JP2009297303A - Card game machine using transparent card - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card game machine in which cards are arranged on a game output screen, the game machine performing processing to change pictures and images on the cards in accordance with the card kinds by allowing a player to transparently view the lower part of the card through the use of transparent cards, and the game machine therefore having improved interactive property in cards. <P>SOLUTION: The plurality of transparent cards 6 are placed on an image projecting/card scanning surface 2 and scanned to register a self army list, etc. When the game is played, the player battles by moving the transparent cards 6. The game machine obtains information of the card ID, position, and rotation of placed each card to update self army list information. When a certain card among the placed transparent cards 6 is the reconnaissance card, for example, and an unrecognized enemy character is caught by the reconnaissance card, the enemy character is displayed by magnification inside the reconnaissance card. The enemy character is trained by a lock-on card and destroyed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a card game machine in which a plurality of cards are placed on a card mounting surface, and the game proceeds by reading card information, more specifically, a card placed on the card mounting surface is formed of a transparent plate. The present invention relates to a card game machine in which an image on a monitor screen under a card can be visually recognized through a transparent plate of the card.

Various types of card game machines have been proposed as conventional card game machines that use cards and read data recorded on the cards to advance the game.
Among them, Patent Document 1 exists as a card real-time strategy type arcade game. This is because when the player purchases a player card in which an IC card is embedded and a photo of each soccer player is printed and the purchased player cards are arranged on the player card arrangement panel, the internal image sensor is recorded on the back side of the player card. The card data is read, the data of the players making up the team is created from each card data, and the game starts. The player can instruct the player's position and formation by changing the arrangement of the player card 20.

In the above card game machine, as shown in FIG. 9, the card arrangement panel 80 is in a state in which a large number of cards 81 are arranged, and the image and picture of the card arrangement panel portion where the cards are arranged are covered. It becomes impossible to see whether it is. In addition, since the design and the like are printed on the card itself, the design does not change even if the card is moved.
JP 2007-665 A

Thus, in a game machine of a type in which a card is placed on a monitor, a part of the monitor is covered, so that the monitor image of the covered part cannot be recognized.
In addition, since the characters and their abilities are printed on the cards, there is no change in the design of the cards placed on the game output screen, and the state of the placed cards during the game can be grasped. It is difficult.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card game machine in which a card is placed on a game output screen by using a transparent card to show the underside of the card in accordance with the type of the card. It is to provide a card game machine in which the interactivity of the card is improved by performing a process of changing the pattern and image.

In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 of the present invention provides a card game in which a card is progressed by arranging a card at an arbitrary position on a game output screen and detecting the type, position and rotation of the arranged card. A card having a transparent plate formed in a card frame, the card having a transparent card in which information for specifying the type of the card and a mark for obtaining a card position and rotation are written, When arranged at an arbitrary position on the output screen, card scanning means for scanning the back side of the transparent card on the output screen and reading the image image, and information for specifying the card type from the image image scanned by the card scanning means Means for recognizing and obtaining information on the type of transparent card arranged, the position of the card on the image and the image in the image If the transparent card position / rotation information calculation means for calculating the position and rotation of the transparent card and the type of the arranged card is a lock-on card, the player moves the arranged card. When the player tracks the character displayed on the output screen in a continuous manner within the card frame by obtaining the position / rotation information of the transparent card and tracks the player for a predetermined time, the character is destroyed. And a game processing means.
According to claim 2 of the present invention, a card is placed in an arbitrary position on the output screen of the game, and the card game machine that progresses the game by detecting the type, position, and rotation of the arranged card, the card frame is transparent. A card formed with a board, having a transparent card with information for specifying the type of the card and a mark for obtaining the card position and rotation, and placing the transparent card at an arbitrary position on the output screen A card scanning unit that scans the back side of the transparent card on the output screen and reads an image, and recognizes information that identifies the type of the card from the image scanned by the card scanning unit. According to the means for obtaining the type of information, the position of the card on the image image, and the mark in the image image, the transparent card. When the transparent card position / rotation information calculation means for calculating the position and rotation of the card and the type of the arranged card is a reconnaissance card, the character displayed on the output screen is captured in the reconnaissance card And game processing means for performing processing for obtaining the position / rotation information of the transparent card and enlarging and displaying the character in the reconnaissance card.
According to claim 3 of the present invention, a card is placed in an arbitrary position on the output screen of the game, and the card game machine that advances the game by detecting the type, position, and rotation of the arranged card, the card frame is transparent. A card formed with a board, having a transparent card with information for specifying the type of the card and a mark for obtaining the card position and rotation, and placing the transparent card at an arbitrary position on the output screen A card scanning unit that scans the back side of the transparent card on the output screen and reads an image, and recognizes information that identifies the type of the card from the image scanned by the card scanning unit. According to the means for obtaining the type of information, the position of the card on the image image, and the mark in the image image, the transparent card. The position / rotation information calculation means of the transparent card for calculating the position and rotation of the card, and if the type of the arranged card is a player character card, the position / rotation information of the transparent card is obtained to obtain the position of the player character card. And a game processing means for performing processing for displaying character information on an output screen in the card frame.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect of the invention, the information specifying the type of the transparent card is a barcode detected by infrared rays printed on the transparent card, and the barcode is detected by a camera. The captured bar code is detected from a large number of bar code information stored in the database to identify the bar code corresponding to the bar code, and the mark is transparent. A reference mark that is detected by infrared rays printed at the corner of the card. The reference mark is imaged by the camera, the rotation of the card is calculated according to the detection position of the reference mark at each corner, and rotation information is obtained. The card position information is obtained by calculating the imaging position of the barcode on the screen.
According to claim 5 of the present invention, a card is placed in an arbitrary position on the output screen of the game, and the card game machine that advances the game by detecting the type, position, and rotation of the arranged card, the card frame is transparent. A card on which a board is formed, having a transparent card on which an RFID including an IC memory unit storing information for specifying the type of the card is mounted and a mark for obtaining a card position and rotation is written; When a transparent card is arranged at an arbitrary position on the output screen, a card scanning unit that scans the back surface of the transparent card on the output screen and reads an image image, a communication unit that communicates with the RFID, and a communication unit Information for specifying the card type by reading the information for specifying the card type from the IC memory part of the transparent card placed on the output screen. And a transparent card position / rotation information calculating means for calculating the position and rotation of the transparent card according to the position of the card on the image image and the mark in the image image, and the arranged card. When the type of the card is a lock-on card, when the player moves the placed card, the character displayed on the output screen is obtained in succession in the card frame by obtaining the position / rotation information of the transparent card. And a game processing means for performing a process of destroying the character when the player tracks for a certain period of time.

