JP7289433B2 - PORTABLE GAME MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND GAME PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a portable game machine, an information processing apparatus control method, and a game program.

Conventionally, when it comes to portable game machines, breeding game machines for training characters are known (see Patent Document 1, for example). In addition, many games installed on mobile terminals such as smartphones and tablets have complicated rules due to their performance (see Patent Document 2, for example).

JP-A-10-268747 Patent No. 5717907

In the technique of Patent Document 1 described above, the portable game machine is regarded as a pseudo-creature such as an animal, and the player is not able to actively select the time and is flexible in terms of time because the player takes care of the game such as feeding. A disabled player cannot enjoy the game.

The technology of Patent Document 2 mentioned above incorporates plenty of puzzle elements and provides the enjoyment of complex thinking, but it is a program that can only be provided on high-performance terminals such as smartphones and tablets, and it is a mobile game alone. is expensive to manufacture, and it takes time to understand the game rules, so the game cannot be enjoyed casually.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable game machine that is not bound by time and that can be easily understood because of its simple game rules, in the current flood of games based on complicated rules. do.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 provides a character generation unit that generates numbers or alphabetic characters after power is turned on, and a liquid crystal display that displays the characters generated by the character generation unit. or a speaker unit that emits a sound of characters generated by the character generation unit; and an input/light-emitting button unit group that expresses numbers or alphabets by alternately turning on and off each time a combination of buttons is pressed. , determining whether or not numbers or alphabetic characters displayed on the liquid crystal display unit or uttered by the speaker unit match numbers or alphabetic characters represented by the input and light emitting button unit group. a character match determination unit that determines that the characters match, a measurement unit that measures the time from character generation to determination that the characters match when the character match determination unit determines that the characters match, and the measurement unit After the measurement, the character generating unit generates new numbers or alphabetic characters, the generated characters are displayed again on the liquid crystal display unit, or after the speaker unit emits a sound, the character match determining unit a play time storage unit that adds and stores all the times measured by the measurement unit; and instructs the liquid crystal display unit to display the number added by the play time storage unit; Alternatively, the speaker unit is characterized by comprising a liquid crystal display or a voice processing unit for instructing vocalization of voice.

According to the present invention, the characters displayed on the liquid crystal display unit or displayed on the speaker unit or corresponding to those representing numbers or alphabetic characters spoken by the speaker unit are expressed by pressing the button light emitting unit group to turn on or off by pressing, It is possible to provide a portable game machine that can be said to be a rarity value at present, where the simple work of expressing the next character can be performed indifferently at the same time as the completion.

According to the present invention, it is a simple and clear rule that you simply accept the characters that are generated in front of you, enter them, repeat them, and decide when to finish by yourself. You can get what you need in life, such as the ability to keep thinking about whether you are lacking and the determination to decide when to finish by yourself. It will be possible to provide a game that is like a microcosm of life that can be done.

1 is a perspective view showing an example of the overall configuration of a game machine according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a top view showing the button configuration of the game machine of FIG. 1 according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 2 is an operation example diagram showing a state of pressing a button of the game machine of FIG. 1 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an example of the overall configuration of a game machine according to Embodiment 2; 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration diagram of a portable game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of a control processing method for the portable game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention; 1 is an operation example 1 of the portable game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an operation example 2 of the portable game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention;

Embodiments for carrying out a portable game machine 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as "game machine 1") of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are examples for explaining the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention only to the embodiments. Also, the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. Furthermore, in each drawing, the same reference numerals are given to the same constituent elements as much as possible, and redundant explanations are omitted.

[Appearance of game machine 1 according to Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the overall configuration of a game machine 1 according to Embodiment 1, and FIG. 2 is a top view showing the button configuration of the game machine 1. As shown in FIG. For example, a liquid crystal display section 10 is provided in the upper part (the liquid crystal display section 10 is not limited to being in the upper part), and numbers or alphabetic characters are displayed on the liquid crystal display section 10 during the game. Here, numerals or alphabetic characters are, for example, Arabic numerals such as "1" and "2", Chinese numerals such as "one" and "two", and English numerals such as "One" and "Two". Numbers in languages other than Japanese, numbers of dots or bars may be used to represent numbers. There are 7 light-emitting buttons on the lower part, and input/light-emitting button sections 11 to 17 are provided for representing numbers in a so-called 7-segment display. These seven buttons may be seven buttons when expressing numbers, but if English notation is also possible, buttons that express oblique lines etc. may be added between them, and numbers and alphabets themselves may be two digits. The above may be used. A mode switch 18 for switching modes may be attached to the side of the game machine. The mode changeover switch 18 may be a switch for switching the types of randomly generated characters (Arabic numerals, Chinese numerals, English notation numerals, the number of dots, the number of bars, alphabetic characters, etc.). Instead of the mode changeover switch 18, an insertion slot for an SD card or the like may be provided, and the mode changeover switch 18 may be replaced by the type of SD card to be inserted.

