WO2019116987A1

WO2019116987A1 - Information processing device, game device, and game system

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Publication number: WO2019116987A1
Application number: PCT/JP2018/044732
Authority: WO
Inventors: 光一高久; 秀樹齊藤
Original assignee: 株式会社セガゲームス; 株式会社ダーツライブ
Priority date: 2017-12-13
Filing date: 2018-12-05
Publication date: 2019-06-20
Also published as: TWI759570B; CN111587135B; SG11202005126YA; CN111587135A; JP7042072B2; JP2019103673A; TW201929542A

Abstract

An information processing device 10 comprising: a storage unit 12; a moving image transmission success rate acquisition unit 134 that obtains, as a moving image transmission success rate indicating the transmission state of a moving image by a partner game device 20, the ratio between reception time and the time required for a calculation period, obtaining same on the basis of reception information received from a plurality of game devices 20; a storage processing unit 135 that associates the obtained moving image transmission success rate to identification information for a game device on the moving image transmission side and identification information for a game device on the moving image reception side, and causes same to be stored in the storage unit; and a limiting unit 136 that determines whether or not prescribed a transmission failure condition has been fulfilled for a plurality of moving image transmission success rates associated to one game device 20 and stored in the storage unit 12, said one game device 20 being used as the moving image transmission side, and, if the prescribed transmission failure condition has been fulfilled, limits service provision of an online game to the one game device 20.

Description

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, GAME DEVICE, AND GAME SYSTEM

The present invention relates to an information processing device, a game device, and a game system.

BACKGROUND Conventionally, a so-called online game has been performed in which a plurality of players operate a game device using a server and a plurality of game devices connected via a network to play a game match. In such an online game, a plurality of game devices playing a match mutually transmit moving images (including images) generated by capturing images of players for the reason such as prevention of fraud of the players, etc. There is one in which each game device displays the moving image received from the other party's game device.

In the game device, if there is a defect in a series of functions for generating a moving image and transmitting it to the other party game device, it becomes difficult to achieve the player's fraud prevention. In this regard, as a means for detecting a defect in the moving image transmission function, for example, a security camera image system described in Patent Document 1 can be considered. Patent Document 1 discloses a security camera video system that generates a warning of occurrence of abnormality or the like when a monitoring device detects a synchronization signal loss when a video signal is interrupted.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2000-194969

However, if it is immediately determined to be abnormal if the video signal is interrupted, a failure may occur in video transmission due to a mere transient communication failure or the video transmission function of the game apparatus may be defective. Makes it difficult to distinguish.

The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of improving the accuracy of defect detection of a moving image transmission function of a game device. is there.

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention provides an online game service to a plurality of game apparatuses via a communication network, and each of the plurality of game apparatuses captures an image of the periphery of the game apparatus. An imaging unit that generates a first moving image, a first moving image transmission unit that transmits the first moving image to the other game device, and an image generated by imaging the periphery of the other game device from the other game device (2) A second moving image receiving unit for receiving moving images, a display unit, a second moving image display processing unit for displaying a second moving image on the display unit, and a second moving image receiving unit A reception time calculation unit that calculates a reception time that is an accumulated time of receiving the second moving image, a required time of a calculation period, a reception time, identification information of the game apparatus, and identification of a game apparatus of the other party A reception information transmission unit for transmitting reception information based on the information and the information processing apparatus to the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus including the storage unit and the reception information received from the plurality of game apparatuses; The video transmission success rate acquisition unit acquires the ratio of the reception time to the video transmission success rate indicating the video transmission status by the other party's game device, and the acquired video transmission success rate as the identification of the video transmission side game device A storage processing unit that associates information and identification information of a game apparatus on the moving image reception side and stores the information in the storage unit; and one game apparatus is linked to the one game apparatus on the moving image transmission side and stored in the storage unit For a plurality of moving image transmission success rates, it is determined whether or not a predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied, and if the predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied, the support of the online game for one game device is Characterized in that it comprises a limiting portion that limits the provision of screws, the.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing device capable of improving the accuracy of defect detection of the moving image transmission function of the game device.

It is a network block diagram showing an example of the game system 1 concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic external view of the game device 20. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game device 20. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a server 10; It is a figure which shows an example of a moving image transmission success rate table. It is a figure for demonstrating a transmission failure condition. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation | movement sequence which concerns on the matching process by the game system 1, a game advance process, and a receiving information storage process. It is a figure which shows an example of a game screen. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow relating to a moving image transmission process by the game device 20.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, it should be noted that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to those embodiments, but extends to the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

(1) Configuration of Game System 1 FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram showing an example of the game system 1. The game system 1 is a system for executing a dart game as an example of an online game. The game system 1 includes a server 10 and a plurality of game devices 20 connected to each other by a communication network 2 such as the Internet. The plurality of game devices 20 may be installed, for example, in separate stores, or may be installed in the same store.

