EP0983108A1 - Procede et appareil permettant de prendre part a un jeu - Google Patents

Procede et appareil permettant de prendre part a un jeu

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EP0983108A1
EP0983108A1 EP98922920A EP98922920A EP0983108A1 EP 0983108 A1 EP0983108 A1 EP 0983108A1 EP 98922920 A EP98922920 A EP 98922920A EP 98922920 A EP98922920 A EP 98922920A EP 0983108 A1 EP0983108 A1 EP 0983108A1
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Prior art keywords
screen
display
competitor
pictorial
position selected
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English (en)
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William Robert Constantine
William Constantine
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/50—Controlling the output signals based on the game progress
    • A63F13/53—Controlling the output signals based on the game progress involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/30—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
    • A63F13/33—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections
    • A63F13/338—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections using television networks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/20—Input arrangements for video game devices
    • A63F13/23—Input arrangements for video game devices for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
    • A63F13/235—Input arrangements for video game devices for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/20—Input arrangements for video game devices
    • A63F13/24—Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/40—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterised by details of platform network
    • A63F2300/409—Data transfer via television network

Definitions

  • the present invention comprises a method of conducting a pictorial competition and apparatus for conducting a competition of this type.
  • the method according to the present invention of conducting a pictorial competition comprises displaying upon a screen a pictorial display in which the notional position of an object is required to be indicated by a competitor, and superimposing upon said pictorial display upon said screen an indication of the position selected by said competitor.
  • Apparatus for conducting and for entering a competition of this type includes a display screen, means for displaying upon the screen the required pictorial display, and means for superimposing upon the display the indication of the position selected by the competitor.
  • the competition method and apparatus according to the present invention may take a wide variety of different forms, a common feature of at least the majority of such competitions is that the result, that is the success or failure of the entry, may if desired be seen as soon as the entry has been made .
  • the pictorial display may be displayed upon a television screen, a computer screen or a stand-alone screen such as a photographic screen, a wall-mounted screen or even a cinema screen.
  • the screen may be a personal screen located in the home of a competitor, for example the screen of a television set or of a computer, or it may be a larger screen located in front of an audience in a studio, theatre or cinema.
  • the screen is located in front of an audience in a television studio and intending competitors may be persons in that audience and/or persons watching the television program at some other location, for example at home.
  • the game may be made available on a CD-ROM installed in a private competitor's own computer .
  • the display itself may be a simple photographically-projected, including back-projected, picture upon a conventional cinema- type screen but may, in various alternative forms of the invention, be a three-dimensional or stereoscopic image, a holographic image or a display in virtual reality.
  • the display when displayed upon a television screen, may be a received signal via a television transmission sent by radio or by a cable or satellite-dish route.
  • the display may be provided by a video player from a video recording, or by means of a play station.
  • the display may be conveyed to the screen by means of fibre optics or may be transmitted digitally.
  • the display When displayed upon a computer screen, the display may, as indicated, be on CD-ROM but may alternatively be a received display, for example sent by land-line or by radio, from a remote location or via the Internet, or from a general or specific program already installed in the computer.
  • the pictorial display may be a static or moving display.
  • the picture will usually, but not essentially, be stopped when the competitor is to enter the competition.
  • the display when an entry has been made by the application of an indication of the selected position to the display, the display may be caused to move on to provide a new image, in particular if the earlier entry is successful .
  • the pictorial display may be an authentic reproduction of a real view or photographic image but it may alternatively be a created or simulated display, for example in the manner of a cartoon or hand-created image or an image produced with the aid of computer graphics .
