Game system allowing calibration of timing evaluation of a player operation and storage medium to be used for the same

• US 6,638,160 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2001
• Issued: 10/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshitomi, Kensuke
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Neill, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jones, Scott E.
• Application Number:
  US09/886,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20020013166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 463/1, 463/7-8, 463/23, 463/30-33, 463/35-39, 463/40-43, 463/47, 273/148.R, 273/148.B, 273/440.1, 273/440, 273/445, 273/459-461, 434/128, 434/161, 434/167, 434/179, 434/307.R, 434/307.A, 434/319-321, 446/408, 446/486, 844/70.R
• US Class Current: 463/7
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/091 for performance evaluation, i.e. judging, grading or scoring the musical qualities or faithfulness of a performance, e.g. with respect to pitch, tempo or other timings of a reference performance
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/141 Games on or about music, i.e. based on musical knowledge, e.g. musical multimedia quizzes teaching of music per se G09B15/00

Abstract

A game system allows timing adjustment for reducing inaccuracy in timing evaluation of an operation performed by a player. The game system includes a storage device for storing reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device associated with an elapsed time from a predetermined position serving as a reference, and an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data. An operation detection device detects actual timing of an operation performed on the input device by the player, and an evaluation device evaluates the detected operation by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected timing. An adjustment value setting device allows the player to correct an evaluation result, and an adjustment execution device changes the operation timing with the predetermined position being used as a reference.

Claims

1. A game system comprising:

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position used as a reference in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for adjusting a deviation amount between the timing defined in the reference data and the actual timing detected by the operation detection device based on the adjustment value.

2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein said adjustment value setting device changes the adjustment value based on an amount of an operation by the player to a specific operation portion in the input device.

3. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment value setting device causes the operation instruction device to issue an instruction for an operation at predetermined timing with said predetermined position being used as a reference, and sets the adjustment value based on a deviation amount between said instructed timing of the operation and an actual timing detected by the operation detection device in response to said instruction.

4. A game system comprising:

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position used as a reference in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a relationship between a deviation amount of the actual timing detected by the operation detection device to the timing defined in the reference data and an evaluation result by the evaluation device based on the adjustment value.

5. The game system according to claim 4, wherein said adjustment value setting device changes the adjustment value based on an amount of an operation by the player to a specific operation portion in the input device.

6. The game system according to claim 4, wherein the adjustment value setting device causes the operation instruction device to issue an instruction for an operation at predetermined timing with said predetermined position being used as a reference, and sets the adjustment value based on a deviation amount between said instructed timing of the operation and an actual timing detected by the operation detection device in response to said instruction.

7. A game system comprising:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being used as a reference;

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a given position in the tune to be reproduced in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data during the reproduction of the tune;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for adjusting a deviation amount between the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the actual timing detected by the operation detection device based on the adjustment value.

8. A game system comprising:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being used as a reference;

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a given position in the tune to be reproduced in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data during the reproduction of the tune;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a relationship between a deviation amount of the actual timing detected by the operation detection device to the timing defined in the reference data and an evaluation result by the evaluation device based on the adjustment value.

9. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position used as a reference in a game;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for adjusting a deviation amount between the timing defined in the reference data and the actual timing detected by the operation detection device based on the adjustment value.

10. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein said adjustment value setting device changes the adjustment value based on an amount of an operation by the player to a specific operation portion in the input device.

11. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the adjustment value setting device causes the operation instruction device to issue an instruction for an operation at predetermined timing with said predetermined position being used as a reference, and sets the adjustment value based on a deviation amount between said instructed timing of the operation and an actual timing detected by the operation detection device in response to said instruction.

12. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position used as a reference in a game;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a relationship between a deviation amount of the actual timing detected by the operation detection device to the timing defined in the reference data and an evaluation result by the evaluation device based on the adjustment value.

13. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein said adjustment value setting device changes the adjustment value based on an amount of an operation by the player to a specific operation portion in the input device.

14. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the adjustment value setting device causes the operation instruction device to issue an instruction for an operation at predetermined timing with said predetermined position being used as a reference, and sets the adjustment value based on a deviation amount between said instructed timing of the operation and an actual timing detected by the operation detection device in response to said instruction.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being used as a reference;

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing during the reproduction of the tune based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a given position in the tune to be reproduced in the game;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for adjusting a deviation amount between the timing of the operation defined in the reference date and the actual timing detected by the operation detection device based on the adjustment value.

16. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being used as a reference;

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing during the reproduction of the tune based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a given position in the tune to be reproduced in the game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data during the reproduction of the tune;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a relationship between a deviation amount of the actual timing detected by the operation detection device to the timing defined in the reference data and an evaluation result by the evaluation device based on the adjustment value.