Dual LCD Game Apparatus for Clear Character Conversation Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game programs and apparatuses struggle to clearly display conversations between characters, especially on small screens, where it is difficult to establish a corresponding relationship between characters and their messages, and often lack an engaging atmosphere.
Innovation Solution
A game program and apparatus with two adjacent displays, where each character and their corresponding message are displayed on separate screens, allowing for clear visualization of the relationship and enabling an engaging conversation atmosphere through message updating based on user operations or positional changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If two characters and two messages are displayed on a single screen, then the conversation can be shown, but the corresponding relationship between characters and messages becomes difficult to know and messages are hard to read on small screens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display into multiple independent display areas (first display area and second display area), with each area showing one character and their corresponding message. This segmentation ensures clear character-message correspondence while accommodating small screen sizes by organizing content into distinct, manageable sections.
2Device complexity
If only one message of any one character is displayed at a time, then the display is simple, but the atmosphere of character conversation is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple display elements (first character image, second character image, first message, second message) into a unified conversation display system. By merging these elements across multiple display areas and enabling their simultaneous presentation, the system creates an immersive conversation atmosphere while maintaining manageable structural complexity.
3Loss of information
If multiple characters and messages are displayed simultaneously, then the conversation atmosphere is enhanced, but it becomes difficult to read messages clearly on small screens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent assigns different display characteristics to different display areas, with each area optimized for displaying specific character-message pairs. This local quality approach ensures that each message is displayed with appropriate size and clarity for its specific context, while the overall system maintains conversation atmosphere through the coordinated presentation of multiple such areas.
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AI summary
A game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD. The first LCD and the second LCD are arranged in either side of a predetermined axis. A computer of the game apparatus respectively displays a first character image and a second character image on the first LCD and the second LCD, and further respectively displays a first message image and a second message image on the first LCD and the second LCD. Then, in response to a predetermined operation performed via a touch panel, etc., at least one of the first message image and the second message image respectively displayed on the first LCD and the second LCD is updated.