(2) Configuration of Each Device (2-1) Configuration of Game Device 20 FIG. 2 is a schematic external view of the game device 20. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game device 20. As shown in FIG. The game device 20 is a game device for a player to play a dart game. The game device 20 includes a game device communication unit 21, a game device storage unit 22, an operation unit 23, a display unit 24, a card slot CS, a card RW unit 25, a dartboard DB, and a detection unit 26. A coin insertion unit 27, an imaging unit 28, and a game device processing unit 29 are provided. In the dart game, the player throws a dart from a field appropriately set in front of the game device 20 with a dart board DB in mind.

The game device communication unit 21 includes a communication interface circuit for connecting the game device 20 to the communication network 2 and communicates with the communication network 2. The game device communication unit 21 supplies the game device processing unit 29 with data received from the server 10 and other game devices 20 via the communication network 2. Further, the game device communication unit 21 transmits the data supplied from the game device processing unit 29 to the server 10 and the other game devices 20 and the like via the communication network 2.

The game device storage unit 22 includes, for example, at least one of a magnetic tape device, a magnetic disk device, or an optical disk device. The game device storage unit 22 stores an operating system program, a driver program, an application program, data, and the like used for processing in the game device processing unit 29. For example, the game apparatus storage unit 22 stores, as an application program, a program or the like for advancing a dart game. Also, for example, the game apparatus storage unit 22 stores a moving image received from another game apparatus 20 via the communication network 2 or the like. The computer program may be installed in the game apparatus storage unit 22 from a computer-readable portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM using a known setup program or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be installed in the game apparatus storage unit 22 by being downloaded from the server 10 or another information processing apparatus via the communication network 2 or the like.

The operation unit 23 is used by the player to perform various operations, and is realized by, for example, an operation button or the like provided on the operation panel. The operation unit 23 receives an operation of the player, and transmits a signal corresponding to the operation to the game device processing unit 29 or the like.

The display unit 24 may be any device as long as it can display an image, an image or the like, and is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. The display unit 24 may be integrated with the operation unit 23 by, for example, a liquid crystal touch panel display. The display unit 24 displays an image or a moving image according to the data supplied from the game device processing unit 29.

The card slot CS is an insertion slot for inserting a game card owned by the player. The game device 20 is provided with four card slots CS so that a maximum of four players can play a game. Note that more than four card slots CS may be provided so that the game can be played with the number of people exceeding four.

The card RW unit 25 can read a card ID or the like recorded on a game card owned by the player, or write information or the like obtained as a result of the game on the game card.

The dart board DB is a board which is a target of the dart game. The dart board DB is divided into a plurality of target areas, and each of the target areas is provided with a large number of fine holes. The tip of the dart thrown by the player is received in any of a number of holes provided in the target area.

A detection unit 26 is provided to detect that a dart has been stuck in the target area, and a membrane switch provided correspondingly to each of the target areas, and to detect that the thrown dart is out of the target area. And a vibration sensor. The detection unit 26 detects where in the target area the dart is stuck or not stuck based on the signals of the membrane switch and the vibration sensor, and transmits a detection signal to the game apparatus processing unit 29.

The coin insertion unit 27 includes an insertion slot for inserting a coin, and a sensor for detecting a coin inserted from the insertion slot. In the game device 20, when a predetermined number of coins are inserted from the coin insertion slot by the player, game play becomes possible. In game device 20, game play may be enabled without inserting a coin from the coin insertion slot.

The imaging unit 28 is configured by, for example, a video camera, and generates a moving image by imaging the periphery of the game apparatus 20 and outputs the moving image to the game apparatus processing unit 29. Here, a moving image means at least one image that is continuous in time series, and is used as one including a single image. The imaging unit 28 images, for example, a player, a field of a dart game, and the game device 20 as the periphery of the game device 20. The imaging unit 28 may execute imaging while performing zooming and panning under the control of the game device processing unit 29.

The game device processing unit 29 includes one or more processors and their peripheral circuits. The game device processing unit 29 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the overall operation of the game device 20 in a centralized manner. The game device processing unit 29 controls the operation of the game device communication unit 21 or the like so that various processes of the game device 20 are executed in an appropriate procedure based on a program or the like stored in the game device storage unit 22. .

