JP2018094083A - Item selection device and item selection method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an item selection device and an item selection method that enable item selection to be performed easily without error.SOLUTION: A plurality of items and any of the plurality of items are stored as selection items first, and processing for the selected selection items is executed by the reception of an operation at a position other than the position on the selection item in an operation reception part. Thereby, a risk of an occurrence of an error in the item selection is reduced, and an operation for the item selection can be facilitated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an item selection device and an item selection method, and more particularly to an item selection device and an item selection method for a player to select one item from a plurality of selection items in a game.

  In various scenes, an item selection device and an item selection method for selecting one item from a plurality of selection items are used. In particular, in games such as mahjong and playing cards, each player possesses multiple cards, cards, bills, etc. in cards and bills in card games such as mahjong games and card games such as playing cards and flower cards. A game of the type that progresses by repeating the act of selecting and discarding one item from a plurality of baskets, cards, bills, etc. possessed after taking a card, a bill, etc. is generally performed.

  Since such repeated item selection is performed in games such as mahjong and playing cards using actual baskets and cards, when a similar game is performed on a computer such as a game device, the same is performed on the computer. A process for selecting an item is required.

  In Patent Document 1, in a system for playing a game such as mahjong on a computer, the display unit is divided into a first display area and a second display area, and a plurality of items are displayed in the first display area. In the second display area, it is possible to easily select an item by enlarging and displaying some items in the vicinity of the designated position among the plurality of items displayed in the first display area. An item selection device and an item selection method are described.

The outline of the technique described in Patent Document 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a so-called mahjong game is being played on a portable operation terminal incorporating a computer. A place in the mahjong game is displayed on the display unit 110 of the portable operation terminal 100. In this game, the game is played virtually by four players including the player who is playing, the player's hand 140 is displayed in front, and the other three players' hand It is displayed on the display part 110 as a manual (170a-170c). Reference numeral 130 denotes a score display section for displaying the current scores of the four players as the mahjong game progresses.

  In such a mahjong game, the game is repeated by repeating the act of sequentially taking one kite from a mountain (not shown) in the mahjong game, selecting an unwanted kite from each of the kites, and throwing it into the river 120. proceed. Even when the turn of the player turns, one spear is taken from a mountain (not shown), and one unnecessary spear is selected from the hand spear 140 and discarded to the river 120.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the player's hand 140 is divided into a first display area 150 and a second display area 160, and the player's hand is displayed in the first display area 150. The entire heel 140 is displayed, and in the second display area, the heel of the area surrounded by the selection area 152 that is a part of the heel displayed in the first display area 150 is enlarged and displayed. Has been. In such a state, the player selects either the bag displayed in the first display area 150 or the bag displayed in 160 in the second display area with the finger 190 and double taps (on the screen). The operation of throwing away the eyelids is performed by performing an operation such as an operation of quickly and lightly hitting a specific place twice with a fingertip.

Japanese Patent No. 4481289

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the player's hand 140 is entirely displayed in the first display area 150, and at the same time, a part of the hand is displayed in an enlarged manner in the second display area 160. Therefore, compared with the case where the display is performed only in the first display area 150, it is possible to easily select the throwing away.

However, as shown in FIG. 10, in this type of game, the portable operation terminal 100 is held with one of the players' hands, and the operation is performed using the fingers 190 of the held hands. Is common.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, when the eyelid to be selected is very close to the hand, the operation is performed by bending the finger 190 very much, and conversely as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the eyelid to be selected is very far, the finger 190 is greatly extended to perform the operation. In either case, the operation is difficult or the finger 190 to be operated is burdened. There is a risk that fatigue will accumulate.

  Furthermore, in this game, when throwing the selected kite into the river 120, it is necessary to perform a double tap operation on the selected kite. In particular, there is a kite to be selected as shown in FIG. If it is very far away, when double-tapping the discard operation, there is a risk of accidentally double-tapping an unintended heel and throwing it away.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an item selection device that can easily select an item without error.