According to the above configuration, the following various effects can be obtained.
-Since the cards placed on the game output screen are transparent, it is easy to see the game screen after placing the guard.
-Since the relation between the card design and the game screen can be deepened, the ability of the card can be intuitively communicated to the player.
-Since it is not the structure which prints all on a card | curd beforehand, the growth of the character by game progress, etc. can be reflected.
-Since transparent cards without symbols can be shipped, it is possible to use the same card with different titles, reducing the risk of holding inventory that occurs when printed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a card game machine using a transparent card according to the present invention. In the card game machine 1, an image projection and card scanning surface 2 is arranged in a substantially horizontal state at the lower part of the housing. A menu selection control bar 5 is provided in the left corner in front of the image projection and card scanning surface 2, and a determination button 3 and a cancel button 4 are provided in the right corner, respectively. A coin insertion portion 20 is disposed at the front position of the right corner.
In addition, a sub-monitor 9 is disposed on the back of the image projection and card scanning surface 2, a game machine title display unit 7 is installed on the top thereof, and speakers 8 are provided on the left and right thereof.

The image projection and card scanning surface 2 displays a game screen and scans the transparent card 6 placed on the surface 2 and uses an invisible reference mark recorded on the transparent card 6 and acrylic for reading the QR code. It is a surface suitable for the game screen projection. Further, when the RFID is mounted on the transparent card 6, it is also a surface for reading the card ID stored in the IC memory unit in the RFID.
The sub-monitor 9 displays a standby screen or a game screen. An image that is preferably displayed on the sub-monitor 9 is displayed on the sub-monitor 9 rather than being displayed on the image projection and card scanning plane 2 when viewed by the player.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the housing of the card game machine of FIG.
The image projection / card scanning surface 2 uses a transparent acrylic panel as described above. The back surface of the acrylic panel is finely textured and textured. When a glass panel is used, the back surface is frosted to form a diffusion surface. An image projected from the projector 16 provided at the bottom of the casing is displayed on the image projection and card scanning surface 2.
In order to irradiate the image projection / card scan surface 2 with infrared rays, LED infrared light sources 26 in which a large number of LEDs are arranged on a substrate are arranged on four sides of the image projection / card scan surface 2. Infrared light from the LED infrared light source 26 irradiates the back surface of the image projection / card scanning surface 2 uniformly.

  The CCD camera 14 disposed on the side surface of the housing scans the image projection / card scanning surface 2 via the reflecting mirror 32 and the reflecting mirror 31, and applies it to the transparent card 6 placed on the image projecting / card scanning surface 2. An image of an invisible reference mark and QR code that can be detected by infrared rays is recorded. The image image scanned by the CCD camera 14 is sent to the CPU 10 via the camera control unit 13 (see FIG. 4).

FIG. 3A is a diagram for explaining an example of an invisible data mark on a card.
The transparent card 6 according to the present invention includes a frame 65 and a transparent plate 66 formed on the frame 65, and a reference mark 6a and a QR code 6b that can be detected by infrared rays are provided on the back surface. The reference mark 6a and the QR code 6b are printed with special ink reflected by infrared rays. Therefore, even if a visible pattern is printed as shown in the lock-on card in FIG. 6A, the reconnaissance card in FIG. 7A, and the character card in FIG. 8A, this pattern portion is not detected and no image is input. The reference mark 6a is printed at each of the three corners of the transparent card 6, and this reference mark 6a is used to obtain card position (X information, Y information) and tilt data when processing image input. . The QR code 6b is a part in which ID information indicating the type of card is described.

