JP2013141585A - Game machine, game execution method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute a game which can be played by voice input and also contains factors of play by moving a game machine.SOLUTION: One scene of a virtual world viewed from a view point according to output from a gyro sensor 18 and an enemy character are displayed on an upper screen 10. Further, an object, in which voice is defined as a graphic based on a recognition result of voice generated by a user and which gives damage to the enemy character, is displayed on the upper screen 10 so as to move in a direction according to the output from the gyro sensor 18.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine that executes a game that a user can play by uttering a sound, a game execution method using the game machine, a program, and a recording medium.

  Conventionally, buttons or joysticks handled by fingertips have been widely used as input means for game machines. On the other hand, a game machine using a microphone as an input means has been developed so that a game can be played without using a fingertip. Patent Document 1 discloses an example of such a game machine. In the game machine of patent document 1, when a user utters a sound toward a microphone, the uttered word is displayed on the screen as an attack on an enemy character. Thereby, the user can play a game by emitting a sound toward the microphone.

JP 2001-29649 A (published October 3, 2001)

  However, in the game machine of patent document 1, the user can only input a sound and can play a game. That is, elements of play that make use of the movement of the game machine are not included in this game machine.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a game machine.

In order to solve the above problems, a game machine according to the present invention provides:
Screen,
A gyro sensor for detecting the movement of the game machine;
A scene display means for displaying, on the screen, one scene of the virtual world viewed from a viewpoint according to the output from the gyro sensor;
Enemy character display means for displaying enemy characters on the screen,
Voice recognition means for recognizing the voice uttered by the user;
An object display step for displaying on the screen an object that damages the enemy character, which is a graphic of the voice based on the recognition result of the voice, and moves in a direction according to an output from the gyro sensor; It is characterized by having.

  According to said structure, when a user moves a game machine, the display of a screen will switch as if it is moving in the virtual world. Furthermore, an object that damages an enemy character is displayed on the screen when the user utters a sound toward the game machine body. Further, the object is displayed on the screen so as to move in a direction corresponding to the moving direction of the game machine in the virtual space. Therefore, by using the game machine according to the present invention, the user moves around in the virtual world with an intuitive operation, and has the unprecedented pleasure of attacking the enemy character encountered by speaking. You can play the game you have.

  As described above, the present invention can provide a game machine that can be played by voice input and that executes a game including an element of play by movement of the game machine.

In order to solve the above problems, a game execution method according to the present invention provides:
Screen,
A game execution method in a game machine comprising a gyro sensor for detecting the movement of the game machine,
A scene display step for displaying on the screen a scene of the virtual world viewed from a viewpoint according to the output from the gyro sensor;
Displaying enemy characters on the screen,
A speech recognition step for recognizing the speech uttered by the user;
An object display step for displaying on the screen an object that damages the enemy character, which is a graphic of the voice based on the recognition result of the voice, and moves in a direction according to an output from the gyro sensor; It is characterized by having.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to the game which concerns on this invention.

In the game machine according to the present invention,
Preferably, the object display means displays the object having a size proportional to the volume of the sound on the screen.

  According to said structure, the magnitude | size of the audio | voice which the user uttered can be notified visually to a user.

  The game machine may be realized by a computer. In this case, a program for realizing the game machine in the computer by causing the computer to operate as the above-described means and a computer-readable recording medium recording the program also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The game machine according to the present invention is advantageous in that it can provide a game machine that can be played by voice input and that executes a game that includes elements of play due to movement of the game machine.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the game machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the background of the virtual world displayed on an upper screen, and the radar displayed on a lower screen. It is a figure which shows a mode that the background of the virtual world displayed on an upper screen and the direction of the radar displayed on a lower screen change when a game machine is moved. It is a figure which shows a mode that the mark which shows an enemy character is displayed in a radar. It is a figure which shows a mode that an enemy character is displayed on an upper screen. It is a figure which shows a mode that the object which made the figure which the voice which the user uttered fly toward enemy characters. It is a figure which shows the display of the moment when an enemy character is defeated.

  An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(Game machine 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a game machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the game machine 1 includes an upper screen 10, a lower screen 12, a display control unit 14 (scene display means, enemy character display means, object display means), a game control unit 16, a gyro sensor 18, and voice recognition. A unit 20 (voice recognition means) and a microphone 22 are provided.

  The game machine 1 according to the present embodiment is a so-called portable device that can be carried by a user. The main body of the game machine 1 is folded up and down, and an upper screen 10 is provided in the upper housing of the game machine 1 and a lower screen 12 is provided in the lower housing. The user plays a game executed by the game machine 1 while looking at the upper screen 10 and the lower screen 12. The upper screen 10 and the lower screen 12 are, for example, liquid crystal display devices.

  The gyro sensor 18 detects the movement of the game machine 1, generates data representing the movement amount, and outputs the data to the game control unit 16. At that time, for example, the angular velocity of the game machine 1 is detected, and data representing the angular velocity is generated.

  The microphone 22 generates a signal representing the voice from the voice uttered by the user toward the microphone 22 and outputs the signal to the voice recognition unit 20. The voice recognition unit 20 recognizes the voice uttered by the user based on the signal received from the microphone 22. Then, the recognition result is output to the game control unit 16.

