KR20130142474A

KR20130142474A - Pitching location information display method and server

Info

Publication number: KR20130142474A
Application number: KR1020120065712A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 명재훈
Original assignee: 주식회사 네오위즈인터넷
Priority date: 2012-06-19
Filing date: 2012-06-19
Publication date: 2013-12-30

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the method for providing pitching position information, when the pitching position information providing server receives first control information including pitching position information from a user terminal, the pitching position information for the pitching input may be described. Outputting to a user terminal; Receiving second control information including information on the throwing information after receiving the first control information from the user terminal; And calculating throwing position change information changed by the second control information and outputting the calculated throwing position change information to the user terminal.

Description

PITCHING LOCATION INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND SERVER}

The present invention relates to a method for providing pitching position information, and more particularly, to a technology for providing a pitching position information changed by a user's control after a pitcher sets a pitching position in an online baseball game.

As the network develops, various online game services are being provided. In addition, due to the improvement of graphics technology and the performance of game user terminals, high-end game programs are being made, and game contents that accurately describe the real world or the virtual world are provided.

As a result, users are increasingly using online games, and the genre of games is also diversifying. Among recent games, sports games, role-playing games, and first-person shooters are popular online games.

The characteristic of online games is that they can simultaneously access and enjoy the same game content system as other people. By operating a character or the like representing each user on the same game screen, you can enjoy the game through cooperation or competition with other people.

In an online game, one mission can be cooperatively handled with others, or content can be enjoyed through competition with others. At this time, in an online game, it is necessary to prepare content that induces competition among users. Because of the characteristics of the online game, in order to maintain or increase its utilization rate, it is necessary to induce competition among users, so that the users must continuously access the online game to play the game.

Contents that cause competition among users are largely the level of the user character, items that can be applied to the user character, skills implemented by the user character, and the like.

In addition, by graphically expressing the skills implemented by the character may induce immersion and interest in the game.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying, in real time, an expected pitch change graphic information according to a second control from an expected pitch graphic information according to a first control in an online game.

In order to achieve the above object, the pitching position information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the pitching position information providing server receives the first control information including the pitching position information from the user terminal, Outputting corresponding throwing position information to the user terminal; Receiving second control information including information on the throwing information after receiving the first control information from the user terminal; And calculating throwing position change information changed by the second control information and outputting the calculated throwing position change information to the user terminal.

In this case, in the outputting of the pitching position change information to the user terminal, it is preferable to output the pitching position change information which is changed in real time from the output of the pitching position information to the execution of the pitching to the user terminal.

The outputting of the pitching position change information to the user terminal may include outputting the pitching position change information to the user terminal after receiving the second control information.

The outputting of the throwing position change information to the user terminal may be output when the next throwing preparation is completed.

The outputting of the pitch change position information to the user terminal may further include in-game environment information including at least one of wind, humidity, altitude of the stadium, and the shape of the stadium. It is desirable to calculate the pitch position change.

In order to achieve the above object, the pitching position information providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention, when receiving the first control information including the pitching position information from the user terminal, the corresponding pitching position information for the pitching input; A pitching position output unit for outputting to the user terminal; And a throwing position for calculating throwing position change information changed by the second control information when receiving the first control information from the user terminal and receiving the second control information including the throwing information about the throwing. A change information calculator; And a throwing position change output unit configured to output the calculated throwing position change information to the user terminal.

Here, the pitching position change output unit, it is preferable to output the pitching position change information that is changed in real time from the output of the pitching position information to the execution of the pitching to the user terminal.

The throwing position change output unit may output the throwing position change information to the user terminal after the second control information is received.

On the other hand, the pitching position change output unit may be output when the preparation for the next pitch after the pitching is completed.

The pitch change position calculation unit may further calculate the pitch position change by further including in-game environment information including at least one of wind, humidity, a height of the stadium, and a shape of the stadium.

According to the present invention, it is possible to determine whether the user's control is correctly performed by providing a method for displaying to the user in real time the expected pitch change graphic information according to the second control from the expected pitch graphic information according to the first control in an online game. It works.

In addition, the present invention reduces the load on the server and at the same time has an effect that can be confirmed to the user how accurately the control of the throwing.

In addition, the present invention provides the effect of allowing the user to control the throwing more carefully as the previous throwing control information is provided immediately before the throwing.