The game device processing unit 29 includes a matching request unit 291, a game progress unit 292, an opposite party moving image reception unit 293, a reception time calculation unit 294, a display processing unit 295, an automatic image transmission unit 296, and a reception information transmission unit. And 297. The matching request unit 291 transmits, for example, the matching request from the player accepted by the game device 20 to the server 10 via the communication network 2. The game progress part 292 performs the process which concerns on advance of a dart game, for example. The other party moving image receiving unit 293 is an example of a second moving image receiving unit, and receives, for example, a moving image (second moving image) generated by imaging the periphery of the other game device 20 from the other party's game device 20 Do.

The reception time calculation unit 294 calculates, for example, a reception time that is a cumulative time when the other party moving image reception unit 293 received the second moving image from the other party's game device 20 during the progress of the calculation period. Here, the calculation period is a period that is a unit for defining the reception time, and can be arbitrarily set according to the type of game. The calculation period may be, for example, an entire period or a partial period such as the first half, the second half, one round, once, one game, or a period connecting a plurality of such periods. The method of calculating the reception time is not particularly limited, and any known method can be adopted. For example, after recording the time of each period in which the moving image has not been received and adding up the times after the game to calculate the accumulated time in which the moving image has not been received, the required time of the calculation period is calculated. The reception time may be calculated by subtracting the time. Note that a predetermined threshold is provided for the duration of the state in which the moving image is not received, and the period in which the state in which the moving image is not received continues less than the predetermined threshold is a period in which the moving image is not received. It may not be counted. For example, any value such as 2 seconds or 1 second may be employed as the predetermined threshold.

For example, the display processing unit 295 causes the display unit 24 to display data relating to the progress of the dart game received from the server 10 and the game device 20 of the other party, and the second moving image received from the game device 20 of the other party. The automatic image transmission unit 296 is an example of a first moving image transmission unit, and for example, transmits the moving image generated by the imaging unit 28 to the game device 20 of the other party.

The reception information transmission unit 297 transmits the reception information to the server 10, for example. Here, the reception information is information indicating the reception status of the moving image from the game apparatus 20 of the other party by the game apparatus 20, and the required time of the calculation period, the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294, It is information based on the identification information of the game device 20 and the identification information of the game device 20 of the other party. The reception information may include, for example, the required time of the calculation period, the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294, the identification information of the game apparatus 20, and the identification information of the game apparatus 20 of the other party. Alternatively, the reception information may include, for example, the ratio of the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294 to the required time of the calculation period.

(2-1) Configuration of Server 10 FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the server 10. The server 10 is an example of the information processing apparatus, and executes, for example, a matching process, a game progression process, a received information storage process, and a defective game apparatus restriction process, which will be described later. The server 10 includes a server communication unit 11, a server storage unit 12, and a server processing unit 13.

The server communication unit 11 includes a communication interface circuit for connecting the server 10 to the communication network 2, and communicates with the communication network 2. The server communication unit 11 supplies the server processing unit 13 with data received from the game device 20 or the like. Further, the server communication unit 11 transmits the data supplied from the server processing unit 13 to the game device 20 and the like.

The server storage unit 12 includes, for example, at least one of a magnetic tape device, a magnetic disk device, or an optical disk device. The server storage unit 12 stores an operating system program, a driver program, an application program, data and the like used for processing in the server processing unit 13. For example, the server storage unit 12 stores, as an application program, a program for executing a matching process in which a plurality of players are matched as opponents, a program for advancing a dart game, and the like. The computer program may be installed in the server storage unit 12 from a computer-readable portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM using a known setup program or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be installed in the server storage unit 12 by being downloaded from another information processing apparatus via the communication network 2 or the like. Also, for example, the server storage unit 12 stores, as data, a moving image transmission success rate table and the like described later.

The server processing unit 13 includes one or more processors and their peripheral circuits. The server processing unit 13 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the overall operation of the server 10 in a centralized manner. The server processing unit 13 controls the operation of the server communication unit 11 or the like so that various processes of the server 10 are executed in an appropriate procedure based on a program or the like stored in the server storage unit 12.

