JP2024044677A - Shogi game record data processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] By handling all game record data collectively with simple operations, any move scene in all moves in a game can be reproduced, and the contents can be easily shared among multiple users. [Solution] A shogi game record data processing program that causes a calculation unit of an operation terminal 10A to execute a barcode reading procedure (S1) for reading a first two-dimensional barcode 4 that encodes all game record data 3, a game record data acquisition procedure (S2) for acquiring all game record data 3, a move designation acceptance procedure (S3) for accepting the designation of a move scene, a move display procedure (S5, S6) for displaying a virtual appearance image 37 of the shogi board and pieces on a display unit 11 using the all game record data 3, a barcode generation procedure (S9) for generating a copy image 4' of the first two-dimensional barcode 4, a destination acceptance procedure (S14) for accepting the designation of a user to which the copy image 4' is to be sent, and a user transmission procedure (S16) for transmitting the copy image 4'. [Selected figure] Fig. 13

Description

The present invention relates to a shogi game record data processing program.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, in board games such as Go, Shogi, and Chess, records of games are kept as game records, and games are reproduced based on the game records. As methods for creating game scores, in addition to manual recording, methods for automatically recording are also known (for example, Patent Document 1). Patent Document 1 describes an automatic game record creation device that creates game record data through image processing from Go game images taken with a digital camera or the like.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-57116

The above-mentioned conventional game record automatic creation device automatically creates corresponding game record data by performing image recognition processing on the movement of Go stones on the board, and also applies the same or similar method to shogi game record data. It is assumed that it can be created. However, Patent Document 1 does not describe how to handle or utilize the obtained game record data.

The object of the present invention is to provide a shogi game record data processing program that can handle all game record data in one go with simple operations, replay any move scene in all moves in the game, and easily share the contents of the game results among multiple users.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a computing section of an operation terminal including a computing section, an operating section, a display section, and a communication section, to enable communication between a first player and a second player. A first two-dimensional barcode that encodes all game record data representing all moves in the shogi game result, or a plurality of second two-dimensional barcodes that encode all divided data obtained by dividing the entire game record data into a plurality of pieces. a barcode reading procedure for reading a barcode; a game record data acquisition procedure for acquiring all the corresponding game record data based on the reading result of the barcode reading procedure; Based on the designation in the move designation reception procedure, using the move designation reception procedure that accepts the designation and the entire game record data acquired in the game record data acquisition procedure, the virtualization of the corresponding shogi board and the shogi pieces on the shogi board surface is performed based on the designation in the move designation reception procedure. a move display procedure in which an external image is displayed on the display section as a frame-by-frame image for each move or an animation covering a plurality of moves; and the first two-dimensional barcode or the first two-dimensional barcode read in the barcode reading procedure. a barcode generation procedure for generating a copy image of a two-dimensional barcode; and a destination reception procedure for receiving, via the operation unit, a designation of a destination user for the copy image generated in the barcode generation procedure; a user transmission procedure for transmitting the copy image generated in the barcode generation procedure to the destination user whose designation was accepted in the destination reception procedure via the communication unit; It is characterized by being a game record data processing program.

Generally, in shogi played using shogi pieces in the real world, online shogi, computer shogi, etc., when two players (a first player and a second player) play against each other, full game record data representing all moves made by both players in the game is generated in an appropriate manner (manually or automatically). In the present invention, the full game record data is encoded in advance into one two-dimensional barcode (first two-dimensional barcode), or the full game record data is divided and then encoded into multiple two-dimensional barcodes (second two-dimensional barcodes).

In the present invention, the two-dimensional barcode generated as described above is displayed on an appropriate display screen or printed on a print medium. When an operator operates the operation terminal appropriately, the calculation unit executes a shogi game record data processing program to read the two-dimensional barcode (barcode reading procedure), and based on the reading result, the corresponding full game record data is obtained (game record data acquisition procedure).

Then, the operator designates a specific move scene via the operation unit, and the designation is accepted (move designation acceptance procedure), and based on the designation, a virtual appearance image of the virtual shogi board and the shogi pieces on the shogi board surface is displayed on the display unit. Examples of the display mode according to the above designation at this time include frame-by-frame images of each move, animations covering multiple moves, etc.

In the present invention, since all game record data of game results are converted into two-dimensional barcodes, by simply reading the two-dimensional barcodes, any move scene included in all moves in the game can be detected. can be reproduced by displaying a virtual image on the display unit.

In addition, in the present invention, in order to share the above-mentioned convenience with other users, a barcode generation procedure is executed by the calculation unit. In the barcode generation procedure, a copy image of the two-dimensional barcode read as described above is generated. When the operator designates a destination user to whom the copy image is to be sent via the operation unit, the designation is accepted in a destination acceptance procedure, and the above-mentioned copy image is sent to the destination user (user transmission procedure).

