JP5528664B2 - Card reading device used in card game device using game card printed with secret code pattern, card game device using them, and game card used in card game device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a card reading device used in a card game device using a game card printed with a secret code pattern, a card game device using them, and a game card used in the card game device.
In the present specification and claims, the secret code pattern means at least one effective code (10a) and a dummy code pattern (10b) printed around the effective code (10a). A code pattern consisting of
More specifically, the secret code pattern printed on the game card used in the card game apparatus according to the present invention is obtained by embedding several effective codes in a dummy code pattern. When the code pattern extracted from the game card placed at the designated position by the player is one of the valid codes, information linked (linked) from the code is reflected in the game content, The present invention provides a game card reader having a secret code pattern printed thereon, a card game device using the same, and a card game device using the same. It relates to the game card used.

For example, a two-dimensional code [QR code (registered trademark) or the like] or a one-dimensional code [bar code or the like] used in a card game device (hereinafter simply referred to as a code in the description of the present specification and claims). The game card on which the code information is printed is printed with a code representing the contents of the card, as shown in Patent Document 1 below, for example. For example, when a code printed on a beetle card is read by the game device, this code is a card that can be used by the game device, and the card is a card called a beetle. A two-dimensional code that can be recognized as such is printed.
For example, taking a general two-dimensional code as an example, in the four corners of this code, except for the lower right corner, in the cut out symbol mark (for example, QR code (registered trademark)) for clarifying the direction of the code. Is a double-line square mark that is slightly larger than the normal cell forming the code (in this application, it is referred to as “cutout symbol mark”), and the two-dimensional code reader uses these three cutouts. By recognizing the symbol mark, the code information consisting of the combination of the cells of the portion surrounded by the square including these three points is recognized as a batch of information, and the information necessary for the game is recorded. It is designed to be processed as code.
Thus, the game cards printed with conventional code patterns only have inherent function of the transmission of information necessary for the game, that utilizes the code pattern itself is printed on the card as an element of play It has never been done.

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The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to use the game card itself as an element of play in addition to the original function of information transmission necessary for the game. An object of the present invention is to provide a game card reader having a secret code pattern printed thereon, a card game device having the reader, and a game card used in the card game device .

The unit cell forming the secret code pattern according to the present invention is printed, for example, in an arbitrary arrangement on the entire surface of the card , leaving an appropriate margin, and somewhere in the unit cell is effective at a specified size. At least one code, usually several .
On the other hand, if the code is a two-dimensional code , for example , if the code is a two-dimensional code, a filter printed with the above three cut symbol marks is provided, and the cut symbol mark is superimposed on the code pattern printed on the card. Configured to be taken.
The player adds a play element to search for a code by moving the position of the card so that a valid code (code having meaningful information) is within the range surrounded by the three cutout symbol marks. This makes it possible to add fun that is not found in card games.
More specifically, when the player places a card so that a valid code fits within the rectangular area defined by the three cutout symbol marks, the game machine correctly understands the valid code. Can advance the game as expected, but otherwise the game machine will not be able to understand the code correctly, so the game will be interrupted for a certain period of time, for example, or an unexpected development of the player It is.
When the code to be used is a one-dimensional code, a sign indicating a valid code start point and end point is used instead of the cut-out symbol mark.
Thus, the above-described two-dimensional code cut symbol mark and the mark indicating the start and end points of the effective unitary code are collectively referred to as the mark indicating the area that the effective code (10a) should occupy.

In order to achieve the above object, a game card used in the game machine according to the present invention has a secret code pattern including at least one type of effective code and a dummy code pattern arranged around the effective code. It is printed .
For example, a two-dimensional code or a one-dimensional code is preferably used as the effective code.

The game card reader according to the present invention includes :
The table plate is provided which can be placed a game card printed with the secret code pattern,
The table board is provided with a transparent window having a shape substantially equal to the shape of the area occupied by the effective code in the secret code pattern printed on the game card,
When the code to be used is a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) , cutout symbol marks for specifying the range and orientation of the code to be read are arranged at the three corners of the window ,
In the lower space of the table board, an illuminating body for illuminating the game card placed on the table board from the lower side through the transparent window, and the transparent of the secret code pattern printed on the game card. A camera or a scanner that captures an image in which the cut symbol mark is superimposed on the pattern within the window range is provided.
When the code to be used is a bar code, that is, a one-dimensional code, a start point and an end point mark where a valid code should be placed are superimposed and another image is taken.

