KR20010087560A - Game System For Body Motion And Method The Same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Provided are a game system determining progress and grades of the game according to quantity of motion applied to an operating part by the operation using a part of a user's body and a control method thereof. CONSTITUTION: The game system comprises: a function inputting means(10) for selecting a mode of the difficulty degree and inputting performance and cancel of the game by the user; a means(12) for sensing the quantity of motion by sensing the user's operating ability by using an operating plate; a means for outputting the sensed quantity of motion as data; a memory means storing a game program applying the progress and the grades of the game according to the quantity of motion and data about the performance of the game; a control means for controlling the progress and the grades by calculating whether the data of the quantity of motion is proper to the mode of the difficulty degree selected by the user; a game outputting means for outputting the progress of the game and the calculated result of the grades by the control means.

Description

Game System For Body Motion And Method The Same

The present invention relates to an exercise game system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to an exercise game system and a method of controlling the same so that the amount of exercise can be increased by changing the manner of a game that can be enjoyed together with exercise and entertainment. It is about.

Recently, various game systems have been developed to enable a user to have both physical entertainment and entertainment as well as entertaining games. Representatively, there is a Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) game system.

Such a game system allows the user to change the motion of the foot according to the shape of the arrow-shaped character appearing on the display monitor so that the user can enjoy the exercise and the game together.

1 is a view showing the appearance of a digital game (DDR) game system as a conventional general game system.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional digital game system includes a display monitor 2 for sequentially displaying a plurality of arrow-shaped characters P on a screen, and a plurality of displayed on the display monitor 2. It consists of an operation panel 4 for following the direction of the arrow-shaped character (P) of the user to operate by moving the lower body, in particular the foot.

Here, the operation panel 4 is a state in which the arrow direction of the arrow character P sequentially displayed on the display monitor 2 is randomly changed in four directions of up / down / left / right. Four four-way operation buttons 6 are provided so as to operate by following the user.

Each of the four-way operation buttons 6 of the operation panel 4 is formed with a terminal electrically connected to the lower part of the button, and when the user's foot contacts the operation button, the contact state is sensed and a predetermined voltage is induced.

Accordingly, the control processor of the game system receives the voltage signal induced by the operation of the four-way operation button 6, so that the control processor in the direction of the arrow character P displayed on the display monitor 2 is input. When the operation buttons are operated at the appropriate timing, the game is progressed by adding the score of the game.

On the other hand, the dial game system shown in Fig. 1 shows that it is made for the beach of an electronic entertainment game shop that operates for a fee, but recently, the related parts of such a dial game system is miniaturized and simplified, and the hardware inside the system In order to process the game functions to be processed in software, a home-use digital game system produced as a game program has been developed and applied.

This home-based digital game system installs and stores a game program on a personal computer, connects a related component such as a miniaturized operation panel to a serial data port such as a printer port, and executes the game program. Entertainment can be enjoyed with the same game effect as the large digital game system.

At this time, the home-based digital game system also detects the contact state when the user touches the four-way operation button installed on the operation panel with his foot, and the induced voltage signal is input into the computer to calculate the score. This is done.

As a result, according to the conventional commercial and home digital game system, in order to promote the user's physical mobility as well as the entertainment of the game, the user quickly moves the operation button by moving the foot in accordance with the rapidly progressing game situation. It can be operated from time to time.

However, the conventional dial game system achieves a desired physical exercise because the user can normally detect the contact state and calculate the game score even if the user only touches the foot four-way. Not only is it difficult to do, but there is also a problem that the original entertainment is halved by such a factor.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is an exercise game system for determining the progress of the game and the calculation of the score according to the amount of exercise applied to the operation unit by the operation using the user's body To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a control method of a game system for exercise that allows the progress of the game and the calculation of the score can be determined according to the amount of exercise applied to the operation unit by the operation using the user's body.

1 is a view showing the appearance of a digital game (DDR) game system as a conventional general game system,

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an exercise game system according to the present invention;

3A and 3B illustrate an example in which a game execution screen is displayed on a monitor according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart for explaining a control method of an exercise game system according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: function input unit, 12: momentum detection unit,

22: signal amplifier, 24: signal converter,

26: input port, 28: memory module,

30: control processor, 32: control program memory,

36: external storage medium playback, 38: output port,

40: display driver, 42: display monitor,

44: speech processing unit, 46: speaker.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in the exercise game system that can perform both entertainment and physical exercise in accordance with the operation of the operation panel using a part of the user, the designation of the difficulty mode of the game and the execution of the game And a function input means for inputting a user to cancel, an exercise amount detecting means for detecting an amount of exercise by sensing an operation force of the operation panel by the user, and an exercise amount data generating means for outputting data output of the exercise amount detected by the exercise amount detecting means, the user A game program for varying and applying the game progress and score calculation according to the amount of exercise applied by the user, a memory means storing data related to the execution of the game, and a difficulty level set by the user for the exercise amount data of the user from the exercise amount generating means Whether or not the setpoint of the momentum determined in the mode is reached There is provided an exercise game system comprising a control means for calculating and controlling a progress state and a score calculation of the game by varying the amount of the game, and a game output means for outputting a result of calculating the progress and score of the game under the control of the control means.

