JPH11114218A - Game system and electronic camera apparatus with game processing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic camera apparatus with a game processing auxiliary function which enables executing of a series of game operations based on an image taken and a game system which enables executing of a series of game on a screen of a display device such as TV monitor. SOLUTION: A digital camera is provided with a start image setting means 112 by which desired images are reproduced out of images recorded on a recording medium and are combined to be displayed in an array and a game execution means 113 in which after user's operation, an operation of changing the combination is repeated, then stopped after a desired timing or the passage of a fixed time to evaluate the combination of the images and the results are reported to the user by the display of score or voice, sounds, light, characters or the like. An external image reproducer such as TV monitor is connected to build a game system using the digital camera as game operating device and the external image reproducer 200 as display device. Thus, a game that allows a number of participants, for example, a series of game plays in a party site or the like is executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image combination display and image selection technique, and more particularly to an electronic camera device having a game processing function based on a captured image, and a display device such as an electronic camera device and a television monitor. The present invention relates to a connected game system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A person, an animal, a robot, or an object expressed on a CRT is operated to compete for points or to move or rotate a plurality of pictures so that a user can move or rotate at a desired time. There are slot machine games and computer games (hereinafter simply referred to as games) for obtaining points by matching or combining pictures when stopped.
Such games include slot machines installed in so-called pachinko parlors and MPUs (microprocessors).
And a personal game machine having a display device such as a CRT and an operation panel, and a commercial game machine incorporating an MPU, but not only such a game dedicated machine but also a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer). It can also be played by operating a game program.

Usually, a game is configured to move or rotate a picture image by operation of a player, and to give a score when a predetermined combination is obtained when the picture image is stopped at a desired point in time. In the process, a sound or light is emitted. It is designed to enhance the game effect. Some of the above-mentioned games are mechanically configured in a slot machine, but in a dedicated game machine, a CRT is executed by a control program and a game program (usually a plurality of game programs) built in a ROM.
A pattern is expressed above, and a series of game operations are executed according to a user's instruction (play). In this case, the picture is expressed and operated on the CRT by the game program based on the data and parameters incorporated with the program or the data and parameters recorded on the built-in recording medium.

When a series of game operations are performed by displaying an image on a CRT or a television monitor using a personal computer, a commercially available game program is installed in the personal computer or the like, and is installed together with the game program. Based on the data and parameters, or the data and parameters supplied with the game program, a CRT is executed by the game program under the control of the personal computer OS.
Or is displayed and works on a TV monitor.

On the other hand, in recent years, digital cameras have been developed and marketed as electronic still cameras for the general public. A subject image picked up by a digital camera is recorded on a storage medium as image data through photoelectric conversion by a CCD or the like, signal conversion, signal processing, and the like. In addition, many digital cameras are equipped with a display device such as a liquid crystal display. In such a digital camera, an image (through image) periodically captured from a CCD is displayed on the display device. Using the device instead of a viewfinder, the user can depress the shutter button at the desired timing while viewing and confirming the displayed image to capture (and record and save) the desired image (recording mode), or record mode , The image information recorded on the recording medium can be read and displayed on the display device (reproduction mode).

Therefore, when a user takes a picture of a subject, the recording result can be read out from the recording medium immediately after recording, reproduced, and displayed on the display device. It has the convenience of an optical camera that can be retaken even when it is not available. Also, a digital camera is characterized in that an image is converted into digital data and recorded. Therefore, the digital camera is not only used as a photographing camera as an electronic alternative to an optical camera, but also for creating image data using a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer). It has been used as an image processing device.

[0007]

As described above, when a game is played on a dedicated game machine or a personal computer, a pattern is created based on data and parameters previously incorporated in a game program or data and parameters recorded on a recording medium. The game program is expressed and a series of game operations are performed by the game program, and the patterns making these game operations are displayed by the parameters and the game program based on fixed data given in advance. It should be noted that most of the image data is graphic data, and the image is represented by a graphic, and a game operation is not added to an image obtained on the spot.

When a game is played on a personal computer, the game operation is performed based on fixed data obtained by temporarily writing data in the game program or image data given in advance by a game program maker to a recording medium on the personal computer. In principle, it has been impossible in principle to observe a subject at a desired angle, obtain a desired image, and perform a game operation based on the desired image.

Here, the inventor of the present invention has been able to record a desired image while displaying a subject on a display device (usually a liquid crystal display) with a digital camera, so that a game operation based on a combination of images taken by the digital camera is performed by the digital camera. The idea that the game can be played on a liquid crystal display or on a television monitor so as to be able to play a game based on a captured image that cannot be performed by a game operation using a dedicated game machine or a personal computer has been obtained.
Also, based on the above idea, by providing a digital camera with a game assisting function, it is possible to add recreational applicability in addition to the applicability of the digital camera such as photograph recording and image data generation, and the use range of the digital camera becomes wider. Is expected.

The present invention has been made based on the above idea, and provides an electronic camera device with a game processing assisting function for executing a series of game operations based on a captured image, and a display device such as a television monitor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game system that is connected and executes the above-described series of game operations on the screen of the display device based on the game processing auxiliary function.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, a game system according to a first aspect of the present invention captures a subject image, displays the captured image on a display device, and displays a desired image among the captured subject images. It has a recording mode that can be recorded on a recording medium, and a reproduction mode that reproduces and displays an image recorded on the recording medium, and reproduces a desired image among images recorded on the recording medium and arranges the image in combination. An electronic camera device including a game mode for repeating a display operation, stopping at a desired timing or after a lapse of a predetermined time, evaluating a combination of images at that time or a selected image, and notifying a user of the combination; And an external image reproducing device for displaying an output from the electronic camera device in connection with the electronic camera device.

