JP4570600B2 - Game console with wind output - Google Patents

Description

The present invention, as one of the output interface providing information from the game machine (device) side to the player (human) side, to have a vector element of and quantity orientation in the wind, to transmit information to the player, accompanied by wind output It relates to game machines .

There is a drive game device as a game machine that generates wind and blows the player (Patent Document 1).
In this method, an air outlet is provided around the screen display unit, and the wind speed from the air outlet is controlled using a speed signal indicating the moving state of the vehicle. The air vents are provided on the left and right of the screen display unit.
As described above, the air blowing port is provided to increase the wind speed blown to the driver as the traveling speed of the automobile increases, thereby giving the driver a more realistic feeling.

In current video game systems for home and business use, the player interface unit generally recognizes information via an output device such as a monitor, a speaker, a lamp, etc. visually and auditorily, and switches to that. Information is sent to the device side through input devices such as a volume, a camera, and the like.
Among the interfaces that receive output information from devices for the five human senses (visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile), existing ones that use tactile sensations have auxiliary meanings for effects such as weight and vibration. Is strong. Also, the method of use in the above prior art is not an exception including Patent Document 1, but only enhances the effect of production, and there is always scalar information from a predetermined direction.
The interface mechanism of the existing game machine using the wind only controls the air volume (wind speed), and has only an auxiliary meaning of the effect as a usage method.
JP 2000-317133 A

  In a game aimed at using wind, it is required that the direction of the wind changes in addition to the change in the wind speed. The ever-changing wind speed and direction blown to the player itself in response to the player's operation gives the player a sense of realism playing an actual sports game or the like.

The present invention responds to the above-mentioned demands, and the object thereof is to control the wind direction and the wind speed of each fan by arranging a plurality of fans, so that the wind has two pieces of information, and the player has a vector-like amount of information. It is in providing the game machine with a wind output which can tell as a touch.

In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 of the present invention includes a board on which a player is placed, and a sail-integrated mast that can be rotated and installed on the board to change an incident angle of wind received by the sail. When the player rotates the mast, the rotation angle detecting means detects the rotation angle of the mast, and the angle position is such that the air is blown toward the player on the board in a circular shape above the board. The driving direction of the board is calculated from the rotation angle by the rotation operation of the player with respect to the direction in which the board is moving with respect to the direction in which the board is moving , and the driving circuit that drives the fans corresponding to the wind direction blowing to the player. A calculation unit for calculating the board traveling direction, and a wind to blow to the player by calculating an angle of the changing wind direction with respect to the calculated board traveling direction. A fan determining and calculating unit which determines the fan, and a fan switch control section for switching the fan determined by the fan determination calculation section, and wherein the changing the direction of wind blown to the player with the operation of the player .
Claim 2 of the present invention has means for adjusting the amount of air blown to the player by adjusting the rotational speed of the driving fan when the wind speed blown to the sale changes in the game according to claim 1. It is characterized by that.
Claim 3 of the present invention, a number of fans arranged in the circular shape in the present invention according to claim 1 or 2 along the circumference configured to so that is located at a distance equivalent, varying the wind direction When the angle is an intermediate position of the fans arranged along the circumference, it has control means for driving two fans sandwiching the intermediate position to generate wind from a direction in which no fan exists. And
A fourth aspect of the present invention is the invention according to the third aspect, wherein the multiple fans are eight fans arranged at intervals of 45 degrees along a circumference.
Two fans sandwiching the intermediate position are two adjacent fans among the eight fans, and a total of 16 directions of wind are generated.

  According to the above configuration, the output of the game machine is not auxiliary but can be used as a main single output interface. Since it is a new output interface, there is novelty and the effect of attracting customers occurs. Further, unlike conventional game machines, the sensible elements can be felt deeply, and the player receives information on the direction and strength of the wind, and is a large presence as an element for executing and determining the game operation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1 is a schematic perspective view showing an appearance of a windsurfing game machine applied as a game machine with wind output according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG.
A monitor 1 is arranged in the center of the windsurfing game machine 6. An operation unit and a coin insertion unit (not shown) are arranged on the lower panel surface 6 a of the monitor 1. In front of the windsurfing game machine 6, a board 2 for a player to ride and operate is arranged. A sail (mast) 5 is rotatably installed on the board 2. Above the board 2, eight fans 4 are provided circumferentially at equal intervals. Each of the fans 4a to 4h includes a port for independently sending wind toward the player on the board 2.