Preferably, the momentum detection means is built in the operation panel is characterized in that consisting of a plurality of sensors for generating a voltage signal by detecting the amount of impact and weight applied by the user.

More preferably, the momentum data generating means includes a signal amplifier for amplifying a voltage signal generated from the momentum detection means, and a signal converter for generating digital data whose data value is varied according to the voltage value of the amplified voltage signal. Characterized in that the configuration.

In addition, according to the present invention to achieve the above object, in the exercise game system that can perform both entertainment and physical exercise in accordance with the operation of the operation panel using a part of the user, the difficulty mode of the game by the user Is set, and when the game is executed, detecting the exercise amount according to the user's physical manipulation, and determining whether the detected exercise amount reaches or falls below the set value of the exercise amount determined in the set difficulty mode; A control method of an exercise game system is provided, which comprises varying and applying a game progress and score calculation depending on whether a user's exercise amount reaches or falls below a predetermined value determined in a difficulty mode.

According to the present invention configured as described above, in the game system that can proceed in parallel with the entertainment and mobility by the user's body operation, by detecting the change in the amount of impact and weight applied by the user's body operation, the user preset The game's progress and score can be variably applied depending on whether or not the impact amount and weight set value determined in one difficulty mode are reached or not, thereby further enhancing the game's entertainment and physical mobility. do.

Hereinafter, the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

That is, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the exercise game system according to the present invention, it shows a case where the exercise game system of the present invention shown in the figure is applied to a dial game system.

As shown in FIG. 2, the exercise game system according to the present invention includes a function input unit 10, an exercise amount detector 12, a signal amplifier 22, a signal converter 24, an input and an output port. (26) (38), memory module 28, control processor 30, external storage medium reproducing unit 36, display driver 40, display monitor 42, audio processing unit 44, and speaker 46 It consists of

In the figure, the function input unit 10 is provided with a plurality of function buttons for setting the game difficulty and commanding execution and cancellation of the game. In addition, when the game system is a fee-based system, the function input unit 10 includes a coin storage unit for receiving a fixed amount of coins.

In addition, the momentum detection unit 12 is provided with four first to fourth sensors 14, 16, 18, respectively, which are installed below the four operation buttons 6 (refer to FIG. 1) installed on the operation panel 4; 20). The first to fourth sensors 14, 16, 18, and 20 are sensors for detecting an exercise amount, that is, a weight and an impact amount according to a degree of the user operating the manipulation button 6 by foot. In this case, the first to fourth sensors 14, 16, 18, and 20 may apply various impact amount sensors and weight sensors such as an acceleration sensor, a strain gauge sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, a hall element sensor, or the like. have.

Here, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the exercise amount sensing unit 12 employs four sensors 14, 16, 18, and 20, but six operation buttons 6 of the exercise game system. Alternatively, in the case of increasing the number to nine, it is possible to increase the number of sensors in correspondence to the increased number of the operation buttons 6, and to reduce the number of the operation buttons 6 even if the number of the operation buttons 6 is reduced. A corresponding number of sensors will be provided.

In addition, the signal amplifier 22 amplifies the voltage signal generated by the sensing operation of the first to fourth sensors 14, 16, 18, and 20 of the momentum sensor 12, respectively.

The signal converter 24 converts the voltage signal amplified by the signal amplifier 22 into digital data by sampling and quantizing the voltage signal with a predetermined gray scale such as 8 bits.

In this case, the momentum data (ie, voltage data) digitally converted by the signal converter 24 varies in accordance with a voltage level proportional to the degree of impact and weight at which the user's foot is manipulated.

The memory module 28 stores a game program applied to the corresponding game system, background image data consisting of moving / still images, and voice message data informing of background music and game progress. In addition, the memory module 28 temporarily stores the state data in progress of the game and the result data according to the result of the operation processing by the control processor 30.

Meanwhile, the memory module 28 temporarily stores game programs and various data loaded from the recording contents of the external storage medium 34 by the reproducing operation of the external storage medium reproducing unit 36.

The control processor 30 has a control program memory 32 in which a control program for controlling the progress of the game and the calculation of the score is controlled according to the amount of impact and weight applied according to the user's foot operation.

Here, the control processor 30 receives the button input signal from the function input unit 10 through the input port 26 to control the setting of the game difficulty and whether to execute or cancel the game.