The server processing unit 13 includes a matching processing unit 131, a game progression unit 132, a received information reception unit 133, a moving image transmission success rate acquisition unit 134, a storage processing unit 135, and a restriction unit 136. The matching processing unit 131 executes, for example, a matching process in which a plurality of players are matched as an opponent. The game progress part 132 performs the process which concerns on advancing of a dart game, for example. The reception information reception unit 133 receives, for example, the reception information transmitted from the game device 20 described above. The moving picture transmission success rate acquisition unit 134 acquires, for example, a ratio of the reception time to the required time of the calculation period as a moving picture transmission success rate indicating the transmission status of the moving picture by the game device 20 of the other party based on the reception information. The storage processing unit 135 stores, for example, the acquired moving image transmission success rate in the server storage unit 12. The limiting unit 136 determines, for example, a transmission failure condition, and executes a limiting process of limiting the provision of the service of the online game to the game device 20 by the server 10 according to the result of the determination. The transmission failure condition and the restriction process will be described later.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the moving image transmission success rate table stored in the server storage unit 12. The moving picture transmission success rate table is a table in which the moving picture transmission success rate acquired by the moving picture transmission success rate acquiring unit 134 is recorded.

As shown in FIG. 5, the moving image transmission success rate table includes, for example, a game ID, a play time, a transmitting game device ID, a receiving game device ID, a receiving time, and a moving image transmission success rate. The game ID is identification information for identifying a game. The play time is the required time of the game. The transmission side game device ID is identification information for identifying the game device 20 on the side of transmitting the moving image. The reception side game device ID is identification information for identifying the game device 20 on the side of receiving the moving image. The reception time is the cumulative time in which the game device 20 on the receiving side has been able to receive the moving image transmitted from the game device 20 on the transmitting side. The moving image transmission success rate is a ratio of the reception time to the play time, and indicates the transmission state of the moving image to the game device 20 of the other party regarding the transmitting game device 20.

In the present embodiment, at least two moving image transmission success rates are defined per game since two game devices mutually transmit and receive moving images. For example, the moving image transmission success rate is expressed as “R (game ID / transmission side game device ID / reception side game device ID)” or the like. At this time, in the game in which the game ID is "G1", the video transmission success rate "R (G1 / C / D) of the game apparatus" C "for the moving picture transmitted to the game apparatus" D "by the game apparatus" C " And the moving image transmission success rate “R (G1 / D / C)” of the game device “D” for the moving image transmitted to the game device “C” by the game device “D”.

Here, the transmission failure condition determined by the restriction unit 136 of the server 10 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, a plurality of moving picture transmission success rates for the game device "A" are arranged in time series. In the transmission failure condition, for example, a moving image transmission success rate of a predetermined ratio (first ratio) of moving image transmission success rates included in a predetermined period (first period) is less than a predetermined threshold (first threshold) It is to be. For example, the predetermined period is set to the last 5 games, the predetermined ratio is set to 100%, and the predetermined threshold is set to 70%. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 6, the moving image transmission success rate of 100% of the moving image transmission success rates included in the last five games is the moving image transmission success rate “R (G61 / A / D)”, “R (G57 / A / E), "R (G54 / A / C)", "R (G53 / A / B)", and "R (G47 / A / D)". Then, these moving image transmission success rates “R (G61 / A / D)”, “R (G57 / A / E)”, “R (G54 / A / C)”, “R (G53 / A / B)” And “R (G47 / A / D)” are all less than 70%. Therefore, in this case, since the moving image transmission success rate of 100% of the moving image transmission success rates included in the latest five games is less than 70%, the transmission failure condition is satisfied. The predetermined period is not limited to the latest predetermined period, but may be a predetermined period in the past. Further, the predetermined ratio is not limited to 100%, and may be any ratio such as 95%, 90%, 85%, 80%, 70%, 60%, and the like. The predetermined threshold is not limited to 70%, and may be any threshold such as 95%, 90%, 85%, 80%, 60%, 1%, and the like. Further, the plurality of transmission failure conditions may be set, and the restriction unit 136 of the server 10 may execute the restriction processing when any of the plurality of transmission failure conditions is satisfied.

Next, the restriction process for restricting the provision of the service of the online game, which is executed by the restriction unit 136 of the server 10 when it is determined that the transmission failure condition is satisfied, will be described. With regard to the game device 20 for which the transmission failure condition is satisfied, there is a high probability that the video transmission function has a failure, so the limiting unit 136 of the server 10 performs online processing in various aspects with respect to the game device 20. Limit the provision of game services. For example, the restriction unit 136 may exclude the game device 20 satisfying the transmission failure condition from the target of matching performed by the matching processing unit 131 at least with respect to a predetermined type of game in which the request for fraud prevention of the player is large. . In addition, the limiting unit 136 notifies the game apparatus 20 in which the transmission failure condition is satisfied, of the predetermined restriction information, and when the game apparatus 20 receives the predetermined restriction information, the game apparatus 20 of the player is notified. You may restrict the login operation of.

