KR20020091542A - Survival game circuit using Global Positioning System receiver and mobile phone and gaming method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A survival game device using a GPS(Global Positioning System) receiver and a wireless mobile communication device, and a method therefor are provided to offer an interesting survival game among a plurality of users using a receiver such as a cellular phone having a GPS function and a wireless communication device such as a Bluetooth terminal capable of communicating with the receiver. CONSTITUTION: A GPS(10) measures the whole earth using a radio wave transmitted from a satellite. A mobile communication system(20) transmits information about the position tracking of mobile communication terminals(MP1-MPn) and the position tracking of other game participants to the mobile communication terminals(MP1-MPn) by the communication with the GPS(10). A plurality of mobile communication terminals(MP1-MPn) perform one-to-one data communication corresponding to a plurality of short haul wireless communication terminals(T1-Tn) by the data communication with the GPS(10) and the mobile communication system(20). A plurality of short haul wireless communication terminals(T1-Tn) perform one-to-one data communication corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication terminals(MP1-MPn).

Description

Survival game circuit using Global Positioning System receiver and mobile phone and gaming method

The present invention relates to a survival game apparatus and method using a GPS receiver and a wireless mobile communication device, and in particular, a receiver such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS function and a Bluetooth terminal capable of communicating with the receiver. The present invention relates to a survival game device using a GPS receiver and a wireless mobile communication device and a method for enabling a more interesting survival game that can be played while moving between unspecified multiple users using a wireless communication device.

As is well known, the Global Positioning System (GPS) system is a system capable of positioning the entire earth using radio waves transmitted from satellites, and using satellites to determine the direction and speed of moving objects such as automobiles, aircrafts or ships. Can be measured accurately.

The GPS system consists of a total of 24 navigating satellites, each of which was launched on six circular orbits at an altitude of approximately 20,000 Km, a period of about 12 hours, and an orbital inclination of 55 degrees, a ground control station managing satellites, and a user's mobile station The satellite is equipped with an atomic clock.

Since the GPS system is arranged so that at least four satellites are always in view of the earth at all times, the user can select four suitable ones from these satellites and receive time signals from them to determine the distance of each. Measure Since the positions of the four satellites are known, the user can know the three-dimensional position of latitude, longitude, and altitude and the time deviation of the field of view in such a measurement.

In recent years, since it can be used in the private sector, the navigation system to be mounted on a car. It is employed in navigation devices such as ships and helicopters, and it is possible to provide a navigation system in combination with geographic information contained in a read-only compact disc storage device (CD-ROM) at a relatively low cost, and the market is rapidly expanding. It is true.

At present, a survival game service in Europe that uses a GSM (Group Special Mobile) phone with a GPS function to find an opponent among an unspecified majority of users is prevalent.

Such survival game uses the GPS function provided in the terminal itself to select an unspecified number of users, and then carries a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, moves around the selected person, presses a specific button, and moves the selected person to mobile communication. It is a way to delete one by one from the terminal.

However, such a conventional technique is a method of eliminating a target by simply entering a target within a certain distance by using a transmitter and receiver having an isotropic characteristic, so that the game rule is very monotonous, and the user Because it is not a game that can be played while moving the body there was a problem that the user easily feels tired when used for a long time.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems of the prior art, using a receiver such as a mobile phone with a GPS function and a wireless communication device such as a Bluetooth terminal capable of communicating with the receiver. The goal is to provide a more exciting survival game that can be played while moving between unspecified and multiple users.

Survival game device according to the present invention for achieving the above object, GPS system capable of positioning the entire earth using radio waves transmitted from the satellite; A mobile communication system which transmits information about the location tracking of the mobile communication terminal itself having the GPS function and the location tracking of another game participant to the mobile communication terminal by communicating with the GPS system; A mobile communication terminal for communicating with a short range wireless communication terminal by data communication transmitted from the GPS system and the mobile communication system; And a short range wireless communication terminal capable of performing data communication with the mobile communication terminal at a predetermined distance.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal is a GPS receiver and a mobile communication transceiver for receiving, transmitting and receiving data transmitted from the GPS system and the mobile communication system through the first antenna, respectively, input through the GPS receiver and the mobile communication transceiver And a short range wireless communication transceiver for performing data communication with the short range wireless communication terminal through second and third antennas under the control operation of the microprocessor. It is characterized by.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal is characterized in that the GPS function is provided.