Furthermore, the card game device according to the present invention provides:
A game operation unit that is operated by a player and generates a game control signal; a reading device that reads data recorded on a game card possessed by the player; and a game operation control device. At least a CPU, a program memory, a storage device for recording various data necessary for the game, and a work RAM. A game program for game execution is installed in the program memory. The game program is calculated and executed in cooperation with the program memory and the work RAM in response to a game control signal from the unit, and the data recorded in the storage device and the game card reading device in the calculation process Using the data read by the In the card game machine but is configured to be deployed,
A game card in which a game card possessed by a player is used in a game machine is printed with a secret code pattern composed of at least one valid code and a dummy code pattern arranged around the valid code. A game card consisting of
The game card reader is the reader according to the present invention;
It is characterized by.

The present invention adopts the above-described configuration to cut out an effective code portion hidden in the secret code pattern printed on the game card on the window of the table plate of the reader, etc. when correctly placed to fit, the valid code is read, the read data is intended to be configured to be appropriately reflected in the game.
However , if the game card is misplaced , a dummy code pattern will enter the area indicated by the cutout symbol mark or the like in the window of the reader's table board, and the effective code in the secret code pattern Will not be read correctly.
Therefore, it is possible to compete whether or not an effective code can be read depending on how the game card is placed on the table board of the reading device. Also, if when a valid code in the secret code pattern in one game card is hidden multiple, to read those desired from them, it is possible to expand the game in the desired direction In addition to the original function of simply transmitting information, the code of the game card such as trying can be used as an element of play.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a secret code pattern printed on a card used in a card game machine according to the present invention and an effective code portion hidden in the secret code pattern;
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a part of the table plate of the card reading device according to the present invention as seen from the inner surface side,
FIG. 3 shows a game card in which the secret code pattern shown in FIG. 1 is printed on the outer surface of the table board shown in FIG. 2, and the effective code portion is placed in accordance with the cut-out symbol mark in the frame of the table board. Explanatory view showing this as seen from the inner surface side,
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the outer appearance of the table plate of the game card reader according to the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing the main part of the game card reading device according to the present invention ,
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the circuit of the card game apparatus according to the present invention .

1 to 5, 1 is a game card, 10 is a secret code pattern, 10a is a valid code, 10b is a dummy code pattern, 17 is a game card reader, 171 is a table board, and 171a is transparent A window , 171b is a cut-out symbol mark, 172 is a camera, and 173 is an illumination body.
FIG. 6 shows the circuit configuration of the card game apparatus 3 according to the present invention, in which 11 is a game operation unit, 12 is a display device, 12a is a display screen, and 13 is a game calculation control device. 13a is a CPU, 13b is a storage device such as a hard disk drive that also serves as a program memory, 13c is a work RAM, 13d is a ROM, 13e is a clock circuit, 14 is an image processing circuit, 15 is a sound circuit, 16 is a speaker, 17 is A game card reading device, 18 a fee collection device, 19 a communication circuit, 20 a data bus, 21 a central server device, and 21 a a database.

In the present invention, for example, it is possible to provide a game card reading device or card game device on which a secret code pattern is printed as in the following embodiments, and a game card used in them .
As the game itself, for example, a battle-type card game with a motif of a fictional life form can be adopted, and the game card used here is a rectangle of 53 mm × 74 mm, and the surface thereof is fictitious. The portraits of the creatures and various data used in the game are represented by numbers and symbols.
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a secret code pattern 10 including an effective two-dimensional code 10 a prepared for each content of the card 1 is printed on the back surface of the game card. In the secret code pattern 10 of FIG. 1, the center part surrounded by a gray frame for reference is an effective two-dimensional code 10a (in practice, the gray frame itself is not printed, and only the two-dimensional code 10a is printed in that part. Print). A dummy code pattern 10b is printed around the effective two-dimensional code 10a. As the distinction between the effective two-dimensional code 10a and the surrounding dummy code pattern 10b is difficult to the naked eye, the dummy code pattern 10b has a design similar to the effective two-dimensional code 10a , but different codes are used. It is drawn to represent .
In the case of a one-dimensional barcode, for example, a similar dummy barcode pattern is printed long before and after an actually valid barcode, and from where to where of the long barcode pattern, an effective barcode is printed. Print so that you do not know if it is.

