KR101711041B1 - Method for playing a screen baseball using a pitching mode - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for playing screen baseball. More specifically, provided is a screen baseball game which is played in a similar way as actual baseball game. To this end, the screen baseball game uses pitching mode along with strike zone and a meet zone, and also calculates pitching outcomes based on a ground ball position, ball speed, and level of batters.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a method of playing a screen baseball using a pitch mode,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen baseball method, and more particularly, to a screen baseball game using a pitch mode but in a similar manner to a real baseball game.

"Screen baseball" means a baseball game similar to a real baseball game, in which a user views a projected image by using a screen on which the image is projected and a pitching machine or a toaster machine.

A batting mode in which a baseball game is played according to a baseball game rule is generally performed when a user hits a ball ejected from the pitching machine, the hitting is calculated, and the above process is repeated.

Specifically, a screen hole exists in a screen where an image is projected. When a ball is ejected from a pitching machine located on the opposite side of the screen, the user strikes the ball toward the screen, and various sensors hit the ball, .

A "pitching mode" is also possible in which the game progresses as a pitcher.

Generally, when the user paces the ball toward the screen on which the image is projected, the strike / ball is calculated in accordance with a position at which the ball touches the screen (hereinafter referred to as "pitch position").

The prior art related to this is as follows.

Korean Patent Publication No. KR 1999-0046008A discloses a virtual reality pitching system that implements a virtual divided strike zone.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2006-181335A discloses a technique in which an image of a catcher who takes a pitching action and an image of a batter hitting it are designated according to the position of the pitching ball, The batting result of the baseball game.

Korean Patent Publication No. KR 2015-0109614A discloses a baseball game in which the XY coordinates of the pitches are sensed, strike / ball determination is performed through the XY coordinates, and the result is converted into a score.

These conventional techniques commonly use only the strike zone.

That is, when a strike zone is projected on the screen, the game is played based on whether or not the pitcher throws a ball toward the strike zone and the throwing ball reaches the strike zone.

Such a game progression is only a target movement such as an archery or a shooting, and it is hard to say that it is a true screen baseball game. Only the strikes / balls can be judged, or the score is calculated according to the approach within the strike zone, such as the archery, and the game proceeds. There are cases where hits are determined, but most of them have no relation to whether the pitcher, who is a user, uses appropriate pitches according to the rules of baseball games, in order to use the random probability.

In such a conventional pitch mode screen baseball system, only pitching is repeated with respect to the same strike zone, which is the fixed target, and it is very tedious for the user who performs screen baseball to enjoy the baseball game.

Moreover, it is a completely different aspect from the actual baseball game. The way of proceeding is similar to archery, shooting, and darts.

For example, even if you pitch a ball in the same course, the probability of hitting depends on the change of restraint, the probability of hitting the ball, not the strike (in this case, lower than the probability of strike) And the probability of hitting a high as the batter emerges.

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Registration No. KR 10-1543371B1

(Patent Document 2) Korean Patent No. KR 10-1546666B1

(Patent Document 3) Korean Patent No. KR 10-1572525B1

(Patent Document 4) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1572526B1

(Patent Document 5) Korean Patent No. KR 10-1573912B1

(Patent Document 6) Korean Published Patent Application No. KR 1999-0046008A

(Patent Document 7) JP-A-2006-181335A

(Patent Document 8) Korean Patent Publication No. KR 2015-0109614A

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

Specifically, we propose a screen baseball progression method that can be performed similar to a real baseball game, using the pitching mode, but according to the actual baseball game rules.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of setting a mitigation zone (10), the method comprising: (a) setting a mit zone (10) (b) projecting the strike zone 20 and the preset zone 10 set in the step (a) on the screen 300; (c) calculating a perimeter position based on information detected by the sensor 250, using the perimeter position calculation module 142; (d) The pitching result calculation module 140 calculates the pitching result according to the first method, which is set in advance, using the relationship between the pitch zone set in the step (a) and the pitch zone calculated in the step (c) Computing; And (e) repeating the steps (a) to (d) every pitching of the pitcher so that the game operating module 120 proceeds to a screen baseball game according to a baseball game rule, The probability that the pitching result is "strike" decreases and the probability that the pitching result is "hits" increases as the pitching position calculated in the step (c) The method comprising the steps of:

The step (c) may further include the step of (c1) calculating a constraint based on information confirmed by the sensor 250 by the constraint operation module 143, and (d) Further comprising calculating the pitching result according to a predetermined second method using the constraint calculated in the step (c1) by the pitching result calculation module (140), wherein the predetermined second The method preferably computes that as the constraint computed in the step (c1) decreases, the probability of the pitching result being "strike" decreases and the probability of the "hit" increases.

