JPH0385995A - Game information recording system and game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain various kinds of interesting games through the use of a recording information medium by recording two kinds of original audio signals and a game device control signal controlling a game onto one audio track. CONSTITUTION:The game information recording system is provided with a filter means 64 filtering an audio reproducing signal from a game information recording medium VT recording 1st original audio signal, a 2nd original audio signal and a game device control signal at a 1st frequency band and extracting the 1st audio signal, a 1st audio output means 66 amplifying a filtered 1st audio signal and outputting the 1st original audio signal, a tuning means 70 receiving the audio reproduction signal and extracting the 2nd audio signal tuned with the carrier, a detection means 72, 2nd audio output means 74, 76, and a game device drive control means 78 applying drive control so as to make the game into a different operation based on the presence of the 2nd audio signal and the AM modulation signal. Thus, the two kinds of original audio signals and the game control signal controlling the game device are recorded onto one audio track and interesting games are implemented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a game information recording method for recording game information and a game device using the same recording method.

[Prior Art] Various attempts have been made to imitate play objects such as toy dolls and bears by moving them and generating sounds to imitate them as real humans, bears, and the like.

For example, there is a game device in which a sound detection means for detecting sound and a drive means for moving according to the level of the detected sound are built into the game body. When you listen to music from outside, you can enjoy the game body making interesting movements that seem to correspond to the music.

However, in this case, since the game object is simply made to move in accordance with the sound level, it can only make monotonous movements, and the game object lacks interest.

In addition, there are games in which a tape recorder is built into the game body to generate various sounds and voices, and to synchronize the movement of the game body with the sounds and voices. This gaming device allows advanced operations in which voice and movement are completely synchronized.

However, since it contains an expensive tape recorder, it has the problem of being quite expensive as a toy. There was also the problem that a special tape had to be used for miniaturization.

Furthermore, there are gaming machines that have a built-in sub-audio receiving device for bilingual broadcasting, and add the sounds and voices emitted by the gaming machine to the sub-audio of the television broadcast signal, thereby emitting sounds and voices from the gaming machine.

However, with this gaming device, although voices and sounds can be freely emitted from the gaming device, it is not possible to move the gaming device, so there is a lack of interest.

Furthermore, since an expensive sub-audio receiving device must be used, there is a problem in that the toy is quite expensive.

[Problem II to be Solved by the Invention] In this way, various attempts have been made in the past to imitate toy dolls, bears, and other play objects by moving them and making sounds, thereby imitating them into real humans, bears, etc. However, they lacked interest and were too expensive to be used as toys.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and provides a game information recording method suitable for causing a game body to generate sounds and voices and make movements, and a game device using the same game information recording method. The purpose is to

[Means for Solving the Problems] The game information recording method according to the present invention records a first original sound as a first audio signal in a first frequency band, and records a second original sound as a first audio signal in a second frequency band. A predetermined frequency and several signals within the band are used as a carrier wave, and the carrier wave is AM-modulated by the second original sound and recorded as a second audio signal, and a game body control signal for controlling the game body is recorded as a second audio signal. It is characterized in that recording is performed based on the presence or absence of the carrier wave in the signal and the presence or absence of the AMR tone of the carrier wave.

Further, the gaming device according to the present invention uses the above-mentioned gaming information recording method to transmit the audio reproduction signal of the gaming information recording medium in which the first original audio, the second original audio, and the gaming body control signal are recorded into the first frequency band. a first audio output means for amplifying the first audio signal subjected to the R wave by the r-wave and outputting the first original audio; a tuning means for inputting the audio reproduction signal of the game information recording medium and tuning to the carrier wave to output the second audio signal; and AM modulation for demodulating and AM-modulating the second audio signal extracted by the tuning means. a detection means for outputting a signal;
second audio output means for amplifying the AM modulated signal demodulated by the detection means and outputting the second original audio;
A second audio signal from the tuning means and an AM modulation signal from the detection means are input, and the gaming body is driven to perform different operations based on the presence or absence of the second audio signal and the presence or absence of the AM modulation signal. The present invention is characterized by comprising a game body drive control means for controlling the game body.

[Function] According to the game information recording method of the present invention, two types of original sounds and a game object control signal for controlling the game object can be recorded on one audio track. It is possible to play interesting games using the recorded information medium.

[Example] A gaming machine according to the present invention will be explained based on an illustrated example.

