TWI754769B - Darts game device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The dart game device 10 of the present invention provides a dart game in which players alternately perform a dart game, and includes a detection unit 102 that detects information that changes when the dart hits the dart board, and based on the information, detects that the dart hit the dart board. a dart board; and a hand change processing unit 106, which, based on the information detected by the detection unit 102, executes a judgment process of judging whether all darts have been drawn from the dart board, and in the case of a positive judgment, automatically executes the alternate correspondence with the player hand-off processing.

Description

Darts game device and method

The present invention relates to a dart game device and method.

Conventionally, there is known a dart game apparatus that provides a dart game in which one player continuously throws a plurality of darts on a dart board and then alternates to other players (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

[Prior Art Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-220784

However, in the above-mentioned dart game device, in order to switch to other players, the players and the like must manually pull out the dart that hit the dart board from the dart board, and then press the change button provided in the dart game device, A hand change process (or also referred to as a "hand change action") corresponding to the player's alternation is performed. Therefore, if the player himself presses the hand change button, it takes time from when the dart is pulled out until the hand change button is pressed, so it takes time until the next player can throw the dart, or The player forgets to press the hand change button and does not execute the hand change process, causing the dart game to stop.

For this kind of problem, although it is also considered that the hand-changing process will be automatically executed after a certain period of time since the detection of multiple darts stabs, but if the dart is pulled out after the hand-changing process, the impact on the dart board will be caused by the sensing of the board. The device malfunctions, or standby time occurs even though it does not affect the progress of the dart game.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a dart game device and method capable of appropriately performing a hand change process.

A dart game device according to one aspect of the present invention is provided to a dart player alternately performed by the players in the game, and includes a detection unit that detects information that changes when the dart hits the dart board, and based on the information, detects Detecting that the above-mentioned dart is stabbed in the above-mentioned dartboard; and a hand-changing processing unit, which, based on the above-mentioned information detected by the above-mentioned detection unit, executes a judgment process of judging whether all the darts have been drawn from the above-mentioned dartboard, and in the case of a positive judgment, automatically The hand-changing process corresponding to the above-mentioned alternation of the players is executed.

According to the above aspect, when all the darts pierced on the dart board have been drawn, since the hand-changing process corresponding to the player's alternation is automatically performed, it is different from the case where the hand-changing process is automatically performed after a certain period of time. In comparison, the time for waiting for the handover processing can be shortened. In addition, according to the above-mentioned aspect, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the dart is pulled out after the hand-changing process, and as a result, it is possible to suppress erroneous detection by the detection unit. Therefore, according to the above-described aspect, the handover process can be appropriately performed.

According to the present invention, the handover process can be appropriately performed.

10: Darts Game Device

12: Dartboard

14: Display device

20: Target

20A: Spacer

20B: Section

30: Segment Sensor

32: Shock sensor

34: Controls

36: CPU

38: Memory

100: Progress Department

102: Inspection Department

104: Endowed Ministry

106: Handover Processing Department

L: light source

S: light sensor

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a darts game apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the dart board shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the dart game device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the functional block configuration of the dart game apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of each functional unit shown in FIG. 4 .

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in each figure, the thing attached with the same code|symbol has the same or the same structure.

<Overall composition>

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a darts game apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the dart game apparatus 10 is formed in, for example, a vertical rectangular parallelepiped shape. The dart game apparatus 10 is a dart game in which players alternately perform a dart game, and provides a dart game in which a plurality of darts are continuously thrown to the dart board 12 by one player each time alternately by the players.

The dart game device 10 includes a dart board 12 and a display device 14 . Dart board 12 in dart game device The front of 10 is placed at the approximate line of sight of the player in the standing position. The display device 14 displays a game image of the dart game.

In addition, on the front surface of the dart game apparatus 10, a coin slot, a mode selection switch, a card reader for reading a player's data card, and the like, not shown, are provided. The player inserts the player's data card into the card reader, inserts the charged amount into the coin slot, presses the mode selection switch to select the game mode, and plays a dart game. In this dart game, the player stands at a specific position in front of the dart game device 10 , aims at a specific target on the dart board 12 and throws darts. The front end of the dart reaching the dart board 12 stabs the dart board 12, and the coordinate position of the dart in the dart board 12 (for example, the center point on the dart board 12 is set as the XY coordinate position of the origin, hereinafter referred to as "position") It is detected, and the score is displayed on the display device 14 according to the position of the stab. In addition, although the above-mentioned dart game apparatus 10 was demonstrated as a commercial use, it can also be used for a home. In this case, the coin slot or the card reader can be omitted. In addition, the dart may be either a soft needle dart or a hard needle dart.

