KR20210032836A - Energry charging apparatus and method for game - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a device and a method for charging energy of a game. According to an embodiment of the present technique, the present invention defines and stores an energy element for each energy type matched to an emotion value based on game regulations to be charged, charges the energy element for each energy type matched to the emotion value derived from face image information of a gamer obtained through a camera to be defined, and proceeds a game based on a skill of character control UI matched to an input value of an input device and the charged energy element of the skill to more improve engagement and interest on the game.

Description

Game energy charging device and method {ENERGRY CHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GAME}

The present invention relates to an energy charging device and method for a game, and more particularly, by charging energy matching the gamer's emotional expression and performing the character's skill with the charged energy, further improving the immersion and interest of the game. It's about the technology that allows you to do it.

In recent years, as interest in games increases, the number of people who enjoy games using dedicated game machines such as PlayStation or Nintendo game machines or computers is increasing rapidly.

Depending on the content of these games, games are divided into various types. Except for some strategy games or simulation games, it is recommended that gamers control first-person or second-person characters in the form of humans or animals to proceed with the game. It is common.

However, in such a conventional game, when a game program is produced, a predetermined character is used, or a game is played by selecting one of a small number of characters.

Many games using these characters are simply performed using only the energy charged by the game experience, so if you are a game beginner, the character's reaction speed and defense are slow due to the lack of energy of the character. Insufficient elements are inherent.

In other words, since the character's energy cannot be grown within a short time, it is insufficient to satisfy the desire of the gamer, and thus, the immersion and interest in the game are lowered.

It is an object of the present invention to charge energy matching the emotional expression of a gamer, and execute the game with the charged energy and the skill of the character generated by the input device, thereby further improving the immersion and interest in the game. It is to provide an energy charging game device and method.

The object of the present invention is not limited to the objects mentioned above, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The energy charging device of the game according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A game terminal that controls a character with at least one skill of a character control UI that is matched to an input value of an external input device and stored to play a game; And a camera for acquiring facial image information indicating an emotional expression of a gamer,

The game terminal

After extracting feature information representing an emotional expression from facial image information acquired through the camera, calculating an emotion value with the extracted feature information, charging energy elements for each energy type matching the calculated emotion value, and charging energy elements and characters It characterized in that it is provided to perform the game with the skill of.

The game terminal,

An emotional energy conversion rule server that defines and stores energy elements for each type of energy matched with each emotional expression based on the rules of the game;

An expression analyzer for extracting feature information of an emotional expression from facial image information acquired through the camera and calculating the extracted feature information as an emotion value;

It may further include a game driver that extracts and stores energy elements for each energy type matched with the emotion value of the facial expression analyzer from the emotion energy conversion rule server.

Preferably the game driver

It may be provided to match the input value of the input device while the game is running, and to play the game based on the skill of the character control UI and the charged energy element of the skill.

Preferably the emotion value is,

Including at least one of an emotion type, an expression judgment probability, an expression duration, and an expression difficulty,

The emotion value is derived based on the expression judgment probability, expression duration, expression difficulty, and weight,

The weight is derived based on correlations of the expression determination probability, the expression duration, and the expression difficulty with respect to the emotion value, and may be provided to change according to a quest or a map.

According to another aspect of the embodiment, the emotion-based game method,

Extracting feature information representing an emotional expression from face image information of a gamer acquired through a camera and calculating an emotion value using the extracted feature information;

Extracting at least one energy element for each energy type matched with the converted emotion value from the emotion energy conversion rule server and then charging it;

It may be provided to include the step of playing the game with the skill of the character generated based on the input value of the input device and the energy element for each type of energy charged by matching the skill with the skill.

Preferably, the emotion value includes at least one of an emotion type, an expression determination probability, an expression duration, and an expression difficulty, and the emotion value is derived based on an expression determination probability, an expression duration, an expression difficulty, and a weight, and the The weight is derived based on the correlation of each of the expression determination probability, the expression duration, and the expression difficulty for the emotion value, and may be changed according to a quest or a map.