The principle of the gaming information recording system used in the gaming machine of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 1. In this embodiment, gaming information is recorded on a monaural audio track of a videotape. The graph in FIG. 1(a) shows the frequency characteristics of audio information recorded with gaming information.

Separated into main audio part below 7000Hz and sub audio part centered around 1000011z, 2 parts per track.
The original audio is recorded. The first original audio is directly recorded in the main audio part, and 10000H is recorded in the sub audio part.
AM modulation is performed using the second original audio using z as a carrier wave, and the signal is recorded.

Furthermore, control information for controlling the gaming machine, which will be described later, is recorded on this audio track depending on the presence or absence of a carrier wave and the presence or absence of AM modulation in the sub-audio portion. That is, as shown in FIG. 1(b), three modes of control can be performed depending on the presence or absence of a carrier wave and the presence or absence of AM modulation.

If a 10,000 Hz carrier wave exists but is not AM modulated, game control A is indicated, and if a 10,000 Hz carrier wave exists and is AM modulated, game control B is indicated.
, and if there is no 10,000 Hz carrier wave (of course, no AM modulation is performed), game control C is indicated.

As described above, according to the game information recording method of this embodiment, two original sounds and game control information can be recorded on one audio track.

In the gaming machine according to this embodiment, audio and gaming control information are recorded on the audio track of the videotape using the gaming information recording method described above.A gaming information recording device using the gaming information recording method used in this embodiment is shown in FIG. .

The first original audio to be recorded in the main audio portion is input from the tape recorder 10 or the microphone 12. The input first original sound is amplified by the amplifier 14 and then passed through the low-pass filter 16.
to cut frequency components higher than 7000Hz,
Only low frequency components below 000Hz are subjected to r-waves.

On the other hand, the second original audio to be recorded in the sub audio portion is input from the tape recorder 20 or the microphone 22. The input second original sound is amplified by the amplifier 24 and output to the 10 KHz modulation section 26. 10+1ZRi11 part 26 is,
This is for inputting control information to the above-mentioned gaming machine. The 10 KHz modulator 26 is provided with control information input switches 26A, 26B, and 26C for inputting control information.

When the control information input switch 26A is turned on, even if the second original audio is input, the 10 KHz modulator 26 outputs a sub audio signal of only a 10 KHz carrier wave so as to record the control A mode.

When the control information input switch 26B is turned on, 10KHz
The 'RW@ unit 26 outputs a sub-audio signal obtained by AM-modulating a 10 KHz carrier wave with the second original audio so as to record the gaB mode. Control information input switch 26
When C is turned on, even if the second original audio is input, 1
The 0 KHz modulation section 26 is configured not to output a 10 KHz carrier wave (also not to perform AM modulation on the second original sound) so as to record a mode called control C.

The output signal from the 10KH2 modulator 26 is filtered by a bypass filter 28, in which the main audio portion below 7,000 Hz is cut, and only the sub audio portion centered around 10,000 Hz is converted into a P wave.

The main audio signal output from the low-pass filter 16 and the sub-audio signal output from the bypass filter 28 are mixed by a mixer 30. The game information mixed by the mixer 30 is recorded on the audio track of the videotape VT by the videotape recorder 32.

Note that the image game information is created simultaneously or separately and recorded on the image track of the videotape VT.

A gaming machine operated using the videotape VT created in this manner will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

The appearance of the gaming system using the gaming device of this example is shown in the third section.
This gaming system shown in the figure includes a video tape recorder 40 that plays back a video player 7VT on which gaming information is recorded.
A television receiver 8142 is connected to the television receiver 42, and a gaming device 50 is provided to the television receiver 42.

The gaming device 50 includes a speaker 5 for generating main audio.
2 and an ecological stuffed animal 54 which is a game object,
A small speaker 56 for generating sub-sound is housed inside the stuffed animal 54. Wiring 60 from the earphone plug 58 is connected to the speaker 52, and the speaker 52
and the stuffed animal 54 are connected by wiring 62. The earphone plug 58 of the gaming machine 50 is connected to the earphone jack 42a of the television receiver 1142.

Details of the gaming machine 50 will be explained using the block diagram of FIG. 4.

A low pass filter 64 is provided from the earphone plug 58 via wiring 60. The main audio portion of 7000 tlz is extracted from the audio reproduction signal by the low-pass filter 64.
The following frequencies are r-waved. The main audio portion that has been r-waved by the low-pass filter 64 is amplified by the amplifier circuit 66, and the main audio is emitted by the speaker 52.