The step (b) may further include the step of projecting the batter information loaded in the player database 190 onto the screen 300 by the video unit 220.

The step (c) may further include the step of (c3) checking the batter level in the batter information by the batter level calculation module 141, and (d) Further comprising calculating the pitching result according to a predetermined third method using the confirmed batter level calculated in the step (c3) by the calculation module (140), wherein the predetermined third It is preferable that the higher the batter level determined in the step (c3), the lower the probability that the pitching result is "strike" and the greater the probability that the pitching result is "hits ".

In the step (d), the pitching result calculation module 140 may calculate a first value according to a relationship between the pitch zone set in the step (a) and the pitch position calculated in step (c) and. The pitching result is calculated by summing the second value using the constraint calculated in the step (c1) and the third value using the confirmed batter level calculated in the step (c3), and as the sum value increases, The probability of the " strike "is reduced and the probability of being" hits "increases, wherein the first value increases as the calculated porpoise position at the center of the mit zone 10 increases and the second value increases And the third value is preferably increased as the batter level is higher.

In the step (a), it is preferable that the meat setting module 130 sets the meat zone 10 so that the center of the meat zone 10 is located in the strike zone 20. [

If the pitching position calculated in the step (c) is outside the strike zone 20, the pitching result calculation module 140 in the step (d) judges that the pitching result is "bad swing" .

When the ejection signal is applied from the ejection signaling device 210 after the step (b), the game operation module 120 controls the tossing machine 200 so that the toss machine 230 can toss the ball, .

After the step (e), (f) projecting an event image on the screen 300 by the image unit 220 when an event progress signal is applied to the event progress module 150; (g) when the discharge signal is applied from the discharge signal device 210, the game operation module 120 transmits a signal such that the toss machine 230 tosses the ball; (h) calculating a perimeter position based on the information confirmed by the sensor 250 by the perimeter position calculation module 142; And (i) the event progress module 150 calculates a preset event result corresponding to the calculated position of the catch, and the video part 220 projects an image corresponding to the event result calculated in the screen 300 The method comprising the steps of:

According to the present invention, a user can enjoy a screen baseball game similar to that in a real baseball game.

Particularly, only the pitch position can be used, or both the pitch position and the restraint can be used together, or the pitching position, the restraint and the batter level are used together to calculate the pitching result. So that the immersion feeling and enjoyment of the user can be increased.

For example, similar to a real baseball game, the probability that a pitcher does not throw a ball at a position required by a catcher increases as the probability of a hit increases, and as the constraint decreases, the probability of a hit increases. The more likely you are to be, the more likely you are to be a hit.

In addition, the event is processed as occasion demands, but the event can be performed without additional facility investment and the user satisfaction can be increased by using the already constructed porting position confirmation system.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a screen baseball field in which a screen baseball method according to the present invention is performed.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for performing a screen baseball playing method according to the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a mit zone in a screen baseball progressing method according to the present invention.
4 to 6 show an example of a video image projected on a screen, FIG. 4 shows a video image before the normal mitigation zone setting, FIG. 5 shows a video image after the mitigation zone setting, Displays the image when the event progresses.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a screen baseball progressing method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the "pitch position" means a position at which the ball, which is thrown by the pitcher toward the screen, reaches the screen. It can be checked by various sensors.

In the following, "constraint" refers to the velocity of the ball that the user pitches toward the screen. Also, it can be confirmed by various sensors.

Hereinafter, "pitching result" means a batting result by a virtual batter or a non-batting result in accordance with a baseball game rule when a pitcher throws a ball toward the screen. If the virtual batter is calculated not to perform batting, it will be computed with either "strike" or "ball", and computed with "batting swing" or "hitting" , And "hits" may be calculated more finely by "singles", "first hits", and the like.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a screen baseball field where a screen baseball playing method according to the present invention is performed.

The terminal 100 in which the user or the operator operates the game system is located in the safety zone separated by the safety net 102. [ The terminal 100 may be provided in an operating area outside the screen baseball field.

The user can enter the game area through the door 103 of the safety net 102.

The screen baseball field includes a screen 300 on which an image is projected, an ejection signal device 210 for transmitting a game progress signal as a pedal shape, an image portion 220 for providing an image, And a sensor 250 for measuring the temperature of the liquid.

