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US 7,563,150 · App. 10/496,931 · Granted Jul 21, 2009

Remote control toy system and transmitter and moving machine for the same

Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,563,150
App. No.
10/496,931
Granted
Jul 21, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A remote control toy system includes a plurality of sets each including a transmitter and a movable machine controlled on the basis of a control signal transmitted from the transmitter. An attack signal is transmitted from the movable machine on the basis of an attack order contained in the control signal and transmitted from the transmitter in response to an attack operation of a user. Damages due to an attack are processed and executed on a movable machine that has received the attack signal. Each of the movable machines includes a device for storing own offensive power information, a device for generating the attack signal that contains the offensive power information, a device for transmitting the attack signal, and a device for executing processing to make a degree of damage different, according to the offensive power discriminated from the received attack signal.

Claims (37)

1. A remote control toy system including:

a plurality of sets each including a transmitter and a movable machine controlled on the basis of a control signal transmitted from the transmitter, a predetermined attack signal being transmitted from the movable machine on the basis of an attack order, which is contained in the control signal, transmitted from the transmitter in response to a predetermined attack operation of a user, a predetermined processing for causing damage due to an attack being executed in a movable machine that has received the attack signal,

wherein the movable machine comprises:

a movable machine storage device for storing offensive power information, which indicates own offensive power;

an attack signal generation device for generating an attack signal of different strengths based on programmed parameters of the movable machine, so as to contain the offensive power information or information associated with the offensive power information;

an attack signal transmission device for transmitting the generated attack signal; and

a damage generation device for discriminating the offensive power from the received attack signal and executing the predetermined processing so as to make a degree of damage different according to the offensive power.

2. The remote control toy system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the movable machine storage device further stores damage degree discrimination information for discriminating the degree of damage, and

the damage generation device changes the damage degree discrimination information so as to increase the damage as the offensive power discriminated from the received attack signal becomes greater.

3. The remote control toy system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter comprises an attack order limiting device for limiting inclusion of the attack order in the control signal when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

4. The remote control toy system according to claim 3 ,

wherein the transmitter comprises a transmitter storage device for storing required time information that indicates time required between an attack and next attack,

until the required time elapses after the attack order is included in the control signal, the attack order limiting device prohibits inclusion of the next attack order in the control signal.

5. The remote control toy system according to claim 4 ,

wherein permissible attack number information for specifying the number of times of permissible attack is further stored in the transmitter storage device, and

the attack order limiting device updates the permissible attack number information whenever the attack order is included in the control signal, and prohibits inclusion of the attack signal in the control signal after the number of times of permitted attacks discriminated by the permissible attack number information has arrived at a predetermined value.

6. The remote control toy system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the movable machine comprises a movable machine nonvolatile memory for recording initial states of the offensive power information and the damage degree discrimination information, and when predetermined reset operation is conducted, the offensive power information and the damage degree discrimination information stored in the movable machine storage device are made initial states recorded in the movable machine nonvolatile memory, and

the transmitter comprises a transmitter nonvolatile memory for recording initial states of the required time information and the permissible attack number information, and when predetermined reset operation is conducted, the required time information and the permissible attack number information stored in the transmitter storage device are made initial states recorded in the transmitter nonvolatile memory.

7. The remote control toy system according to claim 5 , wherein the transmitter comprises display device for displaying the permissible attack number information.

8. A remote control toy system including a plurality of sets each including a transmitter and a movable machine controlled on the basis of a control signal transmitted from the transmitter, a predetermined attack signal being transmitted from the movable machine on the basis of an attack order contained in the control signal and transmitted from the transmitter in response to a predetermined attack operation of a user, predetermined processing for causing damage due to an attack being executed in a movable machine that has received the attack signal, wherein

each of the transmitters comprises:

a control signal generation device for generating a control signal that includes identification information peculiar to each transmitter for identifying each transmitter, operation control information for controlling operation of the movable machine, and information concerning the attack order;

a control signal transmission device for transmitting the control signal;

a control signal reception device for receiving a control signal transmitted from another transmitter;

a transmission timing setting device for setting transmission timing of the own control signal on the basis of the identification information contained in the received control signal; and

a control signal transmission control device for causing the control signal transmission device to transmit the control signal according to the set transmission timing,

each of the movable machines comprises:

an attack signal generation device for generating an attack signal of different strengths based on programmed parameters of the movable machine, so as to contain the offensive power information or information associated with the offensive power information;

an attack signal transmission device for transmitting the generated attack signal; and

a control and attack signal reception device for receiving a control signal transmitted from each transmitter and an attack signal transmitted from another movable machine;

a movable machine control device responsive to reception of a control signal containing identification information peculiar to a transmitter associated with the own movable machine, for controlling operation of the own movable machine on the basis of operation control information contained in the control signal and controlling generation and transmission of the attack signal on the basis of an attack order contained in the control signal; and

a damage generation device responsive to reception of an attack signal from another movable machine, for discriminating the offensive power from the received attack signal and executing the predetermined processing so as to make a degree of damage different according to the offensive power,

for each of the transmitters and movable machines, a common signal transmission schedule prescribing transmission timing of the control signal and the attack signal so as to prevent overlapping each other is set,

the transmission timing setting device of the transmitter refers to identification information contained in the control signal from another transmitter to discriminate transmission timing of the transmitter itself prescribed in the signal transmission schedule, and

the movable machine control device refers to reception timing of a control signal transmitted from at least one transmitter among the transmitters to discriminate its own transmission timing prescribed in the signal transmission schedule, and causes the attack signal transmission device to transmit the attack signal according to the discriminated transmission timing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2008
From: KONAMI CORPORATION
To: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020478/0628 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2005
From: YAMAGUCHI, TAKASHI; HAYASHI, RYOJI
To: KONAMI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017058/0260 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-364344 · Nov 29, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050085159A1 · Apr 21, 2005