JP4465643B2 - Image processing device, electronic game device, and storage medium for video game machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image processing device, and more particularly to an image processing device that executes a program for a video game device.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be suitably used not only for a soccer player but also for a player training simulation of a ball game in which a game simulation is performed without depending on a controller key operation by a player.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, many simulation games have been provided as game programs for game devices, particularly home video game machines. The purpose of the simulation game is to compete with other people or a computer for the superiority or inferiority of the game while experiencing action games such as fighting between persons appearing in the game, driving competitions, and sports competitions. Especially in sports competition simulation games using ball games, the player controls the behavior of characters such as persons appearing as players by operating multiple keys provided on the controller for giving operation signals to the game machine body. can do. The ball can be moved by the movement of the character.
[0003]
Here, for example, in a normal soccer game, one of a plurality of players is selected, and the selected player is operated by key operation of the controller to perform dribbling, passing, shooting, etc. of the ball. ing. That is, the movement of the ball is left to the key operation of the player's controller.
[0004]
In a normal soccer game, the development of the game itself is the main position, and therefore it involves key operations by the player's controller from the start of the game to the end of the game. However, in the breeding simulation game, the game development is often automatically performed by the computer.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional method of sequentially calculating and displaying, such game development (game) also displays all game progress on the screen. In this case, there is a possibility that the game time becomes long and the player is bored.
[0006]
Although there are some that display at double speed to shorten the time or notify only the game result, even if the displayed game itself is not important, it is difficult to grasp the personal results of other troops, etc. There is also a possibility to do. This is because the result of the game may change by reporting only the result at double speed. In addition, although the screen is displayed with camerawork that resembles a TV broadcast, since the game is represented in real time in the past, this camerawork cannot follow the ball and displays an unsightly screen. Sometimes.
[0007]
In addition, the conventional sequential calculation and display method is different in two cases when the player receives the ball by a key operation of the controller and performs dribbling or the like from a movement such as a parabola movement that can be calculated physically. There may be a sense of incongruity because there is no connection to the continuous points of movement. For example, the ball is displaced to the player's feet at the moment of trapping the ball, which has moved parabolically, near the player's head. Since the starting point for dribbling the ball has been determined at the foot of the player, such a momentary movement of the ball occurs.
In addition, the player can freely control the player by key operation of the controller, but the ball tries to move with a natural motion that can be physically calculated, so there is a positional error between the two. In order to eliminate the error, a physically impossible ball movement may occur. For example, when a player passes a player on the left side with the right foot, the player may pass through the left foot of the player on the pass side.
Further, the movement of the character operated by the player is determined by the data selected by the player's operation from the prepared motion data,
For example, in order to reproduce all human movements, a huge amount of motion data is required, and the storage capacity provided in game machines and personal computers is not sufficient.
[0008]
In consideration of the above facts, the object of the present invention is to make it possible to select and display the motion state of a moving object and a motion character in a scene without any sense of incongruity even with a limited amount of data.
[0009]
In particular, not only in soccer, but in ball game player training simulation games, it is possible to select and display on the screen the main parts of the game that do not depend on the key operation of the controller, and to optimize the camera work during the game An object of the present invention is to obtain an image processing apparatus capable of achieving the above.
[0010]
Another object of the present invention is to obtain an image processing apparatus that can eliminate the unnatural movement of the ball by matching the connection between the natural movement of the ball and the movement of the player.
[0011]
Furthermore, in addition to the above object, it is an object to obtain an image processing apparatus capable of eliminating a physically impossible ball movement.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
1st invention has the image processing means which implement | achieves the image processing operation | movement which enabled the motion character which operate | moves to move the moving body on a screen, and this moving body to be able to give the thought-calculated special motion In the image processing apparatus, the image processing means recognizes the motion state of the moving body and the motion character in the scene before reproducing each scene by separating a series of scenes on the screen, and There is selection display means for selectively displaying a part as a digest from the inside.
[0013]
In the first invention, since a scene to be reproduced can be recognized in advance, an important part can be recognized and can be selected and displayed as a digest, so that a summary of display contents can be quickly grasped. In addition, since the actual playback scene is edited, the outline or the like does not change depending on the digest.
