Patent ID: 6741742
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
An entertainment system comprising:an entertainment apparatus for executing various programs; at least one manual controller for entering control requests from a user into said entertainment apparatus; a display unit for displaying images outputted from said entertainment apparatus; input determining means for comparing an input pattern image displayed according to a control input entered from said manual controller and a reference pattern image with each other, and producing an evaluation of the control input based on the level of similarity between the input pattern image and the reference pattern image, wherein said input determining means comprises: image converting means for converting the control input from said manual controller into the input pattern image, similarity calculating means for comparing said input pattern image and said reference pattern image with each other, and determining a level of similarity therebetween from among plural levels of similarity, and evaluation calculating means for producing the evaluation of the control input based on the determined level of similarity; and progress changing means for changing the progress of a program executed by said entertainment apparatus based on the evaluation produced by said evaluation calculating means, wherein said progress of the program comprises the execution of a scenario, and said progress changing means further comprises means for changing the scenario based on the evaluation produced by said evaluation calculating means.