JP4916721B2 - toy - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a toy that can play with a character displayed on a screen according to a game program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a toy configured to advance a game according to a game program, for example, a house toy capable of playing dolls is known (see Patent Document 1). This house toy is provided with furniture, such as a desk, bed, and piano, and electrical parts such as a telephone, a range, and an electric lamp, and signal generating means such as sound, sound, and light corresponding to each electrical part. In each electric component or in the vicinity thereof, a switch for turning on or off the signal generating means is provided. Then, in the process of progressing the game according to the game program, an instruction is given to the player by the signal generating means, and it can be determined whether or not the player has followed the instruction by detecting whether the switch is on or off. ing. Since this house toy advances the game according to the game program, it is possible to set various scenes with a single house toy body and to provide the player with play according to each scene. it can.

However, this house toy must be played by the player directly holding the doll body and playing with the character while looking at the screen without directly holding the doll body. A simulation apparatus has been proposed (see Patent Document 2). According to this virtual life form training simulation apparatus, a virtual life form is displayed on a screen as a character, and a player responds to a call or request from a virtual life form within the screen, thereby responding to a virtual life form. Virtual life forms can be grown while training life forms and training.
Japanese Patent No. 328527 (pages 2 to 4, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-232595 (pages 5 to 7, pages 10 to 11, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  In the virtual life form training simulation apparatus, the virtual life form is displayed on the screen as a character, and the player responds to a call or request from the virtual life form within the screen, so that the player You can play with virtual creatures while watching.

  However, even if the virtual creature is displayed on the screen, it is not sufficient to give reality to the movement of the virtual creature.

  An object of this invention is to provide the toy which can give reality to the motion of a character.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a structure that forms a physical space having a depth and an open front surface, and a transparent structure disposed in the vicinity of the front surface or inside the space and visible from the front surface. LCD screen, physical objects such as furniture, house structure and interior physically arranged in the front and rear space of the LCD screen, and images of characters such as girls and animals are displayed on the LCD screen, And a display means programmed so that the image of the character moves virtually in association with the physical object.

In constructing the toy, the following elements can be added.
(1) The structure is a miniature house, the space is a room of the house, the object is an interior body such as a miniature table or chair arranged in the room, and the image of the character is It is programmed to virtually move the rear or front of the interior body on the LCD screen. (2) The structure is a toy house, the space is a room of the house, and the object is physically attached to an interior body such as a table or a chair arranged in the room or a front part of the house. It is an exterior body such as a miniature tree, a fence, a kennel, etc. arranged, and the character is programmed to move virtually in the rear part of the exterior body and the front part of the interior body.

  In addition, the present invention is a toy house, and the house constitutes a room space with an open front, and is provided in contact with the left and right walls, ceiling, and floor of the room, and is visible from the front A transparent LCD screen arranged at various positions, an interior body arranged on both sides of the front and rear of the LCD screen, and a character is displayed on the LCD screen, and the character is virtually associated with the interior body A toy house with display means programmed to move.

In constructing the toy house, the following elements can be added.
(1) The interior body is an outdoor or indoor staircase disposed behind the LCD screen, and the display means is programmed so that the character moves up and down the indoor staircase virtually. Yes.
(2) The interior body is a table disposed in front of the LCD screen, and the display means is programmed so that the character moves in front of the table.
(3) The interior body is a table and a chair arranged with the LCD screen in between, and the display means is programmed so that the character performs a movement of sitting on the chair in front of the table.

  In addition, the present invention is a toy house, and the house constitutes a room space with an open front, and is provided in contact with the left and right walls, ceiling, and floor of the room, and is visible from the front A transparent LCD screen arranged at various positions, an exterior body such as a tree, a cage and a kennel disposed at the front of the LCD screen, an interior body disposed at the rear of the LCD screen, and the LCD screen A toy house comprising a display means programmed to display a character and to move the character virtually in association with the exterior body or the interior body.

