KR20000030810A - Wireless game set - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention can transmit and receive data wirelessly between each terminal without building a separate system such as a game server, and can interface with a PC, as well as to store a game program by embedding a flash memory in the game machine The present invention relates to a wireless game terminal that can be used as well as to interface with an external expansion memory and to store MP3 files or digital music in a flash memory so that users can enjoy music through speakers or earphones.

The present invention is to install a large screen LCD (3) inside the cover of the game machine 100 to display the current game situation, the main body upper power switch (1), the power to turn on / off, search Keys (2), speakers (4), start key (5), auxiliary key (6), up, down, left and right movement keys (7) and the like, the antenna 8 is protruded to the outside to install a number of opponents And to enjoy the game wirelessly.

Description

Wireless game terminal {Wireless game set}

The present invention relates to a wireless game terminal, and in particular, each terminal can transmit and receive data wirelessly without building a separate system such as a game server, and can interface with a PC as well as a flash memory (Flash Memory) in the game machine It is not only able to store and use game programs, but also to interface with external expansion memory to support external memory, and to store MP3 files or digital music in flash memory so that users can enjoy music through speakers or earphones. It is.

In general, it is possible to play a game with an unspecified number through a network such as communication on an existing desk PC.

However, when the game is jointly enjoyed through a network such as communication, there is a problem in that a separate system such as a game server must be constructed.

The present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, the object of the present invention is to configure a virtual wireless network without having to build a separate system, such as a game server as before, it is possible to wirelessly enjoy the game realized on a PC To provide a wireless game terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless game terminal capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data between terminals, and interfacing with a PC.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a wireless game terminal that can store and use a game program by embedding a flash memory in a game machine and that can also interface with an external expansion memory.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless game terminal that can store MP3 files and similar music, and can listen to music through speakers or earphones.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a wireless game terminal that can play MP3 files and similar music at the sender side when the sender and receiver are set, and can enjoy the same music in real time at the receiver side.

1 shows a wireless game terminal of the present invention

(A) is an external view of the wireless game terminal

(B) is a state of use of a plurality of wireless game terminals

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the wireless game terminal of the present invention

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a data transceiver of FIG.

4 is a diagram showing a data frame structure of the present invention.

5 is an operation flowchart showing a system initialization operation process of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a search mode process of the present invention.

7 is an operation flowchart showing a game play process of the present invention.

8 is an operation flowchart for the MP3 and similar digital music of the present invention.

9 is an operation flowchart for a registration mode of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart illustrating operation of player name registration according to the present invention.

11 is a view showing a player name registration screen according to FIG.

12 is a flowchart illustrating operation of player number registration of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a player number registration screen according to FIG. 12. FIG.

14 is a flowchart illustrating operation of game level registration according to the present invention.

15 is a diagram illustrating a game level registration screen according to FIG. 14.

16 is a flowchart illustrating operation of registering an MP3 play mode of the present invention.

17 is a diagram illustrating an MP3 play mode registration screen according to FIG. 16.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing>

1: power switch 2: search key

3: LCD 4: Speaker

5: Start key 6: Secondary key

7: Up, down, left, right keys 8: Antenna

The present invention for achieving the above object is provided inside the flip-shaped cover is configured to display the LCD display the game situation, key input means for inputting various signals installed in the main body, and supply the operating power for the game A power supply means for performing the circuit, a circuit control means for performing a corresponding operation according to the signal input by the key input means, and an antenna protruding to the outside of the main body so as to play a game wirelessly with a plurality of opponents. It is characterized by.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 (A) is a general external configuration of the wireless game terminal 100 of the present invention, the power switch (1) that can be turned on / off, the search key (2) for searching, displays the current progress state LCD (3) for large screen, speaker (4), start key (5) and auxiliary key (6), up and down, left and right navigation keys (7), and signals for outputting music such as sound effects or MP3 in game. And an antenna 8 for transmitting and receiving.

Although not shown, a volume for adjusting the volume of sound is provided on one side of the antenna 8, and an earphone jack, a USB port interface terminal, a parallel port interface terminal, and the like are provided.

Figure 1 (B) is a view showing a state of use of the wireless game terminal of the present invention, as shown, is configured to allow a plurality of wireless game terminals 100, 200, 300 to play a game wirelessly with each other, For example, the game terminal 100 may be referred to as "Kang", the game terminal 200 may be referred to as "Kim", and the name of the game terminal 300 may be referred to as "Yang".