According to an embodiment, an energy element for each type of energy that is charged by matching an emotion value based on a game rule is defined and stored, and the emotion value is matched with the emotion value derived from the face image information of the gamer acquired through the camera. Energy elements for each type of energy are charged, and as the game is played based on the skill of the character control UI matching the input value of the input device and the energy element of the charged skill, the immersion and interest in the game can be further improved. have.

The following drawings attached in the present specification illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and serve to further understand the technical idea of the present invention together with the detailed description of the present invention to be described later. It is limited to and should not be interpreted.
1 is a block diagram of an energy charging device for a game according to an embodiment.
2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a game terminal according to an embodiment.
3 is a flowchart of a process of charging energy in a game according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the following description. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein and may be embodied in other forms. Rather, the embodiments introduced herein are provided so that the disclosed content may be thorough and complete and the spirit of the present invention may be sufficiently conveyed to those skilled in the art. The same reference numbers throughout the specification indicate the same elements. Meanwhile, terms used in the present specification are for describing exemplary embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, the singular form also includes the plural form unless specifically stated in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and/or “comprising” refers to the presence of one or more other components, steps, actions and/or elements in which the recited component, step, operation and/or element is Or does not preclude additions.

Hereinafter, an emotion-based game device and method according to an embodiment is intended to propose a technique capable of playing a game by reflecting the emotion of a gamer collected through a camera.

That is, one embodiment is matched with a plurality of emotional expressions based on the game rule to define and store energy elements for each type of energy, and then the energy type matched with the emotional expression derived from the gamer's face image information acquired through the camera, and The energy element for each energy type is charged, and the game can be played based on the skill of the character control UI matching the input value of the input device and the charged energy element.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an emotion-based energy charging game device according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, the emotion-based energy charging game device includes at least one of a game terminal 100 and a camera 200. Can include. Here, there may be a plurality of cameras 200.

The game terminal 100 possessed by a gamer can play a game provided through an Internet network. The game terminal 100 is a device that executes a game and may be a device capable of driving a game such as a personal computer, a tablet, or a smart phone. The gamer can play the game by manipulating the game terminal 100.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the game terminal 100, and referring to FIG. 2, the game terminal 100 includes an emotional energy conversion rule server 110, an expression analyzer 120, and a game driver 130. , The input device 140, and a character control UI (User Interface 150) may further include one or more.

The emotional energy conversion rule server 110 may define and store energy elements and weights for each energy type for a plurality of emotional expressions based on the rules of the game. For example, the type of energy may include mana, stamina, jumping power, skill level, reaction speed, defense, and shield. Energy elements for each type of energy matching these emotional expressions are defined. The energy factor for each energy type means a specific (energy type) ability value (energy factor) capable of performing a skill.

K 는 상수이다. 이에 각 감정값 e_i의 에너지 요소 en_i는 각 감정값 e_i에 비례하거나 각 감정값 e_i에 가중치가 곱하여져 연산된다. _{The energy element en i} for each energy type that matches _{each emotion value e i} calculated for each determined emotional expression is It can be defined according to the rules of the game. That is, the energy element En={en ₁ , en ₂ ...en _n },

K is It is a constant. The energy component of each emotion value e _i en _i is calculated for each emotion value becomes proportional to e _i, or weighted by multiplying each emotion value e _i.

을 만족한다. That is, the energy element

Is satisfied.

Here, the energy element en _i for each energy type is determined as the energy K when the value of K is exceeded, and the weight w _i is It has a value greater than 0 and is set differently depending on the quest or map.

Meanwhile, the camera 200 may acquire face image information of a gamer. Accordingly, the face image information may be image information on a face among all images acquired through the camera 200.

As shown in FIG. 3, the face image information of the player acquired through the camera 200 may be a character of the game or the face of an avatar, and thus, the gamer acquired through the camera 200 The emotional expression of may be reflected and expressed on a character or avatar.

The facial expression analyzer 120 receiving the facial image information acquired through the camera 200 may extract feature information representing an emotional expression included in the facial image information, and then calculate an emotion value matching the extracted feature information. . Here, the feature information may include at least one of an emotion type, an expression determination probability, and an expression duration.