FIG. 3 is an operation example diagram showing a state of pressing a button of the game machine according to the first embodiment. The button input section and button light emitting section are so-called alternate type buttons that emit light when pressed when the light is off and turn off when pressed when the light is on. The operation is the same in Embodiment 2, which will be described later.

[Appearance of game machine 1 according to Embodiment 2]
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of the overall configuration of the game machine 1 according to the second embodiment. For example, the speaker unit 10a is provided on the top (the speaker unit 10a is not limited to being on the top), and the speaker unit 10a emits sounds representing numbers or alphabetic characters during the game. Here, the sounds of numbers or alphabetic characters are, for example, Japanese numerical expressions such as "ichi" and "ni", English numerical expressions such as "One" and "Two", and numbers in languages other than English. good. The seven light-emitting buttons and the like in the lower part are the same as in the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the liquid crystal display section 10 may be prepared as in the first embodiment.

[Configuration of Game Machine 1]
FIG. 5 is an internal configuration diagram of the game machine. As shown in FIG. 5, the game machine 1 exemplarily includes a transmission/reception unit 41 for transmitting/receiving various data and various information, an information processing unit 42 for executing various processes, and a storage unit for recording various information and various programs. 43. The information processing section 42 can be realized by, for example, executing a program stored in the storage section 43 by the CPU or the like (not shown).

The transmitting/receiving unit 41 functionally includes 411 which is an input/light emission button unit 1, 412 to 417 which are similarly input/light emission button units 2 to 7, and 418 which is a liquid crystal display unit or speaker unit. It is 411 to 417, which are the input/light emitting button units 1 to 7, are collectively referred to as an input/light emitting button unit group 41a. The number 41a does not necessarily have to be seven, and an input/light-emitting button group 41a of eight or more buttons may be provided when writing in English.

411, which is the input/light emission button section 1, corresponds to the input/light emission button section 11 shown in FIGS. By default, the light is off, and when the button is pressed, the light is turned on. When the button is pressed while the light is on, the light turns off. This is alternately repeated, and data is passed to the information processing section 21 indicating that the input/light emitting button section 11 is in the selected state during light emission. Similarly, 412 to 417, which are input/light emitting button units 2 to 7, correspond to the input/light emitting buttons 12 to 17 shown in FIGS. act.

A liquid crystal display section or speaker section 418 corresponds to the liquid crystal display section 10 or speaker section 10a shown in FIGS. The characters generated by the control by the information processing unit 42 are displayed, or the characters are uttered by voice. Specifically, when the power is turned on, it displays or sounds that it is starting up, and after it starts up, it displays or sounds, for example, the previous game time and the number of clears, and during the game, it displays numbers or alphabetic characters. displayed or audible.

The information processing unit 42 functionally includes a character generation unit 421, a character match determination unit 422, a measurement unit 423, a loop function unit 424, and a liquid crystal display or audio processing unit 425. .

The character generator 421 randomly generates characters when the power is turned on, or when the next character is displayed after matching characters that can be expressed by the input/light emission button group 41a. Only characters representing numbers or alphabetic characters that can be represented by the input/light-emitting button group 41a are generated, and the input/light-emitting button group 41a is placed in an input waiting state.

The character match determination unit 422 determines whether or not the character generated by the character generation unit 421 matches the character expressed by the input/light emission button unit group 41a. If they match, the character generation unit 421 further generates characters, and the generated characters are displayed on the liquid crystal display or the voice processing unit 425 or uttered by voice.

The measurement unit 423 measures the time from when the character generation unit 421 generates a character to when the character match determination unit 422 determines that the character matches, ie, one turn (the period from character generation to character expression match is hereinafter referred to as one turn). do. When the calculation for one turn is completed, the calculation result is sent to the storage unit 43 and added to the accumulated time.