  • the "winning" position that is the position to be identified by a competitor, may be a position from which a part of the overall pictorial display has been removed. As an alternative, it may be a position selected by the creator of the competition upon a logical or arbitrary basis. For example, the position may be that from which the image of a football has been removed or it may be simply a position selected for some article against an artificial background.
  • the entry of a competitor in the competition be applied to the pictorial display electronically.
  • electronic means such as an electronic pen, a touch screen or a computer mouse, to transmit to the display screen an indication of the position selected by the competition entrant.
  • the competitor may specify his selected entry position in terms of coordinates associated with the pictorial display or shown upon a personal display, or simply by giving verbal instructions.
  • the position selected by the competitor as his competition entry may be indicated by means of a simple cross, or by a dot, for example, or by a representation of the omitted item, for example of a football .
  • the indication is of a multiplicity of adjacent markers, for example a multiplicity of crosses or dots, so that the competitor may thereby be given more than one opportunity of identifying the winning location in a single entry.
  • the indication may be of three-dimensional form.
  • each entry to establish whether or not the desired location has been correctly identified may be achieved by a simple visual check but it is much preferred that the checking be carried out automatically, that is electronically for example.
  • a visual, oral or audiovisual signal indicating success may be omitted automatically.
  • a television game show is of a general knowledge type, wherein competitors watching a television quiz show on their home television sets may compete by answering questions by telephone. A viewer successfully answering such a question or a given number of questions, or more questions than other competitors, may thereby qualify to attempt to win a special prize, awarded only to a competitor who is successful in a competition to which the present inve-ntion relates.
  • the required pictorial display may be shown upon a large screen in the television studio and the competitor may then guide a member of the studio team, for example the quizmaster, to mark a position on the display which is selected by the competitor. If the selection is successful, a significant audiovisual indication of that success may be given .
  • the competition incorporating the present invention may be wholly confined to a single personal computer, programmed to show the pictorial display (or a chosen one of several such displays) , to superimpose thereon an indication of the location which is the competitor's entry and to indicate whether or not that entry is successful .
  • the pictorial display may be sent to a competitor's television screen or to his computer screen from some central location, for example from a television studio or from an Internet site, and the competitor may then make his entry by sending a signal to the central location, for example by keying in selected coordinates on a keyboard or by means of a computer mouse or by a touch-screen method.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Controls And Circuits For Display Device (AREA)
  • User Interface Of Digital Computer (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé permettant de prendre part à un jeu en représentation graphique. Ce procédé consiste à afficher sur un écran une image dans laquelle un objet ne figure pas et à superposer à cette image une possibilité d'emplacement dudit objet sélectionnée par un joueur. L'écran peut être un écran de télévision ou d'ordinateur et l'entrée du joueur peut être appliquée à l'écran par voie électronique, par exemple par utilisation d'un photostyle, d'un écran tactile, d'une souris ou d'un clavier d'ordinateur.
EP98922920A 1997-05-21 1998-05-20 Procede et appareil permettant de prendre part a un jeu Withdrawn EP0983108A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9710388 1997-05-21
GBGB9710388.1A GB9710388D0 (en) 1997-05-21 1997-05-21 Competition method and means
PCT/GB1998/001457 WO1998052663A1 (fr) 1997-05-21 1998-05-20 Procede et appareil permettant de prendre part a un jeu

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EP0983108A1 true EP0983108A1 (fr) 2000-03-08

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EP (1) EP0983108A1 (fr)
AU (1) AU741887B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA2290440A1 (fr)
GB (2) GB9710388D0 (fr)
WO (1) WO1998052663A1 (fr)

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WO2003007255A1 (fr) * 2001-07-12 2003-01-23 Tiernan Kevin W Procede destine a reunir des fonds, appareil destine a un jeu et moyen destine a mettre au point un jeu
GB0209111D0 (en) * 2002-04-22 2002-05-29 Constantine William R Improved form of competition

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AU741887B2 (en) 2001-12-13
WO1998052663A1 (fr) 1998-11-26
GB9926105D0 (en) 2000-01-12
GB2339130A (en) 2000-01-12
AU7538498A (en) 1998-12-11
GB9710388D0 (en) 1997-07-16
GB2339130B (en) 2002-07-03
CA2290440A1 (fr) 1998-11-26

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