JP5774796B1 - Toys and game consoles - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a toy and a game machine capable of enhancing the diversity and fun of a game. A toy includes a main body having a plurality of visually recognizable two-dimensional codes attached on one side, and at least one two-dimensional code that covers the two-dimensional code. A movable portion 11 supported by the main body portion 10 is provided so as to be movable between a covering position and an exposed position for exposing the two-dimensional code 15 to be covered along the attachment surface of the main body portion 10. [Selection] Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a toy and a game machine.

  In recent years, game machines that play games using cards with digital codes attached are known, and game machines that use toys that use characters and items appearing in games as motifs instead of cards are also known (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  As a digital code attached to a card or a toy, a visible digital code (hereinafter referred to as a two-dimensional code) in which white or black dots are generally arranged two-dimensionally is used, and is mounted on a game machine. Read optically by a reading device.

JP 2002-153675 A JP 2014-4168 A

  Two-dimensional codes attached to cards and toys are generally one for each card and toy, but if multiple two-dimensional codes are attached to each card and toy, each card and toy can be held. The amount of information can be increased and the game can be diversified.

  However, a two-dimensional code optically read by a reading device mounted on a game machine is attached to the surface of a card or toy and can be visually recognized from the outside. And the toy used in the game has a character or item appearing in the game as a motif as described above, and if a plurality of inorganic two-dimensional codes are attached to the surface of the toy, the player's attachment to the toy is impaired. There is a possibility that the player's interest will be cut off.

  In addition, a reading device that reads a two-dimensional code attached to a card or toy needs to be provided for each shape of an article such as a card or toy, and in the case of a game machine that reads a plurality of different shaped articles, It was complicated and large. Moreover, it is necessary to exchange the game machine itself every time the shape of an article such as a card or a toy is changed, resulting in poor versatility.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a toy and a game machine capable of enhancing the diversity and interest of a game.

  A toy according to the present invention is provided with a main body portion provided with a plurality of visually recognizable pattern portions for object recognition, and an attachment of the main body portion provided with the pattern portion covering and covering at least one pattern portion. A movable part supported by the main body part so as to be movable between a covering position and an exposed position for exposing the pattern part to be covered along the surface, and the movable part according to an operation on the main body part. And a drive unit that moves from the covering position toward the exposed position.

  In the toy according to the present invention, the movable portion may have a pair of movable bodies that are moved in the opposite directions from the covering position toward the exposed position.

  In the toy according to the present invention, at least the main body portion and the movable portion may be formed of a light transmissive material.

  In the toy according to the present invention, the toy according to the present invention has a positioning portion that engages with a mounting portion provided in the pattern unit reader and positions the toy with respect to the mounting portion, and the positioning portion includes the movable portion. You may provide in the said main-body part except.

  In the toy according to the present invention, at least one convex portion may be provided at a distal end edge of the movable portion in the moving direction of the movable portion from the covering position toward the exposed position.

  A game machine according to the present invention is a game machine that reads the pattern portion attached to the toy and executes information processing based on the read information on the pattern portion of the toy, and the toy is attached to the game device. An attachment part is provided, The attachment part has a positioning part which engages with the main-body part except the movable part of the toy, and positions the toy.

  In the game machine according to the present invention, the mounting portion has at least one convex portion that comes into contact with a leading edge of the movable portion in the moving direction of the movable portion of the toy from the covering position toward the exposed position. You may do it.

  The game machine according to the present invention may further include an illumination unit that illuminates the toy mounted on the mounting unit from a side opposite to the toy with the mounting unit interposed therebetween.

  The game machine according to the present invention reads each pattern part of a card and a toy provided with a pattern part for object identification, and performs information processing based on the read information of the pattern part of each of the card and the toy. A game machine to be executed, which is arranged on the reading window with a gap in which the card can be inserted between the reading window where the card is installed and the reading window, and the toy is mounted A mounting portion and a reading portion that reads the pattern portion of each of the card and the toy through the reading window.

  In the game machine according to the present invention, the mounting portion may be detachable.

  In the game machine according to the present invention, the mounting portion includes at least a front edge of the card in the insertion direction of the card into the gap and side edges on both sides of the card extending in the insertion direction at least around the reading window. There may be a presser frame that overlaps with.