As a result, the destination user who receives the transmitted copy image can read the copy image and obtain the corresponding full game record data in the same manner as described above. As a result, like the operator described above, the destination user can also reproduce any move scene included in all moves in the game, so the operator and the destination user can share the contents of the game results.

According to the present invention, by handling all game record data in one go with simple operations, any move scene in the game can be reproduced, and the contents of the game results can be easily shared among multiple users.

1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a shogi game record data processing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game score according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display unit when a move scene is reproduced. It is a figure which shows an example of the virtual appearance image at the time of a game start. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual appearance image corresponding to the first move. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual appearance image corresponding to a move scene of the second move. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual appearance image corresponding to a move scene of the third move. It is a figure which shows an example of the virtual appearance image corresponding to the move scene of the 4th hand. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual appearance image corresponding to a fifth move. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen displayed on the display unit when generating and transmitting a copy image. The figure which shows an example of the operation screen displayed on a display part when transmitting a copy image is shown. It is a figure showing an example of the alphanumeric data encoded in the 1st two-dimensional barcode. 4 is a flowchart showing each process executed by a control unit.

Below, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment described below is for illustrative purposes only and does not limit the technical scope of the present invention. Therefore, a person skilled in the art could adopt an embodiment in which each of the components below is replaced with an equivalent, and such an embodiment would also be within the technical scope of the present invention. In addition, in the following description, explanations of unimportant publicly known technical matters will be omitted or simplified as appropriate to facilitate understanding of the present invention.

<System Configuration>
1 shows a schematic system configuration diagram of a shogi game record data processing system according to this embodiment. The shogi game record data processing system includes an operation terminal A operated by a user A, an operation terminal B operated by a user B, an operation terminal C operated by a user C, and so on. The operation terminals 10A to 10C are, for example, smartphones, tablet terminals, desktop or notebook general-purpose personal computers, game devices, etc. The operation terminals 10A to 10C are capable of transmitting and receiving information to each other via a communication network 2 such as the Internet.

The operation terminal 10A includes a display section 11, a control section 12, a reading section 14, an operation section 15, a communication section 16, and a storage section 17. The display unit 11 is, for example, a display. The control unit 12 is, for example, a CPU, and executes various information processing. The control unit 12 is an example of a calculation unit. The reading unit 14 includes, for example, a camera built into the operating terminal 10A and a barcode reading program stored in the operating terminal 10A in advance. For example, the reading unit 14 processes an image of a two-dimensional barcode taken by the camera using a barcode reading program and reads encoded information. The barcode reading program may be included in a shogi game record data processing program to be described later.

The operation unit 15 is a touch panel, a keyboard, buttons, etc. that accept input operations by the user A. When the operation terminal 10A is a smartphone or a tablet, the operation section 15 may be a touch panel integrated with a part of the display section 11. The communication unit 16 is, for example, a wired or wireless communication module, and transmits and receives information to and from the outside via the communication network 2. The storage unit 17 stores various programs including an application program 18. The application program 18 is an example of a shogi game record data processing program in this embodiment.

The operating terminal 10B and the operating terminal 10C also have the same configuration as the operating terminal 10A.

<Game record>
FIG. 2 shows a diagram illustrating an example of the game record 1 according to the present embodiment. The game record 1 records all game record data 3 representing all the moves made by two players during one game in a shogi game. In this example, the first player zyz, who is the first player, and the second player pqr, who is the second player, make a total of 119 moves, and the entire game record data 3 contains 119 moves corresponding to each of the 119 moves. The game record data 30 is composed of game record data 30. Each game record data 30 is recorded alternately in a column of "▲" indicating the first move and a column of "△" indicating the second move, in the order of, for example, the game record data 30a, the game record data 30b, the game record data 30c, etc. .

The game record 1 also records the game name 31, the start time 32 and end time 33 of the game, the name 34 of the first player who made the first move, the name 35 of the second player who made the second move, and the game result 36. The game result 36 states that the number of moves was 119 and that the first player xyz, who made the first move, won. In addition, in this figure, below the entire game record data 3, there is also a handwritten entry that says ``The player won the first move in the 119th move.'' Although omitted in this figure, the game record 1 may also record other information such as time allowed, time consumed, rest time, playing field, battle type, etc.

In this embodiment, the game record 1 displays a first two-dimensional barcode 4 that encodes the entire game record data 3. By reading the second two-dimensional barcode 4 with the reading unit 14 of the operating terminal 10A, the user A can acquire the corresponding entire game record data 3 and reproduce the corresponding game within the operating terminal 10A.

