Patent ID: 6634886
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A63F,G09B

Abstract:
An amusement system comprising:a keyboard having a plurality of keys to be operated for typing, to which specific characters are assigned one by one, the keyboard being capable of outputting a signal that corresponds to an operation state of each of the operating portions; a display device capable of displaying an image that corresponds to an inputted video signal; and a control device capable of instructing an operation of the keyboard through the display device, wherein the control device comprises: a device for displaying on a screen of the display device an operation instructing portion at which a plurality of regions associated with each finger of a user are provided in a visually identifiable mode to instruct operations for each finger; a device for displaying in the respective regions an instructive mark for specifying the key to be operated by a finger associated with each of the regions, the instructive mark including a mark indicative of each character assigned to the key to be operated; and a device for relatively scrolling the instructive mark and a predetermined reference mark in a predetermined direction, and then, instructing an operation time of the key specified by each instructive mark based on a positional relationship between the instructive mark and the reference mark.