Here, the feature information is a variety of information such as faces that express emotional expressions such as sadness, joy, etc., faces with eyes open for a long time without closing eyes, faces with open nostrils, faces with wrinkled foreheads, faces with eyeballs, winking faces, etc. It can be, but is not limited thereto.

The emotion type may be set based on a previously established emotion model, and the emotion type according to an embodiment may be expressed as six emotions E=[e ₁ , e ₂ , .. e ₆ ] based on big six emotions, and the constructed emotion type is established. It is not limited thereto depending on the emotion model.

And each of the six emotion values can be determined by the expression judgment probability, the expression duration, and the expression difficulty, and the expression judgment probability has a value between 0 and 1 as the expression probability for each emotion type, and the expression duration is the expression. It is a value of 0 and 1. Accordingly, each emotion value e _i satisfies Equation 1 below.

[Equation 1]

e _i = α*(probability of expression judgment)+β*(expression duration) + γ*(expression difficulty)

Here, α, β, γ are each weight, and each weight is for each emotion value e _i in determining each emotion value e _i Each of the correlations between the facial expression determination probability and the facial expression duration is shown, and may be set to α=0.7, β=0.2, and γ=0.1, for example.

The expression judgment probability is derived by statistical analysis of the types of emotions predicted by the emotion expression, and the derived expression judgment probability is stored as a table value for each emotion type.

On the other hand, the facial expression duration is set to a value of 1 when the same emotional expression is maintained for a predetermined time or longer based on a predetermined time (preferably 0.5 seconds), and is set to a value of 0 when the same emotional expression is maintained for less than a predetermined time. do.

In addition, the facial expression difficulty also has a value between 0 and 1, and the easy expression is 0 and the difficult expression is 1. Here, the criterion for the easy expression and the difficult expression may be defined as the number of set feature information for each type of emotion. For example, the number of feature information of a face that opens a nose hole is larger than the number of feature information of a face that has been opened for a long time.

These emotion values are classified into single emotions and complex emotions, and single emotions are emotions in which one emotion value among various emotion types is not 0, and all other emotion values are 0, and complex emotions have at least two emotion values. It is an emotion that is not 0, but the remaining emotion value is 0.

_{That is, the emotion value e i} derived from the feature information of the face image information is provided to the emotion energy conversion rule server 110.

The emotional energy conversion rule server 110 outputs energy elements for each of a plurality of predefined energy types as emotional expressions input through the camera 200 matching the calculated emotional value. Here, the energy element refers to a specific (energy type) ability value (energy element) of a possessed skill given to a character in the game.

The output energy element is provided to the game driver 130, and the game driver 130 _{charges the energy element en i,} which is an energy value of the corresponding energy type, into the previous energy element. That is, energy elements for each energy type matched with the emotional expression acquired through the camera 200 are charged in the game driver 130.

Meanwhile, the input value of the input device 140 provided by the gamer during the execution of the game is transmitted to the character control UI 150, and the character control UI 150 transmits the character's skill matching the received input value to the game driver ( 130).

The game driver 130 performs the game by performing the character's skill as an energy element en _{i of the charged energy type.}

Accordingly, in an embodiment, as the energy element for each energy type matching the emotional expression acquired through the camera 200 is charged, and the game is played using the charged energy element and the skill matched with the input value of the input device, the emotion It is possible to perform a game based on the game, thereby further improving the degree of interest and immersion in the game.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of charging energy of a game according to an exemplary embodiment, and a method of charging energy of a game according to another exemplary embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, in steps (S11) (S13), the game terminal 100 derives feature information representing an emotional expression from the face image information of the player acquired through the camera 200 and derives an emotion value for the derived feature information. do.

In steps S15 and S17, the game terminal 100 extracts energy elements for each energy type matching the emotional expression having the derived emotional value from the emotional energy conversion rule server, and then charges the previous energy element.

In steps S19 and S21, the game terminal 100 plays the game using the skill of the game character matched with the input value of the input device provided by the gamer's manipulation and the energy element for each type of charged energy.

According to an embodiment, the skill of the character generated based on the input value of the input device is executed as an energy element for each type of energy charged based on the emotional expression matching the emotion value derived from the face image information of the player acquired through the camera. As the game progresses, the degree of immersion and interest in the game can be further improved.

