TWI430825B - Method of playing touch games and related entertainment system - Google Patents

Description

Method for performing touch games and related entertainment system

The present invention relates to a method for performing a touch game and related entertainment system, and more particularly to a method for performing a touch game using a physical button of a game control device and an associated entertainment system.

Smart phones and tablets are versatile portable electronic products that, in addition to providing some of the features of a traditional PC, can also be combined with the functions of a Walkman, game console, camera, video player, voice recorder or navigator. .

In terms of entertainment, smart phones and tablets provide a wide range of touch-sensitive games. Users can click on the virtual buttons on the touch screen to get the game instructions. For simple games such as puzzles, business or driving, only a few virtual buttons need to be displayed on the touch panel, and the user can easily reach the game instructions. For complex games such as fighting, first-person shooting, or color-playing, the touch panel needs to display a large number of virtual buttons. Each game action may include multiple virtual buttons on the touch panel. Touch-type game operations are prone to affect the smoothness of the game due to mis-touch or poor sensing.

The present invention provides a game control method for operating a game console with a game control device to provide a touch game on a touch screen. The method includes providing, in a first mode, a first key code associated with a first physical button on the game control device, providing a first coordinate associated with a first virtual button on the touch screen, and And storing a matching relationship between the first key code and the first coordinate in a comparison table; and when the touch game is executed in a second mode, when the game host receives the first message from the game control device After a key code, the first coordinate paired to the key code is provided according to the comparison table, and a first touch command is issued from the first virtual key on the coordinate.

The present invention further provides an entertainment system including a game control device and a game console. The game control device includes a plurality of physical buttons. The game console includes a touch panel for displaying a game screen and a plurality of virtual buttons related to each operation of the game; a storage unit for storing the game application and a comparison table, wherein the comparison table And a pairing relationship between the plurality of physical buttons and the plurality of virtual buttons; a control module configured to receive a button code related to a specific physical button when executing the application, and provide a correlation according to the comparison table The coordinates of a particular virtual button, and a touch command is placed under the coordinate.

1 is a functional block diagram of an entertainment system 100 in the present invention. The entertainment system 100 includes a game console 10 and a game control device 20. The game console 10 includes a touch screen 12, a storage unit 13, a control module 14, a communication module 16, and a transmission interface 18. The game control device 20 includes a communication module 26, a transmission interface 28, and a plurality of physical buttons related to various operations of the game. The game console 10 can display a game screen and virtual buttons related to various operations of the game on the touch screen 12, so that the user can issue various game instructions in a touch manner. The storage unit 13 has a game application and a comparison table. The comparison table contains the relationship between the physical button and the virtual button, which will be described in more detail in the subsequent pages of the invention. During the game, the game console 10 and the game control device 20 can be connected to each other through the communication modules 16, 26 or the transmission interfaces 18, 28, and the user can use the physical buttons of the game control device 20 to issue various game instructions. According to the comparison table, the control module 14 of the game console 10 simulates the game command transmitted from the physical button to be a touch signal transmitted through the corresponding virtual button.

2 is a schematic diagram of the game console 10 and the game control device 20 in the embodiment of the present invention. The game control device 20 can be a game joystick with a plurality of physical buttons related to various operations of the game, such as digital physical buttons A1 to A4 related to the direction operation, and digital physical buttons B1 to the specific game actions. B4 or analog physical button C1 ~ C2. The game console 10 can be a mobile device such as a smart phone or a tablet computer. The touch screen 12 can display a specific game start screen, which includes virtual buttons V1 V V5 and an operation instruction 40, etc., and the user can click the virtual button. The game command is given below, or the operation mode is selected according to the operation instruction 40 or the pairing step is performed.

The entertainment system 100 of the present invention can provide two modes of operation: the first mode is a pairing mode, and the user can pair the virtual buttons displayed on the touch screen 12 with a specific game and the physical buttons of the game control device 20, and then The game table 10 can be stored in the storage unit 13; the second mode is the game mode, the game host 10 can execute the application of the specific game, and the user can use the game control device 20 to issue the game command, and the game host 10 can then The game table is converted into a corresponding touch signal by a comparison table.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the entertainment system 100 operating in the pairing mode according to the first embodiment of the present invention, which includes the following steps:

Step 310: Link the game control device 20 to the game console 10, and execute step 320.

Step 320: Determine the operation mode of the entertainment system 100: in the pairing mode, perform step 330; and in the game mode, perform step 350.

Step 340: The button code of the unpaired physical button of the plurality of physical buttons is provided on the game control device 20, and the coordinates of an unpaired virtual button of the plurality of virtual buttons on the touch screen 12 are provided, and step 340 is performed. .

