JP6543364B1 - game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for improving the sense of reality.
A game machine having a boarding unit on which a player boardes and a movable mechanism for inclining the boarding unit, wherein a moving body operated by a player boarding the boarding unit identifies a side that is attacked A first control for inclining the boarding portion to a side associated with the side opposite to the specified side in the boarding portion, and a second control for vibrating the boarding portion after the first control A game machine comprising: generating means for generating a drive signal for causing the movable mechanism to perform the moving mechanism; and transmitting means for transmitting the drive signal to the movable mechanism.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine.

  The game machine includes a sensational game machine in which a boarding portion (chassis) on which the player board is movable. Such a bodily sensation type game machine is provided with an operation unit for operating a character to be operated by the player (hereinafter referred to as a moving object), and the player operates the operation unit according to the operation amount. Thus, it is possible to control the behavior of the mobile in the virtual space. Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose such a bodily sensation type game machine.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2008-036099 JP, 2017-196293, A

  In the sensation type game machine, the player is made to experience the behavior of the moving body by controlling the behavior of the boarding portion (casing) according to the behavior of the moving body to produce a sense of presence. For example, in a sensational type game machine, when a mobile object is attacked during a game, the entire boarding section (chassis) is vibrated to make the player experience the attack, thereby providing a sense of presence There was something to do. However, in order to make the player experience various situations related to the moving body, a sensational presence is required for the sensation type game machine.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for improving the sense of reality.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, for example, a game machine of the present invention has the following configuration. That is,
A game machine having a riding section on which a player rides and a movable mechanism that tilts the riding section,
A mobile object operated by a player boarding the boarding section identifies the attacked side, and the boarding section is inclined to the side corresponding to the opposite side to the identified side in the boarding section. Generating means for generating a drive signal for causing the movable mechanism to perform the control of (1) and the second control of causing the riding portion to vibrate after the first control.
And a transmitting means for transmitting the drive signal to the movable mechanism.

  According to the present invention, a technique for improving the sense of reality can be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The block diagram which shows the structure of the game machine which concerns on this embodiment. The flowchart which shows control of the game machine which concerns on this embodiment. The flowchart which shows control of the game machine which concerns on another embodiment. The flowchart which shows control of mobile body operation concerning another embodiment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Schematic of the game machine which concerns on this embodiment. Schematic of the movable part of the game machine which concerns on one Embodiment. The rear view of the movable part of the game machine concerning one embodiment. The rear view of the movable part of the game machine concerning one embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments to which the present invention can be applied will be described based on the drawings. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments.

  The gaming machine according to the present embodiment has a boarding section on which the player boardes and a movable mechanism for tilting the boarding section, and identifies the side attacked by the moving body operated by the player boarding the boarding section. A first control for inclining the boarding portion to a side associated with the side opposite to the specified side in the boarding portion, and a second control for vibrating the boarding portion after the first control; It comprises: generation means for generating a drive signal for causing the movable mechanism to perform; and transmission means for transmitting the drive signal to the movable mechanism. Thus, for example, it is possible to improve the sense of reality when the mobile body is attacked.

(A game machine according to the present embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game machine (a feeling type game machine) according to the present embodiment. The game machine 10 according to the present embodiment includes a game machine body unit 20, a display unit 30, an operation unit 40, a control unit 50, and a movable unit 60.

  In one embodiment, the game machine main body unit 20 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, and a RAM 23, and centrally controls the operation of the game machine 10. The game machine main body 20 may include an image processing circuit, an audio processing circuit, and the like, and is appropriately used by the CPU 21. The CPU 21 generates an image of a virtual space including a moving object and displays the image on the display unit 30 in accordance with a game program and game data stored in advance in the ROM 22. The RAM 23 has an area for holding game programs and game data loaded from the ROM 22 by the CPU 21 and a work area used when the CPU 21 executes various processes.

  The operation unit 40 is for the player to operate the viewpoint of the player (player's viewpoint) in the moving body or the virtual space. The “operation instruction such as moving object or movement of the player's viewpoint” input by the player operating the operation unit 40 is sent as an operation instruction signal from the operation unit 40 to the game machine main unit 20, and the CPU 21 performs the operation instruction. According to the signal, the aspect of the moving body or the viewpoint of the player is calculated. The CPU 21 also calculates the aspect of the moving object even when the moving object is attacked by another character (for example, an enemy game character). The calculation result of the aspect of the moving object or the player's viewpoint calculated by the CPU 21 is also reflected on the above-mentioned image.