An electric signal cord for driving and rotating each fan is connected to the fan driving circuit of the windsurfing game machine 6 through the floor.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of each fan that sends out the wind.
If there is a fan on the extended line in the direction to be blown, the fan can be driven to blow a corresponding wind from above on the player. If there is no fan on the extended line in the direction to blow, wind from the middle direction is generated by driving two fans that sandwich the direction to blow, for example, fan (2) and (3) Can be made. It is possible to generate wind from 16 directions in total. The port 8 is a wind output port that guides the wind of the fan in one direction and blows it out.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a mounting structure of a rotary encoder that detects mast rotation.
The lower part of the mast 5 passes through the hole 2a of the board 2 and protrudes to the lower surface, and the rotary encoder 7 is installed in the protruding part 5a. When the player rotates the mast 5, the rotation angle is detected as a pulse signal by the rotary encoder 7 and sent to the case of the windsurfing game machine 6.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the circuit of the windsurfing game machine according to the present invention.
The circuit of the windsurfing game machine 6 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 13, an image processing unit 12, a RAM 14, a sound processing unit 20, a speaker 21, an encoder control unit 8, a fan switching unit 9, a fan drive circuit 10, a coin insertion unit 15, and a coin related device. 17, a backup memory 18, an operation unit 16, and an input / output control device 19.
A coin-related device (coin counter, coin box, etc.) 17 detects a coin input from the coin insertion unit 15, detects the information, and sends it to the CPU 11 via the input / output control device 19 and the bus 22. The backup memory 18 stores setting values such as the number of coins and the number of plays. The operation unit 16 includes buttons and the like for the player to start, determine, and select a game.
The sound processing unit 20 processes voice and BGM based on an instruction from the CPU 11 and outputs sound from the speaker 21.

  Based on an instruction from the CPU 11, the encoder control unit 8 monitors the transmission of rotation angle information (pulse signal, etc.) of the mast 5 from the rotary encoder 7, and when the rotation angle information is sent, sends the rotation angle information to the CPU 11. To do. The fan switching unit 9 switches the fan in response to fan switching information for the fan calculated and determined by the CPU 11, and the switched fan is rotated by the fan drive circuit 10. The rotation speed of the fan becomes a speed instructed by the CPU 11, and thereby adjusts the air volume (speed) to be blown. One of the eight fans 4a to 4h is driven, and the player can be blown from the direction of fan installation. Further, when there is no fan on the extension of the corresponding wind direction, the CPU 11 drives two fans sandwiching the wind direction to generate wind from the direction in which no fan exists. The two fans rotate at a speed instructed by the CPU 11.

The ROM 13 is a program for functioning as a windsurfing game machine. In addition to a control program that performs general processing of the game such as operation of the operation unit 16 and display of a player surfer, the wind blows on the board sale, Characters for executing the game and storing a calculation program for calculating the board traveling direction and board speed from the amount of mast rotation, a board moving direction calculation program, a fan switching control program for determining a fan and switching to the determined fan And data such as item data and arithmetic expressions are stored.
The RAM 14 is used as a work area for the CPU 11 and stores game history data and temporary data.