A game system according to a second aspect of the present invention provides a recording mode in which a subject image is captured and displayed on a display device, and a desired image of the captured subject image can be recorded on a recording medium. Having a playback mode for playing back recorded images and displaying images, displaying m images out of n images on a display device at random, and stopping at a desired timing or after a certain period of time, Evaluate and / or report the combination of the m images displayed at the time, or select one of the m images displayed at the time or one of the subject images in the group image And / or an electronic camera device including a game mode for notifying, and an external image reproducing device connected to the electronic camera device, wherein images output from the electronic camera device are displayed in the order of display on the electronic camera device. And displaying on the display device of the external image reproducing apparatus.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic camera device with a game processing function, which captures a subject image and displays the captured image on a display device, and a desired image of the captured subject image can be recorded on a recording medium; A reproduction mode for reproducing an image recorded on a recording medium and displaying the image;
Game image setting means for randomly extracting and reproducing the images and displaying the images on the display device, and m images of the n images are randomly extracted and reproduced by the user's start operation. A game execution means for repeating an operation of array display as a game image on the display device, stopping the array display operation at a desired timing or after a lapse of a predetermined time, and evaluating and / or notifying a combination of images at that time; It is characterized by including a game mode.

In the electronic camera device with a game processing function according to the third aspect of the present invention, the n images may be images corresponding to different n images selected from the images recorded on the recording medium, Alternatively, images of n pictures registered in a recording medium in advance may be used.

[0015] Further, a pair of images corresponding to n different images selected from the n images of images registered in the recording medium in advance and the subject images recorded on the recording medium are paired. A set of images associated with No. 1 or a composite image thereof may be used. Further, the n images are images corresponding to different n images selected from the reduced images of the n picture images registered in the recording medium in advance and the subject images recorded on the recording medium. May be a set of images in which the images are associated one by one or a composite image thereof.

The electronic camera device with a game processing function according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a recording mode in which a subject image is captured and displayed on a display device, and a desired image among the captured subject images can be recorded on a recording medium. And a reproduction mode for reproducing an image recorded on the recording medium and displaying the image. The reproduction mode reproduces desired m different images among the images recorded on the recording medium, and plays the game image on the display device. After operating the point means on the screen of the display device by the game image setting means for randomly displaying the arrangement and the start operation of the user,
A game mode including game execution means for stopping the operation of the point means at a predetermined timing and evaluating and / or notifying one of a plurality of displayed images corresponding to the position where the point means has stopped. Features.

Further, in the electronic camera device with the game processing function according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, after the game execution means is operated with the pointing means on the screen of the display device as an image as a person image, a desired timing or a predetermined time is obtained. The game execution means may be configured to stop after a lapse of time and to give a predetermined chance to the person in the person image corresponding to the position where the point means has stopped, and to operate the game execution means by operating the point means on the screen of the display device. After that, the operation may be stopped at a desired timing or after a lapse of a predetermined time, and the operator may be configured to give a score or a predetermined chance to an image corresponding to the position where the pointing device has stopped.

The electronic camera device with a game processing function according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a recording mode in which a subject image is captured and displayed on a display device, and a desired image among the captured subject images can be recorded on a recording medium. And a playback mode for playing back the image recorded on the recording medium and displaying the image, and when a desired one group image is selected from the images reproduced from the image recorded on the recording medium, Game image setting means for displaying the set image as a game image on a display device, and, by a user's start operation, after operating the point means on the screen of the display device, stopping the operation of the point means at a predetermined timing, A game mode including game execution means for evaluating and / or notifying one of the displayed plurality of subject images corresponding to the position where the pointing means has stopped. That.

Further, in the electronic camera device with the game processing function according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the object image is a person image, and the game execution means is operated at a desired timing or after the point means is operated on the screen of the display device. After a certain time has elapsed, the game execution means may be stopped as a means for giving a predetermined chance to the person of the person image corresponding to the position where the point means has stopped, and after operating the point means on the screen of the display device, It may be configured to stop at a desired timing or after a lapse of a predetermined time, and to give a score or a predetermined chance to the subject image corresponding to the position where the pointing means has stopped.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

<Game Type of First Embodiment> The game type of the first embodiment of the electronic camera device of the present invention is a game type for evaluating a combination of display images, and a desired plurality of images among images recorded on a recording medium. The images are reproduced and displayed at random, and the sequence display of each image is further changed at random by the user's operation, and stopped at a desired timing or after a certain period of time to evaluate the combination of images at the time of stop. It has a game function to output notification information for notifying the user with score display or voice, sound, light, text, etc., and is connected to an external image reproducing device such as a television monitor to connect the electronic camera device to the game. As a game system using an operation device and an external image reproducing device as a display device, it is possible to enjoy a game involving a large number of players, for example, a game play at a party venue or the like. Note that the game can be played by the electronic camera device alone by displaying an image on the liquid crystal display of the electronic camera device.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment, in order to make it easy for the user to grasp the timing (chance) of stopping the movement of the image and to evaluate the combination of the arrangement of the images, the pattern and the image may be displayed in combination. Good. Examples of games belonging to the game type of the first embodiment include a matching game such as a slot game, a card game, and a flower card game.

<Game Type of Second Embodiment> A second embodiment of the electronic camera device according to the present invention is a game type in which one of a plurality of displayed images is designated. Is displayed at random, and a cursor or a point means such as an OSD (0n Screen Display) is operated on the screen of the display device, and then stopped at a desired timing or after a predetermined time elapses. It has a game function that evaluates according to the type of image corresponding to the stopped position, gives a chance to the operator or the person of the image pointed to, and outputs notification information for notifying it, such as a TV monitor. Connected to an external image playback device, a game system in which the electronic camera device is a game controller, and the external image playback device is a display device, and a game system in which a large number of players participate, for example, Lottery play and gifts at a party venue or the like, it is possible to enjoy a matchmaking game play. Examples of games belonging to the game type of the second embodiment include a roulette game, a prize acquisition game,
There are matchmaking games.