(3) Operation of Game System 1 (3-1) Matching Process, Game Progress Process, and Reception Information Storage Process FIG. 7 shows an operation sequence related to the matching process, game progress process, and reception information storage process by the game system 1. It is a figure which shows an example. Hereinafter, it is assumed that the player A and the player B become opponents of each other by matching, and the game apparatus operated by the player A is referred to as a game apparatus 20A and the game apparatus operated by the player B as a game apparatus 20B. Also, as appropriate, the end of each component of the game device 20A is denoted by the symbol "A", and the end of each component of the game device 20B is denoted by the symbol "B". The operation sequence is mainly performed by the server processing unit 13, the game device processing unit 29A, and the game device processing based on programs stored in advance in the server storage unit 12, the game device storage unit 22A, and the game device storage unit 22B. The unit 29B is executed in cooperation with the respective elements of the server 10, the game device 20A, and the game device 20B.

(Step S101)
First, the operation unit 23A of the game device 20A receives the operation of the matching request by the player A. For example, the player A inputs information such as the player A's ID and a desired game type as the information included in the matching request.

(Step S102)
Next, matching request unit 291A of game device 20A transmits to server 10 the matching request accepted in step S101.

(Step S103)
Further, as in step S101, the operation unit 23B of the game device 20B receives the operation of the matching request by the player B.

(Step S104)
Further, as in step S102, the matching request unit 291B of the game device 20B transmits the matching request accepted in step S103 to the server 10.

(Step S105)
Next, the matching processing unit 131 of the server 10 performs a matching process. Here, it is assumed that the player A and the player B are matched as opponents of each other by the matching process.

(Step S106)
Next, the matching processing unit 131 of the server 10 transmits a battle determination notification, which is information indicating that the player A and the player B have become opponents of each other, to the game device 20A and the game device 20B.

(Step S107)
Next, the server 10, the game device 20A, and the game device 20B execute a dart game progression process. At this time, the score, the number of rounds, and other data related to the progress of the dart game (game data) are transmitted and received between the server 10, the game device 20A, and the game device 20B. Furthermore, moving image data of each of the game device 20A and the game device 20B is transmitted and received between the game device 20A and the game device 20B.

Specifically, the game progress unit 292A of the game device 20A sets the score of the player A to each of the server 10 and the game device 20B based on the detection signal generated by the detection unit 26A when the player A throws a dart. Send data indicating Further, the imaging unit 28A of the game device 20A generates a moving image by imaging the surroundings of the game device 20A (player A, field of dart game, game device 20A, etc.), and outputs it to the game device processing unit 29A. . Then, the automatic image transmission unit 296A of the game device processing unit 29A transmits the moving image in which the surroundings of the game device 20A are imaged to the game device 20B. Further, the other party moving image receiving unit 293A of the game device 20A receives the moving image around the game device 20B generated by the imaging unit 28B from the game device 20B. Further, the display processing unit 295A of the game device 20A combines data relating to the progress of the dart game received from the server 10 and the game device 20B, and the moving image of the surroundings of the game device 20B received from the game device 20B. The game screen to be described later is displayed on the display unit 24A.

Similarly, the game progress unit 292B of the game device 20B controls the server 10 and the game device 20A based on the detection signal generated by the detection unit 26B when the player B throws a dart. Send data indicating the score etc. In addition, the imaging unit 28B of the game device 20B generates a moving image by imaging the surroundings of the game device 20B (player B, field of dart game, game device 20B, etc.), and outputs it to the game device processing unit 29B. . Then, the automatic image transmission unit 296B of the game device processing unit 29B transmits the moving image obtained by imaging the periphery of the game device 20B to the game device 20A. Further, the other party moving image receiving unit 293B of the game device 20B receives the moving image around the game device 20A generated by the imaging unit 28A from the game device 20A. In addition, the display processing unit 295B of the game device 20B combines the data related to the progress of the dart game received from the server 10 and the game device 20A, and the moving image of the surroundings of the game device 20A received from the game device 20A. The game screen to be described later is displayed on the display unit 24B.

Here, an example of the game screen 500 displayed on the display unit 24A of the game device 20A and the display unit 24B of the game device 20B will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the game screen 500 includes a game data area 501, a moving image area 502A, and a moving image area 502B. The game data area 501 displays the scores of the player A and the player B, the number of rounds, and other data related to the progress of the dart game. In the moving image area 502A, a moving image generated by the imaging unit 28A imaging the surroundings (the player A, the game device 20A, and the like) of the game device 20A is displayed. In the player B moving image area 502B, a moving image generated by the imaging unit 28B capturing an image of the periphery (the player B, the game device 20B, and the like) of the game device 20B is displayed.

