JP5797026B2 - Game system using multiple small LCD screens - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention displays a game screen on a main liquid crystal screen and performs a game operation using a plurality of sub-liquid crystal screens installed around the main liquid crystal screen, for example, a plurality of games that can be operated similar to mole hitting. The present invention relates to a game system using a small liquid crystal screen.

As a representative target hitting game machine, there has been a mole hitting game.
Patent Document 1 is a mole hitting game, the structure of which is a mechanical target hitting game having a target and a concealing means for concealing the target and hitting the target exposed from the concealing means.
There is also a target hitting game using a touch panel.

JP 2005-21717 A

  Now, in such a mechanical target hitting game, the appearing target is structurally restricted by physical restrictions, and the game tends to be monotonous. In other words, the gamer waits for the target coming out of the concealment means, hits the protruding target with a hammer etc. to obtain a score, and enjoys that more points can be obtained without hitting depending on the target (good), The operation and movement itself is to strike the target that comes out quickly.

  An object of the present invention is to have a plurality of sub liquid crystal screens in addition to the main liquid crystal screen, display the targets on the screen, and display various targets without physical limitations. By providing a window that can be opened and closed on the front of the screen so that a portion of the LCD screen can be seen, it is possible to create a more timeless game by combining images and windows. An object of the present invention is to provide a game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens capable of guiding a player according to a voice direction by arranging screens.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a main liquid crystal screen that is installed on a wall surface of a housing and displays game content and status information, and is provided around the main liquid crystal screen. Are provided on the front of each of the plurality of sub liquid crystal screens for displaying or erasing the target character or item on the screen, and can be opened and closed. Acquires and captures characters, items, etc. that appear on each sub LCD screen, and a window that allows you to see a part of the screen and changes the target movement mode of the sub LCD screen according to the opening speed. And an operation means for performing a control to cause a character or an item to appear on each of the plurality of sub liquid crystal screens after the game is started, and a character appearing by an operation by the operation means If acquired, captured items, and control means for performing control to display the information of the state of the current game and displays the results to the main LCD screen, further sounding body is provided wherein for each sub LCD screen, By emitting a sound related to the target from any sound generator, it is specified which sub-liquid crystal screen indicates the target .
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the casing having the wall surface is a cylindrical body, and the main liquid crystal screen is disposed at one position of the cylindrical body, and the cylindrical body is arranged from the main liquid crystal screen. By arranging a plurality of the sub liquid crystal screens along the circumferential surface of the body, the sub liquid crystal screen is provided at a position that makes one round of the cylindrical body around the main liquid crystal screen , and the player is substantially circular during the game. The trajectory is drawn and moved .
A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the casing having the wall surface is a prism or a plate having a width in the lateral direction.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect of the invention, the operation mode is an operation mode in which the target is not noticed if the window is opened slower than a predetermined speed, and is noticed if the window is faster than the predetermined speed. In addition, if the target movement form when opening the window is backward and before taking action to escape, it can be captured by the operation means of the player, and if the window is opened faster than the predetermined speed, the target will be It is characterized by taking action to escape or attack the player .
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, third or fourth aspect of the present invention, the character is a ghost and is configured such that a ghost appears on a plurality of sub liquid crystal screens. When a ghost appears, the player operates to capture the ghost, the captured ghost is contained in a jail displayed on the main LCD screen , and a ghost mate is contained in the jail. A feature is that a button is provided in the vicinity of the main LCD screen to repel the ghost when it comes to help .

  According to the above configuration, the present invention has a plurality of sub liquid crystal screens in addition to the main liquid crystal screen, and displays the target on the screen, so that various targets (characters, items, moving objects are not subject to physical limitations). Etc.) can be displayed. In addition, by providing a window that can be opened and closed on the front surface of the sub liquid crystal screen so that a part of the liquid crystal screen can be seen, it is possible to produce a game with less time and tiredness by combining images and windows. Further, by arranging the sub liquid crystal screen on the wall surface of the column body, the player can be guided not only by the video but also by the voice direction. In addition, a new game play style of turning around can be realized by arranging a plurality of small liquid crystal screens in the column housing.

