JPH10283161A - Interactive system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive system which communicates with a user by using a telephone or a portable telephone. SOLUTION: This system has a user system 10 which reads and executes a program from a storage medium, a voice server system 22 which supplies a voice that is previously stored and a telephone set 16 or a portable telephone 18 which exists near the system 10, sends a voice output request to the system 22 through a public circuit 14 by executing a program of the system 10, connects a line from the system 22 to the set 16 or the telephone 18 and supplies a voice. Thus the voice of content that is related to the program comes out from the set 16 or the telephone 18 which is near a user and is added to the system 10, and further the communication with the user is carried out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an interactive system, and more particularly, to an interactive system using communication equipment such as a telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, CD-ROMs (Compact
The software stored in a storage medium such as a disk read only memory) is executed, an image is displayed and sound is output according to a user's input operation, and a game is played on a game machine or a personal computer. I have. Conventionally, a game has been executed on a plurality of remote terminals (personal computers) using a personal computer communication service.

[0003]

In a conventional game machine, a personal computer enjoys an image displayed on a television receiver or a display and a sound flowing from a speaker. There was no idea of communication. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide an interactive system for communicating with a user using a telephone or a mobile phone.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a user system connected to a public line for reading and executing a program from a storage medium, and a user system connected to the public line and stored in advance. A voice server system for supplying voice to the user, and a telephone or a mobile phone in the vicinity of the user system, and issues a voice output request to the voice server system through a public line by executing a program of the user system, A line is connected from the server system to the telephone or the mobile telephone to supply audio.

[0005] Therefore, a telephone or a portable telephone near the user is called in accordance with the progress of the program, and voice of contents related to the program flows out, and further communication with the user is performed in addition to the user system. Can be. The invention according to claim 2 is a user system that reads a program from a storage medium and executes the program, a voice server system that is connected to a public line and supplies pre-stored voice, A telephone or a mobile phone, and a user connects a line to the voice server system from the telephone or the mobile phone by using a hint given by execution of the program of the user system, and outputs a voice from the voice server system to the telephone or the mobile phone. Supply.

Therefore, even if the user system is not connected to the public line, the user can make a call using a telephone or a portable telephone with a hint given by the execution of the program, so that the voice related to the program flows out. In addition to the user system, communication with the user can be further achieved. The invention according to claim 3 includes a user system that reads a program from a storage medium and executes the program, an adapter that connects the user system to a public line, and a telephone or a mobile phone that is near the user system. By executing a program of the user system, a voice stored in advance in the storage medium is read and supplied from the user system to the telephone or the mobile phone through a public line.

[0007] Therefore, a telephone or a mobile phone near the user is called in accordance with the progress of the program, and the voice related to the program is read from the storage medium and flows from the telephone or the mobile phone to the user system. In addition, communication with the user can be further achieved, and the configuration is simplified without the need for a voice server system. The invention according to claim 4 includes a user system that reads a program from a storage medium and executes the program, a mobile phone near the user system, and an adapter that connects the user system to the mobile phone. By executing a user program, a voice stored in advance in the storage medium is read and supplied from the user system to the mobile phone through an adapter.

[0008] Therefore, a mobile phone near the user is called in accordance with the progress of the program, and the voice of the contents related to the program is read out from the storage medium and flows from the mobile phone. Communication with the user system can be achieved, and since there is no need to pass through a public line, the configuration is simplified and no fee is charged.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a user system such as a game machine or a personal computer. The user system 10 is connected to a public line 14 through a modem 12. Also, the user's telephone 16 is connected to the public line 1.
4, the user's mobile phone (including a simple mobile phone such as a PHS) 18 is also connected to the public line 14 through the base station 20. Further, an audio server system 22 is connected to the public line 14.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a personal computer as the user system 10. As shown in FIG. In the figure, a CD-ROM device 30 reproduces a CD-ROM 32 storing software such as a game program. CD
-The program and its data (image data and audio data) read from the ROM 32 are stored in the RAM 34 through the bus 33, and the program is executed by the CPU 36. The image processing circuit 38 stores the image data read from the CD-ROM 32 and supplied under the control of the CPU 36 in the video memory 40, and generates an analog video signal from the image data read from the video memory 40 in a predetermined cycle in the order of scanning. To the display 42 to display the image. The audio processing circuit 44 is a CD-RO
The audio data read from M32 and supplied under the control of the CPU 36 is converted into an analog audio signal, supplied to the speaker 46, and output the audio.

