JP3105098U - Separate directional controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a separation type direction controller which has independent buttons as control means for each direction, clearly achieves an operator's intention in operation, and prevents malfunction.
SOLUTION: The petal-shaped perforated plate, a plurality of fan-shaped buttons, and a rectangular button are formed, and the fan-shaped hole and the rectangular hole are formed on the petal-shaped perforated plate so as to be spaced apart from each other. Are stretched, and the wings on both sides of each rectangular button are superimposed on the wings of the adjacent fan-shaped buttons, and they may accidentally touch other unintended buttons due to rapid movement, release, pressing, etc. The circuit does not malfunction, the operation performance is simple and clear, and the operator can immediately and accurately react to increase the pleasure of the game and obtain a sense of fulfillment of losing the record.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a type of flat-panel directional controller for a game machine, which is different from a well-known monolithic directional controller, in which each direction is provided with an independent button as a control means so that the operator's intention can be clearly specified. The present invention relates to a separable directional controller that can be expressed and does not cause malfunction.

  Generally, when purchasing a new appliance, a flat-panel controller is attached. In particular, when purchasing a video game machine, one or more arrangements are required. All controllers attached to the game console were put on the market after various tests by the game console maker, and were significantly refurbished in terms of ergonomics, operability, stability, grip comfort, modeling, etc. There is no possibility that the performance of the original product will be lost. Most of the controllers on the market imitate the outline of a controller designed by a well-known manufacturer and make minor modifications, so the outline is similar to the original, but the actual operation performance is the quality of the original product Not reachable. This is because the imitation product does not grasp the key points of the design of the original product. Therefore, if the size or mechanism of each unit is arbitrarily changed, the overall performance is destroyed.

  At present, controllers that provide operation functions for video game machines, computer game machines, or palmtop game machines have achieved a purpose of operation that is convenient for operation of target objects during a game, and the overall shape is human. Although in line with design principles that conform to optics, in practical use, the well-known monolithic disk-type directional controller is designed to prevent the operator from erroneously pressing other buttons during button operation when turning rapidly. Touch is very likely to occur, which causes a circuit malfunction that the operator does not intend, which is inconvenient to use. Also, if you want to accurately control the direction of the controller, you must slowly press the button, which makes it difficult to respond to the game that changes instantly, creating a sense of frustration for the operator, Make it difficult to achieve fulfillment that defeats the record.

  The present invention seeks to provide a separate directional controller for a game machine, which combines the same electrical contact device with a pressed directional controller on the same circuit board and composed of different types of buttons. The operation of the electric circuit and the operation of the electric contact device with different types of buttons, while clearly expressing the intention of the operator, did not cause malfunction due to hand-brain uncoordination and confusion. It is assumed that it is a separate type direction controller.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of separated type directional controller, which is widely used in home appliances such as a television receiver, a recording / reproducing device, a DVD, a VCD, a CD player, and a remote controller for an air conditioner. Alternatively, it can be widely applied to uses such as a personal computer, a video game machine, a palmtop game machine, a remote control device for a car, and a shutter controller for a building.

The invention of claim 1 comprises symmetric left and right handles, operation buttons are provided on both front sides around the controller, direction control buttons are provided on the left handle surface, and a plurality of function buttons are provided on the right handle surface, In the separation type directional controller in which the board is provided in the controller and the connection cable is extended by the electrical connection method,
The direction control button comprises a petal-shaped perforated plate, four fan-shaped buttons, and four rectangular buttons, and four fan-shaped holes provided for fitting the fan-shaped buttons to the petal-shaped perforated plate and four rectangular buttons provided for fitting the rectangular buttons. A rectangular hole is provided, the fan-shaped button and the rectangular button are spaced apart from each other and arranged in an annular form, the wings extend from around the bottom of the fan-shaped button and the rectangular button, and the wing of the rectangular button is above the wing of the fan-shaped button It is a separate type directional controller that is placed on top of each other, thereby clearly expressing the intention of the operator during operation and causing no malfunction.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the separate type direction controller according to the first aspect, the direction control button is installed on a left or right handle depending on whether the user is left-handed or right-handed, and the operation range is the left hand or the right hand of the operator. It is a separate type directional controller that is convenient for operation in accordance with the thumb activity range.