  The toy house further comprises an LCD screen disposed in the interior space of the house and display means for displaying a moving character on the LCD screen, the toy house being located next to the house. The display means is programmed so that the moving character virtually moves from one house to the other when the other house is connected side by side. It constitutes a toy house.

  According to the above-described means, the transparent LCD screen is arranged inside the structure that becomes the house of the toy, and the interior body and the exterior body are disposed at the front part and the rear part of the LCD screen, and the character is displayed on the LCD screen. Therefore, it is possible to give reality to the movement of the character.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to give reality to the movement of the character and the like, and it is possible to provide a higher quality play for the player.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1a is a front explanatory view of a toy showing one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1 a, a toy 10 includes a house (doll house) 12 as a structure that forms a space having a depth and an open front. The house 12 is a two-story building, and a room 14 constituting a large space is provided on the first floor, a window 16 is provided at the back of the room 14, and a liquid crystal clock 18 is arranged at the upper right of the window 16. A door 20 is provided at the right corner of the room 14, and a stairway 22 leading to the second floor is provided at the left corner of the room 14. A transparent LCD (liquid crystal display) screen 24 that is visible from the front of the room 14 is disposed inside the room 14, and a speaker, a computer system, and the like are disposed on the back side of the room 14. The transparent LCD screen 24 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape and is provided in contact with the left and right walls, the ceiling, and the floor, and various objects are arranged on the front and rear portions of the transparent LCD screen 24. For example, an interior body 26 such as a table and a chair is disposed inside the room 14 with an LCD screen 24 interposed therebetween (a chair is located at the rear of the LCD screen, and a table is located at the front of the LCD screen). An exterior body 28 such as a tree, a fence, a kennel is disposed. The transparent LCD screen 24 includes a plurality of liquid crystal cells, each of which constitutes one pixel and various characters such as a girl character 30 and an animal character 32. FIG. 2 shows samples of various animal characters 32 to 45 displayed on the transparent LCD screen.
FIG. 1 b is a perspective view of the toy house 12. In FIG. 1b, the toy house is depicted in more detail. The LCD screen 24 is disposed in the center of the room 14, and the ends of the LCD screen are fixed in contact with the left and right walls, ceiling, and floor, respectively. A miniature table 26 is placed against the front of the LCD screen. The lower staircase 22-2 is disposed along the front of the LCD screen, and the upper staircase 22-1 is disposed at the rear of the LCD screen. On the screen 24, as an example, a girl character 30 and another animal character 45 different from the animal character shown in FIG. 2 are displayed. An exterior body 28 such as a fence 28 can be placed at the front of the house. A clock 18 is installed on the LCD screen.
The support member 19 includes two connectors 25, and one connector is provided on each of the left and right sides of the support member 19 (not shown). These connectors provide communication lines, as will be described in detail in other embodiments depicted in FIG.

  Images of the various characters 30 to 45 are virtually moved on the LCD screen in association with various physical objects arranged in the room 14 by the display means. As an element of the computer system, the display means is, for example, a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as a microcomputer) 54 including a CPU 46, a memory 48, an input / output interface 50, a liquid crystal driving circuit 52, and the like as shown in FIG. It is configured. As the memory 48 for storing a computer program for displaying an image of a character and controlling its operation and image data, for example, a storage medium such as ROM, SRAM, or EEPROM can be used. The CPU 46 further executes arithmetic processing for advancing the game according to a program (game program) stored in the memory 48, and displays each character 30 to 44 on the transparent LCD screen 24 according to the arithmetic result. .