  The game control unit 16 controls the operation of the game executed by the game machine 1. At that time, the upper screen 10 and the lower screen 12 are obtained by using the data representing the position of the game machine 1 input from the gyro sensor 18 and the speech recognition result uttered by the user input from the speech recognition unit 20. Control the information displayed on the screen. Details of this will be described later.

(Game executed by the game machine 1)
The user can play a shooting game using the game machine 1. Below, the detail of this game is demonstrated.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the background of the virtual world displayed on the upper screen 10 and the radar displayed on the lower screen 12 when the game machine 1 executes the game. As shown in this figure, when the user inputs an instruction to start playing the game, the game control unit 16 notifies the display control unit 14 to that effect. In response to this, the display control unit 14 displays the background of the virtual world in the game on the upper screen 10 and displays the radar 34 for detecting enemy characters on the lower screen 12. The content of this game is that the user moves around the virtual world, detects the enemy character with the radar 12, and attacks the found enemy character.

  The display control unit 14 displays the aim 30 and the power gauge 32 on the upper screen 10 together with the background of the virtual world. When the user performs an input operation to attack the enemy character with respect to the game machine 1, a weapon (object) that attacks the enemy character flies toward the aim 30. The power gauge 30 represents the attack power of the weapon. As will be described in detail later, in the game machine 1, the user performs an input operation to attack the enemy character by emitting a sound toward the microphone 22.

(Changes in screen display due to movement of game machine 1)
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating how the background of the virtual world displayed on the upper screen 10 and the orientation of the radar 34 displayed on the lower screen 12 change when the user moves the game machine 1. When the user moves the game machine 1, the gyro sensor 18 detects the movement. The game control unit 16 instructs the display control unit 14 to display one scene of the virtual world viewed from the viewpoint corresponding to the output of the gyro sensor 18. In response to this, the display control unit 14 displays the one scene on the upper screen 10 as a new background. Further, the display of the radar 34 on the lower screen 12 is changed so that the radar 34 faces in the direction corresponding to the output of the gyro sensor 18. Therefore, when the user moves the game machine 1 so as to move his / her viewpoint, the direction of the radar 34 is switched following the change in the viewpoint. Thereby, the user can know through which direction the radar 34 is facing in the virtual world.

(Detection of enemy characters)
When an enemy character existing in the virtual world approaches a user who moves in the virtual world, the display control unit 14 overlaps the radar 34 on the lower screen 12 to mark the enemy character detection 36. Is displayed. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a mark 36 indicating an enemy character is displayed in the radar 32.

(Appearance of enemy character 38)
After displaying the mark 36 on the lower screen 12, the display control unit 14 displays the enemy character 38 on the upper screen 10 so as to overlap the background. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the enemy character 38 is displayed on the upper screen 10.

(Attack of enemy character 38)
The user emits a sound toward the microphone 22 in order to attack the enemy character 38 displayed on the upper screen 10. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an object in which a voice uttered by a user is made to fly toward an enemy character 38. In the example of this figure, the user shouts “Wow!” Toward the microphone 22. The voice recognition unit 20 recognizes the signal picked up by the mark 36 at that time and obtains a character emitted by the user. Then, the recognition result is transmitted to the game control unit 16. Based on the recognition result, the game control unit 16 instructs the display control unit 14 to display an object 40 (a lump of characters) that is a graphic representation of the voice uttered by the user. This object 40 corresponds to a weapon that attacks an enemy character. The game control unit 16 further instructs the display control unit 14 to display the object 40 so as to move in the direction based on the output from the gyro sensor.

  Upon receiving these instructions, the voice recognition unit 20 displays the object 40 on the upper screen 10. In the example of FIG. 6, the object 40 that is the same word as the word that the user uttered is displayed on the upper screen 10 so as to fly toward the enemy character 38 in the aim 30.

  The display control unit 14 displays on the upper screen 10 an object 40 having a size proportional to the size of the voice uttered by the user. For example, the volume of the sound is divided into three levels, and the object 40 having a different size is displayed for each level. Thereby, the game machine 1 can notify a user visually the magnitude | size of the audio | voice which the user uttered. Note that the sound volume here is a concept including volume and sound intensity.

  In the game machine 1, the size of the object 40 is proportional to the attack power against the enemy character 38. Therefore, if the user emits a loud voice, the damage that can be given to the enemy character 38 increases accordingly. The display control unit 14 performs display satisfying the inside of the power gauge 32 in a form proportional to the volume of the voice uttered by the user. The display control unit 14 displays on the upper screen 10 an attack power that is proportional to the filling amount of the power gauge 32.

