KR20060107884A - Input device for operation control of arcade electronic game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an input device for operation control of an arcade electronic game machine capable of providing an on-screen keyboard on a touch screen to perform operation and management of an arcade electronic game.

According to the invention, the monitor of the electronic game machine consisting of a touch screen; Game machine CPI, which transmits graphic information based on the operation program of the electronic game machine to the monitor and performs operation management of the electronic game system; And detecting a key signal for on-screen keyboard call from the monitor, providing a on-screen keyboard graphic on the monitor in response to the key signal, extracting a control command for the touch signal detected from the on-screen keyboard graphic, and transmitting it to the game machine CPI. It consists of an on-screen keyboard input device.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an on-screen keyboard on one side of the monitor according to the needs of the user, thereby reducing the production cost compared to many additional devices for providing game continuity. In addition, it is possible to perform a system modification or data change of the game machine using the on-screen keyboard displayed on the monitor, there is an effect that the administrator does not carry a separate keyboard to improve the management efficiency.

Arcade, game machine, electronic, on-screen keyboard, keyboard, touch panel

Description

INPUTTING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MANAGEMENT OF ARCADE ELECTRIC GAME}

1 is a view showing the main configuration of an electronic game machine according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart for explaining the main operation of the present invention.

3 is a game machine screen showing an embodiment of the present invention.

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101: image keyboard input device 103: monitor

105: game machine CPI 107: screen drive unit

109: screen control 111: program memory

The present invention relates to operation control of an arcade electronic game machine, and more particularly, to provide an on-screen keyboard on the monitor of the game machine to enable the system operation and control of the arcade electronic game machine, and based on the information input through the on-screen keyboard An input device for operational control of an arcade electronic game machine capable of performing operational control of the same.

In general, in a arcade game system and a medal game system, unlike consumer games aimed at general-purpose organic devices, game supplies and facilities for strongly appealing to the player's preferences are provided, and various tastes are concentrated from the direction of production. It is usual to make it. In such a game system, if it is possible to realize a new game incorporating the above-described continuity factor or parameter change factor, appeal to the player is increased and activation of the game center is expected.

However, when realizing such a game system, it is necessary to appropriately manage the information (game information) generated by the player playing the game. In other words, when a player stops playing a game and tries to play the same game system again, it is necessary to make it possible to continue the game situation before the interruption point and resume the subsequent play accurately.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2000-0052986 discloses "a game system and a game recording medium management apparatus." In the above-mentioned document, when the progress of a game having continuity is stopped, information holding means for retaining game information, including game history at the time of interruption, for each player, and normal reading of permission information recorded in the game recording medium possessed by the player. This includes game management means for allowing the game to resume after the interruption time using the game information of the player held by the information holding means, and a game recording medium management device for managing the game recording medium.

The game recording medium management apparatus described above includes validity judging means for judging the legitimacy of using a game recording medium, and permission information recording means for recording permission information indicating a finite period of time on a game recording medium in which justification is confirmed, The normal reading is only possible within this period. That is, when the player stops the game, the game information is retained in the information holding means, and when the game is resumed, the game information is used under the condition of the normal reading of the permission information recorded on the game recording medium. It has the feature to secure the game securely.

On the other hand, the above-described game recording medium management apparatus typically uses an entry card, stores the player's unique information, and indicates a finite period of time during which the main body of the game machine is allowed to be used, for example, a date when the main body of the game machine is operated. The present invention is applied as a card-type recording medium having a recording area for recordably recording permission information. The use of the card-like recording medium as the information recording medium in this way is due to the ease of possession by the player and the description of the writing and reading mechanism already established. As the card-type recording medium, a hybrid card, an IC card, a magnetic card, a PET card or the like can be used.

In addition, various forms of storage of the unique information of the player are used, and in the case of a card having a recording area formed on a hard material, the player ID may be embossed. Or in the case of the card which can print-process on the card surface, it is disclosed to print the portrait photograph of the player other than the player ID as embossed data or electronic data. Alternatively, for the card having a margin in the information recording area, the fingerprint information and the voiceprint information of the player are recorded as the player ID.

Therefore, in the above-mentioned document, only the above permission information is recorded other than the entry card and the player ID, and the game machine main body side manages the information on the game progress of the player based on the player ID. As a result, it is possible to simultaneously reduce the cost of the entry card and to prevent fraud by altering the card record information.

However, such an entry card is in a situation where a card reader can be used in addition to the card, thereby raising the manufacturing cost. In addition, the administrator is inconvenient to perform the management of the card, player ID, there is a problem that the error rate of the game machine due to the mounting of the card reader is increased.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an on-screen keyboard on a monitor of an arcade electronic game machine, and to manage the restart of a game using the on-screen keyboard, thereby producing a unit price of the game machine. It is to provide an input device for the operation control of the arcade electronic game machine that can reduce the.