A toss machine 230 is positioned to the user (not shown in FIG. 1). Here, the toss machine 230 can safely advance the screen baseball game as the ball is provided to the user in a one-bound or two-bound manner to the floor. The tosome machine 230 may be any device for tossing balls to the user, and is freely selectable among various types of conventional toasters, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

The sensor 250 may be any sensor as long as it can sense the restraint and the position of the catch.

The user who enters the game area proceeds the game while watching the image projected on the screen 300. When the discharge signal device 210 is depressed, the ball is tossed to the user from the toss machine 230, and the user grasps it and pits toward the screen 300. At this time, the restraint and the position of the mouth are calculated by the sensor 250 or the like.

The ball reaching the screen 300 falls down and is collected or recovered manually or automatically through the baseball collecting unit 205.

The information flow will be described with reference to Fig.

The terminal 100 includes a game setting module 110, a game operation module 120, a mitigation zone setting module 130, a pitching result calculation module 140, and an event progression module 150.

The user can set a game mode through the game setting module 110. [

For example, a game selected in advance by various methods such as a one-to-one game, a one-to-one game, or a single game is selected.

The game operation module 120 performs a general game operation function. Specifically, the player information stored in the player database 190 is loaded, and the discharging signal device 210, the video unit 220, the toaster machine 230, and the like are controlled.

The meat zone setting module 130 sets a meat zone according to a predetermined method and projects it through the image part 220. The mitts zone 10 is a key idea of the present invention, which will be described below.

The pitching result calculation module 140 calculates the pitching result as a result of the pitching by the user. The pitching result calculation module 140 may calculate the pitching level determined by the battering level calculating module 141 and the pitching position calculating module 142 And a constraint calculated by the constraint calculation module 143. The detailed calculation method will be described later.

The event progress module 150 proceeds with an event when a certain condition is satisfied. When the event progresses, the baseball game is suspended for a while, and then an image as shown in FIG. 6 is projected on the screen 300. When the user throws a ball toward the baseball game, the catching position calculation module 142 checks the catching position Event results can be confirmed.

Referring to Fig. 3, a mit zone according to the present invention will be described.

The present invention uses two zones, a strike zone 20 and a mit zone 10, for a similar process to a real baseball game rule.

The strike zone 20 means a strike zone of a real baseball game. For example, the strike zone 20 may have a rectangular shape of 78 cm on the left and right sides. However, it is needless to say that the strike zone 20 can be adjusted according to other variables such as game difficulty and batter. Note that the strike zone 20 is projected onto the area fixed on the screen 300. [

Meat zone 10 is a zone where a catcher can catch in a real baseball game.

It is preferable that the meat zone 10 is circular and is preferably projected so that the catcher mits are positioned at the center of the meat zone 10 in the image projected on the screen 300 (see Fig. 5).

If the pitching position of the ball the pitcher thrown by the user is in the center of the meat zone 10, it means that the pitcher correctly throws the ball in accordance with the sign of the catcher in the actual baseball game. Therefore, the result of pitching has a high probability of becoming a strike and a low probability of being hit.

On the contrary, it means that as the pitching position of the pitch of the pitcher is shifted far away from the center of the meat zone 10, the ball is thrown differently from the catcher's sign. Thus, contrary to the above, the result of pitching is less likely to be a strike and is likely to be a hit.

The mitten zone 10 may be divided into a first zone 11 in the center, a second zone 12 in the middle, and a third zone 13 in the outer side so as to make the calculation more convenient.

If the pitching position calculated by the pitching position calculation module 142 is the first zone 11, the probability that the pitching result is "strike" is the highest.

If the pitching position calculated by the pitching position calculation module 142 is the second zone 12, there is a high probability that the result of the pitching is "hitting ", and in the third zone 13, the pitching result is the highest probability of being" hitting ".

In the case where the hits are computed separately from "short" and "long", the perimeter position may be calculated as "short" for the second region 12 and "long" for the third region 13.

That is, as the pitching position calculated by the pitching position calculation module 142 moves from the first zone 11 to the third zone 13, the predetermined sine (= the first zone 11) between the user (pitcher) (= Singles, singles, home runs, etc.) because it corresponds to a slip away from.

As shown in Figs. 3 (a) to 3 (d), it is preferable that the mitts zone 10 is changed every time the user pitches. It is possible to further promote the user's interest and to advance the screen baseball close to the actual baseball not to be thrown only in the middle of the strike zone 20,

The meat zone 10 may be changed at random, but may be changed to a course that is a weak point of the batter based on the information stored in the batter database 190 as batter. For example, if the virtual batter in the batting table is stored in advance in the player database 190 and confirmed as being strong against the high pitch, the meat zone 10 may be set to a lower value as shown in FIG. 3 (d) . Through this, the user can be more immersed in the screen baseball game.

