WO2009072922A1

WO2009072922A1 - Complex for playing a mobile game and a method for simulating the work with a sport apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2009072922A1
Application number: PCT/RU2008/000031
Authority: WO
Inventors: Sergey Yuryevich Podlesny
Original assignee: Sergey Yuryevich Podlesny
Priority date: 2007-12-05
Filing date: 2008-01-23
Publication date: 2009-06-11
Also published as: RU2366481C2; RU2007144735A

Abstract

The inventive complex for playing a mobile game comprises a totality of areas assigned for playing the game, transportable playing devices for equipping players, servers for controlling the course of the game and/or for the information support of the players, multiaccess means for displaying the course of the game and wireless communication lines. The transportable playing devices comprise a calculating machine, a receiver of the global navigation satellite system, information input means, information display means, wireless communication means and a unit for simulating a virtual sport apparatus. Said transportable playing devices also comprise units for simulating the virtual supporting points of the game, units for simulating the direction of the player motion, units for storing three-dimensional specific information and recording information about the course of the game. The inventive complex makes it possible to implement a practically unlimited number of the game scripts like a golf game for one player and also for a team game, on any space including remote areas.

Description

Complex for carrying out a mobile game and a method for modeling work with a sports apparatus

The proposed invention relates to complexes designed to provide outdoor games, mainly outdoor games held in the fresh air.

As the closest analogue of the proposed complex for conducting a mobile game, a sports and entertainment complex for conducting a military game, known from patent RU 2224566, is selected. The complex provides an imitation of air combat between several parties, and an imitation of air combat organized by the means of this complex is available for observation by viewers. The complex includes the space allocated for the game, the gaming equipment of the participants in the game, the controls for conducting the game, as well as the means for recording and displaying information about the course of the game. The space allocated for the game is a ground area with an airfield and airspace allocated for the game, while the game space is divided into zones allocated for the parties to the game. The equipment of the game participants includes aircraft, means of conditional destruction of targets and conditional goals. The controls for conducting the game include a player’s ground location equipped with signal transmission means to a professional pilot and the like. Means of recording and displaying information include equipment for film and video and collective television monitor viewers.

The complex for conducting a game known from RU 2224566 can only be used for modeling, air combat, or as a SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) flight control of aircraft from ground control points and requires the participation of professional pilots in the game, the actions of which are controlled by players with the allocation of a specially equipped space - the airfield. The main disadvantage of the known from RU 2224566 is the significant difficulty in constructing the systems necessary for the equipment of the proposed control complex and means for displaying information about the course of the game, and in the relationship between them, as well as in the significant technological danger of the known complex for others. In addition, for a participant in such a game, a virtually passive role is provided, similar to the role of a computer or video game player, or a flight simulator user, which together with the complexity of preparing the space for playing games makes it inappropriate to use the game complex described in RU 2224566, both for mass games, and for training professional pilots.

Solving problems of ensuring the holding of mass training and / or games with the participation of players, the possibility of implementing almost any scenario of the game and the technological safety of the equipment intended for the game can be solved using the tools and methods used in modern gaming computer systems. A similar technical solution is described in patent RU 2236702, which is selected as the closest analogue of the proposed method for modeling work with a sports apparatus, implemented using the means of the proposed complex for sports games.

The patent RU 2236702 describes a computer game method, including the formation of three-dimensional or two-dimensional computer models of a moving object, which can be a sports equipment, and the territory and subsequent recording of computer models

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) relocated sports equipment and territory into computer memory. Next, a computer model of the sequence of operations with a movable sports apparatus is formed with the display on the display of a computer model of the territory and the sequence of operations with a movable sports apparatus. Known from RU 2236702, the method cannot be used to simulate the dynamic interaction of a sports apparatus, an athlete and space for training or playing.

The proposed complex for conducting a mobile game, which will allow players to take a direct part in the game with active interaction with spectators and referees of the game. The hardware construction of the proposed complex can be performed on the basis of well-known and standardized radio engineering products, which will allow technically easy and quick to create / dismantle the complex for games. Using the proposed method of working with a sports apparatus in a complex for playing games will ensure the safety of the game, implement both an almost unlimited number of game scenarios (similar to known sports games, or created again), and organize the game in any space, including several remote, from each other gaming places. These factors will allow you to achieve entertainment and, therefore, significant commercial returns in the organization of games.

