JP3899516B2 - Electronic game system and electronic game device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Field of the Invention]
The present invention relates to an electronic game system, and more particularly to an improvement of an information input terminal device used in the electronic game system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A conventional electronic game system according to the present invention includes an information processing device that executes electronic information processing, a display device that displays information processing results, and an operation terminal device that sends operation information to the information processing device. .
[0003]
This operation terminal device sends input information from the player necessary for the electronic game to the information device. The information processing device executes a predetermined electronic game program and outputs the execution result to the display device.
[0004]
One such electronic game is an electronic game system that executes mahjong games. For mahjong play, a set of a plurality of players, or a set of a player and the electronic game device itself is created, and a mahjong game is realized according to known rules.
[0005]
As this type of mahjong game device, for example, there is one described in JP-A-11-267364. This mahjong game device is configured as follows.
[0006]
The mahjong game device includes a game machine body, a controller, and a television monitor. The controller includes a cursor key and a plurality of buttons, and transmits operation information of these cursor keys and buttons to the game machine main body 100.
[0007]
The game machine main body is provided with a CD-ROM accommodating portion for accommodating a CD-ROM in which mahjong game software is stored, and is connected to a television monitor as a display means by a cable.
[0008]
When playing a mahjong game among a plurality of players, game machine bodies are arranged and a display device is provided for each individual. Each person's display device displays each player's hand and discard, and naturally, the other person's hand is not represented.
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
It is necessary to arrange the player's game devices so that they are not visible to other players. Therefore, a space for arranging game devices is required for each individual player, and in a limited space, there is no other way than to make players adjacent to each other. could not.
[0010]
In addition, when a specific bag is selected as a discarded bag from among the steps displayed on the screen, there is an effort to select a specific bag on the screen by operating a key of the controller.
[0011]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic game system with excellent information secrecy for electronic games and an operation terminal device used therefor, even when players are adjacent to each other. It is.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electronic information processing device, a display device for displaying an information processing result for electronic play, and an operation terminal device for inputting operation information to the information processing device. In the game system, the operation terminal device includes a terminal device body and a screen covering at least a part of the display screen of the display device, and the screen can visually recognize the display screen of the display device from the front. The display screen is composed of materials, materials, parts, or the like that are difficult to see from the outside, and the screen is attached to the terminal body so that the screen can be placed close to the display screen while being separated from the display screen. It is characterized by that.
[0013]
According to the present invention, since the display screen of the display device can be visually recognized from the front of the screen and the display screen is difficult to visually recognize from outside the front, the display screen of information processing results is excellent in confidentiality. An image processing system can be provided.
[0014]
A more specific form of the present invention is as follows. The screen is connected to the terminal device main body from the display device side end of the terminal device toward the display device side. The installation angle of the screen is along the inclination of the display device.
[0015]
The screen has a width that can cover at least the lower part of the display screen. A main information processing result of information processing is displayed below the display screen, and the main information processing result is covered by the screen. The main information is an array of a plurality of unit information (for example, an array of mahjong tiles on the screen). The operation terminal includes an array of a plurality of switch means corresponding to the array of unit information. The arrangement of the switch means matches the arrangement of the unit information, and the arrangement of the switch means is arranged close to the arrangement of the main information.
[0016]
The switch means is a button switch, and this button switch is inclined and installed in the operation terminal device so that the inclination of the button switch when the button switch is pressed is equal to the inclination of the display device. Rotate to. The operation terminal device is configured to be detachable from the base.
[0017]
The present invention further includes an information processing system including a display device for displaying an information processing result and an operation terminal device for inputting operation information to the information processing device, further comprising a screen covering at least a part of the display unit, The display screen of the display device can be viewed from the front, the display screen is made of a material that is difficult to view from the front, and the screen is separated from and close to the display screen. It is characterized by being arranged.