There is an upper limit to the amount of information that can be encoded in the first two-dimensional barcode 4, so if there is a lot of work, multiple second two-dimensional barcodes may be used instead of the first two-dimensional barcode 4. good. For example, the plurality of second two-dimensional barcodes divides the entire game record data 3 consisting of 119 pieces of game record data 30 into two pieces, 60 pieces of game record data 30 and 59 pieces of game record data 30, and codes all of them. It is composed by . When the user A reads the two second two-dimensional barcodes with the reading unit 14 of the operating terminal 10A, the corresponding whole game record data 3 can be obtained. Hereinafter, the explanation regarding the first two-dimensional barcode 4 also applies to the second two-dimensional barcode as appropriate.

The shogi record 1 may be printed on paper or uploaded as image data on the Internet. For example, the shogi record 1 may be published in a newspaper, magazine, official homepage of the shogi match, etc., so that the user can It becomes possible to read the two-dimensional barcode 4 and the second two-dimensional barcode. In addition, it is not limited to professional games; for example, in the online shogi game server 20 shown in FIG. The information may be generated by the unit 21, stored in the database 22 via the storage unit 23, and made available to each user.

Note that if the first two-dimensional barcode 4 is distributed as image data on the Internet, user A may display the first two-dimensional barcode 4 on a terminal other than the operation terminal 10A and read it. Alternatively, an image of the first two-dimensional barcode taken by the camera of the operating terminal 10A may be temporarily stored in the operating terminal 10A, and then this image may be read by the operating terminal 10A.

<Example of display screen>
Fig. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 11 when a scene of a move is reproduced. After starting a shogi game record data processing program on the operation terminal 10A of user A and reading the first two-dimensional barcode 4, the user performs an appropriate operation, whereby an operation screen 38A shown in Fig. 3(a) and an operation screen 38B shown in Fig. 3(b) are displayed on the display unit 11. The display unit 11 also serves as the operation unit 15.

A first player name 34 and a second player name 35 are displayed on the operation screen 38A and the operation screen 38B. The first player name 34 and the second player name 35 are encoded in the first two-dimensional barcode 4 together with the entire game score data 3, and the read barcode is displayed. Furthermore, a virtual appearance image 37 of a shogi board and shogi pieces on the shogi board surface is displayed on the operation screen 38A and the operation screen 38B. In this figure, the virtual appearance image 37 is in the state at the start of the game (initial state), and the shogi game record data processing program is based on the virtual game record data 3 acquired from the first two-dimensional barcode 4. By moving the shogi pieces in the external image 37, the scene of each move is reproduced.

In the input field 39A of the operation screen 38A, "Move 0 to Move 0" is displayed, and a numerical value from 1 to 119 can be entered in the "O" section. Thereby, the user A specifies, via the operation unit 15, the range of the movement scene that he/she wishes to reproduce. In addition, "Frame-by-frame display" and "Animation display" are displayed along with the checkbox, and by entering a check mark "R" in the checkbox, the move scene in the specified range will be displayed as a frame-by-frame image of each move. You can now choose between displaying an animation that spans multiple moves.

In the input field 39B of the operation screen 38B, buttons labeled "Previous move," "Next move," and "Return to first move" are displayed. By operating these buttons, the result of the game can be reproduced on the display unit 11 while the virtual appearance image 37 corresponding to the move scene in the specified range is displayed frame by frame, one move at a time, or by returning to the previous move.

4 to 9 show display examples of virtual appearance images 37 to 37e corresponding to moves from the start of the game to the fifth move. The moves from the first move to the fifth move shown here correspond to the game record data 30a to 30e shown in FIG. 2, and the virtual appearance images 37 to 37e are sequentially displayed on the operation screen 38B shown in FIG. The images are displayed on the display section 11 in frame-by-frame advance. The virtual appearance image 37 includes a virtual appearance image 40 of a shogi board and a virtual appearance image 41 of a shogi piece.

In the game record data 30, the coordinates of the 81 squares arranged in 9 columns and 9 rows on the shogi board are represented by a combination of Arabic numerals 1 to 9 (see FIG. 4) assigned to each column (also called lines) and Chinese numerals 1 to 9 (see FIG. 4) assigned to each row (also called stages), and the game record data 30 is represented by the coordinates of the pieces after movement and the type of piece. Note that in the representation of the game record data 30, no distinction is made between Chinese numerals and Arabic numerals, and the numbers corresponding to the Arabic numerals are represented first and the numbers corresponding to the Chinese numerals are represented second.

In addition, in the game record 1 in Fig. 2, a column of "▲", which is a symbol indicating the first move, and a column of "△", which is a symbol indicating the second move, are written separately, and each column has its own game record data 30. Although the first move and the second move are distinguished by recording, the game record data 30a itself may include "▲" or "△", and may be written as "▲76 steps", for example.