The result expected from the use of the proposed technical solution is achieved by the fact that the proposed complex for conducting a mobile game, including the space allocated for the game, the gaming equipment of the participants in the game, controls for conducting the game, means for recording and displaying information about the course of the game. The complex for the game includes several areas allocated for the game; Ni portable

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) gaming devices designed to equip game participants; N ₂ servers controlling the course of the game and / or information support of the game participants; N ₃ means for displaying the progress of a collective game, for example, screens, as well as wireless communication lines. N ₁ , N ₂ , N ₃ - integers greater _than or equal to unity. Each of the portable gaming devices of the Ni population includes a calculator, a receiver of a global navigation satellite system, for example, GPS or GLONASS, information input means, information display means including a display and wireless means, for example, a modem.

To ensure the conduct of the game, the portable gaming device includes a simulation module for a virtual movable sports apparatus, for example, a “virtual ball,” a simulation block for virtual game control points, and a simulation module for player interaction with a virtual sports apparatus. The movement of players is recorded using the spatial attached information about the territory allocated for the game, for example, a digital map or geographic information system and a game information recording unit, which are part of the game device. The operation mode switching unit provides the necessary operation mode of the proposed complex for conducting a mobile game by disconnecting or connecting game management servers and / or information support for game participants and means for displaying a collective game progress, or transferring a gaming device to offline mode. All components of portable gaming devices are connected to a computer.

The mode switching unit may be configured to disable any number N ₁ 'of personal gaming devices from

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) a set of Ni from communication with servers for managing the course of the game and / or information support for game participants and means for displaying the progress of a collective game; switching any of N] ^A number of personal gaming devices in the operation of the personal gaming arbitrator device to receive / transmit information from any device Ni collectively ^"the progress of the game, as well as the ability to connect any number of personal gaming devices of the plurality of N _J to communication with servers for managing the course of the game and / or information support of the game participants and means for displaying the progress of the collective game.

Also, the result expected from the use of the proposed technical solution is achieved by the fact that a method for modeling work with a sports apparatus is proposed, the implementation of which forms a three-dimensional or two-dimensional computer model of a moving sports apparatus, such as a “virtual ball” and a three-dimensional or two-dimensional computer model of the territory, for example, digital map or geographic information system. Computer models of a moving sports equipment and territory are recorded in the memory of a personal gaming device. A calculator of a personal gaming device forms a computer model of the sequence of actions with a sports apparatus, including the formation in a computer model of the territory of virtual reference points of an individual or group training or game and the physical conditions of interaction of a training or game participant with a virtual sports apparatus. On the display of the personal gaming device, computer models of the territory allocated for training or playing are displayed,

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) sports equipment and a computer model of the sequence of operations with a sports equipment.

When conducting individual or group trainings or sports games using personal gaming devices that equip each of their participants, participants in training or sports games are shown schematically on the display of a personal gaming device. The initial position of personal gaming devices of participants in training or sports games is determined by the signals of the global navigation satellite system. Participants in training or sports games move through a designated area with direction and speed, which are determined in accordance with the generated computer model of the sequence of actions with a sports apparatus. The signals of the global navigation satellite system determine the positions occupied by personal gaming devices during training or sports games.

By hardware and software of a personal gaming device, directions of movement, speed, physical efforts of the participant are calculated. In accordance with the generated computer model of the sequence of actions with a sports apparatus, hardware and software of a personal gaming device computes models of the physical interaction of a virtual mobile sports apparatus and a participant in games or training. At all stages of training, the hardware and software of a personal gaming device records information on the progress of the game, followed by recording it in the memory of the personal gaming device.

The proposed invention is illustrated by drawings:

FIG. 1 - Block diagram of a complex for games;

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) FIG. 2 - Block diagram of a portable gaming device;

FIG. 3 - Schematic representation of the game of "virtual golf";

FIG. 4 - Schematic representation of the game "virtual billiards."