In addition, the control processor 30 receives the sensed data of the impact amount and weight according to the user's foot operation detected by the first to fourth sensors 14, 16, 18, 20 through the input port 26, respectively. A voice message and a display message are generated for a data value that is close to or exceeds a set value of an impact amount and weight determined according to a preset game difficulty, and a data value that is less than the set value, and an impact amount input by a user. And arithmetic processing for calculating a score based on weight.

On the other hand, the control processor 30 is the amount of impact according to the user's foot manipulation detected by the first to fourth sensors (14, 16, 18, 20) and the weight of the impact amount determined by the predetermined game difficulty And increasing or decreasing the volume of the background music output through the speaker 46 (that is, the strength of the bass or drum sound as the playing part of the background music) according to whether the weight is close to or less than the set value of the weight. Let's go.

In addition, the external storage medium reproducing unit 36 reads out and reproduces a game program and various data stored in the external storage medium 34 made of, for example, a CD-ROM.

Here, the external storage medium 34 records a game program stored in the memory module 28, a moving image / still image data, a game program upgraded for each data content of background music and voice message data, and various data. It is preferable that it is done.

In addition, the display driver 40 outputs the background image data from the control processor 30 through the output port 38 and character data (for example, an arrow-shaped character and a game progress state) according to difficulty setting and execution of the game. On Screen Display (OSD) data consisting of alphanumeric characters that are displayed and a control signal are input to drive a game execution screen on the display monitor 42.

Here, when the difficulty of the game is set by the button input of the function input unit 10, on the display monitor 42, as shown in Figure 3a, a set value of the impact amount and weight of a number of difficulty modes, for example 5KG A text message indicating the applied starter mode M1, the intermediate mode M2 to which 10KG is applied, and the skill mode M3 to which 15KG is applied is displayed so that it can be arbitrarily selected by a button operation of the function input unit 10. .

In addition, when a predetermined mode, for example, an intermediate mode, is selected from among a plurality of difficulty modes by a button input of the function input unit 10, and a game is executed, the display monitor 42 is shown in FIG. 3B. , The arrow-shaped character (P) is displayed in sequence with a random arrow direction at a speed and number determined according to the difficulty mode.

In addition, on the display monitor 42, a text message MG1 indicating whether or not the response by the user's foot operation reaches or falls below the set value of the impact amount and weight determined according to the selected difficulty mode is displayed, and the set value is reached. Alternatively, the numerical message MG2 of the actual impact amount and weight by the user indicating the under result is displayed.

The voice processor 44 receives the background music data, the voice message data, and the control signal through the output port 38 to drive the sound of the game execution through the speaker 46.

Here, the voice processing unit 44 controls the background of each instrument part depending on whether the amount of impact and weight of the user's foot manipulation under the control of the control processor 30 are close to or below a preset value according to a predetermined difficulty level. The volume of the music is increased or decreased in part or in total.

On the other hand, the game system according to an embodiment of the present invention as described above is applied as a system used for a general electronic entertainment business, the function input unit 10, the momentum detection unit 12, the signal in the components of the present invention It is also possible to apply the amplifier 22 and the signal converter 24 to a home game system in which a miniaturized and portable operation pad is incorporated.

That is, in the system of the present invention, the configuration of the control processor 30 is replaced with a microprocessor mounted on the motherboard of the personal computer, and the configuration of the control program memory 32 and the memory module 28 is replaced with a hard disk and a memory. If the display driver 40 is replaced by a VGA card and the sound processor 44 is replaced by a sound card, the game system according to the present invention can be applied to a home game system using a personal computer. do.

Next, the operation of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4.

First, when the function input unit 10 operates a button for selecting a game difficulty level, the control processor 30 receives a button input signal from the function input unit 10 through the input port 26 and displays the display driving unit ( As shown in FIG. 3A, the control mode 40 controls the display monitor 42 in accordance with a plurality of game difficulty modes, that is, a beginner mode M1 in which an impact amount and a weight of 5KG are determined, and an intermediate mode in which 10KG is determined. M2) and the skill mode M3 in which 15KG is determined are displayed.

At this time, if a predetermined mode, such as an intermediate mode, is selected from among a plurality of difficulty modes by a button input of the function input unit 10, the control processor 30 sets the difficulty mode and drives the display driver 40. By controlling, the mode setting state is displayed on the display monitor 42 (step S10).

In this state, the control processor 30 loads and executes the game program stored in the memory module 28 when there is a button input for executing the game according to the set difficulty mode by the function input unit 10. The background image data of the moving image / still image and the background music / voice message data are read out and output through the display monitor 42 and the speaker 46 (step S11).

