JPH08318050A - Game machine capable of changing accent of voice output of screen-displayed sentence including calling name - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To change the accent of voice by the preference of a player by displaying sentences including the calling name of the player to be operated next on a screen and outputting the calling name in the sentences to be voice- outputted in voice corresponding to an accent pattern at the time of advancing a game. CONSTITUTION: A CPU 1 reads out an operation program for executing a SUGOROKU (Japanese variety of parcheesi) game from a program ROM 6, reads a character from a character ROM 7, stores picture data in a screen memory 8 and displays the screen for starting the SUGOROKU game on a CRT 9. Then, input signals from an operation unit 4 are sent to the CPU 1, the PCM voice data of the respective characters of the assembled sentences are read out by referring to a data table inside the character ROM 7, they are modulated based on accent pattern data and converted into analog voice signals in a voice generation circuit 10 and the voice is outputted from a speaker 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine of a type in which a plurality of players take turns performing input operations based on instructions on a display screen, more specifically, a game machine for prompting the players to operate. The present invention relates to a game machine capable of adjusting the accent of voice output of a screen display sentence.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of the above-mentioned game machines, there is a game machine which has been very good. This Sugoroku game console displays a section track from start to finish on the screen,
It is the same as the normal Sugoroku game in which multiple players roll the dice in order, move on the section track only as they roll, and the one that wins first wins. In the course of the game, when one player swings the dice and operates a button on the operation device, the dice on the screen rotates and stops. The game machine recognizes the number of stopped eyes and advances the player's piece by that number.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Next, since it is the turn of another player, a message such as "Next is ... san" is displayed on the screen. After reading this message, the next player performs the same operation as above. Therefore, when the next player takes his / her eyes off the screen for some reason and a message specifying that player is displayed on the screen, the next player immediately recognizes that it is his turn. There was a drawback that you couldn't. In addition, since the player reads a picture or a character on the screen to progress the game, there is a drawback that the game itself is not powerful and the game itself becomes dull.

Therefore, the applicant of the present application displays the following player name on the screen and displays a message or the like indicating that the player has come to turn, and outputs a message including the player name or the like by voice. We have proposed a game machine (a game machine that outputs the screen display sentence including the same-day application, the title of the invention, and the name) by voice. By the way, in general, the accent of voice differs depending on the region, and it is expected that a predetermined voice output without intonation does not meet the player's preference. When a voice is generated, it is required to enable the accent change of the voice output depending on the intention of the player. An object of the present invention is to provide a game machine capable of changing the accent of the voice when the voice of the same sentence as the screen display sentence for giving an instruction to the player is emitted, according to the preference of the player.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the game machine according to the present invention is a game machine of the type in which the player's name or the like is displayed on the screen in order to designate the player to be operated next. Display means for displaying a nickname input screen upon activation, and a nickname for inputting a nickname based on the nickname input screen displayed by the display means and for setting one of a plurality of accent patterns for the inputted nickname An accent designating unit and a modulating unit for outputting the input call name with an accent according to the set accent pattern are provided, and a sentence including the caller name of the player to be operated next is displayed on the screen when the game progresses. A sound according to the accent pattern of the nickname in the sentence that is output with In is arranged to output.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a game machine capable of changing the accent of voice output of a screen display sentence including a call name according to the present invention. This figure is an example of a Sugoroku game machine. When the game machine is activated by the player's operation, the CPU 1 reads the operation program for executing the Sugoroku game from the program ROM 6 via the system bus 2 and starts the execution of the operation program. The character is read from the character ROM 7 and the image data is stored in the screen memory 8.
Display the screen to start the game. The player can operate the buttons and the like of the operation device 4 by the screen display instruction and the voice instruction.

Input signals from the buttons of the operation device 4 are
It is sent to the CPU 1 via the input / output control circuit 3. The work RAM 5 is used as a work area of the CPU 1. C
Under the instruction of PU1, the text (for example, "A-san, please roll the dice", "Next is A-san's turn", etc.) is the name data storage part in the work RAM5, the data of the last name data storage part and the character ROM7. It is assembled based on the text data stored in. And character ROM
By referring to the data table storing the PCM voice data in 7, the PC of each character of the assembled text
M audio data is read. The read PCM voice data is modulated based on the accent pattern data, converted into an analog voice signal by the voice generation circuit 10, and then output from the speaker 11. In this Sugoroku game machine, the player's mnemonic name, that is, the family name and the first name are input, and the accent pattern of the family name and the name is selected.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a name input screen of a game machine according to the present invention, an example of an accent pattern, and a part for storing a name. In this example, a character name consisting of a surname and a first name is created by selecting one by one from the displayed characters. Move the cursor to the character you want to select and press the confirm button on the operating device 4
You can determine one of the letters that make up the name. By repeating this, as shown in the lower part of the nominal name input screen of FIG. 2 (a), for example, the surname “Takahashi Shoji”,
You can set the name.

The data table 1 shown in FIG.
It is possible to select one of the data tables corresponding to the number of words of the surname and the first name by the operation device 4 from 0 to 14, and select one of the accent patterns from the selected data table. In FIG. 2 (a), the last name and the first name each have four words, and the last name is the second "ka" and the first name is the "shi".
It shows an example in which accents are placed on the letters. The data table of the PCM voice data such as "A, I, U, E ..." is stored in the character ROM 7 as described above. The set last name and first name are stored in the RAM01 and RAM02 of the work RAM 5, respectively. Accent data table is CPU
1 is stored in a memory (not shown).

