JP2001212365A - Game system and game method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To play a game by specifying an opponent. SOLUTION: The iris data and competition record data of players are registered in a host device in advance. The iris data of a competition requester are generated by the biological feature acquisition section 16 and the biological feature data generation section 17 of a game terminal 10A and sent to the host device. The host device collates the iris data with the registered iris data, connects the game terminal 10A of the competition requester to another game terminal to play a game if it authenticates the competition requester, and sends the competition record data of the opponents to both game terminals.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system and a game method for playing a single game in a competitive manner between a plurality of game terminals connected via a communication line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a competitive game apparatus, two or more players play using a game image displayed on one screen. Therefore, since the opponents are friends or the like, it is not necessary to confirm the opponent. Recently, a competitive game system in which a plurality of game terminals are connected via a communication line, a common game image is displayed on each game terminal, and one game is played in a competitive format has been put to practical use. In this competitive game system, the game terminals are simply connected to play without knowing the competitor. After the play is completed, for example, if a high score is obtained, the game is simply left on the host side as battle record data. is there.

[0003]

As described above, if the player is not recognized, the level of the game often differs greatly, and it is not possible to know the presence or absence of the past game, so that the pleasure of the game is reduced by half. Would.

[0004]

The present invention is provided with the following structure in order to solve such a problem. That is, the present invention
The biometric characteristic data of the player and the game result data of the game are stored in advance in the storage unit in association with each other, and when the player executes the game, the game of the player is performed based on the biometric characteristic data of the player. Is read from the storage unit.

Further, the present invention is a system for playing one game in a competitive manner between a plurality of game terminals via a communication line, wherein biometric characteristic data is registered in correspondence with identification data of a plurality of players. A first storage unit, a second storage unit that stores battle record data for each opponent, a biometric feature obtaining unit that obtains a biometric feature of an opponent, and a biometric feature that is obtained. A biometric feature data generation unit that generates biometric feature data, an authentication unit that collates the generated biometric feature data with registered biometric feature data in the first storage unit, and authenticates a match requester; A terminal connection determining unit that connects the game terminals used between the match requesters in a playable manner, and the game result data that supplies at least the game result data of the other party in the second storage unit to each connected game terminal. Selector and And wherein the Mukoto.

[0006] In the present invention, a battle record data selection unit for fetching the battle record data of the battle requester from the second storage unit and transmitting the battle data to the game terminal corresponding to the battle requester; Provided, an opponent designation unit that outputs a past opponent indicated by the received own performance data as opponent designation data, and determines whether there is a competition request from the opponent's game terminal indicated by the opponent designation data, Connection instructing means for instructing the terminal connection determination unit to connect to the game terminal when a match request is made; Means, provided on the game terminal, when receiving a notice of impossibility, creates challenge data for the opponent,
A challenge data generating means for outputting the challenge data and a challenge control unit for receiving a challenge data and notifying a notification destination to an opponent of a challenge may be further provided.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. <Embodiment 1> FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a game system according to the present invention. This system includes a plurality of game terminals 10A to 10Y connected to a communication line 1 and a host device 20. Each game terminal is connected to each other when an opponent is selected by the host device 20 as described later.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the game terminal 10A.
Since the other game terminals 10B to 10Y have the same configuration, illustration and description are omitted. This game terminal 10
A is a control unit 12, a battle result data temporary storage unit 13, an input unit 14, an image / audio output unit 15, a biometric feature acquisition unit 16, a biometric feature data generation unit 17, and a control unit 12, which are interconnected via an internal bus 11. The data transmission / reception unit 18 is provided.

The control unit 12 is control means for controlling the terminal 10A as a whole. The game result data temporary storage unit 13 is used to temporarily store the game result data sent from the host device 20 and the game result data to be transmitted, as described later. The input unit 14 is used as input means for an opponent who operates the terminal 10A, and includes, for example, a joystick, operation handles, operation buttons, and the like. The image / sound output unit 15 has a display unit that displays a game screen based on a game program, and a sound output unit that outputs sound effects and the like. Each terminal holds the game program in a main storage unit (not shown) in order to be used in common by the terminals, and is distributed from the host device 20 in advance.

[0010] The biometric feature acquisition unit 16 is composed of a camera for photographing the opponent's eyes, and outputs an eye image. The biometric feature data generation unit 17 extracts an iris image from the eye image, generates and outputs iris data. The data transmission / reception unit 18 is used for transmitting the generated iris data to the host device and receiving the game result data.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the host device 20. The host device 20 includes a main control unit 22 interconnected via an internal bus 21 and a terminal 10A (10B
To 10Y), a data transmitting / receiving unit 23, a database 24, an authentication unit 25, and an opponent list unit 26.
, A terminal connection determination unit 27, and a battle result data selection unit 28.

The main control section 22 is control means for controlling the entire apparatus. The database 24 includes, as identification data, the names of all the opponents (registrants) who use the system, as the identification data, a biometric feature data section 24A in which iris data for each opponent is registered in advance, Has a game result data section 24B registered in advance.

