KR20000050261A - Device for computer game with specific characteristic image - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A character decorating product for a computer game is provided to increase the function of the computer game, by manufacturing the character in a computer game program and operating the manufactured character by the computer game and a communication. CONSTITUTION: A game character(2) moves with various shape on a computer monitor(1) during the execution of software in a computer body(3), and thereby a game is proceeded. A game player may use a keyboard(4) and a mouse. The computer body(3) is connected to a character decorating product(5) via a communication cable(6) so that it can communicate with a computer. The communication cable(6) provides the connection between the computer body(3) and the character decorating product(5) in a manner of a serial communication, a parallel communication or a communication using a USB port.

Description

Device exterior character for computer game {Device for computer game with specific characteristic image}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer game, and more particularly, to increase the function of a computer game by making an appearance character appearing in the game software and acting in communication with the computer game.

Currently, computer games are installed on a computer hard disk through software and then played on a monitor. At this time, various characters appear in the computer game, and gamers can play while moving as the gamer controls.

In this case, computer game software is mainly stored on a CD and distributed. The whole software is copied to the hard disk of a computer, or only a part of it is left and the rest is left on a CD. .

The game has been further developed using the Internet, you can connect to the Internet and play games with unspecified opponents.

In particular, with the emergence of new computer game outlets such as PC rooms, computer games using the Internet have become more active.

However, the computer game according to the related art described above uses a character existing only inside the computer software, and when the game is turned off, the character remains only as a file of the computer.

Therefore, if you characterize the characters appearing in the game software, you can have a character of type even when the computer game is terminated.

In this patent, the purpose is to connect the type of character, that is, the type of character such as a toy with the game software to communicate with each other while the contents or progress of the game is connected to the character.

1 is a block diagram showing a connection between a computer game and a character exterior

2 is an internal structure constituting the electrical components of the character exterior

3 is a flowchart of communication between computer software and character exterior goods;

4 is a flowchart of an internet game.

5 is a game connection diagram between the appearance of the character

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: Computer Monitor 2: Computer Body

3: character exterior

In the present invention for achieving the above object is connected to a parallel communication port or serial communication port of the computer, or a USB port that is used in recent years, and uses a game character that can communicate with the computer.

In this context, the parallel port refers to the communication port of a computer used to connect a computer and a printer in general. The serial communication port refers to a communication port of a computer such as COM1. General purpose port.

Ports for connecting the above-mentioned computer to an external device are collectively referred to herein as external communication ports.

In addition, as a method of communication, it is most common to use a direct electric connection cable. Also, it is possible to communicate with a computer and a character external device without an electric wire by using infrared transmission and reception or radio transmission and reception.

In addition, the character referred to in the present description is to express a specific shape in the form of a figure or a toy, and generally refers to recognizing the same shape even if there is a change in size or color. Pokemon and other cartoon characters are also called characters when they are represented by toys or comics.

In the present invention, that the character is the same generally refers to the recognition as the same character when judged with normal recognition. The characters that appear on the monitor with the graphics of the computer software, the characters printed on pamphlets, the characters made of dolls, or the like, all have the same character. For example, Pokemon's Pikachu is recognized as a Pikachu character if it has the same character as Pikachu no matter how it is expressed.

A configuration showing the connection between a computer game and a character exterior is shown in FIG. 1.

In the computer monitor 1, the game character 2 advances the game by performing various operations by software driven by the computer main body 3. At this time, the game coordinator proceeds with the game while typing with the keyboard 4 or the mouse.

In the present patent, it consists of a character exterior product 5 designed to communicate with a computer through a communication cable 6 connected to the computer main body 3 in various ways such as serial communication or parallel communication or communication using a USB port. . This external device is a type of computer peripheral because it is used in connection with a computer.

Here, the exterior article refers to an article that has a specific shape, such as a doll, and is expressed externally.

In addition, a character exterior article is an exterior article in which the said exterior article has the shape of the character with high specific recognition.

Figure 2 shows the internal structure constituting the electrical component of the character exterior.

As the electrical component of the character exterior 11, there is a communication connection unit 12 that can first communicate with a computer. By connecting with the communication port of the external device of the computer through this communication connection.

The microproessor 13, which controls the communication and operation of the character exterior parts, is responsible for recording the communication contents with the computer, sending a value back to the computer, or controlling the whole.