  The microcomputer 54 is programmed so that, for example, the characters 30 to 44 and various objects move in association with each other as display means. Specifically, the microcomputer 54 is programmed so that the characters 30 to 44 move virtually in the front part or the rear part of the interior body 26 and also in the rear part of the exterior body 28. Yes. The microcomputer 54 is programmed so that the interior body 26 and the exterior body 28 move in a virtually linked manner, and an indoor staircase (interior body) 22 (shown in FIG. 1b) disposed at the rear of the transparent LCD screen 24. In the depicted embodiment, the characters 30-45 virtually move up and down the stairs lower part 22-2 at the front of the LCD screen and the stairs upper part 22-1 at the rear of the LCD screen. Further, the characters 30 to 45 are programmed to perform the movement of sitting in front of the table, and the characters 30 to 45 perform the movement of sitting on the chair in front of the table. The microcomputer 54 is programmed so that the characters 30 to 45 virtually move from the house 12 to another house when the house 12 is connected to another adjacent house via a communication line.

  The character 30 is set as a hero girl, and the animal characters 32 to 44 are set so that they can walk biped as friends of the hero character 30 and can live like a human being. Three types of animal characters 32 to 45 are prepared in one house 12, and one of them is set (programmed) so as to live with the main character 30 at random. In addition, various functions are programmed in the character 30 and the like.

  For example, when a user (player) operates a switch in front of the house 12, the character 30 of the main character can be cooked, and a little mischief can be performed by attaching a television. When the user hits the roof of the house 12 (when knocked), the outside of the window 16 shines in accordance with the time of the liquid crystal clock 18 of vertical 32 dots × horizontal 64 dots, and usually (daytime) The automatically moving character 30 goes up the stairs 22, goes to the toilet on the second floor, takes a bath, and sleeps on the bed in the bedroom depending on the time. When the character 30 enters the toilet on the second floor, a sound “Zar” is emitted from the speaker.

  Other patterns that can be unfolded when the user hits the roof of the house 12 include the “daytime greeting”, “breakfast”, “going out”, “cleaning”, and “laundry”. , “TV”, “Lunch”, “Courier”, and the patterns from the evening are “Evening”, “Washing”, “Bath”, “Toilet”, “Toothpaste”, “Dango”, “ “Sleep preparation” and “Greeting for holidays”.

When the user resets the liquid crystal clock 18 and sets the time, the set time is displayed, the hero character 30 appears based on the set time, and then the door 20 of the house 12 is opened. Any one of the animal characters 32 to 45 appears at random and lives together as a roommate (in some cases, the animal characters 32 to 45 may not appear).

  The life of the hero character 30 and the animal characters 32 to 45 changes day by day, and sometimes they dance together, but depending on how the hero character 30 contacts, the animal characters 32 to 45 may be house 12. Jump out or get sick. Moreover, even if nothing happens, as time passes, a farewell part of both will come over, and new animal characters 32 to 45 appear instead. Furthermore, the house 12 can be connected to another adjacent house up to two or three houses via a communication line. When the house 12 is connected to another adjacent house via a communication line, the house 12 is connected to the other house. An animal character comes and plays for a while. In addition, while the house 12 and another house are connected by a communication line, the animal character moves back and forth, and the animal character dances with each other, so that a fun event is started. .

  Examples of events include “the other animal character gives rice as a present”, “dancing with the other animal character”, “his own animal character is exposed”, “between the animal characters. "The fight begins.", "Animal characters collide with each other and run away from home."

  When connecting the house 12 and another house via a communication line, each house is provided with communication ports A and B as communication means, as shown in FIG. Each communication port is provided with serial communication reception ports A1 and B1 and serial communication transmission ports A2 and B2.

  Here, when the communication port B of the house 12 and the communication port A of the other house 56 are connected via a communication line, since the communication line is not connected to the communication port A of the house 12, the communication port of the house 12 B is a master device (highest address), while the other house 56 is a slave device (lowest address) because no communication line is connected to the communication port B. If the address of the communication port of each house 12 and 56 is determined, it is possible to determine which address device to send data to, so mutual communication is possible. That is, by using the communication port B (communication ports B1 and B2) from the house 12 and transmitting the address of the house 12 to the communication port A of the other house 56, it is possible to communicate with each other thereafter. In this case, information regarding movement of the animal characters 32 to 45 and the like are communicated with each other.

