US 2007/0079690 A1 · Dance game machine, method for scoring dance game and computer-readable recording medium

Abstract

A dance game machine has a mode wherein instruction information to guide a player's dance motion is displayed on a display part, and a mode wherein the instruction information is not displayed. If not displayed, a storage part stores music data, step data, screen data, and comment data corresponding to the mode. A control part reproduces the stored music data sequentially, as well as outputting to the display part the screen data corresponding to the music data, but excepting the instruction information. An input receiving part receives operational input data based on a player's dance motion, while reproducing the music data sequentially. A determination part creates evaluation data of the player's dance motion by comparing dance data being created based on the music data and the step data with operational input data of the player, and outputs the evaluation data to the control part. The control part outputs comment data corresponding to the evaluation data to the display part.

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Dependent claims

A dance game machine comprising a storage part, a control part, an input receiving part, a display part, and a determination part,

the dance game machine having a mode in which instruction information to guide a player's dance motion is output to the display part and a mode in which the instruction information is not output to the display part, wherein in the case that the mode in which the instruction information to guide a player's dance motion is not output to the display part is selected,
the storage part stores music data, step data, screen data, and comment data corresponding to the mode;
the control part reproduces the stored music data sequentially as well as outputting screen data corresponding to the music data but excepting the instruction information to guide a player's dance motion, to the display part;
the input receiving part receives operational input data based on a player's dance motion while the music data are sequentially reproduced;
the determination part creates evaluation data of the player's dance motion by comparing dance data being created based on the music data and step data with operational input data of the player and outputs the evaluation data to the control part;
and
the control part outputs comment data corresponding to the evaluation data to the display part.

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A computer-readable recording medium onto which a program for detecting data input through a dance pad in response to a music number reproduced by a reproducing apparatus and for implementing a procedure with which a determination part creates evaluation data, by using a computer provided to a dance game machine comprising:

the reproducing apparatus for reproducing predetermined music numbers;
the dance pad for inputting a player's dance motion;
a display part for receiving image information corresponding to the predetermined music numbers;
and
a control part for creating evaluation data and comment data for the player's dance motion, is recorded, the computer-readable recording medium storing the program, the program comprising the steps of:
in the case of that a mode in which instruction information to guide a dance motion in advance is not displayed is selected, predefining a motion for a predetermined part in a music number to be reproduced by the reproducing apparatus, and then in the case that operational input data based on a player's dance motion are in accord with the predefined data, creating data for good evaluation;
creating predetermined comment data;
and
creating image data corresponding to the comment data and then outputting the image data to the display part.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dance game machine, method for scoring dance game and computer-readable recording medium

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Dance game machine, method for scoring dance game and computer-readable recording medium

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