An input unit 48 such as a keyboard and a mouse generates operation data by a user's operation, and a program executed by the CPU 36 controls the progress of the game according to the operation data. The ROM 50 stores programs such as an OS (operating system).
The communication interface 52 is connected to the external modem 12, and performs data communication between the bus 33 and the modem 12.

When the user system 10 is a game machine, the analog video signal and the analog audio signal generated by the image processing circuit 38 and the audio processing circuit 44 are supplied to a television receiver (not shown) for display and sound generation. Done. A controller is used as the input unit 48. FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of the voice server system 22. In the figure, a CPU 60 executes a processing program stored in a ROM 62 to perform data management of an audio database 64, input / output signal processing, and the like. Voice database 64
The audio data is registered in advance, and the CPU 60 searches the audio database 64 for necessary audio data, reads out the audio data, and supplies the audio data to the audio processing circuit 68 through the bus 66. The audio processing circuit 68 converts the audio data into an analog audio signal and supplies it to the modem 70.

The modem 70 is connected to the public line 14. The analog audio signal supplied from the audio processing circuit 68 is transmitted to the telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18 through the public line 14. The modem 70 is supplied with communication data such as commands from the user system 10 through the public line 14, for example. This communication data is read into the CPU 60 from the communication interface 72 via the bus 66 and analyzed by the CPU 60. Note that the RAM 74 is C
Used for the work area of the PU 60 and the like.

FIG. 4 shows a time chart of the system shown in FIG. When the user system 10 reproduces the CD-ROM 32 storing the game program on the CD-ROM device 30, a message for requesting registration of a telephone number as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 42 in step S10 prior to the start of the game. . This allows the user to enter the input unit 4
The user inputs the telephone number of the telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18 using the telephone number 8, and the telephone number is stored in the RAM 34 and registered.

Next, the game is started in step S12. As the game progresses, a predetermined event occurs in step S14. This event is, for example, in the case of a reasoning / mystery game, when the user plays a game as a detective who is the character of the game, there is a call from a criminal, or there is a threatening call or a snitch call.
In the case of a science fiction game or an adventure game, this is a scene where wireless communication is performed from a game character.

When the above event occurs, step S16 is executed.
The CPU 36 performs a calling process for connecting to the voice server system 22. Thus, in step S18, the public line 1 is transmitted from the communication interface 52 through the modem 12.
An outgoing call to 4 is made. As a result, the voice server system 22 is called and connection processing of the voice server system 22 is performed in step S30. When the line connection is over,
The user system 10 transmits a voice output request corresponding to the event generated in step S14 to the voice server system in step S20.

The voice server system 22 proceeds to step S32.
Performs call processing for the user's telephone. The user's telephone number is registered in step S10, and is notified as a parameter of the voice output request. By the calling process described above, an outside line is transmitted from the communication interface 72 to the public line 14 through the modem 70 in step S34. Thereby, the user's telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 1
8 is called, and connection processing (off-hook) of the telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18 is performed in step S50.

After the line connection, the voice server system 22 searches the voice database 64 based on the voice output request and outputs voice data in step S36, and outputs voice data in step S38.
The voice data is converted into an analog voice signal (voice conversion) and sent to the user's telephone 16 or mobile telephone 18. Thereby, in step S52, the user's telephone 1
6 or the mobile phone 18 produces a voice.

Thus, the user is called by the telephone 16 or the portable telephone 18 which is nearby during the game, and when the user goes off-hook, for example, a voice of a criminal, a threat, a smell, or a voice of a criminal, or a character of the game is played. The voice of wireless communication etc. flows. For this reason, the user can be drawn into the game world more than before. At this time, it is more effective to display, on the display 42 of the user system 10, an image in which a criminal or a character 80 in the game is talking on the mobile phone 82 as shown in FIG. 6, for example.