  In the game machine according to the present invention, the presser frame may overlap the reading window by exposing a pattern portion of the toy.

  In the game machine according to the present invention, the edge of the mounting portion that forms the insertion opening of the gap may be formed in a tapered shape that gradually approaches the reading window in the insertion direction of the card into the gap. Good.

  The game machine according to the present invention may further include an illumination unit that illuminates the toy mounted on the mounting unit from a side opposite to the toy with the mounting unit interposed therebetween.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the toy and game machine which can improve the diversity and interest property of a game can be provided.

(A) is a top view of an example of a toy for demonstrating embodiment of this invention, (b) is a side view of a toy. It is a reverse view of the toy of FIG. It is a top view of the state to which the movable part of the toy of FIG. 1 was moved. It is a back view of the state to which the movable part of the toy of FIG. 1 was moved. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the drive part of the toy of FIG. It is an appearance perspective view of an example of a game machine for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of an example of the card | curd used for the game machine of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the reading part of the game machine of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the reading part of the game machine of FIG. It is a top view of the reading part of the game machine of FIG. It is a top view of the modification of the reading part of the game machine of FIG.

  1 to 4 show an example of a toy for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

  A visually recognizable pattern portion is attached to one side of the toy 1 (“object” in the present embodiment), and the toy 1 executes a game using information held in the pattern portion. It is used for game machines. The toy 1 includes a main body 10, a movable portion 11 that can move with respect to the main body 10, and a push button 12. In the following description, the pattern portion for object identification is described as a two-dimensional code in which white or black dots are two-dimensionally arranged. However, the pattern portion is particularly limited as long as it is visible. It is not a thing. The object identification pattern portion may be a two-dimensional code (QR code, etc.), a digital code such as a barcode, a character image, a hologram image, a data image represented by numbers, or the like. You can also.

  A first two-dimensional code 14 holding information used for game execution is attached to the back surface of the main body 10 of the toy 1. The first two-dimensional code 14 is provided so as to be exposed on the back surface of the main body 10 and is always visible from the outside.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 4, the main body 10 of the toy 1 has a second two-dimensional code 15 that holds information different from the first two-dimensional code 14 that is information used for executing the game. Is attached. The second two-dimensional code 15 is adjacent to the first two-dimensional code 14 on the back surface of the main body 10 and is covered with the movable portion 11 so that it cannot be seen from the outside during normal times.

  The movable part 11 is provided so as to cover the second two-dimensional code 15 attached to the back surface of the main body part 10, and is supported by the main body part 10 so as to be movable so as to expose the second two-dimensional code 15. Yes. In the illustrated example, the movable portion 11 includes a pair of movable bodies 11 a that are moved in the opposite directions along the back surface of the main body portion 10. The movable body 11a has a covering position (see FIG. 2) that overlaps the second two-dimensional code 15 with each end edge abutted, and a second two-dimensional code 15 between the both end edges with each end edge spaced apart. It moves between exposure positions (see FIG. 4) that expose the.

  At least one convex portion 11c is provided at the tip edge of the movable body 11a in the moving direction from the covering position to the exposure position. This convex part 11c functions as a buffer part when moving the movable body 11a from the covering position to the exposed position in a state where the toy 1 is mounted on the mounting part of the game machine described later.

  The push button 12 is an operation unit for moving the pair of movable bodies 11a from the covering position toward the exposure position.

  The main body 10 is provided with at least one positioning part 10a. The positioning part 10a functions as a guide when positioning the toy 1 on the mounting part of the game machine described later.

  The main body part 10, the movable part 11, and the push button 12 constituting the toy 1 are all made of a resin molded body, and at least the main body part 10 and the movable part 11 are made of a light transmissive resin material.

  FIG. 5 shows a configuration of a drive unit that moves the pair of movable bodies 11 a from the covering position toward the exposed position in conjunction with the push button 12.

  The drive unit includes a compression coil spring 17 incorporated in the main body 10 of the toy 1, a pair of compression coil springs 18, and a pair of levers 19.