The proposed game complex includes territories

1 allocated for the game; a set of portable gaming devices 2, which equip the game participants, a set of servers 3 for controlling the course of the game and / or information support for the participants of the game, as well as a set of means for displaying the course of the game 4. Wireless communication lines 5 provide for the interaction of elements 2, 3. Communication lines 5 ' (wired or wireless) provide the interaction of elements 3 and 4. All the constituent elements 1,

2, 3, 4 can be represented in the complex for the game, both in the singular and in almost unlimited quantities, determined by the specific conditions of the game.

The basis of the complex for the game is a portable gaming device 2, which equips each of the participants in the game and which during the game serves as a means of modeling a virtual mobile sports equipment. Portable device 2 includes a calculator 6, a receiver of the global navigation satellite system 7 (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, it is obvious that the receiver can be made, either combined or designed to work with any navigation system), information input means 8, information display means 9 (display 9 \ voice means) and wireless means 10, for example, a modem. When the device 2 is switched to the stand-alone mode, the wireless communication means 10 are excluded from the complex. Means of input and output of information can be combined,

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) for example, in the form of a touch screen toshsreep (dashed line in Fig. 2). Using receivers 7 will allow you to uniquely determine the position, measure the direction and speed of the player and, therefore, calculate the physical efforts made by each of the players during the game. Wireless communications 10 allow for a relationship between both players / teams of players, and communication between players and spectators and / or referees of the game. Devices for playing game 2 can be made in the form of independent devices or can be included, for example, in the form of a microchip / block of microchips in portable user devices, such as PDAs, smartphones, and mobile phones.

The participation of the players in the game and the correctness of their actions are ensured by the inclusion in the device 2 of the virtual moving sports apparatus simulation block 1 1, for example, a “virtual ball” and the virtual game control points modeling block 12, for example, the purpose of the “virtual ball” movement. The operation of blocks 11 and 12 is provided by a unit for simulating the interaction of a moving player with a virtual movable sports equipment 13, a storage unit for spatial referenced information about the territory allocated for the game 14, for example, a digital map, geographic information system, or other system for displaying geospatial data and a unit for recording information about the progress of the game 15. The mode switching unit 16 will provide, as an opportunity to conduct a game with information or hell inistrativnoy support resource server 3, a display 4 media, and the possibility of use of the devices 2 for individual or collective training, or centralized administration of games. Block

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) switching operation modes 16 is connected to the wireless unit 10.

All blocks 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 can be executed either on separate microcircuits, or can be logical blocks of one microcircuit, for example, calculator microcircuit 6. Simulation of virtual objects and control of the game is provided by software installed in the listed blocks.

To control the conduct of the game, a set of servers 3 is used, for example, when using only one server, the server can be located at the arbiter's workplace to set the game scenario and control the course of the game. Most preferred is installing the server in data centers or Internet service providers. Spectators watch the progress of the game through the display means of the game 4, for example, traditional television screens placed in public places. At the same time, the ratio of the number of players with devices 2, servers 3, and audience screens will be determined by the specific conditions of the game, the complexity of the scenario, the required entertainment, etc. The use of wireless communications 10, servers 3, providing control over the course of the game, spectator screens will allow the game to be played in several gaming territories 1 located at a considerable distance from each other.

Complex for conducting outdoor games works as follows.

Using currently known software tools, a three-dimensional or two-dimensional computer model of a sports apparatus is formed, for example, a “virtual ball”, as well as a three-dimensional or two-dimensional computer model of the territory, which

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) there may be a digital map of the area, a geographic information system, satellite photography of the area with high resolution. The computer model of the territory is recorded in the block 14 for storing spatially linked information of the device 2. Also, spatially linked information can be received by the players during the game from servers 3, for example, from servers of publicly available information services. Information about the terrain from block 14 during the game is displayed on the display 9 'with the increase set by the player. The device 2 has information about the exact location of the player, and the 9 "display shows exactly that fragment of the terrain where the point with the geographical coordinates of the player is located.

During the game, the 9 "display displays a schematic representation of the player (modeled by block 13), a virtual sports projectile (selected in block 11 in accordance with the computer models previously generated and recorded in block 11) that the player is acting on during the game. To ensure entertainment and potential commercial returns, it is preferable to use a “virtual ball” as a virtual projectile. During the game, the desired area of terrain is formed on the display 9 'by the calculator 6 according to the receiver 7. For playing a game or In the course of the game, all the necessary information is entered into block 15, with the possibility of subsequent processing and correction of the game.

