KR20130074459A - Game apparatus applying user state and method providing thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A game apparatus for applying a user state and a method for providing a game are provided to extract concentration degrees by measuring the autonomic nervous system change of a user and to apply a user state based on the extracted concentration degrees. CONSTITUTION: A game module for a game apparatus for applying a user state determines whether a predetermined enhancement mode is provided to a game or not by determining the concentration degrees of a game user based on the autonomic nervous system change information of the game user. The game module comprises: a communication unit which wirelessly receives the autonomic nervous system change information on a sensed game user; and a determination unit which provides a predetermined game enhancement mode based on the autonomic nervous system change information on the game user delivered from the communication unit when the concentration degrees of the game user are higher than a predetermined value, and stops providing of the predetermined game enhancement mode when the concentration degrees of the game user are lower than a predetermined value. A game method for applying a user state comprises: a step of determining the game concentration degrees of the game user based on the autonomic nervous system change information on the sensed game user by a sensor attached to the hand of the user; and a step of determining whether the predetermined enhancement mode is provided to a game or not based on the result. [Reference numerals] (AA) PPG, GSR, SKT (200 per 1 second) DATA INPUT; (BB) Movement average calculation (interval : 0.25 second, window size : 400); (CC) PPG Signal (400 per 2c seconds); (DD) GSR Signal (400 per 2c seconds); (EE) SKT Signal (400 per 2c seconds); (FF) PPG Frequency extraction; (GG) PPG Amplitude extraction; (HH) GSR Mean extraction; (II) SKT Mean extraction; (JJ) PPG Frequency 1 Set storage; (KK) PPG Amplitude 1 Set storage; (LL) GSR Mean 1 Set storage; (MM) SKT Mean 1 Set storage; (NN) Store in DB (n Set); (OO) Current state n, n-1,···, n-7; (PP) Determining attention by rule

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game apparatus,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a state-applied game apparatus and a game providing method of a user, and more particularly, to a game apparatus and a game providing method for measuring autonomic nervous system changes of a user and reflecting the state of the user.

Conventional diet programs and health care programs consist of a method in which the user voluntarily carries out diet adjustment and exercise and then inputs the results directly into a management program using a personal computer or the like or directly describes the results in a health care notebook.

In this conventional method, the user manages his / her own health according to the standard calorie amount or exercise amount calculated based on basic body indexes such as his / her key, weight and sex, Self-reflection.

Thus, diet or health care is entirely dependent on the user's voluntary efforts, and conventional diet programs or health care programs often do not give the user a sustained incentive and stimulation, resulting in a failure due to a decrease in interest.

In addition, the conventional diet program or health care program does not pay attention to the process, but focuses only on the attainment of the target value set at the beginning, so that the user can not actively cope with physical changes or changes in conditions of the user, .

In addition, even in the case of a diet program using a conventional measuring device, continuous measurement responsibility is difficult for a user to maintain a steady health, and the user has to go to a place where the measuring device is located.

In order to overcome the problems of interest deterioration depending on the voluntary effort of the user himself or herself as described above and the limitation of the exercise amount and the inconvenience of arbitrary manual input of the user and the limitation of the exercise place and time, And transmits the measured bio-signals to the real-time server through the communication terminal. Thus, it is possible to perform continuous health management regardless of time and place, and to perform tasks based on the result of analyzing the user's bio-signal Providing a flexible healthcare service suited to physical change of the user and change of situation, and providing a game element that determines win / loss based on achievement task achievement, provides a real time game system and a service method that generate interest and motivation.

In addition, a real time game system and a service method in which interest and motivation are maintained by reflecting a difference in physical ability of game participants in assigning tasks to users have been provided.