FIG. 3B is a diagram for explaining another example of the invisible data mark on the card.
An example of the transparent card 30 is one in which an RFID 31 is mounted instead of a QR code, and ID information indicating the type of the card is stored in the IC memory unit. The configuration of the other parts is the same as in FIG. 3A, and the arrangement of the reference marks 30a detected by infrared rays is the same as that of the reference marks 6a.
When a transparent card having the RFID 31 is used as described above, it is necessary to provide a card reader / writer for reading / writing information in the memory unit of the RFID 31 in the card game machine.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit of a video projection type card game machine according to the present invention. This card game machine wins when its own character fights against an enemy character, attacks the enemy, damages the opponent, and destroys all enemy characters.
When a coin is inserted from the coin insertion unit 20, the coin related device 21 is transmitted to the CPU 10 via the input / output control device 22. The backup memory 23 stores setting values such as the number of coins and the number of plays. Operation signals from the decision button 3, the cancel button 4 and the menu selection control bar 5 are sent to the CPU 10 via the input / output control device 22.
The video controller 15 receives game image information from the CPU 10 and converts it into an image signal to be projected by the projector 16. The projector 16 reproduces an image from this image signal, and the reproduced image is projected onto the image projection / card scan plane 2.

  The camera control unit 13 controls the CCD camera 14 in accordance with a command from the CPU 10, and the CCD camera 14 scans the image projection / card scanning surface 2 to capture an infrared image of the transparent card 6. The captured image is sent to the image recognition processing unit 10d of the CPU 10 through the camera control unit 13. The LED drive unit 25 drives an LED light source (infrared light source) 26 in accordance with a command from the CPU 10 to cause the LED to emit light, and illuminates the back surface of the image projection / card scan surface 2 with infrared light. As described above, the sub monitor 9 displays an image other than the image projected by the projector 16 among the images displayed in the game, and the image processing unit 17 follows the image formation instruction from the CPU 10 based on the image data sent. A display image in the monitor display format is created, and the display image is displayed on the sub monitor 9. The sound processing unit 18 causes the speaker 8 to output sound or voice during the game or when waiting for the game based on a command from the CPU 10.

The ROM 12 stores a control program for controlling the entire game, a game program for performing the battle card game, and data and tables necessary for the game.
As necessary data, QR code recognition pattern data for recognizing the card type is stored.
What is stored as a table is exemplified in the following Table 1, Table 2-1, Table 2-2, and Table 2-3.
This is a table for identifying the type of card, and shows the relationship between the character card, the reconnaissance card, and the lock-on card for each card ID, and each index information is stored therein. For example, the card ID “0x00000000” is the database name “Char” (character card), and this index is specified as “0x00000000”.
This is a card management table (Data Base (Char)) indicating the character life (HP) and magic power (MP) specified in Table 1 and what kind of action function is used. For example, when the index is “0x00000000”, the HP is “120”, the MP is “70”, and the process is “behavior function C”.
This is a card management table (Data Base (Search)) indicating the reconnaissance range (Radius) and reconnaissance time (Time Limit) of the reconnaissance card specified in Table 1 and which action function is used. For example, when the index is “0x00000000”, the radius is “100”, the time limit is “100”, and the process is “behavior function B”. The radius (radius) is more advantageous as the reconnaissance range is larger, and the time limit (time) is more disadvantageous as the time until the reconnaissance is successful is larger.
This is a card management table (Data Base (Lock)) indicating the attack range (Radius), time to attack (Time Limit) of the lock-on card specified in Table 1, and which action function is used for processing. is there. For example, when the index is “0x00000003”, the radius is “70”, the time limit is “70”, and the processing is “behavior function A”. The radius is more advantageous as the attack range is larger, and the time limit is more disadvantageous as the time until the attack is larger.
Next, the RAM 11 is a work area when the CPU 10 performs calculations, and is used as a temporary data storage area. The RAM 11 stores data such as a scan list, a self-force list, an unrecognized enemy list, and a recognized enemy list created during the game.
Examples of data created and stored in the RAM 11 are shown in Tables 3 and 4 below.
This shows an example of data in a scan list obtained by card scan processing executed as needed. For example, the card position X (CardPosX) where the card ID “0x00000003” is placed is “223”, the card The position Y (CardPosY) is “5”. The card rotation (CardRot) is “320”. Here, the numbers indicating the card positions X and Y are numerical values from the position taken as a reference by dividing the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction of the image projection and card scanning surface 2 into several hundreds, with one end being “0”. is there. If the X-axis direction is divided into “500”, for example, “223” of the card position X (CardPosX) is a position close to the center of the image projection / card scan plane 2.
This is an example of data of the own army list. For example, when the card ID is “0x00000003”, the card position X (CardPosX) is “0”, the card position Y (CardPosY) is “0”, and the card rotation (CardRot) ) Is “0”, and the work (Work) is the address “0x8000FC00”. This is an example of registering a transparent card on hand before the battle starts. In the work, a work area corresponding to the type of card is secured when the military list is created, and its address is stored. CardPosX, CardPosY, and CardRot are overwritten with the information scanned when the own army list information is updated.

Furthermore, the game programs include a card scan processing program, an image recognition processing program, a card position / rotation information calculation program, and a game execution program. The game execution program is a main program for fighting between the own army and enemy characters. A processing program, a friendly list creation processing program, a battle processing program, a friendly list information update processing program, a friendly list behavior processing program, behavior function programs A, B, and C are included.
The function of the game control unit 10a is formed by the CPU 10 reading the control program in the ROM 12, and the game execution unit 10c is formed by reading the game program. Further, the card scan processing unit 10b reads the card scan processing program, the image recognition processing unit 10d reads the image recognition processing program, and the card position / rotation information calculation unit 10e reads the card position / rotation information calculation program. Is formed.

