KR20110069907A - Method for processing voice command of game object selection - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for processing game object selection command by voice is provided to select the game objects with voice through easy names. CONSTITUTION: Different temporary names is allocated to each game object which a user can select among game objects expressed on a gamer screen(S31). The temporary names is displayed around each game object(S32). If game object selection command is inputted with a voice from a user, whether the selected object is temporary names among the allocated temporary names or not is checked(S33). A selection that the user selects game objects corresponding to the checked temporary names is processed(S34).

Description

Method for Processing Voice Command of Game Object Selection}

The present invention relates to a method of processing a game object selection command by voice. In particular, when a plurality of game objects appear on a game screen in relation to a game having a voice command input function, a user can easily select a desired game object by using a voice. To make it work.

Various types of online game services are provided that can be enjoyed by participating with other users through a communication network.

In particular, the MMORPG (Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game) type game, which allows a large number of users to simultaneously participate and perform various missions (quests) in a game map implemented in a virtual space, is becoming popular.

On the other hand, the game command is generally input using a hand operated device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a joystick, but as the voice processing technology is developed, game commands by voice are also input.

The voice input of game commands can be implemented using various voice recognition techniques.

However, in the course of the game, the user often needs to select a specific game object among several game objects appearing on the game screen.

For example, if you want to chat with other users using the in-game chat function, if you want to acquire a game item against a specific monster, if you want to trade in-game goods with the store NPC, the game screen In the case of trying to obtain a game item that is away from each other, you must select a character of the chat opponent, an opponent monster, a shop NPC, and a corresponding game item.

If you make this selection with a mouse, you do not have to worry because you can click on the game object.

However, when trying to select a specific game object through a game object selection command by voice, various difficulties arise.

This is because the names given to each game object are often too complicated and difficult to call.

That is, users may set simple and easy-to-call things such as 'sky' and 'star' as their character names, but they prefer complex and strong names such as 'the man of the wind' and 'upside down dog'.

In addition, Hangul in English input mode of the keyboard as it is written (a 'wind' written in the alphabet 'qkfka') is not a small number, such a name is not possible to speak in itself or very difficult.

In addition, if multiple game objects with the same name appear, there is no way to specify one of them as a voice.

Therefore, there is a need for a method for more conveniently selecting various game objects appearing on the game screen in a game configured to input game commands by voice.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to meet the necessity as described above, and an object thereof is to enable a user to easily select each game object displayed on a game screen by voice during a game having a voice command input function.

In order to achieve the above object, the method of processing a game object selection command by voice according to the present invention, the game client to each of the game objects that the user can select from among the game objects appearing on the game screen, each different temporary title Assigning; Processing the temporary title to be displayed around each game object to which the temporary title is assigned; Checking whether the object is one of the assigned temporary titles when a user selects a game object by voice from a user; And processing the user to select a game object corresponding to the identified temporary title.

The temporary title is set to a plurality of sets, and the temporary title set to be assigned to each game object may be randomly assigned or configured to be designated by the user.

The game object to which the temporary title is assigned may include a character of another user, a non player character (NPC), and the like.

The temporary title may be configured to be set by the user through a user interface for setting a temporary title provided by the game client.

The game client may be configured to provide a guide window that makes it easy to find out the assignment details of temporary titles for each game object.

In this case, the guide window may be configured to show a corresponding relationship between each game object and the temporary title assigned thereto in a table form or to enlarge a specific portion of the game screen.

The game client may be configured to release the assignment of the temporary title for the game object only after a preset waiting time elapses even if any game object to which the temporary title is currently assigned disappears from the game screen.

According to the present invention, the game client distinguishes and displays the temporary titles that are easy to be called by the user for each game object displayed on the game screen.

Accordingly, the user can select a game object by voice through easy-to-call names such as 'ga', 'me', and 'da'.

In addition, even if the actual name of the game object is difficult or duplicate, it is possible to easily and accurately select the desired object.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, each user accesses the game server 15 through a communication network 13 using a user computer to play an online game.

There are no restrictions on the type and content of online games, and specific examples include MMORPG (Massively Multi-), in which a plurality of users simultaneously participate in a game map implemented in a virtual space and perform a predetermined task (quest). player Online Role Playing Game).

Each user uses an online game as well as a personal computer (PC) such as a desktop computer or a laptop computer, as well as a game server such as a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). May be any computer device that has the capability to play online games.

The user computer 11 includes a mouse 11-1 and a keyboard 11-2 for allowing a user to input game commands or information, a speaker 11-4 for outputting sound effects, and a user to input voice. Various input / output devices such as a microphone 11-3 for enabling the display and a display unit 11-5 for visually outputting the game screen are connected.

The user computer 11 is provided with a game client 11-6 to enable the online game service. The game client 11-6 communicates with the game server 15 to advance the online game.

The game client 11-6 performs various roles to be performed on the user side, such as displaying a game related announcement, processing a game screen, processing a sound effect, and providing various user interfaces for the game.

In particular, the game client 11-6 is interlocked with the voice recognition module 11-7 so that the user can input a game command by voice.