Here, the user performs a push key operation of the telephone in step S54 in response to the voice flowed from the telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18. The push key voice signal generated by this push key operation is transmitted to the voice server system 22.
The voice processing circuit 68 converts the frequency of the push key voice signal into a code of the operated push key (voice conversion) in step S40, and transmits the code to the user system 10. CPU 36 of user system 10
Decrypts the push key code supplied through the communication interface 52 and performs processing as an input to the game program. By this push key operation, for example, the device of the image displayed on the display 42 can be operated in the game. That is, the user system 10 can be operated using the telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18 connected online.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a user system such as a game machine or a personal computer. User's telephone 1
6 is connected to the public line 14 and is connected to the user's mobile phone (P
A simple mobile phone 18 such as an HS) is connected to the public line 14 through a base station 20. Public line 1
4 is connected to a voice server system 22.

FIG. 8 shows a time chart of the system shown in FIG. The game is started in step S112. As the game progresses, a predetermined event occurs in step S114. This event is, for example, a situation where a phone call is made to a game character. At this time, in the display image, for example, a piece of paper on which the telephone number and extension number of the voice server system 22 are written is displayed, and a hint is given to the user (step S116).

According to the hint, the user manually calls the telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18 in step S150.
As a result, in step S152, the voice server system 2
2 to the voice server system 22.
Then, connection processing is performed in step S130. Then, the CPU 60 of the voice server system 22 recognizes the extension number input from the telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18 by the user in step S132.

The voice server system 22 proceeds to step S13
In step S4, the voice database 64 is searched based on the extension number as a voice output request, and voice data is output. In step S136, the voice data is converted into an analog voice signal (voice conversion) and the user's telephone 16 or mobile phone is converted. To 18. As a result, a voice is generated from the user's telephone 16 or mobile phone 18 in step S52. As a result, the user plays a telephone call or a wireless communication voice from a game character related to the game on the telephone 16 or the mobile phone 18 which is nearby during the game.
For this reason, the user can be drawn into the game world more than before.

FIG. 9 shows a configuration diagram of a third embodiment of the system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a user system such as a game machine or a personal computer. The user system 10 is connected to the public line 14 through an adapter 90. Further, the user's telephone 16 is also connected to the public line 14, and the user's mobile telephone (including a simplified mobile telephone such as a PHS) 18 is also connected to the public line 14 through the base station 20.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the adapter 90. In the figure, a communication interface 92 is connected to the communication interface 52 of the user system 10.
The audio processing circuit 93 converts audio data into an analog audio signal and vice versa. The selector 94 is a modem 9
6 or the PHS ohm adapter 98 is selected. This selection is performed under the control of the CPU 36 of the user system 10 via the communication interface 92. Modem 96 is connected to public line 14. The PHS home adapter 98 is an adapter for using the portable telephone 18 as a cordless telephone at home when the portable telephone 18 is a simple portable telephone of the PHS system, and has an antenna 99 therefor.

FIG. 11 is a time chart when the modem 96 in the adapter 90 is used in the system shown in FIG. When the user system 10 plays back the CD-ROM 32 storing the game program on the CD-ROM device 30, a message for requesting registration of a telephone number is displayed on the display 42 in step S210 prior to the start of the game. This allows the user to use the input unit 48 to set the telephone 1
6 or the telephone number of the mobile phone 18, and the telephone number is stored in the RAM 34 and registered.

Next, the game is started in step S212. As the game progresses, a predetermined event occurs in step S214. This event is, for example, in the case of a reasoning / mystery game, when the user plays a game as a detective who is the character of the game, there is a call from a criminal, or there is a threatening call or a snitch call. In the case of a science fiction game or an adventure game, this is a scene where wireless communication is performed from a game character.