The present invention is an improvement of a game system and a service method which are conventionally provided. The present invention provides a game system and a service method of the present invention, which can measure the autonomic nervous system change of a user and extract the concentration, A game device and a game providing method thereof are provided.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a game device for applying state to a user determines whether a game is concentrated in a game based on autonomic nervous system change information of a detected game user, Wherein the game module comprises: a communication unit for wirelessly receiving the detected autonomic nervous system change information of the game user; And providing the preset game reinforcement mode when the concentration of the game user is higher than a predetermined value based on the autonomic nervous system change information transmitted from the communication unit, and the concentration of the game user falls below a predetermined value. If it is characterized in that it comprises a determination unit for canceling the preset game enhancement mode provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of applying a state application of a user, the method comprising: determining game concentration of the game user based on autonomic nervous system change information of the game user sensed by a sensor attached to a hand of a game user; And determining whether to provide a preset reinforcement mode to the game based on the determined result.

According to the present invention, it is possible to receive a game incentive according to a concentration state of a user, change the difficulty level of the game, and provide an intelligent game to a user.

Particularly, it is possible to provide more interesting game contents according to the user's state by measuring the body information of the game user in real time.

1 is a block diagram for explaining a state application game device of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is an exemplary view for explaining wearing of a sensor by a user;
3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a screen configuration;
4 is a view for explaining concentration determination according to information sensed by each sensor;
5 is an exemplary diagram for explaining Rule;
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a game of a state application game apparatus of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. And is intended to enable a person skilled in the art to readily understand the scope of the invention, and the invention is defined by the claims. It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. It is noted that " comprises, " or "comprising," as used herein, means the presence or absence of one or more other components, steps, operations, and / Do not exclude the addition.

Hereinafter, a state application game device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a state-applied game apparatus of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exemplary view for explaining wear of a user, FIG. 3 is an example FIG. 4 is a view for explaining concentration determination according to information sensed by each sensor, and FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram for explaining Rule.

As shown in FIG. 1, the state application game device of the present invention includes a sensing unit 110, a communication unit 120, and a game module 200.

The sensing unit 110 includes a heartbeat sensor 111, a blood flow sensor 112 and a skin temperature sensor 113. The sensors 111, 112 and 113 are attached to the hands of a game user as shown in FIG.

The heart rate sensor 111 detects a change in heart rate of a game user.

The blood flow sensor 112 senses a change in the blood flow of the game user.

The skin temperature sensor 113 senses a skin temperature change of the game user.

The sensing unit 110 transmits information sensed by the sensors 111, 112, and 113, that is, autonomic nervous system change information of the game user to the communication unit 120.

The communication unit 120 transmits the autonomic nervous system change information of the game user received from the sensing unit 110 to the game module 200 via wireless communication (Bluetooth, Zigbee, etc.).

The game module 200 includes a communication unit 210, a determination unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

The communication unit 210 of the game module 200 receives the autonomic nervous system change information of the game user sensed by each of the sensors 111, 112, and 113 attached to the user's hand by wireless (Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc.) And transmits the autonomic nervous system change information to the determination unit 220.

The determination unit 220 determines the degree of game concentration of the user based on the user's state based on the autonomic nervous system change information of the user transmitted from the communication unit 210 and determines whether to provide the enhanced mode in the game based on the determined result.

For example, when the user is in the first person shooting game, the determination unit 220 may provide the screen in a sniper mode capable of zooming the shooting mode, as shown in FIG. 3, In-game reinforcement mode based on the autonomic nervous system change information of the user transmitted from the communication unit 210, such as providing a killing range wider than the predetermined built-in range.

In addition, the determination unit 220 may increase the size of the damage to the opponent depending on the concentration of the user when the user confronts the mob (Mobile Character) or the other user with the RPG game, The player can set the enhanced mode of the game so that the damage to the opponent from the opponent is reduced to provide the game user with the enhanced mode.

Hereinafter, the operation of the determination unit 220 will be described in more detail.

4, the determination unit 220 may generate a physiological signal of a game user, that is, a PPG (Photoplethysmogram) signal, a GSR (Galvanic Response) signal, and a SKT (Skin Temperature) signal sensed through the sensors 111, 112, And receives a signal from a sampling unit (not shown).

For example, the physiological signal of the game user received by the communication unit 210 may be transmitted to the sampling unit (not shown) through the determination unit 220 and directly to the sampling unit (not shown).