Figure 4 shows an example of a virtual exterior image 37 at the start of a game. In this figure, the front side including the king 41a is the first player who plays first, and the back side including the king 41b is the second player who plays second. In this figure, the first player has not yet made his first move.

Figure 5 shows an example of a virtual exterior image 37a corresponding to the first move. In this move, the first player, who has the white move, advances the pawn 41c from the 77 square to the 76 square, and the game record data corresponding to this move is "▲76 Pawn," which corresponds to the game record data 30a shown in Figure 2.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the virtual appearance image 37b corresponding to the second hand move scene. As for the move at this time, the second player on the back moved the step 41d that was on the 33rd square to the 34th square, and the game record data corresponding to this move is the game record data shown in Figure 2. This is "△34 steps" which corresponds to 30b.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a virtual appearance image 37c corresponding to the third hand movement scene. As for the move at this time, the first player on the play moved the step 41e that was on the 57th square to the 56th square, and the game record data corresponding to this move is the game record data shown in Figure 2. It becomes "▲56 steps" of 30c.

Figure 8 shows an example of a virtual exterior image 37d corresponding to the fourth move. In this move, the second player, playing as black, advances the bishop 41f from the 2-2 square to the 8-8 square, taking the bishop 41g from the first player's side that was at 8-8, and the bishop 41f is turned over to become Ryoma 41h (also called a promotion). The game record data corresponding to this move is "△88 Bishop Promote" in the game record data 30d shown in Figure 2.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the virtual appearance image 37e corresponding to the fifth hand movement scene. As for the move at this time, the first player on the play moved the rook 41i that was on the 28th square to the 88th square, and took Ryoma 41h on the back side that was on the 88th square. The game record data corresponding to this move is the game record data 30e shown in FIG. ``▲Douhi''.

Figure 10 shows an example of an operation screen displayed on the display unit 11 when generating and transmitting a copy image 4'. In this embodiment, user A is able to copy the first two-dimensional barcode 4 or the second two-dimensional barcode read by the operation terminal 10A. When user A starts a shogi game record data processing program on the operation terminal 10A and performs a predetermined operation, operation screen 38C shown in Figure 10(a) and operation screen 38D shown in Figure 10(b) are displayed on the display unit 11. As in Figure 3, the first player's name 34, the second player's name 35, the shogi board, and a virtual appearance image 37 of the shogi pieces on the shogi board are displayed on operation screen 38C and operation screen 38D.

In input field 39C of operation screen 38C, "Create a barcode" and "Output data for external transmission" are displayed along with check boxes. By checking the "Create a barcode" check box and then performing a specified operation, operation screen 38D in FIG. 10(b) will be displayed. A duplicate image 4' of the first two-dimensional barcode 4 is generated and displayed on operation screen 38D. Note that if "Output data for external transmission" is selected on operation screen 38C, the complete game record data 3 can be output in a specified data format other than a two-dimensional barcode.

At this time, for example, the outputted complete game record data 3 can be analyzed based on an appropriate analysis program in the shogi game record data processing program in the operation terminal 10A and the results can be displayed, or can be sent via the communication unit 16 to the online shogi game server 20 shown in FIG. 1, etc., and used in combination with an appropriate analysis function. For example, it is possible to display situation assessments and advice at each move stage. At this time, the complete game record data 3 can be output or sent as alphanumeric data, which will be described later.

In input field 39D of operation screen 38D, check boxes and the messages "Send this barcode (to transmission list)" and "Temporarily save this barcode without sending it" are displayed. When a check mark "R" is entered in the check box corresponding to "Send this barcode (to transmission list)" and then this is confirmed by a predetermined operation not shown, the screen transitions to operation screen 38E as shown in FIG. 11.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the operation screen 38E displayed on the display unit 11 when transmitting the copy image 4'. The operation screen 38E displays a user list 8 from which the user A can individually select destination users to whom the generated copy image 4' will be sent. The user list 8 can be created, for example, based on user information registered in advance by the user A in a shogi game record data processing program. In this figure, four users, user B, user C, user D, and user E, are selected.

The user list 8 includes the user attributes of each user. In this figure, values for each user are displayed for four user attributes: gender, age, shogi experience, and skill rank. The values of these user attributes are set for each user and may be values shared via the online shogi game server 20, or may be values set independently by user A.

User A can select accompanying information to be sent to selected users B to E along with the copied image 4' of the first two-dimensional barcode 4. The accompanying information includes at least one of the following: past reference game example information by users other than the first player and the second player, alternative moves for some of the total moves, and a message to the effect that alternative moves from the destination user for some of the total moves are acceptable.