The CPU 11 can advance the windsurfing game by reading the windsurfing program from the ROM 13 and executing it. As a function of the game processing, the input processing for the input from the operation unit 16, the input from the rotary encoder 7, the input processing for the coin input and the calculation processing are instructed to the image processing unit 12 to be displayed on the monitor 1, or the sound processing unit 20 The function of the game control unit 11a such as an input / output control for performing an output process of instructing to output BGM or the like. Also, in the game, the wind should be received from an angle at a certain wind speed, and the board should be advanced from the amount of mast rotation operated by the player (the angle θ _B to be changed with respect to the current board traveling direction) and the board A board traveling direction calculation unit 11b that calculates the traveling speed, a fan angle calculating unit that calculates a wind angle θ _{F received} with respect to the board traveling direction from the angle θ _B data, and determines a fan to be driven on the extension. 11c, each function of the fan switching control unit 11d for switching the fan.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the play contents of the windsurfing game machine according to the present invention.
In the standby state, the windsurfing game machine 6 displays a standby screen with a large number of windsurfers in the sea on the monitor 1 and simultaneously plays BGM (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 001). The game control unit 11a monitors whether or not a coin is inserted from the coin insertion unit 15 and a coin insertion signal is input from the coin related device 17 (S002). When a coin that can be played once or more is inserted, the game control unit 11a instructs the image processing unit 12 to display a menu screen on the monitor 1 in order to start a windsurfing game. On the monitor 1, for example, a selection area for selecting a place for windsurfing is displayed, and a selection area for selecting a board type is displayed. The player selects a place and a board type by the operation unit 16. Further, a screen is displayed for selecting a plurality of displayed wind speeds and directions, and the wind strength (wind speed) and the wind direction can be selected (S003).

After completing the selection for each item, the game control unit 11a determines whether or not the player has made an operation for determination, and if so, displays the screen of the windsurfer displayed under the selected conditions (S004). S005). When the player does not select anything, or when only a certain item is selected and no operation is performed after that, when a predetermined time elapses, the default state (for example, place XX coast, standard board, south wind, Wind surfing screen of selected conditions up to wind speed 4m / s) or halfway is displayed.
The player can get on the board 2 and hold the mast 5 and perform a rotation operation while viewing the screen of the monitor 1.
FIG. 10 shows an example of a surfer screen displayed on the monitor. In this screen example, the direction of “west, northwest, north” with a 90-degree field of view at the top is displayed, and the direction in which the board is currently facing in the upper right is an arrow with respect to the circularly arranged east-west-north-north display And shown in letters. The arrow is in the northeast direction, and “Northeast 45 °” is displayed.

Further, the current wind direction and intensity are shown in the lower right of the monitor 1, and the south wind is 5 m / s. The player surfer's board displayed in the approximate center of the monitor 1 is facing northeast, and the player surfer is shown having a sail boom.
The game control unit 11a determines whether or not the player has rotated the mast based on whether or not rotation angle information is sent from the encoder control unit 8 (S006).
When the player rotates the mast, the board traveling direction and the like calculation unit 11b calculates the angle Δθ _B (the board traveling angle with respect to the wind direction θ _B ) and the board progress from the rotation angle information, the wind direction and the wind speed. The speed v is calculated, and from this, the scroll amount of the screen (substantially the same as the angle at which the board changes) is known. The game control unit 11a instructs the image processing unit 12 to perform image processing for scrolling by the rotation amount, and scrolls the screen of the monitor 1. The screen is held so that the player can always see the player surfer on the screen in the direction of travel after the player surfer. At this time, the direction display of “◯, x, Δ”, which is the spread of the field of view of 90 degrees on the screen, also changes, and the display showing the progress in the upper right also changes (S007).

When the change angle Δθ _{B in the} board traveling direction is calculated, the fan determination calculation unit 11c determines an angle Δθ _F (how much the wind direction received with respect to the board traveling direction is θ based on how much the direction of receiving wind changes based on the change angle Δθ _{B. F} ) is calculated, and if the currently driven fan is, for example, the fan (1) in FIG. 4, it is determined that the fan exists on the extension of the angle Δθ _F from the position of the fan (1). The fan switching control unit 11d sends a switching signal to the fan switching unit 9 to switch to the determined fan (S008).
The game control unit 11a refers to the change in the wind speed determined in advance by the game program, and when the change in the wind speed occurs, controls the fan drive circuit 10 so that the fan has the changed wind speed (S009). , S010).
When the board traveling direction and the wind speed are changed in this way, the board is advanced by changing the fan, changing the rotation speed and the screen display so that the changed state is obtained (S011).

