Computer readable medium, optical disk and information processing apparatus

• US 6,604,181 B1
• Filed: 10/28/1999
• Issued: 08/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
• Inventors: Moriya, Shun
• Primary Examiner(s): PORTKA, GARY J
• Application Number:
  US09/428,465
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• Field of Search: 369/272, 369/273, 369/275.3, 463/1, 463/43, 711/118, 711/125, 711/126, 711/140, 711/112, 711/170
• US Class Current: 711/170
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/95 Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/206 Game information storage, e.g. cartridges, CD ROM's, DVD's, smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/807 Role playing or strategy games
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/60 Memory management

Abstract

Disclosed is a recording medium that is capable of functioning a reading device of an information processing apparatus, without making the reading device to operate inefficiently. The recording medium stores a plurality of program codes each of which is used for displaying game characters, and a plurality of graphic codes utilized to display the game characters by the plurality of the program codes, respectively. The program code and the graphic code regarding each of the game characters are recorded in a area composed of contiguous storage locations on the disk plane of the recording medium. Besides, plural pair of program codes and graphic codes regarding the game characters that may be displayed simultaneously are recorded in a area composed of contiguous storage locations.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium which is readable by a computer, comprising:

a plurality of program codes each of which is executed by the computer to perform specific processing, each program code being for a game character; and

a plurality of pieces of data each of which is utilized by the computer executing related one of said plurality of program codes, each piece of data being for a game character,

wherein each of said plurality of program codes is related to data among said plural pieces of data based upon the program code and the data both being associated with a common game character, the related code and data being recorded at contiguous storage locations on the medium.

2. An optical disk which is to be set to an optical disk reading device connected to a computer and be able to read information recorded in a storage location at an outer radius side faster than information recorded in a storage location at an inner radius side on a disk plane thereof, comprising:

a plurality of program codes each of which is executed by the computer to perform specific processing, each program code being related to a game character; and

plural pieces of data each of which is utilized by the computer executing a related one of said plurality of program codes, each piece of data being related to a game character,

wherein each of said plurality of program codes is related to data among said plural pieces of data based upon the program code and the data both being associated with a common game character, the related code and data being recorded at contiguous storage locations on the disk plane.

3. The optical disk according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of program codes and said plural pieces of data are recorded in a recording area at outer radius side of the disk plane.

4. The optical disk according to claim 3, wherein an animation data is recorded in a recording area at inner radius side of the disk plane.

5. The optical disk according to claim 3, wherein all information recorded therein is constituted in one file.

6. The optical disk according to claim 2, wherein each of said plural pieces of data is a graphic code that is required by the computer for displaying a game character.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an optical disk, storing a plurality of program codes each of which is to be used for performing specific processing and plural pieces of data utilized by a related one of said plurality of program codes, each of said plurality of program codes and its related one of said plural pieces of data being recorded at contiguous storage locations, the related code and data being associated with a common game character;

a reading device to which said recording medium is set and which reads out the information from the recording medium;

a memory in which information read by said optical disk reading device is stored as a component of a program; and

a control device performing a control in accordance with the program stored in said memory.

8. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an optical disk, storing a plurality of program codes each of which is to be used for performing specific processing and plural pieces of data each utilized by a related one of said plurality of program codes, each of said plurality of program codes and its related one of said plural pieces of data being recorded at contiguous storage locations on a disk plane thereof, the related code and data being associated with a common game character;

an optical disk reading device to which said optical disk is set and which reads out the information from the optical disk;

a memory in which information read by said optical disk reading device is stored as a component of a program; and

a control device performing a control in accordance with the program stored in said memory.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said optical disk reading device reads information recorded in a storage location at an outer radius side on the disk plane faster than information recorded in a storage location at an inner radius side on the disk plane, and

wherein said optical disk stores said plurality of program codes and said plural pieces of data in a recording area at an outer radius side of the disk platter.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said optical disk stores animation data at an inner radius side of the disk plane.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein all information stored in said optical disk is constituted in one file.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein each of said plural pieces of utilized data is a graphic code that is required for displaying a game character.