JP2007313168A - Case for multi-player fighting card game - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a case for multi-player fighting card game having a face-to-face playing field and allowing two or more players to play a game using cards on the same playing filed. <P>SOLUTION: The upper face of the game case 8 is the playing field 4 and seats 5 and 6 facing each other are provided in its left/right. Token slots 14 are installed in the right sides of the respective seats. The seat where a player sits is determined by insertion of the token. Code patters on the back faces of the play cards for use in the playing field 4 are read, recognized and associated with the respective seats. The players place the playing cards 7 to play the game related to the cards. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a multi-player card game housing that allows two or more players to share a board and play cards.

A card game device that plays a card game by arranging cards in a play field and reading card data (code pattern) written on the back side of the card has been proposed (Patent Document 1).
This card game apparatus has a large number of game cases, in which one player sits in each game case, places a card, and advances a game with other players.
JP 2004-202255 A

In the conventional card game device, when two or more people try to play, two or more cases are required, and each player independently sits in front of each game case and operates the card. You can't play games while listening to the game, which is not the best part of a card game. In other words, there was a drawback that it was not possible to play a battle without sitting in a separate case after being in the same place.
In addition, it is impossible to realize a game in which a multiplayer battle (tag match) such as two to two people is performed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-player card game housing that has a face-to-face play field and allows two or more players to play a game using a card in the same play field.

In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 of the present invention is a card game machine for playing a battle-type card game, and has a field surface on which a play card or a piece is placed on the upper surface, and 2 around the field surface. The above players have sheets that can be faced or lined up, and are arranged below the field surface with an n-sided table or a curved table having a coin slot or player recognition card reader for each sheet, An optical reader that optically reads a code, symbol, or character written on a play card or piece placed on a field surface, and a coin is inserted into the coin slot or a card reader for player recognition And a seating seat determining means for determining the player's seat by reading the player recognition card, Is played for card or piece of code, characterized by comprising a seat-to-card association means for associating the seat play cards or pieces and the player by reading the symbols or characters in the optical reader.
According to claim 2 of the present invention, in the invention according to claim 1, the seat-to-card association means color-codes a play card or a piece or places it in a direction with respect to a play field surface, and The card, or the code, symbol or character of the card or piece is read by the optical reader to recognize the playing card or piece, and the color or orientation of the recognized piece is associated with the player's seat.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first aspect, the seat-to-card association means places a playing card or piece on a play field surface, and the code, symbol or character of the playing card or piece is A play card or piece is recognized by reading with an optical reader, and the recognized play card or piece is associated with an arbitrary seat.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to play a face-to-face card game, and the presence of the game increases compared to the conventional case because the players are facing each other. In addition, two or more players can play with a single housing, and two or more players can fight together.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external front view of a card game machine to which a multiplayer card game housing according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.
The card game machine 1 includes a game housing 8 incorporating a control circuit and a liquid crystal display unit 3. The upper surface of the game housing 8 is a play field 4, and a sheet (A) 5 and a sheet (B) 6 are provided facing the left and right sides thereof. A coin insertion slot 14 is provided on the right side of each sheet 5, 6. Play cards used in the play field 4 are registered, and each play card is associated with the sheets 5 and 6. In front of each sheet, an operation unit 21 such as an execution button and a selection button is installed.

A player sitting in the game casing having such a configuration can play the game by placing the play card 7 and operating the card. In the play field 4, the design of the game board surface is described. On the play field 4, a video can be projected from the projector installed at the lower part of the game case toward the play field 4, and the game board design can be omitted, or an image corresponding to the game can be added to the game board design.
The liquid crystal display unit 3 displays instructions, information, results, etc. relating to the card game.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of a multi-player card game housing according to the present invention.
A camera 9 is disposed below the game housing 8 and is configured to scan the back surface of the play field 4 via the mirrors 10 and 11 and read the back surface of the play card 7. A light source 12 installed near the mirror 10 illuminates the scanning surface of the entire back surface of the play field 4.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the circuit of the card game machine according to the present invention. The game machine circuit includes a coin-related device 23, an input / output control device 24, a CPU 20, a camera control unit 13, a sound processing unit 27, a speaker 28, a ROM 29, a RAM 15, and an image processing unit 26.
The coin insertion unit 14 is connected to the coin-related device 23, and the coin-related device 23 stores the inserted coin, and the data is sent to the input / output control device 24. The operation unit 21 includes buttons and the like, and these pieces of information are sent to the input / output control device 24. Further, there are an execution button, a selection button, and the like, which are sent to the input / output control device 24 in the same manner. The input / output control device 24 sends the received data to the CPU 20 via the bus 25.
The ROM 29 stores a control for the card game machine and a program for executing a game and necessary data, and the RAM 15 is used as a work area when the CPU 20 performs an operation. The RAM 15 also temporarily stores created game data and read data.

