JP5273943B2 - Game machine with movable card holder - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is a game machine with a card reading function that places a card on a card reading surface and advances a game according to the contents of the read card, more specifically, a plurality of cards are respectively attached to a card holder of a game machine, This card holder is placed on the card holder moving operation panel, and each card holder can be moved freely within the range of this operation panel to change the placement of each card. The present invention relates to a game machine equipped with a movable card holder whose position is also a game element.

In a general computer game-linked card game machine, a card is placed at a predetermined card placement position so that the reading device of the game machine reads information within a specified range, and corresponding information such as a bar code or two A series of reading operations such as reading if there is a dimension code is performed.
Such a card game machine is such that the place where the card is placed is determined and the ID of the card placed in the place is read, and the contents of the card are not changed and the contents are not reflected in the game. .

In addition, a proposal has been made to advance a game by arranging a large number of cards and reading the colors of the cards (Patent Document 1).
This compares the number of cards displaying numbers, colors, characters, etc. on both sides of the plate, and allows the computer to execute a battle game, selecting 9 colored paper pieces sequentially from the colored paper piece group Then, sequentially arrange the cells on the front surface A of the plate, select nine colored paper pieces from the other colored paper pieces group, sequentially arrange them on the back cells of the plate, and color in the same cells on the front and back surfaces. Counts the number of the same colored paper, obtains the count value, executes this operation again to obtain the next score, and decides the former and the latter with the most score to win.
This game also arranges a large number of cards at the same time, but does not advance the game by changing the arrangement position of the cards.
JP 2006-230585 A

  An object of the present invention is to change the positional relationship of a plurality of card holders arranged on the card holder moving operation panel and read a plurality of readable positions of cards, thereby making the type and positional relationship of the cards to be read a game element. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine equipped with a movable card holder that can incorporate and incorporate new fun and puzzle elements.

In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 of the present invention is a game machine equipped with a movable card holder in which a card is placed on a card reading surface and a game is advanced according to the contents of the read card, And a plurality of depressions for fitting the card holders on the front surface of the game machine, respectively, in the row direction and the column direction, and between the plurality of depressions. If there is another indentation in the direction, a cardholder moving operation panel having a passage between indentations that can be moved by sliding the cardholder in that direction is provided, and at least one of the indentations is a withdrawal indentation part consecutively provided, and to initially arranged the card holder in the recess portion of the given row or column, mosquitoes mounted to the identification code and the card holder of the card holder A reading device for reading a card ID of de, the association processing unit for associating the identification code and card ID of the card holder read by the reading device, a storage unit for each card ID, and stores a table which associates the game parameters A game control unit that reads a game parameter corresponding to a card ID from the table of the storage unit, and a player places a card holder with a card mounted in a recess of the operation panel for moving the card holder, and the retraction is performed as necessary. The card holder disposed in the depression of the predetermined row or column is moved by moving the card holder disposed in the depression of the operation panel for moving the card holder by retracting the card holder with the depression for use. When the association between the identification code and the card ID has already been performed, the game control unit Hereinafter, it characterized in that to read the card ID corresponding game parameter of that associated only with the identification code of the associated pre-card holder.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the number of rows and columns is three rows and three columns, respectively, and there are nine depressions, and the reading device is a CCD camera, and the CCD The camera is characterized in that reading is performed with respect to a card holder with or without a card, which is present in the three depressions in the topmost row.
A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the card holder is arranged in all or a part of the recess of the operation panel for moving the card holder.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first, second, or third aspect, the card ID indicates a type of a battle type life form card, and a game parameter associated with the card ID of the life form card is: The physical strength, attack power, and defense power of a life form, and the table stored in the storage unit is a life form-parameter table that describes the strength, attack power, and defense power ability for each card ID. And
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the life form specified by the card ID in the invention according to the fourth aspect of the present invention battles with a life form of a computer or other movable card holder-equipped game machine under the control of the game control unit. When the physical strength point that is initially attacked from 0 becomes 0, it becomes inoperable, and when all the cards arranged in the recess of the card holder moving operation panel become inoperable, it loses And