<Game Type of Third Embodiment> A third embodiment of the electronic camera apparatus of the present invention is a game type for designating one subject in a group image, and includes a plurality of subjects. A desired group image of the group images obtained by capturing the image at one time was displayed on the display device, and a cursor and a point means such as an OSD (0n Screen Display) were randomly operated within the screen of the display device. Thereafter, it is stopped at a desired timing or after elapse of a predetermined time, and evaluated by the type of the subject image corresponding to the position where the pointing means has stopped, thereby giving a chance to the operator or the person of the subject image on the pointed screen. And a game function for outputting notification information for notifying it, and connecting to an external image reproducing device such as a television monitor to connect the electronic camera device to the game operating device. In the same manner as in the second embodiment as a game system to the display device the image reproducing apparatus, massively multiplayer game, for example, lottery play and gifts at a party venue or the like, it is possible to enjoy a matchmaking game play. Further, as in the case of the second embodiment, it is also possible to display an image on the liquid crystal display of the electronic camera device and play the game with the electronic camera device alone. Examples of games belonging to the game type of the third embodiment include a roulette game, similar to the game type of the second embodiment,
There are prize acquisition games, matchmaking games, and the like.

<Circuit Configuration Example> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration example of an electronic camera (digital camera) to which the present invention is applied. The game types of the first to third embodiments can be implemented. And In FIG. 1A, the digital camera 1
Reference numeral 00 includes an image input system 10, a control unit 20, an operation unit 30, a display unit 40, a recording unit 50, and an interface 81. The image data input system 10 includes an optical system 11, a signal conversion unit 12, a signal processing unit 13, a video output terminal unit 14,
And a DRAM (dynamic RAM) 15.

The optical system 11 includes an optical system mechanism 11 such as an imaging lens and an aperture, and forms an image of light from a subject on a CCD of a signal conversion unit 12 at a subsequent stage. The signal conversion unit 12
CCD, CCD drive timing signal generation circuit, CCD
Drive vertical driver, sample and hold circuit and A /
It includes a D converter (not shown), converts an image formed on the CCD via the optical system 11 at the preceding stage into an electric signal, converts it into digital data (hereinafter, referred to as YUV data), and converts the image into one frame at a constant cycle. Output minutes.

The signal processing unit 13 performs a color process on the output from the signal conversion unit 12, writes the digital output into a buffer as digital luminance and color difference multiplex signals (YUV data), and writes the YUV data written in the buffer. To D
DMA (direct memory access) transfer to a designated area of the RAM 15 and expansion. The signal processing unit 13 also
At the time of recording and saving, the YUV data written in the DRAM 15 is read, subjected to data compression (JPEG compression) processing, and recorded on the recording medium 51 of the recording unit 50. In addition, the image data stored in the recording medium 51 is expanded (JP
EG expansion) processing to reproduce the YUV data and output it to an external video display device (for example, a television monitor) via the video output terminal 14 or VRAM (video RAM)
Expand to 41. Further, an image reducing means (not shown) can be provided to reduce the reproduced image as required.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the control unit 20
It has a PU 21, a RAM 22, and a ROM 23.
The CPU 21 is connected to each of the above-described circuits and a power switch (not shown) via a bus line.
Controls the entire digital camera 100 according to a control program stored in the digital camera 100, and controls execution of each function of the digital camera in response to a state signal from the operation unit 30,
For example, execution control when each mode process is executed by each mode processing means stored in the ROM 23 is performed. R
The AM 22 is used for temporary storage of data or processing results and an intermediate work area. The ROM 23 is a recording medium for recording the above-mentioned control program, a program for executing the game processing means 110 and other mode processing, and other functions of the digital camera 100 and OSD data, and includes a PROM, FROM (flash ROM) and the like. Used. Note that these programs may be stored in a removable recording medium (for example, a flash memory) other than the ROM 23.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation unit 30 includes a processing mode changeover switch 101 and function selection buttons 31 to 3.
6. Switches and buttons such as a main switch 102, a shutter button 37, an output button 38, a recording / playback mode changeover switch 103, a plus (+) button 104, and a minus (-) button 105 are included as constituent parts. When the button is operated, the status signal becomes C
It is sent to PU21. The display unit 40 includes a VRAM 41 and a display device 42 such as a liquid crystal display (LCD).

The recording unit 50 accommodates a recording medium (a flash memory is used in the embodiment) 51 such as a flash memory or a memory card, and records image data from the image data input system 10 on the flash memory 51 under the control of the CPU 21. I do. In some cases, the picture image data is registered in the flash memory 51 in advance. The interface 81 exchanges data between the digital camera 100 and an external device such as a printer, a personal computer, another digital camera, and a CD-ROM. Recording medium 51
Of image data recorded on the external device to an external device (output)
Is performed based on output means (program) not shown when the output button 38 is pressed down.

<Example of Appearance of Apparatus> FIG. 2 is a perspective view (rear view) of an embodiment of a digital camera to which the present invention is applied. On the upper surface of the digital camera 100, a processing mode switch (slide switch) 101 for switching between a normal processing mode, a special processing mode, and a game mode, function selection buttons 31 to 36, and a main switch 102 for activating the digital camera 100 , A shutter button 37 and an output button 38. On the back, a recording / reproduction mode switch 103 for switching between a recording mode and a reproduction mode in the normal processing mode, a plus button 104 and a minus button 105, an optical finder 106, and a liquid crystal display 42 for displaying an image are provided. . In addition, an imaging lens unit and a finder unit are provided on a front surface (not shown). A video output terminal 14 and a power storage unit are provided at the bottom (not shown).

<Example of Setting Region of DRAM 15> FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a circuit configuration of the digital camera 100 shown in FIG.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the Example of each image area setting in M15.
In the example of FIG. 3, the YUV data from the signal processing unit 13, VR
The same D is used for recording the YUV data to the AM 41 and the external video display device and the YUV data to the data compression / decompression unit 14.
The RAM 15 is used. For this purpose, a plurality of image areas (buffers) divided into several areas are prepared as shown in FIG. An area can be set as a specified image area. In FIG. 3, the symbol 151-1 indicates an image buffer for a through image or a reproduced image, 151-2 to 151-n indicate image buffers for capturing a plurality of images for a game, and 152 indicates a pattern and an image. It is used as a synthesized image buffer when synthesizing, 153 is a pointer table storage area, 154 is a spare area, and when displaying an OSD, an OSD image buffer is secured. Reference numeral 155 denotes a work area (work area).