The card game device according to the present invention has a card reader for capturing video information such as a CCD camera, in addition to the general specifications of game devices using cards currently installed and operated in the market, By placing the card at an appropriate location within the shooting range, a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) can be captured as video information.
That is, as shown in FIG. 5, a reading device 17 for a game card according to the present invention includes a CCD camera 172 inside a housing 174 and faces from the inside to the outside (from the bottom to the top). A table plate 171 having a transparent window 171a is attached between the outside of the housing 174 and the CCD camera 172 .
By placing the game card 1 on the transparent window 171a portion of the table plate 171 so that the back surface on which the secret code pattern 10 is printed faces downward, the CCD camera 172 can photograph the code pattern surface. It can be done. At the three corners of the four corners of the transparent window 171a, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 5, a general QR code (registration) that matches the size of the minimum unit cell of the code printed on the card is registered. Three cut-out symbol marks used in the trademark) are printed, and the CCD camera 172 captures a code on the back side of the card from a square window 171a including the three cut-out symbol marks 171b.
That is, FIG. 3 shows the effective code 10a in the secret code pattern on the back surface of the table board 171 viewed from the CCD camera 172 side and the back surface of the game card 1 visible through the transparent window 171a in the center. ing. At the three corners of the effective code 10a that can be seen through the transparent window 171a, cutout symbol marks 171b printed at the three corners of the window 171a on the table plate are overlapped. Reading is done.
On the back surface of the table plate 171, the periphery of the transparent window 171a is painted white.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, grit is drawn on the outer surface of the table plate 171 so as to assist accurate placement when the game card 1 is placed.

The game content of the card game apparatus 3 is based on a personal battle of a fictional life form, and the player selects a life form card that each player participates in the battle and causes the game apparatus 3 to read the card. It is possible to use the life form that has been used in the game.
What is read at this time is a QR code (registered trademark) indicating a card number, but the cell group constituting this valid QR code (registered trademark) is somewhere in the secret code pattern printed on the back side of the card. In general, a plurality of valid codes are written on one card 1.
The player changes the position and orientation of the card appropriately with respect to the three cutout symbol marks printed at the card placement position on the table plate 171 with the back side of the card to be used. The effective portion in the two-dimensional code printed on the back side is photographed by the CCD camera 172, and the game apparatus starts a program to recognize this in real time simultaneously with the photographing by the CCD camera 172 , and the valid code is recognized. If this is done, the fact is immediately notified on the display screen 12A of the game apparatus 3 , etc., to the player by means of images and voices of the imaginary life form linked to the recognized code and its ability and reflected in the game. I will let you.
In addition, while the code is being recognized, it is desirable to display the captured image on a monitor device so that it can be checked whether the card is tilted.

The player's life form and the opponent's computer or the other player's life form each act according to the AI program, and the status of this battle is provided to the player as needed by sound and video from the display device or speaker of the game device. Is done.
Based on these pieces of information, the player advances the game by operating the dial device of the game operation unit 11 to change the balance between attack and defense.
Each life form has a health point, the health point decreases due to damage due to attack, etc., and when the health point becomes 0, it becomes impossible to act and the life side is defeated.
The parameters listed on the card of the life form are name, classification, physical strength, attack power, defense power, special ability, and these are also used as management data in the game device. (Representative) is held in association with. Different codes other than the representative are set with different behavior patterns together with data that is slightly moved up and down based on this data.

If the code pattern photographed in the window 171a is not the valid code 10a but the dummy portion 10b, the code is not read as a valid code by the program on the game device side, and therefore the content is not played by the game. The characters such as “NG” are displayed on the display screen.

In the above example, the card number and identification code are two-dimensional codes, but may be barcodes (one-dimensional codes).
In the case of a bar code, marks indicating the start and end are printed on both ends of the window 171a of the table plate 171 as cutout symbol marks so that the portion sandwiched between them is photographed by a camera or the like.
For example, a bar code having a length of 1 cm is printed on the back side of the card over several lines, and the player slides the card up and down or reverses the card up and down so as to find an effective code.
Alternatively, an effective barcode portion of 1 cm may be searched out from a long barcode of about 4 cm.

Next, the circuit configuration of the card game apparatus according to the present invention for playing a game using a game card on which a secret code pattern is printed will be described with reference to FIG.
The game operation unit 11 of the card game apparatus 3 shown in FIG. 6 is operated by the player to execute the game, and generates a game control signal.
The image processing circuit 14 organizes a video signal for displaying a game image on the display device 12.
The sound circuit 15 digital / analog converts sound effects and other audio signals, amplifies them, and supplies them to the speaker 16.
The game calculation control device 13 is a computer that controls the operation of the entire card game device 3.
The CPU 13a in the game calculation control device 13 executes a game program recorded in a program memory 13b such as a hard disk drive, and performs calculation processing necessary to advance the game according to the program.
The work RAM 13c exchanges and records data necessary for the operation of the CPU 13a.
The ROM 13d stores character data, image data, audio data, and the like displayed on the display device 12 for a game, as well as various data and programs of a relatively small size necessary for backing up the operation of the CPU 13a. If the program memory 13b is a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk drive, character data, image data, etc. may be recorded there.
The clock circuit 13e is a circuit that oscillates a pulse signal for operation of a digital circuit in the apparatus and performs time management from the start of the game to game over, other time management necessary for the progress of the game, and the like.
A game program for game execution is installed in the program memory 13b, and the CPU 13a calculates the game program in cooperation with the program memory 13b and the work RAM 13c in response to a game control signal from the game operation unit 11. The calculation result is displayed on the display device 12 via the image processing circuit 14 as a game image.