On the other hand, the center of the meat zone 10 is preferably located in the strike zone 20. Of course, in a real baseball game, a catcher may require a pitcher instead of a strike, but it is desirable to induce a strike only because of the nature of a screen baseball that needs to go fast.

4 to 7, a screen baseball progressing method according to the present invention will be described in more detail.

First, a game desired by the user is set through the game setting module 110, and the game proceeds through the game operating module 120.

Next, the meat zone setting module 130 sets the meat zone 10. May be set at random, but may be set with reference to the batter information stored in the player database 190, as described above.

Next, the video unit 220 projects the mitos zone 10 and the strike zone 20 together on the screen 300, and the batter information (numerical information, as well as the batter image, etc., Various information) is projected, the pitcher who is the user is ready to pitch (Figs. 4 and 5).

The video unit 220 outputs an image for operating the discharge signal device 210 to the user through the screen 300. [

When the user actuates the discharge signal device 210 (for example, by pedaling) and applies the discharge signal, the toss machine 230 toss the ball to the user. The user grasps the toled ball and pitches the ball toward the center of the mitten zone 10 projected onto the screen 300. The sensor 250 senses the information necessary to compute the constraint and position.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the pitching result may be calculated based only on the pitching position, the pitching result may be calculated based on the pitching position and the constraint, and the pitching result may be calculated based on the pitching position, .

First, the case is calculated based on the position of the mouth.

The perimeter position calculation module 142 calculates the perimeter position based on the information confirmed by the sensor 250. The distance from the center of the mitral zone 10 is calculated. Whether it is within the strike zone 20 or not can be calculated together. In another example, whether the perforation position is within the first zone 11, the second zone 12, or the third zone 13 described in Fig. 3 may be calculated.

The pitching result calculation module 140 calculates the pitching result according to the first method predetermined using the relationship between the pitch zone 10 and the pitching position. According to the first method, when the pitching position is within the strike zone 20, the probability that the pitching result is "strike" decreases as the pitching position is further away from the center of the meat zone 10, . If the pitching position is outside the strike zone 20, the pitching result is calculated as "bad swing" or "ball ".

Next, the constraint is used to further calculate.

The constraint calculation module 143 calculates the constraint based on the information confirmed by the sensor 250. [ For example, it may be calculated as to whether it belongs to a group divided into five groups of not more than 30 km / h, 30 to 50 km / h, 50 to 70 km / h, 70 to 85 km / h and 85 km / h or more.

The pitching result calculation module 140 calculates the pitching result according to the second method predetermined by using the calculated constraint. According to the second method, as the constraint decreases, the probability of the pitching result being "strike" decreases and the probability of being "hits " increases. Similar to the first method, if the pitching position is outside the strike zone 20, the pitching result is calculated as "bad swing" or "ball ".

Next, the case is used in which the batter level is further used.

The batter level is stored in advance in the player database 190, and may be classified into, for example, advanced, intermediate, and lower.

The batter level operation module 141 confirms the batter level.

The pitching result calculation module 140 calculates the pitching result according to the third method predetermined by using the batter level. According to the third method, the higher the batter level, the lower the probability that the pitching result is "strike" and the greater the probability that it is "hits. &Quot; If the pitching position is outside the strike zone 20, the result of pitching is calculated as "bad swing" or "ball ", and the higher the batter level, the higher the probability of being" ball " do.

Here, if all three pieces of information of the pitch position, the restraint and the batter level are utilized, the following process will be performed.

The pitching result calculation module 140 calculates the pitching result by multiplying the first value according to the relationship between the mitten zone 10 and the pitching position. The second value using the constraint and the third value using the batter level are added up to calculate the pitching result. The first value increases as the pitch position calculated at the center of the mit zone 10 increases, the second value increases as the restraint decreases, and the third value increases as the batter level decreases. As the summed value increases, the probability that the pitching result is "strike" decreases and the probability of a "hit" increases.

Thus, the method of calculating the result of pitching is repeated every pitching of the pitcher. The "strike", "hits" (in some cases, "hitting" and "hitting"), "bad swing" (in this case, going to be a strike), and "ball" are calculated for each pitch. Based on this, the game operation module 120 proceeds the screen baseball similar to the actual baseball game in accordance with the baseball game rule.

On the other hand, it is also possible to increase the interest by further generating an event.

When an event progress signal is applied to the event progress module 150, the video unit 220 projects an event image on the screen 300. [

The image unit 220 outputs an image for operating the discharge signal device 210 to the user through the screen 300 (FIG. 6).