2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a wireless game terminal of the present invention, and includes a data transceiver 11 for transmitting and receiving data through an antenna and all data used in the system connected to the data transceiver 11. CPU 12 for controlling or managing peripheral devices by processing or processing data inputted from each peripheral device, and then transmitting data, and a program and a USB interface connected to the CPU 12 to drive a system A program memory 13 for storing programs in which all protocols capable of driving peripheral circuits such as terminals and parallel interface terminals, an LCD, input signal checking, etc., and a game or MP3 and similar digital music are stored. Connected to the CPU 12 and a data memory 14 for storing various types of data downloaded through a terminal; For example, a display unit 15 made of an LCD or the like which displays all the states currently processed in the system, a data input unit 16 for inputting data into the CPU 12, and an output from the CPU 12. A D / A converter 17 for converting a digital signal into an analog signal, and an output unit 18 connected to the D / A converter 17 for outputting a signal through a speaker or earphone.

However, according to the present invention, an external memory interface terminal 19 may be further connected to the CPU 12 as an optional specification, and an MP3 or a compressed algorithm may be used between the CPU 12 and the D / A converter 17. The audio decoder 20 which restores a file can be further connected.

Optionally, the CPU 12 may further be connected to a USB interface terminal 21 or a parallel interface terminal 22 for downloading a game, an MP3 file, or similar digital music from an external device.

3 is a detailed configuration of the data transmitting and receiving unit 11 in FIG. 2, a duplexer 31 for separating signals transmitted and received between terminals connected to an antenna, and an RF amplifier for amplifying a signal received through the antenna to a predetermined level. (32), a first filter (33) for primarily filtering the signal output through the RF amplifier (32), a VCO (34) for oscillating frequency, and amplified by the first filter (33). BPF (36) which is a band pass filter for filtering the mixed signal through the first mixer 35 and the first mixer 35 to extract a desired frequency by mixing a high frequency signal with the oscillation frequency of the VCO 34; IF amplifier 37 connected to an output terminal of the BPF 36 to demodulate data carried in a carrier, a local oscillator 38 generating an oscillation frequency, the IF amplifier 37 and a local oscillator 38 And a second mixer 39 for mixing the signals of A modem 40 connected to the analog signal transmitted from the terminal to a digital signal or a digital signal to an analog signal, and a PLL frequency carrying data modulated by the modem 40 to a carrier frequency of the TX VCO. A tuner 41, a power amplifier 42 for amplifying the output signal of the PLL frequency tuner 41 to a predetermined level, and a signal amplified through the power amplifier 42 to be filtered and sent to the duplexer 31. The second filter 43 is composed of.

4 illustrates a data frame structure of the present invention, and in some cases, a part may be deleted.

As shown here, STX has a fixed value and its value is always x00H, LEN is the length of framed data, the number of data bytes from TID to ETX, TID is the unique player name or terminal name, GNO Is a unique game number to be used, STA is a game level setting, CMD is a command or data, and its length may vary depending on the command used, ETX is End of Text, and CHK is an XOR value from STX to ETX. Respectively.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

Each terminal 100 to 300 should have its own unique terminal name in order to communicate with terminals other than itself.

The players send out their data continuously by pressing the search key 2 to find a player who will form a group with themselves, and monitor each other's needs and set them to be able to adjust to each other.

When the requests are mutually matched through the above procedure, a wireless virtual network is configured, and data can be transmitted and received wirelessly through the data transceiver 11 of each terminal.

The wireless game machine 100 proposed in the present invention includes a power switch 1 capable of turning on / off the power, a search key 2, an LCD 3 on a large screen for displaying the current progress, and game time. Speakers (4), start keys (5) and auxiliary keys (6), up, down, left and right movement keys (7) for outputting music such as sound effects and MP3, and antennas (8) for transmitting and receiving signals wirelessly are provided. The game machine 100 has a built-in circuit control means for performing electronic control according to the various key signal input.

Accordingly, data can be transmitted and received to the circuit control means by the data transmission / reception unit 11 through the antenna 8, and the CPU 12 is connected to the data transmission / reception unit 11 so that all data used in the system can be transmitted. Process or process the data input from each peripheral device and transmit it again to control or manage the peripheral devices.

In addition, a program memory 13 is connected to the CPU 12, and a program for driving a system and all protocols capable of driving peripheral circuits such as a USB interface terminal and a parallel interface terminal, an LCD, and input signal confirmation are defined. The program is saved.

A data memory 14 is connected to the CPU 12 to store a game or MP3 and similar digital music, and to store various data downloaded through an external interface terminal.

In addition, the display unit 15 made of LCD is connected to the CPU 12 to display to the user all the situations currently being processed in the system.

The CPU 12 is connected with a data input unit 16 for inputting data, and the signal output from the CPU 12 is converted into an analog signal through the D / A converter 17, and then a speaker or earphone is used. By being output through the output unit 18, it is possible to listen to the sound of the game or listen to music.

