JPS627747B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a telephone Go device for playing Go between remote locations via telephone lines, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a telephone Go device for playing Go between remote locations via telephone lines, etc. This invention relates to a telephone Go device that makes it possible to transmit and receive data information and voice information between players in a time-division manner over the same line.

In recent years, a telephone Go system has been proposed in which a Go terminal device (telephone Go device) is connected to a telephone line or the like to play Go between remote locations. However, conventional telephone Go devices have a configuration in which once the Go device is connected to a telephone line via an acoustic coupling device or the like, only electrically encoded data information that controls each other's Go board is transmitted and received. The disadvantage was that it was not possible to have voice conversations between players.

In order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention enables voice communication between players when it is not necessary to transmit and receive electrically encoded data information for controlling the display of the Go board, and transmits and receives the data information. It is designed to transmit and receive data information by disconnecting voice calls only when necessary.The drawings will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a telephone Go system, in which 1 and 2 are telephone Go devices according to the present invention, 3 and 4 are telephones, 5 is a telephone line, and 6 and 7 are network control devices.

To operate this, for example, the telephone number of the other party's telephone 4 is dialed from the telephone 3, and the two telephones are connected through the telephone line 5. Next, the network control devices 6 and 7 connect the telephone Go devices 1 and 2 via the telephone line 5, and disconnect the telephones 3 and 4 from the telephone line 5. In this state, the player plays Go using the telephone Go devices 1 and 2, and when Go is finished, the telephone Go devices 1 and 2 are disconnected from the telephone line 5 by the network control devices 6 and 7, and the telephone 3
and 4 are connected to the telephone line 5. Next, telephones 3 and 4 terminate the call.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the telephone Go device 1, in which
The configuration of the other party's Go device 2 is also exactly the same. In Fig. 2, 10 is the Go board surface, 11 is the input section, 1
Reference numeral 2 denotes a data transmitting section, 13 a data receiving section, 14 a control section, 15 a switching signal detecting section, 16 an audio transmitting/receiving section, 17 a switching section, and 100, 101, and 102 switching section control signals.

The board surface 10 is displayed or printed,
Display the presence or absence of Go stones at a predetermined position on the board, or
Alternatively, it may be any device that has the function of displaying black stones and white stones. Here, a TV receiver is used to display the board on the screen, and black stones and white stones are displayed at predetermined positions. This type of display device has already been proposed (Japanese Patent Application No. 85777-1983). Input section 1
1 is the function of specifying a predetermined position on the board, placing a stone, raising an opponent's stone, and re-hitting your own stone, as well as selecting the first or second move as necessary for the progress of the game,
Any device may be used as long as it has the function of inputting information such as "Okiishi" and "Matsuta" at the time of opening. Here, there are a joystick for moving the cursor mark displayed on the Go board 10, a switch for inputting the position indicated by the cursor mark, and a group of switches for inputting various information necessary for the progress of the game. shall become. The audio transmitting/receiving section 16 includes a microphone, a speaker, an amplifier, an audio transmitting/receiving circuit, and the like.

As explained with reference to FIG. 1, during a game, the telephone Go device 1 is connected to the opponent telephone Go device 2 via the network control device 6 and the telephone line 5. In the initial state of the telephone Go devices 1 and 2, the switching unit 17 connects the telephone line to the audio transmitting/receiving unit 16 via the switching signal detector 15, allowing players to have a voice conversation. Next, if some input that needs to be sent to the other party is made from the input unit 11 of the telephone Go device 1, the control unit 14 analyzes the input information, and if necessary, displays predetermined information on the Go board 10. For example, while displaying the input black stone or white stone, the switching unit 17 sends out a switching unit control signal 100, and upon receiving the control signal 100, the switching unit 17 disconnects the telephone line from the voice transmitting/receiving unit 16 and connects it to the data transmitting unit 12. do. As a result, the data transmitter 12
A switching signal from the terminal is sent to the telephone line through the switching section 17. Here, it is assumed that the switching signal is a sound of a certain frequency that is allowed for transmission over a telephone line and continues at a certain level for a certain period of time. On the other hand, in the other party's telephone Go device 2, the switching signal detecting section 15 detects this switching signal, thereby generating the switching section control signal 101.
Upon receiving the control signal 101, the switching section 17 disconnects the voice transmitting/receiving section 16 from the telephone line.
Connect to the data receiving section 13.