<Example of Processing Mode> FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a processing mode of No. 00. The processing mode of the digital camera 100 is roughly classified into a normal mode including recording and playback modes, a special shooting mode such as close-up shooting, and a game mode.
The switching between the normal mode, the special photographing mode, and the game mode is performed by switching, and in the normal mode and the special photographing mode, the recording mode and the reproducing mode are switched by operating the recording / reproducing mode switch 103. In the game mode, operation functions for the game mode are assigned to the function buttons 31 to 36, the plus button 104, and the minus button 105. The branch to each mode by switching each switch is performed by checking a state signal sent from the operation unit 30 to the CPU 21 by operating each switch, and by a mode determining means (in the embodiment, branching to a corresponding mode processing circuit or program). (Configured by a program).

[Recording Mode] In the recording mode, the image data periodically taken in from the CCD is displayed on the liquid crystal display 4.
An image capturing mode for displaying a through image on the camera 2 and a user pressing the shutter button 37 at a timing at which the user wants to capture the image while visually confirming the through image allows the image data displayed at that time to be stored in the flash memory 51 from the DRAM 15. The mode includes a record / save mode for saving. When the mode shifts to the record / save mode, the contents of the image buffer 151 are JPEG-compressed and recorded in the flash memory 51. The mode is switched to the image capturing mode when the mode changeover switch 103 is switched to the recording mode, and the recording mode is set by depressing the shutter button 37 at a desired timing.

[Reproduction Mode] In the reproduction mode, a page feed mode in which image data recorded in the flash memory 51 is read and reproduced in order to select an image and sequentially displayed on the liquid crystal display 42, and data of the reproduced image (image Data) to an external device such as a personal computer or a printer.

[Game Mode] When the user selects the game mode, the mode is changed to the game mode. In this case, a plurality of game programs (game execution means (FIG. 6)) are stored in a ROM.
23, and a menu may be displayed when a transition is made to the game mode, so that the user can select a desired game execution.
0 is configured so that the recording medium for the game program can be exchanged,
You may comprise so that a user can set the recording medium in which the desired game program was recorded.

The game mode includes a game setting mode in which the user (game operator) prepares for a game start according to the type of the game based on the selected image, and a play mode in which the game is actually executed. Is a game image selection mode for selecting desired n reproduced images for a game, and m (1
≦ m ≦ n) A set mode for setting a game image for selecting and displaying images and preparing for a game start is included. When the user selects the game mode, the game mode is changed to the game selection mode at the same time as the game mode, and the mode is changed to the reproduction mode. When the user selects a desired image in the page feed mode, the image data (the image data after the decompression processing) is temporarily recorded in the image buffer 151-1 and returns to the game selection mode. When a plurality of images are to be selected according to the type of game, the mode is again shifted to the reproduction mode, the next image is selected by the user in the page feed mode, the image is recorded in the image buffer 152, and the mode returns to the game selection mode. By repeating such operations, n desired images (different images) required for the game are stored in the image buffer 151-1.
To 151-n. When giving meaning (for example, a score or a winning combination) to the combination and arrangement of images depending on the type of game, a frame or OSD is displayed on the liquid crystal display 42, or a pattern is combined (overlapped) with the image. It is possible to configure the display so that the reproduced images having a uniform size can be selected.

In the set mode, a specified number m is selected from the m selected images and displayed on the liquid crystal display 42 by a method (at random or specified by the user) specified in the game. The number of arrays,
The combination method will be described later. When the camera holder (game operator) at that time among the users presses the game start button, the mode is changed to the play mode. A plus button 104 can be used as a game start button,
The minus button 105 can be used as a stop button for repeating the image display or a button for stopping the operation of the pointing device.

<Game System> FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a game system including the digital camera 100 and the external image display device 200. In this example, the external image display device 200 is used.
A home television receiver (TV) is taken as an example. As shown in FIG. 5, the user inputs the video output terminal unit 14 of the digital camera 100 and the video input terminal 201 of the TV 200.
Is connected by the cable 210, the game image data (YUV data) of the game image buffer 156 is output to the TV 200 when the game mode transits to the play mode, and is displayed on the screen 202 as a start image (digital camera). The same start image or operation information is displayed on the liquid crystal display 41 of 100).

Thereafter, when a series of game operations are executed on the digital camera 100 in the method and timing specified in the game, the combination of images on the screen, the point state, and the like change similarly to the digital camera 100. (Or changed), a notification signal and score information for notifying the game participant when the change has stopped are displayed on the TV.
Output to 200. Based on the notification signal, the TV 200 notifies the user of the fact by voice, sound or ODS on the screen, and displays score information and the like on the screen.

The digital camera 100 and the TV 200
Is connected to the TV 200 from the digital camera 100 by the game image buffer 1.
It outputs 56 game image data, an annunciation signal, a score signal, and the like, and outputs the large screen (the liquid crystal display 4
In the play mode, a series of game operation displays are performed on the digital camera 100 in the play mode.
When the external image display device 200 and the external image display device 200 are not connected by the cable 210, a series of game operation displays in the play mode can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 41 of the digital camera 100. In this case, the digital camera 100 may be provided with a sound generation circuit, a buzzer, or the like in order to notify the user of the fact by voice, sound, or ODS on the screen based on the notification signal. When the TV 200 is connected by the cable 210, a status signal from the video output terminal unit 14 is sent to the control unit 20.

<Game Processing Means> FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the game processing means 110, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing basic operations of the game processing means 110. 6, the game processing unit 110 includes a game image selection unit 111, a start image setting unit 112, a game execution unit 113, and a video data output determination unit 114. Hereinafter, the operation of the game processing means 110 will be described with reference to FIGS. The game processing means 110 is activated when a game mode is selected and the mode is changed to the game mode by the mode determination means, and the liquid crystal display 42
A menu for selecting the type of the game is displayed, and the game operator is prompted to make a selection. When the game operator selects a game, the game image selecting means 111 is activated (S0). Note that the game may be assigned to the function buttons 31 to 35 without displaying the game selection menu.