In addition, the short-range wireless communication terminal is characterized in that the transmission and reception function having a directivity characteristic is provided.

Survival game method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the user uses a specific menu to access the additional service network of the mobile carrier to which the user is subscribed to another game in which the user is located within the region The first step of setting up a group with a user and an enemy or an ally and starting a game, and searching for an enemy after starting the game, checking the position and the direction when entering a specific range, and then directing a short-range wireless communication terminal having directivity toward the enemy. A second step of operating and transmitting a signal, a third step of determining whether a signal of a short-range mobile communication terminal of the original user is normally received in the mobile communication terminal equipped with the GPS function of the enemy, and the signal is normally received Delete the identifier of the enemy user and search for the next enemy; If the enemy continues to search the army and all the enemy is eliminated, the game is considered to have won the game. If the enemy is not found after the game starts and the identifier is deleted from the mobile terminal, the game is considered lost. And a sixth step of terminating.

1 is an overall system block diagram of a survival game apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is a detailed block diagram of a mobile communication terminal equipped with a GPS function in FIG.

Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating a survival game method according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary screen configuration of a mobile communication terminal equipped with a GPS function according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: GPS system

20: mobile communication system

101: mobile transceiver

102: GPS receiver

103: microprocessor

104: short range wireless transceiver

MP1 to MPn: Mobile communication terminal equipped with GPS function

T1 to Tn: short-range wireless communication terminal with directivity

ANT1 to ANT3: Antenna

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall system of a survival game apparatus according to the present invention, and a GPS system 10 capable of positioning the entire earth using radio waves transmitted from a satellite as shown in the figure; A mobile communication system 20 which transmits information on the location tracking of the mobile communication terminal itself having the GPS function and the location tracking of another game participant to the mobile communication terminal by communicating with the GPS system 10; A plurality of mobile communication terminals MP1 to MPn for corresponding one-to-one data communication with a plurality of short-range wireless communication terminals T1 to Tn by data communication transmitted from the GPS system 10 and the mobile communication system 20; ; It is composed of a plurality of short-range wireless communication terminals T1 to Tn which are located within a predetermined distance and are capable of corresponding one-to-one data communication with the plurality of mobile communication terminals MP1 to MPn.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of a mobile communication terminal (MP1) equipped with a GPS function in FIG. 1, and the data transmitted from the GPS system 10 and the mobile communication system 20 as shown in FIG. Determining the data input through the GPS receiver 102 and the mobile communication transceiver 101 and the GPS receiver 102 and the mobile communication transceiver 102 for receiving, transmitting and receiving respectively through the first antenna ANT1 The microprocessor 103 for controlling the operation of the short-range wireless communication transceiver 104 and the third antenna ANT3 having a directional characteristic and a second antenna ANT2 under the control operation of the microprocessor 103. It consists of a short-range wireless communication transceiver 104 which performs data communication with the short-range wireless communication terminal T1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a survival game method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, a user accesses an additional service network of a mobile communication service provider to which a user is subscribed using a specific menu (S1). The first step of setting the group (S2) and start the game (S3) and the enemy or allies with other users participating in the game in the region where the user is located, and after searching the enemy (S6) within a specific range The second step of transmitting the signal by operating the short-range wireless communication terminal having directivity toward the enemy direction (S7) after checking the position and direction when entering, and the short distance of the original user in the mobile communication terminal equipped with the GPS function of the enemy A third step of determining whether the signal of the mobile communication terminal is normally received (S8); and if the signal is normally received, The fourth step of deleting the star and searching for the next enemy (S9); and continuing the search for the enemy to determine whether all the enemies have been removed (S10), and if all the enemies are removed, the game is considered to have been won (S11). The fifth step is terminated, and if the identifier is deleted from the mobile communication terminal after the game is not started (S4), the game is considered to have been defeated (S5) and is terminated.

The operation of the present invention made as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

First, the plurality of mobile communication terminals MP1 to MPn equipped with the GPS function have the same configuration as a mobile phone linked to a specific communication network, and also have a GPS system 10 and a short range wireless communication terminal T1. Performs a function that enables communication.

In addition, a plurality of directional short-range wireless communication terminal (T1 ~ Tn) is capable of one-to-one communication with a plurality of mobile communication terminals (MP1 ~ MPn) equipped with GPS function at a distance of about 10 meters. As described above, a transmission / reception function having a directivity characteristic rather than an isotropic characteristic is performed.