The voice recognition module 11-7 may be configured as a computer program loaded and driven in the memory of the user computer 11, and may include additional hardware mounted to the user computer 11 as necessary.

Referring to FIG. 2, the voice recognition module 11-7 converts analog voice information of the user input through the microphone 11-3 into a digital signal (S21) and corresponds to each game command. By comparing with the pre-prepared reference voice data it is determined whether any game command has been input (S22). The game command is transmitted to the game client 11-6 (S23).

In this way, the voice recognition module 11-7 grasps the game command input by the user through the microphone 11-3 and delivers it to the game client 11-6, using various voice recognition technologies. Can be implemented.

The user drives the game client 11-6 installed in the user computer 11 and inputs his ID and password into the login window provided by the game client 11-6. By logging in to the server 15, the game can be played.

When the user starts the game, the virtual space appears on the game screen, and the user proceeds the game according to the game rules while manipulating his character.

In this process, various game objects such as other user characters and NPCs appear on the game screen, and the user can select a specific game object and proceed with the game with the corresponding game object.

For example, select another user's character to chat with that user using the in-game chat feature, select a specific NPC to play against that NPC, or select a specific store NPC to in-game with that store NPC. The game can be played by trading goods.

As such, it is necessary to select various game objects appearing on the game screen during the game. Such selection may be performed using the mouse 11-1 or the keyboard 11-2, but may be selected by a voice command. .

3, an embodiment of a method for processing a game object selection command by voice according to the present invention will be described.

First, the game client 11-6 assigns different temporary titles to game types of game objects selectable by the user among game objects appearing on the game screen, and stores and maintains the allocation relationship information in the memory (S31). .

In this case, temporary titles to be assigned to each game object are preset to be easily called by the user.

What game objects the user can select in the game may vary depending on the content of the game.

Examples include other user characters, non player characters (NPCs), and the like.

Here, NPC refers to something designed to operate by a computer program and not to play a role in a game. For example, it appears in a certain place on the game map and plays various roles such as confronting a user character or giving a way to a user character.

Temporary titles are temporarily assigned while each game object is displayed on the game screen, and can be set in various ways.

For example, as shown in Figure 4a, 'a', 'me', 'da', 'la', 'e', 'ba', 'sa', 'a', 'za', 'tea' ', Or' day ',' two ',' three ',' four ',' five ',' six ',' seven ',' arm ',' nine ',' Or 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine', as shown in the example shown in FIG. It can also be set to 'column'.

Also, as in each example of FIG. 4, a set of temporary titles may be treated as one set, and several temporary title sets may be provided.

In this case, the temporary title set to be used in step S31 may be configured to be randomly selected by the game client 11-6, or may be configured to select a temporary title set desired by the user.

The temporary title may be configured to be set by the user through a user interface for setting a temporary title provided by the game client 11-6.

Referring to the example of the user interface 50 for setting a temporary title with reference to Figure 5, the user inputs the temporary name set name in the set name input box 51, the arbitrary temporary name in each temporary title input box 52 Enter.

Of course, each temporary title to be entered in the temporary title input box 52 should be different.

When the user clicks the registration button 53, the game client 11-6 stores the temporary title set name and each temporary title in a non-volatile storage medium (e.g., HDD) that can be read and written by the user computer 11. If the user clicks the cancel button 54, the temporary title entry process is terminated as it is.

In order to help you understand the description, four game objects that the user can choose from appear in the current game screen. Will be assumed.

In this case, if the temporary title of the example shown in FIG. 4A is used, the game client 11-6 manages the correspondence between the actual name and the temporary title of each game object as shown in FIG. 6 through step S31.

If the temporary title is assigned in step S31, the game client 11-6 processes the temporary title assigned to the game object to be displayed around each game object appearing on the game screen 70 as shown in FIG. (S32).

In other words, the temporary title of 'A' is on the top of Game Object # 1, the temporary title of 'I' is on the top of Game Object # 2, and the temporary name of 'D' is on the top of Game Object # 3, and the game object # At the top of 4, the temporary title 'ra' is indicated.

Of course, when each game object moves, the display of the temporary title is also displayed along with the moving object, and the actual name of the game object may also be displayed around each game object.

Now, when the user inputs a voice to select a specific game object through the microphone 11-3, the voice recognition module 11-7 transfers the game command to the game client 11-6, and the game client 11 -6) confirms which of the temporary titles the object is assigned in step S31 (S33).

The game client 11-6 proceeds with the game by processing that the user has selected a game object corresponding to the temporary title (S34).

For example, if the voice command for selecting a particular game object is 'target' and it is defined to call the selection object later, the user says "target ga" to select the temporary title 'ga'.

The voice recognition module 11-7 recognizes that a target is recognized as a game command portion, and 'ga' is recognized as a target and a game object selection command for selecting 'ga' is input as shown in the example shown in FIG. Deliver to game client 11-6.

The game client 11-6 then treats the user as selecting a game object that has a real name of "the man of the wind."