In addition, the present invention can increase the fun of the game by inducing the user to control the pitch according to the situation by providing the user with different positions of the ball that can provide various effects even if the user makes the same pitch. It has an effect.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing pitching position information according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of a pitching position information providing server according to FIG.
3 is a reference diagram illustrating a state in which pitching position information is output to a user terminal in the pitching position information providing method according to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2.
4 is a reference diagram illustrating a state in which pitching position change information is output to a user terminal by receiving second control information in the pitching position information providing method according to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2.

Hereinafter, a method and a server for providing pitching location information according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The following embodiments are detailed description to help understand the present invention, and it should be understood that the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, an equivalent invention performing the same function as the present invention is also within the scope of the present invention.

In addition, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, it is to be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

In the embodiment of the present invention, "communication", "communication network", "network" and "internet" may be used in the same sense. The four terms refer to wired and wireless short-range and wide area data transmission and reception networks capable of transmitting and receiving files between a user terminal, a terminal of other users, and a download server.

In the following description, " server " means a server computer to which users are connected to access game content. In the case of a game having a small capacity or a small number of users, a plurality of game programs may be operated in one server. In addition, in the case of a game having a very large capacity or a large number of real-time access persons, one or more servers for operating one game may exist according to the function of the game.

In addition, the server may be connected to the server that performs the middleware or payment processing for the database, the description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

In the present invention, the online game means game content that can be used by users by accessing the above-mentioned game server. Particularly, it means a game in which a plurality of users can simultaneously access and enjoy the game, and the level is raised through an act of acquiring experience while fostering a character by advancing a game.

In the following description, for convenience of description, it is preferable that the game be a sports game that manipulates at least one character as an example of an online game. Therefore, the user selects an online baseball game, and the game is operated in such a manner that the user grows the team selected by the match between the team supervised by the team and the opposing team as the manager of the baseball team. The user selects one of several countries in which a baseball league is run, determines the league, receives a list of teams in the league, selects the team he wants to supervise, and then randomly or by requesting the opposing team. You can start the game by requesting a match. In addition, each player belonging to the team to maximize the actual appearance of the actual baseball player and its capabilities, so that the user's interest can be maximized.

This baseball game is a game in which two teams compete each other nine times in order to win or lose by scoring goals obtained there.

The start of this baseball game begins when the pitcher pitches the ball towards the batter.

1 is a flowchart showing a method and a server for pitching location information according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a functional block diagram showing a pitching location information providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pitching position information providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is performed by the pitching position information providing server 100 as long as there is no other subject as shown in FIG. 2.

First, one or two users may access a game server to play a game. One person may play the game by playing against the computer, and the other two may play the game as opposing teams or play a game with two teams.

Therefore, when receiving first control information including the pitching position information from the user terminal 200 connected to the game server (S110), the corresponding pitching position information for the pitching input is output to the user terminal 200. (S120). Then, the pitching position information (A) is displayed on the user terminal 200 in defense as shown in FIG.

In this case, the first control information including the pitching position information is preferably the position, pitch, and restraint information of the pitch set by the user in the user terminal 200 who is playing the field before the pitching.

Therefore, when the first control information is set by the user terminal 200 in defense, the user terminal 200 in defense transmits the first control information to the pitching position information providing server 100.

Thus, the pitching position information providing server 100 is provided with an interface for receiving the second control information to the user terminal 200, but the interface for receiving the second control information is reduced to a predetermined bar bar in a predetermined area When located, the interface is preferably provided so that the user can touch an arbitrary location or touch the corresponding area, but is not limited thereto. Therefore, in the present invention, description of the interface for receiving the second control information will be omitted.

Subsequently, after receiving the first control information from the user terminal 200, the second control information including the information about the throwing equipment is received (S130). In this case, the second control information may generally be information provided through a control interface provided separately by the user within a time after the pitcher hits the ball or before the catcher catches the ball.

Thereafter, the pitching position change information changed by the second control information is calculated (S140), and the calculated pitching position change information is output to the user terminal 200 (S150). Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the pitching position change information B changed by the second control information is output to the user terminal 200.

The step of outputting the pitch change position information to the user terminal 200 (S150), the pitch change position information changed in real time from the output of the pitch position information to the execution of the throwing the user terminal 200 ) Is preferable.