In other words, when a player selects a game or digital music similar to an MP3 file, first, in the case of game selection, the game situation generated by the key operation of each player is transmitted to the other player in real time through the virtual network network and then to another player. The data sent by the player is updated on your screen.

In the case of selecting an MP3 file and similar digital music, the player to select and transmit the music among the various players and the player to receive the MP3 file and similar digital music is played at the same time as the antenna (8). And the player can listen to the MP3 file and similar digital music through his or her terminal speaker 4 or earphone, and the receiving player can transmit the MP3 file and similar digital music from the transmitting player to the speaker or You can listen to it through earphones.

Hereinafter, in the present invention, the system initialization process, search mode process, game play process, operation process for MP3 and similar digital music, registration mode operation process, player name registration process, player number registration process, game level registration process, MP3 play The mode registration process and the like will be described in turn with reference to FIGS. 5 to 17.

First, Figure 5 shows the initialization operation of the system according to the present invention, checks the system in the power-on state (S1, S2)

And it is determined whether to register the name of the terminal (S3), where each terminal must have its own unique terminal name in order to communicate with the terminal other than itself.

If the terminal is not registered at S3, the terminal registers to the terminal registration mode and returns to S2 (S4).

However, in the case of the terminal name registration in S3, the memory is checked and it is determined whether it is an internal memory (S5, S6).

If it is not the internal memory at S6, it is determined whether it is an external memory (S7). If it is not an external memory, a memory error is displayed through the display unit 15 and a warning sound is generated through the output unit 18. 16, it is determined whether there is a key input (S8, S9).

On the other hand, in the case of the internal memory in S6, it is determined whether the external memory again, in the case of the external memory to set a memory management flag (Flag) and displays the memory contents (S10-S12).

Next, it waits for the key signal and determines whether the key signal is input. If the key signal is not input, the current cursor position is processed after 5 seconds (S13-S15).

When the key signal is input in step S14, the key signal is analyzed (S16). If the start key is determined, the current cursor position is processed (S17, S18).

However, if the start key is not the start key in S17, it is determined whether the up, down, left and right movement key (7) signal is input, and if the up key (▲) is pressed, the cursor is scrolled upward, and if the down key (▼) is scrolled, If the up / down keys are not both, the display unit 15 displays a key error (S19-S23).

6 shows a search mode process of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, first, the registered own ID is transmitted wirelessly through the data transmission / reception unit 11, and data is received from the other party to compare the conditions (S30-S33).

That is, it is determined whether or not the condition is matched in S34. If the condition is matched, it is determined whether the game is performed again, and if the game is not the game, the music mode is performed and if the game is the game mode (S34-S37).

However, if the conditions compared in step S34 do not match, it is determined whether to correct or not, and if it is corrected, the registration mode is performed.

7 illustrates a game play operation flow of the present invention, and transmits data for identifying a player registered in the game play state (S40, S41).

Then, it is determined whether the ACK (ordinary) reception is received if the ACK reception (S42, S43), and if not ACK reception is determined whether or not NACK (abnormal) (S44).

If it is NACK in S44, it is determined whether to transmit three times. If not, it returns to S41, and if it is three times, an error display and a warning sound are generated (S45 and S48).

On the other hand, if it is determined that the SACK is not more than 10 seconds in S44, an error display and a warning sound are generated when it exceeds 10 seconds (S47, S48).

If it is determined that the key signal is input, registration is confirmed when the key signal is input (S49, S50). If the key signal is not input, the registration is confirmed after 3 seconds (S51).

8 shows an operation flow of the MP3 and similar digital music of the present invention, and transmits data for identifying a player registered in the music play step (S60 and S61).

Then, it is determined whether the ACK is received, and when the ACK is received, music is played after switching modes (S62-S64). If not, it is determined whether or not the NACK is received (S65).

If it is NACK in S65, it is determined whether to transmit three times. If not, it returns to S61. If it is three times, an error display and a warning sound are generated (S66 and S67).

On the other hand, if it is determined that the NACK in excess of 10 seconds in S65 or more than 10 seconds to generate an error display and a warning sound (S68, S69).

If it is determined that the key signal is input, the registration is confirmed when the key signal is input (S70, S71). If the key signal is not input, the registration is confirmed after 3 seconds (S72).

9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the registration mode of the present invention. In the registration mode, the player name is registered, the player number is registered, and the game level is registered. After performing the MP3 player mode, the registration mode is terminated when the registration is completed. S80-S86).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of registering a player [terminal] name of the present invention, displaying his name (S90), and moving the cursor to a desired character by using a “←” “→” key. Select using the start key (S91, S92).

If it is determined that the number of input characters is smaller than 4, it returns to S95, and if it is small, it displays the input message when the signal of the start key 5 is input twice in succession (S93-S95).