In this figure, each destination user is asked to send three pieces of accompanying information: ``Reference game example'', ``Attach another move'', and ``Accept another move'' by checking the respective checkboxes for each user. It can be selected by inputting .

When "reference game example" is selected, past reference game example information by users other than the first player xyz and the second player pqr is sent to the destination user as accompanying information. This information may simply be information such as the date of the game and the name of the player, or may be information equivalent to the entire game record data 3, or may be information that corresponds to the entire game record data 3, or a predetermined information that can be used in the shogi game record data processing program. Sent as data format.

When "Attach alternative moves" is selected, alternative information for some of the moves among all the moves in the entire game record data 3 is sent to the destination user as accompanying information. This information is sent in the form of game record data, image data, etc., for example, and is sent so that user A can share an alternative plan that he or she has thought up with the destination user and ask for their opinion, etc.

When "accept alternative moves" is selected, a message to the effect that alternative plans for some of the moves in the entire game record data 3 will be accepted from the destination user is sent as accompanying information to the destination user. Specifically, for example, a message such as ``If you have any opinions or other suggestions regarding this game, would you please send them to me?'' is sent.

The accompanying information that can be selected for each user can be changed, and in this example, user D, who has the lowest level of skill rank, is accompanied only by "reference game example" as accompanying information, and user D, who has a short shogi history and low skill level, is accompanied by only "reference game example". User E, whose skill level is relatively low, is accompanied by "Reference game example" and "Attach another move," and user C, whose skill rank is at a normal level, is accompanied by "Attach another move" and "Accept another move." ", and for user B who has a long history of playing shogi and has a high skill rank, only "accept another move" is selected.

After selecting the associated information by checking the checkbox, pressing the "Send" button will send the copied image 4' and the selected associated information to each of users B through E at once.

<Method of encoding game record data>
In this embodiment, the first two-dimensional barcode 4 is generated by converting each game record data 30 included in the complete game record data 3 into a plurality of alphanumeric data and then encoding the alphanumeric data, rather than encoding the complete game record data 3 as is. The game record data 30 can be converted into alphanumeric data by a predetermined game record format that is well known in the world of computer shogi. The same applies to the second two-dimensional barcode.

In this embodiment, the game record data 30 is converted into alphanumeric data using the CSA format as the specified game record format. The CSA format represents the first move with a "+" and the second move with a "-", and also converts the coordinates of the piece before the move, the coordinates of the piece after the move, and the name of the piece remaining after the move into alphanumeric characters in that order.

FIG. 12 shows a diagram showing an example of alphanumeric data 5 encoded in the first two-dimensional barcode 4. The alphanumeric data 5 includes alphanumeric data 5a and alphanumeric data 5b. The alphanumeric data 5a includes the alphanumeric data "20220901 SHOGI GAME AAA" corresponding to the game name, and the alphanumeric data "User1:xyz" and "User1:pqr" corresponding to the first player and the second player. include. In addition, the alphanumeric data 5a can include desired information other than the game record data 30 out of the information recorded in the game record 1 in the form of alphanumeric data, but it does not necessarily have to be included.

The alphanumeric data 5b is information corresponding to the entire game record data 30, and has been converted from the game record data 30 in the CSA format. In this example, out of all the game record data 30 explained in FIG. Continuing, the entire game record data 30 is converted into alphanumeric data and encoded into the first two-dimensional barcode 4 or the second two-dimensional barcode.

In the alphanumeric data 5b, "+7776FU" in the first line is composed of "+" which means first move, "FU" which means "Ayumu", and "Ayumu" means 77 of the squares on the board. "7776" representing movement from the coordinate to the coordinate of 76 is combined to form alphanumeric data corresponding to the game record data 30a in FIG. 2 and the opening move in FIG. 5.

The "-3334FU" in the second line of the alphanumeric data 5b is a combination of "-", which means Black, "FU", which means Pawn, and "3334", which indicates that the Pawn has moved from the coordinate 33 to the coordinate 34 of the squares on the board, and is the alphanumeric data corresponding to the game record data 30b in FIG. 2 and the second move in FIG. 6.

The "+5756FU" in the third line of the alphanumeric data 5b is a combination of "+" meaning first move, "FU" meaning pawn, and "5756" indicating that the pawn has moved from coordinate 5-7 to coordinate 5-6 on the board, and is the alphanumeric data corresponding to the game record data 30c in FIG. 2 and the third move in FIG. 7.

In the alphanumeric data 5b, "-2288KA" in the fourth line is composed of "-" which means the second move, "KA" which means "corner row", and "corner row" is the square on the board. Among these, "2288" representing movement from the coordinates of 22 to the coordinates of 88 is combined to form alphanumeric data corresponding to the game record data 30d in FIG. 2 and the move of the fourth move in FIG.