1 is a schematic view of a game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens according to the present invention. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the display of the subliquid crystal screen used for this invention, and the example of operation, (a) has shown the state which closed the window, (b) has each shown the state which opened the window. It is a figure for demonstrating the mechanism which detects the window structure and the speed which opens a window. It is a figure for demonstrating the click mechanism of the rotating shaft of an opening-and-closing type window. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the game system using the some small liquid crystal screen by this invention. The flow chart for explaining the flow of the game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens according to the present invention shows the first half. The latter half part is shown in the flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the game system using the some small liquid crystal screen by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating how to catch the ghost appearing on a sub liquid crystal screen. It is a figure for demonstrating the state to which a ghost moves to each sub-liquid crystal screen. It is a figure for demonstrating the state of the ghost of a sub-liquid crystal screen when opening an openable-type window. It is a figure which shows embodiment of the external appearance of the game system using several small liquid crystal screen by this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens according to the present invention.
The main body of the game system 1 has a cylindrical shape, and the main liquid crystal screen 2 is arranged on the cylindrical peripheral surface. The sub-liquid crystal screens 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4,... 3 in the upper and lower rows from the adjacent positions around the main liquid crystal screen 2 to the adjacent positions on the opposite side around the back surface. -N is arranged. The sub liquid crystal screens 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4,. ... 4-n are provided, and buttons 5-1 5-2, 5-3, 5-4... 5-n for capturing targets appearing in the game are provided.

An operation unit 17 having a game start button, a cancel button, a selection / repulse button, and the like is disposed below the main liquid crystal screen 2, and a coin insertion unit 19 is further provided therebelow.
In addition, the sub-liquid crystal screens 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4,..., 3-n output a speaker (not shown) that outputs sounds or sounds generated by the target 20 to be captured. Are arranged respectively.
The game of this game system is, for example, a game that captures a target ghost, and captures and enjoys many ghosts within a predetermined time.

FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of the appearance of this game system.
The main LCD screen on the substantially cylindrical surface resembling a building called Haunted House houses a clock that marks the time countdown at the start of the game, a ghost image that shows the type of ghost, and a captured ghost. A jail is displayed. In addition, the display which shows player life can also be performed, and it can also be set as the structure which reduces a fixed amount of life when attacked by a ghost. If the life becomes “0”, the game ends even when the time is not over. Further, it is possible to allow the player to select which type of ghost among many ghosts displayed on the main liquid crystal screen.
The player performs an operation of opening a window around the haunted house and pressing a button in order to catch the ghost appearing on the surrounding sub liquid crystal screen.

FIG. 2A is a diagram for explaining a display and an operation example of the sub liquid crystal screen used in the present invention. FIG. 2A shows a state where the window is closed, and FIG. 2B shows a state where the window is opened.
As shown in (a), the player can confirm the presence of the target 20 from the clearance of the openable window 4 when the target 20 to be captured appears in the window portion. If the target 20 is still displayed on the sub liquid crystal screen 3a with the openable window 4a opened as shown in (b), the button 5 may be pressed depending on the posture of the target 20 (backward) at that time. Can be captured.
To prevent the target from being noticed, the openable window 4 is slowly opened. If it opens quickly, the target 20 will be noticed. In such a case, the player may be attacked by the target.

FIG. 2B is a diagram for explaining a window structure and a mechanism for detecting the opening speed of the window.
A rotating disk 6 is attached to the end of the rotating shaft 7 of the openable window 4. A number of position detection holes 6a for detecting the amount of rotation are formed along the outer peripheral portion of the rotating disk 6 at predetermined intervals.
A photocoupler 22 composed of an LED 22a and a photodiode 22b is installed so as to sandwich the outer periphery. The light emitted from the LED 22a is received by the photodiode 22b through the position detecting hole 6a, and the rotation of the rotating disk 6 is counted by counting the number of the position detecting holes 6a by the rotation of the rotating disk 6. The amount (rotation angle) can be detected, and the CPU 10 (see FIG. 3) can know the rotation angle of the openable window 4. The CPU 10 can calculate the rotation speed of the openable window 4 based on the detected rotation angle and the time taken for rotation, and can determine whether the window is opened faster than a predetermined speed or slowly.