The sound processing unit 27 performs output processing of a music signal such as BGM in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 20, and music or the like flows from a speaker during a demonstration or during a game.
The CPU 20 has functions of a game control unit 20a, a seated seat determination unit 20b, a seat-to-card related unit 20c, and a use card registration unit 20d.
The game control unit 20a controls the entire game machine according to the program read from the ROM 29, and executes the card game according to the card arrangement of the player and the operation of the operation unit 21.

When a coin is inserted, the seating sheet determination unit 20b receives the information to determine which seat is inserted from the coin insertion unit 14, and the game machine can confirm the seating of the seat.
The seat-to-card related unit 20c reads the code, symbol or character of the playing card placed on the field surface with the camera 9 and recognizes the playing card, thereby identifying the playing card and the player's seat. It is to be associated.
The use card registration unit 20d stores information associated in this way in the RAM 15.
The camera control unit 13 performs reading scanning control on the camera 9 based on an instruction from the CPU 20, and takes in an image including information such as a code on the back side of the card.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of a play field for associating a play card with each seat, and FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a card direction and a card color for associating the play card.
FIG. 5A shows an example of which sheet the card is associated with depending on the orientation of the card, and the player sitting on the sheet A places the head of his or her playing card facing the opponent player. As shown in FIG. 6A, in addition to the card code 30a, a symbol 30b indicating the head of the card is entered, and by reading the symbol 30b, the card orientation is detected to determine which sheet the card is on. You can turn it on.

FIG. 5B associates the playing card with the sheet A or B by placing the card on the right side or the left side from the center boundary of the play field. For example, a card placed on the right side is associated with sheet A.
Further, it is also possible to make the association by the color of the play card as shown in FIG. 6B, not at the position where the play card is placed as shown in FIG. 5B. For example, when the blue color is set to be associated with the sheet A and the white color is associated with the sheet B, if the blue color is recognized no matter where the play card is placed in the play field, Become.

  FIG. 5 (c) reads the code 31a of the card 31 placed in the play field, not the start position of the play card, the position where the play card is placed, and the color of the play card, and the card of the code is seated. Whether to select A or B is determined by the operation unit and registered, thereby associating with the sheet A or B.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the sequence processing on the game casing side until the start of card play.
In the card game machine, in a standby state, the CPU 20 displays a predetermined image for standby on the image display unit 3 through the image processing unit 26 (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 001). In the play field 4, a game board design for playing a card game is displayed. When the player inserts a coin into the coin insertion unit 14 for playing a card game, the seating sheet determination unit 20b determines which sheet is inserted from the coin insertion unit and determines a seat to be seated (S002).

When the sheet is confirmed, the game control unit 20a of the CPU displays an instruction to place a play card on the play field on the image display unit 3. As a result, the player places the play card possessed by the player on the play field. When a play card is placed on the play field, the CPU 20 instructs the camera control unit 13 to scan the entire back surface of the play field in order to read the code pattern on the back surface of the card on the play field. As a result, images of a large number of playing cards are read. The game control unit 20a recognizes the code pattern of the read image information. The seat-to-card association unit 20c associates a sheet with the recognized play card and the head direction of the card, and the use card registration unit 20d stores the registration information associated with the sheet in the RAM 15 (S003). .
Playing can be started when the above processing is performed for all seated players. When the start button of the operation unit on the play field is pressed, the game control unit 20a starts a card game (S004). When the card game ends (S005), the player standby state is restored (S001).

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a card game machine when three people play.
This is an example of a case where three players play, and sheets A, B and C are provided on three sides of the rectangular table, and coin insertion slots are provided corresponding to the respective sheets.
The association between the sheet and the play card placed on the play field can be performed by using, for example, three types of color-coded cards. It is also possible for each player to place a play card on the play field, and for each card that is read and recognized to be associated with the sheet by the operation unit and registered.
In addition, it is possible to provide a plurality of areas where cards are placed and areas where cards are placed, and a structure in which a playing card and a sheet are associated with each other depending on the area where the cards are placed. In this example, it is preferable that the cards are color-coded or associated by registration because the possibility of mistaken placement positions increases.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of a card game machine in the case of playing by a larger number of people than in FIG.
FIG. 9A shows an octagonal table, and a card game can be played by up to eight players. FIG. 9 shows a state where five players are playing a game. A method of determining the seat on which each player is seated is performed by inserting a coin into a coin insertion slot installed on each sheet.
The sheet and the playing card are associated with each sheet by color-coding the play field. Therefore, if a card is placed on a play field of a color corresponding to each sheet, the sheet and the placed card are associated with each other. In this example, a plurality of play fields of the same color are provided, but if the player sits on a seat corresponding to the play field of the same color and places a play card on the corresponding play field of the same color, the players It is also possible to fight together.

