JP3431333B2 - Game live relay device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game live broadcast device for live broadcast of game development.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a game machine for playing a drive game, for example, while watching a game screen displayed on a display. In particular, a multi-player game system configured by connecting these game machines to each other via a communication line allows a plurality of players to compete with each other in ranking and running time in the same game space.
Widely popular from beginners to advanced players.

In the case of playing such a drive game, if a game effect such as live broadcasting of the game is performed, the game becomes more interesting and the power of attracting customers to the game machine can be increased. In particular, when playing a drive game etc. in a multi-player game system, not only players but also galleries that do not participate in the game can enjoy the game by performing live broadcasting similar to the actual race, and a higher customer attraction effect Obtainable.

However, in the conventional game system, there has been no live game relay apparatus for automatically performing live broadcast corresponding to the game development.

Further, in a circuit race type game in which a player gets into a racing car for a game and travels on a predetermined circuit course while actually driving, a staff member sometimes gives a live broadcast announcement.

[0006] However, such live commentary has a large qualitative variation due to staff members, and unskilled staff members have a problem that the game performance is deteriorated and the ability to attract customers to the game is deteriorated. .

[0007] In addition, it may be possible to have a dedicated staff member in order to always perform live broadcast of a certain quality, but this is not realistic because of problems such as personnel costs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to automatically perform a narration corresponding to the development of a game so that not only a player but also a spectator can enjoy the game. To provide a relay device.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 is a game commentary relay device for automatically performing commentary commentary corresponding to the game development of a game system, and a plurality of game commentary relay devices are provided in advance. Corresponding to the game development pattern, the voice data storage means in which predetermined live voice data is stored and the game development pattern of the game system are discriminated, and a voice data read command corresponding to the game development pattern is output. A voice output of a live broadcast corresponding to a game development, including pattern discrimination means and voice synthesizing means for reading live voice data from the voice data storage means based on the read command and synthesizing a voice signal. Is characterized by.

According to the first aspect of the invention, the voice data for live game relay corresponding to a plurality of game development patterns is stored in advance in the voice data storage means.

Then, when the pattern discriminating means discriminates the game development pattern of the game system, the voice synthesizing means reads out live broadcast voice data corresponding to the game development pattern from the voice data storage means and delivers live broadcast corresponding to the game development. Will be output as voice.

In this way, live broadcasting is performed in real time as the game situation develops. For this reason,
The atmosphere of the game itself can be raised, the excitement and presence of the player can be enhanced, and not only the player but also the spectator (gallery) can enjoy the game.
It is possible to increase the ability of the game machine itself to attract customers.

In particular, according to the present invention, since the game development situation which has been known only to the player is transmitted to the surrounding gallery, not only the player but also the gallery can enjoy the game itself. It is possible to increase the ability to attract customers. Further, according to the present invention, since live commentary corresponding to the development of the game is automatically outputted by voice, a dedicated staff member is not required, and moreover, live commentary of a constant quality is always possible.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a multi-player game system for playing a multi-player game with a plurality of game machines, predetermined live-speech voice data is stored in advance corresponding to a plurality of game development patterns. A voice data storage means, a pattern determination means for determining a game development pattern of the multiplayer game, and outputting a read command of voice data corresponding to the game development pattern, and a live condition from the voice data storage means based on the read instruction. A voice synthesizing unit for reading the voice data for relay and synthesizing the voice signal, and automatically performing live broadcast corresponding to the game development.

Thus, according to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, a plurality of players playing a multi-player game play a game while competing with other players in a common game space. The live performance will be broadcast.

Therefore, the game becomes more heated, and each player can enjoy the game while enjoying greater excitement and presence.

In addition to this, spectators in the surroundings can enjoy the competition between a plurality of players while listening to the live broadcast.

According to the invention of claim 3, in any one of claims 1 and 2, the live relay voice data corresponding to at least one of the game development patterns is a plurality of selective relays having different relay contents. Including the data, the pattern determination means outputs a read command of the live broadcast voice data corresponding to the game development pattern,
It is formed so as to output a selective read command of the selective relay data, and the voice synthesizing means reads the live relay voice data from the voice data storage means based on the read command, and with different story even in the same game development pattern. The feature is that it outputs a multi-story live-relay audio signal for live-relay.

As described above, according to the third aspect of the present invention, even in the same game development pattern, it is possible to perform live commentary of multi-story, that is, live commentary of different stories, even if the player repeatedly plays the game, Each time, it is possible to enjoy a live broadcast with different contents, which also has the effect of increasing the fun of the game itself and providing a game machine that does not get tired for a long time. In addition to this, spectators around you can also listen to live broadcasts of various expressions, which is an effect that you can enjoy without actually playing.

Here, it is preferable that the pattern discriminating means is formed so as to output a read command for randomly reading data of arbitrary relay contents from the selective relay data.

By doing so, it is possible to randomly select the data of an arbitrary expression from the relay data of a plurality of expressions corresponding to the same game development pattern. Therefore, the actual situation rich in changes as an announcer actually does. You can enjoy it as many times as you want without getting tired.

Further, in the invention of claim 4 according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the live-relay audio data constitutes a story corresponding to a game development pattern, and a part thereof is a replacement audio data area. Story audio data having
The voice data of the replacement voice data area is configured,
A plurality of replaceable voice data that can be replaced, wherein the voice data storage means includes a storage area for storing story voice data and a storage area for storing the substitute voice data, and the pattern The discriminating means outputs a read command for reading the story voice data corresponding to the game development pattern as the live broadcast voice data, and also outputs a read command for selecting and reading predetermined data from the plurality of replacement voice data. And the voice synthesizing means is based on the read command.
The story voice data and the substitute voice data are read from the voice data storage means as live broadcast voice data, the substitute voice data is inserted into the substitute voice data area of the story voice data, and the voice signal is synthesized. To do.