  According to the above configuration, the plurality of card holders are moved by sliding vertically and horizontally like a puzzle, and the positional relationship of the plurality of cards is changed by switching the card holder at a position where the card holder can be read with another card holder. The type of card to be read and its positional relationship can be taken into the game element. This makes it possible to realize a game machine that incorporates new fun and puzzle-like elements that have never existed before.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a game machine equipped with a movable card holder according to the present invention.
A game machine (hereinafter simply referred to as “game machine”) 1 equipped with a movable card holder has a monitor 4 on the front side of the front face, and speakers 5 are arranged on the left and right sides thereof. Three rows and three rows of card holder moving operation panels 2 are provided on the upper surface of the housing on the front surface of the game machine 1. Three CCD cameras 3 are arranged in the part closest to the monitor 4 of the operation panel 2, and these are the card holder 10 in the front row of the operation panel 2 and the card 11 (see FIG. 3) attached to the card holder 10. Read the identification code and ID written on the surface.

On the right side of the operation panel 2, a completion button 9 for reading completion and other buttons are arranged. A coin insertion unit 6 is disposed on the front side of the operation panel 2, and a coin box 7 for collecting coins is further disposed below the coin insertion unit 6.
This game machine is connected to another game machine having the same configuration (not shown) and can play a battle game with players of other game machines. You can also play against a computer opponent.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining details of the operation panel.
The operation panel 2 is provided on the game machine body frame 1a, and has three depressions 2a to 2i and one depression 2j in the vertical and horizontal (row, column) directions. Card holders 10a to 10i can be arranged as shown in FIG. Between each hollow part, the channel | path 12 between hollow parts which can slide a card holder and can move up and down and right and left is provided. The player can move the arranged card holder 10 to the adjacent empty depression. Next to the recess 2i, a retracting recess 2j is continuously provided, and the card arranged in the operation panel 2 by retracting the card holder 10 in the operation panel 2 to the retracting recess 2j as necessary. The position of the holder can be moved. The card holder 10 is disposed in all the recessed portions 2a to 2j of the operation panel 2, or is disposed in a part thereof.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a specific structure of the card holder and the card.
This game machine is a battle-type card game based on the group battle of fictional creatures. The game card 11 has a rectangular shape of 53 mm × 74 mm, for example, and an illustration 112 of an imaginary life form and various data used in the game are represented by numbers and symbols 113. In addition, a two-dimensional code 111 indicating a card number existing for each card content is written on the top of the game card 11.

The card holder 10 is, for example, a square of 8 cm, and its material is resin and has nine pieces. A pocket-shaped card accommodating portion 102 for accommodating the game card 11 is provided on the front surface of the resin, and an identification code 101 for identifying the card holder 10 is written below the card accommodating portion 102.
The size of the operation panel described in FIG. 2 is a square of 24 cm, and the hollow portion therein has a size of 8 cm × 8 cm, and the card holder 10 containing the game card is loosely fitted into the card housing portion 102, and the hollow portion. It is connected to the adjacent depression by an interway.
The nine card holders fitted in the depressions can be moved in a plane using one empty depression in the depression, and are located on the bottom surface of each card holder and the bottom surface of the depression. A rail mechanism (not shown) prevents the card holder from being removed from the recess.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the arrangement structure of the CCD camera on the operation panel surface.
In order to read the identification codes of the card holders 10a, 10b, 10c in the depressions 2a, 2b, 2c in the row closest to the monitor 4 of the operation panel 2 and the ID of the card mounted on the cart holder, the monitor 4 and the operation panel Three CCD cameras 3 are provided between the two. Each CCD camera 3 is attached to the operation panel 2 so as to have an inclination of about 45 degrees, and a display on the entire surface of each card holder (including a mounted card) can be taken. The CCD camera 3 simultaneously captures the ID (two-dimensional code) of the game card 11 and the image of the identification code of the card holder 10 based on an instruction from the computer, which will be described later, and the computer recognizes the card type and card holder from these codes. To do.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit of a game machine equipped with a movable card holder according to the present invention.
The circuit unit of the game machine 1 includes a ROM 20, a RAM 21, a CPU 22, an image processing unit 23, a CCD control unit 24, a sound circuit 25, a coin related device 26, an input / output control unit 27, and a communication unit 28.
When a predetermined coin is inserted from the coin insertion unit 6, the coin related device 26 recognizes the inserted coin and transmits the information to the CPU 22 via the input / output control unit 27 and the bus 31. Operation information of the completion button 9 and other buttons is also sent to the input / output control unit 27 and sent to the CPU 22 via the bus 31.
A game standby screen is displayed on the monitor 4, and after the game starts, a guidance display for instructing operation in the game, a game screen, and game result information are displayed. The speaker 5 outputs music during game standby, background sound during the game, impact sound when the opponent is damaged, and the like.

