Breeding simulation apparatus for virtual creatures

• Main Author: AKIHIRO YOKOI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 20.10.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; AMUSEMENTS; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; CALCULATING; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; GLOBES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; SEALS; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

本发明提出一种饲养虚拟动物的模拟装置，游戏者响应来自屏幕中的虚拟动物的叫声或请求进行处理以训练或驯养虚拟动物。该装置设置有标记显示单元(17)和(19)，分别用标记17a、17b、17c、...、19a、19b、19c、...显示对应于饲养虚拟动物的多种处理，并设置有按键开关(SW1)、(SW2)和(SW3)，通过从多种标记选择一个特定标记输入与之对应的一种处理。 It is a purpose of this invention to provide a simulation apparatus for breeding a virtual creature for growing the virtual creature while disciplining or training the virtual creature by treatments conducted by a player in response to a call or a request from the virtual creature in a screen. The apparatus is provided with mark display units 17 and 19 individually displaying a plurality of kinds of the treatments in respect of breeding the virtual creature individually by marks 17a, 17b, 17c ..., 19a, 19b, 19c, ... and is provided with key switches SW1, SW2 and SW3 for inputting a corresponding one of the treatments by selecting a specific mark from the plurality of marks. It has a storing unit for storing control data in respect of breeding the virtual creature and a control unit whereby when one of the treatments for breeding the virtual creature is inputted by operating the key switches SW1, SW2 and SW3, the control data in correspondence therewith is read from the storing unit and a control processing in respect of breeding the virtual creature is conducted based on the read control data, and a virtual creature display unit for displaying the fostered virtual creature.