A circuit inside the stuffed animal 54 is connected to the earphone plug 58 via a wiring 62. The tuning section 70 tunes the input audio reproduction signal to a carrier wave with a frequency of 10 KHz and extracts a sub-audio signal.The sub-audio signal extracted by the tuning section 70 is detected by a detection section 72 and converted into an AM modulated signal. Output. This AM modulated signal becomes sub-audio. l0 to the AM modulated signal demodulated by the detection section 72
If even a small amount of KHz carrier wave remains, 1.
Since the 0 KHz sound overlaps, the 10 KHz carrier wave is removed by the low-pass filter 74.

After removing the sound, it is amplified by the amplifier circuit 76, and a sub-sound is emitted by the small speaker 56 built into the stuffed animal 54.

The motor control section 78 is for controlling the movement of the stuffed animal 54, and inputs the output signal of the tuning section 70 and the output signal of the detection section 72, and detects the presence or absence of a carrier wave according to the output signal from the tuning section 70, and the detection section. The drive control mode of the stuffed animal 54 is determined based on the presence or absence of AM modulation by the output signal from the stuffed animal 72.

In other words, if a carrier wave exists but is not AM modulated, it is determined that it is the gaming side 611A, and if a carrier wave exists and is AM modulated, it is determined that it is gaming control B, and if there is no carrier wave and it is AM modulated, it is determined that it is the gaming side 611A. If it is not modulated, it is determined that the game control is C.

The motor drive unit 80 drives the motor 82 based on the game control determined by the motor drive unit 78. In the case of game control A, the motor 82 is rotated in the forward direction, in the case of the game side wB, the motor 82 is rotated in the reverse direction, and in the case of game control C, the motor 82 is rotated in the forward direction.
stop.

Each part of the stuffed toy 54 moves differently depending on the direction of rotation of the motor 82 by a mechanism 84 connected to the motor 82. The details of the mechanism 84 are shown in FIG.
A pinion 84a is attached to the rotating shaft of the motor 82, and a gear 84c is attached to the pinion 84a by an arm 84b. When the motor 82 rotates, the arm 84b swings left and right depending on the direction of rotation.

The stuffed animal 54 includes a head movement mechanism 84P, a # left and right swing mechanism 84Q, and a mouth movement mechanism 84.
The drive gear 34Pa of the zero movement mechanism 84P, which is provided with three types of mechanisms called R, is a zero left and right swinging mechanism that is directly provided on the binion 84a so that it always rotates when the motor 82 rotates. 84Q is provided on the left side of the motor 82, and a zero-mouth movement mechanism 84R is provided on the right side of the motor 82. When the motor 82 rotates forward and the arm 84b swings to the left, the drive gear 84Qa meshes with the gear 84c and is moved. When the motor 82 rotates in reverse and the arm 84b swings to the right, the drive gear 84Ra meshes with the gear 84C and is moved.

With such a mechanism 84, as shown in FIG. In the case of game control B in which the body is moved from side to side, ■ the motor 82 is rotated in reverse, the stuffed toy 54 moves its head by the head movement mechanism 84P and its mouth by the mouth movement mechanism 84R, and ■ the game in which the motor 82 is stopped. In case of control C,
The stuffed animal 54 stops moving.

As game information, for example, as shown in Figure 7, the words "Kuma-chan is fine" are first recorded in the main audio portion of the audio track of the videotape VT, and then the words "I am fine" are recorded in the sub-audio portion. is recorded, then silence is recorded for a short time in the sub-audio portion, and then only the carrier wave is recorded.

An image of a child moving in synchronization with the main audio is recorded on the image track of the videotape VT.

When the videotape VT on which such gaming information is recorded is played back by the videotape recorder 40, as shown in FIG. Next, the stuffed animal 54 moves its head and mouth, and in synchronization with these movements, the small speaker 56 outputs a secondary voice saying "I'm fine" from the small speaker 52. Next, the stuffed animal 54 stops moving for a short time, then shakes its body from side to side and moves its head. In this way, the child and the stuffed animal 54 shown on the TV receiver 42 are actually having a conversation. be controlled as if it were.

In addition, the following operation examples can be considered using the gaming machine of this embodiment.

(1) When music or songs are played on the television receiver 42 and the speaker 52rpJ, the stuffed animal 54 moves its body from side to side to match the rhythm.

(2) When a quiz is given on the television receiver 42 and speaker 52 side, the stuffed animal 54 says the answer to the quiz while moving its body.