  The separation type directional controller of the present invention has a new directional controller design, which transcends the mediocreness of well-known technology in terms of the structural design philosophy. The phenomenon can be completely eliminated, the function is significantly improved, and it has a high practical value. It should be noted that any modification or alteration of details that can be made based on the description of the following embodiments of the present invention and the drawings belongs to the claims of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, a direction controller is provided on the controller body, and the direction controller is composed of a petal-shaped perforated plate, a plurality of fan-shaped buttons and a rectangular button, and the fan-shaped hole and the rectangular hole are separated on the petal-shaped perforated plate. It is formed so as to present, and is provided for fitting of upper, lower, left, right, etc. fan-shaped buttons and upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right, etc. of rectangular buttons, and all fan-shaped buttons and rectangular buttons from around the bottom surface. Are stretched, and the wings on both sides of each rectangular button are superimposed on the wings of the adjacent fan-shaped buttons. In use, the fan-shaped buttons or the rectangular buttons representing each direction can be pressed accurately and manually with the fingers. The sudden movement, opening, pressing, etc. of the switch does not cause unintentional touching of unintended buttons and malfunction of the electric circuit. On work performance, simple, clear, there is a is immediately allowed to accurately respond to the operator that is easily obtained Hairu fulfilled sense of the record added to the joy of the game.

  The controller (1) of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has left and right handles 10, 11 which are symmetrical with each other to provide a comfortable grip to the left and right hands of the operator, An operation button 12 is provided to provide a function that allows the operator to easily control contact with fingers when gripping the left and right handles 10 and 11 with the left and right hands, respectively. Also, a direction control button 13 is provided on the surface of the left handle 10 and a plurality of function buttons 14 are provided on the surface of the right handle 11 to provide an overall operation function when an operator plays a game, and to provide a game process. To provide diversified variability and hobbies. Further, a substrate 2 is provided in the controller 1, and the connection cable 15 is extended by an electric connection method. In addition, the above-mentioned direction control button 13 is not limited to the surface of the left handle 10 in terms of installation, and the actual position can be freely set according to the needs of the user (right-handed or left-handed). , 11 and the operation range is adjusted according to the operator's left or right thumb activity range, thereby making the operation convenient for the operator.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the feature of the present invention lies in the above-described direction control button 13, which has a petal-shaped perforated plate 131 and a sector-shaped button 132 representing the up, down, left, and right directions. And rectangular buttons 133 representing the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right directions.

  The petal-shaped hole plate 131 has four fan-shaped holes 134 used for fitting a fan-shaped button 132 representing the upper, lower, left and right directions, and a rectangular button 133 representing the upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right directions. It has four rectangular holes 135 to be fitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the fan-shaped button 132 representing the upper, lower, left, and right directions and the rectangular button 133 representing the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right directions are spaced apart from each other to form an annular shape as a whole. The wings 136 extend from around the bottom cotton of all the sector buttons 132 and the rectangular buttons 133, and the wings 136 of the rectangular buttons 133 representing the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right directions are upper and lower. , And are placed above the wing 136 of the fan-shaped button 132 representing the left and right directions.

  In assembling, first, the rectangular buttons 133 representing the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right directions are fitted into the corresponding rectangular holes 135, and then the sector buttons 132 representing the upper, lower, left, and right directions are correspondingly formed in the corresponding fan holes. 134, and finally, the entire directional control button 13 is inserted into a hole provided on the surface of the left handle 10 of the controller 1, and the bottom surface thereof and the upper part of the conductive rubber 20 on the substrate 2 are brought into contact with each other to assemble. Completed, as shown in FIG.