The game control unit 10a performs standby screen display control from the standby state until the game is started (performed on the sub monitor), display control of the selection screen, and end screen display control regarding the end of the game.
The card scan processing unit 10b is used when creating the own army list at the start of the game or updating the own army list during the game. The image projection / card scanning surface 2 is scanned by the CCD camera 14 to detect the infrared image. Is what you get.
The image recognition processing unit 10d performs image recognition processing on the image image obtained by the card scan processing unit 10b by using a database, and obtains a card ID (type) placed from the recognized QR code. The card position / rotation information calculation unit calculates the position (X, Y) of the card depending on where the QR code is scanned on the back side of the image projection / card scanning surface 2, and further determines the position of the reference mark according to the positional relationship of the reference marks. The rotation angle is calculated.
If a card is placed at any position on the image projection and card scanning surface 2, an infrared image image displaying the reference mark 6a and QR code 6b of the transparent card shown in FIG. You can get.

  The game execution unit 10c is a main process showing the flow of the entire game, an own arm list creating process for creating an army list for the transparent card placed on the image projection and card scanning plane 2 at the start of the game, and an update of the own army list While creating an enemy list (unrecognized enemy list, recognized enemy list), perform battle processing to perform actions on the own army list, information update processing to update the contents of the own army list during the battle processing, execute action functions on the own army list The own arm list action process and the action functions A, B, and C are performed. These specific configurations will be described with reference to flowcharts of the respective processes.

Next, basic functions of the transparent card according to the present invention will be described.
As described above, the reference mark 6a and the QR code 6b capable of infrared detection as shown in FIG. 3A are formed on the back surface of the transparent card exemplified below.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the transparent card according to the present invention is placed on the image projection surface.
Thus, even if the transparent cards 41 a, 41 b and 41 c are placed on the background image 40 a projected onto the image projection / card scanning surface 40, the image on the image projection / card scanning surface 40 immediately below the card remains on the transparent card 41. Visible inside. Actually, a visible pattern as shown in FIGS. 6A, 7A, and 8A is printed on a part of the transparent card.

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing a specific example of a lock-on card as a type of transparent card according to the present invention. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a state in which the enemy character is aimed at the lock-on card.
In the lock-on card 50, a transparent plate 50b is formed on a frame 50a, and an aiming device 52 is printed in a visible state in the center of the transparent plate 50b. FIG. 6B shows a state where the player places the lock-on card 50 and captures the enemy character 51 in the frame 50a. The player moves the lock-on card 50 in accordance with the movement of the enemy character 51 so that the player is always in the lock-on state.

Such an operation is performed, for example, by executing steps (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 601, S602, S603, and S605 of FIG.
In the process of the action function A of the game execution unit 10c, it is determined whether or not the enemy character 51 projected on the image projection and card scan plane 2 is in the previous lock-on state (flag is set) (S601). If the flag is set, it is determined whether or not the lock-on card 50 is still in the lock-on state (S602). That is, it is determined whether or not the position (X, Y) of the enemy character is captured within the lock-on range. If caught, it is next determined whether or not the lock-on duration has reached a certain time (S603). When the predetermined time is reached, damage processing is given to the enemy character 51 (S605). For example, the image is switched to an image showing a crash trajectory and projected onto the image projection / card scanning surface 2.

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a specific example of a reconnaissance card as an example of the transparent card according to the present invention. FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating a state in which an enemy character is enlarged and displayed with a reconnaissance card.
In the reconnaissance card 60, a transparent plate 60c is formed on a frame body 60a, and a black coating portion 60b is printed around the transparent plate 60c so that its internal shape is the shape of an eyepiece of binoculars. FIG. 7B shows a state in which the player places the reconnaissance card 60 on the image projection and card scanning surface 40, captures the enemy character 61 in the frame 60a, and displays the enlarged image on the eyepiece. While the player is capturing the enemy character 61 that is hardly visually recognized on the image projection and card scanning plane 40 by visual observation, the enlarged display is performed. The status is also displayed. This is used when finding an enemy character (unrecognized enemy character) hidden in the MAP on the image projection and card scanning plane 40. Once displayed, the enemy is displayed and locked. Can attack on card.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a specific example of a character card as an example of a transparent card according to the present invention. FIG. 8B is a diagram showing a state in which a large number of character cards are placed on the image projection / card scanning surface.
In the character card 70, a transparent plate 70b is formed on a frame 70a, and a character 72 is printed on the transparent plate 70b. The display 74 of the bomb item 73, HP 120, and MP 66 displayed on the lower side of the transparent plate 70b is a state in which the display of the image projection and card scanning surface is visible. This display is information that changes in real time. For example, the game execution unit 10c of the CPU 10 in FIG. 4 displays an information display according to item acquisition, damage, or the like according to the battle with the enemy character as illustrated in FIG. 8A. .

  The game execution unit 10c of the game machine on which the character card of FIG. 8A is placed performs image processing so that the information display on the transparent game screen directly below is moved and displayed when the character card moves. For example, when the player moves the character card 70 placed on the background image 45 in the horizontal direction, the information display is also moved in accordance with the movement and is always displayed on the lower side of the character card 70. By operating in this way, the player can always visually recognize the state of changing the item acquisition, damage, etc. of the character card placed on the image projection and card scanning surface for each card. In addition, an image indicating the state of the character being locked on (for example, a state of sweating) is displayed in the character card 70. This display indicates that the player is immediately before being attacked by the enemy character. It is easy to know. The player can avoid the enemy attack by moving the character card by this display.