When the character match determination unit 422 determines that the characters match, the loop function unit 424 further causes the character generation unit 421 to generate characters, and instructs each processing unit to put the input/light emitting button unit group 41a in the input waiting state again. do.

A liquid crystal display or audio processing unit 425 generates characters or the like to be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit or speaker unit 418 or uttered by voice. For example, when the power is turned on, processing is performed to display that it is starting up or to emit sound, and during the game, processing is performed to display characters generated by the character generation unit 421 or to emit sound, for example, during the game. Alternatively, after the end of one turn, the time once calculated by the measuring unit 423 or the loop number data 434 (synonymous with the number of game clears) described later may be displayed, or a sound may be emitted.

The storage unit 43 functionally records a character generation program 431, a character matching determination program 432, total playing time data 433, and records and stores loop count data 434. FIG. The character generation program 431 is a program for generating characters that can be represented by the input/light emission button group 41a using random number processing or the like. The character matching determination program 432 is a program for determining whether or not the characters generated by the character generating section 421 match the characters expressed by the input/light emitting button section group 41a. The total playing time data 433 is a record of the time measured by the measuring unit 423 as an accumulated time. The loop count data 434 records how many turns the game has been played using the loop function unit 424 .

[Control processing of game machine 1 and how to play]
Control processing of the game machine 1 and how to play will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of control processing and playing method of the game machine 1 of the present invention.

(Step S1)
When the power of the game machine 1 is turned on, the system starts up.

(Step S2)
For example, it is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit or speaker unit 418 in the initial state, or is output by voice. The character mode may be fixedly displayed or uttered, or a different screen may be displayed or uttered randomly each time. (synonymous with the number of times) may be displayed or uttered by voice, or may not be displayed or uttered by voice. At this time, if there is a switch or the like attached to the game machine 1, the characters to be generated can be selected from the character generation mode (Arabic numerals, Chinese numerals, English notation numerals, the number of dots, the number of bars, alphabetic characters, etc.). Character generator 421 is set.

(Step S3)
The character generator 421 generates characters according to the set mode. The generated characters are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit or the speaker unit 418, or uttered by voice.

(Step S4)
The measurement unit 423 starts measurement at the start of one turn.

(Step S5)
In the initial stage, the input/light emitting button section group 41a is all turned off, and all the input/light emitting button section group 41a are in an input waiting state.

(Step S6)
One of the input/light emission button group 41a is selected and, for example, the input/light emission button section 411 is pressed. The pressed input/light emitting button portion 411 is activated and enters a selected state. This is not limited to the input/light emission button section 411, and any of the input/light emission buttons in the input/light emission button sections 412 to 417 may be pressed.

(Step S7)
The character match determination unit 422 determines whether or not the characters expressed by the plurality of input/light emission button units 41a match the characters generated by the character generation unit 421. FIG. If they do not match, the process returns to step S5. If they match, the loop function unit 424 is used to count up the loop number data 434 in the storage unit 43, and the process proceeds to the next step.

(Step S8)
The measuring unit 423 ends the measurement and adds the measured time to the total playing time data 433 in the storage unit 43 for one turn. The total playing time data may be reset every turn by providing a button, or may not be reset. FIG. 7 is a diagram in which steps S5 to S8 are repeated five times in the first embodiment. The kanji numeral generated by the character generator 421 is "five", and the diagrams 1) to 5) in FIG. 6 are diagrams in which the above process is repeated five times.

(Step S9)
If the power is turned off after the end of one turn, the process ends here. If not, the process returns to step S3 to regenerate the characters and move on to the next turn. 6) in FIG. 6 is a diagram newly generated by the character generation unit 421. FIG. FIG. 8 shows that in the first embodiment, the character generator 421 generates "seven", returns to step S3, then repeats steps S5 to S8 three times, and again in step S9 the character generator 421 generates "seven". It is a generated diagram. Figures 2) to 4) in FIG. 7 show the process repeated three times, and figures 3) and 4) in FIG. .
The feature of this game is the enjoyment of performing simple tasks by playing the game indifferently according to the above simple rules.

