JP2001104633A - Input device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input device of a game machine capable of moving a play part by an action of a player moving an operating member. SOLUTION: A game machine body is provided with an operation lever 21 installed to be inclined, at least, in the front/rear direction via a fulcrum of an operation part inclining mechanism 22, a seat installed to be inclined, at least, in the front/rear, direction via a fulcrum of a seat inclining mechanism 12, and a link rod 31 journaling the operation lever 21 and the seat 11 respectively and connecting them to each other; and the length from a universal joint 30 between the link rod 31 and the operation part inclining mechanism 22 to the fulcrum of the operation part inclining mechanism 22 is set shorter than the length from a journal position in the seat side of the link rod 31 to the fulcrum of the seat inclining mechanism 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device for a sensational play device having a play section played by a player and an operation section provided in front of the play section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a game device such as a game machine,
A lot of games have been added that take into account a pseudo-feeling that almost corresponds to the content of the game. Many of such simulated-type amusement devices generally move a play unit in accordance with an actual one. For example, in a driving game, a driver's seat vibrates according to a running road surface. In some cases, such as an image of an airplane cockpit or an image of a driver's seat provided in a giant robot, when a control stick is operated and tilted, the seat portion also tilts in the same direction.

[0003]

In the amusement apparatus for moving the play section such as the seat section, if the movement is small, the play is not powerful, so that a certain amount of movement must be obtained. However, such a game device has a problem that the device itself becomes large-scale and the cost increases. further,
In many cases, the device that drives the play unit is detected by detecting the movement of the control stick, and it is difficult to move the play unit by the movement of the control stick.

An object of the present invention is to provide an input device of a game device which can move a play section by an operation of a player moving an operation member in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to an input device of a play apparatus having a play section played by a player and an operation section provided in front of the play section. An operation member mounted on the device main body so as to be tiltable at least in the front-rear direction via an operation portion fulcrum; a play portion member mounted on the device main body so as to be tiltable at least in the front-rear direction via the play portion fulcrum; A connecting means for pivotally connecting the member and the play member to each other, and a length of the connecting means from a pivot position of the operating member to the operating part fulcrum is the length of the connecting means. It is characterized in that it is set shorter than the length from the pivotal support position with the play part member to the play part fulcrum.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to an input device for a game apparatus having a play section played by a player and an operation section provided in front of the play section. An operating member mounted to be tiltable at least in the left-right direction via a fulcrum; a play unit member mounted to the game apparatus main body so as to be tiltable at least in the left-right direction via a play fulcrum; And a connecting means for pivotally supporting each of the component members, and a diameter of a pivotal support position of the coupling means with respect to the operating member about the operating portion fulcrum when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the left-right direction. The diameter of the connecting means with respect to the operating member is set smaller than the diameter of the connecting means centering on the play portion fulcrum.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention relates to an input device for a game apparatus having a play section played by a player and an operation section provided in front of the play section. An operation member mounted to be tiltable at least in the front, rear, left and right directions via the operation portion fulcrum, and a play portion member mounted to the game device body so as to be tiltable at least in the front, rear, left and right directions via the play portion fulcrum,
Connecting means for pivotally connecting the operating member and the play portion member to each other, wherein a length of the connecting means from a pivot position of the operating member to the operating member to the operating portion fulcrum is the connecting means; The length of the connecting means with respect to the operating member about the operating portion fulcrum when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the left-right direction and shorter than the length from the pivot position with the play portion member to the play fulcrum. A diameter of the position is set to be smaller than a diameter of a pivotal support position of the connecting means with respect to the operation member centering on the play portion fulcrum.

According to the present invention, the operation member is provided with an operation stick which is operated by a player by hand.
It is effective. Further, the present invention is effective when the play section is provided with a seat on which a player sits.

Further, the present invention is effective when the play portion is provided with a footrest portion of a player sitting on a seat.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing an input device of a game device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view thereof.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an input device 1 of a game device is a play unit 10 in which a player sits and plays.
And an operation unit 20 provided in front of the play 10 and operated by a player. In front of the input device 1, a game display unit having a display, for example, is provided.

The input device 1 has an abutment 2 of a game apparatus main body installed on a floor or the like. The abutment 2 is provided with a play portion support column 3 and an operation support column 4, and a play portion is provided. A first support 5 is fixed to the support 3, and a second support 6 is fixed to the operation support 4. These pillars 3 and 4 are both inverted U
It is formed in a two-legged shape.

The play section 10 is provided with a sheet 11 as a play section member. The sheet 11 is supported by a sheet tilt support mechanism 12 as a play section fulcrum that can be tilted 360 degrees in any direction. It is supported by one receiving stand 5. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the seat tilt support mechanism 12 includes a square shaft 13 having both ends formed in a round shaft and rotatably mounted via a bearing 14 mounted on the first cradle 5. I have. On the other hand, a round shaft 17 is rotatably mounted on a seat support plate 15 provided on the back surface side of the seat 11 via a bearing 16 at a position sandwiching the square shaft 13 at an appropriate interval. The round shaft 17 is at the same height level as the square shaft 13.
7 is provided with a hole through which the round shaft 17 is fitted, so that both shafts intersect each other.

