GAME DEVICE, GAME DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20110190059A1
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Otani, Taku
• Granted Patent: US 9,480,912 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 13/214 for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
• 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 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 2300/6027 using adaptive systems learning from user actions, e.g. for skill level adjustment

Abstract

To provide a game device that, for example, enables dealing with displacement of a standing position of a player during game play. Depression operation receiving means receives a depression operation of the player and outputs information regarding a position depressed by the player. Depressed position acquiring means (61) acquires the position depressed by the player based on the information output from the depression operation receiving means. Judgment means (62) judges whether or not the position depressed by the player is included within a judgment subject area. Game processing executing means (63) executes game processing based on a result of the judging by the judgment means (62). Judgment subject area changing means (64) changes, in a case where it is judged that the position depressed by the player is not included within the judgment subject area, a position of the judgment subject area based on the position depressed by the player.

Claims

1. A game device, comprising:

depression operation receiving means for receiving a depression operation of a player and outputting information regarding a position depressed by the player;

depressed position acquiring means for acquiring the position depressed by the player based on the information output from the depression operation receiving means;

judgment means for judging whether or not the position depressed by the player is included within a judgment subject area;

game processing executing means for executing game processing based on a result of the judging by the judgment means; and

judgment subject area changing means for changing, in a case where it is judged that the position depressed by the player is not included within the judgment subject area, a position of the judgment subject area based on the position depressed by the player.

2. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the judgment subject area changing means comprises:

means for judging whether or not a state in which it is judged that the position depressed by the player is not included within the judgment subject area has continued for a reference period of time; and

means for changing the position of the judgment subject area in a case where the state in which it is judged that the position depressed by the player is not included within the judgment subject area has continued for the reference period of time.

3. The game device according to claim 1, further comprising display control means for displaying, on display means, a game screen containing a game character and a focused area having brightness thereof set higher than brightness of another area,

wherein the display control means comprises means for controlling a positional relation between a display position of the game character and a display position of the focused area based on a positional relation between the position depressed by the player and the judgment subject area.

4. The game device according to claim 1, further comprising display control means for displaying, on display means, a game screen containing a first game character and a second game character,

wherein the display control means comprises means for controlling a positional relation between a display position of the first game character and a display position of the second game character based on a positional relation between the position depressed by the player and the judgment subject area.

5. A method of controlling a game device, comprising:

acquiring information output from depression operation receiving means for receiving a depression operation of a player and outputting the information regarding a position depressed by the player;

acquiring the position depressed by the player based on the information output from the depression operation receiving means;

judging whether or not the position depressed by the player is included within a judgment subject area;

executing game processing based on a result of the judging; and

changing, in a case where it is judged that the position depressed by the player is not included within the judgment subject area, a position of the judgment subject area based on the position depressed by the player.

6. (canceled)

7. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to function as:

means for acquiring information output from depression operation receiving means for receiving a depression operation of a player and outputting the information regarding a position depressed by the player;

depressed position acquiring means for acquiring the position depressed by the player based on the information output from the depression operation receiving means;

judgment means for judging whether or not the position depressed by the player is included within a judgment subject area;

game processing executing means for executing game processing based on a result of the judging by the judgment means; and

judgment subject area changing means for changing, in a case where it is judged that the position depressed by the player is not included within the judgment subject area, a position of the judgment subject area based on the position depressed by the player.