[0014]
Further, the second invention is an image processing means for realizing an image processing operation capable of giving a thought-calculated special operation to a moving object on the screen and a motion character that operates to move the moving object. In this image processing apparatus, the image processing means recognizes the operating state of each scene before the playback of each scene by separating a series of scenes on the screen, and is displayed on the screen and can be physically calculated. There is provided a movement trajectory correcting means for correcting the physically computable movement trajectory so that the connection point from the movement of the moving object to the movement of the moving object by the motion character is matched.
[0015]
In the second invention, since the scene to be reproduced can be recognized in advance, an important part can be recognized, and the movement of the moving body by the motion character can be moved from the movement of the moving body that can be calculated physically. The physical movement trajectory of the moving body can be corrected from the initial speed or the like before reproduction so as not to give a sense of incongruity to the connection.
[0016]
Further, the third invention provides an image processing means for realizing an image processing operation capable of giving a thought-calculated special action to a moving object on the screen and a motion character that moves to move the moving object. The image processing means includes a moving body displayed on the screen, recognizing an operation state of the scene before reproducing each scene, with a series of scenes on the screen as a break. An image processing apparatus comprising synchronization means for synchronizing the motion character's motion based on the start point, end point, movement time from the start point to the end point of the moving object, and the number of relay points.
[0017]
In the third invention, since a scene to be reproduced can be recognized in advance, an important part can be recognized, and the movement of the motion character is determined based on the moving object start point, end point, moving time from the start point to the end point, and relaying. Since it can be synchronized based on the number of points, there is no movement movement that is physically impossible to match.
[0018]
Here, in the first to third aspects of the invention, the series of scene breaks is characterized in that it is a timing at which time discontinuity occurs or a timing at which the display on the screen fades out or fades in.
[0019]
For this reason, a continuous screen is not interrupted.
[0020]
4th invention is an image processing apparatus provided with the soccer training simulation game program which implement | achieves the image processing operation | movement which can give a special operation | movement to the player on a screen or a ball | bowl according to a player's key operation, , Using a series of scenes on the screen as a delimiter, an operation state recognition unit that recognizes the operation state of each scene before reproduction of each scene, and a goal scene and a foul scene based on the operation state recognized by the operation state recognition unit A selection display means for condensing the whole game and displaying it as a digest, and a physical calculation of the ball displayed on the screen and calculated physically based on the action state recognized by the action state recognition means The movement trajectory of the physically calculable ball is corrected so that the movement end point position matches the player's receiving position of the ball. The movement trajectory correction means and the movement state recognized by the movement state recognition means move the ball displayed on the screen and the movement of the player from the start point, the end point, and the start point to the end point of the ball. Synchronization means for synchronizing based on time and the number of bounds.
[0021]
The fourth invention is to solve the development of the soccer game calculated by thinking and the discomfort on the screen in the entanglement between the ball and the player in the soccer training simulation game. Using the scene as a delimiter, the operating state of the scene is recognized before the playback of each scene.
[0022]
As a result, the entire game can be condensed and displayed as a digest, and the movement trajectory of the ball can be corrected so that the movement end point position of the ball coincides with the receiving position of the player and displayed on the screen. And the movement of the player can be synchronized based on the start point, end point, movement time from the start point to the end point, and the number of bounds.
[0023]
In the fourth aspect of the invention, the series of scene breaks are a first half, a second half of the game, an extended game end timing, a ball lineout timing, a foul timing, and a goal timing. For this reason, there is no trouble which interrupts a game.
[0024]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows the main body of a game apparatus 250 to which the image processing apparatus of the present invention is applied.
[0025]
On the upper surface of the game apparatus 250, a circular cover 252 that can be opened and closed is provided in the center, and a power switch 254 and an open / close switch 256 are provided on the left and right. The cover 252 has a structure that opens when the open / close switch 256 is pressed.
[0026]
When the cover 252 is open, a CD-ROM or the like as a storage medium storing a game program can be attached to the game device 250. In addition, the storage medium may be other media such as a DVD. It also includes communication media such as the server on the Internet and personal computer communication.
[0027]
Four connectors 258 are provided on the front side surface of the game apparatus 250. A connector 240 on the controller 220 (see FIG. 2) described later can be connected to the connector 258, and a maximum of four controllers 220 can be connected.