FIG. 2C is a view for explaining a click mechanism of the rotation shaft of the openable window.
This mechanism is necessary for the player to recognize the position where the openable window 4 is fully opened when the player opens the openable window, and to maintain the state once the window is fully opened.
A metal support plate 8 having a protrusion 8 a is attached to the other end of the rotating shaft 7. A rotational position determining plate 9 having a fitting hole 9a is disposed opposite to the metal support plate 8. Since the urging force is applied to the rotation shaft 7 in the direction of the rotation position determination plate 9, the projection 8 a is pressed against the surface of the rotation position determination plate 9 when the window is closed. When the player starts to open the window, the protrusion 8a moves as indicated by the arrow 80 while being pressed against the surface of the rotational position determining plate 9. Eventually, when the protrusion 8a is fitted into the fitting hole 9a, the position is the fully open position of the window, and the state of the window is maintained. When the protrusion 8a is fitted into the fitting hole 9a, a “click” sound is generated, so that the player can recognize that the fully open state is reached. When the player opens the open / closed window “slowly”, the “slow” operation feeling in that case is maintained and the fact that the fully-open position has been reached is indicated by how much the operation speed is “slow”. It is effective for learning if you are not aware of it.
In the fully open state, even if the player releases the hand, the window is maintained at that position, and the button 5 can be pressed with certainty. When the window is fully opened for a predetermined time, the urging force is released, and the window is closed by its own weight.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a circuit of a game system according to the present invention, and shows an example of a circuit for executing a game titled “Where is a ghost?”.
When a coin is inserted from the coin insertion unit 19, the coin is detected, and the information is transmitted to the CPU 10 via the coin related device 18 and the input / output control circuit 13. Setting values such as the number of coins inserted, that is, the number of coins and the number of plays are stored in the backup memory 24.
The main liquid crystal screen side operation unit 17 includes a start button 17 a, a cancel button 17 b, and a selection / repulse button 17 c, and operation information of each button is sent to the CPU 10 via the input / output control circuit 13.
The ROM 11 stores a control program 11a for controlling the entire game system, game software 11b for executing a game “Where is the ghost?”, And data 11c necessary for the game. The RAM 12 is used as a work area for calculations and processing performed by the control unit 10a and the like, and temporarily stores information generated by the processing.

The CPU 10 reads the control program and game software from the ROM 11 to realize the functions of the control unit 10a, the game execution unit 10b, and the rotational position / speed detection control unit 10c. The control unit 10a of the CPU 10 controls the entire apparatus. For example, when receiving information on coin insertion, when confirming proper coin insertion, the control is transferred to the game execution unit 10b for starting the game.
The game execution unit 10b advances the game according to the game program, and performs processing corresponding to the operation information. The game program displays a ghost on the main liquid crystal screen 2, displays a time countdown clock, jail, etc., and processes the ghost to be captured so that it appears randomly on the sub liquid crystal screens 3-1 to 3-n. If it is discovered and the openable windows 4-1 to 4-n are opened and the buttons 5-1 to 5-n are pressed, the game is processed so that the ghost is captured and accommodated in the prison of the main liquid crystal screen 2.

  The rotation position / speed detection control unit 10c controls the LED light emission / light detection control unit 21 to detect the rotation position and calculate the speed in accordance with the opening operation of the openable windows 4-1 to 4-n by the player. The photocouplers 22-1 to 22-n of the speed detection mechanism 23 are driven. When the photodiode receives light emitted from the LED and counts the position detection hole 6a of the rotating disk 6, the rotation angle and time of the window can be obtained. The game execution unit 10b receives this information, calculates the rotation speed, determines whether the speed at which the player opens the window is slower or faster than a predetermined speed, and if it is slow, for example, a ghost that appears backwards is noticed. Do something like that and keep the ghostly back-facing display. In addition, when the speed is higher than the predetermined speed, a process for recognizing the ghost (the ghost that is facing backward is changed to a forward display) is performed. In such a case, the ghost will either run away or attack the player.

In addition, the game execution unit 10b captures the ghost and is accommodated in the prison, and when a certain period of time has elapsed, the ghost of the fellow may perform a process for helping the ghost accommodated in the prison. When the player notices the state before the player presses the selection / repulse button 17c, a process is performed to prevent rescue.
The main liquid crystal screen 2 is driven by the drive circuit 15 based on the control of the CPU 10, and the sub liquid crystal screens 3-1 to 3-n are driven by the drive circuit 16.
The speakers 25-1 to 25-n provided on each sub liquid crystal screen side are controlled based on an instruction from the CPU 10, and output sound, sound, and the like by driving control of the sound control circuit 14. For example, if the game execution unit 10b performs a process of generating a ghost screaming voice, the screaming voice is output from a speaker provided on the corresponding sub liquid crystal screen, and the player can determine which sub liquid crystal screen appears. it can.