The result is determined by how the game progresses after the game object is selected. That is, the situation is the same as when the user selects the corresponding game object by using the mouse 11-1.

On the other hand, when playing an MMORPG type game, there are often situations in which several game objects are concentrated in a specific part of the game map.

Then, because each game object is displayed in the game screen, even if the temporary titles of each game object are displayed, it may be difficult for the user to recognize the temporary titles because they overlap each other.

As a way to cope with such a situation, the game client 11-6 may be configured to provide a guide window that makes it easy to find out the assignment details of temporary titles for each game object.

At this time, how to handle the guide window can be configured in various ways.

One example is to show the correspondence between each game object information and the temporary title assigned to it in the form of a table.

Referring to FIG. 9A, when game objects are gathered in a portion A of the game screen 90, 'ga', 'me', 'da', and 'la' are used as temporary names around each game object. Even if you mark it, it is difficult to recognize each other.

In this case, the guide window 91 may be output at a predetermined position of the game screen, and the guide window 91 may display a correspondence relationship between the actual name of each game object and the temporary title assigned thereto in a table format.

Another example is to configure to enlarge and show a specific part of the game screen where the current game object is concentrated.

That is, as shown in the example of FIG. 9B, the situation of the region A is enlarged and displayed at a predetermined position 93 of the game screen, so that the user can easily recognize each game object and its temporary title.

An embodiment of a method in which the game client 11-6 manages an assignment relationship of temporary titles for each game object will be described.

In the MMORPG type game, there is a game map embodied in the virtual space, and the user's character moves around the game map, so the view (the screen of the game screen) that the user views continues to change.

Accordingly, various game objects such as other user characters or NPCs continue to appear and disappear on the game screen.

Therefore, even if a game object appears on the game screen and assigns a temporary title, the game client 11-6 releases the temporary title assignment state when the game object disappears from the game screen.

In other words, the temporary title is temporarily assigned to each game object appearing on the current game screen. The assignment status of the temporary title is constantly changing as the game progresses. The temporary title that is released is newly displayed on the game screen. Can be assigned to a game object.

However, if the user moves the game map freely, the game object that disappeared from the game screen may appear again on the game screen.

Referring to FIG. 10, it is assumed that a user of the entire game map 100 is located at the current game screen G1, moves to the game screen G2, and returns to the game screen G1 again.

At this time, if a game object K remains in the marked position, the game object K appears on the game screen and disappears and then reappears.

This is true even when a game object moves out of the user's field of view and then returns to the user's field of view.

In such a situation, it is also possible to continuously change the temporary title assigned to the game object K, but since the user may remain with the temporary title assigned to the game object K, the temporary title for the same game object may be shortened. Continual change can be confusing to users.

In order to solve this problem, the game client 11-6 needs to wait for a predetermined waiting time (for example, 10 seconds) when a game object to which a temporary title is currently assigned disappears from the game screen. It may be configured to deallocate a temporary title for an object.

The above-described embodiments are intended to help the understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be variously modified and implemented by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. to be.

1 is an overview of a system associated with an online game service,

2 is an example of the operation of the voice recognition module,

3 is an embodiment of a method of processing a game object selection command according to the present invention;

4 is an example of a temporary title,

5 is an example in which a user sets a temporary title;

6 and 7 are examples for explaining the assignment and display of temporary titles,

8 is an example of a game object selection command using voice;

9 is an example of clearly indicating the assignment relationship of the temporary title,

10 is an example for explaining an embodiment of a method for managing a temporary title.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

11: Your Computer 11-1: Mouse

11-2: Keyboard 11-3: Microphone

11-4: Speaker 11-5: Display

11-6: Game Client 11-7: Voice Recognition Module

13: Network 15: Game Servers

Claims (7)

Game object selection command that allows the user to voice-select each game object that appears on the game screen while the game client has a voice command input function while playing an online game while communicating with a game server through a communication network. In the processing method, Allocating different temporary titles for each game object that the user can select from among game objects appearing on the game screen; Processing the temporary title to be displayed around each game object to which the temporary title is assigned; Checking whether the object is one of the assigned temporary titles when a user selects a game object by voice from a user; And And processing the user to select a game object corresponding to the identified temporary title. The method of claim 1, And the temporary title is set to a plurality of sets, and the temporary title set to be assigned to each game object is randomly designated or configured by the user. The method of claim 1, The game object to which the temporary title is assigned includes at least one of a character of another user and a non player character (NPC). The method of claim 1, And the temporary title is configured to be set by a user through a user interface for setting a temporary title provided by the game client. The method of claim 1, The game client is a voice game object selection command processing method characterized in that it is configured to provide a guide window that makes it easy to find out the assignment details of the temporary title for each game object. The method of claim 5, The guide window is configured to show the correspondence between each game object and the temporary title assigned thereto in the form of a table, or to enlarge and display a specific part of the game screen. . The method of claim 1, The game client is configured to release the assignment of the temporary title to the game object only after a preset waiting time even if any game object to which the temporary title is currently assigned disappears from the game screen. How to process optional commands.

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