JP7323315B2 - Information processing device, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program.

Conventionally, there has been known a system for communicating with a virtual world that detects a user's emotional state in real time and appropriately changes the features of the user's avatar to reflect that state. . In this technology, the user's emotional state was tracked in real time by capturing one or more images of the user using an imaging device and analyzing one or more of the user's complexions (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2010-533006

In recent years, games, social network services (SNS), etc. in which a player manipulates a virtual character often provide a character making function that allows the player to create a virtual character. Using such a character making function, the player was able to freely create a virtual character.

However, even when a player tries to create a virtual character that resembles his/her own physical characteristics (height, body shape, etc.), it may be difficult for the player to create a virtual character that resembles his/her own physical characteristics. rice field.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a new mechanism for creating a virtual character to which a player's physical characteristics are applied.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device that creates a virtual character of a player appearing in photographed data, wherein the physical character of the player is created based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and appears together with the player in the photographing data. A recognition unit that recognizes the characteristics, a creation unit that creates a virtual character of the player by applying the recognized physical characteristics of the player, and a display screen that displays the image data, and displays the image data together with the player. and a guidance unit that visually indicates the position of the object and displays the physical characteristics of the player recognized by the recognition unit.

According to one aspect, it is possible to provide a new mechanism for creating a virtual character to which a player's physical characteristics are applied.

It is a figure showing an example of an information processing system concerning one embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional structure of a processing apparatus. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an example of virtual character data; 4 is a configuration diagram of an example of item data; FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an example of player data; FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a virtual character creation processing procedure; FIG. FIG. 10 is an image diagram of an example of a guidance screen; FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure for equipping an item to a virtual character; FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of an event change processing procedure by a virtual character; FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a virtual character matching processing procedure; FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments for implementing the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Information processing system]
First, an information processing system 10 according to one embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The information processing system 10 has a configuration in which a camera 12, a display device 14, and a controller 16 are communicably connected to a processing device 20 by wire or wirelessly.

The camera 12 is installed at a position where the player 18 can be photographed. For example, the camera 12 is installed on top of the display device 14 using fixing parts. Note that the position where the camera 12 is installed is not limited to the example shown in FIG. The camera 12 transmits image data to the processing device 20 .

The display device 14 is an output device such as a display and a speaker. The display device 14 performs screen display according to the image data received from the processing device 20 . The controller 16 is an input device through which the player 18 inputs operations. The controller 16 transmits operation data input by the player to the processing device 20 .

The processing device 20 is an example of an information processing device that executes processing related to virtual characters based on operation data received from the controller 16 . In addition, the processing device 20 executes processing related to the virtual character, and transmits the resulting image data to the display device 14 for screen display. The processing device 20 is a main body of a personal computer, a main body of a home game machine, a main body of an arcade game machine, or the like. Note that the camera 12, the display device 14, and the processing device 20 may be housed in one housing like a mobile phone such as a smart phone, a portable game machine, a tablet terminal, or the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the processing device 20. As shown in FIG. The processing device 20 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 131 , a storage device 132 and a communication device 133 . The CPU 131 controls the processing device 20 . The storage device 132 is, for example, a memory such as ROM (Read Only Memory) or RAM (Random Access Memory), or a storage such as HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or SSD (Solid State Drive). The communication device 133 is a communication device such as a network circuit that controls communication.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the processing device 20. As shown in FIG. The processing device 20 of FIG. 3 has a storage unit 22 , a control unit 24 and a communication unit 26 . The storage unit 22 stores programs such as a virtual character creation program 30 and a game program 32, data 34 used by the programs, and the like. Data 34 includes controller dimension data 40 , virtual character data 42 , item data 44 and player data 46 . The storage unit 22 may be implemented by the storage device 132, or may be implemented by a communicably connected storage device.

The controller dimension data 40 is external dimension data such as the width, depth, or height of the controller 16, which is an example of an object whose dimensions have already been measured, and a plurality of feature points such as buttons, direction keys, or sticks that can be identified from the image of the controller 16. distance data, etc.

The virtual character data 42 is data relating to a virtual character that can be created by the player and is associated with the physical characteristics of the player. The item data 44 is data relating to items that the player's virtual character equips in the game, and is associated with equipable physical characteristics. The player data 46 is data relating to the player, and is associated with the player's virtual character created by applying the player's physical characteristics and the history of the player's physical characteristics.

The control unit 24 controls the processing device 20 as a whole. By the CPU 131 executing the processing described in the virtual character creation program 30, the game program 32, etc., the control unit 24 operates an image identification unit 50, a physical feature recognition unit 52, a virtual character creation unit 54, a guidance unit 56, and the game execution unit 58 are implemented.

