Game machine and game parlor

• US 6,889,977 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2002
• Issued: 05/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hamatani, Toshiji, Yamazaki, Shunpei, Miyanaga, Akiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US10/320,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20030122301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 875 Days
• Field of Search: 273/108, 273118-125, 273/142, 273/143, 463/16, 463/36, 217/4, 2/9, 220/6, 226/7, 2DI/G 1.1, 218/1, 220/9, 132/212, 132/213, 132/214, 128857-858
• US Class Current: 273/108
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/26 the game being influenced by physiological parameters A63F2250/1031 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/022 Pachinko
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0468 Electronic dice; electronic dice simulators

Abstract

A game machine enabled to make various responses by adding the psychosomatic state and emotion of the player as one of conditions for determining the responding manner. The psychosomatic state of the player is grasped to change the responses in accordance with the psychological state of the player by making use of both a chaos attractor obtained by numerically processing the information sampled from the player and the index indicating the degree how the chaos attractor matches the defining condition of the chaos.

Claims

1. A game parlor comprising:

a plurality of game machines;

means for detecting physical state of a player using one of the game machines;

means for assigning the physical state to a plurality of predetermined levels; and

means for controlling a game level for the player in accordance with the assigned one of the predetermined levels.

2. A game system according to claim 1, wherein each of the predetermined levels is defined by a chaos attracter.

3. A game parlor according to claim 1, wherein the physical state is detected by a sensor.

4. A game parlor comprising:

a plurality of game machines;

means for detecting physical states of players using the game machines;

means for assigning the physical states to a plurality of predetermined levels; and

means for controlling game levels for the players in accordance with the assigned one of the predetermined levels.

5. A game parlor according to claim 4, wherein each of the predetermined levels is defined by a chaos attracter.

6. A game parlor according to claim 4, wherein each of the physical states is detected by a sensor.

7. A game parlor comprising:

a plurality of game machines;

means for detecting degree of excited state of a player using one of the game machines;

means for assigning the degree to a plurality of predetermined levels; and

means for controlling a game level for the player in accordance with the assigned one of the predetermined levels.

8. A game parlor according to claim 7, wherein each of the predetermined levels is defined by a chaos attracter.

9. A game parlor according to claim 7, wherein the degree of excited state is detected by a sensor.

10. A game parlor comprising:

a plurality of game machines;

means for detecting degree of excited states of players using the game machines;

means for assigning the degree to a plurality of predetermined levels; and

means for controlling game levels for the players in accordance with the assigned one of the predetermined levels.

11. A game parlor according to claim 10, wherein each of the predetermined levels is defined by a chaos attracter.

12. A game parlor according to claim 10, wherein the degree of each excited state is detected by a sensor.

13. A method for operating a game parlor comprising:

providing a plurality of game machines;

detecting physical states of players using the game machines;

gathering the physical state to a computer through the game machines;

assigning the physical state to a plurality of predetermined levels;

grasping the distribution of the players in specific predetermined levels; and

controlling a game level for the players in accordance with the distribution of the players in the specific predetermined levels.

14. A method according to claim 13, wherein each of the predetermined levels is defined by a chaos attracter.

15. A method according to claim 13, wherein each of the physical states is detected by a sensor.

16. A method for operating a game parlor comprising:

providing a plurality of gate machines;

detecting degree of excited states of players using the game machines;

gathering the degree to a computer through the game machines;

assigning the degree to a plurality of predetermined levels;

grasping the distribution of the players in specific predetermined levels; and

controlling a game level for the players in accordance with the distribution of the players in the specific predetermined levels.

17. A method according to claim 16, wherein each of the predetermined levels is defined by a chaos attracter.

18. A method according to claim 16, wherein the degree of each excited state is detected by a sensor.