In addition, the data recorder 14 is composed of a RAM, a flash memory ROM, and a mask ROM that is maintained as it was first recorded. The data recording unit 14 is responsible for instantaneous input and output of data and its recording. It also manages semi-permanent data and includes a flash memory to record data even when the power is turned off.

In addition, the external device control unit controlled by the microprocessor drives the LED, the speaker, and the motor by the power management lamp.

In many cases, a microprocessor, also called a microcomputer, consists of a single chip such as a communication connector, a data recorder, and an external device controller.

The microprocessor reads IDs and records data from a flash memory or ROM that is embedded in the microprocessor or externally connected.

In this regard, a character processor microprocessor manages a plurality of IDs. First, a character ID indicating a character type of a character exterior article. Since one game has many characters and different games use different characters, it is necessary to determine which character is currently used. Therefore, when the computer software requests the information on the character currently being used, the character ID is provided to determine which character is used. In some cases, the character ID may be changed to an upgraded ID when the software is upgraded, or may have a plurality of IDs due to different roles for the same character. Each time a new game comes out, you can use multiple game software for one character exterior by changing only the ID, even if the character exterior is not changed.

There is also an owner ID to determine the owner. This is because all the character exterior items have different IDs and can be used as their own IDs when they register or register. Alternatively, the owner ID can be linked with the character ID to change every owner ID in the character ID. The owner ID is necessary when the owner claims ownership of the character exterior goods or accesses the internet homepage and registers as a member. The owner ID has a unique number for each character enclosure. The owner of the character enclosure does not need to remember the owner ID of his character enclosure. If you register with the game software, the game software automatically recognizes the owner ID and asks if you want to register. If you register as a member, enter a name that the owner decides arbitrarily, and record it by linking it with the owner ID of the character enclosure. The member ID does not have to be the same as the owner ID, and may arbitrarily specify a name preferred by the owner. At this time, the owner only needs to remember his or her member ID, and does not need to remember the owner ID recorded on the character exterior.

The owner ID is associated with the character password. The owner can enter his or her password using the keyboard, which is entered into the character enclosure. Therefore, if you use a character exterior products, if you are asked to enter a password for it, you cannot use it without knowing it. This means that even if the character exterior item is lost, no one else can use it, and therefore, a character exterior item having the same value as the newly recorded data can be purchased separately. At this time, if you input the member ID and password according to the pre-registered value on the Internet homepage, the value generated while playing the existing game is inputted again to the newly purchased external character.

There is another Security Code Generation ID in this regard. By using this ID, it is possible to use this ID when encrypting music files or other contents of the software. The password generation ID is a value that only the company knows, and it is used only when encrypting the software so that others cannot know it.

In addition, the microprocessor stores and manages various data related to the progress of the game. For example, it checks and manages the progress of the game, manages the ratings, and manages all the data that needs to be updated that the game can provide. The data can be managed directly in the microprocessor's flash memory or stored in another dedicated memory in the character enclosure.

3 shows a process of communicating with a character exterior while executing game software on a computer.

First, when the game software 31 is executed, the game software checks by connecting to the character exterior item 32 through the communication port of the computer by a previously prepared program.

After confirming the connection with the character exterior, the game software checks the character ID stored in the character exterior. Check your character ID to see what character you have.

In addition, the game software checks the rating. (34) At this time, the rating refers to the grade accumulated by playing the game in advance, and if the game is good, the rating is increased so that the game can be played with a higher level of difficulty or obtain another weapon. can do. Because the rating of the game is recorded in the character exterior items that he has, he can compare the ratings between other character exterior items and play the game with only the character exterior items without a computer.

After this confirmation process, the game software executes the game. (35) During the game execution, the character external goods are connected (36), the grade is adjusted again, input is performed (37), and the game execution continues.

When you finish the game and finish the game, the last change is made.

4 shows a case where a character exterior product is used when playing an internet game as another application thereof.

First, you need to connect to the Internet to play Internet games. (51)

There are two ways to run game software.

First, the game software is run entirely on the Internet. At this time, the game software, which is executed as an internet language such as Java, also checks by accessing the character exterior product.

Another way is to download and run some game software and run the rest over the Internet. In this case, the same method is applied.

Another method is to run using a CD, but access the game site through the Internet to authenticate and play the game. At this time, the latest data can be downloaded from the Internet. At this time, also check whether the character exterior is connected.