  In the invention according to claim 1 of the present application, a plurality of items, a storage unit that stores any one of the plurality of items as a selection item, at least the plurality of items, and the selection item among the plurality of items. A display unit for recognizing and distinguishing from other items, an operation receiving unit that is provided to overlap the display unit and receives operations related to the plurality of items and the selection items, and a control that controls switching of the selection items An item selection device characterized in that the process for the selection item is performed by accepting an operation at a position other than on the selection item displayed on the display unit in the operation accepting unit. The

  In the invention according to claim 1, since the processing for the selection item is performed by accepting an operation at a position other than the selection item in the operation accepting unit, the possibility of an error in selecting the item is reduced, and the operation is easily performed. It becomes possible.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 2 of this application, the process with respect to the said selection item is a process which excludes the said selection item from these several items, The item selection apparatus of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned is provided.
In the invention according to claim 2, an error occurs in the operation of extracting and removing the selected item by performing the action of extracting and excluding the selected item from the plurality of items at a position other than on the selected item in the operation receiving unit. The possibility is reduced and the operation can be easily performed.

The invention according to claim 3 of the present application provides the item selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process for the selection item is a process for switching the selection item in the plurality of items. Is done.
In the invention according to claim 3, by performing the process of switching the selection items in a plurality of items at a position other than on the selection item in the operation receiving unit, the possibility of an error in switching the selection items is reduced. The operation can be easily performed.

The invention according to claim 4 of the present application further comprises a selection item identification member for enabling the selection item of the plurality of items to be distinguished from other items. An item selection device according to any of the above is provided.
In the invention which concerns on Claim 4, it becomes possible to identify and recognize a selection item easily with respect to a player by making a selection item distinguishable and distinguishable from another item.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an item selection device and an item selection method capable of easily selecting an item without error.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal device in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which is playing the mahjong game in the portable terminal device in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which is swiping a finger | toe in the horizontal direction in the selection operation in a mahjong game. It is a figure which shows the state which is swiping the finger | toe vertically in the selection operation in the mahjong game. It is a figure which shows the state which is swiping the finger | toe diagonally in the selection operation in the mahjong game. It is a figure which shows the state in which the person with a big hand is operating in the selection operation in a mahjong game. It is a figure which shows the state which is swiping a finger from the state which the slider has stopped in the selection operation in a mahjong game. It is a figure which shows the state which is swiping a finger in the state in which the slider is moving in the selection operation in the mahjong game. It is a figure which shows the case where the moving distance of a finger | toe does not match with the distance of the width of a tile in the selection operation in a mahjong game. It is a figure which shows the state which is performing the conventional mahjong game. In the conventional mahjong game, it is a figure which shows the case where the tile which should be selected is very near at hand. In the conventional mahjong game, it is a figure which shows the case where the tile which should be selected is very far. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement which throws away the selected tile in a river in the conventional mahjong game.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of the mobile terminal device of this embodiment. The portable terminal device includes a CPU 201, a built-in memory 202, a display device 203, a touch panel control unit 204, a touch panel 205, a speaker 206, a microphone 207, an antenna 208, and a wireless unit 209.

The CPU 201 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal device, and more specifically controls the operations of the built-in memory 202, the display device 203, the touch panel control unit 204, and the wireless unit 209.
The built-in memory 202 stores a control program for controlling the operation of the CPU 201.

The display device 203 is composed of a liquid crystal display device or the like, and displays various data. As an example of the data to be displayed, data input by the touch panel 205 can be cited.
As the touch panel 205, a so-called general touch panel can be used, and various data can be input. The touch panel control unit 204 controls the touch panel 205, manages data input on the touch panel 205, and transmits the data to the CPU 201.

The wireless unit 209 communicates with another mobile terminal device via the antenna 208 via a management device (not shown). When the received data is an audio signal, the audio represented by the audio signal is output via the speaker 206. When the received data is an image signal, an image represented by the image signal is displayed on the display device 203 via the CPU 201.
The wireless unit 209 can modulate the voice input by the operator via the microphone 207 or the data input via the touch panel 205 via the CPU 201 and transmit the modulated data to other portable terminal devices via the antenna 208. .