(3) When the television receiver 42 and speaker 52flll speak in Japanese, the stuffed animal 54 speaks in English.

In this way, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to control the stuffed animal so that it appears that the image in the television receiver fl and the stuffed animal are actually having a conversation. Furthermore, since the main audio and sub-audio can be output from different speakers, it is possible to enjoy a stereo effect using a monaural video tape recorder, making it possible to play games with a more realistic feeling.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various modifications are possible.

For example, in the above embodiment, game information was recorded on a monaural audio track of a videotape, but using a video tape recorder that can record and play back a stereo audio track,
The main audio and the sub audio may be recorded on separate audio tracks, or may be recorded on a high-fidelity audio audio track adjacent to the image track using a high-fidelity video tape recorder.

Further, in the above embodiment, the game information is recorded on the audio track of the video tape, but the game information recording medium is not limited to a magnetic tape such as a video tape, but can be recorded on any type of recording medium such as an optical disk such as an LD+CD. You may.

Further, in the above embodiment, a stuffed animal was used as the game object, but other types of game objects may be used.

For example, using vehicles such as cars and horses as game objects,
Alternatively, the game system of this embodiment may be installed in a place where people gather, such as a department store sales floor, and the television receiver and the game device can interact with each other. It may also be used for advertisements by advertising.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the game information recording method of the present invention, two types of original sounds and a game body control signal for controlling the game body can be recorded on one audio track. Also,
By using the recording information medium recorded by the game information recording method of the present invention, it is possible to play various interesting games with the gaming machine of the present invention.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanation/illustration diagram of the principle of the gaming information recording method of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a gaming information recording device using the gaming information recording method of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a block diagram of the gaming machine; Fig. 5 is a diagram showing details of the mechanism of the stuffed toy of the gaming machine; Fig. 6 is a diagram showing each game control in the gaming machine. An explanatory diagram of the mode, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of gaming information used in the gaming machine. In the figure, 10...Tape recorder 12...Microphone 14...Amplifier 16...Low pass filter 20...Tape recorder 22...Microphone 24...Amplifier 26 - 10KHz modulation sections 26A, 26B, 26C... Control information input switch 28... Bypass filter 30... Mixer 32... Video tape recorder 40... Video tape recorder 42... Television receiver 42a... Earphone jack 50... Game device 52...Speaker 54...Stuffed animal 56...Small speaker 58...Earphone plug 60...Wiring 62...Wiring 64...Low pass filter 66...Amplification circuit 70... Tuning section 72...Detection section 74...Low pass filter 76...Amplification circuit 78...Motor control section 80...Motor drive section 82...Motor 84...Mechanism 84a...Binion 84b ...Arm 84c...Gear 84P...Head movement mechanism 84Pa...Drive gear 84Q...Body left and right swinging mechanism 84Qa...
Drive gear 84R... Mouth movement mechanism 84Ra... Drive gear

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The first original audio is recorded as a first audio signal in a first frequency band, and the second original audio is recorded using a predetermined frequency signal within the second frequency band as a carrier wave; AM the carrier wave by the second original audio
A game body control signal for controlling the game body is recorded as a modulated second audio signal, and is determined based on the presence or absence of the carrier wave in the second audio signal and the AM of the carrier wave.
A game information recording method characterized by recording based on the presence or absence of modulation. 2. Using the gaming information recording method according to claim 1, filtering the audio reproduction signal of the gaming information recording medium in which the first original audio, the second original audio, and the gaming body control signal are recorded in the first frequency band. , filtering means for extracting the first audio signal; first audio output means for amplifying the first audio signal filtered by the filtering means and outputting the first original audio; and the game information recording. a tuning unit that inputs an audio reproduction signal of a medium and tunes to the carrier wave to output the second audio signal; and demodulating the second audio signal extracted by the tuning unit and outputting an AM modulated signal that performs AM modulation. detection means; second audio output means for amplifying the AM modulated signal demodulated by the detection means and outputting the second original audio; a second audio signal from the tuning means and a second audio signal from the detection means; The game device is characterized by comprising: a game device drive control means that receives an AM modulation signal and controls the game device to perform different operations based on the presence or absence of the second audio signal and the presence or absence of the AM modulation signal. A gaming device that 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein a video signal is further recorded on the gaming information recording medium, and an image based on the video signal is synchronized with the first original audio output from the first audio output means. 2. A game device, wherein the operation of a game object that is drive-controlled by the game object drive control means is synchronized with a second original sound output from the second sound output means.