At this time, while the game program is executed while the game screen and the voice transmission are in progress through the display monitor 42 and the speaker 46, when the user manipulates the four-way operation button of the operation panel by foot, the exercise amount detection unit The sensor on the button side which has been operated among the first to fourth sensors 14, 16, 18 and 20 of (12) reacts to generate a motion detection signal having a voltage value corresponding to the impact amount and the weight due to the foot pressure.

The momentum detection signal generated from the sensor that reacts among the first to fourth sensors 14, 16, 18, and 20 is amplified by the signal amplifier 22 to be applied to the amount of impact and weight by the signal converter 24. The data value is output as digital data determined according to the corresponding voltage value.

On the other hand, the control processor 30 and the set amount of the impact amount and weight according to the predetermined difficulty mode (for example, in the case of the intermediate mode set value of 10KG) and the motion detection data of the predetermined sensor side received from the signal conversion unit 24 and In comparison, it is determined whether the set value has been reached (step S12).

As a result of the determination, the sensing data of the impact amount and weight according to the user's step force detected from a predetermined sensor among the first to fourth sensors 14, 16, 18, and 20 reaches the set value of the impact amount and weight according to the corresponding difficulty mode. If it is determined that the control processor 30, as shown in Figure 3a is a text message (MG1) indicating the arrival of the set value on the display monitor 42 and the numerical message (MG2) according to the impact amount and weight set value of the corresponding difficulty mode In addition to displaying a), the speaker 46 can be transmitted in the form of a voice message. In addition, the control processor 30 enhances and outputs the volume of the background music data (ie, the strength of the bass or drum sounds in each instrument part) that is processed by the voice processor 44. (Step S13).

However, if it is determined that the sensing data of the impact amount and the weight sensed by the predetermined sensor has not reached the set value, the control processor 30 indicates a text message MG1 indicating that the set value is not reached on the display monitor 42. In addition to displaying the numerical message (MG2) of the actual impact amount and weight calculated by the step of the user's foot, and is sent in the form of a voice message through the speaker 46. In addition, the control processor 30 decreases and outputs the volume of the background music data which is processed by the voice processor 44 (step S14).

Here, while the control processor 30 executes the steps S13 and S14, a process for calculating the score of the game based on the input values of the amount of impact and the weight by the user's operation is executed together.

In that state, the control processor 30 determines whether or not the game to be executed is finished (step S15).

As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the game to be executed is not finished, the process of step S14 is repeatedly executed from step S12, but if it is determined that the game is finished, the control processor 30 calculates the game calculated in the corresponding difficulty mode. Based on the score and the game score, game results such as complete completion of the game or whether the bonus game is applied are displayed on the display monitor 42 (step S16).

According to the present invention made as described above, in the game system that can enjoy entertainment and exercise together, the impact amount and weight change by the user's body operation is detected and the impact amount and weight are set to the set value determined in the difficulty mode set by the user. As it can be used as a criterion for calculating the progress and score of the game according to whether or not it is reached, not only can the physical exercise amount using the user's game system be enhanced, but also the entertainment can be doubled according to the increase of the exercise amount. Will have an effect.

Claims (4)

In the exercise game system that can perform both entertainment and physical exercise in accordance with the operation of the operation panel using a part of the user, A function input means for user input of designating a difficulty mode of the game and executing and canceling the game; An exercise amount detecting means for detecting an exercise amount by detecting an operation force of an operation panel by a user, Exercise amount data generating means for outputting the output of the exercise amount detected by the exercise amount detecting means; A game program for varying and applying the game progress and score calculation according to the amount of exercise applied by the user, memory means for storing data related to the execution of the game, Control means for varying and controlling the progress and score calculation of the game by calculating whether or not the exercise amount data of the user from the exercise amount generating means reaches the set value of the exercise amount determined in the difficulty mode set by the user; And a game output means for outputting the progress of the game and the calculation result of the score by the control of the control means. The exercise game system according to claim 1, wherein the exercise amount detecting means comprises a plurality of sensors embedded in the operation panel to detect a shock amount and weight applied by a user and generate a voltage signal. The method of claim 2, wherein the momentum data generating means is a signal amplifier for amplifying the voltage signal generated from the momentum detection means, and signal conversion for generating digital data whose data value is varied according to the voltage value of the amplified voltage signal Athletic game system, characterized in that configured to include. In the exercise game system that can perform both entertainment and physical exercise in accordance with the operation of the operation panel using a part of the user, Setting the difficulty mode of the game by the user; When the game is executed, detecting an exercise amount according to a user's physical manipulation, and determining whether the detected exercise amount reaches or falls below a set value of the exercise amount determined in the set difficulty mode; And controlling the progress of the game and calculating the score according to whether or not the amount of exercise of the user reaches or falls below the predetermined value determined in the difficulty mode.