JP2003230763A - Video game system and game operation device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a deviation between a user operation and a display position on a screen, etc., without adding an adjustment component in a video game machine and a game operation device after being shipped from their factory. <P>SOLUTION: An operation information proofreading means arranged in the game operation device proofreads analog operation information by digital which is obtained by an operation information generating means, and transmits proofread analog operation information by digital which is obtained by proofreading to a game processing apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION Conventional technology Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems (FIG. 1) Embodiment of the invention (FIGS. 1 to 3) The invention's effect

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game machine and a game operating device, and, for example, when a game content stored in a CD-ROM is displayed on the screen to advance the game, the display position on the screen and the like are displayed on the game operating device. Therefore, it can be applied to analog control.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a video game machine, for example, C
There is one in which game contents stored in a video recording medium such as a D-ROM are displayed on a television receiver screen to progress the game, and the display position on the screen is analog-controlled by a game operating device. The game operating device of this video game machine is provided with an operator operated by a user, for example, a joystick, and converts the operation amount of the joystick into an analog value by digital and sends it to the game machine body.

When obtaining this analog value, the game operating device controls the analog signal output from the analog switch according to the operation amount of the joystick. When the game operating device converts this analog signal with an analog digital converter (hereinafter referred to as an A / D converter) to obtain a digital analog value, it sends this analog value directly to the game machine body.

[0005]

However, when the video game machine is shipped from the factory, the analog switch adjustment may be misaligned. In addition, the mechanical section of the joystick and the analog switch change over time. For this reason, even if the operation amount of the joystick is the same, the analog value may change from the original value. Therefore, after the factory shipment, there is a problem that the user's operation may be different from the display position on the screen. If this deviation or the analog value deviates from the original value, there is no way to compensate,
There was also a problem that it was necessary to add adjustment parts.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and it is possible to prevent the deviation between the user's operation and the display position on the screen without adding adjustment parts after factory shipment. And a game operating device.

[0007]

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention has a game processing device for processing a game content and a game operating device for operating a processing state,
In a video game machine that advances a game by operating a game operating device, operation information generating means of the game operating device outputs digital analog operation information in response to an external analog input operation. The operation information proofreading means of the game operating device performs arithmetic processing on the analog operation information to generate digitally calibrated analog operation information by calibrating the analog operation information.

The operation information calibrating means provided in the game operating device calibrates the digital analog operation information obtained from the operation information generating means and calibrates the digitally calibrated analog operation information to the game processing device. By transmitting the data to the user, it is possible to easily prevent a shift between the user's operation and the display position on the screen without adding an adjustment component after the factory shipment.

Further, according to the present invention, in the game operating device for advancing the game by operating the processing state of the game processing device for processing the game contents, the operation information generating means is digital in response to an analog input operation from the outside. Outputs analog operation information by. The operation information calibrating means processes the analog operation information to generate digitally calibrated analog operation information that calibrates the analog operation information.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a video game machine 1 as a whole, in which a game operation device, for example, a controller 3 is connected to a game processing device, for example, a game machine main body 2, and data is bidirectionally transmitted by a predetermined communication procedure. The game console body 2 is
A CD-ROM drive (not shown) for reproducing a CD-ROM and a microcomputer (not shown) for processing the reproduced game contents are built-in, and the game contents are displayed on the screen of a television receiver. To progress the game. Further, the game machine body 2 controls the display position on the screen based on the information on the digital and analog operations by the controller 3.

The controller 3 is an operation information calibrating means, for example, a one-chip microcomputer 4 for controlling the whole.
An operation information generating means, for example, an operation input analog switch 5 and an A / D converter 6, and a plurality of operation input digital switches 7 and 8 are arranged. By the way,
The analog signal S1 output by the analog switch 5 is controlled according to the operation amount in the joystick.

The one-chip micro computer 4 includes a parallel I / O interface port (indicated by PIO in the figure) 9 and a microprocessor (indicated by CPU in the figure).
10 and serial I / O interface port (in the figure,
11 (shown as SIO), a RAM 12, and a ROM 13 are arranged inside.