The image identification unit 50 performs processing for identifying the image of the player 18 and the image of the controller 16 from the photographed data transmitted from the camera 12 . The physical feature recognition unit 52 recognizes the physical features (height and body shape) of the player 18 from the image of the player 18 based on the image of the controller 16 that appears together with the image of the player 18 in the photographed data. Specifically, since the outer dimensions of the controller 16 appearing in the image or the distance between a plurality of feature points can be determined from the controller dimension data 40, the physical characteristics of the player 18 appearing in the image can be determined by comparison with the image of the controller 16. (height and body type) can be estimated.

The virtual character creation unit 54 creates a virtual character of the player 18 by applying the physical features of the player 18 recognized by the physical feature recognition unit 52 . For example, in the case of the player 18 having short and lean physical characteristics, the virtual character creation unit 54 creates a short and lean virtual character. Also, for example, in the case of the player 18 having the physical characteristics of being tall and plump, the virtual character creation unit 54 creates a virtual character that is tall and plump.

The guidance unit 56 performs display control of a guidance screen (to be described later) on which the player 18 creates a virtual character. The game execution unit 58 controls execution of the game by the virtual character of the player 18 . Communication unit 26 communicates with camera 12 , display device 14 , and controller 16 . The communication unit 26 is implemented by the CPU 131 executing a program and controlling the communication device 133 according to the program.

The virtual character data 42, the item data 44, and the player data stored in the storage unit 22 of the processing device 20 have configurations shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, for example. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an example of the virtual character data 42. As shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an example of the item data 44. As shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of an example of the player data 46. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the virtual character data 42 is configured to include a virtual character ID, physical characteristics, and virtual character information. A virtual character ID is an example of identification information of a virtual character. The physical characteristics represent the range of physical characteristics of the player 18 who can create the virtual character identified by the virtual character ID. The virtual character information includes information necessary for creating a virtual character as well as information required for using the created virtual character in a game.

As shown in FIG. 5, the item data 44 includes an item ID, equipable physical characteristics, and item information. The item ID is an example of item identification information. The equipable physical characteristics represent the range of physical characteristics of the player 18 who can equip the item identified by the item ID. Also, the item information includes information necessary for equipping the created virtual character with items.

As shown in FIG. 6, the player data 46 includes a player ID, a virtual character ID, and a history of physical characteristics. The player ID is an example of identification information of the player 18 . The virtual character ID is identification information of the virtual character of the player 18 identified by the player ID. Also, the history of physical characteristics is the history of recognition of the physical characteristics of the player 18 identified by the player ID.

[Virtual character creation process]
The processing device 20 performs virtual character creation processing according to the procedure shown in FIG. 7, for example. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an example of a virtual character creation processing procedure. The guidance unit 56 of the processing device 20 causes the display device 14 to display, for example, a guidance screen 1000 as shown in FIG. 8 (S10).

FIG. 8 is an image diagram of an example of the guidance screen 1000. As shown in FIG. FIG. 8A is an image diagram of the guidance screen 1000 before the physical features of the player 18 are recognized. FIG. 8B is an image diagram of the guidance screen 1000 after recognizing the physical characteristics of the player 18 . A captured image 1002 of captured data transmitted from the camera 12 is displayed on the guidance screen 1000 .

A captured image 1002 shows the player 18 holding the controller 16 captured by the camera 12 . Also, in the space on the left side of the captured image 1002, a message to the player 18 who creates the virtual character is displayed. Also, in the space on the right side of the guidance screen 1000 after recognizing the physical characteristics in FIG. 8B, the height and body shape (width), which are examples of the physical characteristics of the player 18 recognized from the captured image 1002, are displayed. It is

The image specifying unit 50 specifies the image of the player 18 and the image of the controller 16 from the captured image 1002 of the captured data transmitted from the camera 12 (S12). The physical feature recognition unit 52 determines the distance in the captured image 1002 that can be estimated from the specified image of the controller 16 as a reference 1004, and compares it with the reference 1004 to obtain an example of the physical feature of the image of the specified player 18. Height and body shape (width) are estimated and recognized (S14).

The virtual character creating unit 54 identifies the virtual character identified by the virtual character ID from the virtual character data 42 of FIG. 4 using the physical features of the player 18 recognized by the physical feature recognizing unit 52 as keys. The virtual character creating unit 54 creates a virtual character of the player 18 to which the physical characteristics of the player 18 are applied by using the virtual character information of the specified virtual character. The recognized physical characteristics of the player 18 and the identification information of the created virtual character are stored in the player data of FIG. 6 (S16).

