GAME SYSTEM

• US 20130072287A1
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: OKUAKI, Masato, NAKAMOTO, Hiroto, SASAKI, Ryu
• Granted Patent: US 8,696,442 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/23
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3206 Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players

Abstract

In a game system which is provided with a monitor which displays a screen according to progress of a game, a touch panel which is operated by a player according to the progress of a game, a storage device which stores operation history data of the player who operates the touch panel, and a control unit, the control unit determines an attribute of the player based on the operation history data and controls setting of a game based on the determined attribute.

Claims

1. A game system comprising:

a game executing device which executes a predetermined game;

a display device which displays a screen according to progress of a game;

an operating device which is operated by a player according to the progress of a game;

an operation history storage device which stores operation history data of the player who operates the operating device;

an attribute determining device which determines an attribute of the player based on the operation history data; and

a game setting control device which controls setting of a game executed by the game executing device based on the attribute determined by the attribute determining device.

2. The game system of claim 1, further comprising:

an imaging device which images the player'"'"'s face; and

a discrimination data acquiring device which acquires discrimination data including an age group of the player discriminated from a face image of the player imaged by the imaging device;

wherein

the attribute determining device determines the attribute of the player based on the discrimination data and the operation history data.

3. The game system of claim 1, wherein

the game setting control device controls a rendering effect of a game executed by the game executing device based on the attribute.

4. The game system of claim 3, wherein

the game setting control device controls a rendering effect of a screen displayed on the display device.

5. The game system of claim 1, wherein

the discrimination data further includes the player'"'"'s sex and facial expression.

6. The game system of claim 1, wherein

the operation history data further includes times of choice which are selected by the player in a game executed by the game executing device.

7. The game system of claim 1, wherein

the attribute determining device determines the attribute with reference to attribute data in which the discrimination data or the operation history data is associated with the attribute.

8. The game system of claim 1, wherein

the attribute determining device further includes a first proficiency determining device which determines the player'"'"'s game proficiency based on the discrimination data and a second proficiency determining device which determines the player'"'"'s game proficiency based on the operation history data.

9. The game system of claim 8, wherein

when determination results of the first and second proficiency determining devices are the same proficiency, the attribute determining device determines the determination result as the attribute.

10. The game system of claim 8, wherein

when determination results of the first and second proficiency determining devices are different proficiencies, the attribute determining device determines proficiency positioned between game proficiency determined by the first proficiency determining device and game proficiency determined by the second proficiency determining device as the attribute.

11. The game system of claim 9, wherein

the game setting control device adjusts a game difficulty level based on the proficiency determined as the attribute.

12. The game system of claim 9, wherein

the game setting control device adjusts an operation difficulty level of the operating device based on the proficiency determined as the attribute.

13. The game system of claim 12, wherein

the operating device includes a touch panel superimposed on the display device, and the operation difficulty level is adjusted by changing a screen displayed on the display device.

14. The game system of claim 1, comprising:

a server; and

a game machine which is connected to perform communication with the server via a network and includes the operating device;

wherein

the server includes the operation history storage device, and

the game machine includes an operation history transmitting and receiving device which transmits/receives the player'"'"'s operation history to/from the server, the game executing device, the display device, the attribute determining device, and the game setting control device.