GAME SYSTEM

• US 20150375105A1
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bandai Namco Games Inc (BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: SAKAKIBARA, Tadashi, TAKEMOTO, Junichi, KANAKUBO, Tetsuya
• Granted Patent: US 10,080,960 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/27 characterised by a large display in a public venue, e.g. in a movie theatre, stadium or game arena
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/355 Performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game scene into an encoded video stream for transmitting to a mobile phone or a thin client

Abstract

A game system includes at least one game device, a control section that is communicably connected to the game device, and a projection section that includes at least one projection device that projects a projection image onto a projection target object. The control section performs a control process that controls the game device and a projection control process that controls projection of the projection image. The projection section projects a game image generated by the game device and a created image created by the control section onto the projection target object as the projection image.

Claims

1. A game system comprising:

at least one game device;

a control section that is communicably connected to the game device; and

a projection section that includes at least one projection device that projects a projection image onto a projection target object,

the control section performing a control process that controls the game device and a projection control process that controls projection of the projection image, and

the projection section projecting a game image generated by the game device and a created image created by the control section onto the projection target object as the projection image.

2. The game system as defined in claim 1,

the control section creating the created image based on information received from the game device.

3. The game system as defined in claim 2,

a plurality of game devices being provided as the at least one game device,

the control section creating the created image based on a plurality of pieces of game result information respectively received from the plurality of game devices, and

the projection section projecting the created image based on the plurality of pieces of game result information onto the projection target object.

4. The game system as defined in claim 2,

the control section creating a game effect image as the created image based on the information received from the game device, and

the projection section projecting the game effect image onto the projection target object.

5. The game system as defined in claim 1,

the control section performing the projection control process that controls projection of the game image and the created image.

6. The game system as defined in claim 5,

the control section performing the projection control process that switches between projection of the game image onto a projection region of the projection target object and projection of the created image onto the projection region.

7. The game system as defined in claim 5,

the control section performing the projection control process that stops projecting the game image, or switches from the game image to the created image, when the game device is in a given state.

8. The game system as defined in claim 1,

the control section performing the projection control process that controls projection of the projection image based on information received from the game device.

9. The game system as defined in claim 1,

the control section performing a sound output control process based on at least one of information received from the game device and a projection state of the projection image.

10. The game system as defined in claim 1,

the control section performing a projection mapping process based on shape information about the projection target object to create the created image.

11. The game system as defined in claim 10,

the control section creating the created image that reflects a shape of the projection target object that is represented by the shape information.

12. The game system as defined in claim 11,

the control section changing contents of the created image according to a projection state of the projection image.

13. The game system as defined in claim 1,

the control section including a control processing device and a projection processing device,

the game device and the control processing device being communicably connected through a network, and

the projection processing device receiving the game image from the game device through a video signal line, and causing the projection section to project the received game image onto the projection target object.

14. The game system as defined in claim 1,

the control section receiving operation information from an operation section that is operated by an operator, and performing at least one of the control process that controls the game device and a control process that controls the projection section based on the operation information.

15. The game system as defined in claim 1,

the control section creating the created image based on at least one of information received from a portable communication terminal operated by a user and an image captured by a camera that captures a game play state.

16. The game system as defined in claim 15,

the information received by the control section from the portable communication terminal including input information input by the user, and

the projection section projecting the game image and the created image created based on the input information onto the projection target object.