ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND ENTERTAINMENT APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An entertainment system comprising:
- an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs;
a manual controller connected to said entertainment apparatus for entering manual control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus; and
effect applying means disposed in said manual controller for applying physical effects to the user in response to external requests;
said entertainment apparatus having effect application instructing means for outputting an instruction to apply a physical effect to the manual controller operated by a selected one of a plurality of users based on a request from another user.
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Abstract
An effect application instructing function includes a user setting function for setting up information as to users of an entertainment apparatus to generate a user information table, an event processing function for reading input information from one or more manual controllers and processing data depending on the input information to generate an event processing table, a vibration setting function for extracting only information relative to vibrations from the event processing table and successively registering vibrations types with respect to the user to which vibrations are to be applied in a vibration output table, and a vibration outputting function for generating and outputting vibration indicating data including a vibration type with respect to the user to which vibrations are to be applied, based on the vibration output table and the user information table, and executing a physical effect to be applied to a hypothetical user as a parameter change.
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11 Claims
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1. An entertainment system comprising:
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an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs;
a manual controller connected to said entertainment apparatus for entering manual control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus; and
effect applying means disposed in said manual controller for applying physical effects to the user in response to external requests;
said entertainment apparatus having effect application instructing means for outputting an instruction to apply a physical effect to the manual controller operated by a selected one of a plurality of users based on a request from another user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A recording medium storing a program for use by an entertainment system having:
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an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs;
a manual controller connected to said entertainment apparatus for entering manual control requests from the user into said entertainment apparatus; and
effect applying means disposed in said manual controller for applying physical effects to the user in response to external requests;
said program having the step of;
outputting an instruction to apply a physical effect to the manual controller operated by a selected one of a plurality of users based on a request from another user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An entertainment apparatus allowing a manual controller to be connected, the manual controller having an effect applying means disposed in the manual controller for applying physical effects to the user in response to external requests, comprising:
An effect application instructing means for outputting an instruction to apply a physical effect to the manual controller operated by a selected one of a plurality of users based on a request from another user.
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