  In one embodiment, the control unit 50 includes a CPU 51, a ROM 52, and a RAM 53. The CPU 51 receives a signal such as a moving object or aspect of the player viewpoint calculated by the CPU 21 and generates a drive signal for driving the movable unit 60 from the signal according to a game program or game data stored in advance in the ROM 52. Do. The movable portion 60 includes a movable mechanism 61 and a riding portion 62. The movable mechanism 61 is driven based on the drive signal generated by the CPU 51, whereby the boarding portion 62 on which the player boarding is moved. Note that the game machine main body unit 20 may be responsible for the function of the control unit 50.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing control of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. In one embodiment, when the player operates the operation unit 40, a signal to start the game is transmitted to the game console unit 20. In the game machine main body unit 20, the CPU 21 loads a game program and game data stored in advance in the ROM 22 into the RAM 23, transmits a display instruction signal for displaying an image on the display unit 30 according to this, and the game is started. Note that the flowchart of FIG. 2 shows the process related to the drive control of the movable unit 60 during the game, and in fact, in parallel with the process according to the flowchart of FIG. A process of generating an image of a space and displaying it on the display unit 30 is performed.

  In step S100, the CPU 21 calculates and specifies the side (hit side) which has received an attack from another character (another moving body) in the moving body. For example, the azimuth direction based on the moving body is divided into four (a first range from 90.degree. Counterclockwise from the front of the moving body, a second range from 90.degree. To 180.degree., A third range from 180.degree. To 270.degree. When divided into the range, the fourth range from 270 ° to the front (360 °), it is specified in which range from the first range to the fourth range the other character or bullet has come in contact with the moving body. The signal calculated by the CPU 21 is transmitted to the control unit 50, and the process proceeds to step S101.

  In step S101, the CPU 51 of the control unit 50 drives the movable unit 60 from the signal according to the game program and game data stored in advance in the ROM 52 in accordance with the signal transmitted from the game machine body unit 20. Generate a signal. In one embodiment, the drive signal is a signal for causing the movable mechanism 61 to perform the first control and the second control described below. In the first control, the boarding portion 62 is placed on the side of the boarding portion 62 that is associated with the side opposite to the “moving side attacked side” specified by the above-mentioned signal transmitted from the game machine main body unit 20. The part 62 is inclined. In the second control, the riding portion 62 is vibrated after the first control.

  For example, in the case where the right side of the moving body is the attacked side from the game machine main body 20, in the first control, the moving body is associated with the side opposite to the attacking side The side, that is, the left side of the boarding portion 62 is inclined, and in the second control, the boarding portion 62 vibrates in at least one of the front, rear, left, and right directions after the first control. Then, the CPU 51 transmits the generated drive signal to the movable unit 60.

  In step S102, the movable mechanism 61 in the movable unit 60 is driven according to the drive signal transmitted from the control unit 50, whereby the boarding unit 62 (casing) is moved. In one embodiment, when landing on the right side of the moving body, the side that is associated with the side opposite to the side where the moving body is attacked, that is, the left side of the riding portion 62 is inclined, and then the riding portion 62 The movable mechanism 61 is driven to vibrate in at least one of front and rear and left and right.

  In step S103, it is selected whether or not the game is to be ended. If the game is not to be ended, the process is returned to the front of step S100.

  According to the control of the game machine according to the present embodiment, the side of the boarding portion 62 associated with the side opposite to the side on which the mobile object is attacked is inclined, and vibrates in at least one of front, rear, left and right. As described above, since the boarding portion 62 is controlled to move, it is possible for the player to obtain a feeling as if the player were being fired (realism).

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing control of a game machine according to another embodiment. The start of the game is similar to the process described with reference to FIG. In step S200, it is determined whether the player operates the operation unit 40 to input an operation instruction for moving the viewpoint or the moving body in the virtual space. When the player operates the operation unit 40 to input the operation instruction, an operation instruction signal is transmitted from the operation unit 40 to the game machine main body unit 20, and the process proceeds to step S201. On the other hand, when the player operates the operation unit 40 and does not input the above-described operation instruction, the process proceeds to step S204. Steps S204 to S207 are the same processing as steps S100 to S103.

  In step S201, in accordance with the operation instruction signal transmitted from the operation unit 40, the CPU 21 of the game machine body unit 20 calculates the relative attitude (inclination direction, inclination angle, etc.) of the moving body with respect to the player's viewpoint. The signal calculated by the CPU 21 is transmitted to the control unit 50, and the process proceeds to step S202.