According to the fourth aspect, since the variable portion is provided in the story voice data corresponding to the game development pattern and the data is replaced by the data that changes depending on the game development situation, the game development information that changes intricately without increasing the data amount. It is possible to easily realize live coverage that expresses in detail. Therefore,
Players and galleries can know detailed game development information and can enjoy the game more.

The invention of claim 5 is the claim 4 dependent from claim 2, wherein the plurality of replacement audio data are:
A plurality of player identification audio data set corresponding to a player and / or a player operation unit are included, and the story audio data includes the player identification audio data in a part or all of the replacement audio data area. The pattern discriminating means is formed so as to be fitted, and outputs the read command to output the voice by inserting the player identifying voice data of the predetermined player into the story voice data corresponding to the game development pattern between the players. Characterize.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of replacement voice data are converted into voice data set corresponding to a player name, a character name set corresponding to the player, or a player operation unit, and the actual condition is set. Since it can be incorporated into the broadcast, players can be more excited and enjoy the game. Also, if there is an acquaintance of the player in the gallery, you can enjoy it by listening to the live broadcast.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the second aspect and the third to fifth aspects dependent on the second aspect, the relay image synthesizing means for synthesizing the live-action relay game screen of the multi-player game, And a display unit for displaying a live-relay game screen, wherein the relay image synthesizing unit is formed so as to switch the live-relay game screen to be synthesized according to the game development pattern, and the live-relay is displayed on the display unit. It is characterized by displaying the combined live game screen.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the relay image synthesizing means of the game live relay device determines the game development pattern, switches corresponding to this, and provides the gallery with an image integrated with the sound. You can Therefore, the gallery can enjoy the development information of the game not only with the sound but also with the images that are switched in real time. In particular, since the situation of being broadcast by live broadcasting is displayed as an image with a feeling of tension like that of live broadcasting of television broadcasting, the gallery can be excited and a high customer attraction effect can be obtained.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a multi-player game system to which the present invention is applied. In the game system of the embodiment, a plurality of independent game machines 10-a, 10-b ... Are connected to each other via a data transmission line, and each game machine 10-a, 10-b ... A player racing car is formed so as to compete with a racing car operated by another player or a computer car operated by a computer in the same game space while playing a game.

Here, independent game machines 10-a, 10
-B, ... means the game machines 10-a, 10-b,
... are formed so that they can independently play a single-player game. of course,
It is also possible to play a multi-player game in the same game space with another player via a data transmission line.

Each game machine 10 is formed similarly to the driver's seat of an actual racing car. Then, the player sits on the seat 16 and, while watching the pseudo three-dimensional image (game screen) displayed on the display 14, handles, accelerators, shift levers provided on the operation unit 12,
Play the game by operating the imaginary racing car by operating the brakes.

At this time, the pattern of this race is broadcast live to the surrounding galleries by the game live broadcast device 20. That is, the live commentary is output by voice from the speaker 62, and the live commentary screen corresponding to this live commentary is displayed on the display 22. As a result, not only the player but also the gallery can enjoy the game.
FIG. 2 shows a circuit configuration of the game system. The game machines 10-a, 10-b, ... And the game live-relay apparatus 20 are connected in a loop via a communication line 30.

Upon receipt of the data, each game machine 10 updates its own data and sends the data to the next game machine. Each of the game machines 10-a, 10-b, ... Is based on an input signal from the operation unit 12, data of another game machine input via the communication line 30, and a predetermined game program. , Perform various game operations. Then, the game screen synthesized by using the three-dimensional graphics method is displayed on the display 14. That is, each game machine 10 has a racing course 420 set in a predetermined three-dimensional game space as shown in FIG.
Is calculated such that the racing car operated by the player moves. Naturally, this racing course 42
On the 0, the game calculation is performed so that the player racing car of the other game machine transmitted via the communication line 30 also moves. Then, the three-dimensional game space is perspective-projected into a projection plane of a predetermined viewpoint coordinate system to form a game screen, which is displayed on the display 14.

Therefore, the game machines 10-a, 10-b ...
The player can play the game on the racing course 420 while competing with other players for ranking. FIG. 9 shows a format of the game machine data 100 of each of the game machines 10-a, 10-b ... Transmitted to the other game machines via the communication line 30. Each game machine data 100 indicates which game machine data I
It is configured to include D data 110, road position data 120 indicating a position of the game function player racing car, and state data 130 indicating a state of the player racing car. The road position data 120 is represented by using the distance data along the course from the start and the width data indicating the position of the road width, where the player racing car is on the racing course 420. Is composed of.
The state data 130 is configured as data representing states such as spin, crash, and course out of the player racing car. And this game machine data 1
00 is basically 1 / according to the update of the game screen
The content is updated every 60 seconds and transmitted to other game machines.

Each game machine 10 is connected to the communication line 3
Game console data 10 of another game console received via 0
Based on 0, the race data shown in FIG. 10 is calculated for each game machine. For example, from the road position data 120, the ranking of other game machines, the distance between vehicles, and the number of laps can be obtained. Furthermore, the previously received game console data 100
By comparing the load position data 120 of the game machine data 100 received this time, the speed of another player racing car can be obtained.

FIG. 18 shows the principle of the image synthesizing method of this embodiment.