<Hardware configuration>

FIG. 2 is a front view of the dart board 12 shown in FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the dart game apparatus 10 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the dart board 12 was previously considered to be formed of, for example, a square-shaped plate. On the target surface of the dart board 12, there is formed a target 20 of a circular area in which the player can obtain a score when the dart is stabbed. On the target 20, a plurality of holes (not shown) are formed so that a dart can be inserted. At subject 20, a plurality of regions (segments 20B) are delineated by spacers 20A. Each section 20B is radially divided according to the score that can be obtained by each player. In addition, place the target surface on the side where the target 20 is not formed. When the face is used as the back face, each segment 20B can be displaced toward the back face when the dart pierces.

Around the dart board 12, a plurality of light sources L and a plurality of light sensors S are arranged.

Each of the plurality of light sources L emits light along the target surface of the dart board 12 . The plurality of light sensors S each receive the light emitted from the light source L, convert the received light into an electrical signal, and detect the light intensity of the light. Here, if the player is aiming at the target 20 of the target surface and throws a dart that hits the target surface, the light intensity of the light received by the light sensor S changes due to the dart shielding the light, which is detected by at least two light sensors. The device S detects its light intensity.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the dart game device 10 is provided with a plurality of segment sensors 30 , a plurality of impact sensors 32 , and a control device 34 in addition to the above-mentioned display device 14 , light source L, and light sensor S .

The segment sensors 30 are respectively disposed on the back side of each segment 20B, and detect the displacement of the segment 20B in the back direction due to the impact of the dart thrust.

A plurality of impact sensors 32 are respectively disposed at the four corners of the dart board 12 to detect whether there is impact applied to the dart board 12 . The impact sensor 32 is used to detect, for example, that a dart hits any place in the entire dartboard 12 . As long as the dart does not hit the target 20, the segment sensor 30 cannot detect that the dart hits the target, but if it is the impact sensor 32, even if the dart hits a part that deviates from the target 20, it can still detect that the dart hits the target .

The control device 34 is connected with the display device 14 , the light source L, the light sensor S, a plurality of segment sensors 30 , and a plurality of impact sensors 32 . The control device 34 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 36 for controlling the connection target of the control device 34 , and a memory 38 for storing programs and data. The above-mentioned CPU 36 reads a program from, for example, the memory 38, and controls the progress of the dart game according to the read program.

<Functional block configuration>

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the functional block configuration of the dart device 10 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , the dart game device 10 includes functional units such as a progression unit 100 , a detection unit 102 , an assignment unit 104 , and a hand change processing unit 106 .

The progression unit 100 is a functional unit for performing a dart game. Such a progress unit 100 is realized by, for example, the CPU 36 executing a program.

The detection part 102 detects information that changes according to the dart hitting the dart board 12 , and detects the function part of the dart hitting the dart board 12 based on the information. The above-mentioned "change information" includes light intensity (light intensity), parameters related to light intensity, image information, animation information, and the like, but in this embodiment, it is light intensity. Therefore, the detection section 102 detects dart piercings based on triangulation using the detected light intensity, and more specifically, detects the number of dart piercings and the positions of each.

In addition, the detection unit 102 further detects the information of the impact of the dart thrust. The above-mentioned "impact information" may include the information of the segment 20B output by the plurality of segment sensors 30, the information of the segment 20B output by the plurality of The sensor 32 outputs information such as the presence or absence of a shock, but in this embodiment, the information of both the information of the segment 20B and the presence or absence of shock information are included.

The detection unit 102 as described above is realized by, for example, a plurality of light sources L, a plurality of light sensors S, a segment sensor 30 , an impact sensor 32 , and a CPU 36 .

