharged by providing the air curtain device 50. However, in the game apparatus 1 shown in FIG. Is enclosed by a transparent synthetic resin plate to form a booth 60, thereby forming a closed space. Here, the synthetic resin plates forming the booth 60 do not necessarily need to use all transparent members, only partially transparent synthetic resin plates are used, and other portions are made of light-shielding synthetic resin plates. Also good. Therefore, the transparent synthetic resin plate forming the booth 60 corresponds to a partition member that partitions the space including the main body portion and the position specifying means from the outside. In addition, an entrance / exit 61 for a player to enter and exit the booth 60 is provided in a part of the booth 60. The entrance / exit 61 may be a simple opening or may be provided with a transparent door. When the entrance / exit 61 is a simple opening, an air curtain device may be provided above the opening.

  Furthermore, an exhaust device 70 that constantly discharges the air in the booth 60 to the outside of the game apparatus 1 is provided on the ceiling of the protruding portion on the player side of the outer wall body 40. The exhaust device 70 corresponds to exhaust means for discharging the air inside the partition member to the outside. In addition, an air duct 71 for guiding the air discharged from the exhaust device 70 away from the game device 1, preferably outside the game center where the game device 1 is installed, is provided on the upper portion of the game device 1. It has been. According to the game apparatus 1 having such a structure, the exhaust device 70 can create a flow of air flowing from the outside of the game apparatus 1 through the entrance / exit 61 into the booth 60, and the air in the booth 60 is used as the game apparatus. 1 is less likely to flow out of the exterior. Therefore, it is possible to more effectively suppress the odor diffusion due to the diffusion of the smoke gas. Moreover, since the booth 60 is comprised with the transparent synthetic resin board, the inside of the booth 60 can be visually recognized from the exterior of the game device 1, and it can reduce a possibility that security may fall.

Note that the game device 1 described above can employ the following configuration.
(1) Although the game apparatus 1 described above discharges the smoke gas when the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is operated, the player can select whether or not to discharge the smoke gas. Good. In this case, an odor stop button for stopping the discharge of smoke gas is provided on the surface of the main body 10, and the odor is stopped before the player operates the start button 12 after inserting coins into the coin insertion slot 13. When the button is operated, the processes of steps S16 and S17 shown in FIG. 6 are not performed (that is, when the process of step S15 of FIG. 6 is completed or when the determination result of step S12 is NO). The process may be directly shifted to the process of step S18). On the other hand, when the player operates the start button 12 without operating the odor stop button after inserting coins into the coin insertion slot 13, as described above, the processing in steps S16 and S17 is performed. Not too long.

(2) In the above-described game apparatus 1, only the smoke gas is discharged from the two odor discharge ports 27 a and 27 b of the gun-type controller 20. For example, in the muzzle portion 24 of the gun-type controller 20, the light emitting unit 25. In addition to the opening for emitting infrared rays, an opening for discharging smoke is provided so that when the player shoots with the gun-type controller 20, the smoke is discharged from the muzzle portion 24 together with the glass smoke gas. It may be. In this case, an air tank that stores smoke components to be discharged is provided inside the main body 10, and a smoke component delivery tube for sending smoke components from the air tank to the gun-type controller 20 is added in the cable 21. Then, when the solenoid member is provided in the smoke component delivery tube inside the main body 10 and the gas smoke gas is discharged, the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is operated, as shown in FIG. In step S16, the solenoid valve and the solenoid valve 160 may be opened for a predetermined time. By adopting such a configuration, not only glass smoke gas but also smoke is discharged when a bullet is fired, so that a shooting game with increased reality can be provided. Further, since the discharged smoke is sucked into the air cleaner 17, it is possible to reduce the possibility of obstructing the player's view or causing the player to feel uncomfortable.

(3) In the game apparatus 1 described above, when the trigger member 22 of the gun-type controller 20 is operated, the air cleaner 17 is operated for a predetermined time. For example, the operation is performed with the start of the shooting game. You may make it start, and when the predetermined time passes after completion | finish of a shooting game, you may make it the action | operation of the air cleaner 17 stop. In this case, the process of step S17 in FIG. 6 (that is, the air cleaner control in FIG. 7) is not performed, and when the determination result in step S3 is YES in the main process in FIG. An ON signal is output to the machine 17. Then, after the end screen is displayed in step S9 of FIG. 5, when the control unit 100 sets a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) in the timer 130, thereby measuring the time when the timer 130 is set, An off signal is output from the control unit 100 to the air purifier 17.