The controller 3 supplies the analog signal S1 output from the analog switch 5 to the A / D converter 6 to convert it into digital analog operation information, for example, switch data S2. The controller 3 reads the switch data S2 and the switch data S3 and S4 from the digital switches 7 and 8 into the microprocessor 10 via the parallel I / O interface port 9.

The controller 3 is the microprocessor 1
The switch data obtained by the arithmetic processing by 0 is sent as a received data packet to the game machine body 2 via the serial I / O interface port 11. This allows
The controller 3 can give one analog value and a plurality of digital values according to a user's operation to the game machine main body 2.

The controller 3 serially communicates the transmission data packet sent from the game machine body 2 through the serial I / O interface port 11. The controller 3 detects the header portion of the transmission data packet using the header detection processing program stored in the RAM 12. When the controller 3 obtains the transmission data packet addressed to itself, the data in the data section is transferred to the microprocessor 1
It judges by 0. At this time, when the analog value calibration command is obtained, the controller 3 uses the analog value calibration processing program stored in the RAM 12 to switch data S.
Calibrate by converting 2 into the reference value.

As shown in FIG. 2, the header portion of the transmission data packet contains a protocol identifier indicating that it is a packet for the controller 3. The data part of the transmission data packet contains instructions for the controller 3. This command allows the controller 3 to calibrate the analog value. An identification number of the controller 3 (indicated by ID in the figure), a data length, and a data response confirmation element (indicated by ACK in the figure) are entered in the header portion of the received data packet. The data portion of the received data packet contains the current calibration analog operation information calibrated by the controller 3, for example, switch data.

Incidentally, the game machine body 2 and the controller 3
Between the data transmission signal line TXD for transmitting the transmission data from the game machine main body 2 to the controller 3 and the data transmission signal line RXD for transmitting the reception data from the controller 3 to the game machine main body 2. Connected by. Further, between the game machine main body 2 and the controller 3, a serial synchronous clock signal line SCK for extracting data from the data transmission signal lines TXD and RXD, a control line DTR for establishing and interrupting communication, and a large amount of data are transferred. It is connected by the flow control line DSR for flow control.

With the above configuration, the video game machine 1 operates according to the operation procedure shown in FIG. That is, when the user turns on the power or performs the reset operation, the video game machine 1 enters from the start step SP0 and moves to step SP1. At step SP1, the video game machine 1
When the communication function is set, a buffer area is prepared in the RAM 12, and the communication speed of the serial I / O interface port 11 is set to initialize it, step SP2
Move on to.

At step SP2, the video game machine 1 reads the analog value based on the current switch data S2 while the joystick is in a neutral state, and sets this value as a reference value. After that, the analog value converted based on this value is determined as the analog value to be given to the game machine body. For example, when the analog value range given from the video game machine 1 to the game machine body 2 is 0 to 255 and the analog value 120 obtained from the switch data S2 is obtained, the analog value 120 is converted to the central analog value 128. Other analog values based on the switch data S2 are similarly processed.

Then, in step SP3, the video game machine 1 transmits to the controller 3 the transmission data packet in which the command is input from the game machine main body 2. Further, the video game machine 1 transmits the received data packet containing the switch data from the controller 3 to the game machine body 2,
Move to step SP4.

At step SP4, the video game machine 1 determines the data section in the transmission data packet received from the game machine body 2 to determine whether or not there is an instruction to calibrate the analog value. If a negative result is obtained in step SP4, the video game machine 1 determines that there is no command to calibrate the analog value by the analog switch 5, and the step S
Move to P5.

At step SP5, the video game machine 1 reads a plurality of digital values by the digital switches 7 and 8 and an analog value by the analog switch 5. When the video game machine 1 packs the read switch data into the received packet data, it returns to step SP3 and repeats the above procedure. Here, if a positive result is obtained in step SP4, the video game machine 1 determines that it has received the instruction to calibrate the analog value by the analog switch 5, returns to step SP2, and repeats the above procedure.