  Hereinafter, a case where a mahjong game, which is one of the games, is performed in the mobile terminal device will be described as an example. The mobile terminal device as a whole has a vertically long rectangular shape, and the display unit 10 including the display device 203 displayed on the mobile terminal device also has a vertically long rectangular shape in accordance with the shape of the mobile terminal device. When a player plays a game, place the portable terminal device on the palm of one hand, hold it so that the short side of the rectangular shape of the portable terminal device is sandwiched, and operate using the thumb of the held hand. It is common to do.

  When the mahjong game is started, as shown in FIG. 2, the player's own hand 40 is displayed in the foreground, and the other three players' hand 70 are respectively displayed on the display unit 10. It is displayed in the direction of. In the central part, each person's score is displayed in the score display section 30, and each person's abandonment is displayed in the river 20. In FIG. 2, there are 13 baskets (not shown, but 40a, 40b,... 40 m in order from the left) as their own baskets 40, and there is a Tsumo bowl 40n which is a basket taken from the mountain. They are also displayed. Further, a slider 80 for changing the selected bag among the user's hands 40 is displayed at the lower part of his / her hand 40. As the slider 80 moves to the left and right, the selected eyelid also moves to the left and right.

  In addition, a menu button 62 and a sound button 64 are displayed on the upper left portion of the screen of the display unit 10. When the menu button 62 is pressed, various settings can be made, and the setting items include an item for setting which hand the player plays the game with. The sound button 64 is operated when a so-called sound such as Pong, Chi, Kang, etc. is made during the game.

  In FIG. 2, since the setting is such that the operation with the left hand is performed, the menu button 62 and the sound button 64 are displayed at the upper left so that the operation with the left hand can be easily performed. When the setting is changed so that the operation with the right hand is performed, the menu button 62 and the sound button 64 are changed to be displayed in the upper right part.

  When the mahjong game is advanced, the player operates the touch panel 205 on the display unit 10 with a finger 90 or the like. Specifically, the player taps a specific location on the touch panel 205 (operation to quickly tap a specific location on the screen with a fingertip) to take a kite from a mountain not shown in the player's hand 40. The game progresses by repeating the act of selecting a kite to be thrown away and throwing the kite into the river 20 for each person.

  The operation of throwing away the kite after removing it from the mountain will be explained. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the kite selected when the kite is discarded after removing the kite from the mountain can move left and right, and the slider 80 moves left and right, The display is stopped under the handclaw, and the selected handclaw is displayed so as to jump out from the row of the handclaw 40 to indicate that it has been selected.

When the slider 80 is moved left and right, the slider 80 may be touched on the slider 80 and swipe to the left or right (an operation of sliding a finger while touching the screen). Also, the slider 80 can be moved. This will be described later.
Then, in a state where any one of the kites is selected as the discard kit, the selected kite is thrown into the river 20 by double-tapping the kite or the slider 80, or by double-tapping a portion other than the kite or the slider 80. It is thrown away as a bag.

  This eliminates the need to perform operations such as double tapping by selecting a small candy on a throwing jar, thus reducing the burden on the finger 90 that performs the operation and discarding an unintentional jar by mistake. It is possible to reduce operational errors such as Although the double tap has been described as an example of the operation of discarding the selected kite to the river 20, the river 20 may be operated by other operations such as a tap that is not a double tap or a swipe from the handbag 40 toward the river 20. An operation of discarding may be performed.

  In the present embodiment, the display of the discard basket selected by the slider 80 is displayed below the discard basket, and at the same time, the selected manual jumps up from the row of the own notebook 40. By displaying, it is displayed that it has been selected, but it is not limited to this, for example, it is displayed so that the selected eyelid is surrounded by a frame, or the selected eyelid is enlarged a little By doing so, it is possible to indicate that the selected bag is selected.

