Card stack reader, card thereof, card case, method for manufacturing card, game machine using the same, computer-readable storage medium on which game program is recorded

A game apparatus comprising:

• a game program execution means which executes a game program;
• an interface means connected to said game program execution means;
• an input means operable by a player connected to said interface means;
• a card data detection means connected to said interface means and arranged to mount a set of cards for a single scan, wherein said cards mounted for the single scan are to be selected by the player from a variety of cards which include cards representing game characters as well as functions related to the game characters and provided with code patterns indicative of the game characters or the functions related to the game characters;
• and
• a display image generating means,
• wherein said card data detection means detects, in a single scan, a set of code data from said cards mounted to the card data detection means, said detected code data containing data indicative of a game character selected by the player and of a function related to the game character and being supplied to said game program execution means via said interface as data indicative of the player's operation,
• wherein said game program execution means executes a game with the game character selected by the player and the function related to the game character determined in response to the data supplied from said card data reading means and controls progress of the game in response to signals from said input means;
• wherein said display image generating means generates signals for displaying on a display monitor images of the game character corresponding to the game characters selected by the selection of the card and the progress of the game.

A game apparatus comprising:

• a game program execution means which executes a game program;
• an interface means connected to said game program execution means;
• an input means, operable by a player, connected to said interface means;
• a card data detection means connected to said interface means and including a card setting means;
• and
• a display image generating means,
• wherein said card setting means is arranged to mount a set of cards for a single scan, the set of cards being selected by the player from a variety of cards which include cards representing game characters as well as functions related to the game characters, said variety of cards being provided on one of their side faces with code patterns containing data indicative of game characters or of functions related to the game characters, respectively,
• wherein said set of cards selected by the player are stacked on said card setting means so that side faces of said stacked cards, on which the code patterns are provided, form a flat surface;
• wherein said card data reading means includes an image sensor means which generates, in a single scan, data of an image indicative of the flatly arranged side faces of said stacked cards while said set of cards are stacked on said setting means, and a data recognition means arranged to execute separation of the generated image data to provide a set of card data including data indicative of a game character selected by the player and of a function related to the game character,
• wherein said game program execution means executes a game program to perform a game with the game character selected by the player and the function related to the game character determined in response to data supplied from said card data reading means and controls progress of the game in response to signals from said input means,
• wherein said display image generating means generates signals for displaying on a display monitor images of the game character corresponding to the game character selected by the selection of the cards and progress of the game.

A game apparatus comprising:

• a game program execution means which executes a game program;
• an interface means connected to said game program execution means;
• an input means, operable by a player, connected to said interface means;
• and
• a card data detection means connected to said interface means and including a card setting means which is arranged to mount a set of cards for a single scan, the set of cards being selected by the player from a variety of cards which include cards representing game characters as well as functions related to the game characters and provided with code patterns indicative of the game characters or the functions related to the game characters,
• wherein said card data detection means detects, in a single scan, a set of data from said cards mounted to the card data detection means, said detected data containing data indicative of a game character selected by the player and of a function related to the game character and being supplied to said game program execution means via said interface as data indicative of the player's operation,
• wherein said game program execution means executes the game program to perform a game with the game character selected by the player and the function related to the game character determined based on said data read from said set of cards selectively mounted to the game apparatus and in response to signals from said input means.