The sampling unit (not shown) samples the physiological signal at a sampling rate of 200 Hz, that is, samples the physiological signal with 200 data per second, and transmits the sampled data to the determination unit 220.

The determination unit 220 stores the data transmitted from the sampling unit (not shown) for 400 seconds in the storage unit 230 for the calculation of the moving average, and calculates an average using Equation 1 to remove the noise of the data. .

The determination unit 220 calculates a moving average by a window size (n) 400 at a time interval (s) of 0.25 seconds, and calculates the PPG, GSR, and SKT signals from which the noise is removed through the moving average.

For example, since the PPG signal, which is a pulse wave response of a cardiovascular response, requires a frequency analysis and an amplitude analysis, the determination unit 220 extracts the PPG frequency and the PPG amplitude. In the GSR signal, The extracted PPG frequency, PPG Amplitude, GSR Mean, and SKT Mean values are stored as one set. The average value of the SKT signal is extracted as SKT mean value. (230), i.e., a database.

The determination unit 220 does not proceed to the next step until the first 16 sets are stored. After the 16 sets are stored, the determination unit 220 proceeds to the next step every time one set of data is additionally stored, and uses the extracted 16 sets of data to calculate the concentration ).

For example, the determination unit 220 may use the average value from the (n) set to the (n-7) set among the 16 sets as a value indicating the current state, Is used as a reference value, and the calculated current state value is compared with a reference value to determine a user's concentration according to a predetermined rule as shown in FIG.

The determination unit 220 first determines a signal pattern that appears in the GSR Mean of the GSR signal having the highest priority among physiological signals. For example, when the signal pattern represented by the GSR Mean of the GSR signal differs from the signal pattern represented by the GSR Mean of the predetermined Rule, the determination unit 220 determines that the signal pattern represented by the PPG Fre .

The determination unit 220 compares the signal pattern represented by PPG Fre and PPG Amp of the PPG signal with the signal pattern represented by PPG Fre and PPG Amp of the predetermined rule, If there is a match, it is determined that the user has focused on the game. If not, the signal pendant appearing in the SKT mean of the SKT signal, which is the next priority, is determined and the user's concentration is reflected in the game.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to receive a game incentive according to a user's concentration state and to change the degree of difficulty of a game, thereby providing an intelligent game to a user, So that it is possible to provide more interesting game contents depending on the state of the user.

1 to 5, a state application game device according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described. Hereinafter, a state application game device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Explain how to provide the game. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a game of a state application game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6, a physiological signal of a game user, that is, a PPG (Photoplethysmogram) signal, a GSR (Galvanic Response) signal, and a SKT (Skin Temperature) signal are detected by the sensors 111, 112 and 113 attached to the hands of a game user When the sensed physiological signal is sampled at a sampling rate of 200 Hz, that is, when the physiological signal is sampled by 200 data per second, 400 sampled data for two seconds are stored for calculation of the moving average (S600 ).

In order to remove the noise of the data, the moving average is calculated using the equation (1) as the time interval (s) of 0.25 seconds in the window size (n) 400 (S601).

 The PPG, GSR, and SKT signals from which the noise has been removed are calculated through the moving average (S602).

For example, the PPG frequency and the PPG amplitude of the PPG signal, which is a pulse wave response of the cardiovascular response, are extracted. The GSR mean is calculated by calculating the average value of the GSR signal in case of the GSR signal, The average value of the SKT signal is extracted and extracted as the SKT mean value, and the extracted PPG frequency, PPG amplitude, GSR mean, and SKT mean values are stored as one set.

After 16 sets are stored, the following process is performed every time one set of data is additionally stored. The 16 sets of data are used to determine the concentration.

For example, an average value from (n) set to (n-7) set in 16 sets is used as a value indicating the current state, and an average value from (n-8) Set to (n-16) Set is used as a reference value , Compares the calculated current state value with the reference value, and determines the user's concentration according to a predetermined rule (S603).

