JPH08103568A - Game machine with momentum input function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a game machine, by which the level of a character in a game is controlled according to data from a momentum measuring device such as a pedometer so as to solve lack of exercise and train reflexes, and the game can be enjoyed more. CONSTITUTION: A pedometer B is formed by installing a display part 2 and a receiver 3 on a main body part 1. A means for computing the number of steps taken by a person wearing the pedometer B and the momentum thereof is built in the main body part 1. The computed number of steps and momentum are transmitted to the receiver 4 of a game machine A. A person wears the pedometer B and walks, and the momentum data is stored in the pedometer B. The stored data is transferred to a character programmed in the game machine A. According to the received data of the pedometer B, the game machine A conducts confirming procedure for raising the level of each character. In the case of continuing the game, the play is continued in the level-up state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention transmits the amount of exercise data obtained from a pedometer to a game character such as a home video game machine in addition to the pleasure of directly operating the game machine body to advance the game. The game is made more enjoyable by giving it.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional home-use video game consoles, etc. are capable of increasing the character's level by the numerical data obtained as the characters appearing in the game gain various experiences in the game, and further advance to the next stage. Met.

[0003]

However, in the case of a conventional home video game machine or the like, in order to advance the game to the next stage, the game machine is directly operated to gain experience and obtain numerical values. As a result, it was necessary to raise the level of the game character, and as a result, the game machine was held for a long time. As a result, children tend to become engrossed in games, restrained by home-use video game consoles for a long time, and do not carry out the important exercise required in childhood. Further, in the conventional game machine, the time when the game machine is not restrained cannot expect the game character to level up, that is, the time when the game character is not playing and the time when the game character is playing are completely unrelated.

The present invention has been made to solve these conventional problems, and the object of the present invention is to:
By unconsciously or consciously moving the body in activities unrelated to the game, the data necessary for improving the level of the game character is accumulated, and the data is transferred to the game machine to raise the level of the game character. Shorten the time to be restrained by the game by the action of going to the upper stage, and connect the normal life and the game unrelated to the game to make them more enjoyable and eliminate the lack of exercise and reflexes by exercise. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine with a momentum input function, which makes it possible to enjoy the game by training.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a game machine with a momentum input function according to claim 1 of the present invention calculates the walking distance, walking speed, etc. and displays them. A momentum measuring instrument such as a meter, and a sending / receiving means provided in the momentum measuring instrument for transmitting the data of the momentum measured by the momentum measuring instrument, and the data sent from the sending / receiving means is inputted. And a control means for controlling the level of the character in the game by researching a character having a level corresponding to the data from among the characters programmed by the momentum data input from the receiving means. A game having a transmission means for transmitting a reception completion signal to the transmission / reception means when the transmission of the momentum data measured by the transmission / reception means is completed. And machine, characterized in that is provided.

[0006]

