Whole-body controlling apparatus for fight game

• US 20040009814A1
• Filed: 07/31/2003
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hega-Soft Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hega-Soft Company Limited
• Inventors: Kim, Sung-Ha
• Application Number:
  US10/363,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20040009814A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/36
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/10 Combat sports
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/32 with indicating devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/214 for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/24 Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/833 Hand-to-hand fighting, e.g. martial arts competition A63F13/837 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1068 being specially adapted to detect the point of contact of the player on a surface, e.g. floor mat, touch pad
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1087 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8029 Fighting without shooting

Abstract

The present invention is related to a whole body control device for combat game that is good for the health as every part of the user'"'"'s body is used and being exercised while enjoying the game, and it comprises a foot regulator (36) to control the movement of the image appeared in the game by foot, a curtain-type left-side sensing section (8) having left-side sensing regions (14), (16) formed on left-side of the front of said foot regulator initiating its operation when the user stretches out his/her arms or feet, and a curtain-type right-side sensing section (28) having right-side sensing regions (12), (20) formed on right-side of the front of said foot regulator (36) initiating its operation when the user stretches out his/her arms or feet.

Claims

1. A whole body control system for combat game controlling image appearing on the monitor, which comprises;

feet plate regulators regulating the movement of visual image appearing on the monitor by feet; and

a curtain type sensing means forming shielding screen for sensing the stretching motion of game user'"'"'s hands or feet on the front side of said feet plate regulator.

2. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 1, wherein said sensing means comprises a upper curtain type sensing signal generator on the upper side and a lower curtain type sensing signal generator on the lower side.

3. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 2, wherein said sensing means further comprises a shielding unit for prohibiting successive movement, which is formed between said upper curtain type sensing signal generator and said lower curtain type sensing signal generator, in order for signals of said upper curtain type sensing signal generator and said lower curtain type sensing signal generator not to be generated continuously when the game user'"'"'s arms or feet are moved in a stretched state.

4. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 1, wherein said sensing means further comprises;

a left-side curtain type sensing signal generator (8) formed on the left-side of said feet plate regulator (36), which is to be operated when the game user stretches his/her hands or feet; and

a right-side curtain type sensing signal generator (28) formed on the left-side of said feet plate regulator (36), which is to be operated when the game user stretches his/her hands or feet.

5. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 4, wherein said sensing means further comprises a shielding unit for prohibiting successive movement which is formed between said upper curtain type sensing signal generator and said lower curtain type sensing signal generator to detect when the game user'"'"'s arms or feet are moved in a stretched state.

6. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 5, wherein said right-side sensing signal generator (28), said left-side sensing signal generator (8) and said shielding unit for prohibiting successive movement (22) are provided with an optical sensor which is selected from the group consisting of transmission type optical sensor, feedback reflection type optical sensor or diffusion reflection type optical sensor.

7. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim S or claim 6, wherein said right-side sensing signal generator (28) is divided into a upper right-side curtain type sensing signal generator (26) and a lower right-side curtain type sensing signal generator (30), and said left-side curtain type sensing signal generator (8) is divided into a upper left-side curtain type sensing signal generator (32) and a lower left-side curtain type sensing signal generator (6).

8. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 7, wherein said shielding unit for prohibiting successive movement is formed either between said upper right-side curtain type sensing signal generator (26) and said lower right-side curtain type sensing signal generator (30) or between said upper left-side curtain type sensing signal generator (32) and said lower left-side curtain type sensing signal generator (6).

9. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 1, wherein said sensing means comprises a curtain type sensing signal generator (44) having a right-side sensing area and a left-side sensing area which are to be operated when the game user stretches his/her hands or feet, on the lower side of the front side of said feet plate regulator (36).

10. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 9, wherein said sensing means comprises;

a left-side lower sensing signal generator (6) having a left-side lower sensing area to be operated by left foot movement on the left side of said feet plate regulator (36); and

a right-side lower sensing signal generator (30) having a right-side lower sensing area to be operated by right foot movement on the right side of said feet plate regulator (36).

11. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 10, wherein said sensing means further comprises a shielding unit for prohibiting successive movement which is formed either on said left-side lower sensing signal generator (6) or on said right-side lower sensing signal generator (30).

12. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 9 or claim 10, wherein said curtain type sensing signal generator (44) is composed of a upper left side sensing signal generator (40) and a upper right side sensing signal generator (42), and a shielding unit for prohibiting successive movement (22) formed therebetween.

13. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 12, wherein said curtain type sensing signal generator (44), said lower left side sensing signal generator (6) and said lower right side sensing signal generator (30) are provided with an optical sensor which is selected from the group consisting of transmission type optical sensor, feedback reflection type optical sensor or diffusion reflection type optical sensor.

14. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 1 or claim 9, wherein said curtain type sensing means is overlapped in double layers.

15. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 14, wherein a light receiving unit and a light emitting unit of said doubly overlapped curtain type sensing means is crisscrossed to each other on the left and right sides.

16. A whole body control system for combat game according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said feet plate regulator comprises a feet plate regulator for DDR or a running machine having a revolution speed sensing sensor which detects the speed of revolution when the game user jogs.