  In step S202, the CPU 51 generates a drive signal for moving the movable unit 60 from the signal according to the game program and game data stored in advance in the ROM 52 in accordance with the signal transmitted from the game machine main body unit 20. . In one embodiment, the CPU 51 generates a drive signal for driving the movable mechanism 61 such that the side of the boarding portion 62 corresponding to the direction in which the movable body is inclined with respect to the player's viewpoint is inclined. The CPU 51 transmits the generated drive signal to the movable unit 60, and proceeds to step S203.

  In step S203, the movable mechanism 61 in the movable unit 60 is driven according to the drive signal transmitted from the control unit 50, whereby the boarding unit 62 (casing) is moved. In one embodiment, when the player's viewpoint is operated to move upward in the moving object, the moving object is inclined backward in the player's viewpoint, so the boarding portion 62 is movable so as to incline the player's rear side. The mechanism 61 is driven.

  According to the control of the gaming machine according to another embodiment, the riding portion 62 is controlled to be inclined according to the attitude of the moving object operated by the player with respect to the attitude of the viewpoint in the virtual space of the player, so that a sense of reality Improve.

  Steps S204 to S206 are the same processes as steps S100 to S103, but in the control of the game machine according to this another embodiment, steps S204 to S206 are performed with the boarding portion 62 inclining. To be executed.

  In step S204, the CPU 21 calculates and specifies the side (the side on which the bullet is hit) attacked by another character (another moving body) in the moving body. The instruction signal calculated by the CPU 21 is transmitted to the control unit 50, and the process proceeds to step S205.

  In step S205, the CPU 51 generates a drive signal for moving the movable unit 60 in accordance with the signal transmitted from the game machine main body unit 20, as in step S101. The calculated drive signal is transmitted to the movable unit 60, and the process proceeds to step S206. In one embodiment, in the first control, when the boarding portion 62 lands on the front side of the movable body in a state where the boarding portion 62 is inclined to the rear side of the player, the boarding portion 62 is further inclined to the rear side. When landing on the rear side of the moving body in a state of being inclined to the rear side of the player, it is inclined to the front side of the riding portion 62 (or the inclination on the rear side may be gentle). In the second control, after the first control, the riding portion 62 vibrates in at least one of the front and rear direction and the left and right direction.

  In step S206, the movable mechanism 61 in the movable unit 60 is driven according to the drive signal transmitted from the control unit 50, whereby the boarding unit 62 (casing) is moved. Thereafter, in step S207, it is selected whether or not the game is to be ended. If the game is not to be ended, the process is returned to the front of step S200.

  According to the control of the gaming machine according to another embodiment, in a state where the boarding unit 62 is inclined, the boarding unit 62 on the opposite side corresponding to the side on which the mobile object is attacked is inclined, and back and forth Since the riding portion 62 is controlled to move so as to vibrate in at least one of left and right directions, the sense of reality is further improved.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing control of mobile object operation according to another embodiment, and shows one embodiment of steps S200 to S203 when the player operates the operation unit 40 in FIG. The process according to the flowchart of FIG. 3 is a process executed when the player operates the operation unit 40 to move the movable body vertically downward.

  In step S300, the CPU 21 determines whether the player's viewpoint (camera) is vertically upward or downward. If the camera is vertically upward, the process proceeds to step S301a.

  In step S301a, the CPU 21 of the game machine main unit 20 transmits a signal indicating that the camera is moving vertically upward and the moving object is moving vertically downward to the control unit 50, and the process proceeds to step S302a.

  In step S302a, the CPU 51 generates a drive signal for moving the movable unit 60 from the signal based on the game program and game data stored in advance in the ROM 52 in accordance with the signal transmitted from the game machine main body unit 20. Do. In one embodiment, a drive signal is generated to drive the movable mechanism 61 such that the player rear side (the side away from the display unit 30) of the boarding unit 62 is inclined. The CPU 51 transmits the generated drive signal to the movable unit 60, and proceeds to step S303a.

  In step S303a, the movable mechanism 61 in the movable unit 60 is driven according to the drive instruction signal transmitted from the control unit 50, whereby the boarding unit 62 (casing) is moved. In one embodiment, the movable mechanism 61 is driven such that the player's rear side of the riding portion 62 is inclined.

  On the other hand, if the camera is vertically downward, step S300 proceeds to step S301 b. In step S302 b, the CPU 21 of the game machine main unit 20 transmits a signal that the camera is moving vertically downward and the moving object is moving vertically downward to the control unit 50, and the process proceeds to step S302 b.