[Selection of Game Image]: Game Image Selection Mode The game image selection means 111 branches to reproduction mode processing and sequentially reproduces image data recorded in the flash memory 51 by the image reproduction / fast-forward means to fast-forward. When the image is displayed, the user is prompted to select a game image and the user selects an image (S1), the game image selection mode is restored and the image data is stored in the image buffer 1 of the DRAM 15.
It is stored in 51-1 (S2). In the case of a game in which a pattern is displayed in association with a game image, in S2 described above,
The start image setting means 112 takes out the picture data from the memory (the flash memory 51 in the embodiment) in which the picture image data is registered, displays the picture data, and allows the user to specify the correspondence with the individual image data. The specified result is registered in a game image pointer table 90 described later. Note that, in the case of a game in which a pattern is displayed in association with a game image, the start image setting means 112 may be configured to automatically associate the pattern with image data. In this case, the pattern and the game image may be associated with each other in order from the first pattern and the image, and the result of the association may be registered in a game image pointer table 90 described later.

When the game requires selection (extraction) of a plurality (n) of game images, the process branches to the reproduction mode process again for the next image selection, and the image is reproduced in order from the next image of the selected image and fast-forwarded. The display is prompted to select the next image, and when the user selects a game image, the mode is returned to the game image selection mode and the image data is stored in the image buffer 151-2. By repeating such an operation, a desired n required for the game is obtained.
The image data of the game images (images different from each other) are stored in the image buffers 151-1 to 151-n, and when the storage is completed, the process proceeds to the start image setting means 112 (S3).
Note that instead of selecting n game images in S2 and S3, n images are selected and the image buffer 151-1 is selected.
(〜151-n).

[Setting of Start Screen]: Set Mode When the storing of the game image data is completed in S3, the start image setting means 112 is activated, and the image data of the n game images stored in the DRAM 15 is set. m (1 ≦ m
≦ n) The image data corresponding to the combination of the game images is reproduced and displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display 42 (S
4). In the above S4, in the case of the game of Embodiment 1 (evaluation game of a combination of display images) and the game of Embodiment 2 (one designated game among a plurality of displayed images), m There are multiple game images (1 <m ≦
n) and are arranged and displayed at random as described later (FIG. 9), but are defined by the type of each game (the defined conditions are not only the type of game, but also the physical limitations due to the size of the screen and the probability). (For example, a limit on a chance acquisition rate (described later)). In the case of the game of the third embodiment (a game in which one subject in a group image is designated), m games to be selected are selected. The number of images is one, and is specified from n images by the user.

When the game start button (plus button 104) is pressed after the display of the start image in S4, the video signal external transmission flag set by the video data output determination means 114 is checked. If it is on, the image data and display information of the displayed image are sent to the external image display device 200, and the process goes to the game executing means 113 (S5). Start image setting means 11
2 will be described later (Example 1)
3). If the video signal external transmission flag is OFF in S6, the game is played only on the digital camera 100 side based on the start image displayed on the liquid crystal display 42.

[Execution of Game]: Game Mode The game execution means 113 includes the video data output determination means 11
The video output flag set in step 4 is checked. If the video output flag is on, the image data is sent to the external image display device 200 in the display order of the image data. Further, in the case of the first embodiment, the game execution means 113 determines the image in accordance with the condition given by the operation of the game operator's buttons (the plus button 104 and the minus button 105) based on the different start images for each game. The combination of images is evaluated by repeating or stopping the operation of changing the combination (Example 1), and in the case of Embodiments 2 and 3, the point means is moved or stopped within the screen to make the point. Evaluate the image or subject at the position corresponding to the means,
A chance is given to the person, and a notification signal is output to output a notification signal for notifying the participant of game result notification information such as sound effect, voice, and light (Examples 2 and 3). An embodiment of the game execution means 113 for each game type will be described later (see Examples 1 to 3).

[Connection Determination with External Video Reproducing Apparatus] The video data output determining means 114 checks a status signal sent from the video output terminal 14 to the control section 20, and connects the digital camera 100 and the external video reproducing apparatus 200 with a cable. The video output flag is turned on when a status signal indicating that the connection is established by 210 is turned on, and otherwise turned off. Video output flag is RAM22 or DR
It is secured in an appropriate area of AM15.

<Method of Arranging and Combining Game Images> The start image setting means 112 is
1 is selected by the image buffer 151-1 (151-
m pieces of the image data temporarily stored in n) are reproduced, and arranged and displayed on the liquid crystal display 42 in a form defined by the type of the game. In the case of the game of the first embodiment (evaluation game of a combination of displayed images) and the second embodiment (at random selection game of one of a plurality of displayed images), a plurality of images are physically Since the images are displayed on a limited liquid crystal screen, the images are reduced and displayed in an array according to the type of the game as shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a game image and an arrangement thereof, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a method of combining the arrangement of the game images. In the examples of FIGS. 8 and 9, the number of game images n = 5,
The number of display images is assumed to be m = 3, and three (m = 3) are shown on the screen for explanation.
Are arranged one-dimensionally, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a two-dimensional array (m = c × d) may be used. In FIG. 8, (a) is an example showing five game images (person images) selected by the game image selection means 111, and A1 (father), A2 (mother), A3 (infant), A4 (kindergarten) Child), A5 (Hobo)
Are shown as game images, and (b) shows an arrangement display example of three images selected at random from the above five images by the execution means 113. In this example, A1 (father), A1
2 (mother) and A3 (infant) are displayed.

FIG. 9 shows that five game images A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 are selected by the game image selecting means 111 and stored in the image buffers 151-1 to 151-5, respectively. Is an example in which three game images are randomly selected from five game images on the start screen and displayed on the start screen. In the example of (a), after the game images A2, A4, and A3 are arranged and displayed as start images in this order, the operation of displaying the three game images at random from among the five game images by executing the game is performed. This shows a state in which the operation is stopped after the repetition, and images A5, A1, and A4 are displayed on the stop screen. (B)
In the example, the game images A1, A3, and A4 are arranged as a start image in this order, and the operation of displaying the three game images at random from among the five game images by executing the game is repeated and then stopped. The images A1, A2, and A3 are displayed on the stop screen.

