Game device, game machine operation device and game system which employ a half-duplex serial communication system and game device two-way communication method
First Claim
1. A game device that employs a half-duplex serial communication system as a system of communication with game machine operation devices connected via a serial port, the game device comprising:
- means for combining, based on identifiers of said game machine operation devices supplied from said game machine operation devices, a communication protocol which transmits and receives data for each single character with a communication protocol which transmits or receives data for two or more characters in a row; and
means for switching the communication protocol to a communication protocol that corresponds to a connected game machine operation device.
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Abstract
In a game system such as a television game system, a television game machine main unit includes a protocol controller and each game operation device connected to the television game machine unit via a serial port also has a protocol controller. The television game machine main unit when connected to a game operation device which has a unique identifier, combines a communication protocol that transmits and receives data for each character with a communication protocol which transmits or receives data for two or more characters in a row and switches the communication protocol which corresponds to that game operation device based on the identifier thereof to minimize the amount of information required between the television game machine main unit and the game operation device.
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19 Claims
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1. A game device that employs a half-duplex serial communication system as a system of communication with game machine operation devices connected via a serial port, the game device comprising:
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means for combining, based on identifiers of said game machine operation devices supplied from said game machine operation devices, a communication protocol which transmits and receives data for each single character with a communication protocol which transmits or receives data for two or more characters in a row; and
means for switching the communication protocol to a communication protocol that corresponds to a connected game machine operation device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A game machine operation device that employs a half-duplex serial communication system as its system of communication with a game device to which it is connected via a serial port,
the game machine operation device having an identifier which is unique to said game machine operation device, and comprising means for providing said identifier to said game device when said game machine operation device is connected to said game device, to cause said game device to combine a communication protocol which transmits and receives data for each single character with a communication protocol which transmits or receives data for two or more characters in a row, and to switch the communication protocol to a communication protocol which corresponds to said game machine operation device.
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9. A game system in which a game device and game machine operation devices are connected via a serial port and which employs a half-duplex serial communication system as a system of communication between said game device and game machine operation devices,
the game system comprising means for combining based on identifiers of said game machine operation devices supplied from said game machine operation devices, a communication protocol which transmits and receives data for each single character with a communication protocol which transmits or receives data for two or more characters in a row, and means for switching the communication protocol to a communication protocol that corresponds to said game machine operation device, and wherein each of said game machine operation devices has an identifier which is unique to said game machine operation device, and comprises means for providing said identifier to said game device when said game machine operation device is connected to said game device.
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15. A game device two-way communication method that employs a half-duplex serial communication system as its system of communication with game machine operation devices connected via a serial port,
the two-way communication method comprising a step of combining, based on identifiers of said game machine operation devices supplied from said game machine operation devices, a communication protocol which transmits and receives data for each single character with a communication protocol which transmits or receives data for two or more characters in a row, and a step of switching the communication protocol to a communication protocol that corresponds to said game machine operation device.
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