  Next, the eyelid selection operation will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the slider 80 can also be moved by swiping a portion other than the slider 80 when selecting the throwing bowl. As an example, as shown in FIG. 3, by swiping the finger 90 to the right at an arbitrary position unrelated to his / her hand 40, such as a position between the hand 40 and the river 20. The slider 80 moves to the right, and conversely, by swiping the finger 90 in the left direction, the slider 80 moves to the left. Thereby, the selected bag can be switched. In FIG. 3, the operation of swiping in the left-right direction at the position between the handle 40 and the river 20 has been described. However, the same operation can be performed on the river 20 or on the score display unit 30.

  Further, the sliding direction of the finger 90 is not limited to the horizontal direction, and as shown in FIG. 4, when the finger 80 is swiped in the vertical direction and moved upward, the slider 80 moves to the right and moves downward. It can also be configured to move to the left when moved in the direction. When the correspondence between the vertical movement of the finger 90 and the horizontal movement of the slider 80 is reversed, when the finger 90 is moved upward, the slider 80 is moved leftward and moved downward. It can also be configured to move rightward.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the slider 80 can also be moved left and right when the finger 90 is swept in an oblique direction and moved. In this case, the left and right movement distance of the slider 80 can be determined according to the movement distance of the finger 90, and the left and right movement of the slider 80 can be determined according to the movement direction of the horizontal component or the vertical component in the oblique movement. The distance can also be determined.

  Also, especially when swiping your finger in an oblique direction, if you are operating with the left hand, the movement operation from the upper left to the lower right is performed, and conversely when the operation is performed with the right hand, Generally, a movement operation from the upper right to the lower left is performed. Therefore, in this embodiment, the setting of which hand to play the game is made by pressing the menu button 62 displayed at the top of the screen of the display unit 10, but the direction of the diagonal swipe is set. By detecting this, it is possible to automatically set by detecting which hand is being operated.

Next, the relationship between the movement distance of the finger 90 and the movement distance of selection of the eyelid will be described.
In the mahjong game of the present embodiment, when the player's hand 40 is 14 牌 including the tsumo 牌, the display screen is displayed to fill the width of the display screen, and the movement distance of the finger 90 and the selection movement of the heel are displayed. It is set to be equal to the distance. That is, when the finger 90 is moved sideways by the length of the heel width, the selected heel is set to move to the next heel. For example, the finger 90 is moved from the left end to the right end of the display screen. By moving, the selected eyelid moves from the leftmost eyelid to the rightmost eyelid.

  The same is set for the movement in the vertical direction. When the finger 90 is moved vertically by the length of the width of the heel, the selected heel is set to move to the next heel. Yes. In the case of moving in an oblique direction, the selected heel may be set to move to the next heel when the finger 90 is moved by the length of the heel width, The heel may be moved based on the distance of the horizontal component or the vertical component of the movement of the finger 90.

  It is also possible to change the relationship between the movement distance of the finger 90 and the movement distance of selection of the bag according to the player setting. For example, when the player's hand is small and it is difficult to move the finger 90 from end to end of the display screen, it is possible to set so that the heel moves with a small movement distance of the finger 90. .

Further, the portable information terminal side can determine the size of the player's hand to some extent and change the ratio between the movement distance of the finger 90 and the movement distance of selection of the bag.
Specifically, the following settings are made (see FIG. 6).
As shown in FIG. 6, when the size of the player's hand is large, the length of the finger 90 increases with the size of the hand, and the operation on the touch panel 205 is performed relatively above the touch panel 205. In contrast, when the hand is small as shown in FIG. 5, the length of the finger 90 is shortened accordingly, and the operation on the touch panel 205 is performed relatively below the touch panel 205. It becomes a trend.

  In addition, the movable range of the finger 90 changes with the difference in the length of the finger 90. When the length of the finger 90 is long, the movable range is widened. When the length of the finger 90 is short, the movable range is narrowed. Tend to be. Accordingly, when the operation is performed above the touch panel 205, as an example, the ratio of the movement distance of the finger 90 to the movement distance of the heel is 1.5: 1 as shown in FIG. When the finger 90 is moved by the length of 1.5 times the selected length, the selected eyelid moves to the next eyelid. Further, when the operation is performed below the touch panel 205, the ratio of the movement distance of the finger 90 and the movement distance of the heel is changed to 1: 1 or the like as described above, and the movement distance is relatively short. Let the moth move. Moreover, these ratios are examples and can be set as appropriate.