In the game, a score or the like is given to the combination of the three images on the stop screen. Suppose A1, A2, A
Assuming that the arrangement of 3 combinations (the order of arrangement also matches) is the highest point,
If the probability is 1/120 and the highest score is simply the match of the combination of the three images (the order of arrangement may be fixed),
The probability is 0. In a party or the like, there is a possibility that the probability is low if the probability is too low. Therefore, in the embodiment, the highest score is the match of a combination of simple images. , The values of n and m are preferably determined appropriately according to the type and nature of the game. For the combination, numbers 1 to n are assigned to the game images, and sets of numbers 1 to n are prepared for the number of arrays (m), and a random number generation circuit or a random number generation routine (program) is used for each array. This can be done by randomly assigning game numbers to the arrangement.

For example, in the case of FIG. 8, the number of game images n =
5. Since the number of sequences m = 3, 1 to 1 for the first sequence
Game image number 1 by randomly assigning the number of 5
The game image number 2 is assigned to the second array at random among numbers 1 to 5, and the number among 1 to 5 is also assigned randomly to the third array. The game image number 3 is obtained, and as a result, the combinations A1, A2, and A3 of the game images are obtained. In practice, n <
If it is 10, the three-digit numbers 111 to 555 are selected at random (retry if 0 is included), and as a result (for example, 123) the number of each digit and the game image correspond The combination may be determined.

<Game Image Pointer Table> The game image pointer table 90 is composed of n pieces of picture image data registered in the flash memory 51 when the game is of a type in which a picture and an image are combined and displayed (Embodiment 1). This is a table for associating the selected n game images with one-to-one, and is set in the pointer table storage area 153 of the RAM 22 or the DRAM 15. FIG. 10 shows a configuration example of the game image pointer table. The game image pointer table 90 has a game image number 91 assigned to the game image, a pointer 92 indicating the position of the game image data on the DRAM 15, and a flash memory 51 of the picture image data. The pointer 93 indicating the upper position is written.

<Point Means and Its Operation> As in the second and third embodiments, a game type (implementation) for designating one of a plurality of images displayed on a screen or a plurality of subject images of a group image. In the case of Examples 2 and 3), means (point means) for indicating an image or a subject image is required. In the present embodiment, as the point means, an OSD of a cursor luminescent spot or a specific shape (a figure such as an asterisk, an image of an animal or a person (a so-called character) or an object image, etc.) which moves at random in the screen is used, OSD highlighting (inversion, color enhancement, blinking or rotation, etc.) on or around the selected image (whole or part)
You may make it. OSD shape data is ROM2
3 is registered in advance.

The point means is DR according to the type of the game.
It is recorded in the spare area 154 of the AM 15, is displayed together with the game image by the start image setting means 112, moves on the screen by the game execution means 113, and is automatically stopped at a desired timing or after a predetermined time. in this case,
When the stop position of the point means is not on the image or the subject image or within a predetermined distance, the game operator may be notified to give a penalty game, or may be notified to allow the game to be retried. Alternatively, in such a case, the movement may be continued without stopping, and may be stopped when the point means reaches an image or a subject image or within a predetermined distance.

Further, the moving speed of the point means may be constant during the game, but in the embodiment, the moving speed is changed several times during the game. Also, the moving direction of the point means may be a fixed direction, but may be zigzag,
Or you may make it appear on a screen at random. Also, a game in which a game designates an image (or a subject image) one at a time from a plurality of images at random (for example, a plurality of prizes are graded, and a first prize is given to a first designated person). In the case of a chance game in which the next designated person is awarded a second prize, the same image (or subject image) may not be designated again. In this case, it is possible to set a flag indicating whether or not a selection has been made in the other information column of the game image pointer table, so as to avoid redundant selection.

<Embodiment> As described above, in the game mode, the digital camera 100 repeats the operation of capturing an image by a user, reproducing a desired image among images recorded on a recording medium, and displaying an image in combination. , Stop at a desired timing or after a lapse of a predetermined time, evaluate the combination of images or the position of the point means at that time, and display a score or a notification signal for notifying the participant by voice, sound, light, text, or the like. (Notification data) is output. In the following embodiment, it is assumed that the digital camera 100 is connected to a television monitor 200 as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, examples of main types of games applicable to the digital camera 100 will be described.

[Example 1] FIG. 11 is a view showing an example of a display screen of a slot game as an example of the game type of the first embodiment. This is an example showing the result of repeating the operation of selecting and displaying at random from n game images and stopping the game at a desired timing. (a) is an example in which three images are arranged. 100 are given. (B) is an example in which three related images (parent and child) are arranged, and a score of 50 is given to this combination.

Here, in the game of the first embodiment, a score is given by a combination of images, so that it is desirable in the execution of the game that it is easy to identify the combination such as what image combination is what point. However, when only a person image is displayed as shown in FIG. 11, similar appearance, clothes,
There are cases where there are hairstyle images or only ordinary people with no features are selected as game images.In such a case, the images are not immediately discernible and the interest of the game is reduced by half. You will be bored easily. Therefore, in the embodiment, a pattern that anyone can distinguish is displayed together with the image. Note that without selecting and displaying images,
You may comprise so that only a pattern may be displayed.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a game type display screen according to the first embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a start image setting unit 112 and a game execution unit 113 according to the first embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the above. FIG.
(A) is a game image, (b) is an example of a picture displayed in association with the game image, (c) is an example in which the game image is displayed in association with the picture, and (d) is an association with the game image An example in which the displayed patterns are combined and displayed is shown.

Hereinafter, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the game type of the embodiment will be described. When the game operator operates the plus button 104 and the minus button 105 to select five images A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 as shown in FIG. 12A as game images, the corresponding image data is displayed. Image buffer 151
-1 to 141-5 (T1). Corresponding to this, a spade pattern B1, a heart pattern B2, a crown pattern B registered in advance in the flash memory 51.
3, When the diamond pattern B4 and clover B5 are selected,
The game image pointer table 90 set in the pointer table storage area 153 of the DRAM 15 stores a game image number, a pointer indicating the position of the game image data on the DRAM 15, and the flash memory 1 for storing the image data of the picture.
Then, a pointer or the like indicating the position on 5 is written (T2). 5
A combination of three game images is selected at random from the three game images (T3). The picture image data corresponding to the selected three images is taken out from the flash memory 51, combined with the selected three game images, and displayed on the screen (start screen) of the liquid crystal display 42 (T4). In the above T4, the images to be displayed on the start screen are selected at random, but the images to be displayed on the start screen are arranged in an image array having a certain meaning (for example, a combination of images having the highest score (FIG. 11C or FIG. 11C)). (Refer to (d)).

