GAME DEVICE

• US 20110118018A1
• Filed: 07/06/2009
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Toyoda, Miho
• Application Number:
  US13/003,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20110118018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0647 Visualisation of executed movements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/22 Dancing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0003 Analysing the course of a movement or motion sequences during an exercise or trainings sequence, e.g. swing for golf or tennis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/214 for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5375 for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/814 Musical performances, e.g. by evaluating the player's ability to follow a notation
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/843 involving concurrently two or more players on the same game device, e.g. requiring the use of a plurality of controllers or of a specific view of game data for each player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/90 Constructional details or arrangements of video game devices not provided for in groups A63F13/20 or A63F13/25, e.g. housing, wiring, connections or cabinets
• 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 2300/305 for providing a graphical or textual hint to the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6081 generating an output signal, e.g. under timing constraints, for spatialization
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/638 according to the timing of operation or a time limit
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8047 Music games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8088 involving concurrently several players in a non-networked game, e.g. on the same game console

Abstract

A game device has a display unit for displaying an image on a screen, a first stage to be stepped on by a first player and a second stage to be stepped on by a second player, the first stage and the second stage being provided in front of the screen and next to each other in a transverse direction. Furthermore, the game device has a first speaker for an R channel and a second speaker for an L channel in an upper portion of the left periphery of the screen, the first speaker and the second speaker being arranged next to each other in a longitudinal direction when viewed from a player who is on the first stage or the second stage, and has a third speaker for the L channel and a fourth speaker for the R channel in an upper portion of the right periphery of the screen, the third speaker and the fourth speaker being arranged next to each other in a longitudinal direction when viewed from the player.

Claims

1. A game device comprising:

a display unit for displaying an image in a display area;

a first operation device for a first player and a second operation device for a second player, the first operation device and the second operation device being provided in front of the display area and next to each other in a transverse direction;

a first speaker for an R (right) channel and a second speaker for an L (left) channel, the first speaker and the second speaker being provided next to each other in an upper portion of the left periphery of the display area, with one of the speakers being located above the other speaker; and

a third speaker for the L channel and a fourth speaker for the R channel, the third speaker and the fourth speaker being provided next to each other in an upper portion of the right periphery of the display area, with one of the speakers being located above the other speaker.

2. A game device according to claim 1,

wherein a height of the first speaker from a floor surface and a height of the third speaker from the floor surface are approximately the same, and

wherein a height of the second speaker from the floor surface and a height of the fourth speaker from the floor surface are approximately the same.

3. A game device according to claim 1,

wherein a line passing through the first speaker and the second speaker and a line passing through the third speaker and the fourth speaker are inclined so that the distances to a vertical line in front of the display area become smaller as the lines extend upward.

4. A game device according to claim 1,

wherein, in the display area, a first image for the first player and a second image for the second player are displayed next to each other in a transverse direction.

5. A game device according to claim 1,

wherein the first operation device and the second operation device each are operation devices to be stepped on by a foot.