  Then, the time is over, or the player's rotation operation is incorrect (for example, the range of ± 45 ° across the direction of the wind is a dead area, and the board cannot advance, but a rotation operation is performed in such a way. Etc.) to determine whether or not the game is over. If the game is not over, the process returns to S006, and it is continuously determined whether or not the player has rotated the mast. If the game is over, the game is terminated (S012).

FIG. 8A is a diagram for explaining a specific example of the direction in which the board advances by a sail operation of the player with respect to the south wind (an example in which the wind speed does not change), and FIG. 8B is the player of FIGS. 8A to 8D. It is a figure which shows the position of the fan which blows a wind with respect to a player with respect to operation. The screen is always scrolled to a position where it can be caught from behind the board even if the direction of travel of the board is changed by the player's operation.
(A) shows a state in which the sail angle θ _S is at a position of 90 ° with respect to the center axis of the board and the south wind is received from behind. The wind speed is 4 m / s, and the board advances at a speed of 2.8 m / s in the north direction in response to the wind speed of 4 m / s. In this example, the board obtains a speed of 70% with respect to the wind speed, and the board speed is calculated by the wind speed × 0.7 in the speed calculation of the board traveling direction calculation unit 11b. The traveling direction and the wind direction of the board are the same, and the angle θ _F of the wind direction with respect to the center axis of the board is 0 °. Accordingly, the wind blown to the player is the same as the board traveling direction, and as shown in FIG. 8B (a), the fan (1) at the position immediately behind the player rotates at a speed corresponding to the wind speed of 4 m / s.

(B) shows the board traveling direction when the player sets the sail (mast) angle θ _S to 45 ° with respect to the center axis of the board. Θ _B = −45 ° with respect to the wind direction (left rotation is negative). Change the direction of travel to direction. The calculation is performed by multiplying the velocity component in the 45 ° direction of the wind speed of 4 m / s by 0.7, and proceeds northwest at 1.96 m / s. The fan determination calculation unit 11c receives the board traveling direction θ _B = −45 °, calculates the angle in which direction the south wind is to the board center axis, and obtains θ _B = + 45 °. Then, as shown in FIG. 8B (b), the fan corresponding to this angle is determined to be the fan (2).

(C) shows the traveling direction of the board when the player sets the sail angle θ _S to −90 ° with respect to the center axis of the board from the state of (b). The traveling direction and the wind direction of the board are the same, and the angle θ _F of the wind direction with respect to the center axis of the board is 0 °. Proceed in the same direction as (a).
(D) shows the board traveling direction when the player makes the sail (mast) angle θ _S to −45 ° with respect to the center axis of the board from the state of (c), and θ _B = 45 ° ( Change the direction of travel to the plus direction. The calculation is performed by multiplying the velocity component in the 45 ° direction of the wind speed of 4 m / s by 0.7, and proceeds northeast at 1.96 m / s. The fan determination calculation unit 11c receives the board traveling direction θ _B = 45 °, calculates the angle of which direction the south wind is to the board center axis, and obtains θ _F = −45 °. Then, as shown in FIG. 8B (d), it is determined to be the (8) th fan corresponding to this angle.

FIG. 9A is a diagram for explaining a sail operation of the player that proceeds to an angle different from that in FIG. 8A, and a diagram showing a position of a fan that blows the wind to the player in response to the player's operation in FIGS. 9A and 9B. It is.
(A) shows a state in which the sail angle θ _S is at an angle of 90 ° with respect to the center axis of the board and the south wind is received from behind, which is the same as FIG. 8A (a). The wind speed is 4 m / s, and the board advances at a speed of 2.8 m / s in the north direction in response to the wind speed of 4 m / s. The traveling direction and the wind direction of the board are the same, and the angle θ _F of the wind direction with respect to the center axis of the board is 0 °. Therefore, the wind blown to the player is the same as the board traveling direction, and the fan (1) at the position immediately behind the player rotates at a speed corresponding to the wind speed of 4 m / s as shown in FIG. 9B (a).