(Defeat enemy character 38)
When the enemy character 38 is repeatedly attacked by the object 40 and given a certain amount of damage to the enemy character 38, the enemy character 38 can be defeated. More specifically, the user moves the game machine 1 so as to move his / her viewpoint, and matches the game machine 1 to the enemy character 38. In this state, the enemy character 38 can be defeated by repeatedly flying the object 40 toward the enemy character 38 and hitting the enemy character 38 a certain number of times. If the object 40 is skipped in a state where the game machine 1 is directed in a direction different from the enemy character 38 and the object 40 is applied to a character other than the enemy character 38, the user cannot operate the game machine 1 for a certain period of time.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display at the moment when 38 enemy characters are killed. As shown in this figure, when the enemy character 38 is defeated, the display control unit 14 changes the display state of the enemy character 38 to a display state so that it can be seen that the enemy character 38 has been defeated. At that time, the score 42 acquired by the user by defeating the enemy character 38 is displayed on the upper screen 10. Further, the mark 36 displayed on the lower screen 12 is erased from the lower screen 12. This notifies the user that the enemy character 38 has been defeated.

(Advantages of game machine 1)
According to said structure, when a user moves the game machine 1, the display of an upper screen switches as if it is moving in the virtual world. Furthermore, the object 40 that damages the enemy character 38 is displayed on the upper screen 10 when the user utters a sound toward the main body of the game machine 1. Further, the object 40 is displayed on the upper screen 10 so as to move in a direction corresponding to the moving direction of the game machine 1 in the virtual space. Therefore, by using the game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the user moves around in the virtual world with an intuitive operation, and speaks and attacks the enemy characters that have been encountered. You can play a game with

  The game machine 1 may include a plurality of microphones 22. In this configuration, the game machine 1 can specify the position of the sound source in addition to the strength of the sound based on the stereo sound recorded through the plurality of microphones. Then, the sound generation direction is obtained based on the specified position of the sound source. Based on the sound generation direction thus determined, the game machine 1 can determine the moving direction in the virtual space of the object 38 that is a stereo sound.

  The game machine 1 may include a plurality of gyro sensors 18 including an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor in order to realize a viewpoint change in a three-dimensional virtual space. In this configuration, the game machine 1 considers the direction of the angle to be measured, and realizes a viewpoint change in a three-dimensional virtual space based on outputs from a plurality of gyro sensors 18 whose mounting planes are not on the same plane. Can do. The same effect can also be obtained when the game machine 1 includes the three-axis control type gyro sensor 18.

(Program and recording medium)
Finally, each block included in the game machine 1 may be configured by hardware logic. Alternatively, it may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as follows.

  That is, the game machine 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores the program, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program into an executable format, and A storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data is provided. With this configuration, the object of the present invention can be achieved by a predetermined recording medium.

  This recording medium only needs to record the program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of the program of the game machine 1 which is software for realizing the above-described functions so as to be readable by the computer. This recording medium is supplied to the game machine 1. Thereby, the game machine 1 (or CPU or MPU) as a computer may read and execute the program code recorded on the supplied recording medium.

  The recording medium for supplying the program code to the game machine 1 is not limited to a specific structure or type. That is, the recording medium includes, for example, a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. System, a card system such as an IC card (including a memory card) / optical card, or a semiconductor memory system such as a mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Even if the game machine 1 is configured to be connectable to a communication network, the object of the present invention can be achieved. In this case, the program code is supplied to the game machine 1 via the communication network. The communication network is not limited to a specific type or form as long as it can supply the program code to the game machine 1. For example, it may be the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network, and the like.

  The transmission medium constituting the communication network may be any medium that can transmit the program code, and is not limited to a specific configuration or type. For example, wired communication such as IEEE 1394, USB (Universal Serial Bus), power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line, infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth (registered trademark), 802.11 It can also be used by radio such as radio, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. Those skilled in the art can make various modifications to the present invention within the scope of the claims. That is, a new embodiment can be obtained by combining appropriately changed technical means within the scope of the claims.

  The present invention can be widely used as a portable game machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 10 Upper screen 12 Lower screen 14 Display control part 16 Game control part 18 Gyro sensor 20 Voice recognition part 22 Microphone 30 Aiming 32 Power gauge 34 Radar 36 Mark 38 Enemy character 40 Object

Claims (5)

Screen,
A gyro sensor that detects the movement of the game machine;
A scene display means for displaying, on the screen, one scene of the virtual world viewed from a viewpoint according to the output from the gyro sensor;
Enemy character display means for displaying enemy characters on the screen,
Voice recognition means for recognizing the voice uttered by the user;
An object display means for displaying on the screen an object which damages the enemy character, which is made into a graphic of the voice based on the recognition result of the voice, and moves in a direction according to an output from the gyro sensor; A game machine characterized by comprising:   The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the object display means displays the object having a size proportional to the volume of the sound on the screen. Screen,
A game execution method in a game machine comprising a gyro sensor for detecting movement of the game machine,
A scene display step for displaying on the screen a scene of the virtual world viewed from a viewpoint according to the output from the gyro sensor;
Displaying enemy characters on the screen,
A speech recognition step for recognizing the speech uttered by the user;
An object display step for displaying on the screen an object that damages the enemy character, which is a graphic of the voice based on the recognition result of the voice, and moves in a direction according to an output from the gyro sensor; A game execution method comprising:   A program for operating the game machine according to claim 1 or 2 for causing a computer to function as each of the above means.   A computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 4 is recorded.

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