Music action game machine, performance operation instructing system for music action game and storage device readable by computer
US6461239B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2250/595
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The music action game machine comprises: a main body; an operation input device disposed on a front side of the main body so as to be adjacent to hands of a player facing the front side of the main body, the operation input device having a plurality of operation members; a storage device for storing data of a musical composition and data of a performance procedure associated with the musical composition; a music play device for playing the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device; an operation instructing device for giving the player a visual instruction to operate the operation members in accordance with progress of a play of the musical composition based on the data stored in the storage device; an effect producing device for producing a performance effect in response to a performance operation performed by the player to each of the operation members; an estimation device for estimating the performance operation of the player based on a relationship between the performance procedure defined by the data stored in the storage device and the performance operation of the player; and an estimation informing device for informing the player of an estimation res…
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