  The compression coil spring 17 is sandwiched between the pair of movable bodies 11a and urges the pair of movable bodies 11a in opposite directions from the covering position toward the exposed position. The pair of levers 19 are supported by the main body 10 so as to be rotatable about a fulcrum 19a provided at the center in the longitudinal direction, and a claw 19b provided at one end of the lever 19 is associated with the movable body 11a. It is combined. The pair of compression coil springs 18 urge the other end of the lever 19 in the direction in which the claw 19b engages the movable body 11a.

  The push button 12 has a pair of protrusions 12 a that respectively contact the end portions of the lever 19 that is biased by the compression coil spring 18, and is supported by the main body 10 so as to be movable in the biasing direction of the compression coil spring 18. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, when the movable part 11 is in the covering position, the claw 19b of the lever 19 biased by the compression coil spring 18 is engaged with the notch 11b of the movable body 11a. For this reason, the pair of movable bodies 11 a are respectively held at the covering positions against the bias of the compression coil spring 17.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, in accordance with the operation of the push button 12, the end portion of the lever 19 that is biased by the compression coil spring 18 is pushed in the direction opposite to the biasing direction of the compression coil spring 18. As a result, the claw 19b of the lever 19 is disengaged from the notch 11b of the movable body 11a, and the pair of movable bodies 11a are moved from the covering position toward the exposed position by the urging force of the compression coil spring 17, respectively.

  The pair of movable bodies 11a moved to the exposure position is moved toward the covering position by the player. As a result, the claw 19b of the lever 19 enters the notch 11b of the movable body 11a, the engagement between the claw 19b and the notch 11b is maintained by the urging force of the compression coil spring 18, and the pair of movable bodies 11a are again in the covering position. To be held in.

  Of the two two-dimensional codes 14 and 15 attached to the main body 10 of the toy 1, the first two-dimensional code 14 is always visible from the outside on the back surface of the main body 10, The second two-dimensional code 15 is not visible from the outside when the pair of movable bodies 11a are in the covering position, and the pair of movable bodies 11a is moved from the covering position to the exposed position in accordance with the operation of the push button 12. It becomes visible on the back surface of the main body 10 only when it is done.

  As described above, by attaching the two two-dimensional codes 14 and 15 to the toy 1, the amount of information that can be held by the toy 1 can be increased, and a game performed using the toy 1 can be diversified. Even if a plurality of inorganic two-dimensional codes are attached to the toy 1 by covering one two-dimensional code 15 with the pair of movable bodies 11 a and exposing the two-dimensional code 15 according to an operation on the toy 1. It is possible to increase the player's attachment to the toy 1 and enhance the player's interest in the game. A plurality of two-dimensional codes that are covered by the pair of movable bodies 11a may be provided. In the present embodiment, the case where the two-dimensional code 15 is covered with a pair of movable bodies has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, one movable body is used, and the movable body is covered with one movable body. You may make it do. In the present embodiment, the attachment surface of the two-dimensional code is a flat surface, but is not limited to this and may be a curved surface. For example, the shape of the toy may be cylindrical, and the two-dimensional code may be exposed by rotating a movable part along the cylindrical attachment surface. Note that it is preferable that the two-dimensional code reading misrecognition can be reduced by using a plane portion provided on one side of the toy as the two-dimensional code attachment surface as in the present embodiment.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a game machine for explaining the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows an example of a card used for executing a game in the game machine of FIG.

  The game machine 3 uses the toy 1 described above and the card 2 to which the two-dimensional code 16 is attached, and uses the information held in the two-dimensional code (pattern part for object identification) of the toy 1 and the card 2 to perform predetermined processing. The game (information processing) is executed. In the present embodiment, an example in which a two-dimensional code is printed on the card 2 (“object” in the present embodiment) will be described, but the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is visible.

  The game machine 3 includes a housing 30 and a display unit 31 provided on the top of the housing 30. The housing 30 is provided with a reading unit 32 that reads the two-dimensional code of the toy 1 and the card 2 and an operation unit 34 that receives an operation input from the player in accordance with the execution of the game.