In the alphanumeric data 5b, "+2888HI" in the fifth line is a combination of "+" meaning the first move, "HI" meaning "rook", and the "rook" being 28 of the squares on the base. By combining it with "2888" representing movement from the coordinate to the coordinate of 88, alphanumeric data corresponding to the game record data 30e in FIG. 2 and the move of the fifth move in FIG. 9 is obtained.

<Processing by control unit>
FIG. 13 shows a flowchart representing each process executed by the control unit 12 of the operating terminal 10A. The following process is started by executing a shogi game record data processing program on the operation terminal 10A.

First, in S1, the control unit 12 reads the first two-dimensional barcode 4 displayed on the game record 1 via the reading unit 14. At this time, the control unit 12 may read the second two-dimensional barcode instead of the first two-dimensional barcode 4. This S1 is an example of a barcode reading procedure.

In S2, the control unit 12 acquires the corresponding complete game record data 3 as a plurality of alphanumeric data 5 as shown in FIG. 12 based on the results of reading the first two-dimensional barcode 4 in S1. This S2 is an example of a game record data acquisition procedure, and is also an example of an alphanumeric data acquisition procedure.

In S3, the control unit 12 accepts a designation of a range of specific move situations via the operation unit 15. This S3 is an example of a move designation acceptance procedure.

In S4, the control unit 12 determines whether or not to display the move scenes in the range designated in S3 in frame-by-frame advance. If frame-by-frame advance display is selected via the operation unit 15, the determination is Yes, and the process moves to S5. If frame-by-frame advance display is not selected, the determination is No, and the process moves to S6.

In S5, the control unit 12 creates a virtual appearance image 37 of the shogi board and the shogi pieces on the shogi board surface corresponding to the alphanumeric data 5 acquired in S2, for each move, based on the specified range of moves received in S3. The image is displayed on the display unit 11 as a frame-by-frame image. This S5 is an example of the move display procedure.

In S6, the control unit 12 displays on the display unit 11 a virtual appearance image 37 of the shogi board and the shogi pieces on the shogi board surface corresponding to the alphanumeric data 5 acquired in S2, based on the moves in the specified range accepted in S3, in an animation covering multiple moves. This S6 is also an example of a move display procedure.

In S7, the control unit 12 determines whether an operation has been performed to end the display of the frame-by-frame image executed in S5 or the display of the animation executed in S6. If an operation for terminating the display is input via the operation unit 15, a YES determination is made and the process moves to S8. If no operation to end the display is input, a No determination is made and the process returns to S4.

In S8, the control unit 12 determines whether an operation for generating a copy image 4' of the first two-dimensional barcode 4 read in S1 has been performed. If the operation for generating the copy image 4' is performed via the operation unit 15, the determination is Yes and the process moves to S9. If the operation to generate the copy image 4' is not performed, the determination is No, and the process moves to S10.

In S9, the control unit 12 generates a copy image 4' of the first two-dimensional barcode 4 read in S1. Note that a copy image of the second two-dimensional barcode may also be generated. S9 is an example of a barcode generation procedure.

In S10, the control unit 12 determines whether an operation for transmitting the alphanumeric data 5 corresponding to the first two-dimensional barcode 4 read in S1 has been performed. If an operation for transmitting the alphanumeric data 5 is performed via the operation unit 15, a Yes determination is made and the process moves to S11. If the operation for transmitting the alphanumeric data 5 is not performed, the determination is No and the process returns to S8.

In S11, the control unit 12 transmits the alphanumeric data 5 acquired in S2 via the communication unit 16. The destination is, for example, the online shogi game server 20. This S11 is an example of an alphanumeric data transmission procedure.

In S12, the control unit 12 determines whether or not an operation has been performed to transmit the copy image 4' generated in S9. If an operation has been performed to transmit the copy image 4' via the operation unit 15, the determination is Yes, and the process proceeds to S13. If an operation has not been performed to transmit the copy image 4', the determination is No, and the process proceeds to S17.

In S13, the control unit 12 displays a user list 8 on the display unit 11, the user list 8 including multiple destination users that can be individually selected. S13 is an example of a user list display procedure.

In S14, the control unit 12 receives, via the operation unit 15, the designation of the destination user to whom the copy image 4' generated in S9 will be transmitted, from the user list 8 displayed in S13. This S14 is an example of a destination reception procedure.

As described in FIG. 11, in S14, accompanying information can be selected and sent for each selected destination user.

In S15, the control unit 12 determines whether a check mark has been entered in a check box that determines whether the copied image 4' and associated information will be sent to the destination user designated in S14. If a check mark has been entered via the operation unit 15, the determination is Yes, and the process moves to S16. If a check mark has not been entered, the determination is No, and the process returns to S13.