In this manner, the present embodiment can provide a new mechanism for easily creating a virtual character to which the physical features of the player 18 are applied. In this embodiment, a game with a sense of immersion can be provided to the player 18 by creating a virtual character to which the physical features of the real player 18 are applied and executing the game using the virtual character.

[Processing of equipping items to the virtual character]
The processing device 20 carries out the process of equipping the virtual character with the item, for example, according to the procedure shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing an example of a processing procedure for equipping an item to a virtual character. The game execution unit 58 of the processing device 20 receives selection of items to equip the virtual character from the player 18 (S20).

The game executing unit 58 reads the equipable physical characteristics from the item data of FIG. The game execution unit 58 compares the equipable physical characteristics read from the item data of FIG. 5 with the physical characteristics of the player's virtual character, and determines whether the item is equipable (S24).

When determining that the item can be equipped, the game execution unit 58 equips the virtual character of the player 18 with the item (S26). If it is not determined that the item can be equipped, the game execution unit 58 displays a message indicating that the item cannot be equipped, for example (S28).

In this way, in this embodiment, the items that can be equipped by the virtual character of the player 18 are restricted according to the height and body shape (width), which are examples of the physical characteristics of the player 18, and the effects of the items are changed. becomes possible. For example, an item such as a large ax is tall and can be equipped by a chubby virtual character. In addition, items such as small armor can be worn by short, skinny virtual characters.

Although the item data in FIG. 5 shows an example in which "physical characteristics that can be equipped" are set, "physical characteristics that are highly effective" may be set. For example, an item with high evasiveness may be more effective when used by a short and skinny virtual character.

[Event change processing by virtual character]
In the processing device 20, for example, the process of changing the event by the virtual character is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an example of an event change processing procedure by a virtual character. Here, an example will be described in which an event occurs in the game in which the virtual character of the player 18 picks up an object from a shelf.

The game execution unit 58 of the processing device 20 reads information of an event in which the virtual character picks up an object from the shelf from the data 34 (S30). Also, the game execution unit 58 reads the height, which is an example of the physical characteristics of the virtual character of the player 18 (S32).

If the height of the virtual character of the player 18 is equal to or greater than the predetermined value (YES in S36), the game execution unit 58 executes an event of picking up an object from the shelf (S36). If the height of the virtual character of the player 18 is not equal to or greater than the predetermined value (NO in S36), the game execution unit 58 executes an event in which objects cannot be picked up from the shelf (S38).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the event performed by the virtual character of the player 18 can be controlled to differ according to the height and body type (width), which are examples of the physical characteristics of the player 18 . For example, a virtual character with skinny physical characteristics can perform events through gaps between walls that a plump virtual character cannot. Further, in this embodiment, according to the height and body type (width) of the player 18, which are examples of the physical characteristics of the player 18, the dialogue of the event performed by the virtual character of the player 18 is changed, and the branching of the scenario is changed. good too.

[Virtual character matching processing]
The processing device 20 performs virtual character matching processing, for example, according to the procedure shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a virtual character matching processing procedure.

The game execution unit 58 of the processing device 20 reads physical characteristics conditions for the virtual character matching process (S40). Specific examples of conditions for physical characteristics to be read include height, body type such as chubby type and skinny type. The game execution unit 58 reads the physical characteristics of the player's virtual character from the virtual character data of FIG. 4 and the player data of FIG. 6 (S42).

The game execution unit 58 compares the read physical characteristics condition with the physical characteristics of the player's virtual character, and determines whether the conditions are met (S44). If it is determined that the conditions are met, the game executing section 58 executes matching processing (S46). As a result, the game can utilize a matching process for matching players having similar physical features such as height and body shape. If it is determined that the conditions are not met, the game executing section 58 does not execute the matching process, and displays, for example, a matching failure message (S48).

As described above, in the present embodiment, matching processing of the virtual character of the player 18 can be performed according to the player's 18 height and body shape (width), which are examples of the physical characteristics of the player 18 . For example, it is possible to match the virtual characters of the players 18 with similar body types for cooperative play, or to group the virtual characters of the players 18 with similar body types and allow the players 18 to view the ranking of each group.

Matching based on similar physical characteristics results in increased opportunities for child players 18 to play the game together and female players 18 to play the game together, increasing the satisfaction of the players 18 . Conversely, if matching is performed using dissimilar physical characteristics, as a result, it is possible to match adults and children, males and females, tall and short, etc. in a well-balanced manner. We can respond smoothly.

[Other embodiments]
In this embodiment, an example of recognizing the height and body shape (width) as an example of the physical characteristics of the player 18 from the image of the player 18 is shown, but the clothing system of the player 18 may be recognized. By recognizing the clothing system of the players 18, for example, in the virtual character matching process shown in FIG. 11, it is possible to hold an event such as matching the players 18 wearing clothes of the same sports team.