In the seat inclination supporting mechanism 12 configured as described above, the seat 11 can be inclined in the respective directions around the axis of the square shaft 13 and the round shaft 17. It can be tilted 360 degrees around the point where the axes intersect in any direction.

The operating section 20 is provided with an operating lever 21 as an operating member.
The second receiving table 6 can be tilted in any direction by 60 degrees via a lever tilting support mechanism 22 as an operating unit fulcrum.
It is supported by. The lever tilting support mechanism 22 has the same mechanism as the seat tilting support mechanism 12, and the operation lever 21 is provided on a square shaft 23 rotatably mounted via a bearing 24 and an operation support plate 25. Can be tilted about the axis of the round shaft 27 rotatably mounted via the bearing 26, so that the operating lever 21 can freely move 360 degrees around the intersection of the axis of the square shaft 23 and the axis of the round shaft 27. In the direction of. The operation lever 2
The angle at which 1 can be tilted is regulated by a stopper (not shown).

In the operation section 20 configured as described above, the operation lever 21 is fixed to the operation support plate 25, and when the operation lever 21 is tilted, the operation support plate 25 also tilts. One end of a link rod 31 is connected to the operation support plate 25 via a universal joint 30 such as a ball joint as connection means. The other end of the link rod 31 is supported by a support bar 40 described later.

A support bar 40 extending forward is fixed to the seat support plate 15, and a front end side of the support bar 40 is bifurcated to provide a footrest 41. A shaft 42 extending in the left-right direction in FIG. 2 is mounted on the support bar 40 via a bearing 43, and the other end of the link bar 31 is fixed to the shaft 42.

The input device 1 of the game device constructed as described above can tilt the seat 11 by tilting the operation lever 21. In this case, the operation lever 21
Can be tilted in any direction by 360 degrees. However, in order to avoid the complexity of the description, the case where the operation lever 21 is tilted in the front-back direction and the case where the operation lever 21 is tilted in the left-right direction will be described separately.

When the player grips the operating lever 21 and tilts it in the rearward direction, for example, in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1, the operating support plate 25 moves together with the operating lever 21 around the axis of the square shaft 23. Is rotated clockwise in FIG. The rotation of the operation support plate 25 is performed by the universal joint 30, the link rod 31, and the support bar 4.
0, the sheet 11 is rotated clockwise around the angular axis 13 of the seat inclination support mechanism 12, and the state shown in FIG. At this time, since the distance from the universal joint 30 to the square shaft 23 is shorter than the distance from the universal joint 30 to the square shaft 13, the rotation angle of the control lever 21 and the rotation of the seat 11 are different. The moving angle is not the same, and the operation lever 21 is larger than the seat 11.

This phenomenon will be more easily understood with reference to FIG. 7. When the operation lever 21 is rotated in the direction A,
The operating support plate 25 rotates around the angular axis 23 and the universal joint 30
Moves from the P position to the P ′ position. At this time, since the angle between the universal joint 30 and the link rod 31 changes, the seat 11 is rotated about the angular axis 13 by the amount by which the universal joint 30 has moved from the P position to the P ′ position. , The angle of rotation of the seat 11 is smaller than that of the operation lever 21 because the angle axis 13 of the seat 11 is farther than the angle axis 23 of the operation lever 21.

Next, when the operation lever 21 is rotated in the forward direction, that is, in the direction of arrow B, the rotation angle of the operation lever 21 and the rotation angle of the seat 11 are not the same as described above. The rotation of the operation lever 21 is larger than that of the seat 11 (see FIG. 6).

As described above, when the operation lever 21 is rotated in the front-rear direction, the amount of rotation is different from the amount of rotation of the seat 11, so that the operation feeling is extremely good. This is a feeling caused by the relative rotation angle between the operation lever 21 and the seat 11 being different, so that the player can feel that the seat 11 is rotated by the rotation of the operation lever 21. is there. Further, by making the rotation amount of the operation lever 21 larger than the rotation amount of the seat 11, the seat 11 can be easily rotated by the force of the arm.

When the player grips the operating lever 21 and tilts it in the right direction, for example, in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 2, the operating support plate 25 moves together with the operating lever 21 around the axis of the round shaft 27. Is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. The rotation of the operation support plate 25 is performed by the universal joint 30, the link rod 31, and the support bar 4.
The seat 11 is rotated counterclockwise around the round shaft 17 of the seat tilting support mechanism 12 by being transmitted to the seat support plate 15 through the zero. At this time, the operation lever 21 and the seat 11 are
Since the distance from the universal joint 30 to the round shaft 27 is shorter than the distance from the universal joint 30 to the round shaft 17 when viewed from the direction of FIG. 2, the rotation angle of the operation lever 21 and the rotation angle of the seat 11 are the same. The operating lever 21 does not become an angle and the seat 11 is
Be larger.