After accessing the character exterior items, check the unique ID of the character exterior items. (54) After that, check the rating of the last game of the character exterior items. (55) After the ratings, the game software on the computer is connected to the Internet server. The ID and grade are transmitted to the computer. (56) The server computer checks whether the registered member is an ID as an ID. (57) If the registered member is an ID or the ID is normal, the game is played. At this time, while playing the game, the difficulty level is adjusted according to the input grade. (58) The character is connected to the exterior in the middle (59), and the grade is adjusted (60) and the game is resumed (61). After entering the grade again before the game ends, the game ends.

As an application example of the game using the character exterior goods, the game can be made by communicating with the characters of different owners using the character exterior goods whose ratings are made through the game with the computer.

In this case, the game is to be made by making a direct connection or communicating using ultrasonic waves or infrared communication.

An example of such a connection is shown in FIG. 5. Each character owned by A and B is interconnected to play the game according to the pre-populated level.

In this case, the game is not a single grade but a grade for a plurality of fields is input through mutual calculation, and the game is played.

For example, there are personality ratings, wisdom ratings, courage ratings, fitness ratings, experience ratings, adventure ratings, and leadership ratings that allow the combination of these units to block the game. To see this externally, there is a corresponding LED for each rating, and the lower the blink rate of the LED, the lower the rating, and the faster the blink rate, the higher the rating.

Another application of the method using this character is to connect a plurality of characters and then connect them to the computer. Usually one or more characters appear in a game. Therefore, by making the character in such a computer program external and making it accessible to the computer again, a plurality of external characters can cope simultaneously.

In the above description, the communication between the game software and the character external device using a computer is used. In general, a game that can communicate with each other even in a game using a wireless portable device such as a game console or a wireless mobile phone using a TV has functions of the external character of the character. Can be used together.

In addition, it is possible to utilize communication between the exterior of the character in all cases where the character appears in music files, music videos, graphics software, and other general software, as well as general computer games.

In addition, even when a real person, not a character, such as a music video appears, by using the character exterior products of the real person can increase the commonality with the real person, such as a music video.

In addition, as another application of the invention, not only the exterior of a character such as a doll, but also a graphic image display such as a Tamagotchi game machine or a mobile phone, and also having a microprocessor, it is possible to communicate with a computer wirelessly or by wire. It is also possible to play a game by reproducing a character of the same image as the character appearing on the computer on the liquid crystal display. In this case, as the grade of the computer increases, the appearance of the character displayed in the graphic liquid crystal display may change as well.

In addition, as a form of a card with a built-in microprocessor, communication with a computer can be performed according to the above-described method, and the character can be used as an exterior of a character even when the shape of the character is printed on the outside.

As described above, a computer game using an external character according to the present invention has the following effects.

First, there is an advantage that you can have a character that exists only in the game in the computer and disappears when the game is turned off.

Second, by upgrading the character's rank according to the game, it can be recognized that the character has contents, not just seeing.

Third, the game can be played over the Internet, so if you only carry your own character outfit, you can connect the computer and character outfit anywhere and play the game with your own ID.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the embodiments, but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (8)

As an exterior product having the same character as the character of the software, Communication connection that can communicate with the computer, Character enclosure with a built-in microprocessor that controls communication with a computer, manages internal record data, and provides overall control The character outer article of claim 1, further comprising a data storage unit for recording and storing data communicated with a computer by the communication connection unit. The character exterior article according to claim 1, further comprising a program immersion unit controlled by the microprocessor to display an operating state of the character exterior article by communication with the computer. The character exterior article according to claim 1, wherein the program haptic part is composed of an LED, a speaker, a motor, and the like. The character exterior article according to claim 1, which has a specific shape such as a doll, a graphic display, a device representing a character image, or a card form in which a character image is printed. Inputting an owner ID and a character ID from the character exterior product; Entering a password from the user, A program authentication step of determining whether to execute a program based on the owner ID and a password; Determining the execution type of the program executed by the character ID when the program is authenticated, Reading the execution grade of the program from the character exterior product and executing a program suitable for the determined character; When the program is terminated, storing the updated execution grade in the character exterior and end the program control method of the program using a character exterior The method of claim 6, wherein the program authentication step comprises: checking an owner ID input from a character exterior product and a member ID stored in the program; If it matches, the control method of the program using the character external device characterized in that the step of confirming whether or not the program authentication by confirming whether the password input by the user is matched with the password stored in the external appearance of the character. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining of the execution type of the program comprises setting one of the characters to be executed in the program based on the character ID, and setting a program suitable for the set character. Program control method using