Another object of the present invention is to perform the operation management of the system by using the on-screen keyboard provided on the monitor without using a keyboard connected to the game console when an error or data modification of the arcade game machine, the efficiency of system management It is to provide an input device for the operation control of the arcade electronic game machine that can increase the.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the input device for operation control of the arcade electronic game machine, the monitor of the electronic game machine consisting of a touch screen; A game machine CPI for transmitting graphic information based on an operation program of the electronic game machine to the monitor and performing operation management of the electronic game system; And detecting a key signal for calling an on-screen keyboard from the monitor, providing an on-screen keyboard graphic on the monitor in response to the key signal, and extracting a control command for a touch signal detected from the on-screen keyboard graphic. And an on-screen keyboard input device for transmitting to CFI.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control command is characterized in that the user's password information for the game operation of the arcade electronic game machine or the administrator's control information for system management of the arcade electronic game machine.

Further, the on-screen keyboard input device drives the touch screen panel constituting the monitor, provides arbitrary graphic information to the touch screen, and converts the touch signal input by the touch screen into an electrical signal of a predetermined level. A screen drive unit; Recognizing a touch signal for an on-screen keyboard request from the screen driver, providing a on-screen keyboard on the monitor in response to the touch signal, and performing a data conversion corresponding to touch information flowing through the on-screen keyboard to play the game machine. A screen controller for providing CPI oil; And a program memory for providing graphic information on the on-screen keyboard to the screen controller and setting data information corresponding to the touch information.

Hereinafter, an input device for operation control of an arcade electronic game machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 is a block diagram showing an input device of the electronic game machine according to the present invention. As shown, the monitor 103 of the electronic game machine consisting of a touch screen and the game machine CFIU which transmits graphic information based on the operation program of the electronic game machine to the monitor 103 and performs operation management of the electronic game system ( 105, and detects a key signal for on-screen keyboard call from the monitor 103, provides on-screen keyboard graphics on the monitor 103 in response to the key signal, and a touch signal detected from the on-screen keyboard graphic. It is composed of an on-screen keyboard input device 101 for extracting a control command for and transmits to the game machine CPI (105).

The control command may be password information of a user for game operation of the arcade electronic game machine, and may be control information of an administrator for system management of the arcade electronic game machine, if necessary. The password information of the user is a means for maintaining the game's continuity, and is a user management mode required for temporarily stopping the game or restarting the stopped game.

On the other hand, the control information of the manager is a means for facilitating system modification from the manager when an error of the electronic game machine occurs. Accordingly, the on-screen keyboard displayed on the monitor 103 may be a keyboard of English and Korean characters. The English and Korean keyboards shown in the on-screen keyboard have a prescribed character arrangement, so that the keyboard usage pattern of the user or administrator can be maintained.

In addition, the on-screen keyboard input device 101 drives a touch screen panel constituting the monitor 103, provides arbitrary graphic information to the touch screen, and provides a touch signal input by the touch screen at a predetermined level. A screen driver 107 for converting and outputting an electrical signal of the electronic device; and a touch signal for requesting an on-screen keyboard from the screen driver 107, and providing an on-screen keyboard on the monitor 103 in response to the touch signal. A screen controller 109 for performing data conversion corresponding to touch information flowing through the on-screen keyboard and providing the same to the game machine CPI 105, and providing graphic information about the on-screen keyboard to the screen controller 109. And a program memory 111 for setting data information corresponding to the touch information.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described.

2 is a flowchart for explaining the main operation of the present invention. As shown, the game operation of the arcade electronic game machine is started with the initialization of the system in step S201. In addition, in step S201, a user ID or password randomly assigned to a user of the arcade electronic game is given, and the user ID or password information is mutually matched with a game machine used by the user.

This may provide the user ID or password information using the network in the arcade, and may provide any information already given to the arcade electronic game machine to the user using the game machine as needed. Thereafter, the user plays the game using the arcade electronic game machine.

Meanwhile, in this step, the screen control unit 109 provides a specific key for popping up the on-screen keyboard on the monitor 103. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the specific key described above is formed on one side of the game screen 303 and implemented in a predetermined shape within a range that does not cause a disturbance of the game. As the specific key 301 is also provided on the touch screen, it is switched by the user or the administrator.

Thereafter, when the user wants to temporarily stop the game while playing the game or when the user needs to maintain the game machine system due to an error in the game machine, the user or the manager touches the specific key 301. Here, the screen controller 109 enters step S203 and receives a touch signal corresponding to a specific key provided from the screen driver 107.

In operation S205, the screen controller 109 receives graphic information for displaying the on-screen keyboard from the program memory 111 in response to the specific key input. The screen controller 109 provides the on-screen keyboard graphic information to the screen driver 107, and the screen driver 107 displays the on-screen keyboard on the monitor 103. This provides the on-screen keyboard 305 to the lower end of the monitor 103, as shown in FIG. 3 (b).

The on-screen keyboard 305 may be implemented by a Korean keyboard or an English keyboard, and may be provided in any Korean language as necessary. In step S207, the screen controller 109 receives touch information input from the on-screen keyboard. The touch information is an input keyboard signal for the on-screen keyboard 305 provided on the touch screen, and indicates input characters of a user or a manager touched by each character of the keyboard.