Information regarding the three-dimensional game space 500 and the three-dimensional object 510 appearing in the three-dimensional game space 500 is stored in the game machines 10-a, 10-b, ... It is stored in advance. The image information relating to the three-dimensional object 510 includes a plurality of polygons 512-1, 512-512.
It is represented as a shape model consisting of 2, 512-3, ... And is stored in advance in the memory.

Taking a driving game as an example, the three-dimensional object 510 is a racing car that appears in the three-dimensional game space 500. In the three-dimensional game space 500, other than this, for example, as shown in FIG. Racing course 420, Building 430, Tunnel 432, Mountain 43
4, various cliffs 436, walls 438, and other various three-dimensional objects representing the background are arranged.

The racing course 420 has a plurality of corner portions 422, and is provided with ups and downs or banks depending on the location, and also has a three-dimensional intersection.

These three-dimensional objects are perspective-projected on the perspective projection plane 520 of the viewpoint coordinate system centering on the viewpoint 610 of the virtual player, and displayed on the displays 14 and 22 as pseudo three-dimensional images 522. For example,
The viewpoint position of the virtual player is set to 3 depending on the player's operation.
If it is set to the position of the eyes of the driver of the racing car moving in the three-dimensional space 500, the scene viewed from the driver of the racing car is displayed on the displays 14 and 22. Then, when the player 600 looks at the display 14 from the viewpoint 610 with the operation unit 12 in front, it is possible to see an image in which the player is sitting in the driver's seat of the racing car and is located in the three-dimensional space 500.

When the player 600 operates the steering wheel or the like of the operation unit 12 to rotate or translate a virtually riding racing car, the position of the viewpoint 610 with respect to the three-dimensional space 500 changes. However, the three-dimensional space 500 is rotated and translated. For this reason, the game calculation section is based on this operation signal and the game program.
Calculations such as rotation and translation of the three-dimensional object 510, which is a racing car, and other three-dimensional objects that constitute the three-dimensional game space 500 are performed in real time. Then, as described above, these three-dimensional objects are perspective-projected on the perspective projection surface 520 and displayed on the display 14 as a pseudo three-dimensional image 522 that changes in real time.

Therefore, the player 600 has the operation unit 1
By operating 2 and operating the racing car, 3
It is possible to virtually simulate the state of participating in the race while driving the racing car in the circuit course 420 set in the three-dimensional game space 500.

When the computer graphics method is used, the shape model of the three-dimensional object 510 is created using an independent body coordinate system. That is, each polygon that forms the three-dimensional object 510 is arranged on this body coordinate system, and its shape model is specified.

Further, the three-dimensional game space 500 is constructed by using the world coordinate system (XW, YW, ZW), and the three-dimensional object 510 represented by using the body coordinate system.
Are placed in the world coordinate system according to their kinetic model.

Then, with the position of the viewpoint 610 as the origin,
The data is converted into a viewpoint coordinate system in which the direction of the line of sight is the positive direction of the Z axis, and the respective coordinates are perspective-projected into the screen coordinate system which is the projection surface 520. In this way, the image within the visual field of the three-dimensional game space 500 that can be seen from the viewpoint 610 can be displayed on the displays 14 and 22.

In particular, in this embodiment, the viewpoint 61 is set in the three-dimensional game space 500 composed of the world coordinate system.
It is formed so that the position of 0 can be changed arbitrarily.

For example, in FIG. 18, the viewpoint position is set to 61.
By setting it behind the three-dimensional object as shown in 0-A, it is possible to display an image of the three-dimensional game space 500 viewed from the rear of the player racing car as shown in FIG. 20 (A). In addition, by setting the viewpoint position above the three-dimensional object 510 as shown in 610-B, a game screen that gives a bird's-eye view of a running racing car as shown in FIG. 20B is displayed. You can In the embodiment, each game machine 10 has its viewpoint position 610-behind the player racing car.
It is set to A. In addition, a relay image synthesizing circuit 8 described later
0 is formed so that the viewpoint position 610 is switched at any time based on a command from the relay voice synthesis circuit 50.

In the multiplayer game system of the embodiment, when the multiplayer game by a plurality of players is started, the racing car driven by each player starts from the start point 440. Then, the vehicle runs on the racing course 420 while competing with other players racing cars who have entered the multiplayer game for ranking, time, and the like.

The feature of the present embodiment is that the game live relay apparatus 20 is used, which is formed separately from the game machines 10-a, 10-b ... It is to live-stream the gallery in the surrounding area in real time to make the game atmosphere more lively.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game live relay device 20 includes a data separating circuit 40 and a relay voice synthesizing circuit 50.
An amplifier 60, a speaker 62, a relay image synthesizing circuit 80, and a display 22.

The data separation circuit 40 includes a communication line 3
0, data for game development determination is separated from the data transmitted over 0 and output to the voice synthesis circuit 50, and data required for relay image synthesis is transmitted from the data transmitted over the communication line 30. Separate and relay image compositing circuit 80
Output to.

The relay voice synthesizing circuit 50 discriminates the game development based on the data inputted from the data separating circuit 40, and outputs the live broadcast voice signal corresponding to the game development to the amplifier 6
It is configured to output from the speaker 62 via 0. In addition to this, the relay speech synthesis circuit 50 of the embodiment is
A relay image synthesizing command corresponding to the game development is output to the relay image synthesizing circuit 80.