(4) In the gun-type controller 20 described above, the smoke gas is discharged from the two odor discharge ports 27a and 27b. However, the smoke gas is generated from one odor discharge port, and the other odor discharge port is generated. May be an intake port for sucking the exhausted smoke gas. In this case, an air intake tube that sends air sucked from the air intake port to the main body 10 is added to the cable 21, and an air intake device that sucks air from the air intake port provided in the gun-type controller 20 through the air intake tube is provided. What is necessary is just to provide in the main-body part 10. FIG. Note that the air sucked by the air intake device provided in the main body 10 passes through the deodorizing filter and is then discharged to the outside of the game apparatus 1. In addition, the intake device may be operated at all times, or may be controlled in the same manner as the air cleaner 17 described above.

(5) Although the above-described gun-type controller 20 simulates a handgun, the gun-type controller 20 is not limited to this as long as it simulates a firearm that fires bullets with gunpowder. For example, a rifle with a scope may be imitated, and in this case, the odor discharge port may be provided in a scope that is closer to the player. The connection between the gun-type controller 20 and the main body 10 does not necessarily require the use of the cable 21. For example, a pipe is installed in the main body 10 and the gun-type controller 20 is vertically or horizontally or a single axis as the axis. The odor delivery tube 28, the signal line 29 of the microswitch 23, and the power line 30 of the light emitting unit 25 may be passed through the pipe.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the game device in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the gun-type controller of the game device, (a) is a side view, (b) is a rear view. It is a block diagram which shows the main hardware constitutions of the game device. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the content of the game screen of the shooting game which the game device provides. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the shooting game which the game device provides. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the shooting process of the shooting game which the game device provides. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of control processing of the air cleaner with which the game device was equipped. It is a front view showing the state where other game devices are installed adjacent to the game device. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the game device in other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body part 11 Speaker 12 Start button 13 Coin slot 13a Coin sensor 16 Image display device 17 Air cleaner 18 Infrared camera sensor 20 Gun type controller 22 Trigger member 23 Micro switch 25 Light emission part 27a, 27b Odor discharge port 28 Odor delivery tube DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Control part 101 Game processing part 102 Image processing part 103 Target processing part 104 Shooting processing part 105 Odor control processing part 106 Voice processing part 110 ROM
120 RAM
130 Timer 140 Data Storage Unit 150 Odor Tank 160 Solenoid Valve

Claims (5)

A main body having an image display device having a screen for displaying a target image, and a gun that is provided separately from the main body and has a trigger, and designates an arbitrary position in the screen of the image display device An imitative position designation means; an operation detection means for detecting a trigger operation of the position designation means; and the inside of the screen designated by the position designation means when the trigger operation is detected by the operation detection means And a determination means for determining whether or not the position of the target image overlaps the target image displayed in the screen,
A tank that stores smoke gas,
A shooting game apparatus comprising: an odor discharge means for discharging a smoke gas from the tank to the outside when the operation of the trigger is detected by the operation detection means.   2. The shooting game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a deodorizing unit that sucks out an odor due to diffusion of the odor gas discharged by the odor discharging unit and exhausts the odor to the outside through a deodorizing member that absorbs the odor. Time measuring means for measuring a predetermined time from the time when the trigger operation is detected by the operation detecting means;
When the operation of the trigger is detected by the operation detecting means, the deodorizing means starts sucking and discharging the odor, and when the predetermined time is timed by the time measuring means, the odor The shooting game apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a deodorization control unit that stops the suction and exhaust of the gas.   By generating an air flow between at least the space including the main body and the position specifying means and the outside of the space, the odor due to the diffusion of the odor gas discharged by the odor discharging means is diffused to the surroundings. The shooting game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an odor diffusion suppressing unit for suppressing the odor diffusion. A partition member that partitions between a space including at least the main body and the position specifying means and the outside world;
Exhaust means for exhausting the air inside the partition member to the outside world,
5. The shooting game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a light transmitting member is used for at least a part of the partition member.

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