The CCD control unit 24 captures images of the CCD cameras 3 a to 3 c based on an instruction from the CPU 22 and transmits the captured image data to the CPU 22.
The communication unit 28 is connected to a communication unit of another game machine having the same configuration as the game machine, and transmits and receives game data. Accordingly, when the opponent's game preparation is completed and game start information is exchanged with other game machines, a battle game can be performed.
The ROM 20 stores a control program for controlling the entire game machine, a game program, and data necessary for game execution, and a card ID-parameter correspondence table. The RAM 21 is used when performing calculations or the like during the game, and temporarily stores data generated during the game.

The CPU 22 performs various management of the game machine by reading and executing the control program from the ROM 20, and realizes the functions of the game control unit 22a and the association processing unit 22b by reading the game program.
The game control unit 22 a executes a game with respect to coin insertion and input information, and reproduces the output on the monitor 4 and the speaker 5. Upon receiving the card holder identification code read from the CCD camera 3 and the two-dimensional code of the card mounted on the card holder, the association processing unit 22b associates the card holder identification code with the card ID. The parameter for the card ID can be read from a card ID-parameter table described later. Once the card holder identification code and the card ID are associated with each other, the card ID corresponding parameters are read out only by the card holder identification code, and the card mounted in the card holder is changed during the game. However, the association between the original card and its card holder does not change.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating specific examples of the life form card table and the artifact card table.
The game in the example of (a) is a battle-type game in which a opponent is damaged by using a weapon or the like to damage the opponent and wins when all of the opponent's card life points are reduced to 0. It is.
The life card table (card ID-parameter table) stored in the ROM describes the name and classification of each life for each card ID, and is indicated by physical strength, attack power, defense power, and special abilities. Is described. For example, if the identification code of the card holder is “00A” and the ID (two-dimensional code) of the card attached to the card holder is “003”, the name “XX” is displayed from the table of the life card. The data of the life form is read out. The classification is “ΔΔ”, the physical strength is “80”, the attack power is “70”, the defense power is “90”, and the special ability is “ΔΔΔ”.
When such data is read out, the game control unit 22a makes a life form named “XX” appear on the screen and attacks the opponent with “70”. The opponent receives damage according to his defense ability, and the health value decreases.

  The example of (b) uses an artifact (artificially modified) card as a card to be attached to the card holder, and the name, classification, activation time, and generation for the artifact card ID A table describing the effects can also be stored in the ROM. The activation time is the time from when it appears on the game screen until the effect is generated, and the generated effect is to deprive the opponent's physical strength or defense power by a predetermined value. Once used, the artifact card will not work in the same game.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a game flow of the game machine according to the present invention.
As mentioned above, this game is a card game based on the group battle of fictional creatures. Up to nine creature cards can be entered and at the same time, three creatures can participate in the battle. Up to nine entries are realized by attaching cards to nine card holders, and three to participate in the battle are card life forms in three card holders read by three CCD cameras. . As described above, the content of the video game is to win when the opponent's life form is dealt with using weapons, etc., damage is done to the opponent, and all the life forms of the opponent's card are cleared to 0. is there.

When coins are inserted into the game machine, the coin-related device 26 sends coin insertion information to the CPU 22 through the input / output control unit 27. The game control unit 22a generates one or more credits based on information on coin insertion. One credit game can be played once.
Further, a guidance screen for setting the card in the card holder is read from the ROM 20, and image processing is performed by the image processing unit 23 to display the guidance screen on the monitor 4 and voice guidance from the speaker 5 through the sound circuit 25 (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”). ))).

