Storage medium storing a load detecting program and load detecting apparatus

• US 20090093305A1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Kasamatsu, Shigehiro, Okamoto, Motoi
• Granted Patent: US 9,421,456 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/36
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/214 for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/218 using pressure sensors, e.g. generating a signal proportional to the pressure applied by the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/24 Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/95 Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1043 being characterized by constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• 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 2300/203 Image generating hardware
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/206 Game information storage, e.g. cartridges, CD ROM's, DVD's, smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video

Abstract

A load detecting apparatus includes a load controller. In order to identifying predetermined number of motions performed on the load controller by the player, for example, a condition of a ratio of load values to a body weight value and a condition relating to a position of a center of gravity are defined in advance. The ratio of the detected load values to the body weight value and the position of the center of gravity are calculated, and on the basis of the ratio and the position of the center of gravity, a motion performed on the load controller by the player is determined.

Claims

1. A storage medium storing a load detecting program to be executed in a computer of a load detecting apparatus provided with a support board which has two or more load sensors spaced with each other, and on which a player puts his or her foot, said load detecting program causes said computer to execute:

a load value detecting step for detecting load values put on said support board measured by said load sensor;

a ratio calculating step for calculating a ratio of said load values detected by said load detecting step to a body weight value of said player;

a position of the center of gravity calculating step for calculating a position of the center of gravity of said load values detected by said load detecting step, and

a motion determining step for determining a motion performed on said support board by said player on the basis of said ratio and said position of the center of gravity.

2. A storage medium storing a load detecting program according to claim 1, wherein

said motion determining step determines whether or not a predetermined motion is performed on the basis of said ratio and said position of the center of gravity.

3. A storage medium storing a load detecting program according to claim 2, wherein

said motion determining step further decides that it is determined that said predetermined motion in a past is performed in said motion determining step in a past as a determination condition.

4. A storage medium storing a load detecting program according to claim 2, wherein said load detecting program causes said computer to further execute:

an instructing step for instructing said player to perform any one motion out of a plurality of motions as said predetermined motion, and

an elapsed time counting step for counting an elapsed time from when an instruction is given in said instructing step, wherein

said motion determining step determines whether or not the motion instructed in said instructing step is performed while said elapsed time falls within a predetermined time.

5. A storage medium storing a load detecting program according to claim 1, wherein

said motion determining step specifies which motion is performed out of a plurality of motions set in advance on the basis of said ratio and said position of the center of gravity.

6. A load detecting apparatus provided with a support board which has two or more load sensors spaced with each other, and on which a player puts his or her foot, comprising:

a load value detecting means for detecting load values put on said support board measured by said load sensor;

a ratio calculating means for calculating a ratio of said load values detected by said load detecting means to a body weight value of said player;

a position of the center of gravity calculating means for calculating a position of the center of gravity of said load values detected by said load detecting means, and

a motion determining means for determining a motion performed on said support board by said player on the basis of said ratio and said position of the center of gravity.