Next, the operation of the CPU for setting the name will be described. FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining an operation of inputting a nickname of the game machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional portion directly related to an accent setting operation in nickname setting among the functions of the CPU. . When the power switch is turned on, the title is displayed on the screen, the button is operated from the operation device 4, and the game is started, the CP
The character ROM 7 from the input screen display instruction unit 23 of U1.
The nickname input screen is read and the screen shown in FIG.
Displayed at T9. Accordingly, the player operates the cursor and presses the confirm button to set the characters one by one and set the nickname consisting of the surname and the first name. The set last name and name are stored in the RAM 01 and 02 of the work RAM, respectively.

The word number confirmation unit 12 reads out the number of words of the last name from the RAM 01 (step "hereinafter referred to as" S "" 3
01). The table data designation unit 13 designates the accent data table corresponding to the number of read words (S
302). This allows the player to specify a desired accent pattern from the specified data table. When the accent pattern is designated, the accent pattern designation unit 14 sends “1” to the counter 15.
Is counted (S304). The nickname accent designating means is composed of a word number confirmation unit 12, a table data designation unit 13,
The accent pattern designating section 14 and the like are used.

The PCM voice data extracting section 18 accesses the data table of the PCM voice data of the character ROM 7 and outputs "1" of the counter 15 to read out the PCM voice data corresponding to the first character of the call name input data ( S305). The modulation unit 19 reads the PCM
Upon receiving the voice data, the accent pattern designation unit 14
Modulation is performed based on the pattern output from (S30
6). The modulated PCM voice data is converted into analog voice data by the voice generation circuit 10, and the voice is output from the speaker 11 (S307). The modulation means is composed of a modulation unit 19, a voice generation circuit and the like.

The comparison unit 16 receives the number of surnames from the word number confirmation unit 12, compares the received number of words with the counter value of the counter 15, and when the count value does not reach the received number of words, the counter 15 Increment by 1. On the other hand, when the counter value reaches the number of received words, the voice generation end signal is output without counting up. In S308, the comparison unit 16 determines whether or not the sound of the last character is generated, and in the above example, the sound is output for the first character of the four characters, so the counter 15 counts to "2". Up, the operations of S305 to S307 are repeated, and the second sound is output.

When the voice of the last fourth character is output, the comparison unit 16 determines that the number of received words and the counter value match, and ends the voice output operation according to the accent pattern for the last name. CPU1 is RA
The number of words of the name is read from M02, and the voice is output according to the accent pattern for the name by the same operation as in the case of the surname. The player can confirm not only the call name input screen but also whether or not the call name entered by himself / herself has been correctly set by the inflection voice according to the accent pattern. When the names of all the players are set in this way, the CPU 1 displays a terrific game screen.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a Sugoroku game screen of the game machine according to the present invention. The screen 20 shows a state in which the Sugoroku game has progressed halfway. An elliptical sectioned track 21 is displayed in the center of the screen, and the piece A is on the fourth side and the piece B is on the sixth side from the start position. A dice 22 is displayed in the lower right, and the roll of the dice is 2. Therefore, by this, the piece A advances by two and is in the current position. When player A finishes rolling the dice, the message "Next is Mr. B's turn" is displayed at the bottom of the screen. At the same time, the voice "The next is Mr. B's turn" is output from the speaker 11 exactly.
If "B" at this time is "Takahashi Shoji", the part of the last name "ka" and the name "shi"
The character is accented and the sound is emitted from the game console. This name portion is the modulation portion 19 of FIG.
Is modulated by the accent pattern set by and sent to the voice generation circuit.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, a nickname is input on the nickname input screen, the player can select the accent pattern for the voice output of this nickname, and the next operation should be performed when the game progresses. A sentence including the player's nickname is displayed on the screen, and the nickname in the sentence that is output as voice is output as voice according to the accent pattern. Therefore, the player can output the voice of the nickname with an accent peculiar to the region or with his / her own preference, so that there is an effect that the emotion can be transferred to the game machine and the game becomes more realistic.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game machine capable of changing an accent of voice output of a screen display sentence including a call name according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a nickname input screen of a game machine according to the present invention, an example of an accent pattern, and a portion for storing a nickname.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of inputting a name of a game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional part directly related to an accent setting operation in setting a call name among CPU functions.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a Sugoroku game screen of the game machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... CPU 2 ... System bus 3 ... Input / output control circuit 4 ... Operating device 5 ... Work RAM 6 ... Program ROM 7 ... Character ROM 8 ... Screen memory 9 ... CRT 10 ... Voice generation circuit 11 ... Speaker

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game machine of the type which displays a player's name or the like on a screen for designating a player to be operated next, a display unit for displaying a name input screen based on the start of the game, and the display unit A nickname accent designating means for inputting a nickname based on the entered nickname input screen and setting one of a plurality of accent patterns for the nickname entered, and the nickname input according to the accent pattern set. When the game progresses, a sentence including the nickname of the player to be operated next is displayed on the screen at the time of the game progress, and the nickname in the sentence that is audibly output is in accordance with the accent pattern. A screen table containing nicknames characterized by being configured to output in Game machine that can change the accent of the voice output of the sentence.