The relay image synthesizing circuit 80 inputs the game machine data 1 of each game machine inputted from the data separating circuit 40.
00 and a predetermined game program, a three-dimensional game space similar to that of each of the game machines 10-a, 10-b ... Is calculated. Then, based on the command input from the relay speech synthesis circuit 50, the viewpoint position 61 in the game space
0 is set, and the viewpoint position 610 is displayed on the display 22.
It is formed so as to display the view of the game space viewed from the game as a live game image.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the gallery around the live game relay apparatus 20 can hear the live broadcast corresponding to the game development from the speaker 62, and on the display 22 according to the live broadcast. You can see the displayed live game screen. For this reason, the gallery can enjoy live broadcast voice and images in real time, enhance the effect of attracting customers in the entire game system, and increase the operation rate of the game machine.

FIG. 3 shows a specific configuration of the relay voice synthesis circuit 50.

The relay voice synthesizing circuit 50 of the embodiment comprises a pattern discriminating section 52, a voice synthesizing section 54, a voice data storing section 56, and a relay switching section 70.

In the voice data storage unit 56, a predetermined live voice data is preliminarily written and stored corresponding to a plurality of game development patterns. The voice data is
For example, it is preferable that the voice data of a professional announcer performing a live TV broadcast such as an F1 race is used, and the voice data has the same rhythm and intonation as an actual live broadcast.

Further, in the present embodiment, the live broadcast voice data stored in the voice data storage unit 56 constitutes a story corresponding to the game development pattern and has a story having a replacement voice data area in part. Audio data and a plurality of replaceable replaceable audio data forming the audio data in the replacement audio data area.

In order to store these voice data, the voice data storage unit 56 of the embodiment has a main data storage unit 57 for storing a plurality of story voice data corresponding to the game development pattern, and the replacement voice data. And a replacement data storage unit 58 for storing

6, FIG. 8, and FIG. 12 to FIG. 17, the story audio data 700 stored in the main data storage unit 57 is shown.
Is shown. Area 80 surrounded by a square in the figure
0 is the replacement voice data area.

A part of the story audio data 700 is
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, it is configured to include a plurality of selection type relay data 710A, 710B ... With different relay contents. Then, the plurality of relay data 710A, 710
From B ... One data is randomly selected and output.

Therefore, even if the same game is developed, the contents of the live broadcast will be different each time.
It is possible for the gallery to give live broadcasts that you will never get tired of.

The pattern discriminating unit 52 is configured to discriminate the game development pattern by calculating the race data shown in FIG. 10 for each player racing car based on the data inputted from the data separation circuit 40. . Then, the pattern determination unit 52 outputs a read command corresponding to the determined game development pattern to the voice synthesis unit 54, and outputs the determined game development pattern to the relay switching unit 70.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a basic game development pattern determined by the pattern determination section 52.

First, when a coin is inserted into any of the plurality of game machines 10 shown in FIG. 2, the game system is controlled to an entry mode in which an entry of another game machine 10 is accepted for a predetermined time. The pattern determination unit 52 determines that the game system has entered the entry mode based on the input data. Then, the read command for the live data for the entry-mode relay is output according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 (step 3).
00).

When the entry mode ends, the game system then starts the countdown operation for starting the player racing car. Pattern discriminating unit 52
Discriminates the mode before start, and outputs a voice data read command for live broadcast before start according to the flow shown in FIG. 7 (step 400).

When the start countdown operation is completed, the game system is next controlled to the game mode for actually playing the game. The pattern determination unit 52 determines, based on the input data, that the game system has entered this game mode. Then, according to the flow chart shown in FIG. 11, a basic game development pattern is judged, and based on the judgment result, a voice data read command for live broadcast of each routine shown in FIGS. 12 to 17 is output (step 500).

In this way, the pattern discriminating unit 52 discriminates the game development of the game system, and outputs a voice data read command corresponding to the game development to the voice synthesizing unit 54. As described above, the story audio data 700
Inside, a replacement voice data area 800 is partially included. In such a case, the pattern determination unit 52 outputs a replacement voice data read command corresponding to the replacement voice area 800 to the voice synthesis unit 54.

Furthermore, the story audio data 700 is
When a plurality of selection-type relay data 710A, 710B ... Is included, a selection command for the selection-type relay data is output. In particular, in the present embodiment, such a selection command for the selection type relay data is randomly given each time, or the same data is set not to be selected twice in succession so that a live broadcasting with variations is performed. Has become.

Then, the voice synthesizing unit 54 relays the story voice data 700 and the substitute voice data from the main data storage unit 57 and the substitute data storage unit 58 on the basis of the voice reading command thus inputted. It is read as voice data for use, and the substitute voice data is inserted into the data area for substitute voice data 800 of the story voice data 700 to synthesize the voice signal. Then, the synthesized voice signal is output from the speaker 62 via the amplifier 60.

In particular, as described above, the replacement voice data area 800 of the main voice data is configured to be fitted with the replacement voice data, so that more expressions can be performed with a limited number of data. It is possible to make detailed live broadcasts according to the situation. The live broadcast generated in this way is a live broadcast based on real-time car data, and it is an excitement that keeps talking steadily as if a real announcer is doing and changes the tone according to the situation. Enables live broadcasting of teing.

The sound data also stores the tone of the voice according to the state of the game, so that it can be used properly such as a gentle tone and an excited tone. And the gallery are more exciting. Basically, all the audio data is stored in the ROM and reproduced by the PCM, but if the capacity is insufficient, it may be used together with the CD. For example, if there is a long dialogue, use a CD playback device, cover the PCM voice at the time of access to gain time, and use the PCM for the words that are often used and the CD for the words that are rarely used. You may use them properly.