[0028]
As shown in FIG. 2, the controller 220 that can be connected to the connector 258 is provided with a start button 222 at the lower center of the front operation surface. An analog direction key 224 and a digital direction key 226 for instructing directions are provided on the left side of the front side operation surface. Further, four instruction buttons 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D are provided on the right side of the front side operation surface.
[0029]
Note that a left instruction lever (not shown) is provided on the operation surface on the back side of the handle portion 230L of the controller 220, and a right instruction lever (not shown) is provided on the operation surface on the back side of the handle portion 230R. Yes.
[0030]
The start button 222 is a type of instruction button that allows a single instruction to be input by pressing it once. Since the start button 222 is provided at the lower center of the front side operation surface, it is difficult to press frequently, and is used mainly for instructions that do not need to be pressed during the game, such as a game start instruction.
[0031]
The analog direction key 224 performs a continuous direction instruction that can indicate a loose direction of 360 °, that is, a so-called analog direction instruction, and the digital direction key 226 performs a discrete direction instruction of only eight predetermined directions, a so-called digital direction instruction. I do. The analog direction key 224 and the digital direction key 226 are provided on the left side of the front side operation surface, and the player usually operates with the thumb of the left hand.
[0032]
The instruction buttons 228A, 228B, 228C, and 228D are instruction buttons that can input a single instruction when pressed once. These instruction buttons 228A, 228B, 228C, and 228D are provided on the right side of the front-side operation surface, and the normal player operates with the thumb of the right hand.
[0033]
The left instruction lever and the right instruction lever, which are not shown, can input an instruction amount that changes continuously by pulling forward. When the player holds the controller 220 with the left and right hands, the left indicator lever and the right indicator lever are rotated by pulling them to the laborious side with a thumb-like finger, for example, an index finger or a middle finger, according to the rotation operation angle. An instruction amount that changes continuously can be sent out.
[0034]
A slot 234 for loading a portable game and memory card (hereinafter simply referred to as a memory card, see FIG. 3) 200, which will be described later, is provided at the top of the controller 220. Each slot 234 has an upper and lower two-stage structure, and the memory card can be inserted into each slot 234 (see FIG. 4).
[0035]
A window 236 is opened in the upper part of the front side operation surface of the controller 220 so that a part of the memory card 200 mounted on the upper side can be visually observed.
[0036]
The connection cable 238 of the controller 220 protrudes from the left and right handle portions 230L, 230R to the player side. A connector 240 for connecting to the connector 258 of the game apparatus 250 is provided at the tip of the connection cable 238.
[0037]
As shown in FIG. 3, the memory card 200 has a small LCD (liquid crystal display) 204 provided on the upper surface of the case 202, and an operation button 206 provided on the lower part of the LCD 204. As the operation buttons 206, direction keys 206X and instruction buttons 206A, 206B, 206C, and 206D are provided.
[0038]
Connection connectors 210 and 212 are provided at the upper end of the case 200, that is, at the top of the LCD 204, and are usually hidden by the lid 208. Here, when the memory card 200 is used alone, the male and female connectors 210 and 212 are paired, and another memory card 200 can be connected by removing the lid 208.
[0039]
Further, guide grooves 214 are provided on both side surfaces of the case 202 of the memory card 200. Thereby, the controller 220 and the game apparatus 250 are smoothly inserted into the slots 234. FIG. 4 shows a state where the controller 220 is mounted. In the game according to the present embodiment, it is recommended to be used in this state, and the LCD 204 exposed from the window 236 is applied as a sub screen.
[0040]
Pointing tabs 216 are provided on both side surfaces of the case 202 of the memory card 200, and the memory card 200 can be attached and detached by gripping and pulling with the pointing tabs 216.
[0041]
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a state where game device 250 of this embodiment and home television monitor 280 (hereinafter simply referred to as monitor 280) are connected.
[0042]
On the monitor 280, one scene of game software programmed in a CD-ROM loaded in the game apparatus is displayed.
[0043]
A game applied in the present embodiment is, for example, a soccer training simulation game, where a player can enjoy the process of training a player as a soccer team manager. A baseball or a basket may be used instead of the sucker.