After the start image is displayed at T4, when the game start button (plus button 104) is pressed, 5
A combination of three game images is randomly selected from the three game images, and the corresponding picture image data is taken out from the flash memory 51 and combined with the selected three game images, and the screen of the liquid crystal display 42 (start screen)
The operation displayed above is repeated until the minus button 105 is pressed (T5). When the minus button 105 is pressed, the operation of the above T5 is stopped, the combination of images at that time is evaluated, a score is displayed, and a notification signal for notifying the participant by voice, sound, light, text, etc. (Broadcast data)
Is output. Thus, on the TV monitor 200 side,
In addition to displaying three images and scores, text display, audio,
The game result is notified to the participant by emitting sound or light (T6). When the plus button 104 is pressed again at T6, the combination of images is displayed with its display speed changed,
The process is repeated until the minus button 105 is pressed. When the minus button 105 is pressed, the game ends (T7).

[Example 2] FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a roulette game as an example of the game type of the second embodiment, in which the number of arrays m = 6 and six game images are displayed. A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, and A6 are selected from n game images and displayed, and the operation of moving the point means (in this example, a triangle) 141 at random within the screen 140 is repeated to obtain a desired timing. Alternatively, this is an example showing the result of stopping after a lapse of a predetermined time. In this example, since the pointing unit 141 is stopped at the position of the image A4,
The girl in this image is given a chance (eg, a prize, the right to choose an opponent, the right to be a game operator, etc.). The images displayed in an array are not limited to human figures, and may be, for example, articles such as prizes, animals or plants, or images of vehicles, recreational facilities, and travel destinations. In this case, the game operator (game operator) obtains a chance to obtain or use the one corresponding to the position where the point means 141 is stopped. That is, if the array display image is a prize, the prize or a score in place of the prize is obtained, if the vehicle is a vehicle, a right to ride on the prize is obtained, and if an entertainment facility or a travel destination, a right to go there is obtained. If the stop position of the point means 141 does not point at the game image or is not located at a distance from the game image, a penalty game is imposed on the game operator, or a retry is permitted. Such notification is performed).

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the start image setting means 112 and the game execution means 113 in the second embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation of the game type of the second embodiment will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. When the game operator operates the plus button 104 and the minus button 105 to select six images A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, and A6 as shown in FIG. 15 as game images, the corresponding image data is displayed. Written to the buffers 151-1 to 141-5 (U
1). The OSD data of the point means 141 is stored in the ROM 23
(U2). The selected six images are reproduced and displayed in a predetermined arrangement (2 × 3 in FIG. 15), and the pointing means 141 is positioned at a predetermined position on the screen and displayed as a start image (U3). In this case, the pointing means 141 may be blinked or rotated so as to be distinguishable from the displayed game image. Further, the pointing means 141 may be a cursor.

When the game start button (plus button 104) is pressed after the start image is displayed in U3, the operation of moving the point means 141 in the screen is repeated until the minus button 105 is pressed (U4). When the minus button 105 is pressed, the operation of the pointing means 141 is stopped, the relationship with the image at the stop position of the pointing means 141 is evaluated, the score is displayed, the chance is displayed, and voice, sound, light, characters, etc. are displayed. A notification signal (notification data) for notifying the participant is output. As a result, the image and the score are displayed on the television monitor 200 side, and the game result is notified to the participant by displaying characters, voice, sound or light (U5).

When the plus button 104 is pressed again at U5, the pointing means 141 moves at random in the screen and repeats until the minus button 105 is pressed. When the minus button 105 is pressed, the game ends (U6). In S6, if the plus button 104 is kept pressed, the moving speed of the pointing device is increased, and if the minus button 105 is kept pressed, the moving speed of the pointing device is reduced.

[Example 3] FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a chance game as an example of the game type of the third embodiment, in which one selected (n = 1) image is displayed. A subject image (m =
5) is displayed. This is an example in which the operation of moving the point means (the dice in this example) 161 at random in the screen 160 is repeated and stopped at a desired timing or after elapse of a predetermined time. In this example, the point means 161 is an infant , The child of this image is given a chance (for example, a prize, a right to select an opponent, a right to be a game operator, etc.). The images displayed in an array are not limited to the portraits, and may be, for example, objects such as prizes, animals or plants, or vehicles, recreational facilities, travel destinations, and the like, as in the second embodiment. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the start image setting means 112 and the game execution means 113 in the third embodiment.

Hereinafter, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the game type of the embodiment will be described. When the game operator operates the plus button 104 and the minus button 105 to select a group image as shown in FIG. 15 as a game image, the corresponding image data is written to the image buffer 151-1 (V1). The OSD data of the point means 161 is read from the ROM 23 (V
2). Play and display the selected group image,
The pointing means 161 is positioned at a predetermined position on the screen and displayed as a start image (V3). In this case, the pointing means 161 may be blinked or rotated so as to be distinguishable from the game image. The pointing means 161 may be a cursor.

When the game start button (plus button 104) is pressed after the start image is displayed in V3, the operation of moving the point means 161 in the screen is repeated until the minus button 105 is pressed (V4). When the minus button 105 is pressed, the operation of the pointing device 161 is stopped, the relationship with the subject at the stop position of the pointing device 161 is evaluated, a score is displayed, a chance is displayed, and voice, sound, light, text, and the like are displayed. A notification signal (notification data) for notifying the participant is output. As a result, on the TV monitor 200 side, the score is displayed, in addition to the character display,
The game result is notified to the participant by emitting voice, sound or light (V5).

When the plus button 104 is pressed again at V5, the pointing means 161 moves at random in the screen and repeats until the minus button 105 is pressed. When the minus button 105 is pressed, the game ends (V6). In S6, if the plus button 104 is kept pressed, the moving speed of the point means is increased, if the minus button 105 is kept pressed, the moving speed of the point means is slowed, and if the minus button 105 is pressed twice consecutively, the moving is stopped. You may.

Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made.

[0072]

As described above, the electronic camera apparatus according to the present invention can be used in a slot game, a card game, and the like by using an image captured by a user in addition to capturing an image and creating image data.
Picture matching game such as Hanafuda game, roulette game,
A game play such as a prize acquisition game or a selection game such as a match-up game can be performed.

Since the electronic camera device can be connected to an external image reproducing device such as a television monitor to constitute a game system, it is possible to enjoy game play using images taken at a site such as a wedding or a party. it can.
In addition, since an image can be displayed on the liquid crystal display of the electronic camera device and the game can be played by the electronic camera device alone, the game can be enjoyed alone or by several people in a car or the like using the image taken on a trip or the like. it can.

As described above, in the electronic camera device with a game processing function of the present invention, since a game operation can be given to an image, it is not possible to perform a game operation using a conventional game machine or a personal computer. You can play games based on them. In addition, by providing the electronic camera device with a game assisting function, recreational applicability can be added in addition to the digital camera application of photograph recording and image data generation, and the range of use of the digital camera becomes wider.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration example of a digital camera to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view (rear view) of an embodiment of the digital camera to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of setting each image area in a DRAM.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of a processing mode of the digital camera.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a game system including a digital camera and an external image display device.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a game processing unit.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a basic operation of the game processing means.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a game image and an arrangement thereof.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a method of combining arrangements of game images.

FIG. 10 is a configuration example of a game image pointer table.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a slot game as one example of the game type of the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a game type display screen of the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of a start image setting unit and a game execution unit in the game type according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a roulette game as an example of a game type according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of a start image setting unit and a game execution unit in a game type according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a chance game as an example of the game type of the third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of a start image setting unit and a game execution unit in a game type according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

14 Video Output Terminal (Terminal) 42 Liquid Crystal Display (Display) 51 Flash Memory (Recording Medium) 100 Digital Camera (Electronic Camera Device with Game Processing Function) 111 Game Image Selection Means 112 Start Screen Setting Means 113 Game Execution Means 200 TV device (external image reproducing device) 202 TV screen (display device) A1, A2,..., A6 Game image B1, B2,.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A recording mode in which a subject image is captured and displayed on a display device, and a desired image among the captured subject images can be recorded on a recording medium, and an image recorded on the recording medium is reproduced to reproduce an image. While having a playback mode for displaying, a desired image among the images recorded on the recording medium is reproduced, and the operation of displaying the combined image is repeated, and the operation is stopped at a desired timing or after a certain time elapses, and at that time, An electronic camera device including a game mode for evaluating a combination of images or a selected image and notifying a user of the combination, and an external image reproducing device connected to the electronic camera device and displaying an output from the electronic camera device. A game system, characterized in that: 2. A recording mode in which a subject image is captured and displayed on a display device, and a desired image among the captured subject images can be recorded on a recording medium, and an image recorded on the recording medium is reproduced to reproduce an image. In addition to having a reproduction mode for displaying, the m images of the n images are displayed at random on the display device, and are stopped at a desired timing or after a lapse of a predetermined time, and the m displayed at that time is displayed. A game mode for evaluating and / or notifying a combination of images, or selecting and / or notifying one of the m images displayed at that time or one of the subject images in the group image. An electronic camera device, and an external image reproducing device connected to the electronic camera device. The external image reproducing device displays images output from the electronic camera device in the display order on the electronic camera device. Game system and displaying on the display device. 3. A recording mode in which a subject image is captured and displayed on a display device, and a desired image among the captured subject images can be recorded on a recording medium, and an image recorded on the recording medium is reproduced to reproduce an image. A game mode setting means for randomly reproducing m images out of the n images and displaying the images, and displaying the game images in an array on the display device; M in the image of
The operation of taking out and reproducing the images at random and displaying the game images as an array on the display device is repeated, and the array display operation is stopped at a desired timing or after a lapse of a certain time, and the combination of the images at that time is stopped. An electronic camera device with a game processing function, comprising: a game mode having a game execution means for evaluating and / or notifying the user. 4. The game process according to claim 3, wherein the n images are images corresponding to different n images selected from the images recorded on the recording medium. Electronic camera device with functions. 5. The electronic camera device with a game processing function according to claim 3, wherein the n images are images of n pictures registered in a recording medium in advance. 6. The n images correspond to n picture images registered in advance on a recording medium and n different images selected from subject images recorded on the recording medium. 4. The electronic camera device with a game processing function according to claim 3, wherein the electronic camera device is a set of images in which images to be processed are associated one-to-one or a composite image thereof. 7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the n images are different n images selected from a reduced image of n picture images registered in a recording medium in advance and a subject image recorded in the recording medium.
4. The electronic camera device with a game processing function according to claim 3, wherein the electronic camera device is a set of images in which images corresponding to individual images are associated one-to-one or a composite image thereof. 8. A recording mode in which a subject image is captured and displayed on a display device, and a desired image among the captured subject images can be recorded on a recording medium, and an image recorded on the recording medium is reproduced and reproduced. A game image setting means having a reproduction mode for displaying, reproducing desired m different images among the images recorded on the recording medium, and displaying the images at random on the display device as game images; By operating the pointing device in the screen of the display device by the start operation of the display device, the operation of the pointing device is stopped at a predetermined timing, and of the plurality of displayed images corresponding to the stopped position of the pointing device. An electronic camera device with a game processing function, including a game mode including a game execution means for evaluating and / or notifying one of them. 9. A recording mode in which a subject image is captured and displayed on a display device, and a desired image among the captured subject images can be recorded on a recording medium, and an image recorded on the recording medium is reproduced and reproduced. A reproduction mode for displaying, wherein when one desired group image is selected from among images obtained by reproducing images recorded on the recording medium, the group image is displayed as a game image on the display device. After the game image setting means and the user start operation, the pointing means is operated on the screen of the display device, the operation of the pointing means is stopped at a predetermined timing, and the displayed image corresponding to the stopped position of the pointing means is displayed. An electronic camera device with a game processing function, comprising: a game mode including a game execution means for evaluating and / or notifying one of the plurality of subject images.