In the present embodiment, it is preferable that a part of the replacement voice data is set as player identification voice data set corresponding to the player or each game machine. For example, the name of the player registered before the start of the game, the name of the racing car or the name of the driver preset for each game machine, and the like may be set as the replacement voice data. By doing this,
The name of the player or the name of the racing car operated by the player will be used for the live broadcast, and the player can play a more exciting game.

Further, the relay switching section 70 appropriately sets the position of the viewpoint 610 in the game space based on the game development pattern judged by the pattern judging section 52, and outputs a viewpoint switching command to the relay image synthesizing circuit 80. To do. For example, when performing live broadcast of two leading racing cars, the viewpoint switching is performed so that the two racing cars are displayed on the game screen, for example, the viewpoint is set above the leading racing car. Output a command.

Further, for example, in the case of performing live coverage of a car having an accident, the position of the viewpoint 610 is set beside the road having the accident so that the game screen of the racing car is displayed. .

As described above, in this embodiment, during the game, the viewpoint position 610 can be appropriately switched according to the game development pattern, and live commentary using both voice and image can be performed.

Next, the live game relay operation of the system of this embodiment will be described in detail, focusing on the operation of the relay voice synthesis circuit 50.

As described above, FIG. 4 shows three basic live relay modes of this embodiment. First, when the player inserts a coin into any of the plurality of game machines 10, the game system enters the entry acceptance mode. At this time, the relay voice synthesizing circuit 50 of the embodiment carries out the live broadcast for entry (step 300).

When the entry mode ends, the game system is set to the start mode in which the starting counting operation is performed on the plurality of entered player racing cars. At this time, the relay voice synthesizing circuit 50 of the embodiment performs the live relay operation before the start (step 400).

When the start mode ends and each player racing car starts, the game system is set to the game mode. At this time, the relay voice synthesizing circuit 50 continuously performs the live broadcast relay operation until the game ends. (Step 500) FIG. 5 shows a flow showing a procedure for the relay voice synthesizing circuit 50 to perform the entry live relay, and FIG. 6 shows an example of a concrete entry live relay output using the data stored in the voice data storage unit 56. Show. After the first player has inserted a coin into the game machine, another player can insert a coin into the other game machine within a certain time, so that a plurality of players can enjoy the multi-player game. Entry live coverage is a live coverage of how each player makes entries one after another within a certain period of time.

First, when the first player inserts a coin (step 310), the timer of the game machine 10 is started (step 320), and the relay device 20 receives this timer signal and starts the entry live broadcast ( Step 330).

In FIG. 6B, 700-330 and 700 are shown.
A specific example of the story audio data stored in the main data storage unit 57 of the audio data storage unit 56 is shown as −350. For example, story audio data 700-330
Is a plurality of data 710-330A representing different relay contents,
710-330B, 710-330C, ...
It is output as shown in (A).

In this way, even in the same scene, one data is randomly selected from the prepared data and output, so at one time, "what kind of development will this race show?" Beginning, and at other times it begins with "Racers are entering one after another." Therefore, unlike the conventional monotonous live broadcast, the player can enjoy playing as many times as he wants without getting tired.

Next, the player who entered first is introduced (steps 340 and 350). That is, the pattern determination unit 52 stores the story voice data 700-2 stored in the main data storage unit 57, and the player identification voice data “Racer A” of the first player stored in the replacement data storage unit 58. The voice synthesizer 54 reads out these data from the storages 57 and 58, and outputs the story voice data 70.
The identification voice data is inserted into the replacement area 800 of 0-2, and this is output as a voice signal for entry member introduction (step 350).

Next, when the insertion of a new coin is detected (step 340), the entry member introduction live broadcast (step 350) is similarly performed.

As described above, in the entry live broadcast of the present embodiment, each time a player newly makes an entry, a new entry member is introduced at step 350 using the player identification voice data.

Therefore, the player is more excited when his / her car name is announced, and the enjoyment of listening when the name well known by the gallery is broadcast increases, so that the effect of attracting customers is great. In addition, this live broadcast is designed to be performed by a professional voice that has been heard, so it is expected to be even more exciting.

A well-known racer name or car name may be used as the player identification voice data so that the player can select a name of his or her preference, which further enhances the atmosphere of the game. You can also

Then, after the timer starts (step 320), when a certain period of time elapses and the time is up (step 360), the acceptance of entries is completed (step 370), so that the live broadcasting for entry is also completed. .

When the entry live broadcast is completed, the pre-start live broadcast (step 400) is performed next. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the relay voice synthesizing circuit 50 performs live broadcast before start, and FIG. 8 is a voice data storage unit 56.
An example of the actual pre-start relay output used with the data stored in FIG.

FIG. 8B shows a specific example of the story voice data 700-410, 700-420, ... Stored in the main data storage unit 57 for performing live broadcast before start. This story audio data is output in the order of a plurality of partial relay data 700-410, 700-420. Here, 700-410,7
The data of 00-440 and 700-460 are formed as fixed type relay data whose contents are constant. Also, 700-420, 700-430, 700-450
Data is formed as selective relay data in which any one is selected from different relay contents.

Further, the data 700-410 is configured to include a replacement voice data area 800 in a part thereof, and the replacement voice data representing the name of the racing course is fitted therein. ing. The replacement voice data is stored in the replacement data storage unit 58.

First, as shown in FIG. 7, when the pre-start live broadcast is started, the selected course introduction live broadcast (step 410) is first performed. At this time, the data 700-410 read from the main data storage unit 57 and the replacement voice data “Suzuka” specified by the player, which is read from the replacement data storage unit 58, are combined, and “Suzuka, which is familiar today, is used. A live broadcast called "Circuit" will be held.
A number of well-known course names are prepared, and the player can specify the course prior to playing.