Next, the operation and processing of this battle game will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 4, the flowcharts of FIGS. 10 to 16C, and tables.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of main processing of the card game machine according to the present invention.
When a coin is inserted into the coin insertion unit 20, the information is transmitted to the CPU 10 via the coin related device 21 and the input / output control device 22. The game control unit 10a of the CPU 10 displays the sub monitor 9 on the screen for starting the card game from the standby screen display. The player sets necessary items on each selection screen displayed on the sub monitor 9 by using the menu selection control bar 5, the decision button 3, and the cancel button 4. Thereby, the game of the battle between the own army and the enemy character is started.

In order to start the game, the game execution unit 10c displays a screen for creating the own army list on the image projection and card scanning surface 2. The player places the character card 70 (see FIG. 8A) on the image projection and card scanning surface 2.
A scan command is issued to the camera control unit 13 by the card scan processing unit 10b for the placed character card, and the CCD camera 14 scans the image projection and card scanning surface 2 to capture an image screen. This image image is sent to the image recognition processing unit 10d. The image recognition processing unit 10d cuts out a portion where the pattern (QR code) of the image image is displayed, and recognizes the type of the cut out pattern and the card. Compared with the QR code recognition pattern corresponding to the type, a matching QR code recognition pattern is extracted. Since the QR code recognition pattern is associated with the card type (card ID), the database name (lock-on card, reconnaissance card, character card) and index of each card are obtained as shown in Table 1, and the card ID can be recognized. The own army list is created from the scan list obtained in this way. The scan list and the own army list are stored in the RAM 11.

  In this way, the transparent card placed on the player's hand is scanned, the card ID is obtained by this scan, and the game execution unit 10c performs the process of creating the own army list (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 001). Table 4 is an example of creating a military list created in this step. The position (X, Y) and rotation information of each card ID at the time of registration is 0, and a work area corresponding to the card type is secured in the work. The information on the card position (X, Y) and rotation is overwritten with information scanned at the time of updating the army list information (during the battle). For example, the card position (X, Y) and rotation information as shown in Table 3 are overwritten as already described. The overwritten card position (X, Y) and rotation information obtained by the scanning process is calculated by the card position / rotation information calculation unit 10e. The card position / rotation information calculation unit 10e calculates the position (X, Y) of the card depending on the position on the image projection / card scanning surface 2 where the QR code is scanned, and further determines the rotation angle according to the positional relationship of the reference marks. Calculate.

After creating the own army list, the game execution unit 10c performs a battle process (S002). In battle processing, scanning is performed for each frame, the position and rotation of the card are acquired, CardPosX, CardPosY, CardRot of the own army list are updated, and the enemy list is created and the own army list is reflected to reflect enemy thoughts. Perform action processing.
Next, the result of the battle process is displayed (S003). That is, an instruction is issued to the image processing unit 17 and the battle result is displayed on the sub-monitor 9.
Although the game of the player is ended by the above-described processing flow of the game machine, the game control unit 10a determines whether or not it is time to end the game machine (for example, 10 pm) (S004), and can reach 10 pm If so, the main process of the game machine is terminated. This is a process of turning off the power and ending the day's business of the game machine. If it is not the game machine end time, the process returns to S001, and the process is continued for the next game start of the player.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the card scanning process of the card game machine according to the present invention.
In order to obtain a scan at the time of card placement at the start of the game in the main process of FIG. 10 and a position, rotation information, etc. when the card has moved during the game process, a card scan is executed at any time. Here, ScanList [] indicates the arrangement of the scan list, and Smax indicates the number of scan list elements, that is, the number of cards placed on the image projection / card scanning plane. The card scan processing unit 10b clears the scan list (S101). That is, once Smax = 0, the number of scan list elements is set to zero.

After clearing the scan list, the image projection / card scan surface 2 is scanned (S102). A new scan list is created by scanning as shown in Table 3 (S103).
The scan list scans each card placed on the image projection / card scanning surface 2 to obtain an image, obtains information on its card ID, position (X, Y) and rotation, This is a list of cards. For example, in the case of a game played with three cards, the number of scan list elements is 3, and the scan list is formed by cards [0], [1], [2]. These are temporarily stored in the RAM 11.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the military list creation process.
Before the battle starts, the player scans the transparent card on hand and creates a scan list to create his own list. Here, MyList [] indicates a friendly list arrangement. In this method, a scan list created in the RAM 11 is copied to create another address (work address in Table 4) area in the RAM 11 and a military list is created there. Mmax is the number of elements in the own army list and indicates the number of cards in the own army list.
When the self-card of the transparent card is mounted on the image projection and card scanning surface 2, the card scan processing unit 10b executes scanning (S201). The scan contents are processed as shown in FIG. Next, the army list is cleared and Smax = 0 is set (S202).

The process between S203 and S209 is a process by a loop, and in this loop, the number of Smax is scanned and here there are three transparent cards, so the process between S203 and S209 is performed three times. Become. S203 is a start step for performing such processing (I = 0 TOSmax-1). Further, the processing between S204 and S206 is a loop processing, and if the number of the own army list is, for example, three, the processing between S204 and S206 is performed three times. S204 is a start step for performing such processing (J = 0TOMmax-1).
Next, in S205, ScanList [I]. Card ID! = MyList [J]. Card ID; Smax + = 1? Is made. [I] of ScanList [I] indicates a state in which three cards in the scan list are designated as [0], [1], [2]. For example, in ScanList [0], Table 3 The card on the first line of the scan list is designated. [J] of MyList [J] indicates that [0], [1], [2] are designated if there are three friendly lists for each designation in the scan list. A comparison is made between each line and each line on the army list. In the comparison process, a not equal determination is made.