  When performing the action of throwing away the kites, it is sufficient to select and confirm the kite to be selected once, and finally perform a double tap to throw it into the river. When the finger 90 is displaced at the time of tapping, there is a case where the heel selected immediately before the throwing-out operation is displaced to the adjacent heel.

  In order to prevent this, the ratio of the movement distance of the player's finger 90 and the movement distance of the slider 80 may be different depending on whether the slider 80 for selecting a bag is stopped or moving. it can. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, when the slider 80 starts to move from a stopped state, the ratio of the movement distance of the finger 90 to the movement distance of the heel is set to 1.5: 1, etc. By moving the finger 90 relatively large, the slider 80 for selecting the eyelid starts to move. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, when the slider 80 is moving, the slider 80 is moved by a relatively small movement of the finger 90.

  Thereby, in the state where the slider 80 is stopped, the slider 80 is less likely to move compared to when the slider 80 is moving. When performing the action of tapping and throwing away into the river, even if the finger 90 slips and moves by mistake, the selected throwing spear is misaligned and prevents accidental throwing of the spear It becomes possible.

  Next, the operation when the slider 80 is stopped when selecting a bag will be described. For example, when the movement distance of the finger 90 is set to be equal to the movement distance of the selection of the eyelid, the eyelid selected according to the movement distance of the finger 90 moves during the movement of the selection eyelid. However, as shown in FIG. 9, when the movement of the finger 90 is stopped, the movement may not be stopped just in accordance with the distance 42 of the lateral width of the heel.

  In that case, since the operation distance of the swipe of the finger 90 necessary to move the eyelid is less than one, the last eyelid movement is performed so that the slider 80 does not stop between the eyelids. Instead, it decides and displays the previous tile as a discarded tile. As another method, when the distance of the swipe of the finger 90 exceeds the half of the distance of the swipe of the finger 90 necessary for moving the eyelid, move to the next eyelid. Alternatively, the next bag may be determined and displayed so as to be selected as a discarded bag.

  In the present embodiment, the example has been described in which the selected basket is instructed by the slider 80. However, the selected basket is displayed so as to jump out of the row of the user's manual basket 40 or to be surrounded by a frame. The selected state is shown by being slightly enlarged or displayed, so that the selected state is shown. Therefore, the selected portion is not provided with the slider 80, and the movement of the selected portion is performed by one's own hand 40. It is also possible to switch the selected eyelids by swiping any position unrelated to.

  Although the mahjong game on the portable information terminal has been described as an example, these are not limited to the mahjong game, but can be applied to other card games and the like, and one item is selected from a plurality of selection items other than the game. The present invention can also be applied to an item selection device to be selected.

10 Display Unit 20 River 22 Discarded Spear 30 Point Display Unit 40 (Player's) Hand Spear 42 牌 Horizontal Width 70 (Other Players) Hand Control 80 Slider 90 Finger 100 Portable Operation Terminal 110 Display Unit 120 River 130 Points Display unit 140 (player's) hand 150 150 first display area 152 selection area 160 second display area 170 (other players' hand) 190 finger 201 CPU
202 built-in memory 203 display device 204 touch panel control unit 205 touch panel 206 speaker 207 microphone 208 antenna 209 wireless unit

Claims (4)

A plurality of items, and a storage unit that stores any of the plurality of items as a selection item;
A display unit for recognizing and displaying at least the plurality of items and the selection item of the plurality of items separately from other items;
An operation receiving unit that is provided to overlap the display unit and receives operations related to the plurality of items and the selection items;
A control unit that controls switching of the selection items,
The item selection apparatus characterized in that the processing for the selection item is performed by receiving an operation at a position other than on the selection item displayed on the display unit in the operation reception unit.   The item selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process for the selection item is a process for excluding the selection item from the plurality of items.   The item selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process for the selection item is a process for switching the selection item in the plurality of items.   The item selection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a selection item identification member that enables the selection item of the plurality of items to be recognized separately from other items.

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