In addition, the on-screen keyboard 305 enables mutual game chat during the arcade online game at the arcade game ground. This allows the user to perform a text message transmission between users using the keyboard on the keyboard provided through the on-screen keyboard 305. A user inputs a unique number of a specific arcade online game machine, for example, a designated number of the game machine, using the keyboard of the on-screen keyboard 305 to refer to a specific game machine. Then, after receiving a chat approval from the game machine referred to, the mutual chat is performed through the on-screen keyboard 305. Here, of course, the chat using the on-screen keyboard 305 is assumed to be a network between a predetermined chat server and a plurality of game machines.

As a result, the failure rate of the physical keyboard that can be installed to perform an online game period chatter is reduced, and the installation of only the program for providing the on-screen keyboard 305 leads to a reduction in operating and management costs of the system.

The screen controller 109 receives the touch information, and each touch information recognizes a character corresponding to the keyboard based on an input signal detection algorithm previously stored in the program memory 111. That is, when a user or an administrator touches an arbitrary position on the on-screen keyboard 305, the screen controller 109 detects an arbitrary position using an input signal detection algorithm of the program memory 111. Based on the positional information, a character for the input keyboard is recognized by matching the positional information of the predetermined keyboard.

Therefore, the screen controller 109 performs character recognition on touch information flowing from the screen driver 107 through step S209. In operation S211, the screen controller 109 determines whether the recognized character information corresponds to user ID or password. As a result of the determination in the present step, when the touch information input to the screen controller 109 is information corresponding to the ID or password of the user, the screen controller 109 determines whether the information is preset in step S201. If the user ID or password is already set information, the screen control unit 109 recognizes that the user wants to stop the game for a while, and notifies the game machine CFI 105.

The game machine CPI 105 blocks an input signal of the electronic game machine in response to a request of the screen controller 109. The input signal refers to a plurality of key button signals for a game. Therefore, the blocking of the input signal means a mode in which the corresponding game is continuously operated but the key button signal is not inputted by another person and thus the game cannot be performed. To enter.

On the other hand, when the user wants to restart the electronic game, the user inputs the preset user ID or password information through the on-screen keyboard 305 shown on the monitor 103 in step S215. Here, when the input information is not the same as the preset information, a predetermined error message is provided and the feedback is returned to the step S213. However, if the current input information is the same as the preset information, the process enters step S217 and the user continues to play the current game.

Although this process is described as an embodiment of the user's game operation, the on-screen keyboard can also be used when the system is modified by the administrator, if necessary. For example, when the touch information currently input in step S211 is information for designating a preset system modification mode, this may be a management number assigned at the time of production of the electronic game machine, or may be a unique registration number provided only by an administrator provided on a network. Can be. Therefore, the administrator enters the system modification mode of the electronic game machine based on the set registration information.

In operation S219, the screen controller 109 determines whether the touch information currently input is preset registration information, and enters a management mode for modifying and managing the game machine system according to the determination result. The management mode is a control mode for performing a system upgrade or data modification by an administrator, and may perform a plurality of control commands using the on-screen keyboard 301 provided on the monitor 103.

As described above, the input device for the operation control of the arcade electronic game machine according to the present invention, the on-screen keyboard to one side of the monitor according to the user's needs, so that the arcade game can be temporarily interrupted or restarted the interrupted game As a result, the cost of production can be reduced compared to many additional devices for providing game continuity.

In addition, it is possible to perform a system modification or data change of the game machine using the on-screen keyboard displayed on the monitor, there is an effect that the administrator does not carry a separate keyboard to improve the management efficiency.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to specific preferred embodiments thereof, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and is commonly used in the art to which the invention pertains without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed in the claims. Anyone with knowledge will be able to make various variations.

Claims (4)

A monitor of the electronic game machine composed of a touch screen; A game machine CPI for transmitting graphic information based on an operation program of the electronic game machine to the monitor and performing operation management of the electronic game system; And Detects a key signal for on-screen keyboard call from the monitor, provides on-screen keyboard graphics on the monitor in response to the key signal, extracts a control command for the touch signal detected from the on-screen keyboard graphic, and plays the game machine Input device for operation control of the arcade electronic game machine, characterized in that consisting of on-screen keyboard input device for transmitting to. The input for controlling the operation of the arcade electronic game machine according to claim 1, wherein the control command is password information of a user for game operation of the arcade electronic game machine or control information of an administrator for system management of the arcade electronic game machine. Device. The operation keyboard of claim 1, wherein the on-screen keyboard displayed on the monitor is a keyboard of English and Korean characters, and the game machine CPI provides an online chat algorithm using the on-screen keyboard. Input device for. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the on-screen keyboard input device drives a touch screen panel constituting the monitor, provides arbitrary graphic information to the touch screen, and transmits a touch signal input by the touch screen to a predetermined level. A screen driver converting the output to Recognizing a touch signal for an on-screen keyboard request from the screen driver, providing a on-screen keyboard on the monitor in response to the touch signal, and performing a data conversion corresponding to touch information flowing through the on-screen keyboard to play the game machine. A screen controller for providing CPI oil; And And a program memory for providing graphic information about the on-screen keyboard to the screen control unit and setting data information corresponding to the touch information.

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