Next, in the telephone Go device 1, after sending the switching signal,
Under the control of the control section 14, data to be sent to the other party's telephone Go device 2 is transmitted in a predetermined format via the data transmission section 12. Here, there are various data transmission formats, but for example, a method in which data is encoded in binary with a fixed length and two types of different frequency sounds corresponding to "0" and "1" are transmitted at fixed time intervals. is possible. The other party's telephone Go device 2 receives the data sent from the telephone Go device 1 by the data receiving section 1.
3, the control unit 14 analyzes the content of the data, and displays it on the Go board 10 if necessary.

When the above data has been sent and received, the telephone Go device 1
Now, the control unit 14 sends out the switching unit control signal 102, and the switching unit 1 that receives the control signal 102
7 disconnects the telephone line from the data transmitter 12 and connects it to the voice transmitter/receiver 16. On the other hand, in the telephone Go device 2, the control unit 14 sends the switching unit control signal 102 upon knowing the end of the data, and the switching unit 17 that received the control signal 102 disconnects the telephone Go line from the data receiving unit 13, Connect to the audio transmitting/receiving section 16. Here, in order for the control unit 14 to know the end of data, it may take a method such as making all the data a fixed length or adding a data end code to the end of the data.

Although the case where data is transmitted from the telephone Go device 1 to the telephone Go device 2 has been described above, the operation when transmitting data from the telephone Go device 2 to the telephone Go device 1 is similar.

By adopting the configuration shown in FIG. 2, it is possible to communicate data and voice in a time-sharing manner over the same telephone line, and it is possible to have voice conversations between players except when transmitting and receiving data. What is important here is how much conversation is hindered by the transmission and reception of data, but when data such as position information on a Go board is encoded in binary, one data length is 16 bits even including the data type code. It is enough. Several 10 msec to several 100 msec is sufficient for transmitting this. Furthermore, even if we assume that one game of Go requires 300 moves and takes an hour, the audio will be interrupted five times per minute. At this level, it hardly interferes with conversation.

As explained above, according to the telephone Go device according to the present invention, since players can play Go while having a conversation, the game progresses smoothly.
It becomes more fun. For example, you can play ``matsuta'' with your opponent's consent, or you can discuss the situation on the board. In addition, in the case of instructional Go, it is possible to provide instruction not only through the board but also through conversation. Furthermore, since the board control information and the player's voice information are transmitted and received while being switched alternately in a time-division manner, there is no leakage between signals, and they can be immediately transmitted to the other party.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a telephone Go system, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone Go device according to the present invention. 1, 2...Telephone Go device, 3, 4...Telephone,
5... Telephone line, 6, 7... Network control device, 10...
... Go board surface, 11 ... Input section, 12 ... Data transmission section, 13 ... Data reception section, 14 ... Control section, 1
5...Switching signal detection unit, 16...Audio transmission/reception unit,
17...Switching section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Telephone line or equivalent means of communication (hereinafter referred to as
In a telephone Go device connected to a telephone line (abbreviated as a telephone line) for playing Go between remote locations, an input section for inputting a Go board surface, a predetermined position on the Go board surface, and other board control information; a data transmitting unit that electrically encodes board control information and transmits it to the other party; a data receiving unit that receives the electrically encoded board control information from the other party; and display control of the Go board based on the board control information. a display control unit that converts the voice of a player into an electrical signal and transmits it to the other party, and a voice transmitting and receiving unit that receives the electrical signal from the other party and converts it into voice; the data transmitting unit and the data receiving unit. Alternatively, a switching unit switches and connects the audio transmitting/receiving unit to the telephone line, and when the switching unit receives panel control information from the input unit, it instructs the data transmitting unit to connect to the telephone line and sends a switching signal. a signal that instructs the data receiving unit to connect to the telephone line when a switching signal from the partner device is detected, and instructs to connect the voice transmitting and receiving unit to the telephone line when the transmission and reception of the panel control information is completed; A telephone Go device comprising a detection/control section.