As such, according to the present invention, there is an effect that can determine how accurate the control for his pitches.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the step (S150) of outputting the pitching position change information to the user terminal 200, after the completion of receiving the second control information, calculates the pitching position change information by the user terminal ( 200). Accordingly, the server can reduce the load on the server and at the same time, it is possible to confirm to the user how accurately the control of the pitch is made.

In addition, the step (S150) of outputting the throwing position change information to the user terminal 200 may be output when the next throwing preparation after throwing. In other words, as the previous throwing control information is provided immediately before the throwing, the user can more effectively control the throwing.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of outputting the pitch change position information to the user terminal (S150), any one of the wind, humidity, the altitude of the stadium and the shape information of the stadium affects the ball The throwing position change may be calculated by further including the in-game environment information. That is, it may further include information provided not only by the user's control but also by the surrounding environment, that is, the direction of the wind, the wind speed, the humidity, the altitude of the stadium, and the form of the stadium (dome or outdoor stadium). Thus, even if the user makes the same pitch, by providing the user with a different position of the ball, the user can induce the pitch for the pitch according to the situation, thereby increasing the fun of the game.

2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the pitching position information providing according to the present invention. 2, the pitching position information providing server includes a pitching position output unit 110, a pitching position change information calculating unit 120, and a pitching position change outputting unit 130.

When the throwing position output unit 110 receives the first control information including the throwing position information from the connected user terminal 200, the throwing position output unit 110 outputs the corresponding throwing position information on the throwing input to the user terminal 200. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the pitching position information A is displayed on the user terminal 200.

In this case, the first control information including the pitching position information is the position, pitch, and speed information of the pitch set by the user in the defensive user terminal 200.

Therefore, the defense user terminal 200 sets the first control information and transmits the first control information to the pitching position information providing server 100.

When the pitch position change information calculator 120 receives the first control information from the user terminal 200 and then receives second control information including the pitch information for the pitch, the second control information. The pitching position change information changed by is calculated.

In addition, the pitching position change output unit 130 outputs the calculated pitching position change information to the user terminal 200. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the pitching position change information B changed by the second control information is output to the user terminal 200.

At this time, the pitching position change output unit 130, it is preferable to output the pitching position change information to the user terminal 200 in real time.

Meanwhile, the pitching position change output unit 130 may calculate the pitching position change information after completion of receiving the second control information, and output the pitching position change information to the user terminal 200.

In addition, the pitching position change output unit 130 may be output when the preparation for the next pitch after the pitching is completed.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the pitching position change calculation unit, the pitch, including the game environment information including at least any one of the wind, humidity, the altitude of the stadium and the shape information of the stadium to affect the pitch The change in position can also be calculated. That is, it may further include information provided not only by the user's control but also by the surrounding environment, that is, the direction of the wind, the wind speed, the humidity, the altitude of the stadium, and the form of the stadium (dome or outdoor stadium). Therefore, even if the user makes the same pitch, since the position of the pitch changes differently, there is an effect of inducing the user to catch the pitch according to the situation, thereby increasing the fun of the game.

The present invention can be used not only in baseball games, but also in game items such as archery, shooting, bowling, golf, billiards, and the like, which shoots or throws a ball or throws or hits a target.

The pitching position information providing method according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention may be executed by an application basically installed in a user terminal (which may include a program included in a platform or an operating system, which is basically installed in the terminal). In addition, the application may be executed by an application (ie, a program) directly installed on the user terminal through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server related to the corresponding service. In this sense, the pitch position information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application (that is, a program) that is basically installed on the user terminal or directly installed by the user, and can be read by a computer such as a user terminal. Can be recorded on the medium.

Such a program may be recorded on a recording medium that can be read by a computer and executed by a computer so that the above-described functions can be executed.

As described above, in order to execute the pitching position information providing method according to each embodiment of the present invention, the above-described program is code coded in a computer language such as C, C ++, JAVA, machine language, etc. that can be read by a computer processor (CPU). It may include (Code).

The code may include a function code related to a function or the like that defines the functions described above and may include an execution procedure related control code necessary for the processor of the computer to execute the functions described above according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, such code may further include memory reference related code as to what additional information or media needed to cause the processor of the computer to execute the aforementioned functions should be referenced at any location (address) of the internal or external memory of the computer .