In S16, the control unit 12 transmits the copy image 4' generated in S9 and the associated information to the operation terminal of the destination user designated in S14 via the communication unit 16, and the flow ends.

In S17, the control unit 12 determines whether or not an operation has been performed to temporarily save the copy image 4' generated in S9. If an operation to temporarily save has been performed via the operation unit 15, the determination is Yes, and the process proceeds to S18. If an operation to temporarily save has not been performed, the determination is No, and the flow ends.

In S18, the control unit 12 temporarily stores the copied image 4' generated in S9 in the database 22 of the online shogi game server 20 or the storage unit 17 in the operating terminal 10A, and ends the flow.

<Effects of this embodiment>
In general, when two players (a first player and a second player) play against each other in Shogi played using Shogi pieces in the real world, online Shogi, or computer Shogi, the results of the match are The entire game record data representing all moves made by the player is generated by an appropriate method (manually or automatically). In this embodiment, the entire game record data 3 is encoded in advance into one two-dimensional barcode (first two-dimensional barcode 4), or the entire game record data 3 is divided and then encoded into a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes. They are each encoded into a dimensional barcode (second two-dimensional barcode).

In this embodiment, the two-dimensional barcode 4 generated as described above is displayed on an appropriate display screen or printed on a print medium. When the operator operates the operation terminal appropriately, the calculation unit executes a shogi game record data processing program to read the two-dimensional barcode 4 (barcode reading procedure), and based on the reading result, the corresponding full game record data 3 is acquired (game record data acquisition procedure).

Then, the operator designates a specific move scene via the operation unit 15, and the designation is accepted (move designation acceptance procedure), and a virtual appearance image 37 of the virtual shogi board and the shogi pieces on the shogi board surface based on the designation is displayed on the display unit 11. Examples of the display mode according to the above designation at this time include frame-by-frame images of each move, animation covering multiple moves, etc.

In this embodiment, since all the game record data 3 of the game results are converted into two-dimensional barcodes, by simply reading the two-dimensional barcodes, it is possible to select any player included in all the moves in the game. The move scene can be reproduced by displaying a virtual image on the display unit 11.

Further, in this embodiment, in order to share the above convenience with other users, the barcode generation procedure is executed by the calculation unit. In the barcode generation procedure, a copy image 4' of the first two-dimensional barcode 4 or the second two-dimensional barcode read as described above is generated. When the operator specifies the destination user of the copy image 4' via the operation unit 15, the specification is accepted in the destination reception procedure, and the above-mentioned copy image 4' is sent to the destination user (user sending procedure).

As a result, the destination user who receives the transmitted copy image 4' can read the copy image 4' and obtain the corresponding full game record data 3 in the same manner as described above. As a result, like the operator described above, the destination user can also reproduce any move scene included in all moves in the game, so that the operator and the destination user can share the contents of the game results.

In the world of computer shogi, game record data is represented as alphanumeric data in a specified game record format. This alphanumeric data is composed of, for example, whether the player is first or second, the position of the shogi piece before the movement, the position of the shogi piece after the movement, and the name of the piece after the movement. In response to this, in this embodiment, particularly in the alphanumeric data acquisition procedure included in the game record data acquisition procedure, multiple alphanumeric data 5 corresponding to all moves as the above-mentioned complete game record data 3, which correspond to the two-dimensional barcode read in the above-mentioned barcode reading procedure, are acquired. As a result, in the subsequent move display procedure, a frame-by-frame image or animation can be displayed based on the multiple alphanumeric data 5.

Further, in this embodiment, in particular, when the operator performs an appropriate operation on the operation unit 15, the plurality of alphanumeric data 5 acquired as described above can be transmitted to the outside via communication. Thereby, by simply reading the two-dimensional barcode as described above, the corresponding alphanumeric data 5 can be derived to an appropriate server or analysis program. As a result, it is possible to smoothly and easily analyze the playing style and situation of the game results using, for example, known AI technology.

Further, in this embodiment, in particular, destination users to whom the above-mentioned copy image 4' is to be sent are displayed in a list on the display unit 11 in the form of a user list 8. Further, when the operator sends the copy image 4' to the destination user, desired accompanying information 50 can be sent together with the copy image 4'.

The user list 8 includes user attributes including at least one of the shogi playing history, skill level, gender, and age of each destination user, and the operator can variably set what accompanying information to send to each destination user while referring to these user attributes. This further improves convenience when the operator shares the contents of the game results with the destination users, as described above.

In particular, in this embodiment, the operator provides each destination user with information on past reference game examples by other users, information on alternative plans devised by the operator for some of the moves made by the operator, It is possible to select one of the messages to the effect that alternative proposals from the destination user for some of the moves out of all the moves will be accepted and send it together with the copy image 4'. Thereby, convenience can be further improved.