[0044]
Here, in the process of nurturing the players of the team of the own army, a league game is played, and there is a game with another army or a game between other armies.
[0045]
In the case of a game of the own army, a so-called competitive game is programmed in which the player controls the movements of the players selected by operating the various keys of the controller 220 and desires the game.
[0046]
On the other hand, in the case of a part of a game between the own army and another army, and a game between other armies, the game device 250 side performs thought calculation to constitute the game. Since this game result also affects the ranking of the own army, the game progress and result information is one of the elements for training.
[0047]
Therefore, in the present embodiment, when a game based on thought calculation is displayed on the monitor screen, it is displayed as a digest version. In order to display the digest version, it is necessary to know the situation of the game in advance. Therefore, the game is performed by thinking calculation. If there is a ball dead (line out, goal, foul, etc.) in the thinking calculation after the game starts, edit the progress up to this point and see the progress of the game. Pick up important scenes and display the edit screen. With this as one block, editing and display of the edit screen are repeated for each ball dead, so that it is possible to edit the game after grasping the game situation of each block.
[0048]
Also, since the calculation method is different between the movement of the ball (movement that can be physically calculated such as parabolic movement) and the movement of the ball due to the player's dribbling etc. in this editing screen, the ball position at these joints is It may shift. For example, in the past, when the ball has reached the position of the head of a player who has drawn a parabola, if the position at which the player starts dribbling is limited to the foot, the ball is instantaneously moved from the position of the player's head to the foot. There was a move. In this embodiment, as described above, since the situation of the game can be grasped for each block, when there is an error in the ball position as described above, the initial speed of the first parabola movement, the launch angle, etc. Is corrected in advance so that the ball reaches the foot of the player.
[0049]
In addition, by grasping the game situation for each block, it is now possible to set accurate live situation and camera work corresponding to situations that could not have been predicted so far, such as live broadcast by voice and camera work. .
[0050]
The operation of the present embodiment will be described below.
[0051]
FIG. 6 shows a control flowchart showing a flow of activation of game device 250.
[0052]
In step 300, it is determined whether or not a CD-ROM, which is game software described in the present embodiment, is loaded. If an affirmative determination is made, the process proceeds to step 302 and reading of data on the CD-ROM is started. First, the logo mark display is controlled.
[0053]
When this logo mark display control is completed, the routine proceeds from step 302 to step 304, where it is determined whether or not the start button 222 for starting the game has been operated. If an affirmative determination is made in step 304, the process proceeds to step 306 to read a soccer training simulation game program that is the basis of this game, and then this game is started in step 308. Thereby, the progress of the game is started, and the player can play by operating various operation buttons of the controller 220. Note that this game start can be resumed from the end of the previous game when the game progress state up to the present is recorded and this record is read out.
[0054]
Next, according to the flowchart of FIG. 7, the control when the execution of the soccer training simulation game program is started and the game simulation by the thinking calculation is started will be described.
[0055]
In step 350, a variable n, which will be a block number, which will be described later, is set to 0. Next, in step 352, it is determined whether or not the game starts. When an affirmative determination is made in step 352, the process proceeds to step 354, and the game thinking calculation is started (restarted). During this thought calculation, it is determined in step 356 whether or not there has been a ball dead scene, and in the case of a negative determination, the thought calculation is continued.
[0056]
If an affirmative determination is made in step 356, that is, it is determined that a ball dead has occurred, the process proceeds to step 358 and the thought calculation is interrupted. Because it is ball dead, interruption of thinking for a few seconds has no effect on the continuation of the game.
[0057]
While this thought calculation is interrupted, the nth block (initially the 0th block) is formed in step 360, and then in step 362, cut editing is performed based on the game situation in this nth block.
[0058]
That is, as shown in FIG. 8A, when a game has passed, an image related to a goal scene or a foul scene is captured, and the other images are cut. Thereby, an edited image as shown in FIG. 8B is formed.
[0059]
In the next step 364, ball position correction in the edited image is executed. That is, as shown in FIG. 9 (A), when the ball 12 flies on the head of the player 10 while drawing a parabola 14, if the trapping position of the player 10 is permitted only at the foot, The ball 12 must be moved to the foot. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9B, the edited image is corrected (correcting the initial speed and cutout angle of the ball 12) and the parabola 14 of the ball 12 is changed so that the ball 12 reaches the feet of the player 10. To.