When the user actuates the discharge signal device 210 to apply the discharge signal, the toss machine 230 will toss the ball to the user. The user grasps the toled ball and pitches the ball toward the center of the mitten zone 10 projected onto the screen 300.

When the ball is hit, the pitching position calculation module 142 calculates the pitching position based on the information confirmed by the sensor 250.

The event progress module 150 computes a predetermined event result corresponding to the calculated position of the perimeter and the image part 220 projects an image corresponding to the event result calculated on the screen 300. [

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the present invention can be changed. Also, it should be understood that any combination of any one or more of the various embodiments is also within the scope of the present invention.

10: Meat Zone
11: Zone 1
12: Zone 2
13: Zone 3
20: Strike Zone
100: terminal
102: Safety net
103: Entrance
110: game setting module
120: Game Operation Module
130: Meat zone setting module
140: Serving result calculation module
141: batter level operation module
142: Positional position calculation module
143: constraint operation module
150: Event progress module
190: Player Database
205: Baseball collecting department
210: Discharge signal device
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230: Toss machine
250: Sensor
300: Screen

Claims (9)

(a) setting a mit zone (10) in the mit zone setting module (130);
(b) projecting the strike zone 20 and the preset zone 10 set in the step (a) on the screen 300;
(c) calculating a perimeter position based on information detected by the sensor 250, using the perimeter position calculation module 142;
(d) The pitching result calculation module 140 calculates the pitching result according to the first method, which is set in advance, using the relationship between the pitch zone set in the step (a) and the pitch zone calculated in the step (c) Computing; And
(e) repeating the steps (a) to (d) every pitching of the pitcher, and causing the game operating module 120 to proceed with a screen baseball game according to a baseball game rule,
The predetermined first method in the step (d) decreases the probability that the pitching result is "strike" as the pitching position calculated in the step (c) "Which is calculated by increasing the probability of occurrence,
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The method according to claim 1,
The step (c)
(c1) calculating the constraint based on the information confirmed by the sensor (250) by the constraint calculation module (143)
The step (d)
(d1) The pitching result calculation module (140) further comprises calculating a pitching result according to a predetermined second method using the constraint calculated in the step (c1)
The second predetermined method in the step (d1) is to calculate that the probability that the pitching result is "strike" decreases and the probability that the pitching result is "hits " increases as the constraint calculated in the step (c1) decreases sign,
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3. The method of claim 2,
The step (b)
Further comprising the step of the video unit (220) projecting the typed information loaded in the player database (190) to the screen (300)
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The method of claim 3,
The step (c)
(c3) the batter level operation module 141 checking the batter level in the loaded batter information,
The step (d)
(d3) calculating the pitching result according to a predetermined third method using the confirmed batter level calculated in the step (c3) by the pitching result calculating module 140,
The third predetermined method in the step (d3) is a step of calculating a probability that the pitching result is "strike" and a probability that the pitching result is " In fact,
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5. The method of claim 4,
The step (d)
The pitching result calculation module 140,
A first value according to a relationship between the mitten zone 10 set in the step (a) and the perimeter position calculated in the step (c)
A second value using the constraint calculated in the step (c1)
The third result using the confirmed batter level calculated in the step (c3) is calculated to calculate the pitching result. As the sum value increases, the probability that the pitching result is "strike" decreases and the probability of " In addition,
Here, the first value increases as the pitch position calculated at the center of the mit zone 10 increases, the second value increases as the constraint decreases, and the third value increases as the batter level increases.
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6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
In the step (a)
The meat setting module 130 sets the meat area 10 so that the center of the meat area 10 is located within the strike zone 20. [
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The method according to claim 6,
If the port position calculated in the step (c) is outside the strike zone 20,
In the step (d), the pitching result calculation module 140 calculates the pitching result as "bad swing" or "
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6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
After the step (b), before the step (c)
When the discharge signal is applied from the discharge signal device 210, the game operation module 120 transmits a signal so that the toss machine 230 can toss the ball.
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9. The method of claim 8,
After the step (e)
(f) projecting an event image on the screen 300 when the event progress signal is applied to the event progress module 150;
(g) when the discharge signal is applied from the discharge signal device 210, the game operation module 120 transmits a signal such that the toss machine 230 tosses the ball;
(h) calculating a perimeter position based on the information confirmed by the sensor 250 by the perimeter position calculation module 142; And
(i) the event progress module 150 calculates a pre-set event result corresponding to the calculated position of the catch, and the video unit 220 projects an image corresponding to the event result calculated on the screen 300 Further comprising:
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