Abstract: The present invention provides a game machine authentication management device and a game device for transmitting an authentication request and ID data to an authentication server through first communication means, waiting for a response including the authentication result data in a reception-enabled state, acquiring authentication level data capable of indicating any one of the events of authentication OK, authentication NG and timeout, transmitting electronic money terminal setting data and an electronic money operation instruction according to the authentication level data to an electronic money terminal through second communication means or third communication means, and suspending the electronic money terminal setting data and the electronic money operation instruction in at least one of the cases. The electronic money terminal setting data may be stored in a penalty setting server or the like.

Abstract: In a position display system, position-related information related with real positions of respective information processing terminals are obtained; the position-related information is transmitted to a server; real positions of the respective information processing terminals based on the position-related information are stored; past real positions satisfying the condition of being before the present time by a prescribed period of time and more are generated as display positions for the respective information processing terminals; the display positions of the respective information processing terminals are obtained from the server; and the display positions of said a plurality of information processing terminals are displayed on the screens of the respective information processing terminals. Real positions at which respective users have been actually present but which are not the present real positions of the users and are at times before a prescribed period of time and more are displayed.

Abstract: A voice control method that allows vocal characteristics of a character to diversely be set in a computer game where characters are capable of voice output is provided. The voice control method comprises, converting a voice that is externally input or provided in advance, based upon attribute information on the character; and an output step for outputting the converted voice as voice of the character. According to this method, the voice produced by a character that appears in a computer game can be set in accordance with the character's characteristics and various voices for each character set by each player can be created.

Abstract: [Problems] A player's operation is simplified to the utmost, and player's will is sufficiently confirmed and player's safety is secured. [Means for Solving Problems] A robbery damage of the electronic money storage medium (EDY) is prevented because the electronic money terminal (EDYT1) reads the electronic money storage medium (EDY) when the electronic money storage medium (EDY) is deeply inserted into the insert space 601. The electronic money terminal (EDYT1) is provided with a credit button (602) which is pushed before the game is starts the game machine. Therefore, the player's will can be confirmed.

Abstract: Provided is a game machine including a portable phone terminal having a non-contact IC chip including an electronic money storage unit and a game point storage unit; an electronic money processing terminal capable of downloading, in a non-contact manner, to an electronic money amount storage unit the amount of electronic money purchased; a selection unit for selecting whether to conduct the settlement for executing the game application program based on the electronic money or the game points; a processing unit enabling the input of the amount of electronic money or game points necessary in executing the game application program to the settlement processing unit from the respective storage units of the IC chip, and a point generation unit for generating the acquired points according to the game execution status.

Abstract: A voice control method that allows vocal characteristics of a character to diversely be set in a computer game where characters are capable of voice output is provided. The voice control method comprises, converting a voice that is externally input or provided in advance, based upon attribute information on the character; and an output step for outputting the converted voice as voice of the character. According to this method, the voice produced by a character that appears in a computer game can be set in accordance with the character's characteristics and various voices for each character set by each player can be created.

Abstract: A method for compressing and decompressing moving picture information wherein a key signal is correctly reproduced and coding is efficiently carried out, and a video signal processing system for implementing the method. At the time of coding a video signal, conversion is carried out for make large a distance between an ordinary digitized video signal and a key signal indicative of whether an image indicates background or foreground for data compression. At the time of decoding the coded video signal, the video signal and key signal of the decompressed image are separated based on a predetermined threshold and reverse conversion opposite to the coding mode is carried out. Since the coding is carried out with the ordinary video signal separated from the key signal, the video signal and the key signal can be separated by a suitable threshold from the compressed and then decompressed image and thus the video signal and key signal can be correctly reproduced.

Abstract: An image output apparatus capable of realizing asynchronous data access by a host controller in response to an image data transfer request from the host controller, by adding a minimum amount of circuitry to the image output apparatus without using an external data buffer. The image output apparatus includes: a storage device for storing image data; a display circuit for sequentially reading the image data from the storage device and converting the image data into image data capable of being displayed; a timing controller for controlling the operation timing of the display circuit; and an output circuit for changing an operation mode of the timing controller in response to a data transfer request from the host controller and allowing the image data corresponding in amount to the data transfer request to be outputted asynchronously.

Abstract: A moving picture data compressing unit compresses picture data representing a moving picture in which a foreground moves in front of a predetermined background. A header adding unit adds a header to the compressed moving picture data obtained through the moving picture data compression unit, the header comprising a color code indicating the color of the predetermined background. A header removing unit removes the header from the compressed moving picture data and the header removing unit then extracts the color code indicating the color of the predetermined background from the header. A moving picture data expanding unit expands the compressed moving picture data, the header added to this data having been removed by the header removing unit.

Abstract: In a moving picture decoding apparatus, an output section is provided with a circuit for making a logic sum of control signals for renewing a picture data output, as a control signal for determining a picture data to be next outputted in a selected mode. Thereby, according to a request, newly decoded picture data is discarded or an inputted picture data is discarded without being decoded, and picture data which is currently being outputted is outputted again. In response to a control signal for renewing the output, decoded picture data to be outputted subsequently is outputted and picture data which is currently being outputted is discarded.

Abstract: A train of coded input picture data carrying moving picture information includes at least one picture data which need to refer to another picture data and at least one coded picture data containing an error.

Abstract: An information processing system has an arithmetic processing unit and an external memory storage detachably connected to the arithmetic processing unit and, further has the shared data processing function. Further, the information processing system determines an authenticity of the external memory storage without providing any specific processing device. Furthermore, the information processing system has the external memory storage and an arithmetic processing unit, wherein the external storage unit is detachably connected to the arithmetic processing unit, and further has a processing means for processing for the data stored in the external storage unit, having a first processing means provided to the external storage unit and a second processing means provided to the arithmetic processing unit for sharing the function for processing the data.

Abstract: A picture decoding apparatus has a memory for storing decoded picture data, three line buffers for temporarily storing picture data read from the memory, and a line buffer controller. Two of the three line buffers are selected sequentially and cyclically, and their operation modes are changed over to the writing mode, and decoded picture data read from the memory is stored sequentially in the two line buffers. The two line buffers are changed over from the writing mode to the reading mode sequentially and cyclically in the same order as that in which the two line buffers selected sequentially and cyclically were changed over to the writing mode, and data for one line is read sequentially from the two line buffers.

Abstract: An processing device and method by which a foreground to be combined with a background can be displayed with natural motion and a realistic superimposed image can be displayed. The image processing device, which combines first image data (foreground data) stored in a first memory (23) with second image data (background data) stored in a second memory (24) and outputs a superimposed image, includes a third memory (13) which stores image data of a moving picture, and means (17, 20) for reading the data of the moving picture from the third memory (13) and storing the data of the moving picture in the first memory (23) as the first image data.