The shogi game record data processing program of this embodiment reads the first two-dimensional barcode 4, the second two-dimensional barcode, and the copy image 4' using the operating terminals 10A to 10C, etc., to control the game of others or oneself. An application that allows users to study by reproducing shogi and using advice functions such as AI analysis as needed, and also allows users to play shogi against each other via the online shogi game server 20. It is a program to be executed.

Further, for example, when you participate in a shogi tournament as a hobby or club activity and win, the entire shogi record data 3 from that game is printed as a first two-dimensional barcode 4 on the back of the shogi piece you received as a souvenir, and the result is printed on the back of the shogi piece received as a souvenir. It may also be possible to reproduce the games in the tournament on the app by reading the information using the app.

In addition, in the above description, when external dimensions and sizes are described as "same", "equal", "different", etc., the descriptions do not have strict meanings. In other words, the terms "same," "equal," and "different" mean "substantially the same," "substantially equal," and "substantially different," allowing for design and manufacturing tolerances and errors. .

Further, in addition to the methods described above, the methods according to the above embodiments and each modification may be used in combination as appropriate.

Although not illustrated in detail, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications within the scope of the invention.

1 Game record 2 Communication network 3 All game record data 4 First two-dimensional barcode 4' Duplicate image 5, 5a, 5b Alphanumeric data 8 User list 10A Operation terminal 11 Display unit 12 Control unit (an example of a calculation unit)
14 Reading unit 15 Operation unit 16 Communication unit 17 Storage unit 18 Application program (an example of a program for processing shogi game record data)
30 Game record data 37 Virtual appearance image 38 Operation screen 40 Virtual appearance image of shogi board 41 Virtual appearance image of shogi pieces

Claims (5)

For the arithmetic unit of an operation terminal including a arithmetic unit, an operation unit, a display unit, and a communication unit,
A first two-dimensional barcode that encodes all game score data representing all moves in the result of a shogi match between a first player and a second player, or a first two-dimensional barcode that encodes all game record data that represents all moves in the result of a shogi game between a first player and a second player, or encodes all divided data that is obtained by dividing the whole game record data into a plurality of parts. a barcode reading procedure for reading a plurality of second two-dimensional barcodes;
A game record data acquisition procedure for acquiring the corresponding game record data based on the reading result of the barcode reading procedure;
a move designation reception procedure for accepting the designation of a specific move scene in the shogi game result via the operation unit;
Using the entire shogi record data acquired in the shogi record data acquisition procedure, and based on the designation in the move designation reception procedure, a virtual appearance image of the corresponding shogi board and the shogi pieces on the shogi board surface is created frame by frame for each move. A move display procedure of displaying a moving image or an animation covering a plurality of moves on the display unit;
a barcode generation procedure for generating a copy image of the first two-dimensional barcode or the second two-dimensional barcode read in the barcode reading procedure;
a destination reception procedure for accepting, via the operation unit, a designation of a destination user for the copy image generated in the barcode generation procedure;
a user transmission step of transmitting the copy image generated in the barcode generation step to the destination user whose designation was accepted in the destination reception step via the communication unit;
A shogi game record data processing program for executing. The shogi game record data processing program according to claim 1,
The procedure for acquiring the game record data is as follows:
an alphanumeric data acquisition procedure for acquiring a plurality of alphanumeric data in a predetermined game record format for computer shogi, corresponding to the two-dimensional barcode read in the barcode reading procedure;
In the move display procedure,
A shogi game record data processing program characterized in that the program displays the frame-by-frame image or the animation based on the plurality of alphanumeric data corresponding to all moves. 3. The shogi game record data processing program according to claim 2,
The calculation unit further includes:
A shogi game record data processing program characterized by executing an alphanumeric data transmission procedure to transmit the alphanumeric data acquired in the alphanumeric data acquisition procedure via the communication unit in response to appropriate operations via the operation unit. 4. The shogi game record data processing program according to claim 3,
The calculation unit further includes:
executing a user list display procedure for displaying, on the display unit, a user list including a plurality of the destination users that can be individually selected, the user list including user attributes including at least one of the shogi history, skill level, gender, and age of each destination user;
In the user transmission step,
A shogi game record data processing program characterized in that it is configured to enable changing of accompanying information that can be transmitted along with the copied image for each destination user selected in the user list. The shogi game record data processing program according to claim 4,
The accompanying information is
Past reference game example information by users other than the first player and the second player, alternative information for some of the moves, and the destination user for some of the moves. A shogi game record data processing program, characterized in that the program includes at least one of the following: a message to the effect that an alternative proposal is accepted from a shogi game record data processing program.