  The display unit 31, the reading unit 32, and the operation unit 34 are connected to a control unit (not shown) inside the housing 30. The control unit includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and responds to an operation input received by the operation unit 34 using information held in the two-dimensional code of the toy 1 or the card 2 read by the reading unit 32. A predetermined game is executed, and the execution result of the game is displayed on the display unit 31.

  8 to 10 show the configuration of the reading unit 32.

  The reading unit 32 is installed in the mounting unit 33 to which the toy 1 is mounted, the reading window 35 in which the card 2 is installed, the two-dimensional codes 14 and 15 of the toy 1 mounted in the mounting unit 33 and the reading window 35. The imaging unit 37 that optically reads the two-dimensional code 16 of the card 2 and the illumination unit 38 that illuminates the toy 1 mounted on the mounting unit 33 and the card 2 installed in the reading window 35.

  The reading window 35 is made of a transparent resin plate or glass plate, and is fitted into the upper surface of the housing 30 and fixed. The mounting portion 33 is attached to the upper surface of the housing 30 with a gap 36 into which the card 2 can be inserted between the mounting portion 33 and the reading window 35.

  The mounting part 33 has a positioning part 33 a that engages with a positioning part 10 a (see FIG. 1) provided in the main body part 10 of the toy 1. The positioning part 33 a has a shape corresponding to the positioning part 10 a, and the toy 1 is mounted on the mounting part 33 by engaging the positioning part 10 a with the positioning part 33 a of the mounting part 33.

  A convex portion 33b is provided on the wall surface of the mounting portion 33 facing the movable body 11a in the moving direction from the covering position of the pair of movable bodies 11a of the toy 1 mounted on the mounting portion 33 toward the exposed position. This convex part 33b functions as a buffer part similarly to the convex part 11c provided at the tip edge of the movable body 11a, and the movable body 11a hits the wall surface of the mounting part 33 to damage the surface of the wall surface. Suppresses peeling of paint. Only one of the convex portion 33b of the mounting portion 33 and the convex portion 11c of the movable body 11a may be provided.

  The mounting portion 33 is provided with a presser frame 33 c that holds the edge portion of the card 2 inserted into the gap 36. The presser frame 33c is provided at least around the reading window 35 so as to overlap the leading edge of the card 2 in the insertion direction of the card 2 into the gap 36 and the left and right side edges extending in the insertion direction.

  Note that the mounting portion 33 is detachably attached to the upper surface of the housing 30. For example, when the mounting portion 33 is replaced corresponding to the shape of the toy 1 that is different for each type, It is configured to be able to wear toys.

  The imaging unit 37 and the illumination unit 38 are provided at a position facing the reading window 35 inside the housing 30.

  The two-dimensional code 16 of the card 2 inserted into the gap 36 is illuminated by the illumination unit 38 through the reading window 35 and read by the imaging unit 37 through the reading window 35. Since the edge of the card 2 is held by the presser frame 33c, the card 2 is prevented from being lifted, and external light entering from the gap is reduced. Thereby, the occurrence of reading errors of the two-dimensional code 16 can be reduced.

  The edge 33 d of the mounting portion 33 that forms the insertion opening of the card 2 into the gap 36 is preferably formed in a tapered shape that gradually approaches the reading window 35 in the insertion direction of the card 2 into the gap 36. . Thereby, the card | curd 2 can be inserted in the clearance gap 36 smoothly.

  The two-dimensional codes 14 and 15 of the toy 1 mounted on the mounting unit 33 are positioned inside the presser frame 33c, illuminated by the illumination unit 38 through the reading window 35, and read by the imaging unit 37 through the reading window 35. At this time, the toy 1 in which the main body part 10 and the movable part 11 are formed of a light-transmitting resin material shines when illuminated by the illumination part 38. Thereby, the interest property of a game can be improved.

  As shown in FIG. 11, it is preferable to provide the presser frame 33 c so as to overlap the reading window 35 within a range in which the two-dimensional codes 14 and 15 attached to the toy 1 are exposed. Thereby, the card 2 inserted into the gap 36 can be held more reliably, and in addition to the external light entering from the gap, the external light entering through the toy 1 and the card 2 can be reduced. The occurrence of reading errors of the two-dimensional codes 14 and 15 and the two-dimensional code 16 of the card 2 can be further reduced.