[0018]
In addition, the present invention includes an operation table (18) having an operation means operated by a player, and a display unit (12A) provided to be inclined with respect to the operation table (18) and displaying a game image. A plurality of selection means (a mahjong tile image) that can be selected by the player are displayed on the display unit, and a plurality of selection means (corresponding to the plurality of selection items displayed on the display unit (12A)) ( The operation means includes a plurality of selection means, and the plurality of selection means are provided to be inclined with respect to the operation table (18) so as to be parallel or substantially parallel to the inclination of the display unit. It is related to the electronic game device. Here, the operation means refers to an operation terminal device body or a terminal operation device provided on the operation terminal device body, such as a button or a switch.
[0019]
Still further, the present invention provides an operation table (18) provided with an operation means operated by a player, a display unit (12A) provided to be inclined with respect to the operation table (18) and displaying a game image, A plurality of mahjong tiles images that can be selected by the player are displayed on the display unit, and a plurality of mahjong tiles arranged corresponding to the plurality of mahjong tile images displayed on the display unit (12A) The operation means includes a button simulating the shape of the display unit, and the plurality of buttons are provided to be inclined with respect to the operation table (18) so as to be parallel or substantially parallel to the inclination of the display unit. The present invention relates to a characteristic electronic game device.
[0020]
Still further, the present invention provides an electronic game device comprising an operation means operated by a player and a display section for displaying a game image, wherein the display section is a Mahjong tile selected by the player by operating the operation means. Fourteen images are displayed in a row, and the images of the mahjong tiles are displayed in groups of two, three, three, three, and three according to colors. The electronic game apparatus is characterized in that a plurality of images are provided corresponding to the images and the operation means are color-coded corresponding to the grouped colors.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic game system according to the present invention includes an operation terminal device 10 according to the present invention and an electronic game device main body (electronic information processing apparatus main body) 14 including a display device 12. The main body of the electronic game device has an electronic information processing device for processing image / audio information and the like, which includes a microcomputer for executing various information processing for electronic games. The electronic information processing device is housed in the base 16. ing.
[0022]
The base 16 includes a desk 18 and a chair 20. An operation terminal device 10 is placed on the desk. The display device 12 is inclined on the other end side of the operation terminal device and installed on the desk. The display image 12A of the display device 12 is inclined. The player sits on the chair 10 and operates the operation terminal device 10. An operation signal from the operation terminal device 10 is sent to the microcomputer in the main body 14.
[0023]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the operation terminal device includes an operation terminal main body 22 and a screen 24. As described above, when the operation terminal device is placed on the desk 18 and fixed thereto by fixing means (bolts or the like), the operation terminal device is electrically connected to the information processing device. Reference numeral 26 </ b> A is a stabilization plate for maintaining this fixed state when the operation terminal device main body 22 is fixed to the table of the desk 18. The stabilizer plate is a thin plate having a wing shape, and protrudes from both side surfaces of the operation terminal device main body 22 along the desk of the desk.
[0024]
The stabilization plate protrudes from the bottom surface of the operation terminal device main body, and when the operation terminal device main body is placed on the table, a storage hole is formed in the table (this storage hole is a shallow notch substantially matching the outer shape of the stabilization plate). The stabilizing plate can be accommodated in. In this way, the operation terminal device 10 is made to be replaceable with respect to the information processing apparatus body, that is, detachable. Therefore, it is sufficient to prepare a plurality of operation terminal devices having special key arrangements according to the contents of electronic play and information processing.
[0025]
The screen 24 of the operation terminal device includes a screen material 26 and a frame body 28 that stores the screen material. The frame 28 protrudes toward the screen 12A of FIG. 1 from the end of the terminal device main body 22 on the side opposite to the player. The installation angle of the frame 28 is inclined so that the angle of the frame 28 is substantially equal to the inclination angle of the display device 12 and the display screen 12A. The screen material 26 is stored in the frame 28.