In this way, when the live broadcast of the selected course is completed, the next steps 420, 430, 440, 4 are executed.
Each of the 50 live broadcasts will be held.

At steps 420, 430, and 450, the selective relay data 70 stored in the main data storage unit 57 is stored.
Any one of 0-420, 700-430, and 700-450 is read out at random, and the sound is output as shown in FIG. Therefore, no matter how many times the game is repeated, the content of the live broadcast before start becomes different each time, and the player is not bored.

When a start signal is input from the game machine 10, the relay data 7 is transferred from the main data storage unit 57.
00-460 is read out, and as shown in FIG. 8 (A), the live broadcast for start is output by voice (step 46).
0). And the live broadcast before the start is finished.

When the live broadcast before the start is completed, the live broadcast of the race (step 500) is next performed.

The data separation circuit 40 extracts the data (FIG. 9) necessary for voice synthesis from the race data of each player sent every 1/60 second, and the pattern discrimination unit 5
Send to 2. The pattern determination unit 52 obtains race data as shown in FIG. 10 from the sent data (FIG. 9) and outputs a voice data read command corresponding to the development pattern of the race.

The live broadcast of the race basically looks at the race data, and when the distance between the players approaches within a certain range, it begins to explain that part, and when it is outside a certain range, the explanation will be there. Finish. Also, depending on the race development situation such as spin of another car or course out, the priorities are set appropriately, and other explanations may start during the explanation. In such a case, it is set to excite the place by making people speak with an excited tone.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing a procedure in which the pattern discriminating section 52 determines what kind of live live broadcast of the race. The live broadcasts have priorities determined in advance according to the situation. Therefore, when the situation of the race changes during the live broadcast, depending on the priority of the situation, the current live broadcast may be interrupted and a new live broadcast may be started. This enables thrilling and exciting live coverage that responds quickly to changing conditions.

Further, when a race with no particular change continues for a long time, the production mode is entered, and a live broadcast for enlarging the atmosphere is put in to prevent the user from getting tired.

The pattern discriminating unit 52 of the embodiment converts the race data shown in FIG. 10 into steps 520 and 53 of FIG.
It is sequentially determined whether or not the race development pattern shown in 0, 540, 550, 560 is obtained, and one of the routines corresponding to the determination result, that is, the race announcement routine, the corner routine, the goal routine, the accident routine, and the effect routine is executed. To do. At this time, when the processing of the goal routine is finished, the main routine is returned to and the race is over. When performing with other routines, the routine returns to the main after finishing the processing of each routine, and when the race end is not judged in step 570, the above processing is repeated with new race data.

That is, the pattern discriminating unit 52 calculates the race data shown in FIG. 10 of each player racing car based on the data input from the data separation circuit 40 (step 510).

Then, based on this race data, the data of the two player racing cars with the shortest inter-vehicle distance are calculated, and a pattern determination is made as to whether or not the inter-vehicle distance is within 20 m (step 520). If YES is determined here, the game is broadcast live according to the race announcement routine shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.

If it is determined NO in step 520, it is determined whether or not the next player racing car running the top is approaching any corner (step 530). If the answer is YES, the game is broadcast live according to the corner routine shown in FIG.

When it is determined to be no in step 530, it is determined whether or not the player race car running next to the top is approaching the final corner before the goal (step 540). If YES is determined here, the game is broadcast live according to the goal routine shown in FIG.

If it is determined NO in step 540, it is determined whether or not there is a player racing car that is causing an accident next (step 55).
0). If YES is determined here, the game live broadcast is performed according to the accident routine shown in FIG.

If it is judged No in step 550, it is judged whether or not the state where nothing happens next has continued for a while (step 560), and if it is judged YES here, FIG. The game is broadcast live according to the effect routine shown.

If it is determined NO in step 560,
It is judged whether the next race is over (Step 5
70), if YES is determined here, the game live broadcast operation is ended, and if NO is determined, the process returns to step 510, and based on the new race data, the processes of steps 510 to S570 are performed. Repeat. In addition, even during the live broadcast output by the above process, the game development calculated by the new race data,
For example, when there is a high priority such as a top goal in, the live relay process there is interrupted.

12 and 13 show the procedure of the processing of the race announcement routine and a specific example of the live broadcast. In this race announcement routine, the race development for the two player racing cars having the shortest inter-vehicle distance determined in step 520 is executed, and the race development is further performed in steps 521a, 522a, 523a, 524a, 525.
The judgment is made concretely in the order of a.

Then, these five steps 521a,
Based on the judgment result of 522a ... 525a, step 52
1b, 522b ... 525b is executed, and the process returns to the main routine shown in FIG.

In an embodiment, the steps 521b,
.. shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 are stored in the voice data storage unit 56 for live broadcast of 522b ... 525b.
And, for example, the story audio data 700-521 is
Multiple selectable data 710-521A, 710-5
21B, and 710-521A, 710-521B ... Inside the replacement area 80 surrounded by a square in the figure.
Including 0. The replacement area 800 is audio data that can be replaced depending on the player, race conditions, effects, and the like.

As described above, in each voice commentary relay operation step 521b, 522b ... 525b, one of the selectable plurality of data is randomly selected, and the replacement area surrounded by the square is selected. Since the voice data is replaced with the voice data according to the situation and the voice is output, the expression becomes different each time the game is performed, and it is possible to perform live coverage with natural and variation.