In addition, when a processor of a computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server, etc., to perform the above-described functions, the code may be stored in a computer's communication module (e.g., a wired and / ) May be used to further include communication related codes such as how to communicate with any other computer or server in the remote, and what information or media should be transmitted or received during communication.

In addition, a functional program for implementing the present invention, a code and a code segment associated with the functional program, and the like are provided to programmers in the technical field of the present invention in consideration of a system environment of a computer that reads a recording medium and executes a program Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical media storage, and the like.

In addition, the computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded may be distributed to a network-connected computer system so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, one or more of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above and send the results of the execution to one or more of the other distributed computers, The computer may also perform some of the functions described above and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

In particular, a computer-readable recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for providing a pitching location information according to each embodiment of the present invention, may be an application store server, an application, or a web server associated with a corresponding service. It may be a storage medium (eg, a hard disk, etc.) included in an application provider server such as a hard disk or the application providing server itself.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium on which an application, which is a program for executing the pitching position information providing method, according to an embodiment of the present invention can be read, as well as a general PC such as a general desktop or a notebook computer, as well as a smartphone, a tablet PC, a PDA. (Personal Digital Assistants) and mobile terminals, such as mobile communication terminals may be included, as well as it should be interpreted as all computing devices (Computing).

In addition, a computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing the pitching position information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, is a mobile device such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile communication terminal. In the case of a terminal, the application may be downloaded from the application providing server to a general PC and installed on the mobile terminal through a synchronization program.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As a storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms used generally, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but to limit the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: pitch position information providing server 110: pitch position output unit
120: pitching position change information calculating unit 130: pitching position change output unit

Claims

Pitching location information server,
When receiving first control information including pitching position information from the user terminal, outputting corresponding pitching position information on the pitching input to the user terminal;
Receiving second control information including information on the throwing information after receiving the first control information from the user terminal; And
Calculating throwing position change information changed by the second control information, and outputting the calculated throwing position change information to the user terminal.

The method of claim 1,
The outputting of the pitch change position information to the user terminal,
And pitching position change information, which is changed in real time from the output of the pitching position information to the time of performing the pitching, to the user terminal.

The method of claim 1,
The outputting of the pitch change position information to the user terminal,
After the second control information is received, the throwing position information providing method characterized in that for calculating the throwing position change information and outputting to the user terminal.

The method of claim 1,
The outputting of the pitch change position information to the user terminal,
Throwing position information providing method characterized in that the output when the preparation for the next pitch after the completion of the pitch.

The method of claim 1,
The outputting of the pitch change position information to the user terminal,
A method of providing pitching position information, further comprising a game environment information including at least one of wind, humidity, field height, and field type information affecting the pitch.

A pitch position output unit for outputting corresponding pitch position information on a pitch input to the user terminal when receiving first control information including pitch position information from a user terminal;
After receiving the first control information from the user terminal, when receiving the second control information including the information about the throwing, the pitching position change to calculate the pitching position change information changed by the second control information An information calculator; And
And a throwing position change output unit configured to output the calculated throwing position change information to the user terminal.

The method according to claim 6,
The pitching position change output unit,
The pitching position information providing server, characterized in that for outputting the pitching position change information that is changed in real time from the output of the pitching position information to the execution of the pitching.

The method according to claim 6,
The pitching position change output unit,
The pitching position information providing server, characterized in that for calculating the pitching position change information after the completion of the second control information output to the user terminal.

The method according to claim 6,
The pitching position change output unit,
The pitching position information providing server, characterized in that the output when the preparation for the next pitch after the completion of the pitch.

The method according to claim 6,
The pitching position change calculation unit,
The pitching position information providing server, characterized in that it further comprises a game environment information including at least any one of the wind, humidity, the height of the stadium and the shape of the stadium affecting the pitch.

Pitching location information server,
When receiving first control information including pitching position information from the user terminal, outputting corresponding pitching position information on the pitching input to the user terminal;
Receiving second control information including information on the throwing information after receiving the first control information from the user terminal; And
Calculating throwing position change information changed by the second control information, and outputting the calculated throwing position change information to the user terminal; a computer for recording a program for implementing a throwing position information providing method Recordable media that can be read by