(B) shows the board traveling direction when the player sets the sail (mast) angle θ _S to 60 ° with respect to the center axis of the board, and the traveling direction is changed to θ _B = −30 ° with respect to the wind direction. . The calculation is performed by multiplying the velocity component in the 30 ° direction of the wind speed of 4 m / s by 0.7, and proceeds northwest and northwest at 2.28 m / s. The fan determination calculation unit 11c receives the board traveling direction θ _B = −30 °, calculates the angle in which direction the south wind is to the board center axis, and obtains θ _F = + 30 °. Since there is no fan corresponding to θ _F = + 30 °, two fans, No. 1 (θ _F = + 0 °) and No. 2 (θ _F = + 45 °), are determined, and θ _F = + 30 ° Generate wind.

  In the above embodiment, the board traveling direction (angle) is calculated with respect to the mast rotation angle by using a certain formula, and the fan to be driven is determined by determining the direction of blowing wind from this angle. Although shown, it is also possible to calculate a fan that blows wind directly against the rotation angle of the mast. Further, although an example in which the mast is rotated as an object to be operated by the player has been shown, a configuration in which a boom provided on a sail is provided on the board and the player changes the angle of the boom by holding this boom is the same as in the present invention. An effect can be obtained.

Is installed in a game center and events venue, it is a wind surfing game machine, etc. game machine with a wind output of.

It is a schematic perspective view which shows the external appearance of the windsurfing game machine applied as a game machine with a wind output by this invention. It is a side view of FIG. It is a top view of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the fan which sends out a wind. It is a figure for demonstrating the attachment structure of the rotary encoder which detects rotation of a mast. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the windsurfing game machine by this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the play content of the windsurfing game machine by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the specific example of the direction which a board advances by a sail operation of a player with respect to a south wind. FIG. 8B is a diagram showing the position of the fan that blows wind to the player in response to the operation of the player in FIGS. 8A to 8D. It is a figure for demonstrating the sail operation of the player who advances to an angle different from FIG. 8A. It is a figure which shows the position of the fan which blows a wind with respect to a player's operation of FIG. 9A (a), (b). It is a figure which shows the example of a game screen of windsurfing.

Explanation of symbols

1 Monitor
2 boards
3 players
4 fans
5 Sale 6 Windsurfing game machine
7 Rotary encoder 8 Encoder control unit 9 Fan switching unit 10 Fan drive circuit 11 CPU
12 Image processing unit 13 ROM
14 RAM

Claims (4)

A board on which a player is placed;
A mast of a sail integrated with a sail that is installed on the board to change the angle of incidence of wind received by the sail;
Rotation angle detecting means for detecting a rotation angle of the mast when the player rotates the mast;
A large number of fans arranged in a circular shape above the board and at an angular position to blow air toward the player on the board;
A driving circuit for driving a fan corresponding to the wind direction blowing on the player ;
To the direction in which the board is in progress, the board traveling direction like calculator for calculating the traveling direction of the board from the rotation angle by the rotation operation of the player,
A fan determination calculation unit that determines a fan that generates a wind to blow to the player by calculating an angle of a changing wind direction with respect to the calculated traveling direction of the board ;
A fan switching control unit for switching to the fan determined by the fan determination calculation unit ,
A game machine with wind output, characterized in that the direction of the wind blown to the player is changed in accordance with the operation of the player . 2. The game with wind output according to claim 1, further comprising means for adjusting the amount of air blown to the player by adjusting the rotational speed of the driving fan when the wind speed blown to the sale changes in the game. Machine. Numerous fan disposed in the circular shape, and configured to so that is located at a distance of evenly along the circumference,
When the angle of the changing wind direction is an intermediate position of the fans arranged along the circumference, control means for driving two fans sandwiching the intermediate position to generate wind from a direction in which no fan exists The game machine with wind output according to claim 1 , wherein the game machine has a wind output. The plurality of fans are eight fans arranged at intervals of 45 degrees along the circumference,
4. The game with wind output according to claim 3, wherein the two fans sandwiching the intermediate position are adjacent two of the eight fans, and generate winds in 16 directions in total. Machine.

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