In the main operating mode, the mode switching unit 16 provides the connection of any number of personal gaming devices 2 from the set of Ni to communication with the servers 3 control the progress

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) game management and / or information support for game participants and means for displaying the progress of a collective game 4.

To ensure the individual training mode, the mode switching unit 16 transfers the personal gaming device 2 to the offline mode of operation.

To conduct the game without communication with the servers 3 and the game progress display devices 4, the mode switching 16 may disconnect part of the personal gaming devices 2 from the communication with the servers for managing the game and / or information support of the game participants

3 and by means of displaying the progress of the collective use game 4. At the same time, some of these devices can be switched to the mode of operation of the referee’s personal gaming device with the ability to receive / transmit information from any device on the progress of the game.

The proposed game complex will allow to implement almost any game scenario of a mobile game using one or more virtual sports equipment, for example, “virtual balls”. That is, they can be implemented: virtual golf, billiards, bowling, etc. The following are examples of virtual golf and billiards.

An example of a game of virtual golf using the proposed complex (Fig. 3).

In a real game of golf, a player must hit with a club with a physical impact to move the ball to the goal - hole. When playing "virtual golf" on the proposed game complex, the player, seeing the image of the "virtual ball" on the 9 "display screen with reference to the terrain, simulates a hit on the" ball ". The player, guided by the image on the display screen 9 \ rises at some distance from

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) "Virtual ball" and runs towards the "virtual ball" with the required speed. The calculator 6 according to the receiver 7 determines the current coordinates, speed and direction of movement of the player: the vector of the player’s impact on the “virtual ball”. In calculator 6 and blocks 12 and 13, a model for the interaction of the “virtual ball” and the player’s impact vector is calculated. The model can determine the diameter and weight of the “virtual ball”. When the coordinates of the player and the “virtual ball” are equal, in the calculator 6, according to the given model, the imaginary trajectory of the “virtual ball” in space is calculated.

The 9 ^Λ display shows the trajectory and new position of the “virtual ball” on the ground. Since the goal of the game of golf is to sequentially move the ball to the holes, the calculator 6, in accordance with the data of blocks 12 and 13, determines the distance from the specified new position of the “virtual ball” to the “virtual reference point” - the goal of the game. If the distance does not exceed the specified by block 12 tolerance, the goal of the game is considered achieved. Thus, the game “virtual golf” consists in sequentially moving the “virtual ball” through several “virtual balls” for the minimum number of actions - imaginary blows to the ball. In practice, the player has to walk after the “virtual ball”, then briefly runs to the point of its location. This alternation of physical activity is a useful physical activity for people of different ages and levels of sports training. To help the player on the 9 "display, the player’s direction indicator is displayed (modeled by block 13). Using the pointer, the player can compare the characteristic features of the terrain shown on the 9 'display (buildings, road turning) with the real terrain on which he is located, choose a landmark and run towards this

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) reference point. Blocks 12, 13, 15 provide the output of data on the distance to the “virtual ball”, the current score of the game, spent kilocalories, etc.

An example of a game of virtual billiards using the proposed complex (Fig. 4).

For simplicity of description, the goal of the game is to hit the first “virtual ball” in the second “virtual ball” with reflection from the “virtual wall”. By means of information input 8 (keyboard, touch sensors) of device 2, the player forms a reference line on the display 9 \ to obtain a reference point on the ground when moving in the direction of which he will achieve the desired, in his opinion, the “virtual ball” movement path. The player runs up in the direction of the reference point, and at the moment of closest approximation with the coordinates of the “virtual ball”, the calculator, according to the data of blocks 12 and 13, fixes the speed and direction of movement of the player. Calculator 6 calculates the trajectory of the virtual object, taking into account the speed, direction and distance from the player to the center of the “virtual ball” and moves its image to a new location in the 9 ^Λ display.

Block 12 can set the resistance of the medium and the loss of the momentum of the movement when the "virtual ball" is reflected from the obstacle, which will lead to its stop. For example, if the virtual player’s speed is insufficient, the “virtual ball” could stop, since the impact force was not enough to achieve the goal of the game. Also, block 12 may introduce additional factors affecting the complexity of the game: wind speed, random fluctuations in the direction of movement of the “virtual balls”, vary the permissible accuracy of the hit (maximum distance from the player to the center of the virtual ball).

