Method for developing attractions in a shooting game system

• US 5,613,913 A
• Filed: 04/06/1995
• Issued: 03/25/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sega Enterprises LTD. (SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sega Enterprises LTD. (SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: Yoshimoto, Masakazu, Kawakami, Hiroshi, Nakano, Satoshi, Ikematsu, Shinichi, Hiromi, Keisuke, Kouno, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Harrison, Jessica
• Assistant Examiner(s): ONEILL, MICHAEL W
• Application Number:
  US08/418,029
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 273/310-316, 273/371, 273/374, 273/460, 434/11, 434/16, 434/21, 434/22, 463/52, 463/7
• US Class Current: 463/52
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8076 Shooting
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0291 with a simulated projectile, e.g. an image on a screen
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 7/005 Unmanned ground vehicles, i.e. robotic, remote controlled or autonomous, mobile platforms carrying equipment for performing a military or police role, e.g. weapon systems or reconnaissance sensors F41H11/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 7/04 disappearing or moving when hit exploding targets F41J5/26; exploding clay-pigeon targets F41J9/165

Abstract

In a method for developing attractions in a shooting game system with which players can experience gun fights between the targets and players themselves. The shooting game system can be easily installed in a short period anywhere and game quality can be adjusted in the most suitable state. The method for developing attractions includes the steps of producing various types of targets by combining fundamental mechanisms, each of which is used for a unit operation; incorporating unified control equipment and peripherals in the produced target to make them a target unit; embedding the above-described target unit in a target unit case so as to serve also as an indoor partition and posts; and arranging the embedded target units in the designated rooms of the attraction hall. The method for developing attractions alternatively includes inputting information regarding the arrangement of the targets, displaying the arrangement on a screen, and the interaction between the targets and the players. This method thereby allows monitor and control of game quality.

Claims

1. A method for developing attractions in a shooting game system with which players can experience gun fights between targets and the players themselves by arranging robot targets in an attraction hall, the method for developing attractions in a shooting game system comprising the steps of:

producing various types of said targets by combining fundamental mechanisms, each of which is used for a unit operation;

incorporating unified control equipment and peripherals in said targets to make them a target unit;

embedding said target unit in a target unit case;

forming said target unit case so as to serve as at least one of a partition and a post, thereby fixing a relationship between said target and said at least one of said partition and said post;

arranging said target units in a designated room of said attraction hall, thereby simply developing attractions; and

wherein said unit operations include vertical movement, horizontal movement, tilting, and rotation.

2. A method for developing attractions according to claim 1, further comprising covering a target body, which is composed of said fundamental mechanisms, with a target cover.

3. A method for developing attractions in a shooting game system with which players can experience gun fights between targets and the players themselves by arranging robot targets in an attraction hall, the method for developing attractions in a shooting game system comprising the steps of:

inputting arrangement information on the targets, which are arranged in a designated room of said attraction hall, to a control system of said shooting game system;

saving the arrangement information in a memory;

displaying an arrangement state of said targets on a monitor display on the basis of the arrangement information saved in said memory so that the arrangement state in said designated room can be confirmed on said monitor display;

simulating a shooting game, including gun fights between said targets and players, on the basis of input operational information on player characters and the arrangement information on the targets saved in memory;

examining game quality in said arrangement; and

selecting between confirmation of said arrangement state and simulation of a game, and, when simulation is selected,

displaying player characters corresponding to actual players on a screen,

starting a game of targets vs players on the screen, and

controlling, by an operator, movement of said player characters and handling of guns.

4. A method for developing attractions according to claim 3, wherein said arrangement information is input from a control box, and said arrangement information comprises three-dimensional positions and angles of targets and play zones, where target guns aim at players, in a battle stage.

5. A method for developing attractions according to claim 4, further comprising, when simulation is selected;

displaying player characters corresponding to actual players on a screen;

starting a game of targets vs players on the screen; and

controlling, by an operator, movement of said player characters and handling of guns.

6. A method for developing attractions according to claim 3, further comprising, on the basis of said input operational information on player characters, generating positional information on said player characters and image data of said player characters, generating, if said target is hit with a bullet, bullet-hit information on the target, and generating, on the basis of said positional information on said player characters and the bullet-hit information on the target, a target control command.

7. A method for developing attractions according to claim 6, further comprising, in accordance with said target control command and the arrangement information, generating image data of the target, and synthesizing said player characters and said image data of the targets to display a game scene on said screen.

8. A method for developing attractions in a shooting game system with which players can experience gun fights between targets and the players themselves by arranging robot targets in an attraction hall, the method for developing attractions in a shooting game system comprising the steps of:

inputting arrangement information on the targets, which are arranged in a designated room of said attraction hall, to a control system of said shooting game system, wherein said arrangement information is input from a control box, and said arrangement information comprises three-dimensional positions and angles of targets and play zones, where target guns aim at players, in a battle stage;

saving the arrangement information in a memory;

displaying an arrangement state of said targets on a monitor display on the basis of the arrangement information saved in said memory so that the arrangement state in said designated room can be confirmed on said monitor display;

simulating a shooting game, including gun fights between said targets and players, on the basis of input operational information on player characters and the arrangement information on the targets saved in memory; and

examining game quality in said arrangement.

9. A method for developing attractions according to claim 8, further comprising selecting between confirmation of said arrangement state and simulation of a game.

10. A method for developing attractions according to claim 8, further comprising, on the basis of said input operational information on player characters, generating positional information on said player characters and image data of said player characters, generating, if said target is hit with a bullet, bullet-hit information on the target, and generating, on the basis of said positional information on said player characters and the bullet-hit information on the target, a target control command.

11. A method for developing attractions according to claim 10, further comprising, in accordance with said target control command and the arrangement information, generating image data of the target, and synthesizing said player characters and said image data of the targets to display a game scene on said screen.