[0026]
This screen material can be viewed by the player sitting on the chair 20 in FIG. 1, that is, the player who is in front of or almost in front of the screen 12A. For example, the player who controls the adjacent electronic game system realizes a semi-concealment means having a characteristic that the content of the screen 12A cannot be visually recognized. The image of the screen 12A is provided to the player in the line-of-sight direction from the front of the screen 12A, but the image information on the screen 12A cannot be provided to the player in the line-of-sight direction deviated from the line-of-sight by a predetermined angle. It has become. This screen material is called a visibility control film, and examples thereof include a visibility control film (LUMISTY MFZ-2555) manufactured by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
[0027]
4 and 5 are diagrams showing the positional relationship between the operation terminal device 10 and the display device 12. When the operation terminal device 10 is placed on the desk of the information processing device main body 14, the view control means 28 (view control film) of the frame 28 covers the lower side of the display screen 12A. What is covered by the frame body 28 is at least a part of the screen 12A, and particularly at least the lower side thereof.
[0028]
When the operation terminal main body 22 is arranged on the desk of the desk 18, the screen material 28 is slightly separated from the screen 12A and positioned so as to be substantially parallel to the screen 12A. The advantages of placing the screen material 28 away from the screen are as follows. Conventionally, the visibility control film is directly attached to a screen to be concealed such as an operation screen of a bank ATM machine. However, if the visual field control, visual field restriction, or visual direction restriction film is directly attached to the screen, the above-described viewing angle control function (visual field control function) cannot be sufficiently achieved. Therefore, in the present invention, the screen means is separated from the confidential screen with a slight distance so that the aforementioned viewing angle control function can be achieved.
[0029]
According to the present invention and this embodiment, since the screen material 28 described above is integrated with the operation terminal device body 22, the screen material can be obtained simply by placing the operation terminal device 10 on the table of the information processing device body. Can be immediately separated from the display screen to be concealed or a portion in the display screen with an appropriate distance. Here, the appropriate distance is a distance that is suitable for exhibiting the above-described visual field limiting function, and is a distance that is appropriately determined by those skilled in the art.
[0030]
The information processing apparatus main body displays the confidential information on a portion covered with the screen material on the lower side of the screen. Reference numeral 40 in FIG. 4 is an example of information to be kept secret, that is, main image information. This image information is a combination of tricks that only a player should know in an electronic mahjong game. As shown in FIG. 4, the image information can be viewed from the front of the visibility control film 26. On the other hand, when the line of sight is oblique, the main image information cannot be viewed as shown in FIG.
[0031]
The operation terminal device body 22 includes an input button for a specific game application. In this embodiment, it is an operation terminal device for an electronic mahjong game. The operation button is operated to execute the mahjong game. For example, there are control buttons such as reach, pong, chi, and ron, and a selection button 50 for selecting a specific selection in the manual as discarding. Information on pressing these buttons is sent to the image processing apparatus of the information processing apparatus main body.
[0032]
The selection button 50 is composed of 14 buttons corresponding to each of the 14 manual operations 40. The selection buttons are arranged in a line and are located near the screen material 28 and at the non-player side end of the operation terminal device. On the other hand, the image information 40 related to the above-described procedure is displayed at a position covered by the screen near the lower end of the display screen. The heel selection button 50 is close to the image information 40 indicating the arrangement of the hand pallet. The display size of each tile in the image information 40 is also similar to the size of the basket selection button 40. When selecting a specific hand on the screen, it is only necessary to press the eye selection button that is closest to the image information of the eye. As described above, this image information can be visually recognized by the player from the front direction of the display screen, but it is difficult or impossible to visually confirm from the oblique direction of the display screen.
[0033]
FIG. 6 shows a configuration in which the bag selection button is shown from the side. As shown in (1), before the 前 selection button is pressed, the button 50 is urged so as to be inclined in a shape closer to the vertical than the inclination angle of the display screen and is attached to the operation terminal device 22. Yes. When the player presses the button 50 from this state, the button rotates in the direction of the display screen around the shaft 52 against the bias and closes the contact point linked to the pressing of the button. In this state, the tilt angle of the button surface is substantially the same as the tilt angle of the display device 12.