The authentication unit 25 includes a terminal 10A (10B to 10B).
Iris data sent from Y) and database 2
4 is compared with the registered iris data of the biometric feature data unit 24A, and a match (similarity) or mismatch is determined to authenticate the competitor. The competitor list section 26 includes a storage section, and when there is no competitor, stores the identification data of the authenticated competitor (requester) as a list indicating the current competitors.

The terminal connection judging section 27 is a player list section 2
6, if there is identification data, the game terminal of this identification data and the game terminal of the match requester are determined, and both game terminals are connected via the communication line 1 so as to be able to play a game.
When the terminal connection determination unit 27 determines the game terminal to be connected, the game result data selection unit 28 fetches the game result data of the corresponding opponent from the game result data unit of the database 24,
The game result data is transmitted to the opponent (game terminal) via the data transmission / reception unit 23.

Next, the operation of the game system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The match requester is the game terminal 10A
Is activated, the biometric feature acquisition unit 16 of the terminal operates to capture an eye image of the battle requester. Biometric data generation unit 1
When the eye image is input, the iris 7 extracts iris and generates iris data. When the iris data is generated, the control unit 12 supplies the iris data from the biometric data generation unit 17 to the data transmission / reception unit 18 and uses the name of the match requester as identification data as the identification data.
Output to The data transmission / reception unit 18 transmits the iris data to which the identification data of the match requester is added to the host device 20 via the communication line 1 with the identifier of the terminal 10A, for example, the IP address of the network added.

On the host device 20 side, the data transmitting / receiving unit 2
3 receives the iris data and the like, the main control unit 22
Certifies the received iris data and identification data
Supply to The authentication unit 25 searches the biometric feature data unit 24A of the database 24 using the identification data as a search element,
The registered iris data corresponding to the identification data is taken in, compared with the received iris data, and collated. As a result, if they match, the authentication unit 25 authenticates that the match requester is himself, and notifies the main control unit 22 of that (S301).

Upon receiving this notification, the main control unit 22 stores the identification data of the match requester in the match list unit 26 together with the identifier of the terminal 10A (S302). In addition, the main control unit 22 supplies the identification data and the identifier to the game result data selection unit 28. The game result data selecting unit 28 fetches the game result data of the battle requester from the game result data unit 24B of the database 24 based on the identification data, and supplies the data together with the identifier to the data transmitting / receiving unit 23. The data transmitting / receiving unit 23
The game terminal 10A is determined based on the identifier, and the game result data is transmitted to the terminal 10A. In the game terminal 10A, the received game result data is displayed as an image by the image / audio output unit 15 and stored in the game result data temporary storage unit 13 (S303).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the game result data. The battle result data includes the name of the opponent who has competed in the past of the opponent, the date and time of the opponent, the character of the opponent in the game and the character selected by the player, and the result of the opponent.
Therefore, the match requester can know the winning percentage of each opponent.

In step S301, if the authentication unit 25 of the host device 20 determines that they do not match, the main control unit 2
2 judges that the match requester has not been registered, notifies the game terminal 10A that the match is impossible, and does not transmit the game result data. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the third party from rewriting the game result data.

Next, in the host device 20, the terminal connection judging section 27 judges that the identification data in the opponent list section 26 indicates the current opponent competitor, and determines two or more necessary opponents for the game. Game terminals 10A, 10B, and 10C that arbitrarily select identification data and indicate them by two or more corresponding identifiers.
Are connected so that the game can be performed with each other (S30).
4).

On the other hand, the game result data selection unit 28 stores the database 2 based on the identification data selected by the terminal connection determination unit 27.
The corresponding game result data is fetched from the game result data unit 24B of No. 4 and the game result data is supplied to the data transmitting / receiving unit 23 with an identifier indicating the game terminal of the opponent added thereto. As a result, the data transmitting / receiving unit 23 transmits these results data to the opponent's game terminal.

Each game terminal 10A or 10B displays the received opponent's performance data on the image / audio output unit 15 (S305). As a result, the match requesters can know each other's name, the presence or absence of the match, the score of the match, and the like, and can enjoy the game. Thereafter, the game is played between the game terminals (S306).

When the game is over, in the game terminal 10A, new performance data is added to the performance data in the performance data temporary storage unit 13 (S307), and the control unit 12 transmits the updated performance data to the data transmission / reception unit. 18 to the host device 20. In the host device 20, when receiving the result data, the main control unit 22 updates the result data part 24B of the database 24 (S308).

Embodiment 2 FIG. 6 shows a game terminal of this embodiment. In the game terminal 10A, the input unit 14A is used not only as a game operation but also as a data input unit. That is, the input unit 14A is used as an input unit of the opponent designation data and an input unit of the challenge data. The other configuration is the same as that of FIG.

Next, FIG. 7 shows a host device of this embodiment. In this host device 20, a challenge letter list section 29 and a challenge control section 30 are newly provided. The other configuration is the same as that of FIG.