When the above event occurs, step S21 is performed.
In step S218, the CPU 36 performs a calling process.
An external line is transmitted to the public line 14 through the modem 96 of the public telephone. As a result, the user's telephone 16 or mobile telephone 18 is called, and connection processing (off-hook) of the telephone 16 or mobile telephone 18 is performed in step S250.

After the line connection, the CPU of the user system 10
36 outputs the audio data reproduced from the CD-ROM 32 in step S220, and the audio processing circuit 93 of the adapter converts this audio data into an analog audio signal (voice conversion) in step S222 to convert the audio data into the user's telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18; To send to. As a result, step S252 is performed.
Then, a voice is generated from the user's telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18.

Thus, the user is called by the telephone 16 or the portable telephone 18 which is nearby during the game, and when the user goes off-hook, for example, a voice of a criminal, a threat, a smell, or a voice of a criminal is played, or a character of the game is played. The voice of wireless communication etc. flows. For this reason, the user can be drawn into the game world more than before. In this embodiment, it is necessary to previously store voice data to be output as a telephone voice in software of the CD-ROM 32.

Here, the user performs a push key operation of the telephone in step S254 in response to the voice flowed from the telephone 16 or the mobile telephone 18. The push key voice signal generated by the push key operation is transmitted to the adapter 90, and the voice processing circuit 93 performs voice conversion in step S224 and transmits the push key code to the user system 10. The CPU 36 of the user system 10 decodes the push key code supplied through the communication interface 52 and performs processing as an input to the game program. With the push key code, for example, the device of the image displayed on the display 42 can be operated in the game. That is, the telephone 1 connected online
The user system 10 can be operated using the mobile phone 6 or the mobile phone 18. In this embodiment, no voice server system is required, and the configuration of the system is simplified.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a user system such as a game machine or a personal computer. An adapter 90 is connected to the user system 10. The user's mobile phone (PHS) 18 can be connected to a PHS home adapter 98 in the adapter 90 as a child device.

FIG. 13 shows a time chart of the system shown in FIG. When the user system 10 reproduces the CD-ROM 32 storing the game program on the CD-ROM device 30, the game is started in step S312.
As the game progresses, a predetermined event occurs in step S314. This event is, for example, in the case of a reasoning / mystery game, when the user plays a game as a detective who is the character of the game, there is a call from a criminal, or there is a threatening call or a snitch call. S
In the case of an F game or an adventure game, the scene is a scene where wireless communication is performed from a game character.

When the above event occurs, step S31 is executed.
In step S6, the CPU 36 performs a calling process.
Is called from the PHS home adapter 98 to the mobile phone 18. As a result, the user's mobile phone 18 is called, and the mobile phone 18 is called in step S350.
Is performed (off-hook).

After the line connection, the CPU of the user system 10
36 outputs the audio data reproduced from the CD-ROM 32 in step S320, and the audio processing circuit 93 of the adapter converts the audio data into an analog audio signal (voice conversion) in step S322 and sends it to the user's mobile phone 18. . As a result, a voice is generated from the user's mobile phone 18 in step S352.

As a result, the user is called by the portable telephone 18 at hand during the game and goes off-hook.
For example, voices of a criminal, intimidation, and snitching related to the game flow, and voices of wireless communication from game characters flow. For this reason, the user can be drawn into the game world more than before. In this embodiment, the CD-RO
It is necessary to previously store voice data to be output as a telephone voice in the M32 software.

Here, the user performs a push key operation of the telephone in step S354 in response to the voice played from the mobile phone 18. The push key voice signal generated by this push key operation is transmitted to the adapter 90, and the voice processing circuit 93 performs voice conversion in step S324 and transmits the push key code to the user system 10. The CPU 36 of the user system 10 decodes the push key code supplied through the communication interface 52 and performs processing as an input to the game program. By this push key operation, for example, the display 4
2 can be operated. That is, the user system 10 can be operated using the mobile phone 18 connected online.

In this embodiment, since the mobile telephone is called from the user system without passing through the public line, the configuration is simple and no telephone charge is required. In the above embodiment, a CD-ROM is used as a storage medium.
Of course, other storage media such as a ROM and an MO may be used.

