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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2002
Motoki Toyama, Kobe, JP;
Konami Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A running machine is provided with an exercise monitoring unit for turning a running belt on which a user runs by means of a motor and monitoring a running state of the user based on a driven state of the running belt The running machine a includes a monitor for displaying images at its front side. The running machine is also provided with an image instructing unit for displaying an image of a virtual image including a running road on the monitor with the position of a virtual camera, which is changed based on the driven state of the running belt, as a viewpoint, a game executing unit for displaying obstacle characters to appear on the running road in accordance with a specified rule, a direction changing unit for receiving an instruction to change the running direction on the running road in response to an operation made by the user doing the running exercise, and a game evaluating unit for evaluating an other athletic ability of the user based on how properly he instructed to change the running direction to avoid virtual collisions with the obstacle characters.