In this state, it is determined whether or not to correct the player name registration when no correction is necessary (S97) .However, if correction is required, use "←" and "→" to move to the desired character and select it using the start key. After completing the character correction (S98-S100).

11 shows a player name registration screen.

12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow for registering a player number according to the present invention. The player number is displayed, and the cursor is moved to the desired character by using the "←" and "→" keys. (S101-S103).

Then, the message entered when the "start key" is two consecutive times is displayed (S104-S105).

In this state, it is determined whether or not to correct the player number registration when no correction is necessary (S107), but when correction is required, use "←", "→" to move to the desired character and select it using the start key. After completing the character correction (S108-S110).

Fig. 13 shows a player number registration screen.

14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation flow for game level registration according to the present invention. The game level is displayed, and the cursor is moved to the desired character by using the "←" and "→" keys. (S111-S113).

Then, the message entered when the "start key" is two consecutive times is displayed (S114-S115).

In this state, it is determined whether or not to correct the player number registration when no correction is necessary (S117), but when correction is required, use "←", "→" to move to the desired character and select it using the start key. After completing the character correction (S118-S120).

15 shows the game level registration screen of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of registering an MP3 play mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. The defined screen is displayed, and the input key is moved to a desired character by using the “←” and “→” keys, and then the start key is used. (S121-S123).

Then, it is determined whether the start key has been input twice in a row, and if not twice in a row, the process returns to S121 and starts again from the beginning. When the start key is input twice, the registration of the MP3 play mode is completed (S124, S125). ).

17 shows an MP3 play mode registration screen of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of playing a game while transmitting and receiving data wirelessly between terminals without building a separate system such as a pager network or a PCS network.

In addition, the interface between the wireless game terminal and the PC, as well as the built-in flash memory (Flash Memory) in the game machine can store and use the game program, and the effect that can interface with the external expansion memory to support the external memory There is.

In addition, by storing MP3 files or digital music in a flash memory, it is possible to listen to music through a speaker or earphone.

Claims (6)

LCD that is installed inside the flip cover to display the game status, A key input means installed at an upper surface of the main body to input various signals; Power supply means for supplying operation power capable of playing a game, Circuit control means for performing a corresponding operation according to a signal input by the key input means; Wireless game terminal characterized in that it is provided so as to protrude outside the main body to play a game with a plurality of opponents wirelessly. The method of claim 1, wherein the circuit control means, A data transceiver for transmitting and receiving data through an antenna; A CPU connected to the data transceiver to process or process all data used in the system or to process and process data input from each peripheral device, and then retransmit to control or manage the peripheral devices; A program memory for storing a program connected to the CPU and a program defining all protocols capable of driving peripheral circuits such as a USB interface terminal and a parallel interface terminal, an LCD, and checking input signals; A data memory for storing a game or MP3 and similar digital music, and storing various data downloaded through an external interface terminal; A display unit connected to the CPU to display to the user all the states currently being processed in the system; A data input unit for inputting data into the CPU; A D / A converter for converting a digital signal output from the CPU into an analog signal; And an output unit connected to the D / A converter and configured to output a signal through a speaker, earphone, or the like. The method of claim 2, wherein the data transmission and reception unit, A duplexer for separating signals transmitted and received between terminals connected to an antenna, an RF amplifier for amplifying a signal received through the antenna to a predetermined level, A first filter primarily filtering the signal output through the RF amplifier; A VCO that oscillates the frequency, A first mixer for extracting a desired frequency by mixing the high frequency signal amplified by the first filter with the oscillation frequency of the VCO; A BPF for filtering the mixed signal through the first mixer; An IF amplifier connected to an output terminal of the BPF for demodulating data carried in a carrier; A local oscillation unit generating an oscillation frequency, A second mixer for mixing signals of the IF amplifier and the local oscillator; A modem connected with the second mixer and converting an analog signal transmitted from a terminal into a digital signal or a digital signal into an analog signal; A PLL frequency tuner for carrying data modulated by the modem to a carrier frequency of a TX VCO, A power amplifier for amplifying the output signal of the PLL frequency tuner to a predetermined level; And a second filter for filtering the signal amplified by the power amplifier and sending the filtered signal to the duplexer. 2. The wireless game terminal of claim 1, having an interface port for detachably interfacing an external memory in which a game program or MP3 file and similar digital music are stored. The wireless game terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a parallel port and a USB port for downloading a game program or MP3 file and similar digital music from a PC. The method according to claim 2 or 4 or 5, wherein when the sender and the receiver are determined by the settings of each registered player, the sender listens to music with earphones while simultaneously transmitting MP3 and similar digital music, The receiver is a wireless game terminal, characterized in that configured to receive music data sent by the sender to listen to music with earphones.