In this way, an analog value calibration command is issued to the controller 3 each time the power is turned on or the reset operation is performed.
Then, the analog value by the analog switch 5 is calibrated. As a result, even if the analog signal S1 output from the analog switch 5 changes from the factory due to a change in the age, etc., the correct analog value can be transmitted to the game machine body 2. Therefore, the user's operation and the display position on the screen always match.

According to the above construction, the one-chip microcomputer 4 in the controller 3 calibrates the digital analog value obtained based on the analog signal S1 output from the analog switch 5 and calibrates it. By transmitting the analog value to the game machine body 2, it is possible to easily prevent the user's operation from deviating from the display position on the screen without adding adjustment parts after factory shipment.

In the above embodiment, the analog operating device 2 calibrates the analog value by the analog switch 5 when the analog device calibration command is given from the game machine main body 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to the case where the controller 3 itself calibrates the analog value by the analog switch 5 every time the power is turned on. Also in this case, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the CD-RO is used.
The case where the present invention is applied to the controller 3 connected to the game machine main body 2 having a built-in CD-ROM drive (not shown) for reproducing M has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the game content is a CD. -Instead of playing from the ROM, the present invention can be applied to a video game machine and a game operating device that receive data of game contents and progress the game.

Further, in the above embodiment, the data transmission signal line T is provided between the game machine main body 2 and the controller 3.
Although the case where the XD, RXD and SCK, and the control lines DTR and DSR are connected has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the game machine body 2 and the controller 3 are not connected by a signal line, and infrared rays or It can also be applied to the case of communicating analog operation information by ultrasonic waves or radio waves.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the digital value is digitally obtained by the operation input analog switch 5 and the A / D converter 6 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. With the configuration and method described above, the present invention can be applied to a case where digital analog operation information is obtained based on an analog input operation by a user.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the analog operation information by digital obtained from the operation information generating means is calibrated and calibrated by the operation information calibrating means provided in the game operating device. By transmitting the digitally calibrated analog operation information obtained by the digital camera to the game processing device, it is possible to easily prevent the user's operation from deviating from the display position on the screen without adding adjustment parts after factory shipment. A game machine and a game operating device can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a video game machine according to an embodiment of a video game machine and a game operating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a transmission data packet and a reception data packet.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an operation sequence of the operating device.

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[Submission date] March 24, 2003 (2003.3.2
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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A game processing device for processing game contents,
A video game machine that has a game operating device for operating the processing state and progresses a game by operating the game operating device, in accordance with an analog input operation from the outside to the game operating device. Operation information generating means for outputting analog operation information, and operation information calibrating means for performing arithmetic processing on the analog operation information to generate digitally calibrated analog operation information by calibrating the analog operation information. Video game machine to play. 2. The video game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game processing device has a reproducing function of a video recording medium in which the game contents are recorded. 3. The video game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game processing device processes the game content given from the outside. 4. The video game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game operating device calibrates the analog operation information by the operation information calibrating means when a calibration command is given from the outside. . 5. The video game according to claim 1, wherein the game operating device calibrates the analog operation information by the operation information calibrating means when the power is turned on. Machine. 6. The operation information generating means includes an analog switch for outputting an analog signal according to the analog input operation, and an analog digital converter, and the analog signal is applied to the analog digital converter to digitally convert the analog signal. The video game machine according to claim 1, wherein the video game machine is converted into analog operation information. 7. A game operating device for operating a processing state of a game processing device for processing a game content to advance a game, operation information for outputting analog operation information by digital in response to an analog input operation from the outside. A game operating device comprising: a generating means and an operation information calibrating means for calculating the analog operation information to generate digitally calibrated analog operation information by calibrating the analog operation information. 8. The game operating device according to claim 7, wherein the analog operation information is calibrated by the operation information calibrating means when a calibration command is given from the outside. 9. The game operating device according to claim 7, wherein the analog operation information is calibrated by the operation information calibrating means when the power is turned on. 10. The operation information generating means includes an analog switch for outputting an analog signal according to the analog input operation, and an analog digital converter. The analog signal is supplied to the analog digital converter to digitally convert the analog signal. The game operation device according to claim 7, wherein the game operation device is converted into analog operation information.