(Step S108)
When the dart game progression process (step S107) is completed, the reception time calculation unit 294A of the game device 20A is the cumulative time that the other party moving image reception unit 293A received the moving image from the game device 20B while the calculation period is in progress. Calculate the reception time.

(Step S109)
Next, the reception information transmission unit 297A of the game device 20A calculates the required time of the calculation period, the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294A, the identification information of the game device 20A, and the identification information of the other game device 20B. The received information based on is transmitted to the server 10. At this time, the reception information transmission unit 297A may include the required time of the calculation period and the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294A in the reception information. Alternatively, the reception information transmission unit 297A may include the ratio of the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294A to the required time of the calculation period in the reception information.

(Step S110)
Further, as in step S108, when the dart game progression process (step S107) is completed, the reception time calculation unit 294B of the game device 20B receives the moving image from the game device 20A while the other party moving image reception unit 293B is moving. The reception time, which is the cumulative time of receiving is calculated.

(Step S111)
Further, similarly to step S109, the reception information transmission unit 297B of the game device 20B determines the required time of the calculation period, the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294B, the identification information of the game device 20B, and the game device of the other party. Reception information based on the identification information of 20A is transmitted to the server 10. At this time, the reception information transmission unit 297B may include the required time of the calculation period and the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294B in the reception information. Alternatively, the reception information transmission unit 297B may include the ratio of the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294B to the required time of the calculation period in the reception information.

(Step S112)
Next, the reception information reception unit 133 of the server 10 receives the reception information transmitted from the game device 20A and the reception information transmitted from the game device 20B.

(Step S113)
Next, the moving picture transmission success rate acquiring unit 134 of the server 10 displays a moving picture transmission success rate “R (* / B) indicating the transmission state of the moving picture of the game device 20B based on the reception information received from the game device 20A in step S112. / A) to obtain Specifically, if the moving image transmission success rate acquisition unit 134 includes the required time of the calculation period and the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294A in the reception information received from the game device 20A, the calculation period The ratio of the reception time to the required time of is calculated to be the video transmission success rate "R (* / B / A)". In addition, if the moving image transmission success rate acquisition unit 134 includes the ratio of the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294A to the required time of the calculation period, the received information received from the game device 20A transmits the moving image transmission ratio The success rate is “R (* / B / A)”. Similarly, the moving picture transmission success rate acquiring unit 134 of the server 10 displays the moving picture transmission success rate “R (indicating the moving state of the moving picture of the game device 20A based on the reception information received from the game device 20B in step S112). * / A / B) to get ". Specifically, when the moving image transmission success rate acquisition unit 134 includes the required time of the calculation period and the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294B in the reception information received from the game device 20B, the calculation period The ratio of the reception time to the required time of is calculated to be the video transmission success rate "R (* / A / B)". In addition, if the moving image transmission success rate acquisition unit 134 includes the ratio of the reception time calculated by the reception time calculation unit 294B to the required time of the calculation period, the received information received from the game device 20B transmits the moving image transmission ratio The success rate is “R (* / A / B)”.

(Step S114)
Next, the storage processing unit 135 of the server 10 transmits the moving image transmission success rate “R (* / A / B)” acquired in step S113, the transmitter game device ID “A”, and the receiver game device ID The moving image transmission success rate table stored in the server storage unit 12 is registered as “B”. Similarly, the storage processing unit 135 of the server 10 transmits the moving image transmission success rate “R (* / B / A)” acquired in step S113, the transmission side game device ID “B”, and the reception side game device ID Is registered in the moving image transmission success rate table stored in the server storage unit 12 as “A”. Above, the matching process by the game system 1, a game progress process, and a receiving information storage process are complete | finished.

(3-2) Defective Game Device Restriction Processing FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow according to the defective game device restriction processing by the server 10. This operation flow is mainly executed by the server processing unit 13 in cooperation with each element of the server 10 based on a program stored in advance in the server storage unit 12.

(Step S201)
First, the limiting unit 136 of the server 10 refers to the moving image transmission success rate table stored in the server storage unit 12 and determines whether the transmission failure condition is satisfied as described with reference to FIG. Do. If it is determined that the transmission failure condition is not satisfied (step S201; No), the failure game device restriction processing ends.

(Step S202)
When it is determined that the transmission failure condition is satisfied for any of the game devices 20 (step S201; Yes), the restriction unit 136 of the server 10 performs the restriction process described above for the game device 20, and the failure game is performed. The device limiting process ends.