  When the user uses the toy 10 configured as described above, when the switch of the house 12 is turned on by the user, the microcomputer 54 is activated and the game is developed according to the program. For example, when the user resets the liquid crystal clock 18 and sets the time, the set time is displayed, the hero character 30 appears based on the set time, and then the door 20 of the house 12 is opened. Any one of the animal characters 32 to 45 appears at random and lives together as a roommate. The life of the main character 30 and any one of the animal characters 32 to 45 changes day by day, and sometimes two people dance, but depending on how the main character 30 touches, the animal characters 32 to 44 Jumps out of the house 12 or gets sick. Moreover, even if nothing happens, as time passes, the farewell between them will eventually come, and a new animal character will appear instead.

  On the other hand, when the user strikes (knocks) the roof of the house 12, the outside of the window 16 shines according to the time of the liquid crystal clock 18, and the character 30 goes up the stairs 22 and goes to the toilet on the second floor. Take a bath. When the character 30 enters the toilet on the second floor, a sound “Zar” is made.

  In the process of developing a story of a game or a preset scenario, a character 30 or the like is displayed on the LCD screen 24 arranged in the room 14 of the house 12, so that the user can select the character 30 or the interior 26 of the LCD screen 24. In addition, the user can enjoy a game or a story of a preset scenario while watching the exterior body 28, and can give the reality of the movement of the character 30 and the like, and can provide a higher quality play to the user. .

FIG. 1a is a front view of a toy showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1b is a perspective view of the toy showing one embodiment of the present invention. The front view of various characters. The block diagram of a microcomputer. Configuration explanatory drawing when connecting two houses with a communication line.

Claims (9)

A structure that forms a physical space with depth and open front,
A transparent LCD screen disposed near the front surface or in the space and visible from the front surface;
Objects physically located at the front and back of the LCD screen;
A toy comprising a display means programmed to display an image of a character on the LCD screen and to move the character virtually on the LCD screen in association with the object.   The structure is a toy house, the space is a room of the house, the object is at least one of furniture and an internal structure arranged in the room, and the character is on the LCD screen. The toy of claim 1 programmed to move virtually the rear or front of the physical object.   The object of claim 2, further comprising an object disposed outside and in front of the house, wherein the character is programmed to virtually move a rear portion of the externally disposed object on the LCD screen. toy. A toy house,
The house comprises a room space with an open front,
A transparent LCD screen provided in contact with the left and right walls, ceiling and floor of the room, and disposed at a position visible from the front surface;
An interior disposed on both sides of the front and rear of the LCD screen;
A toy house comprising display means programmed to display a character on the LCD screen and to move the character virtually in association with the interior body.   The toy house according to claim 4, wherein the interior body is a staircase disposed at the rear of the LCD screen, and the display means is programmed so that the character virtually moves up and down the staircase. .   The toy house according to claim 4, wherein the interior body is a table disposed at a front portion of the LCD screen, and the display means is programmed so that the character performs a movement of sitting in front of the table.   5. The toy according to claim 4, wherein the interior body is a table and a chair arranged with the LCD screen in between, and the display means is programmed so that the character moves on the chair in front of the table. House. A toy house,
The house comprises a room space with an open front,
A transparent LCD screen provided in contact with the left and right walls, ceiling and floor of the room, and disposed at a position visible from the front surface;
An exterior body disposed outside the room and in front of the LCD screen; and an interior body disposed at the rear of the LCD screen;
A toy house comprising a display means programmed to display a character on the LCD screen and to move the character virtually in association with the exterior body or the interior body. A toy house,
An LCD screen disposed in the interior space of the house;
Display means for displaying moving characters on the LCD screen,
The toy house is configured such that another house can be connected next to the house.
The display means is a toy house programmed so that the moving character virtually moves from one house to the other when the other houses are connected side by side.

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