[0040]

As described above, the first aspect of the present invention provides
A user system connected to the public line to read and execute the program from the storage medium; a voice server system connected to the public line to supply pre-stored voice; A telephone or a mobile phone, and issues a voice output request to a voice server system through a public line by executing a program of the user system, and connects the voice server system to the telephone or the mobile phone to supply voice.

For this reason, a telephone or a portable telephone near the user is called in accordance with the progress of the program, and the voice related to the program flows out, and further communication with the user is performed in addition to the user system. Can be. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a user system that reads a program from a storage medium and executes the program.
A voice server system connected to a public line and supplying pre-stored voice, and having a telephone or a mobile phone in the vicinity of the user system, and having a hint given by execution of a program of the user system A user makes a line connection from the telephone or mobile phone to a voice server system, and supplies voice to the telephone or mobile phone from the voice server system.

For this reason, even if the user system is not connected to the public line, the user can make a call on the telephone or the portable telephone with the hint given by the execution of the program, so that the sound related to the program flows out. In addition to the user system, communication with the user can be further achieved. Further, the invention according to claim 3 has a user system for reading and executing a program from a storage medium, an adapter for connecting the user system to a public line, and a telephone or a mobile phone near the user system. Then, by executing a program of the user system, a voice stored in advance in the storage medium is read and supplied from the user system to the telephone or the mobile phone through a public line.

For this reason, a telephone or a portable telephone near the user is called in accordance with the progress of the program, and voice of contents related to the program is read out from the storage medium and flows from the telephone or the portable telephone to the user system. In addition, communication with the user can be further achieved, and the configuration is simplified without the need for a voice server system. The invention according to claim 4 includes a user system that reads a program from a storage medium and executes the program, a mobile phone near the user system, and an adapter that connects the user system to the mobile phone. By executing the user program, a voice stored in advance in the storage medium is read and supplied from the user system to the mobile phone through an adapter.

For this reason, a mobile phone near the user is called in accordance with the progress of the program, and the voice related to the program is read from the storage medium and flows from the mobile phone, and in addition to the user system, Communication with the user system can be achieved, and since there is no need to pass through a public line, the configuration is simplified and no fee is charged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a user system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a voice server system.

FIG. 4 is a time chart of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a time chart of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an adapter.

FIG. 11 is a time chart of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a time chart of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 User system 12, 96 Modem 14 Public line 16 Telephone 18 Mobile telephone 20 Base station 22 Voice server system 30 CD-ROM device 32 CD-ROM 36, 60 CPU 38 Image processing device 42 Display 44, 68, 93 Voice processing device 52 , 72, 92 Communication interface 90 Adapter 94 Selector 98 PHS home adapter

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A user system connected to a public line for reading and executing a program from a storage medium, an audio server system connected to the public line and supplying a pre-stored audio, Having a telephone or a mobile phone in the vicinity of the system, issuing a voice output request to a voice server system through a public line by executing a program of the user system, and connecting a line from the voice server system to the telephone or the mobile phone. An interactive system characterized by supplying audio. 2. A user system which reads and executes a program from a storage medium, a voice server system which is connected to a public line and supplies a voice stored in advance, and a telephone or mobile phone near the user system A telephone connected to a voice server system from the telephone or the mobile phone by a hint given by execution of the program of the user system, and supplying voice to the telephone or the mobile phone from the voice server system. Interactive system characterized by the following. 3. A program for the user system, comprising: a user system for reading and executing a program from a storage medium; an adapter for connecting the user system to a public line; and a telephone or a mobile phone near the user system. And reading the voice stored in advance in the storage medium and supplying the read voice from the user system to the telephone or mobile phone through a public line. 4. A user system for reading and executing a program from a storage medium, a mobile phone in the vicinity of the user system, and an adapter for connecting the user system to the mobile phone, wherein the execution of the user program is performed. An interactive system for reading audio stored in advance in the storage medium and supplying the read audio from the user system to the mobile phone through an adapter.