In particular, in this embodiment, five game development patterns are set in the race announcement routine, and a plurality of expression patterns are facilitated for each, so that the game situation of two player racing cars that dead heat is changed as follows. It is possible to broadcast live in detail and with different expressions.

FIG. 14 shows the procedure of the processing of the corner routine and a concrete example of live broadcasting.

If YES is determined in the step 530 shown in FIG. 11, the live relay operation of the corner routine shown in FIG. 14 is performed (step 530b). Here, the audio data 710 stored in the audio data storage unit 56.
Any one of -530A, 710-530B, ... is selected. Then, by inserting any voice data determined by the player, the race situation, and the production into the replacement area 800 of the selected story voice data and outputting the voice, the live broadcast at the corner of the player racing car running at the top is performed. To do. As described above, in the corner routine, a plurality of types of expression patterns are prepared, and the voice data corresponding to the situation is replaced by the replacement portion 800 indicated by a square in the figure. Each time, it will be different, and it will be possible to perform live coverage with natural variations.

FIG. 15 shows a procedure of the goal routine processing and a concrete example of live broadcasting. If YES is determined in step 540, it is determined in this goal routine whether or not the top and second player racing cars are within 40 m (step 541a). If YES is determined, Steps 541b and 543
The live broadcast operation for the goal is performed in the order of b, and when it is determined to be no, the live broadcast for the goal is performed in the order of steps 542b and 543b, and then the live relay operation is ended.

FIG. 16 shows a procedure of the processing of the accident routine and a concrete example of live broadcasting. If YES in step 550, steps 551a, 552a, 55 in this accident routine are executed.
Three types of accident status judgments of 3a are performed, and live broadcast operation according to the corresponding accident status is performed (steps 551b, 552b, 553b).

Further, FIG. 17 shows a concrete example of the procedure of the effect routine and the live broadcast.

If YES is determined in the above step 560, the live broadcasting operation shown in step 561b of this effect routine is performed. Here, a plurality of relay audio data 710-561A, 710-561B stored in the audio data storage unit 56, which represent contents other than the race drawing.
One audio data is randomly selected from among the ... And audio is output.

As described above, in the live voice relay operation of each routine shown in FIGS. 15 to 16, any one of a plurality of relay data is randomly selected, and the replacement area 800 of the selected voice data is selected. Since the content of is changed according to the situation, it is possible to perform a live broadcast with a natural and varied expression that is different for each game.

Further, the pattern discriminating unit 52 of the embodiment is shown in FIG.
Each time the game development pattern shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 17 is determined, the relay switching unit 70 outputs a viewpoint switching command corresponding to the game development pattern to the relay image compositing circuit 80. Therefore, for example, if YES is determined in step 520 of FIG. 11, the viewpoint position 610 in the game space is set so that the first two units are displayed on the display.
If the answer is YES in step 530, the viewpoint position 610 is set so that the player racing car at the top of the corner is displayed on the display so that the player racing car can be seen from above the corner. . By doing so, the live broadcast game screen corresponding to the live broadcast of the voice is displayed in accordance with the live broadcast of the voice, so that the gallery shows the game situation in a more realistic and actual F1 race. You can see it as if you were watching it live, and you can enhance the atmosphere of the game and enhance the effect of attracting customers.

Further, as described above, in the system of this embodiment, the live broadcast corresponding to the game development pattern is always performed, and the voice of the professional announcer who has heard the live broadcast gives a gentle voice tone. Tones that excite the voice, such as the tone of the excited voice, are used according to the situation, so the atmosphere of the game can be excited.

Furthermore, when there is no change in the game state, the production routine shown in FIG. 17 is executed to read out the current ranking, give a pit report, etc. The same live broadcast as in the race of can be done, and the atmosphere of the game can be further raised.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the video game system for multiplayer has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a circuit race type game, for example. You can That is, as shown in FIG. 21, a plurality of racing cars 240 driven by each player are run on the circuit course 212 provided in the play field 210 to perform a circuit race. At this time, each racing car 240
For example, the race data as shown in FIG. 10 is detected by a detection device (not shown), and the live broadcast corresponding to the game development pattern is voice-outputted using the speaker 62 in the same manner as in the above embodiment based on the detected data. You may do it.

By doing so, it is possible to perform a game production that informs the customers waiting in line and the surrounding galleries of the game situation as a live broadcast, and the effect of attracting customers to the circuit race type game system is achieved. Can be increased.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the live broadcast device for live broadcast of a race such as a driving game and a circuit race type game provided with a CRT has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and sports, battles, etc. It can be applied to live broadcast devices for various kinds of games.

[0129]

As described above, according to the present invention,
There is an effect that it is possible to obtain a game commentary relay device that allows not only a player but also an onlooker to enjoy the game by automatically performing a commentary commentary corresponding to the game development.

[0130]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a driving game system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a relay voice synthesis circuit.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of live broadcast operation.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a live entry relay operation.

FIG. 6 is a specific example of entry live broadcasting.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a live broadcast operation before start.

FIG. 8 is a specific example of live broadcast before start.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of game machine data.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of race data.

FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a live live broadcast operation.

[Figure 12] Explanatory drawing of the race announcement routine (first half)
Is.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the race announcement routine (second half)
Is.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a corner routine.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a goal routine.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of an accident routine.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of an effect routine.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a synthesizing principle of a pseudo three-dimensional game image according to the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a game course.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of a live broadcast screen.