For example, if it is determined that the first ScanList [0] is not the same as MyList [0], the ScanList [0] card in the scan list is copied as a My List card (S207). That is, it is added as a new card.
If ScanList [0] is the same card as MyList [0], it is determined whether MyList [0] is the same card as ScanList [1]. In this way, ScanList [0] makes a determination on MyList [0], [1], and [2].
Thus, if the ScanList [0] is the same as MyList [0], [1], [2], it is not copied as an additional card, and a different one is MyList [0], [1], [2]. ScanList [0] is copied or added as a new card.
When the process of S204 to S206 is completed for ScanList [0], it is next determined whether or not there is a third scan card or less (S208). If it is 3rd or less, the process proceeds to step S209, and the process returns to step S204 to proceed to the coincidence determination for all the cards in the next list and the own card. In this example, since ScanList [0] is the first card, the determination of S204 to S206 is performed for the second card from S203 to ScanList [1]. Such repeated processing is also performed for the third card of ScanList [2].
On the other hand, if the number of scan cards is 3 or more (ScanList [2]), a screen is displayed to confirm to the player whether or not such a combination of cards of the own army list is acceptable (S210). When the player performs an end operation, the own arm list creation process ends. If the player does not perform the end operation in S210, the process returns to the scan execution in S201, and the process proceeds to the process after S202 in which the scan is performed again to create the own army list.
In this way, it is determined whether or not a new scan list card has been added, and if it has been added, processing for adding it to the own army list is performed.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the battle process.
When the creation of the own army list is completed and the game execution unit 10c starts the game in accordance with the operation of the player, a battle process is performed according to the operation of the player. First, it is determined whether or not the game is over (for example, all the armies have been destroyed) (S301). If the game is over, the game is terminated. If the game is not over, the scan of FIG. 11 is executed (S302). Then, the own army list information is updated (S303). Next, the enemy list is reflected in the RAM 11 (S304). Then, a self-list action process is performed (S305), and after frame synchronization is obtained, the process returns to S301.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of information update processing of the own army list.
This is the process of S303 in FIG. 13. When the own army list has already been created and three cards have been selected and the position has changed or the rotation has changed for each of the cards, Table 4 is displayed for each frame. Processing for rewriting CardPosX, CardPosY, and CardRot is performed.
The process between S401 and S406 is a loop process, and if the number of friendly lists, for example, three cards is used, the process between S401 and S406 is performed three times. S401 is a step for starting such processing (I = 0TOMmax-1). Further, a process between S402 and S405 is a loop process, and if the number of scan lists, for example, three, is three, the process between S402 and S405 is performed three times. S402 is a start step for performing such processing (J = 0 TOSmax-1).

Next, in S403, ScanList [J]. CardID = MyList [I]. CardID? Is made. A comparison is made between the line specified in the army list (initially 0 line) and the line specified in the scan list. In the comparison process, it is determined whether the contents (position (X, Y) information, rotation information) are the same.
If they are the same, each field value of MyList [I] is rewritten with ScanList [J] (S404). That is, in the process between S402 and S404, it is determined whether or not MyList [0] is the same for ScanList [0], [1], and [2]. If they are the same, MyList [0] is changed to the same ScanList [ J] to rewrite. If it is not the same, it will not be rewritten.
Next, it is determined whether or not MyList [1] and [2] are the same for ScanList [0], [1] and [2]. If they are the same, MyList [0] and [2] are changed to the same ScanList [ J] to rewrite. If it is not the same, it will not be rewritten.
Rewriting is MyList [I]. CardPosX = ScanList [J]. CardPosX, MyList [I]. CardPosY = ScanList [J]. CardPosY, MyList [I]. CardRot = ScanList [J]. It consists of CardRot.
In this way, when the process for rewriting is completed for all the lines of the own army list, the own army list information updating process is finished. If the contents of the scan list have not changed for all lines of the friendly list, the friendly list of any line is not updated. That is, if the player does not move the card, the data of the own army list will not change.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the army list action process.
This is the detail of the action process of S305 in FIG. 13, and the action function shown in the Func column of DataBase shown in Table 2-1, Table 2-2, and Table 2-3 of each card in the battle Is to execute.
First, a loop process is performed between S501 and S503. If the number of the own army list, for example, three cards is used, the process between S501 and S503 is performed three times.
S501 is a start step for performing such processing (I = 0 TOMmax-1). The MyList [] action function is executed for the first line of the friendly list. When this is executed, the process proceeds from S503 to S501. Next, the action function is executed for the next line of the army list. When the action function is executed for all the lines of the own army list in this way, the own arm list action process ends.

FIG. 16A is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing of the action function A.
In this process, if the lock-on card to which the player moves has captured an enemy within the lock-on range, a timer is activated, and an attack is performed when the count value of the timer accumulates to a certain value. When the action processing loop shown in FIG. 15 is repeated several times, the timer is counted by the number of times the action function A is entered continuously in a locked-on state, and the count value of the timer increases. When the predetermined number of times is reached, the enemy character is attacked. This action function enters every frame. For example, if the action is locked on for 10 consecutive frames, the enemy character attacks.
Here, FindList [] is the recognized enemy list, and Fmax is the number of recognized enemy list elements. That is, the number of enemy characters.

