MEDIA REPRODUCTION DEVICE

• US 20110124412A1
• Filed: 01/23/2009
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Square Enix Incorporated (Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Square Enix Incorporated (Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ando, Takehiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,690,672 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/533 for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• 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 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6063 for sound processing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8047 Music games

Abstract

It is possible to generate a game element in accordance with the customization state of a media reproduction device, which exhibits a uniqueness of user. Provided is a media reproduction device which acquires related attribution information from stored media data, selects an object corresponding to the attribution information from a list, and generates the object during a game.

Claims

1. A media reproduction device having a monitor for displaying an image, a memory portion for storing media data, a reproduction output portion for outputting and reproducing the media data and an input operation portion, comprising:

game proceeding control means, for advancing a game, displaying an image on said monitor based upon an input command to be inputted through said input operation portion; and

object storing means, for storing an object usable in the game; and

object production control means, for controlling production of the object during game proceeding, said object production control means having;

attribution information obtaining means, for obtaining attribution information relating to media data from said media data stored in said memory portion;

object selection means, for selecting the object corresponding to said attribution information from said object storing means; and

display output means, for outputting and displaying selected object on said monitor so as to produce in the game.

2. The media reproduction device according to claim 1, wherein said memory portion stores a combination table showing a combination of said objects that correspond to said attribution information,

said object selection means selects said object corresponding to said attribution information concerning some media data obtained by said attribution information obtaining means by referring to said combination table.

3. The media reproduction device according to claim 2, further comprising combination table producing means, for controlling to change the combination between said attribution information and said object in said combination table with a passage of time, and to produce the combination table having a new combination.

4. The media reproduction device according to claim 1, further comprising media data presentation means, for presenting two or more media data stored in said memory portion to a user so as to be selectable,

wherein if a command of selecting some media data from said media data presented by said media data presentation means is inputted through said input operation portion, said attribution information obtaining means obtains said attribution information relating to said media data selected by said command from said media data stored in said memory portion.

5. A media reproduction device having:

a monitor for displaying an image, a memory portion for storing media data, a reproduction output portion for outputting and reproducing the media data and an input operation portion;

media data presentation means, for displaying two or more media data stored in said memory portion, that is reproducible by said media reproduction device on said monitor as a list so as to be selectable for a user at the time of reproduction of the media data, and

a media control portion that, if a command of selecting some media data from said media data presented by said media data presentation means is inputted through said input operation portion, reads the media data corresponding to the command out of said memory portion and can output and reproduce the media data through said reproduction output portion, said media data reproduction device comprising;

game proceeding control means, for advancing a game, displaying an image on said monitor based upon said input command to be inputted through said input operation portion;

object storing means, for storing an object usable in the game;

attribution information obtaining means that, if a command of selecting some media data from said media data presented by said media data presentation means is inputted through said input operation portion, obtains attribution information relating to said media data selected by said command from said media data stored in said memory portion;

object selection means, for selecting said object that corresponds to said attribution information relating to said media data obtained by said attribution information obtaining means from said object storing means; and

display output means, for outputting and displaying said selected object on said monitor and producing said object in the game.

6. The media reproduction device according to claim 5, wherein said memory portion stores a combination table that shows a combination of said objects that correspond to said attribution information;

and

said object selection means selects said object corresponding to said attribution information relating to some media data that is obtained by said attribution information obtaining means by referring to said combination table.

7. The media reproduction device according to claim 6, further comprising combination table producing means, for controlling to change the combination between said attribution information and said object of said combination table with a passage of time and to produce the combination table having a new combination.