First, the signal pattern that appears in the GSR mean of the GSR signal having the highest priority among physiological signals is determined first. For example, if the signal pattern represented by the GSR Mean of the GSR signal differs from the signal pattern represented by the GSR Mean of the predetermined Rule, the signal pattern represented by the PPG Fre and PPG Amp of the next higher priority PPG signal is determined, Of PPG Fre and PPG Amp and the signal pattern of PPG Fre and PPG Amp of the predetermined rule are compared with each other, it is judged that the user concentrates on the game if one of the signals of PPG Fre or PPG Amp matches the signal pattern (Step S604). If it is determined that the signal pendant appears in the SKT mean of the next SKT signal, the user's concentration is reflected in the game (S604).

Although the configuration of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, this is only an example, and various modifications are possible within the scope without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

110: detection unit 120: communication unit
200: game module 210:
220: determination unit 230: storage unit

Claims (8)

A game module for determining whether to provide a predetermined strengthening mode in the game by determining the game concentration of the game user based on the detected autonomic nervous system change information of the game user,
The game module includes:
A communication unit for wirelessly receiving the detected autonomic nervous system change information of the game user; And
When the concentration of the game user is higher than a predetermined value based on the autonomic nervous system change information transmitted from the communication unit provides the preset game reinforcement mode, when the concentration of the game user falls below a predetermined value It includes a determination unit to terminate the provision of the preset game enhancement mode
The state application game device. The method of claim 1,
The game module removes the noise by performing a moving average on the received PPG (Photoplethysmogram) signal, GSR (Galvanic Response) signal, SKT (Skin Temperature) signal, which is the autonomous nervous system change information of the game user, and removes the noise. Extract PPG Frequency, PPG Amplitude, GSR Mean from noise-free GSR signal, SKT Mean from noise-free SKT signal, and extract PPG Frequency, PPG Amplitude, GSR Mean, SKT Mean into one set Extracting a set by a predetermined number (k, where k is an even number greater than 2), and determining the attention of the game user using the extracted k sets of data.
The state application game device. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the game module uses an average value from a set n to (n- 1) to a set n (k-1) out of the extracted k sets as a current state value, The average value up to the set value is used as the reference value, and the calculated current state value is compared with the reference value to determine the user's concentration according to the predetermined rule
The state application game device. The method of claim 1,
A sensing unit attached to a hand of the game user to sense autonomic nervous system change information of the game user; And
And a communication unit for wirelessly transmitting the detected autonomic nervous system change information of the game user to the game module
Wherein the state application game device further comprises: Determining a game concentration of the game user based on the autonomic nervous system change information of the game user sensed by a sensor attached to a hand of the game user; And
Determining whether to provide a preset enhancement mode to the game based on the determined result;
Applied game state of the user, including. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining step,
Determining that a game enrichment mode having a larger game environment setting range by the user than the basic providing mode is provided if the concentration of the game user is higher than a predetermined value based on the autonomic nervous system change information of the game user; And
And determining that the game intensifying mode provision is canceled when the concentration of the game user falls below a predetermined value
How to Apply the Status of a User. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining comprises:
Performing a moving average on a PPG (Photoplethysmogram) signal, a Galvanic Response (GSR) signal, and a SKT (Skin Temperature) signal, which are autonomic nervous system change information of the game user, to remove noise;
Extracting a PPG Frequency, a PPG Amplitude, a GSR Mean from the noise-removed GSR signal, and a SKT Mean from the noise-removed PPG signal; And
Extracts a set of a predetermined number (k, where k is an even number greater than 2) of the extracted PPG Frequency, PPG Amplitude, GSR Mean, and SKT Mean as one set, and uses the extracted k sets of data And determining the concentration of the game user
How to Apply the Status of a User. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining step,
(K-1) sets from nk / 2 sets to n - (k-1) sets are used as the current state values, The average value is used as the reference value, and the calculated current state value is compared with the reference value to determine the user's concentration according to the predetermined rule
How to Apply the Status of a User.

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