Next, when the operation lever 21 is rotated in the forward direction, that is, in the direction of arrow D, the rotation angle of the operation lever 21 and the rotation angle of the seat 11 are not the same as described above. The rotation of the operation lever 21 is larger than that of the seat 11.

As described above, when the operation lever 21 is rotated in the left-right direction, the amount of rotation is different from the amount of rotation of the seat 11, so that the operation feeling is extremely good. This is a feeling caused by the relative rotation angle between the operation lever 21 and the seat 11 being different, so that the player can feel that the seat 11 is rotated by the rotation of the operation lever 21. is there. Further, by making the rotation amount of the operation lever 21 larger than the rotation amount of the seat 11, the seat 11 can be easily rotated by the force of the arm.

In the above description, the operation lever 21 is divided into the front-rear direction and the left-right direction.
Can be rotated 360 degrees in any direction.
If the seat 1 is tilted to the right and tilted backward, the seat 11 is also tilted in the same direction.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the setting is made such that the seat is played with the seat 11 provided in the play unit, but the play unit may be set so that the player stands and plays. In addition, although the game device of the above-described embodiment can tilt the operation unit back and forth and left and right, it can also be applied to a device in which only the front and rear or left and right are tilted.

According to the present invention, the movement of the operation unit can be detected by, for example, a volume or the like and reflected on the game control.

[0029]

According to the present invention, when the operating member is rotated back and forth or left and right, the amount of rotation is different from the amount of rotation of the play unit, so that the operation feeling is extremely good. This is a feeling caused by a relative rotation angle between the operation member and the play unit being different, and is because the player can feel that the play unit is rotated by the rotation of the operation member. Furthermore, by making the rotation amount of the operation member larger than the rotation amount of the play unit, the play unit can be easily rotated by the force of the arm.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an example of a game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory side view of a main part of the apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which the operation lever is tilted backward.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state where the operation lever is tilted forward.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the movement of the mechanism when the mechanism is tilted backward.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input device 10 Play part 11 Sheet 12 Seat inclination support mechanism 20 Operation part 21 Operation lever 22 Lever inclination support mechanism 25 Operation support plate 30 Universal joint 31 Link rod

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input device for a game machine having a play section played by a player and an operation section provided in front of the play section, wherein the game apparatus main body can be tilted at least in the front-rear direction via an operation section fulcrum. The operation member mounted on the game device, the play portion member mounted so as to be tiltable at least in the front-rear direction via the play portion fulcrum, and the operation member and the play portion member are pivotally connected to the game apparatus main body, respectively. And a length from a pivotal position of the coupling means with the operation member to the operating portion fulcrum, wherein a length from a pivotal position of the coupling means with the play portion member to the play portion fulcrum is provided. An input device for a game device, wherein the input device is set shorter than the length. 2. An input device for a game apparatus having a play section played by a player and an operation section provided in front of the play section, wherein the game apparatus main body can be tilted at least in the left-right direction via an operation section fulcrum. An operating member mounted on the main body, a play portion member mounted on the main body of the amusement apparatus via a play portion fulcrum so as to be tiltable at least in the left-right direction, and the operating member and the play portion member are pivotally connected to each other. A connection means, and a diameter of a support position of the connection means with respect to the operation member about the operation section fulcrum when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the left-right direction, the connection about the play section fulcrum. An input device for a game device, wherein the diameter of the means is set smaller than the diameter of a pivotal support position with respect to the operation member. 3. An input device for a game apparatus having a play section played by a player and an operation section provided in front of the play section, wherein at least the front, rear, left and right directions are provided to the game apparatus body via an operation section fulcrum. An operating member mounted to be tiltable, a play unit member mounted to be able to tilt at least in the front, rear, left and right directions via a play unit fulcrum on the game apparatus main body; and the operation member and the play unit member are pivotally supported. And a length from a pivotal position of the coupling means with the operating member to the operating portion fulcrum, wherein the length of the coupling means from a pivotal position of the coupling means with the play portion member is increased. The length of the pivotal position of the connecting means with the operating member about the operating section fulcrum, which is shorter than the length to the section fulcrum and viewed from a direction orthogonal to the left-right direction, is centered on the play section fulcrum. Previous Input device of the game apparatus characterized by set smaller in diameter than the diameter of the axially supported positions of the operating member of the connection means. 4. The input device for a game device according to claim 1, wherein the operation member is provided with an operation stick that is operated by a player by hand. An input device for a game device. 5. The input device for a game device according to claim 1, wherein said play unit member includes a seat on which a player sits. . 6. The input device for a game device according to claim 5, wherein a footrest is integrally provided on said play portion member.