Game Apparatus Character Generation via Code Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing game systems require a communication environment to transfer character data, limiting users who cannot set up such an environment from acquiring new characters.
Innovation Solution
A game apparatus and method that uses a storage medium to generate characters from code data acquired through imaging, allowing character creation and transfer independent of communication, utilizing a communicator, imager, and displayer to receive, calculate, and display character data, and store or transmit it as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If character data is transferred by communication among game apparatus, then character exchange is enabled, but users cannot acquire characters without communication environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses code data (such as QR codes or barcodes) as a copyable representation of character information. Instead of requiring direct communication between game apparatus, the system creates a visual copy of character data that can be imaged by the camera, transferred, and reconstructed without needing communication infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces code data as an intermediary between the character information and the game apparatus. The code data serves as a mediator that carries character information in a visual format, allowing transfer through imaging rather than direct communication protocols.
2Reliability
If communication environment is required for character transfer, then data exchange is reliable, but user accessibility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates visual copies of character data in the form of code data that can be imaged and transferred. This copying mechanism ensures data reliability through visual accuracy while removing the need for communication infrastructure, thereby improving accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the communication-based data transfer mechanism with an optical imaging mechanism. Instead of using communication protocols and networks, the system uses the camera to image code data and reconstruct character information, substituting a mechanical/optical system for a communication system.
3Ease of operation
If code data imaging is used for character acquisition, then communication environment is not needed, but character data must be calculated from image
Solution Approach 1:
The game apparatus performs self-service by automatically calculating character data from the imaged code data. The system includes built-in functionality to process the visual code, extract character information, and generate the character without requiring external intervention or complex manual processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual data entry or communication-based transfer with an automated image processing system. The camera captures code data, and the system automatically converts it into character information through calculation, substituting automated optical processing for manual or communication-based methods.
Data Source
AI summary
A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU acquires character information data from another game apparatus by executing communication processing. Furthermore, the CPU calculates character information data from image data obtained by imaging a QR Code with a camera and acquires the same. The CPU generates a character on the basis of the character information data, and displays the generated character on a second LCD.