In this case, if a battle is selected by operating an operation unit (not shown), the play cards placed in the play field are recognized and registered as belonging to a group that forms a battle. For example, the players 36a and 36b and the players 36c and 36d can form a battle together. In this example, the play field is color-coded for each sheet so that only players of the same color play field can form a fight, but the play field does not necessarily need to be color-coded or physically separated. . It is also possible to form a fight with multiple people without coloring or dividing each play field.
As a method of associating a play card placed on each sheet without color-coding or dividing each play field, it can also be performed by color-coding or registering a play card as in the description of FIG. In the case of forming a fight, it is only necessary to use cards of the same color or register as belonging to a group that forms a fight when registering a play card.

FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view of the internal configuration of the octagonal table.
A camera 37 is installed at the center bottom of the game housing 36, eight mirrors 38 are arranged on the back of the upper center of the game housing 36, and mirrors are provided in the middle of the game housing 36 corresponding to each mirror 38. 39 is installed. One camera 38 scans the back side of a play card placed on a play field corresponding to eight sheets by mirrors 38 and 39, and obtains image data for recognizing the code of each play card. Can do.
The card game machine can recognize the play card placed in each play field from the image data, and each player advances the card game by operating the play card and the operation unit while facing the opponent. Can do.

In the above embodiment, the coin insertion information is used to determine the seating sheet. However, an authentication card reading unit is provided at each sheet position of the card game machine, for example, by reading the contents of the RFID card. It is also possible to confirm the seating seat.
It is also possible to install a cart reading deck device on each sheet and read card data from the reading deck device.

Although an example of a square housing for two people, three people, and a large number of people has been described, the shape of the housing is not limited to a square shape, and may be a circular shape or a curved shape.
In addition, as examples of means for determining a seat to play, coin insertion or RFID card reading has been shown, but the seat may be determined by other means. For example, a method of detecting the seating of the player optically, electromagnetically, or mechanically may be used.
It is possible to use pieces other than playing cards. In such a case, a code pattern is printed on the bottom surface of the frame, and it is optically recognized and determined.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, an example in which a liquid crystal display unit is provided on the side of the game case is shown. However, information and results related to the game are projected from behind to a part of the play field, and a part of the play field is displayed. It is also possible to display necessary information as a display unit.

  It is a card game machine installed in an arcade center or a game center.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] It is a front view of the card game machine to which the multiple battle | competition type card game housing | casing by this invention is applied. 1 is a plan view of a card game machine to which a multi-match card game housing according to the present invention is applied. It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of the multiple battle | competition type card game housing | casing by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the card game machine in this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the structural example of a play field in order to associate the card | curd for play with each seat. It is a figure for demonstrating the card | curd direction for associating the card | curd for play, and the color of a card | curd. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the sequence process by the side of the game housing | casing until a card play start. It is a top view of the card game machine in the case of playing by three people. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of the card game machine in the case of playing by many people from FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Card game machine
3 Liquid crystal display
4 Playfield
5,6 seats
7 Card for play 8 Game case 9 Camera 10, 11 Mirror 12 Light source 13 Camera control unit 14 Coin slot 15 RAM
20 CPU

Claims (3)

In a card game machine for playing a competitive card game,
It has a field surface on which a playing card or a piece is placed on the upper surface, and has a sheet around which two or more players can face or line up, and a coin insertion slot or a player recognition card reader corresponding to each sheet An n-sided table or a table of curve circumferences having
An optical reader that optically reads a code, symbol or character written on a playing card or piece placed under the field surface and placed on the field surface;
Seated seat determination means for determining a player's seat by inserting a coin into the coin insertion slot or reading a player recognition card by a player recognition card reader;
A seat-to-card association means for associating a play card or piece with a player's seat by reading the code, symbol or character of the play card or piece placed on the field surface with the optical reader;
A multi-player card game chassis characterized by comprising:   The seat-to-card association means color-codes play cards or pieces or places them in a direction with respect to the play field surface, and codes, symbols or characters of the play cards or pieces to the optical reader. 2. A multi-match card game case according to claim 1, wherein the card or the piece for play is recognized and the color or orientation of the recognized piece is associated with the player's seat.   The seat-to-card association means places a playing card or piece on a play field surface and reads the code, symbol or character of the playing card or piece with the optical reader to recognize the playing card or piece. The multiplayer card game case according to claim 1, wherein the recognized play card or piece is associated with an arbitrary seat.

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