  The game control unit 22a monitors whether or not the player has pressed the completion button 9 indicating that a card has been inserted into the card holder (S002). When the completion button 9 is pressed, the signal is sent to the CPU 22 via the input / output control unit 27. The game control unit 22a gives an instruction to the CCD control unit 24 to take a picture of the card holder in which the cards placed in the depressions 2a to 2c of the operation panel 2 are mounted, and the cards in the depressions by the CCD cameras 3a to 3c. Take a picture of the entire holder. The CCD control unit 24 transmits a photographic image signal to the game control unit 22a. The game control unit 22a cuts out the two-dimensional code of the card and the identification code of the card holder from the photographed image signal, and recognizes the contents of each code. When the code is cut out and recognized for the card holders placed in the depressions 2a to 2c in this way, the remaining card holders are then guided by the monitor and speakers so as to move to the depressions 2a to 2c. When the player completes the movement of the other card holders to the recesses 2a to 2c, the player performs shooting, cutout, and recognition in the same manner.

When the game control unit 22a cuts out and recognizes the two-dimensional code of the card and the identification code of the card holder in this way for the nine cards, it passes the information to the association processing unit 22b. The association processing unit 22b associates the two-dimensional code of the card delivered in order with the identification code of the card holder, and the association information is stored in the RAM 21 (S004, S005).
When the association processing unit 22b finishes the association process for all the cards, the game control unit 22a guides the player through the monitor and the speaker so as to rearrange the cards in order to start the game. When the player rearranges the life form cards (card holders) to participate in the battle and presses the completion button 9, the game is started (S005).

Here, when a battle game is selected with respect to another game machine (selected on the game opponent selection menu screen displayed after the coin is inserted), the opponent similarly finishes preparation via the communication unit 28, When the display data is sent, three opponent creatures are displayed on the monitor 4. Each of the three opponent creatures behaves in accordance with the AI program, and the battle situation is displayed as an image on the game machine monitor and output from the speaker.
The game control unit 22a instructs the CCD control unit 24 to shoot the card holder moved to the depressions 2a to 2c, cuts out the identification code from the image signal read from each card holder, and recognizes the data (S006).
Then, the card ID corresponding to the identification code of the card holder recognized from the association information stored in the RAM 21 is obtained. Next, the names and classifications corresponding to the card IDs obtained from the ROM 20 with reference to the life card table shown in FIG. 6 are obtained, and parameters of physical strength, attack power, defense power, and special ability are obtained.

The game control unit 22a causes the three bodies participating in the battle to appear on the monitor by reading the life form data from the ROM 20. The appearance position in the game field is a position corresponding to the reading position of the three recessed portions of the card holder. The way of fighting also differs depending on the position where it appeared. The appearing creatures act according to the AI program, and are displayed on the game machine monitor as needed according to the battle situation, and the battle sounds and voices are output from the speakers.
Based on the status of the opponent's life form that appears and participates in the battle and the status of the life form of the player's own, the player moves the card to be entered in the battle along with the card holder. The game progresses by making a life form appear or return to the field where the battle is taking place.
Each life form has physical strength points as shown in the table of FIG. 5, and the physical strength points decrease due to damage caused by the opponent's attack. And when the health point becomes 0, it becomes impossible to act. At this time, the card in the card holder that has moved to the depression of the other operation panel that does not participate in the battle is in a standby state. In addition, an artifact card can be entered in the battle (S007).

A victory or defeat decision is a defeat of a faction if either side does not have any creatures in the field, or all creatures in the field become inoperable. The game ends. Also, the game ends when the battle ends due to a time limit. At this time, the camp with the highest score will win. The target for scoring is the total damage dealt to the opponent's faction, making the opponent's life unit inoperable. The points to be deducted are when the total damage given is disabled.
In this way, the game progresses by the player changing the life form participating in the battle according to the progress of the game.
While the game is in progress, the game control unit 22a constantly monitors whether or not the above-described game (game) end condition has been met. When the game end condition is not satisfied, the process returns to S006 to read the card holder to participate in and continue the game. If the game end condition is satisfied, the game is ended (S009).
At the end of the game, the player is guided by the monitor 4 and the speaker 5 to collect the card from the card holder, and the game is completed (S010).