[0060]
In the next step 366, live speech is selected and camera work is set. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, during thinking calculation, the camera angle that captured a large area around the goal was changed to an angle approaching the front of the goal. 10 (for example, as shown in FIG. 10, “Shoot to the upper left corner of the goal mouse! A keeper's reaction but it does not reach, Go-Go !!!!”).
[0061]
In the next step 368, the editing screen is reproduced. Here, since the time from the interruption of the thought calculation (step 358) to the reproduction of the edit screen (step 368) is about several μsec at each step, processing can be performed during the ball dead, and the player There is no sense of incongruity.
[0062]
In the next step 370, it is determined whether or not the game has ended. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 372, the variable n is incremented, and the process returns to step 354. Repeat the above process.
[0063]
If the determination at step 370 is affirmative, this routine ends.
As described above, in this embodiment, the game is divided into blocks for each ball dead, the image for each block is edited until the next block starts (until the thought calculation is restarted), the ball position is corrected, Since accurate announcements and camera work can be set and reproduced as a digest version, the player can surely grasp the game progress and results, and can enjoy it on a more realistic screen.
The present invention can be applied to other ball games such as a player training simulation game in baseball and basketball.
Examples of a series of scene divisions in baseball include each pitch, each batter, play ball, time, and the like. The operation to be operated is corrected so that the ball that should have been moved toward the face by the ball catching operation will fly to the chest.
An example of a series of scene divisions in a basketball is when a ball is dead, such as a ball, a fall, or a lineout. The operation to be operated is a ball catching operation, and the movement of the ball is corrected so that the ball that should fly toward the face flies to the chest.
[0064]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the first to third aspects of the present invention have the effect that the moving states and motion characters in the scene can be selected and displayed as a digest without feeling uncomfortable.
[0065]
In the fourth invention, the main part of the game that does not depend on the key operation of the controller can be selected and displayed on the screen, the camera work during the game can be optimized, and the ball The natural movement of the player and the movement of the player are matched, so that the unnatural movement of the ball can be eliminated, and the physically impossible movement of the ball can be eliminated.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a game apparatus to which an image processing apparatus of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a front view of a controller connected to the game device according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a front view of a memory card that can be connected to the game device or the controller according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state in which a memory card is mounted on a controller.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a situation when the game device according to the present embodiment is connected to a monitor and a game is progressing.
FIG. 6 is a control flowchart showing activation of game software applied to the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a control flowchart showing a screen display control routine of a game between other troops in the soccer training simulation game according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen editing state.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for performing ball correction.
FIG. 10 is a front view showing an example of announcement and camera work.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 players (motion characters)
12 balls (moving body)
14 Parabola 204 LCD
206 Operation Button 220 Controller 224 Analog Direction Key 226 Digital Direction Key 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D Instruction Button 250 Game Device 252 Cover

Claims (3)

An image processing apparatus including a soccer training simulation game program that gives a special action to a player or a ball on a screen and displays the special action on the screen,
A thinking calculation means for performing a thinking calculation of a game simulation by the soccer training simulation game program;
Delimiter recognition means for recognizing a delimiter of a series of scenes in the game during the thought calculation by the thought calculation means;
Interruption means for interrupting the thought calculation by the thought calculation means when the break is recognized by the break recognition means;
An operation state recognition means for recognizing an operation state of each scene in a series of scenes divided by the division during interruption of the thought calculation;
While the thought calculation is interrupted, based on the operation state recognized by the operation state recognition unit, the series of scenes are cut and edited to form an edited image so that at least a part of the goal scene or the foul scene is included. Forming means;
While the thought calculation is interrupted, the movement trajectory of the ball is set so that the movement end point position of the ball by the calculation of the movement trajectory in the edited image formed by the forming means coincides with the receiving position of the player who receives the ball. A movement trajectory correcting means for correcting,
Playback means for playing back the edited image whose movement trajectory has been corrected by the movement trajectory correction means;
Resuming means for resuming the thought calculation by the thought calculating means;
An image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the separation is a line-out of a ball, a goal, or a foul.   An electronic game device comprising the image processing device according to claim 1.

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