[Application of game rules]
As described above, the number of the input/light emission button group 41a is not limited to seven, and by increasing the number of the input/light emission button group 41a, characters such as alphabets may be expressed.
In addition to the game machine 1, which is a dedicated hardware machine, as an application for a portable terminal such as a smart phone, all of the input/light emitting button units 11 to 17 and the liquid crystal display unit 10 are displayed on the game screen, and taps and clicks can be performed. button may be selected.

1 game machine 10 liquid crystal display section 10a speaker section 11 input/light emitting button section 1
12 Input and light emitting button section 2
13 Input and light emitting button section 3
14 Input/light emitting button section 4
15 Input/light emitting button section 5
16 Input and light emission button section 6
17 Input/light emission button section 7
18 mode switch 41 input/output unit 42 information processing unit 43 storage unit 411 input/button light emitting unit 1
412 input/button light emitting unit 2
413 Input and button light emitting unit 3
414 input and button light emitting unit 4
415 input and button light emitting unit 5
416 input/button light emitting unit 6
417 input/button light emitting unit 7
418 liquid crystal display unit/speaker unit 421 character generation unit 422 character match determination unit 423 measurement unit 424 loop function unit 425 liquid crystal display/sound processing unit 431 character generation program 432 character match determination program 433 total playing time data

Claims (3)

A mobile game machine
a character generator for generating, after power-up, a representation of a numeric or alphabetic character;
a liquid crystal display unit for displaying the characters generated by the character generation unit, or a speaker unit for audibly emitting the characters generated by the character generation unit;
an input/light-emitting button unit group that expresses numbers or alphabets by alternately turning on and off each time a combination of a plurality of buttons is pressed;
Determining whether or not numbers or alphabetic characters displayed on the liquid crystal display unit or uttered by the speaker unit match numbers or alphabetic characters expressed by the input and light emitting button unit group. a character match determination unit;
a measurement unit that measures the time from character generation to determination of match when the character match determination unit determines that the characters match;
After the measurement by the measurement unit, the character generation unit generates new numbers or alphabetic characters, and the generated characters are displayed again on the liquid crystal display unit, or after the speaker unit emits a sound, a loop function unit that returns processing to the character match determination unit;
a play time storage unit that adds and stores all the times measured by the measurement unit;
a liquid crystal display or a voice processing unit that instructs the liquid crystal display unit to display the number added in the play time storage unit, or instructs the speaker unit to utter a voice;
A portable game machine comprising: A control method for an information processing device,
a character generation step that, at control initiation, generates a representation of a numeric or alphabetic character;
a character display step of displaying the characters generated by the character generation step, or a character pronunciation step of vocalizing the characters generated by the character generation step;
an input/light-emitting button display step for expressing numbers or alphabets by alternately lighting and turning off light every time a combination of a plurality of button displays is selected;
Characters displayed in the character display step or displayed in the character pronunciation step or expressed in the character pronunciation step, and characters for determining whether or not they match the numbers or alphabet expressed in the input and light emission button display step. a match determination step;
a measuring step of measuring the time from character generation to determination of matching when it is determined that the characters match in the character matching determining step;
After measuring in the measurement step, the character generation step generates new numbers or alphabetic characters, and after the character display step or the character pronunciation step, the loop returns to the character match determination step. a functional step;
a play time storage step of adding all the times measured in the measuring step;
a measurement time expression step of instructing the character display of the number added in the play time storage step or emitting a sound;
A control method for an information processing device, comprising: character generation means for generating representations of numeric or alphabetic characters upon initiation of control of the computer;
Character display means for displaying the characters generated by the character generation means, or character pronunciation means for vocalizing the characters generated by the character generation means,
input/light-emitting button display means for expressing numbers or alphabets by alternately lighting and turning off light every time a combination of a plurality of button displays is selected;
A character for determining whether or not a number or alphabetic character displayed by the character display means or uttered by the character pronunciation means matches the number or alphabetic character expressed by the input/light-emitting button display means. match determination means;
measuring means for measuring the time from character generation to determination of match when the character match determination means determines that the characters match;
After measuring by the measuring means, the character generation means generates new numbers or alphabetic characters, and after the character display means displays them again or the character pronunciation means generates sounds , the character matching determination is made. a loop function means for returning processing to means;
play time storage means for adding all the times measured by the measuring means;
measurement time expression means for displaying the number added by the play time storage means or emitting a sound;
A control program characterized by functioning as

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