The game terminal 200 described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of a hardware component and a software component. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments include, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA), It may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions.

An operating system (OS) and one or more software applications executed on the operating system may be executed. Further, the processing device may access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of software.

For the convenience of understanding, although it is sometimes described that one game terminal 200 is used, those of ordinary skill in the art, the processing device is a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types. It can be seen that the processing element of can be included. For example, the control unit may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. In addition, other processing configurations are possible, such as a parallel processor.

Here, the software may include a computer program, code, instruction, or a combination of one or more of them, and configure the processing device to operate as desired, or independently or collectively. You can command the processing unit.

Software and/or information, signals and data may be interpreted by a control unit or stored in any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, or computer to provide instructions or data to the processing unit. It may be permanently or temporarily embodyed in the medium or device, or the signal wave being transmitted.

The software may be distributed over networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment, or may be known and usable to those skilled in computer software.

Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. -A hardware device specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like.

Examples of program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operation of the embodiment, and vice versa.

Although the present invention has been described in detail through exemplary embodiments above, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains have found that various modifications can be made to the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention. I will understand. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is limited to the described embodiments and should not be determined, and should be determined not only by the claims to be described later, but also by all changes or modifications derived from the claims and the concept of equality.

Based on the game rule, the energy element for each energy type that is matched with the emotion value and charged is defined and stored, and the energy element for each energy type defined by matching the emotion value derived from the gamer's face image information acquired through the camera is stored. The energy charging device of the game that can further improve immersion and interest in the game by charging and playing the game based on the skill of the character control UI matching the input value of the input device and the energy element of the charged skill. And the accuracy and reliability of the operation of the method, and furthermore, it can bring a great progress in the aspect of performance efficiency, and the possibility of marketing or sales such as next-generation wireless communication and game content using 5G/6G Internet network is not only sufficient, but also realistically. It is an invention that has industrial applicability because it can be carried out clearly.

Claims (6)

A game terminal that controls a character with at least one skill of a character control UI that is matched to an input value of an external input device and stored to play a game; And a camera for acquiring facial image information indicating an emotional expression of a gamer,
The game terminal
After extracting feature information representing an emotional expression from facial image information acquired through the camera, calculating an emotion value with the extracted feature information, charging energy elements for each energy type matching the calculated emotion value, and charging energy elements and characters Energy charging device of the game, characterized in that provided to perform the game with the skill of. The method of claim 1, wherein the game terminal,
An emotional energy conversion rule server that defines and stores energy elements for each type of energy matched with each emotional expression based on the rules of the game;
An expression analyzer for extracting feature information of an emotional expression from facial image information acquired through the camera and calculating the extracted feature information as an emotion value; And
And a game driver for extracting and storing energy elements for each energy type matched with the emotion value of the facial expression analyzer from the emotion energy conversion rule server. The method of claim 2, wherein the game driver
An energy charging device for a game, characterized in that the game is matched to an input value of an input device during game execution, and the game is played based on the skill of the character control UI and the charged energy element of the skill.
The method of claim 2, wherein the emotion value is
Including at least one of an emotion type, an expression judgment probability, an expression duration, and an expression difficulty,
The emotion value is derived based on the expression judgment probability, expression duration, expression difficulty, and weight,
The weight is derived based on the correlation of each of the expression determination probability, the expression duration, and the expression difficulty with respect to the emotion value, and is provided to change according to a quest or a map. Extracting feature information representing an emotional expression from face image information of a gamer acquired through a camera and calculating an emotion value using the extracted feature information;
Extracting at least one energy element for each energy type matched with the converted emotion value from the emotion energy conversion rule server and then charging it;
And playing the game with the skill of the character generated based on the input value of the input device and the energy element for each type of energy charged by matching the skill with the skill. The method of claim 5, wherein the emotion value is
Including at least one of an emotion type, an expression judgment probability, an expression duration, and an expression difficulty,
The emotion value is derived based on the expression judgment probability, expression duration, expression difficulty, and weight,
The weight is derived based on a correlation of each of the expression determination probability, the expression duration, and the expression difficulty with respect to the emotion value, and varies according to a quest or a map.

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