What is claimed is:
1. A gas decompression device which decompresses gas to be supplied to a fuel cell in fuel cell system, the gas decompression device comprising:
a body which includes an inlet, an outlet, and an internal space;
a diaphragm which divides the internal space into a measuring room and a back pressure room;
a valve seat which is provided for the measuring room and arranged between the inlet and the outlet;
a valve body which is provided for the valve seat and interlocked with the diaphragm;
working pressure supply means which supplies working pressure to the back pressure room;
a pressure control spring which urges the diaphragm in a direction to make the valve body separate from the valve seat;
working pressure adjust means which adjusts working pressure to be supplied to the back pressure room;
gas flow rate detect means which detects flow rate of gas from the outlet or a value corresponding to the flow rate; and
control means which controls the working pressure adjust means so as to adjust the working pressure depending on the flow rate or the value corresponding to flow rate detected by the gas flow rate detect means,
wherein
the diaphragm is displaced in a direction to make the valve body come close to the valve seat when gas pressure works on the measuring room side of the diaphragm,
the diaphragm is displaced in a direction to make the valve body separate from the valve seat when working pressure works on the back pressure room side of the diaphragm, and
gas flowing in the measuring room through the inlet and out from the outlet is decompressed by such that collaboration of at least the diaphragm and the pressure control spring makes the valve body move with reference to the valve seat.
2. The gas decompression device according to claim 1, wherein the working pressure supply means includes a compressor for compressing air and an air path for supplying working pressure, namely, air compressed by the compressor, to the back pressure room.
3. The gas decompression device according to claim 2, wherein the working pressure adjust means includes a pressure switch valve and the pressure switch valve switches states between a pressure supply state for supplying air pressure to the back pressure room and an air release state for releasing air pressure to the back pressure room.
4. The gas decompression device according to claim 3, wherein the control means is an electronic control unit for controlling the pressure switch valve.
5. A gas decompression device which decompresses gas to be supplied to a fuel cell in fuel cell system, the gas decompression device comprising:
a body which includes an inlet, an outlet, and an internal space;
a diaphragm which divides the internal space into a measuring room and a back pressure room;
a valve seat which is provided for the measuring room and arranged between the inlet and the outlet;
a valve body which is provided for the valve seat and interlocked with the diaphragm;
a compressor which compresses air;
an air path which supplies working pressure derived from air compressed by the compressor;
a pressure control spring which urges the diaphragm in a direction to make the valve body separate from the valve seat;
a pressure switch valve which is arranged on the air path so as to adjust working pressure to be supplied to the back pressure room and switches states between a pressure supply state for supplying air pressure to the back pressure room and an air release state for releasing air pressure to the back pressure room;
a flow rate sensor which detects flow rate of gas from the outlet; and
an electronic control unit which controls the pressure switch valve so as to adjust the working pressure depending on detected gas flow rate,
wherein
the diaphragm is displaced in a direction to make the valve body come close to the valve seat when gas pressure works on the measuring room side of the diaphragm,
the diaphragm is displaced in a direction to make the valve body separate from the valve seat when working pressure works on the back pressure room side of the diaphragm, and
gas flowing in the measuring room through the inlet and out from the outlet is decompressed by such that collaboration of at least the diaphragm and the pressure control spring makes the valve body move with reference to the valve seat.
6. The gas decompression device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic control unit reads a gas flow rate value detected by the flow rate sensor after start-up of the fuel cell system, calculates a conducting value of the pressure switch valve basing on the gas flow rate value read, and controls the pressure control value basing on the conducting value calculated.
7. The gas decompression device according to claim 6, wherein the electronic control unit calculates the conducting value basing on the gas flow rate value detected by referring to predetermined map data which sets relation of optimum conducting values for respective gas flow rate values.
8. The gas decompression device according to claim 7, wherein the electronic control unit controls the pressure switch valve’s switching states between the pressure supply state and the air release state in a manner of duty control, and the conducting value is a duty value directed to the duty control.
9. The gas decompression device according to claim 1, wherein gas flow rate detect means is a flow rate sensor which detects flow rate of gas to be supplied to the fuel cell.
10. The gas decompression device according to claim 1 further comprising stop detect means which detects a stop of the fuel cell system, wherein the control means controls the working pressure adjust means so as to lower the working pressure to atmospheric pressure level when a stop of the fuel cell system is detected by the stop detect means.
11. The gas decompression device according to claim 1 further comprising an ignition switch which detects a stop of the fuel cell system, wherein the electronic control unit controls the pressure switch valve to switch to the air release state so as to lower the working pressure to atmospheric pressure level when a stop of the fuel cell system is detected by the ignition switch.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An insurance enabled hybrid game, comprising:
a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a wager in a gambling game;
an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game to earn a payout of game world credits; and
a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger a wager in the gambling game to the gambling game;
wherein the insurance enabled hybrid game utilizes an insurance module constructed to:
activate an insurance proposition associated with an insurance trigger event in accordance with an insurance activation rule to generate at least one insurance relationship between an insurance safeguard that can be applied in response to a negative outcome of a challenge in exchange for an insurance fee, where an insurance relationship can be applied in a player’s insurance enabled hybrid game gameplay session in accordance with an insurance proposition rule, and where a challenge is a gameplay event dependent upon player action and the negative outcome is an outcome of the challenge defined by the insurance safeguard;
collect an insurance fee from a player profile accessible during execution of the entertainment game in accordance with the insurance proposition rule; and
apply an insurance safeguard associated with the collected insurance fee in accordance with the insurance proposition rule by altering insurance enabled hybrid game gameplay in response a negative outcome of a challenge detected by the insurance module that mitigates the negative outcome.
2. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance module monitors insurance enabled hybrid game gameplay using the insurance activation rule for the insurance trigger event.
3. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein an insurance database is used to store information accessible to the insurance module selected from the group consisting of: insurance trigger events, insurance relationships and insurance proposition rules.
4. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance proposition generates at least one insurance relationship by retrieving at least one insurance relationship from an insurance database utilizing metadata that identifies an insurance trigger event.
5. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance proposition rule requires receipt of an acceptance of an insurance relationship from a user interface associated with the player in order to collect the insurance fee from the player profile.
6. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance proposition rule requires collection of the insurance fee from the player profile in order to apply the insurance safeguard.
7. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein an insurance trigger event is a configuration of gameplay resources present in an insurance enabled hybrid game gameplay session associated with a player selected from the group consisting of: real world credits, game world credits and elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within the entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay.
8. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance fee includes an amount of gameplay resources selected from the group consisting of: real world credits, game world credits and elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within the entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay.
9. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance safeguard is a payout of gameplay resources to a player, where the gameplay resources are selected from the group consisting of: real world credits, game world credits and elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within the entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay.
10. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance safeguard rolls back entertainment game gameplay progression to a point prior to the outcome of the challenge.
11. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 10, wherein the insurance safeguard rolls back entertainment game gameplay progression by recording game state data that can be utilized to recreate an entertainment game at a point prior to the outcome of the challenge and restarting the entertainment game configured with the game state data to recreate entertainment game gameplay at the point prior to the outcome of the challenge.
12. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance safeguard advances a player in the entertainment game to a point beyond the challenge.
13. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 12, wherein the insurance safeguard advances a player to a point beyond the challenge by storing game state data that can be utilized to execute an entertainment game at a point past the outcome of the challenge and restarting the entertainment game configured with the game state data to recreate entertainment game gameplay at the point past the challenge.
14. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein a player of an insurance enabled hybrid game is an electronic representation of interactions associated with a player profile of the insurance enabled hybrid game.
15. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance module is constructed to execute when utilized by the game world engine.
16. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance module is constructed to execute on an insurance server and communicate with the game world engine via a network.
17. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance module is constructed to execute when utilized by the entertainment software engine.
18. The insurance enabled hybrid game of claim 1, wherein the insurance module is constructed to execute on an insurance server and communicate with the entertainment software engine via a network.
19. A method of operating an insurance enabled hybrid game, the method comprising:
activating an insurance proposition associated with an insurance trigger event in accordance with an insurance activation rule to generate at least one insurance relationship between an insurance safeguard that can be applied in response to a negative outcome of a challenge in exchange for an insurance fee, where an insurance relationship can be applied in a player’s insurance enabled hybrid game gameplay session in accordance with an insurance proposition rule using an insurance module utilized by the insurance enabled hybrid game, where a challenge is a gameplay event dependent upon player action and the negative outcome is an outcome of the challenge defined by the insurance safeguard and wherein the insurance enabled hybrid game comprises:
a game world engine constructed to manage an entertainment software engine and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon skillful execution of an entertainment game that trigger at least one wager in a gambling game to a gambling game executed by a real world engine;
an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game to earn a payout of game world credits; and
a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a wager in a gambling game;
collecting an insurance fee from a player profile accessible during execution of the entertainment game in accordance with the insurance proposition rule using the insurance module; and
applying an insurance safeguard associated with the collected insurance fee in accordance with the insurance proposition rule by altering insurance enabled hybrid game gameplay in response a negative outcome of a challenge detected by the insurance module that mitigates the negative outcome.
20. A non-transitory machine readable medium containing processor instructions, where execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform a process comprising:
activating an insurance proposition associated with detection of an insurance trigger event to generate at least one insurance relationship between an insurance safeguard that is applied in response to detection of a negative outcome from a challenge in exchange for an insurance fee of real world credits, where:
a challenge is a gameplay event within an entertainment game in which outcomes are based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game and the challenge is dependent upon player action within the entertainment game; and
a negative outcome describes an outcome of the challenge defined by the insurance safeguard;
collecting an insurance fee from a player profile accessible during execution of the entertainment game; and
applying an insurance safeguard associated with the collected insurance fee by altering gameplay in response a negative outcome of a challenge that mitigates the negative outcome, machine readable medium containing processor instructions, where execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform a process comprising:
activating an insurance proposition associated with detection of an insurance trigger event to generate at least one insurance relationship between an insurance safeguard that is applied in response to detection of a negative outcome from a challenge in exchange for an insurance fee of real world credits, where:
a challenge is a gameplay event within an entertainment game in which outcomes are based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game and the challenge is dependent upon player action within the entertainment game; and
a negative outcome describes an outcome of the challenge defined by the insurance safeguard;
collecting an insurance fee from a player profile accessible during execution of the entertainment game; and
applying an insurance safeguard associated with the collected insurance fee by altering gameplay in response a negative outcome of a challenge that mitigates the negative outcome.