(4) Modified Example In the case of frequent matching with a game device 20 having a defect in the video reception function, a transmission defect condition for the game device 20 despite the fact that the game device 20 has no defect in the video transmission function. May be a target of restriction processing of the restriction unit 136 of the server 10. In order to prevent such a situation, the limiting unit 136 of the server 10 determines whether the reception failure condition is satisfied, and excludes the moving image transmission success rate with the game device 20 satisfying the reception failure condition as the reception side. The transmission failure condition may be determined based on only the moving image transmission success rate. Here, the reception failure condition is a condition according to the transmission failure condition described above, and is determined based on a plurality of moving image transmission success rates in which one game device 20 is not the transmission side but the game device on the reception side. It may be the condition to be For example, the reception failure condition relating to the game device "A" is determined by a plurality of moving image transmission success rates "R (* / * / A)" in which the game device "A" is the reception side game device. In the reception failure condition, for example, a moving image transmission success rate of a predetermined ratio (second ratio) of moving image transmission success rates included in a predetermined period (second period) is less than a predetermined threshold (second threshold) It is to be.

In the above embodiment, the limiting unit 136 equally treats the moving image transmission success rates of the plurality of calculation periods, and determines the transmission failure condition. However, the transmission failure condition may be determined by changing the weighting of the moving image transmission success rate for each calculation period according to the rules of the game. For example, the size of the threshold may be changed for each calculation period, such as increasing the threshold to be compared with the moving image transmission success rate related to the calculation period as the calculation period closer to the end of the game.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the server 10 indicates the ratio of the reception time to the required time of the calculation period based on the reception information received from the plurality of game devices 20, and indicates the transmission situation of the moving image by the other game device. Acquired as a video transmission success rate. According to the configuration, it is possible to evaluate the transmission status of the moving image throughout the calculation period in the game device using the index of the moving image transmission success rate.

Then, the server 10 associates the acquired moving image transmission success rate with the identification information of the game apparatus 20 on the moving image transmission side and the identification information on the game apparatus 20 on the moving image reception side, and stores the association in the server storage unit 12. Then, the server 10 satisfies a predetermined transmission failure condition for a plurality of moving image transmission success rates stored in the server storage unit 12 that are linked to the one game device 20 with the one game device 20 as the moving image transmission side. It is determined whether the Then, when the predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied, the server 10 restricts the provision of the online game service to the one game device 20. With this configuration, it is possible to improve the accuracy of defect detection of the moving image transmission function of the game apparatus 20 by evaluating the transmission status of moving images in a plurality of games, in particular, the latest plurality of games.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and can be implemented in other various forms without departing from the scope of the present invention. For this reason, the said embodiment is only a mere illustration in all the points, and is not interpreted restrictively. For example, the processing steps described above can be arbitrarily changed in order or performed in parallel as long as no contradiction occurs in the processing content. In addition, other steps may be added between each processing step. Further, the steps described as one step may be divided into a plurality of steps and executed, or those described separately into a plurality of steps may be grasped as one step.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game system, 2 ... Communication network, 10 ... Server, 11 ... Server communication part, 12 ... Server memory part, 13 ... Server processing part, 131 ... Matching processing part, 132 ... Game progress part, 133 ... Reception information reception part , 134: video transmission success rate acquisition unit, 135: storage processing unit, 136: restriction unit, 20: game device, 21: game device communication unit, 22: game device storage unit, 23: operation unit, 24: display unit, 25: card RW unit 26: detection unit 27: coin insertion unit 28: imaging unit 29: game device processing unit 291: matching request unit 293: opponent video reception unit 294: reception time calculation unit 295 ... display processing unit, 296 ... automatic image transmission unit, 297 ... reception information transmission unit, CS ... card slot, DB ... dart board