  In step S302 b, the CPU 51 generates a drive signal for moving the movable unit 60 from the signal based on the game program and game data stored in advance in the ROM 52 in accordance with the signal transmitted from the game machine main body unit 20. Do. In one embodiment, a drive signal is generated to drive the movable mechanism 61 such that the player front side (the side approaching the display unit 30) of the boarding unit 62 is inclined. The CPU 51 transmits the generated drive signal to the movable unit 60, and proceeds to step S303b.

  In step S303 b, the movable mechanism 61 in the movable unit 60 is driven according to the drive instruction signal transmitted from the control unit 50, whereby the boarding unit 62 (casing) is moved. In one embodiment, the movable mechanism 61 is driven such that the player front side of the boarding portion 62 is inclined.

  According to the control of the movable body operation according to another embodiment, when moving the movable body vertically downward, when the camera is vertically upward, the player rear side of the riding portion 62 is inclined, and the camera is vertically downward. Since the player's forward side of the boarding portion 62 is inclined, the player feels as if he / she receives gravity when moving the movable body vertically downward (realism).

  Steps S303a and S303b can move on to step S204 of FIG. Steps S204 to S207 are the same as the processing described above. In one embodiment, the movement of the movable unit 60 is controlled when the mobile body is attacked while moving vertically downward. In another embodiment, the movement of the movable unit 60 is controlled when the mobile body is attacked after moving vertically downward.

  In the control of the movable body operation according to this embodiment, in a state where the movable body is moved vertically downward, the boarding portion 62 on the opposite side corresponding to the attacked side of the movable body is inclined, and back and forth Since the riding portion 62 is controlled to move so as to vibrate in at least one of left and right directions, the sense of reality is further improved.

  FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. In one embodiment, the game machine 10 includes a display unit 30, an operation unit 40, a movable mechanism 61, and a boarding unit 62. Below the display unit 30, the game machine body unit 20 and the control unit 50 are disposed.

  FIG. 6 shows a schematic view of the movable part of the gaming machine according to one embodiment. FIG. 6 shows the movable mechanism 61 by removing the cover of the lower part of the boarding portion 62 of the movable portion 60 in the gaming machine 10 shown in FIG. In one embodiment, the movable mechanism 61 includes actuators 61a, 61b. The actuators 61 a and 61 b are driven based on the drive signal from the control unit 50.

  FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show a rear view of the movable part 60 of the gaming machine according to one embodiment and is a rear view seen from the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. FIG. 7 shows the movable portion 60 before movable. FIG. 8 shows a state in which the movable portion 60 is controlled to incline to the right. The figure on the left side of the movable unit 60 in FIG. 8 shows the movable body M in the virtual space shown on the display unit 30.

  In one embodiment, as shown in the figure on the left side of the movable unit 60 in FIG. 8, when the mobile unit M is attacked on the left side, the opposite of the side associated with the left side of the mobile unit M in the boarding unit 62 The actuator 61a, 61b inclines to the side (right side of the riding portion 62). Furthermore, the actuators 61a and 61b are controlled such that the riding portion 62 vibrates in at least one of the front and rear direction and the left and right direction.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 game machine, 20 game machine main body part, 21 CPU, 22 ROM, 23 RAM, 30 display part, 40 operation part, 50 control part, 51 CPU, 52 ROM, 53 RAM, 60 movable part, 61 movable mechanism, 61a, 61b Actuator, M mobile

Claims (2)

A game machine comprising: a riding portion on which a player rides; and a movable mechanism for tilting and vibrating the riding portion,
When the viewpoint in the virtual space of the player boarding the riding section is vertically upward, and the object displayed in the virtual space operated by the player is moving vertically downward in the virtual space, the boarding section is on the player rear side Generating a drive signal for causing the movable mechanism to perform a first control to tilt the
When the viewpoint in the virtual space of the player boarding the riding portion is vertically downward and the object displayed in the virtual space operated by the player is moving vertically downward in the virtual space, the riding portion is on the player front side Generating means for generating a drive signal for causing the movable mechanism to perform a second control to tilt the
A game machine comprising: transmitting means for transmitting a drive signal generated by the generation means to the movable mechanism. The transmission means sets, for an object displayed in a virtual space operated by a player boarding the riding portion, a plurality of ranges divided in a circumferential direction around the object, and the plurality of ranges Among these, control is performed to specify a range corresponding to the location where the object has been attacked, and to tilt the riding portion in a direction associated with the specified range and the opposite range across the center , and after this control Generating a drive signal for causing the movable mechanism to perform control to vibrate the riding portion;
The game machine according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission means transmits the drive signal to the movable mechanism.