Step 340: The pairing relationship between the key code of the unpaired physical button and the coordinate of the unpaired virtual button is stored in the comparison table, and the steps are performed. 320.

Step 350: After receiving a specific key code transmitted from the game control device 20, the game host 10 obtains a specific coordinate paired to a specific key code according to the comparison table, and performs step 360.

Step 360: The game host 10 issues a touch command from a specific virtual button on a specific coordinate, and performs step 320.

In step 310, the game console 10 and the game control device 20 can establish a wireless connection through the communication modules 16, 26 or establish a wired connection through the transmission interfaces 18, 28. The communication modules 16 and 26 can be Bluetooth modules, and the transmission interfaces 18 and 28 can be a universal serial bus (USB) interface.

In step 320, if the user selects the pairing mode, the first embodiment of the present invention performs steps 330 and 340 for pairing; if the user selects the game mode, the first embodiment of the present invention performs steps 350 and 360 to execute the game application. .

Upon entering the pairing mode, the first embodiment of the present invention can pair an unpaired physical button and an unpaired virtual button with each other in steps 330 and 340. The unpaired physical button may be a digital physical button associated with a single key code on the game control device 20, such as a digital physical button A1~A4 associated with a direction operation or a digital physical button B1~B4 associated with a particular game action. The unpaired virtual button may be a virtual button on the touch screen 12 associated with a single frame, such as virtual buttons V1~V4. In order to explain the first embodiment of the present invention, after performing step 320, it is assumed that the user wants to pair the physical button A1 of the game control device 20 to the virtual button V1 displayed on the touch screen 12. Figures 4A to 4E and 5A to 5E show two ways of performing pairing in the first embodiment of the present invention.

According to the operation instruction 40A, the user can press and hold the physical button A1 of the game control device 20, and the game control device 20 transmits the key code of the physical button A1 to the game console 10 as shown in FIG. 4A. According to the operation instruction 40B, the user can click the virtual button V1 displayed on the touch screen 12 while pressing the physical button A1, and the touch screen 12 will display a star mark, as shown in FIG. 4B. Depending on the operational indication 40C, the user can remove the click to confirm pairing at the star mark, as shown in Figure 4C. According to the operation instruction 40D, the user can release the physical button A1 for pairing, and the star mark on the touch screen 12 will disappear, as shown in FIG. 4D. After the pairing is completed, the operation instruction 40E can display the pairing completion message and ask the user if another pairing is required, as shown in FIG. 4E.

According to the operation instruction 50A, the user can touch the virtual button V1 displayed on the touch screen 12, and a touch mark will appear on the touch screen 12, as shown in FIG. 5A. According to the operation instruction 50B, the user can press and hold the physical button A1 to be paired during the click of the virtual button V1, as shown in FIG. 5B. according to According to the operation indication 50C, the user can release the physical button A1 to confirm the pairing at the star mark, as shown in Fig. 5C. According to the operation instruction 50D, the user can remove the click to perform pairing, and the star mark on the touch screen 12 will disappear, as shown in FIG. 5D. After the pairing is completed, the operation instruction 50E can display the pairing completion message and ask the user if another pairing is required, as shown in FIG. 5E.

Figure 6 is a flow chart of the operation of the entertainment system 100 in the second embodiment of the present invention, which includes the following steps:

Step 310: Link the game control device 20 to the game console 10, and execute step 320.

Step 320: Determine the operation mode of the entertainment system 100: in the pairing mode, step 335 is performed; in the game mode, step 350 is performed.

Step 335: providing a plurality of key codes on the game control device 20 related to an unpaired physical button of the plurality of physical buttons, and providing a plurality of coordinates related to an unpaired virtual button of the plurality of virtual buttons on the touch screen 12 , go to step 345.

Step 345: Corresponding to a plurality of key codes respectively to a plurality of coordinates, and storing the pairing relationship in the comparison table, and performing step 320.

Step 350: After receiving a specific key code transmitted from the game control device 20, the game host 10 determines the pairing according to the comparison table. To a specific coordinate of one of the specific key codes, step 360 is performed.

Step 360: The game host 10 simulates one touch command issued from a specific virtual button on a specific coordinate, and performs step 320.

In step 320, if the user selects the pairing mode, the second embodiment of the present invention performs steps 335 and 345 for pairing; if the user selects the game mode, the second embodiment of the present invention performs steps 350 and 360 to execute the game application. . The first embodiment and the second embodiment of the present invention operate in the same manner in the game mode, and are not described herein.