According to the present invention described in "Claim 1" having the above configuration, data from a momentum measuring instrument such as a pedometer for calculating and displaying a walking distance and a walking speed is input as information data. A sending / receiving means and a receiving means for inputting the data sent from the sending / receiving means are provided, and the level corresponding to the data is selected from the characters programmed by the momentum data input from the receiving means. A game that uses data from a momentum measuring instrument such as a pedometer that researches characters and controls the level of the characters in the game, and calculates and displays walking distance and walking speed. Since you can control the level of the character inside, you can start the game in order to select an interesting character with a high level. It is necessary to do a certain amount of exercise before, and it is possible to solve the lack of exercise of modern children and adults who tend to lack exercise, and because of exercise, the reflexes are excellent and the operability of the game console is improved. By doing so, you will have more ways to enjoy the game console.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a game machine with an exercise amount input function according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a game machine with an exercise amount input function according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing a basic circuit configuration of a game machine with an exercise amount input function according to the present invention, and FIG. It is a chart figure which shows the algorithm of the control means (CPU) shown by 2. As shown in FIG. 1, the pedometer B has a display unit 2 and a transmitter / receiver 3 mounted on a main body 1. Further, the main body 1 has a built-in calculation means for calculating the number of steps and the amount of movement of a person or an animal to which the pedometer B is attached, and the calculation means is connected to the transmitter / receiver 3 to perform calculation. The number of steps or the amount of movement of the person or the animal calculated by the means is input by an acceleration sensor 8 to be described later, and is transmitted by the transmitter / receiver 3 to the transmitter / receiver 4 of the game machine A. In the figure, 5 is a floppy in which the character of each animal is programmed, 6 is the main body case of the game machine A,
Reference numeral 7 is a mouse for operation. As the game software in this case, Momotaro's software is taken as an example. As shown in FIG. 2, the pedometer B includes an acceleration sensor 8, a counter 9 and a counter C.
A PU 10 and a memory 11 are provided. Further, the pedometer B has a light receiving sensor 1 used as the transmitter / receiver 3.
2 and the light emitting element 13 are attached to transmit the data of the momentum measured by the acceleration sensor 8 which controls the internal momentum measuring device, and when the transmission of the momentum data is completed, the reception completion signal is received. There is. The algorithm of the game machine with the momentum input function configured as described above is as shown in FIG. First, the game is started by the game machine A. In step 200, the program software is designated and it is asked whether or not to input the exercise amount data of the pedometer B. In the case of NO, the program software programmed in the game machine A is designated according to the progress of the game, and while the game proceeds,
For example, programmed companion animals (dogs, monkeys, pheasants) will appear, and as the game progresses, the levels of the protagonist and companion animals will rise. Therefore, when the process proceeds to step 201, the levels of the hero and the companion animal increase according to the degree of the level improvement. The higher this level is, the better the demons can fight when going to Onigashima. In step 202, for example, the game is temporarily finished, and the pedometer B, which must be separated from the game machine A, is attached to one's body. At this time, if the household has dogs, monkeys, and pheasants, attach a pedometer B to these animals as well.
In addition, if the household does not keep those animals, the pedometer B should be worn by the family in the same manner as those animals.
While the person wearing the pedometer B and his / her family each perform activities,
The momentum data is accumulated in the pedometer B in the order from step 100 to step 103. Therefore, step 20
In 3, the pedometer B mounted when the game is restarted after a while is collected, and the obtained data is used for the corresponding game machine A.
Transfer to the character programmed in. Then, the game machine A follows the data of the pedometer B received,
Checks are made to improve the level of each character. That is, the hero whose level has been raised by the data obtained by the pedometer B also rides the companion whose level has been raised by the data obtained by the pedometer B to the Onigashima Island to defeat the demons. Here, the process proceeds to step 204, and it is asked whether or not to continue the game. When it is desired to continue the game, the process returns to step 200 and the play is performed as described above. If NO, the game ends. Also at this time, the player can accumulate data for ending the game by the pedometer B even while the player is away from the game machine. Also, the fact that people and animals other than the player cooperated in accumulating data in order to help the player will have an unprecedented fun. Note that, in the case of YES in step 200, the game machine A inputs the received data of the pedometer B, and confirms to increase the level of each character programmed based on the data. Is performed in step 202. Note that the pedometer B is initialized at the start = reset (that is, 2 after reset).
It is set so that data of 4 hours (= can be set arbitrarily) can be used effectively, and it will be automatically reset after 24 hours, or it will not be able to transfer and save memory capacity. There is. Further, as the data transmission means, optical communication, radio waves, cables, etc. can be considered. Further, in this embodiment, the floppy 5 is used as a storage means for storing game software, but it goes without saying that a semiconductor memory device such as a hard disk or a flash memory may be used. As described above, according to the present invention of this embodiment, the level of the character in the game can be controlled by the data from the momentum measuring device such as the pedometer B which calculates and displays the walking distance and the walking speed. Therefore, in order to select an interesting character with a high level, it is necessary to do a predetermined amount of exercise before starting the game, and it is possible to eliminate the lack of exercise of modern children and adults who tend to lack exercise. In addition to being able to exercise, the reflexes are excellent due to the exercise, and the operability of the game machine is improved.

[0010]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the game is executed by the data from the momentum measuring instrument such as a pedometer which calculates and displays the walking distance and the walking speed. Since you can control the level of the character inside, in order to select a high-level interesting character, it is necessary to do a certain amount of exercise before starting the game, and modern children who tend to lack exercise can In addition to being able to eliminate the lack of exercise for adults, the reflexes are excellent due to exercise, and the operability of the game machine is improved, so that there are many ways to enjoy the game machine and so on. Become.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a game machine with a momentum input function according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing a basic circuit configuration of a game machine with a momentum input function according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a chart showing an algorithm of the control means (CPU) shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols] A: Game machine B: Pedometer 1: Game machine body 2: Display section 3: Transmitter / receiver 4・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Sending and receiving equipment 5 ・ ・ ・ Floppy 6 ・ ・ ・ Game console 8 ・ ・ ・ Acceleration sensor 9 ・ ・ ・ Counter 10 ・ ・ ・ ・ CPU 11 ・ ・ ・·memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A momentum measuring instrument such as a pedometer for calculating and displaying a walking distance, a walking speed and the like, and for transmitting the data of the momentum measured by the momentum measuring instrument provided in the momentum measuring instrument. And a receiving means for inputting the data sent from the sending / receiving means. According to the data from the character programmed by the momentum data input from the receiving means. Research the level characters,
A game machine having a control means for controlling the level of the character in the game and a transmission means for transmitting a reception completion signal to the transmission / reception means when the transmission of the momentum data measured by the transmission / reception means is completed. A game machine with a function of inputting the amount of exercise.