Claims

An information processing apparatus for providing an online game service to a plurality of game apparatuses via a communication network,
Each of the plurality of game devices is
An imaging unit that generates a first moving image by imaging the periphery of the game apparatus;
A first moving image transmitting unit that transmits the first moving image to a game device of the other party;
A second moving image receiving unit that receives a second moving image generated by imaging the surroundings of the other party's game device from the other party's game device;
A display unit,
A second moving image display processing unit that causes the display unit to display the second moving image;
A reception time calculation unit that calculates a reception time that is a cumulative time when the second moving image reception unit receives the second moving image from the other party's game device while the calculation period is in progress;
A reception information transmission unit for transmitting reception information based on the required time of the calculation period, the reception time, identification information of the game apparatus, and identification information of the game apparatus of the other party to the information processing apparatus Equipped
The information processing apparatus is
A storage unit,
Video transmission that acquires the ratio of the reception time to the required time of the calculation period based on the reception information received from the plurality of game devices as a video transmission success rate indicating the transmission status of the video by the game device of the other party Success rate acquisition department,
A storage processing unit that associates the acquired moving image transmission success rate with identification information of a game apparatus on the moving image transmission side and identification information on a game apparatus on the moving image reception side and stores the association in the storage unit;
It is determined whether a predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied for a plurality of moving image transmission success rates stored in the storage unit in association with the one game device as the moving image transmission side of the one game device. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a restriction unit that restricts provision of a service of an online game to the one game apparatus when a predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied.
The predetermined transmission failure condition is that a moving image transmission success rate of a predetermined first ratio of moving image transmission success rates included in a predetermined first period is less than a predetermined first threshold. The information processing apparatus according to 1.
And a matching processing unit that executes matching processing between a plurality of game devices,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the restriction unit excludes the one game apparatus from a target of matching processing by the matching processing unit.
The restriction unit notifies the one game apparatus of restriction information;
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the game apparatus receives the restriction information from the information processing apparatus, the game apparatus restricts the login of the player to the game apparatus.
Further, the restriction unit is a predetermined reception failure condition for a plurality of moving image transmission success rates stored in the storage unit in association with the other game device on the moving image receiving side with the other game device as the moving image receiving side. If the above condition is satisfied, it is determined whether the predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied except the moving image transmission success rate linked to the other one game apparatus and stored in the storage unit. The information processing apparatus according to any one of Items 1 to 4.
The predetermined reception failure condition is that a moving image transmission success rate of a predetermined second ratio of moving image transmission success rates included in a predetermined second period is less than a predetermined second threshold. The information processing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 5.
An information processing apparatus for providing an online game service, and a game apparatus connected to a game apparatus of the other party via a communication network,
The game device is
An imaging unit that generates a first moving image by imaging the periphery of the game device;
A first video transmission unit for transmitting the first video to the game device of the other party;
A second moving image receiving unit that receives a second moving image generated by imaging the surroundings of the opponent's game device from the opponent's game device;
A display unit,
A second moving image display processing unit that causes the display unit to display the second moving image;
A reception time calculation unit that calculates a reception time that is a cumulative time when the second moving image reception unit receives the second moving image from the other party's game device during the progress of the calculation period;
A reception information transmission unit for transmitting reception information based on the required time of the calculation period, the reception time, identification information of the game apparatus, and identification information of the game apparatus of the other party to the information processing apparatus Equipped
The information processing apparatus is
A storage unit,
Based on the received information received from a plurality of game devices, moving image transmission success is acquired as a moving image transmission success rate indicating the transmission condition of moving images by the game device of the other party based on the reception time to the required time of the calculation period. With rate acquisition department,
A storage processing unit that associates the acquired video transmission success rate with identification information of the video transmission side game device and the video reception side game device, and stores the same in the storage unit;
When a predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied for a plurality of moving image transmission success rates stored in the storage unit in association with the one game device as the moving image transmitting side, the one game device for the one game device And a restriction unit for restricting provision of a service of an online game.
A game system comprising: a plurality of game devices connected via a communication network; and an information processing device for providing an online game service to the plurality of game devices,
Each of the plurality of game devices is
An imaging unit that generates a first moving image by imaging the periphery of the game apparatus;
A first moving image transmitting unit that transmits the first moving image to a game device of the other party;
A second moving image receiving unit that receives a second moving image generated by imaging the surroundings of the other party's game device from the other party's game device;
A display unit,
A second moving image display processing unit that causes the display unit to display the second moving image;
A reception time calculation unit that calculates a reception time that is a cumulative time when the second moving image reception unit receives the second moving image from the other party's game device while the calculation period is in progress;
A reception information transmission unit for transmitting reception information based on the required time of the calculation period, the reception time, identification information of the game apparatus, and identification information of the game apparatus of the other party to the information processing apparatus Equipped
The information processing apparatus is
A storage unit,
Video transmission that acquires the ratio of the reception time to the required time of the calculation period based on the reception information received from the plurality of game devices as a video transmission success rate indicating the transmission status of the video by the game device of the other party Success rate acquisition department,
A storage processing unit that associates the acquired moving image transmission success rate with identification information of a game apparatus on the moving image transmission side and identification information on a game apparatus on the moving image reception side and stores the association in the storage unit;
It is determined whether a predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied for a plurality of moving image transmission success rates stored in the storage unit in association with the one game device as the moving image transmission side of the one game device. A game system comprising: a restriction unit which restricts provision of a service of an online game to the one game apparatus when a predetermined transmission failure condition is satisfied.