The assigning unit 104 assigns a parameter to the player identification information that is currently valid and indicates the player throwing the darts, based on the position detected by the detecting unit 102 (the segment 20B corresponding thereto). The above-mentioned "parameters" include points, the progress of the dart game, and parameters of the player's state, but in this embodiment, points are used. Also, in this embodiment, "a given parameter" means adding or subtracting a value corresponding to a position to a parameter (total score) stored in the memory 38 or the player's data card and corresponding to the player's identification information. parameter (score). Such a giving unit 104 is realized when the CPU 36 executes a program.

The hand change processing unit 106 determines whether all the darts have been drawn from the dart board 12 based on the first information (light intensity) detected by the detection unit 102, and automatically executes the hand change processing corresponding to the player's change in the case of a positive determination. the functional department. The hand change process is, for example, a process of preparing in response to a change of players, and a process of automatically changing the player identification information set to be valid to the player identification information indicating the other player who throws darts next, etc. . Such a handover processing unit 106 is realized by, for example, the CPU 36 executing a program.

<Processing Flow>

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of each of the functional units 100 to 106 shown in FIG. 4 . This process is repeated each time a game of darts is started. In addition, the sequence of processing shown below is an example, You can also change hands appropriately.

(step SP10)

The progress part 100 repeats the processing of the following steps SP12 to SP32 according to a preset number of rounds such as 10 rounds or 15 rounds. Further, the progress unit 100 reads out the player identification information of the player who threw the darts first and the corresponding information from the player's data card or the like, and sets the player identification information to be valid.

(step SP12)

The progress unit 100 repeats the processing of the following steps SP14 to SP30 according to the number of players participating in the dart game.

(step SP14)

The detection unit 102 detects various information such as light intensity, presence or absence of impact, and information on the segment 20B hit by the dart. Then, the process moves to the process of step SP16.

(step SP16)

The progression unit 100 determines whether or not the player throws darts based on various pieces of information detected by the detection unit 102 . For example, the progress unit 100 determines whether or not the player throws a dart based on the information of the light intensity and the impact (the presence or absence of impact or displacement due to the impact) detected by the detection unit 102 . Specifically, when the output light intensity of the light sensor S changes, the impact sensor 32 detects an impact, and the segment sensor 30 detects the displacement caused by the dart stab In at least any of the cases, it is affirmatively determined that the player throws the darts. Moreover, if it is affirmatively judged that a dart is thrown, the The process moves to the process of step SP18, and if it is negatively determined, the process returns to the process of step SP14.

(step SP18)

The progress unit 100 counts the number of times that one player threw darts in a row (throw count N). Then, the process moves to the process of step SP20.

(step SP20)

The detection unit 102 calculates and determines (detects) the position where the dart stabs on the dart board 12 (the position of the dart) based on the detected light intensity. Then, the process moves to the process of step SP22.

(step SP22)

The assigning unit 104 determines a score as a parameter based on the position determined by the detecting unit 102 (the corresponding section 20B), and assigns the determined score to the player identification information that is currently valid and indicates the player who threw the darts . Then, the process moves to the process of step SP24.

(step SP24)

The advancing unit 100 determines whether or not the number of throws N is, for example, a maximum number of times N _max set in advance in accordance with the game, such as 3 times. And if it is a positive determination, the process transfers to the process of step SP26, and if it is a negative determination, it returns to the process of step SP14.

(step SP26)

The detection unit 102 detects the light intensity. Then, the process moves to the process of step SP28.

(step SP28)

The hand change processing unit 106 executes a determination process of determining whether all the darts have been extracted from the dart board 12 based on the light intensity detected by the detection unit 102 . For example, the hand change processing unit 106 determines whether or not the light intensity changed by stabbing a plurality of darts has returned to a value in a state where no darts have been pierced. It is determined that all darts have not been drawn. Also, in the case of a positive determination, that is, when it is determined that all the darts have been drawn, the process moves to the processing of step SP30, and in the case of a negative determination, that is, when it is determined that all the darts have not been drawn, the process returns to the step Handling of SP26.

(step SP30)

The handover processing unit 106 automatically executes the handover process. For example, the hand change processing unit 106 automatically changes the player identification information set to be valid to the player identification information indicating the other player who throws darts next. Further, the handover processing unit 106 reads out the information corresponding to the changed player identification information from the player's data card or the like. Thereby, in step SP22 executed in, for example, the repetitive processing of step SP12 to step SP30, a point is assigned to the total score corresponding to the player identification information after the hand change. Then, the process moves to the process of step SP32.