During the game, the player can exchange the card attached to the card holder, but it is a violation in terms of rules. Also, once the game starts, when the card holder first comes to the battle participation position for each card holder, the health points of the life form filled there are assigned, so change the card holder card However, the health point does not change, and the life form of the card holder in the game does not change.
In this game machine, once the card contents and the card holder are associated with each other, only the card holder is identified without recognizing the two-dimensional code of the card in the game. When the artifact card is moved to the participation position instead of the creature card, the artifact appears in the game screen field, and the effect is activated after the lapse of the prescribed time for each artifact.

As described above, this embodiment has described an example in which the depressions to be read are three depressions in the row closest to the monitor, but the depressions to be read may be in other rows or columns. Further, the number of depressions to be read may be other than three. Further, reading may be performed for a plurality of rows or columns of depressions on the operation panel. In such a case, the position where the CCD camera, which is a reading device, is attached is changed as appropriate.
Although an example of a CCD camera has been described as a reading device, reading may be performed by another optical reading device.
Furthermore, although the example which describes the code | cord | chord which can be read optically on a card holder and a card | curd was demonstrated, the method of reading magnetically or using an electromagnetic wave etc. can also be used as a modification.

  This is a game machine with a movable card holder that is installed in an arcade center or event venue.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the movable card holder mounting game machine by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the detail of an operation panel. It is a figure for demonstrating the specific structure of a card holder and a card | curd. It is a figure for demonstrating the arrangement structure of the CCD camera on an operation panel surface. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the game machine mounted with a movable card holder by this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a life form card table and an artifact card table. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the game of the game machine in this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Game machine with movable card holder
2 Operation panel
2a-2j dent 3 (3a-3c) CCD camera
4 Monitor
5 Speaker
6 Coin slot 7 Coin box 8 Power supply unit 9 Start button 10, 10a-10i Card holder 20 ROM
21 RAM
22 CPU
23 Image processing unit 24 CCD control unit 25 Sound circuit 26 Coin-related device 27 Input / output control unit

Claims (5)

A game machine equipped with a movable card holder that places a card on a card reading surface and advances a game according to the contents of the read card,
Having a plurality of card holders and a plurality of cards respectively mounted on the card holders;
A plurality of depressions are formed in the row direction and the column direction to fit the card holder on the front side of the game machine, and if there are other depressions in the vertical and horizontal directions between the plurality of depressions, the card holder Providing a card holder moving operation panel having a passage between recesses that can be moved by sliding in a direction, and at least one of the recesses is provided with a retracting recess.
A reading device that reads the card holder identification code and the card ID of the card attached to the card holder with respect to the card holder initially arranged in the depression of a predetermined row or column;
An association processing unit for associating the identification code and card ID of the card holder read by the reader;
A storage unit for storing a table in which game parameters are associated with each card ID;
A game control unit that reads a game parameter corresponding to the card ID from the table of the storage unit,
A player places a card holder on which a card is mounted in a dent of the card holder moving operation panel, and the dent of the card holder moving operation panel is retracted by using the evacuating dent as necessary. Move the card holder placed in
In the case where the identification code and the card ID are already associated with the card holders arranged in the depressions in the predetermined row or column, the game control unit thereafter only identifies the identification code of the associated card holder. A game machine equipped with a movable card holder, wherein the game parameter corresponding to the card ID associated with the card ID is read. The number of rows and columns is 3 rows and 3 columns, respectively, and there are 9 depressions, and the reading device is a CCD camera,
2. The movable card holder according to claim 1, wherein the CCD camera reads in a card holder with or without a card, which is present in the three depressions in the first row. On-board game machine.   3. The movable card holder-equipped game machine according to claim 1, wherein the card holder is disposed in all or a part of the recess of the card holder moving operation panel. The card ID indicates the type of the battle type life form card, and the game parameters associated with the card ID of the life form card are the physical strength, attack power, and defense power of the life form,
The movable table according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the table stored in the storage unit is a life form-parameter table in which the abilities of physical strength, attack power, and defense power are described for each card ID. Game machine with card holder. When the life form specified by the card ID battles with the life form of a computer or other game machine equipped with a movable card holder under the control of the game control unit, the initial strength point is 0 after being attacked by the opponent 5. The game machine with a movable card holder according to claim 4 , wherein when the card becomes inoperable and all of the cards arranged in the recesses of the card holder moving operation panel become inoperable, the game is lost.

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