  According to the game machine 3 configured as described above, information used for the execution of the game includes information held in the two-dimensional codes 14 and 15 of the toy 1 and information held in the two-dimensional code 16 of the card 2. The game can be diversified to enhance the fun of the game. Then, in the reading unit 32 of the game machine 3 that reads the two-dimensional code 14, 15, 16, the mounting unit 33 of the toy 1 is overlapped with the reading window 35 in which the card 2 is installed with a gap 36 into which the card 2 can be inserted. Therefore, the configuration of the game machine 3 can be kept simple with respect to the diversification of the game.

  In the game machine 3, the game can be diversified by combining the information held in the two-dimensional code of the toy 1 and the information held in the two-dimensional code of the card 2. Although it is not necessary that a plurality of two-dimensional codes are attached to the toy 1, it is preferable that a plurality of two-dimensional codes are attached to the toy 1 because further game diversification can be achieved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toy 2 Card 3 Game machine 10 Main-body part 11 Movable part 11a Movable body 12 Push button 14 Two-dimensional code 15 Two-dimensional code 16 Two-dimensional code 17 Compression coil spring 18 Compression coil spring 19 Lever 30 Case 31 Display part 32 Reading part 33 Mounting part 34 Operation part 35 Reading window 36 Gap 37 Imaging part 38 Illumination part

Claims (14)

A main body portion provided with a plurality of visually recognizable pattern portions for object identification;
A movable part that covers at least one of the pattern parts and is supported by the main body part so as to be movable between a coating position and an exposed position that exposes the pattern part to be coated
A drive unit that moves the movable unit from the covering position toward the exposed position in response to an operation on the main body unit;
A toy with The toy according to claim 1,
The movable part is a toy having a pair of movable bodies that are moved in a reciprocal direction from the covering position toward the exposed position along the attachment surface of the main body part provided with the pattern part to be covered. A toy according to claim 1 or claim 2,
A toy in which at least the main body and the movable part are made of a light-transmitting material. A toy according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A positioning unit that engages with a mounting unit provided in the pattern unit reader and positions the toy with respect to the mounting unit;
The positioning part is a toy provided in the main body part excluding the movable part. A toy according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A toy in which at least one convex portion is provided at a tip edge of the movable portion in the moving direction of the movable portion from the covering position toward the exposed position. A game machine that reads the pattern portion attached to the toy according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and executes information processing based on the read information on the pattern portion of the toy.
A mounting portion on which the toy is mounted;
The game machine having a positioning unit that engages with the main body portion excluding the movable portion of the toy and positions the toy. A game machine according to claim 6,
The game machine having at least one convex portion that abuts on a leading edge of the movable portion in a moving direction of the movable portion of the toy from the covering position toward the exposed position. The game machine according to claim 6 or 7,
A game machine further comprising an illumination unit that illuminates the toy mounted on the mounting unit from a side opposite to the toy across the mounting unit. A game machine that reads each pattern portion of a card and a toy with a pattern portion for object identification, and executes information processing based on the read information of the pattern portion of each of the card and the toy,
A reading window in which the card is installed;
A mounting portion that is disposed on the reading window with a gap in which the card can be inserted between the reading window and the toy is mounted;
A reading unit for reading the pattern portion of each of the card and the toy through the reading window;
A game machine comprising: The game machine according to claim 9,
The game machine in which the mounting part is detachable. The game machine according to claim 9 or 10, wherein
The game machine having a press frame that overlaps at least a front edge of the card in the insertion direction of the card into the gap and side edges on both sides of the card extending in the insertion direction at least around the reading window. The game machine according to claim 11,
The game machine in which the presser frame exposes a pattern portion for object identification of the toy and overlaps the reading window. A game machine according to any one of claims 9 to 12,
An edge portion of the mounting portion that forms an insertion opening of the gap is formed in a tapered shape that gradually approaches the reading window in the insertion direction of the card into the gap. A game machine according to any one of claims 9 to 13,
A game machine further comprising an illumination unit that illuminates the toy mounted on the mounting unit from a side opposite to the toy across the mounting unit.

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