Thus, the proposed invention will allow players to directly participate in the game with active

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) interaction with spectators and referees of the game. Due to the combination of equipment that makes up the complex for the game, an almost unlimited number of game scenarios can be realized (similar to the well-known sports games, or created again), both for one player and for playing as a team. The game itself can be organized in any space, including several remote territories. The need for physical controlled efforts during the game will naturally have a positive effect on the health of the players, which will make it possible to use the proposed complex for recreational purposes. These factors will allow you to achieve entertainment and, therefore, significant commercial returns in the organization of games.

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Claims

Claim

1. The complex for conducting a mobile game, including the space allocated for the game, the gaming equipment of the participants of the game, the means for managing the game, the means for recording and displaying information about the course of the game, characterized in that the complex further comprises N ₁ portable gaming devices designed for equipment of participants in the game; N ₂ servers controlling the course of the game and / or information support of the game participants; N ₃ means of displaying the progress of the game of collective use; where Nj, N ₂ , N ₃ are integers greater than or equal to unity; wireless communication lines, each of the Ni portable gaming devices, comprising a calculator, and also connected to a calculator, a global navigation satellite system receiver, information input means, information display means including a display, wireless communication means, a virtual movable sports apparatus simulation unit, for example, a “virtual ball”, a block for modeling virtual control points of a game, a block for simulating a player’s interaction with a virtual sports apparatus, a storage unit for ostranstvennoy referenced information about the area allocated for the game, the unit records the information on the progress of the game, and the block switching modes coupled to the wireless communication means ,.

2. The complex for conducting a mobile game according to claim 1, characterized in that the mode switching unit is configured to transfer a personal gaming device to an offline mode of operation.

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3. A complex for conducting a mobile game according to claim 1, characterized in that the mode switching unit is configured to disconnect any number Nf of personal gaming devices from the Ni set from communication with servers for managing the game and / or information support of game participants and display means collective play progress.

4. The complex for conducting a mobile game according to claim 3, characterized in that the mode switching unit is configured to switch any of Nf the number of personal gaming devices to the operating mode of the personal gaming device of the arbiter with the possibility of receiving / transmitting information from any device of the Ni 'set the course of the game.

5. The complex for conducting a mobile game according to claim 1, characterized in that the mode switching unit is configured to connect any number of personal gaming devices from the Ni set to communication with servers for managing the game and / or information support of game participants and means for displaying the progress games of collective use.

6. A method of modeling work with a sports apparatus, including the formation of three-dimensional or two-dimensional computer models of a moving sports apparatus and territory, recording computer models of a moving sports apparatus and territory in the computer's memory, the formation of a computer model of the sequence of operations with a moving sports apparatus with a computer model being displayed on the display territory and sequence of operations with a movable sports equipment, characterized in that models are transported sports apparatus and recorded in the memory area of the personal gaming device, personal calculator SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) a gaming device forms a computer model of the sequence of actions with a sports apparatus, including the formation in the computer model of the territory of virtual reference points of an individual or group training or game and the physical conditions of interaction of a training or game participant with a virtual sports apparatus, computer models of the territory are displayed on the display of a personal gaming device, dedicated for training or playing, sports equipment and computer model of the successor At the same time, when conducting individual or group trainings or sports games using the personal gaming devices that each of their participants is equipped with, on the display of the personal gaming device a schematic image of a participant in training or sports games is displayed on the signals of the global navigation satellite systems determine the initial position of personal gaming devices of participants in training or sports games, move training participants or sports games participants in the selected area with the direction and speed, which are determined in accordance with the generated computer model of the sequence of operations with a sports apparatus, using the signals of the global navigation satellite system, determine the positions occupied by personal gaming devices during training or sports games using hardware and software by means of a personal gaming device calculate the direction of movement, speed, physical participant’s efforts, in accordance with the generated computer model of the sequence of operations with a sports apparatus using hardware and software of a personal gaming device, a model of physical interaction of a virtual SUBSTITUTE SHEET is calculated (RULE 26) a sports apparatus and a participant in games or trainings, moreover, at all stages of the trainings, the hardware and software of the personal gaming device record information about the course of the game and then record it in the memory of the personal gaming device.

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