FIG. 21 is an external view of a circuit race type game.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 game consoles 14 display 20 game live broadcast device 22 Display 30 communication lines 40 data separation circuit 50 relay speech synthesis circuit 52 pattern discriminator 54 Speech synthesizer 56 voice data storage 57 Main data storage 58 Replacement data storage unit 60 amp 70 Relay switching unit 80 Relay image synthesis circuit

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-6-4095 (JP, A) JP-A-7-163754 (JP, A) JP-A-6-91056 (JP, A) Ridge Racer winning strategy, Japan, Futaba Co., Ltd., January 31, 1995, page 60, Game Machines, Japan, Amusement Communications Co., Ltd., November 15, 1993, No. 461, page 21 (58) Fields investigated ( Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 13/00-13/12

Claims (14)

(57) [Claims] 1. A multi-player game system for playing a multi-player game on a plurality of game machines, which is a game live-stream relay device for automatically performing live broadcast corresponding to a game development, which corresponds to a plurality of game development patterns in advance. Voice data storage means for storing predetermined live broadcast voice data, pattern determining means for determining a game development pattern of the game system, and outputting a voice data read command corresponding to the game development pattern, and the reading Based on the command, the live voice data is read from the voice data storage means, the voice signals are synthesized, and the live voice image of the multiplayer game is synthesized with the voice synthesizing means that outputs the live voice corresponding to the game development. A relay image synthesizing unit and a relay image displaying unit for displaying the live image for relaying. The voice data storage means stores a plurality of selection type relay data having different relay contents corresponding to at least one of the game development patterns, and the pattern determining means determines a predetermined number from the plurality of selection type relay data. By outputting a read command to select and read the data of the above, the live broadcast is performed in different stories even in the same game development pattern, a live voice signal for multi-story live broadcast is output, and the live broadcast is synthesized according to the game development pattern. A live game relay device for displaying a live broadcast image that is integrated with live broadcast sound by switching the relay image. 2. The live broadcast voice data according to claim 1, which corresponds to the game development pattern.
Data that can be changed depending on the game development situation
It is a game feature characterized by replacing with
Information relay device. 3. The pattern discriminating means according to claim 1, wherein the pattern discriminating means randomly issues a selective read command to the selective relay data each time or does not select the same data twice in succession. A live game relay device characterized by the above. 4. The game live broadcast apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of voices having different tones are stored and used according to a game state. 5. The story audio data according to claim 1, wherein the live broadcast voice data constitutes a story corresponding to a game development pattern, and part of which has a substitute voice data area. The voice data of the replacement voice data area is configured,
It is configured to include a plurality of replaceable voice data that can be replaced, and the pattern determination means stores story voice data corresponding to a game development pattern,
The voice synthesizer is configured to output a read command to read as the live broadcast voice data and to output a read command to select and read predetermined data from a plurality of replacement voice data. Characterized in that the story voice data and the substitute voice data are read from the voice data storage means as the live broadcast voice data, the substitute voice data is inserted into the substitute voice data area of the story voice data, and the voice signal is synthesized. A live game relay device. 6. The replacement audio data according to claim 5, wherein the replacement audio data includes a plurality of identification audio data set corresponding to at least one of a player, a character, and a player operation unit, and the story audio data includes a game. A live game relay device, characterized in that identification voice data corresponding to a development pattern is inserted and voice output. 7. The live game relay apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the name of the player registered before the game starts is set as replacement voice data. 8. A multi-player game system for playing a multi-player game on a plurality of game machines, which is a game live-streaming method for automatically performing live-streaming corresponding to a game development, which corresponds to a plurality of game development patterns in advance. Storing predetermined voice data for live broadcasting, determining a game development pattern of the game system, and outputting a read command of voice data corresponding to the game development pattern; and storing the voice data based on the read command. Reading live voice data from the means, synthesizing voice signals, and outputting live voice corresponding to the game development, and synthesizing live broadcast images of the multiplayer game, and displaying the live broadcast images. And corresponding to at least one of the game development patterns. By storing a plurality of selection type relay data of the continuation content, and outputting a read command to select and read predetermined data from the plurality of selection type relay data, live broadcasting is performed in different stories even with the same game development pattern, The present invention is characterized in that a live-sound relay audio signal of a multi-story is output, a live-sound relay image to be synthesized is switched according to the game development pattern, and a live-sound relay image integrated with a live-sound relay voice is displayed. Game live broadcasting method. 9. The live broadcast audio data according to claim 8, which corresponds to the game development pattern.
Data that can be changed depending on the game development situation
It is a game feature characterized by replacing with
Status relay method. 10. The game according to claim 8, wherein a selective read command for the selective relay data is randomly given each time, or the same data is not selected twice in succession. Live broadcast method. 11. The game live broadcast method according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of voices having different tones are stored, and the voices are used properly according to the state of the game. 12. The story audio data according to claim 8, wherein the live-relay audio data constitutes a story corresponding to a game development pattern, and part of the story audio data has a replacement audio data area. The voice data of the replacement voice data area is configured,
It is configured to include a plurality of replaceable voice data that can be replaced, and the story voice data corresponding to the game development pattern,
The voice data storage means is configured to output a read command to read as the live broadcast voice data and to output a read command to select and read predetermined data from a plurality of replacement voice data, and based on the read command. From the story voice data and the substitute voice data as live broadcast voice data, insert the substitute voice data into the substitute voice data area of the story voice data, and synthesize the voice signal. . 13. The replacement audio data according to claim 12, wherein the replacement audio data includes a plurality of identification audio data set corresponding to at least one of a player, a character, and a player operation unit, and the story audio data includes a game. A live game relay method characterized by inserting voice data for identification corresponding to a development pattern and outputting the voice. 14. The live game relay method according to claim 12, wherein the name of the player registered before the game starts is set as the replacement voice data.