  Furthermore, the card game device 3 according to the present invention is provided with the card reading device 17 shown in FIG. 5, and the player can cause the reading device 17 to read the effective code of the secret code pattern of the game card. If it is possible, the read code information is recorded in the storage device 13b, and the data is reflected in the game. For example, if a valid code in a secret code pattern printed on the back of a beetle card is successfully read, the physical strength, attack power, defense power of the beetle character that the player owns in the battle game, Special abilities will be enhanced.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the card game apparatus 3 according to the present invention is preferably provided with a communication circuit 19 and includes a new valid code that has never been in the secret code pattern of a newly issued game card. In this case, it is configured to be able to update by downloading new image data and other game data necessary for the new valid code from the database 21a of the central server device 21.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes all modified embodiments that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art from the above description within the scope of the object.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, in addition to the original function of simply transmitting information, the secret code pattern that can be used as an element of play is added to the game card code. Since it can provide a printed game card , its reading device, a card game device using them, and the like, it has great industrial applicability.

It is a top view which shows one Example of the secret code pattern which concerns on this invention, and the effective code | cord | chord part hidden by this. It is explanatory drawing shown in the state which looked at a part of table board of the reader of the secret code pattern which concerns on this invention from the inner surface side. The game code having the secret code pattern shown in FIG. 1 printed on the outer surface of the table board shown in FIG. 2 is included in the area defined by the cut out symbol mark in the window of the table board. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which looked at this from the inner surface side when putting it like this. It is a top view which shows the external appearance of the outer surface side of the table board of the reading device of the game card which concerns on this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional schematic diagram which shows the principal part of the reading device of the game card which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows one Example of the circuit of the card game apparatus using the game card based on this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game card 10 Secret code pattern 10a Effective code 10b Dummy code pattern 11 Game operation part 12 Display apparatus 12a Display screen 13 Game calculation control apparatus 13a CPU
13b Storage device 13c also serving as program memory Work RAM
13d ROM
13e clock circuit 14 image processing circuit 15 sound circuit 16 speaker 17 game card reader 171 table board 171a transparent window 171b cut out symbol mark 172 camera 173 illuminator 174 housing 18 fee collection device 19 communication circuit 20 data bus 21 Server device 21a Database 3 Card game device

Claims (5)

A game card (1) on which a secret code pattern comprising at least one valid code (10a) and a dummy code pattern (10b) printed around the valid code (10a) is printed is used. A card reader (17) used in a card game device (3), which has the following components:
(A) A table board (171) on which a game card (1) can be placed, and an outline shape of an area occupied by an effective code (10a) in a secret code pattern printed on the game card (1) The table plate (171) is provided with a transparent window (171a) having a shape substantially equal to that of the window plate (171a), and a sign indicating the region and direction in which the effective cord (10a) should be occupied is disposed inside the window (171a). .
(B) An illuminating body (173) for illuminating the game card placed on the upper surface of the table board (171) from the inside through the transparent window (171a).
(C) A camera (172) or a scanner for photographing a pattern within the range of the transparent window (171a) of the secret code pattern printed on the game card.
And a game card reader (17) on which a secret code pattern is printed. A game operation unit (11) that is operated by the player and generates a game control signal; a reading device (17) that reads data recorded on the game card (1) possessed by the player;
The game calculation control device (13) includes at least a CPU (13a), a program memory (13b), and a storage device (13b) for recording various data necessary for the game. ) And a work RAM (13c), a game program for game execution is installed in the program memory (13b), and the CPU (13a) receives a game control signal from the game operation unit (11). In response, the game program is calculated and executed in cooperation with the program memory (13b) and the work RAM (13c). In the calculation process, the data recorded in the storage device (13b) and the game card Using the data read by the reading device (17), the game is developed based on the calculation result. In the card game machine configured (3),
The game card (1) possessed by the player has a secret code pattern comprising at least one valid code (10a) and a dummy code pattern (10b) printed around the valid code (10a). The card game device (3), wherein the card game device (3) is a printed game card, and the game card reader (17) is the reader according to claim 1. A game card (1) for use with the card game device (3) according to claim 2. The game card (1) according to claim 3, wherein the valid code is a two-dimensional code. The game card (1) according to claim 3, wherein the valid code is a one-dimensional code.

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