In addition, in this embodiment, by storing the history of recognition of physical characteristics in the player data of FIG. It is also possible to give rewards. Also, the recognized physical characteristics of the player 18 can be used for the height of eyes in a first-person viewpoint game.

It should be noted that the information processing system 10, camera 12, display device 14, controller 16, and processing device 20 of the disclosed embodiment should be considered exemplary and not restrictive. The embodiments described above can be modified and improved in various ways without departing from the scope and spirit of the appended claims. In addition, the items described in the above-described multiple embodiments can be configured in other configurations within a consistent range, and can be combined within a consistent range.

10 information processing system 12 camera 14 display device 16 controller 18 player 20 processing device 22 storage unit 24 control unit 26 communication unit 30 virtual character creation program 32 game program 34 data 40 controller dimension data 42 virtual character data 44 item data 46 player data 50 Image specifying unit 52 Physical feature recognition unit 54 Virtual character creation unit 56 Guidance unit 58 Game execution unit 1000 Guidance screen 1002 Photographed image 1004 Reference

Claims (12)

An information processing device for creating a virtual character of a player reflected in shooting data,
a recognition unit that recognizes the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and that appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creation unit that creates a virtual character of the player by applying the recognized physical features of the player;
a guidance unit that visually indicates the position of the object displayed together with the player in the photographed data on a display screen that displays the photographed data, and displays the physical characteristics of the player recognized by the recognition unit;
Information processing device having An information processing device for creating a virtual character of a player reflected in shooting data,
a recognition unit that recognizes the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and that appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creation unit that creates a virtual character of the player by applying the recognized physical features of the player;
a game execution unit that executes a game using the created virtual character of the player;
has
The game execution unit
An information processing apparatus, wherein control is performed so that items worn by the player's virtual character in the game are restricted according to the player's physical characteristics. The game execution unit
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an event performed by said player's virtual character in said game is controlled to vary according to said player's physical characteristics. The game execution unit
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein physical features of said player are used for matching processing with other players in said game. The game execution unit
5. The recognition unit is used to recognize the physical characteristics of the player a plurality of times, and changes in the recognized physical characteristics of the player are used in the game. The information processing device described. An information processing device for creating a virtual character of a player reflected in shooting data,
a recognition unit that recognizes the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and that appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creation unit that creates a virtual character of the player by applying the recognized physical features of the player;
has
An information processing apparatus, wherein the object is a controller that is operated by the player. An information processing device that creates a player's virtual character that appears in shooting data,
a recognition step of recognizing the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and which appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creation step of applying the recognized physical characteristics of the player to create a virtual character of the player;
a guidance step of visually indicating the position of the object shown together with the player in the photographed data on a display screen displaying the photographed data, and displaying the physical characteristics of the player recognized in the recognition step;
Information processing method that performs An information processing device that creates a player's virtual character that appears in shooting data,
a recognition step of recognizing the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and which appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creation step of applying the recognized physical characteristics of the player to create a virtual character of the player;
a game execution step of executing a game by the created virtual character of the player;
and run
The game execution step includes:
Controlling items worn by the player's virtual character in the game to have restrictions according to the player's physical characteristics.
An information processing method characterized by: An information processing device that creates a player's virtual character that appears in shooting data,
a recognition step of recognizing the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and which appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creation step of applying the recognized physical characteristics of the player to create a virtual character of the player;
and run
The object is a controller that is operated by the player.
An information processing method characterized by: An information processing device that creates a player's virtual character reflected in shooting data,
a recognition unit that recognizes the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and that appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creation unit that creates a virtual character of the player by applying the recognized physical features of the player;
a guidance unit that visually indicates the position of the object displayed together with the player in the photographed data on a display screen that displays the photographed data, and displays the physical characteristics of the player recognized by the recognition unit;
A program to function as An information processing device that creates a player's virtual character reflected in shooting data,
a recognition unit that recognizes the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and that appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creating unit that creates a virtual character of the player by applying the recognized physical features of the player;
a game execution unit that executes a game using the created virtual character of the player;
function as
The game execution unit
Controlling items worn by the player's virtual character in the game to have restrictions according to the player's physical characteristics.
A program characterized by An information processing device that creates a player's virtual character reflected in shooting data,
a recognition unit that recognizes the physical characteristics of the player based on an object whose dimensions have been measured and that appears together with the player in the photographed data;
a creation unit that creates a virtual character of the player by applying the recognized physical features of the player;
function as
The object is a controller that is operated by the player.
A program characterized by

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