Gaming Apparatus Capable of Conversation with Player and Control Method Thereof

• US 20090210217A1
• Filed: 10/01/2008
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aruze Gaming America Incorporated (Aruze Gaming America, Inc. /Okada/)
• Original Assignee: Aruze Gaming America Incorporated (Aruze Gaming America, Inc. /Okada/)
• Inventors: Okada, Kazuo
• Application Number:
  US12/243,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20090210217A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/005 Language recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

A gaming apparatus of the present invention comprises: a microphone; a speaker; a display; a memory storing effect image data for each language type; and a controller. The controller is programmed to conduct the processing of: (A) recognizing a language type from a sound inputted from said microphone by executing a language recognition program; (B) conducting a conversation with a player by recognizing a voice inputted from said microphone, in addition to outputting a voice from said speaker by executing a conversation program corresponding to the language recognized in said processing (A); and (C) displaying to said display an image based on effect image data corresponding to the language type recognized in said processing (A) according to progress of a game, said effect image data read from said memory.

Claims

1. A gaming apparatus comprising:

a microphone;

a speaker;

a display;

a memory storing effect image data for each language type; and

a controller,

said controller programmed to conduct the processing of;

(A) recognizing a language type from a sound inputted from said microphone by executing a language recognition program;

(B) conducting a conversation with a player by recognizing a voice inputted from said microphone, in addition to outputting a voice from said speaker by executing a conversation program corresponding to the language recognized in said processing (A); and

(C) displaying to said display an image based on effect image data corresponding to the language type recognized in said processing (A) according to progress of a game, said effect image data read from said memory.

2. The gaming apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein

said processing (B) includes processing of

(B-1) estimating a belief of the player by executing the conversation program for conducting the conversation with the player, the conversation program corresponding to the language recognized in said processing (A), and

said processing (C) includes processing of

(C-1) not displaying an image against the player'"'"'s belief estimated in said processing (B-1).

3. The gaming apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct the processing of

(D) measuring a time period between the output of the voice relating to the conversation from said speaker and an input of a response to said microphone, and

said processing (B) is processing of

conducting the conversation with the player by recognizing a voice inputted from said microphone, in addition to outputting a voice at a speed corresponding to the time period measured in said processing (D).

4. A gaming apparatus comprising:

a microphone;

a speaker;

a display;

a memory storing effect image data for each language type;

an input device; and

a controller,

said controller programmed to conduct the processing of;

(A) recognizing a language type by an input from said input device;

(B) conducting a conversation with a player by recognizing a voice inputted from said microphone, in addition to outputting a voice from said speaker by executing a conversation program corresponding to the language recognized in said processing (A); and

(C) displaying to said display an image based on effect image data corresponding to the language type recognized in said processing (A) according to progress of a game, said effect image data read from said memory.

5. The gaming apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein

said processing (B) includes processing of

(B-1) estimating a belief of the player by executing the conversation program for conducting the conversation with the player, the conversation program corresponding to the language recognized in said processing (A), and

said processing (C) includes processing of

(C-1) not displaying an image against the player'"'"'s belief estimated in said processing (B-1).

6. The gaming apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct the processing of

(D) measuring a time period between the output of the voice relating to the conversation from said speaker and an input of a response to said microphone, and

said processing (B) is processing of

conducting the conversation with the player by recognizing a voice inputted from said microphone, in addition to outputting a voice at a speed corresponding to the time period measured in said processing (D).

7. A control method of a gaming apparatus, the control method comprising the step of:

(A) recognizing a language type from a sound inputted from a microphone by executing a language recognition program;

(B) conducting a conversation with a player by recognizing a voice inputted from the microphone, in addition to outputting a voice from a speaker by executing a conversation program corresponding to the language recognized in said step (A); and

(C) displaying to a display an image corresponding to the language type recognized in said step (A) according to progress of a game.

8. A control method of a gaming apparatus, the control method comprising the step of:

(A) recognizing a language type by an input from an input device;

(B) conducting a conversation with a player by recognizing a voice inputted from a microphone, in addition to outputting a voice from a speaker by executing a conversation program corresponding to the language recognized in said step (A); and

(C) displaying to a display an image corresponding to the language type recognized in said step (A) according to progress of a game.