  The game execution unit 10c determines whether or not the enemy character 51 projected on the image projection and card scan plane 2 has been locked on (flag is set) last time (S601). If the flag is set, it is determined whether or not the lock-on card 50 is still in the lock-on state (S602). That is, it is determined whether or not the position (X, Y) of the enemy character is captured within the lock-on range. If captured, it is next determined whether or not the lock-on duration has reached a certain time (S603). When the predetermined time is reached, damage processing is given to the enemy character 51 (S605). For example, the image is switched to an image showing a crash trajectory and projected onto the image projection / card scanning surface 2.

Next, the enemy character shifts to a non-lock-on state, and the lock-on duration is reset. On the other hand, if the lock-on continuation time has not reached the predetermined time in S603, the lock-on continuation time is added (S604). If this is increased by a predetermined time by addition, the lock-on continuation time of the determination process in S603 in the next frame reaches a certain time.
If the enemy character is not captured in the lock-on range in S602, the process shifts to the non-lock-on state and resets the lock-on duration (S607). Further, if the previous lock-on state (flag is not set) in S601, a loop process is performed between S608 and S611, and if the number of recognized enemy lists is four, for example, four times, S608 and S611. Is processed to check whether the recognized enemy character is locked on. S608 is a start step for performing such processing (I = 0TOFmax-1).

  In S609, it is determined whether or not the coordinates of FindList [i] are captured in a predetermined area (S609). If it is captured, the lock-on state element (number) of the captured enemy character is stored and the lock-on state (flag is set) (S610), and the process proceeds from S611 to S601. Next, check the lock-on status for the next line in the enemy list. When the lock-on state is checked for all four enemy characters, the action function A is exited through the loop of S608 to S611.

FIG. 16B is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing of the action function B.
This is a process of enlarging and displaying the enemy character when the enemy character is captured for the reconnaissance card. Initially, the enemy character is unrecognized and has coordinates, but when the enemy character is discovered (coordinates are captured in the range in the card), it is added to the recognized character list and the enemy character is displayed thereafter. . Here, UnfindList [] is an unrecognized enemy list, and Umax is the number of unrecognized enemy characters, which is the number of unrecognized enemy list elements.
16B are the same as S601 to S604 and S607 to S611 in FIG. 16A, and therefore, a part of the description of the same processing steps is omitted. The processing in S608 to S611 in FIG. 16A is performed for the recognized enemy list. However, the processing in S708 to S711 is different in that the unrecognized enemy list is processed, but the content of the processing is the same. The different processing steps are S705, S706, and S712.

When the lock-on state of the unrecognized enemy character reaches a certain time in S703, the enemy character is moved from the unrecognized list to the recognized enemy list in S705. In step S706, the enemy character moved from the unrecognized list to the recognized enemy list is deleted. After this processing, the lock-on state, which means that the recognized enemy character is captured, is changed to a non-lock-on state.
When the enemy character is captured in this way, it is enlarged and displayed thereafter.

FIG. 16C is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing of the action function C.
When the player places a character card, the player is attacked by the enemy character, but the state is processed. Here, Work. HP indicates remaining life, Work. MP indicates the remaining magic power.
First, it is determined whether or not the HP of the player's character is 0 (S801). That is, Work. It is determined whether HP> 0. Work. If HP> 0, it is next determined whether or not there is an enemy character that has caused damage to the user, that is, whether or not damage has been received (S802). On the other hand, if HP is 0, the pattern is switched to an inoperable pattern (S807), and the image in that state is displayed on the screen. For example, an image in which a character is dead is displayed. In S802, when damage is received, the damage pattern is switched to display an image showing the damage (S803). That is, HP and MP on the screen are rewritten.

  If no damage has been received, it is next determined whether or not there is an enemy character that has locked on (S804). If there is an enemy character that has locked himself / herself, the character of his / her army is switched to a lock-on state (for example, a display in which the character is sweating) (S805). The player who sees this will then perform an operation to move the position of the image projection screen in order to release the lock-on state of this card. If there is no enemy character that is locked on, there is no damage and no lock-on state is set, so the normal pattern is switched (S806). That is, the ability of the character at the bottom of the character card is the display of HP and MP as it is, and this display moves the image of the HP and MP on the screen so that it is always displayed at the bottom of the character card as the character card moves. .

  In the above embodiment, the case of using the card illustrated in FIG. 3A has been described. However, the card of FIG. 3B can be used in the same manner. The card in FIG. 3B has an RFID instead of a QR code, and a card ID is stored in the IC memory portion of the RFID. When such a card is used, the image projection and card scanning surface of the game machine is used. It is necessary to install an RFID reader / writer in the vicinity of the back side. The card ID is recognized by reading the RFID reader / writer.

  This is a card game machine which is performed by arranging a card on a game output screen and recognizing the card.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the card game machine using the transparent card | curd by this invention. It is sectional drawing of the housing | casing of a card game machine. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the invisible data mark of a card | curd. It is a figure for demonstrating the other example of the invisible data mark of a card | curd. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the card game machine using the transparent card | curd by this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which mounted the transparent card | curd concerning this invention on the image projection surface. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a lock on card | curd as an example of the transparent card | curd concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which aimed at the enemy character with the lock on card | curd. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a reconnaissance card | curd as an example of the transparent card | curd concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which is enlarging and displaying the enemy character with a reconnaissance card. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a character card as an example of the transparent card | curd concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which mounted the character card on the image projection surface. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the conventional card | curd. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the main process of the card game machine concerning this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the card scanning process of the card game machine concerning this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the own army list preparation process. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of a battle process. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the information update process of the own army list. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the own army list action process. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of a process of the action function A. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of a process of the action function B. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of a process of the action function C.