(step SP32)

The progress unit 100 repeats the processing from step SP14 to step SP30 according to the number of players. When the repeated processing is completed, the process proceeds to step SP34.

(step SP34)

The progress part 100 repeats the processing of step SP12 - step SP32 according to the number of rounds. if heavy When the reprocessing is completed, the process proceeds to step SP36.

(step SP36)

The progress unit 100 determines the winner and the loser among the players based on the total points of the points given to the respective player identification information. And, a series of processing shown in FIG. 5 ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when all the darts that have hit the dart board 12 have been drawn, the hand-changing process corresponding to the alternation of the players is automatically performed, so the hand-changing process is automatically performed after a certain period of time has elapsed. Compared with the previous situation, the waiting time for changing hands can be shortened. In addition, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the dart is pulled out after the hand-changing process, and as a result, the detection unit 102 can suppress erroneous detection. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the handover process can be appropriately performed.

Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, since the determination processing is performed on the condition that the counted number of throws N is the maximum number of times _Nmax set in advance in order to count the number of throws N of the darts thrown by the player, it is possible to perform the determination at an appropriate timing. deal with.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the number of throws N of the thrown darts is counted based on the relevant information of light intensity and impact (whether there is impact or displacement due to impact), so even if only one dart or dart is left on the target surface. In the case of two darts, the number of throws N can be counted correctly, so that the hand change process can be performed reliably.

<Variation example>

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment. That is, a person skilled in the art adds appropriate design changes to the above-mentioned embodiment, as long as they have the characteristics of the present invention, they are also included in the scope of the present invention. In addition, each element provided in the above-mentioned embodiment can be combined as long as it is technically feasible, and a combination of these elements is also included in the scope of the present invention as long as the features of the present invention are included.

For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the detection unit 102 is realized by a plurality of light sources L, a plurality of light sensors S, the CPU 36, etc. is described, but the detection unit 102 may also be realized by a laser scanner and the CPU 36, or a camera and the CPU 36, etc. .

Moreover, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the segment sensor 30 and the impact sensor 32 are provided in the dart game apparatus 10 is described, but it may be omitted.

Also, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the situation where the detection unit 102 detects the position (the position of the dart) where the dart is pierced on the dart board 12 based on the detected light intensity is described, but the position may not be detected, but the segment The displacement detected by the sensor 30 only detects the segment 20B pierced by the dart.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiments, the "section" does not simply mean a physical mechanism, but also includes the case where the function of the "section" is realized by software. In addition, the functions of the "section" or device may be realized by two or more physical mechanisms or devices, and the functions of two or more "sections" or devices may also be realized by one physical mechanism or device.

10‧‧‧Dart Game Device

100‧‧‧Progress

102‧‧‧Inspection Department

104‧‧‧Department of Endowment

106‧‧‧Hand-handling department

Claims (4)

A dart game device, which is provided to a dart player alternately performed by players in a game, and is provided with: a detection unit that detects information that changes due to a dart stab hitting a dart board, and detects the dart stab based on the above-mentioned information. In the above-mentioned dartboard; and a hand-change processing unit, which, based on the above-mentioned information detected by the above-mentioned detection unit, executes a judgment process of judging whether all darts have been drawn from the above-mentioned dartboard, and in the case of a positive judgment, automatically executes the same as the above-mentioned dartboard. The player's alternation corresponds to the change of hands. The dart game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hand change processing unit counts the number of times the player throws the darts, and executes the determination process on the condition that the counted number of times is a preset number of times. The dart game device of claim 2, wherein the detection unit further detects information about the impact in the dart thrust, and the hand change processing unit counts the number of times the dart is thrown based on the changed information and the information about the impact. A dart game method, which is performed in a dart game device having a control device and provided in a dart game in which players alternately perform a dart game, and the control device detects information that changes due to the dart hitting a dart board, and Based on the above information, detect the above The dart hits the dart board, and based on the detected information, executes a process of determining whether all the darts have been drawn from the dart board, and in the case of a positive determination, automatically executes the exchange corresponding to the alternation of the players mentioned above. Hand handle.

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