4A and 4B are flowcharts for explaining the flow of a game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens according to the present invention.
An operation of inserting coins can be performed (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 001). The CPU 10 monitors whether or not an appropriate coin has been inserted (S002).
When an appropriate coin is inserted, the CPU 10 receives the detection information and drives the game software (S003). Then, various ghosts for selecting a ghost to be captured and the number of captured ghosts are displayed on the main liquid crystal screen 2. In addition, a jail for accommodating ghosts and a timer for limiting the game time are displayed. Further, the player life and the like are displayed (S004). When a player is attacked by a ghost, the life of the player decreases.

  The player can select which kind of ghost to capture by looking at the main liquid crystal screen 2 (S005). If ghost is selected by the selection / repulse button 17c, it is determined whether or not a game start operation has been performed (S006). When the game start button 17a is pressed, the game starts. The game execution unit 10b causes ghosts to appear randomly on an unspecified sub-liquid crystal screen. In addition, a ghost voice or the like is also output (S007). The player goes around each sub liquid crystal screen installed on the cylinder of the game system and searches for a ghost based on the voice of the ghost (S008). If a ghost appears, it can be confirmed from the gap between the openable windows 4-1 to 4-n. A ghost appears (S009), and whether or not the player has found it is determined by whether or not the openable window is opened (S010). When the openable window is opened, it is determined whether the speed is slower or faster than a predetermined speed (S011).

If it is slower than the specified speed, no ghost will be noticed. On the other hand, if it is faster than the predetermined speed, the ghost will notice the presence of the player. When the player opens the window later than a predetermined speed, it is determined whether the ghost is backward or forward (S014). If it is backwards, the ghost will be displayed backwards. Then, it is determined whether or not the button 5 has been pressed before taking action to escape the ghost (S015). If the button is pressed before taking action to escape, the ghost is housed in a jail (S017). If the button is pressed after the behavior that the ghost escapes is taken, the ghost will escape (S016).
If it is determined in S011 that the opening speed of the window is faster than a predetermined speed, it is determined whether or not a ghost has been attacked (S012). When the opening speed of the window is faster than a predetermined speed, the player may be attacked by the ghost or the ghost may escape. If the player is attacked by a ghost, the life of the player decreases (S013). Therefore, the life display value displayed on the main liquid crystal screen is reduced.

If the player is not attacked in S012, the ghost will escape (S016). If it is forward in S014, the process proceeds to S012.
When the ghost is housed in the jail, the game execution unit 10b determines whether or not a certain time has passed since the next ghost capture (S018). When the player captures the ghost, the player moves around to the next ghost capture based on the ghost voice and the like. If a certain period of time has passed in such a state, another ghost will take action to help the fellow ghost (S019). The game execution unit 10b determines whether or not the player has pressed the selection / repulse button 17c in order to prevent the friend from helping the ghost (S020). When the selection / repulse button 17c is pressed, the ghost of the friend cannot be helped. If the selection / repel button 17c is not pressed, the ghost escapes from the jail and the capture ghost is reduced (S021).

  Next, it is determined whether a time-out has occurred or the player life has been exhausted (S022). If there is a timeout or no player life, the game ends at that point. On the other hand, if the time limit and the player's life remain, the process returns to S007 and the ghost capture game continues.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining how to catch a ghost appearing on the sub liquid crystal screen.
As shown in (a), when the ghost 31 appears on the sub-liquid crystal screen 33, the player can confirm that the ghost has appeared from the openable window 32.
The ghost is in a positive state. The state where the openable window 32 is opened in this state is (b).
In the example of the flow of FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, when it opens in the forward direction, it either attacks or escapes, so even if the capture button 34 is pressed, it cannot be captured.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the ghost moves to each small liquid crystal screen.
The ghost 31 is displayed on the main liquid crystal screen 35. The ghost can freely pass through the wall and can appear freely on any of the sub liquid crystal screens 33-1 to 33-5.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a ghosted state of the sub-liquid crystal screen when the openable window is opened.
(A) is a case where the openable window 32 is opened at a high speed suddenly. In such a case, the ghost 31a is surprised to escape or attack.
(B) shows a case where the openable window 32 is slowly opened so as not to notice the ghost, and the ghost 31b is not noticed when such opening is performed.