  The above-described structural design of the controller 1 is as follows. In actual use, when the operator plays a game, the left and right handles 10 and 11 are gripped with both hands, and the left thumb naturally moves on the direction control button 13. Placed, the right thumb is naturally placed at the positions of the plurality of function buttons 14, and the direction of travel of the target can be freely controlled as required for the game. For example, in the control of the traveling direction of the target, pressing the right sector button 132 moves forward, pressing the left sector button 132 moves backward, pressing the upper sector button 132 jumps, and the lower sector button 132 executes. Press the button to kneel down, press the upper right rectangular button 133 to jump forward while jumping, press the upper left rectangular button 133 to jump backward, and press the lower right rectangular button 133 to kneel forward and lower left rectangle When the button 133 is pressed, a mode such as kneeling while retreating is set. If the one-way fan-shaped button 132 or the rectangular button 133 is continuously pressed, the target object continuously performs the operation corresponding to the button until the operator releases it.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the fan-shaped button 132 and the rectangular button 133 representing the above-described directions are both independent control units. (Malfunction) is less likely to occur, an accurate reaction can be easily formed, the game can proceed smoothly, the entertainment hardening can be enhanced, and the operator can feel the fulfillment of losing the record. In addition, in the signal transmission direction of the circuit, the fan-shaped buttons 132 representing the up, down, left, and right directions respectively change after pressing the electric circuit due to the contact of the conductive rubber 20 thereunder, and a single signal. The changes are transmitted into the gaming machine to cause the target to form a single movement motion, which is simple and clear. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, after pressing the rectangular button 133 representing the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right directions, the sector buttons 132 representing the upper, lower, left, and right directions on the both sides interlock. This signal change is transmitted to the game machine to cause the target object to perform a composite (or game setting) operation in order to contact and operate the two conductive rubbers 20 downward.

  As can be seen from the above detailed description of the structure of the features of the present invention and the operation method thereof, when playing a game using the controller 1 of the specially-designed separation type directional control button 13, the target can be quickly and accurately positioned. Movements, no malfunctions, can clearly express the intention of the operator, and there is no situation of incoordination or confusion between the operator's hand and brain, especially the entire controller 1 has a more aggressive shape change than known techniques, matches the youth's taste, and has a prominent appearance.

FIG. 2 is an external structural view of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an external structural view of another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an external structural view of still another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the direction controller of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a combination diagram of the direction controller according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front view and a rear view of the direction controller according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a sectional operation display diagram of the direction controller according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a three-dimensional operation of the direction controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference numerals

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Controller 10, 11 Handle 12 Operation button 13 Direction control button 131 Petal type hole plate 132 Sector button 133 Rectangle button 134 Sector hole 135 Rectangle hole 136 Wing part 14 Function button 15 Connection cable 2 Substrate 20 Conductive rubber

Claims (2)

With symmetrical left and right handles, operation buttons are provided on both front sides around the controller, direction control buttons are provided on the left handle surface, multiple function buttons are provided on the right handle surface, and a board is provided in the controller In the separation type direction controller where the connection cable is extended by the electric connection method,
The direction control button comprises a petal-shaped perforated plate, four fan-shaped buttons, and four rectangular buttons, and four fan-shaped holes provided for fitting the fan-shaped buttons to the petal-shaped perforated plate and four rectangular buttons provided for fitting the rectangular buttons. A rectangular hole is provided, the fan-shaped button and the rectangular button are spaced apart from each other and arranged in an annular form, the wings extend from around the bottom of the fan-shaped button and the rectangular button, and the wing of the rectangular button is above the wing of the fan-shaped button A separate type directional controller, which is superimposed, thereby clearly expressing the intention of the operator during operation and causing no malfunction. 2. The detachable directional controller according to claim 1, wherein the directional control button is installed on the left or right handle depending on whether the user is left-handed or right-handed, and the operation range corresponds to the thumb activity range of the operator's left or right hand. Separate directional controller characterized by convenient operation.

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