Explanation of symbols

1 Card game machine 2 Image projection and card scanning surface (monitor and card scanning surface)
3 Determination button 4 Cancel button 5 Menu selection control bar 6 Transparent card 7 Game machine title display section 8 Speaker 9 Sub monitor 10 CPU
11 RAM
12 ROM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Camera control part 14 CCD camera 15 Image | video control part 16 Projector 17 Image processing part 18 Sound processing part 20 Coin insertion part 21 Coin related apparatus 22 Input / output control apparatus 23 Backup memory 25 LED drive part 26 LED light source (infrared light source)
50 Lock-on card 60 Reconnaissance card 70 Character card

Claims (5)

In a card game machine that progresses the game by placing the card at an arbitrary position on the game output screen and detecting the type, position, and rotation of the placed card,
A card in which a transparent plate is formed in a card frame, the card having a transparent card on which information for specifying the type of the card and a mark for obtaining a card position and rotation are written;
When the transparent card is arranged at an arbitrary position on the output screen, card scanning means for scanning the back surface of the transparent card on the output screen and reading an image image;
Means for recognizing information identifying the type of card from the image scanned by the card scanning means, and obtaining information on the type of transparent card placed;
A position / rotation information calculation means of a transparent card for calculating a position and rotation of the transparent card according to a position of the card on the image image and the mark in the image image;
When the type of the arranged card is a lock-on card, when the player moves the arranged card, the position / rotation information of the transparent card is obtained and the character displayed on the output screen is continuously displayed in the card frame. Game processing means for performing a process of destroying the character when the player tracks for a certain period of time,
A card game machine using a transparent card. In a card game machine that progresses the game by placing the card at an arbitrary position on the game output screen and detecting the type, position, and rotation of the placed card,
A card in which a transparent plate is formed in a card frame, the card having a transparent card on which information for specifying the type of the card and a mark for obtaining a card position and rotation are written;
When the transparent card is arranged at an arbitrary position on the output screen, card scanning means for scanning the back surface of the transparent card on the output screen and reading an image image;
Means for recognizing information identifying the type of card from the image scanned by the card scanning means, and obtaining information on the type of transparent card placed;
A position / rotation information calculation means of a transparent card for calculating a position and rotation of the transparent card according to a position of the card on the image image and the mark in the image image;
When the type of the arranged card is a reconnaissance card, when the character displayed on the output screen is captured in the reconnaissance card, the position / rotation information of the transparent card is obtained and the character is enlarged and displayed in the reconnaissance card. Game processing means for performing processing;
A card game machine using a transparent card. In a card game machine that progresses the game by placing the card at an arbitrary position on the game output screen and detecting the type, position, and rotation of the placed card,
A card in which a transparent plate is formed in a card frame, the card having a transparent card on which information for specifying the type of the card and a mark for obtaining a card position and rotation are written;
When the transparent card is arranged at an arbitrary position on the output screen, card scanning means for scanning the back surface of the transparent card on the output screen and reading an image image;
Means for recognizing information identifying the type of card from the image scanned by the card scanning means, and obtaining information on the type of transparent card placed;
A position / rotation information calculation means of a transparent card for calculating a position and rotation of the transparent card according to a position of the card on the image image and the mark in the image image;
Game processing means for performing processing for obtaining the position / rotation information of the transparent card and displaying the character information of the player character card on the output screen in the card frame when the type of the arranged card is a player character card; ,
A card game machine using a transparent card. The information specifying the type of the transparent card is a barcode detected by infrared rays printed on the transparent card,
Identify the type of card corresponding to the matching barcode by capturing the barcode with the camera and detecting the matching barcode from a large number of barcode information stored in the database. And
The mark is a reference mark detected by infrared rays printed at the corner of the transparent card,
The image of the reference mark is captured by the camera, and the rotation of the card is calculated based on the detection position of the reference mark at each corner to obtain rotation information, and the position of the card is calculated by calculating the image pickup position on the transparent card barcode. 4. A card game machine using a transparent card according to claim 1, wherein information is obtained. In a card game machine that progresses the game by placing the card at an arbitrary position on the game output screen and detecting the type, position, and rotation of the placed card,
A card in which a transparent plate is formed in a card frame, which is equipped with an RFID including an IC memory unit storing information for specifying the type of the card, and in which a mark for obtaining the card position and rotation is written Have
When the transparent card is arranged at an arbitrary position on the output screen, card scanning means for scanning the back surface of the transparent card on the output screen and reading an image image;
A communication unit for communicating with the RFID;
Means for obtaining information identifying the card type by reading information identifying the card type from the IC memory unit of the transparent card placed on the output screen by the communication unit;
A position / rotation information calculation means of a transparent card for calculating a position and rotation of the transparent card according to a position of the card on the image image and the mark in the image image;
When the type of the arranged card is a lock-on card, when the player moves the arranged card, the position / rotation information of the transparent card is obtained and the character displayed on the output screen is continuously displayed in the card frame. Game processing means for performing a process of destroying the character when the player tracks for a certain period of time,
A card game machine using a transparent card.