After entering the pairing mode, the second embodiment of the present invention can also pair an unpaired physical button and an unpaired virtual button with each other. The unpaired physical button may be an analog physical button (such as physical keys C1~C2) related to one of the plurality of key codes on the game control device 20. When the user presses a different area of the analog physical button, the game control device 20 transmits different The key code is to the game console 10. The unpaired virtual button may be a virtual button (eg, virtual button V5~V6) related to a plurality of coordinates on the touch screen 12. A plurality of key codes, such as physical keys and multi-coordinate virtual keys, are usually used to adjust the movement direction, speed, attack power, and the like of the game character. In order to explain the second embodiment of the present invention, after performing step 320, it is assumed that the user wants to pair the physical button C1 of the game control device 20 to the virtual button V5 displayed on the touch screen 12.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention operating in the pairing mode. In the second embodiment of the present invention, pairing can also be performed in the manner shown in Figs. 4A to 4E or Figs. 5A to 5E. As shown in Fig. 7, N positions (represented by square marks) on the physical button C1 and N coordinates (represented by star-shaped marks) of the virtual button V5 are paired with each other, where N is an integer greater than 2.

In the present invention, the game console 10 can be a smart phone, a tablet or other device that can provide a touch game, and the game control device can be any game joystick that includes physical buttons. The present invention can use different ways to perform the pairing between the physical button and the virtual button. The 4A to 4E and the 5A to 5E are only examples of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

In the pairing mode, the entertainment system 100 of the present invention can pair the physical buttons of the game console 10 with the virtual buttons displayed on the touch screen 12 of the game control device 20. In the game mode, the game console 10 can simulate the game command transmitted by the physical button as a touch signal sent by the corresponding virtual button according to the pairing relationship. Therefore, for different touch games provided by the game control device 20, the user can use the physical buttons of the game control device 20 to issue various game commands, thereby improving the smoothness of the game.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made to the scope of the present invention should be within the scope of the present invention.

10. . . Game host

12. . . Touch screen

13. . . Storage unit

14. . . Control module

16, 26. . . Communication module

18, 28. . . Transmission interface

20. . . Game control device

310～360. . . step

40, 40A ~ 40E, 50A ~ 50E. . . Operation instruction

A1～A4, B1～B4, C1～C2. . . Physical button

V1 ~ V5. . . Virtual Key

Figure 1 is a functional block diagram of an entertainment system in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a game console and a game control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the entertainment system in the pairing mode in the first embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4E and 5A to 5E are diagrams showing the operation of the entertainment system in the pairing mode in the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing the operation of the entertainment system in the second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the entertainment system operating in the pairing mode in the second embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (8)

A method for performing a touch game for operating a touch screen of a game console with a game control device, the method comprising: providing a first physical button associated with the game control device in a first mode a first key code, providing a first coordinate related to a first virtual key on the touch screen, and storing a pair relationship between the first key code and the first coordinate in a comparison table; When the touch game is executed in the second mode, after the game host receives the first key code sent by the game control device, the first coordinate corresponding to the key code is provided according to the comparison table, and the The first virtual button on the coordinates issues a first touch command. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing a plurality of second key codes associated with a second physical button on the game control device in the first mode, providing a touch on the touch screen a plurality of second coordinates of the second virtual button, and storing the pairing relationship between the second key code and the second coordinate in the comparison table; and when the touch game is executed in the second mode, when the game host Receiving a specific second key code sent by the game control device, providing a specific second coordinate paired to the second key code according to the comparison table, and specifying a second virtual key from the second coordinate Release A second touch command. The method of claim 1, further comprising: linking the game control device to the game console to enter the first mode or the first mode. The method of claim 1, further comprising: in the first mode, sequentially pressing and holding the first physical button to provide the first key code, and clicking the first button when pressing the first physical button The virtual button provides the first coordinate, stops clicking the first virtual button to confirm the pairing relationship, and releases the first physical button to store the pairing relationship in the lookup table. The method of claim 1, further comprising: in the first mode, sequentially clicking the first virtual button to provide the first coordinate, and pressing the first physical button when the first virtual button is clicked To provide the first key code, release the first physical button to confirm the pairing relationship, and stop clicking the first virtual button to store the pairing relationship in the lookup table. An entertainment system comprising: a game control device comprising a plurality of physical buttons; a game console comprising: a touch panel for displaying a game screen and related to the game a plurality of virtual buttons for each operation; a storage unit for storing the application of the game and a comparison table, wherein the comparison table includes a pairing relationship between the plurality of physical buttons and the plurality of virtual buttons; The group is configured to provide a coordinate related to a specific virtual button according to the comparison table after receiving the key code related to a specific physical button when executing the application, and obtain a touch command under the coordinate. The entertainment system of claim 6, wherein the game control device and the game console each include a communication module for establishing a wireless connection. The entertainment system of claim 6, wherein the game control device and the game console each include a transmission interface for establishing a wired connection.