In this case, the plurality of mobile communication terminals MP1 to MPn equipped with the GPS function are connected to a system supporting the GPS function.

The game method according to the present invention using the game device configured as described above will be described.

First, a user accesses an additional service network of a mobile communication provider to which a user is subscribed using a specific menu (S1).

Next, within the area where the user is, a group is set up with other users and enemy or allies participating in the game (S2) and the game is started (S3).

After starting the game as described above, the mobile communication terminal (MP1) equipped with the GPS function searches for the enemy while searching for the location of another user set as the enemy (S6).

If the enemy enters a certain range (cumulative power), after confirming the position and direction, the short-range wireless communication terminal T1 having directivity is directed toward the enemy direction (S7) to transmit a signal.

Thereafter, it is determined whether the signal of the short-range mobile communication terminal of the original user is normally received in the mobile communication terminal equipped with the GPS function of the other user set as the enemy (S8).

As a result of the determination, if a signal is normally received, the identifier of the enemy user is deleted and the next enemy is searched (S9).

Continue searching for the enemy to determine whether all enemies have been removed (S10). If all the enemies are not removed, continue searching for the enemy. If all the enemies are removed, the game is considered to have been won (S11) and the game ends. .

On the other hand, after the game is started in step S3, if the enemy is not searched and the identifier of the user is deleted from the mobile communication terminal (S4), the game is considered to be lost (S5) and the game ends.

For example, the screen configuration of the mobile communication terminal MP1 equipped with the GPS function according to the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 4.

In Fig. 4, the symbol ● denotes the person, ■ denotes an ally of the principal, and ▲ denotes an enemy, and the size of the screen is configured to be enlarged or reduced.

As described above, the present invention can be performed by moving a body between an unspecified number of users using a receiver such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS function and a wireless communication device such as a Bluetooth terminal capable of communicating with the receiver. By providing a survival game having a higher level and having various game rules, it provides an effect that can inspire the user's interest.

Claims (6)

A GPS system capable of positioning the entire earth using radio waves transmitted from satellites; A mobile communication system which transmits information about the location tracking of the mobile communication terminal itself having the GPS function and the location tracking of another game participant to the mobile communication terminal by communicating with the GPS system; A mobile communication terminal for communicating with a short range wireless communication terminal by data communication transmitted from the GPS system and the mobile communication system; Survival game apparatus using a GPS receiver and a wireless mobile communication device, characterized in that it comprises a short-range wireless communication terminal capable of data communication with the mobile communication terminal at a certain distance. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication terminal includes a GPS receiver and a mobile communication transceiver for receiving, transmitting and receiving data transmitted from the GPS system and the mobile communication system, respectively, through a first antenna; A microprocessor for controlling the operation of a short range wireless communication transceiver by determining data input through the GPS receiver and a mobile communication terminal; Survival game apparatus using a GPS receiver and a wireless mobile communication device comprising a short range wireless communication transceiver for performing data communication with the short range wireless communication terminal through the second and third antenna under the control operation of the microprocessor. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The mobile terminal is a survival game device using a GPS receiver and a wireless mobile communication device characterized in that the GPS function is provided. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Survival game apparatus using a GPS receiver and a wireless mobile communication device, characterized in that the screen of the mobile communication terminal is configured to be enlarged or reduced. The method of claim 1, The short-range wireless communication terminal is a survival game device using a GPS receiver and a wireless mobile communication device, characterized in that provided with a transmission and reception function having a directivity characteristic. A first method in which a user accesses an additional service network of a mobile service provider to which a user is subscribed by using a specific menu, sets up a group with other users and an enemy or an ally in the region where the user is located, and starts the game. Steps, A second step of searching for an enemy after starting the game and checking a location and a direction when operating within a specific range, and then operating a short-range wireless communication terminal having directivity in the direction of the enemy; A third step of determining whether a signal of a short-range mobile communication terminal of the original user is normally received in the mobile communication terminal equipped with the GPS function of the enemy; A fourth step of deleting an identifier of an enemy user and searching for the next enemy when the signal is normally received; A fifth step of continuing the search for the enemy and declining all the enemy soldiers in the game and ending the game; Survival game using a GPS receiver and a wireless mobile communication device comprising a sixth step of if the enemy is unable to search after the start of the game and the identifier is deleted from the mobile communication terminal is considered to be lost in the game and ends. Way.