In the above embodiment, an example of a game in which the target character is ghosted, the ghost is captured on the sub liquid crystal screen, and stored in the prison of the main liquid crystal screen is described, but the target character is not a ghost and other movements It may be an object. In addition, a game that targets an item as a target and acquires an item that appears on the sub-liquid crystal screen can be similarly applied.
Although an example in which operation buttons are arranged on the main liquid crystal screen and the sub liquid crystal screen has been described, a touch panel or a medal may be used instead.
In addition, an example in which a ghost is put into a jail by pressing a capture button as a game flow has been described, but it is also possible to enter a jail by inputting to the operation unit for the main liquid crystal screen within a certain time after the capture. In such a case, when an input is made after a certain period of time has passed, an effect display is displayed in which ghosts escape.
In the game start screen, the type of ghost is displayed, and the example of selecting the type of ghost to be captured has been described. However, it may be configured to indicate the target of ghost capture from the beginning. In such a case, it is necessary to take a step of determining whether or not the ghost is after the ghost capture.

  This is a game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens for displaying a game screen on a main liquid crystal screen and playing a game using a plurality of sub liquid crystal screens installed around the screen.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game system 2,35 Main liquid crystal screen 3,3a, 3-1 to 3-n, 33 Sub liquid crystal screen 4,4a, 4-1 to 4-n, 32 Opening and closing type window 5,5-1 to 5-n , 34 Button 6 Rotating disc 7 Rotating shaft 8 Metal bearing plate 9 Rotating position determining plate 10 CPU
11 ROM
12 RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Input / output control circuit 14 Audio | voice control circuit 15,16 Drive circuit 18 Coin related apparatus 19 Coin insertion part 20 Target 21 LED light emission and light detection control part 23 Rotation position and speed detection mechanism 24 Backup memory 31 Haunted

Claims (5)

A main liquid crystal screen installed on the wall of the housing and displaying game content and status information;
A plurality of sub liquid crystal screens provided around the main liquid crystal screen, for displaying a target character or item on the screen, or for erasing from the screen;
A window that is provided on the front surface of each of the plurality of sub-liquid crystal screens, can be opened and closed, and a part of the liquid crystal screen can be visually recognized even in a closed state;
An operating means provided for each of the plurality of sub liquid crystal screens, for obtaining and capturing characters, items, etc. appearing on the sub liquid crystal screens;
After the game is activated, control is performed to cause characters and items to appear on the plurality of sub liquid crystal screens, and when the characters and items appearing by the operation by the operation means are acquired and captured, the results are displayed on the main liquid crystal screen. Control means for performing control to display information on the current game state and
Equipped with a,
Further , a plurality of small liquid crystals characterized in that a sounding body is provided for each sub liquid crystal screen, and a sound related to the target is emitted from any sounding body to clearly indicate which sub liquid crystal screen has the target. A game system using a screen. The casing having the wall surface is a cylindrical body,
By disposing the main liquid crystal screen in one place of the cylindrical body, and disposing a plurality of the sub liquid crystal screens along the circumferential surface of the cylindrical body from the main liquid crystal screen,
2. The plurality of small shapes according to claim 1, wherein the sub liquid crystal screen is provided at a position that makes one round of a cylindrical body centering on the main liquid crystal screen, and the player is moved while drawing a substantially circular locus during the execution of the game. A game system that uses an LCD screen.   3. The game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens according to claim 1, wherein the casing having the wall surface is a prismatic body or a plate having a width in the lateral direction. The operation mode is an operation mode in which if the window is opened slower than a predetermined speed, the target is not noticed, and if the window is higher than the predetermined speed, it is noticed.
In addition, if the target's movement when opening the window is backwards and before taking action to escape, it can be captured by the operation means of the player, and if the window is opened faster than the predetermined speed, the target will escape The game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that it takes an action of attacking a player . The character is a ghost and is configured so that a ghost appears on a plurality of sub liquid crystal screens. When a ghost appears on any of the plurality of sub liquid crystal screens, the player operates to capture the ghost. The captured ghost is housed in a prison displayed on the main LCD screen , and if a ghost mate comes to help the ghost housed in the jail, a button is provided near the main LCD screen to repel it. 5. A game system using a plurality of small liquid crystal screens according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4.

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