[0034]
The bag selection buttons 50 are arranged in a line. The hand basket 40 is a set of three kites, and is composed of the four sets and the remaining set (two kites), and these sets are displayed on the display screen in a state of being color-coded. In the present embodiment, the same color as the color of the set on the display screen is assigned to the set of buttons. This color can be applied by using various means such as attaching a color sticker to the button, selecting the material constituting the button from colored resin, or providing the button with an electronic display means (light emitting diode). it can. As a result, the hand of a specific color on the screen can be easily selected with the button.
[0035]
The aforementioned operation terminal device can be replaced with respect to the control device main body. Therefore, it may be replaced with a specific peripheral device having a key layout that matches the game rules and the like. As compared with a case where a peripheral device having a general key arrangement is applied to all game applications, an information processing system with improved operability of keys can be provided.
[0036]
In the present invention, non-confidential information is displayed on a portion of the display screen that is not covered with the visibility control film. This non-confidential information includes information on discarding in the mahjong game.
[0037]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein, and includes modifications and improvements of the present examples without departing from the technical idea of the present invention. Information to be concealed includes information on the arrangement of a plurality of cards in the card game, in addition to information on the tricks in the mahjong game. Although the visibility control means is integrated with the operation input terminal device, it may be separated.
[0038]
It should be noted that the display unit is inclined with respect to the desk provided with the operation unit, the button imitating the bag is also inclined, and the button imitating the image of the bag displayed on the display unit and the bag is as much as possible. Arranging so that they are close to each other can reduce the movement of the eyes, and can easily perform game operations such as selection of a heel even in an easy posture while wearing an elbow on a desk.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic information processing system that can conceal a main information processing result, which is an information processing result, and an operation terminal device used therefor depending on the difference in viewing angle.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an information processing system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the operation terminal device.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an operation terminal device.
FIG. 4 is a front view of an operation terminal device arranged in front of the display device.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an operation terminal device arranged in front of the display device.
FIG. 6 is a side view of a heel selection button to show the structure of the heel selection button.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 operation terminal device, 12 display device, 12A display screen, 14 information processing device main body, 16 base, 18 desk, 20 chair, 22 operation terminal device main body, 24 screen, 26 screen material, frame 28, 40 main image information , 50 牌 selection button (switch means)

Claims (6)

In an electronic game device comprising an operation means operated by a player and a display unit for displaying a game image,
The display unit has a predetermined number of mahjong tiles at a position where the image of the mahjong tile selected by the player by operating the operation means is near the lower end of the display section and directly above the operation means. Are displayed in a single line without any gaps.
Said operating means, said is constituted by a plurality of switch means arranged in a row beneath a position of the image of these Mahjong tiles corresponding to the image of the mahjong tile and mahjong tile of the predetermined quantity It is the one that has been color-coded in the same way as each color-coding.
Electronic game device. The display unit is configured such that the image of the mahjong tile is composed of one set of two mahjong tiles and four sets of three mahjong tiles, and each group is displayed in a color-coded manner. is there,
The electronic game device according to claim 1. A screen provided to cover the image of the mahjong tile displayed on the display unit;
The electronic game device according to claim 1 or 2. The operation means includes an operation terminal on which a plurality of button switches corresponding to the arrangement of the images of the mahjong tile are arranged, and a main body arranged in a state where the plurality of button switches are inclined,
The display unit is provided in an inclined state with respect to the main body,
When the plurality of button switches are pressed, the plurality of button switches are configured to be rotatable so that the inclination of the plurality of button switches is equal to the inclination of the display unit.
The electronic game device according to claim 3. The screen covers at least a part of the display screen of the display unit.
The electronic game device according to claim 3 or 4. The screen is made of a material that can be viewed from the front and difficult to view from outside the front, and is disposed so as to be separated from the display screen and close to the display screen. Attached to the operating means,
The electronic game device according to claim 5.

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