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Competition game apparatus

Assignee: Konami Group Corp
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Filing: 1997-01-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-01-31
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Abstract

Abstract An image display processor displays a real-time three-dimensional image including a player's automobile, a plurality of general automobiles, and a course established in a game space on a display monitor. A driving control assembly is operated by a player to instruct the player's automobile to run on the course. A player's automobile control unit controls the player's automobile to run on the course in response to instructions from the driving control assembly. A rank decision unit ranks the player's automobile using a parameter relative to a skill of the player while the player's automobile is running on the course. The rank decision unit detects whether the player's automobile passes or is passed by one of the general automobiles, and varies the value of the parameter based on the detection of the player's automobile passing or being passed by one of the general automobiles.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tetsuya Wada
  • 👤 Toru Mizumoto

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 13:11
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/55; A63F13/57; A63F13/577; A63F13/56; A63F13/20; A63F13/24; A63F13/245; A63F13/70; A63F13/79; A63F13/798; A63F13/80; A63F13/803; A63F2300/00; A63F2300/10; A63F2300/1062; A63F2300/50; A63F2300/55; A63F2300/5546; A63F2300/558; A63F2300/60; A63F2300/64; A63F2300/643; A63F2300/80; A63F2300/8017

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 109 words
A competition game apparatus comprising: image display processing means for displaying a real-time image including a player's movable object, a plurality of other movable objects, and a course established in a game space on a display monitor; driving control means operable by a player for instructing the player's movable object to run on the course; player's movable object control means for controlling the player's movable object to run on the course in response to instructions from said driving control means; and ranking means for ranking the player's movable object using a parameter relative to a skill of the player while the player's movable object is running on the course.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 55 words
A competition game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ranking means comprises: passing detecting means for detecting whether said player's movable object passes or is passed by one of said other movable objects; and parameter varying means for varying the value of the parameter based on a detected signal from said passing detecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 71 words
A competition game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said passing detecting means comprises first distance calculating means for calculating a distance between said player's movable object and said one of said other movable objects when said detected signal is outputted from said passing detecting means, and said parameter varying means comprises means for varying the value of the parameter based on said distance calculated by said first distance calculating means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 83 words
A competition game apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said course has a predetermined width defined by course boundaries, and wherein said passing detecting means comprises second distance calculating means for calculating a distance between said player's movable object and one of said course boundaries when said detected signal is outputted from said passing detecting means, and said parameter varying means comprises means for varying the value of the parameter based on said distance calculated by said second distance calculating means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 44 words
A competition game apparatus according to any one of claims 2 through 4, wherein said parameter varying means comprises means for varying the value of the parameter based on the number of times that said detected signal is outputted from said passing detecting means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 70 words
A competition game apparatus according to any one of claims 2 through 4, wherein said other movable objects include controlled movable objects, and wherein said ranking means comprises: passing detecting means for detecting whether said player's movable object passes or is passed by one of said controlled movable objects; and parameter varying means for varying the value of the parameter based on a detected signal from said passing detecting means.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

JPH05277257A Cited
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