When the authentication is completed from the host device 20 and the own game data is transmitted to the game terminal 10A, the game terminal 10A displays the game data on the image / audio output unit 15 (see S303). In this case, the battle requester determines the opponent who has competed in the past based on his / her own performance data (FIG. 8).
S801), an opponent can be specified. That is, when the opponent requests the opponent by operating the input unit 14A (S802), the control unit 12 creates opponent designation data including identification data indicating the input opponent's name, It is supplied to the transmission / reception unit 18. The data transmission / reception unit 18 transmits the battle specification data to the host device 20 in this manner.

In the host device 20, the main control unit 22
Determines whether or not the identification data of the opponent indicated by the received opponent instruction data is present in the opponent list unit 26 (S
803). When the identification data is present (S80)
4), the main control unit 22 issues a connection instruction to the terminal connection determination unit 27. Thereby, the terminal connection determination unit 27 connects the game terminal 10B or the like indicated by the identifier of the opponent to the game terminal 10A of the opponent (step S810). Thereby, it is possible to play against the instructed opponent.

On the other hand, when there is no identification data of the opponent instructed to play (S804), the main control unit 22 notifies the game requester 10A of the battle requester of the inability to connect via the data transmitting / receiving unit 23. In the game terminal 10A, the control unit 12
When receiving the notification that the connection is not possible, the image / audio output unit 15 is displayed to that effect, and an input screen for challenge data is displayed.

When the match requester inputs data including his / her name and the opponent's name and the scheduled match date and time by operating the input unit 14A, the control unit 12 creates challenge data and supplies it to the data transmission / reception unit 18. Thereby, the data transmitting / receiving unit 18 transmits the challenge data to the host device 20. Host device 20
In, the main control unit 22 supplies the received challenge data to the challenge control unit 30 and stores it in the challenge letter list unit 29 (S806). This stored challenge data is displayed on the game terminal of the opponent who challenged at the time of the battle at a later date.

The challenge control section 30 searches the database 24 based on the identification data (name of the other party) of the challenge data,
It is determined whether the notification destination of the opponent, for example, e-mail address data is stored (S807). When the notification destination is determined, the challenge control unit 30 transmits the challenge data or predetermined text data indicating the challenge to the notification destination (S8).
08). It should be noted that no match is possible (S804), the notification destination is unknown (S8).
07) and after the notification (S808), another opponent is selected (S809).

In the case of the present embodiment, the opponent can be specified after judging the level of the opponent himself, so that the player can enjoy the game further. In addition, even if a match is impossible, it is possible to notify that the player wants to take a further challenge, so that the player can enjoy the game while improving the match level.

In the above two embodiments, the biometric feature acquisition unit may be constituted by an electronic scanner for collecting fingerprints. In this case, the biometric feature data generation unit 17 extracts the end point, the branch point, the direction, and the like of the fingerprint from the fingerprint image and outputs the fingerprint data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a game terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a host device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game system.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of battle result data according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a game terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a host device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10A to 10Y game terminal 12 control unit 14, 14A input unit 16 biometric feature acquisition unit 17 biometric feature data generation unit 20 host device 22 main control unit 24 database 24A biometric feature data unit 24B battle result data unit 26 player list unit 27 terminal connection Judgment unit 28 Result data selection unit 30 Challenge control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A biometric characteristic data of a player and game result data in a game are stored in advance in a storage unit in association with each other, and when the player executes the game, the biometric characteristic data of the player is based on the biometric characteristic data of the player. A game method comprising reading, from a storage unit, game result data of the player in a game. 2. A system for playing a game between a plurality of game terminals in a competitive manner via a communication line, wherein biometric feature data is registered in correspondence with identification data of a plurality of players. 1 storage unit, a second storage unit in which the battle result data for each opponent is stored, a biometric feature acquisition unit for acquiring a biometric feature of the match requester, and a biometric feature from the acquired biometric feature. A biometric feature data generation unit that generates data; an authentication unit that collates the generated biometric feature data with the registered biometric feature data in the first storage unit to authenticate the match requester; A terminal connection determining unit that connects the game terminals used between the match requesters in a playable manner, and supplies at least the opponent's performance data in the second storage unit to each of the connected game terminals. Battle Game system which comprises a data selector. 3. A game result data selecting unit for fetching the own game data of the match requester from the second storage unit and transmitting the match data to the game terminal corresponding to the match requester; An opponent designation unit that outputs a past opponent indicated by the received own performance data as opponent designation data, and determines whether or not there is a competition request from the opponent's game terminal indicated by the opponent designation data. Connection request means for instructing the terminal connection determination unit to connect to the game terminal when there is a match request; and when the connection instruction means determines that there is no match request, connection to the game terminal of the match requester is impossible. Disabling notification means for notifying, and being provided in the game terminal, receiving the disabling notification,
Challenge data creating means for creating and outputting challenge data to the opponent, and a challenge control unit for receiving a notification of the challenge data and notifying the notification destination to the opponent of a challenge. 3. The game system according to claim 2, wherein