JPH0660799B2 - Battle toy - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a fighting toy that performs a shooting battle using light rays.

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved] Conventionally, in a toy that shoots by emitting a light beam, a player emits light from a light ray gun toward a certain target, and the light emits light sensing means. Some of them are designed to perform actions such as sounding, light emission, etc. to inform them that they have hit. The shooting toys using these light rays have become popular among children in recent years because they are safe and easy to handle without the danger of actually firing bullets.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional shooting toys, since the player unilaterally shoots with a ray of light, it is not possible to perform an interesting competitive game of shooting back from the opponent side, which is interesting. It had the drawback of being halved.

[Means for Solving Problems] A competitive toy of the present invention that solves the above-mentioned conventional problems is a competitive toy that emits a light beam to make a line of fire, and a shooting toy to be mounted on the player side, and the player. The fighting toy comprises a light emitting unit that emits light to the fighting toy, a light sensing unit that senses light from the fighting toy, and the light emitting unit emits light to the fighting toy. A position signal generator that emits a position signal different from the position light, and the battle toy receives the position signal from the position signal generator and detects the position of the player; and the position signal detector. The light emitting unit emits light to the light sensing unit of the shooting toy in cooperation with the unit, and the light sensing unit senses light from the shooting toy.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 17 show a battle toy according to an embodiment of the present invention. The fighting toy of this embodiment comprises a shooting toy 1 worn by a player 1a and a fighting toy 2 which detects the position of the player and emits infrared rays to fight.

The shooting toy 1 includes a light emitting unit 3 which emits infrared rays, a light sensing unit 4 which is an attack target from the fighting toy 2, and a position signal generating unit 5 which outputs a position signal to the fighting toy 2. It becomes. The light emitting section 3 is provided in a light gun 6 having a barrel 6a and a gripping section 6b, which are formed in a shape as shown in the figure, and is equipped with an infrared light emitting element 3a such as a diode attached to the tip of the barrel 3a. It emits light. In addition, the ray gun 6 includes an infrared light emitting element 3 a of the light emitting unit 3.
A push button switch 7 for emitting light is provided.

Further, the light sensing portion 4 is provided in a circular case 8, and an infrared sensing element 4a such as a diode of the light sensing portion 4 which receives and senses infrared rays from the outside is attached to the central portion of the case 8. ing. The case 8 of the light sensing portion 4 is a batch that can be detachably attached to the clothes of the player 1a, and is attached to the chest or the like when performing shooting.

The position signal generator 5 is provided in a box-shaped case 9 as shown in the figure, and emits infrared rays, which serve as a position signal, toward the fighting toy 2 from the infrared light emitting element 5a provided in the center of the case 9. . The infrared ray emitted from the position signal generating section 5 has a different wavelength from the infrared ray emitted from the light emitting section 3 and is not to be confused with the infrared ray emitted from the light emitting section 3. A belt 9a is attached to the case 9 of the position signal generator 5 as shown in the figure, so that the case 9 can be attached to the player's torso. The position signal generator 5 may be provided integrally with the light gun 6 including the light emitting unit 3. In that case, the infrared light emitting element 5a is mounted side by side with the infrared light emitting element 3a at the tip of the barrel 6a.

As shown in FIG. 4, which is a configuration block diagram of the shooting toy 1, the light emitting unit 3, the light sensing unit 4, and the position signal generating unit 5 are provided.
Is a central processing unit (hereinafter CP
U) 10 and each is controlled according to a program stored in the CPU 10. Further, a sound generator 11 and a sound generator 1 for generating a constant sound effect of a synthesizer circuit or the like in the light gun 6.
An amplifier 12 that amplifies the sound signal from 1 and a speaker 13 that outputs a sound effect to the outside are provided. This sound generator 11 is connected to the CPU 10,
When the infrared ray is emitted from the light emitting section 3 and the infrared ray from the fighting toy 2 is received by the light sensing section 4, a certain sound effect is emitted. In addition, the electron gun 6 and the light sensing unit 4
When the infrared ray is emitted from the light emitting section 3 or the light sensing section 4
An illumination generation unit 14 is provided to generate illumination such as blinking a light bulb when the infrared ray is detected by.

Further, the light gun 6 is provided with a counter 15 for counting a score each time the light sensing unit 4 is hit by shooting light from the fighting toy 2 and a display unit 16 for displaying the score. The counter 15 counts down the number of points determined from the points initially given when the light sensing unit 4 is hit by the shooting light from the fighting toy 2, for example. Then, the remaining points are displayed on the display unit 16. The display unit 16 has a barrel 6a of the ray gun 6 as shown in FIG.
It is provided on the upper part. Further, the counter 15 has
An attacking function stopping unit 17 that stops the light emission of the light emitting unit 3 when the count value of the counter 15 reaches a constant value (for example, zero) is connected. Further, the attack function stopping unit 17 is connected with a timer 18 that releases the stopped state when a predetermined time has elapsed. In addition, the light sensing unit 4
A body sonic generator 19 is provided in the case 8 of the light detector 4 to give a shock to the body of the player 1a with a constant sound pressure each time an infrared ray enters the player. Reference numeral 20 denotes a power reduction detection unit that checks the state of the power supply voltage of a battery or the like, and reference numeral 21 denotes a power supply forgetting detection unit that automatically turns off the power switch after a predetermined time has elapsed if the power switch is forgotten to be turned off. And
All the above-mentioned constituent parts provided in the shooting toy 1 are the above-mentioned CP
It is controlled by U10.

Next, the structure of the tip of the barrel 6a of the light gun 6 provided with the infrared light emitting element 3a will be described with reference to FIGS. The infrared light emitting element 3a of the light emitting section 3 is attached to a cylindrical projection 6c formed at the tip of the barrel 6a as shown in FIG. 5, and the cylindrical projection 6c has a cylindrical emission angle adjusting member. 23 is fitted so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. A lens 24 for focusing the infrared rays emitted from the infrared light emitting element 3a is fitted to the tip of the emission angle adjusting member 23. With such a structure, when the exit angle adjusting member 23 is contracted as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the position of the lens 24 approaches the infrared light emitting element 3a, so that the focusing by the lens 24 is not excessive and the infrared light spreads slightly. Eject in the closed state. Therefore, in this state, it becomes easy to apply infrared rays to the light sensing portion which is the target of the fighting toy 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), when the exit angle adjusting member 23 is pushed, the lens 24 moves away from the infrared light emitting element 3a, so that the infrared rays are focused by the lens 24 and exit with a small exit angle. Therefore, in this state, it becomes difficult to irradiate the target light sensing portion with infrared rays.

As described above, if the emission angle adjusting member 23 is expanded or contracted, it is possible to change the degree of difficulty of shooting, and it is possible to play according to the ability of the player 1a. Note that the emission angle can be adjusted according to the light receiving accuracy of the light sensing unit that is the target.
That is, in the case of a light-sensing unit whose light-receiving accuracy is not high, reliable sensing can be performed by reducing the exit angle and collecting infrared rays. Further, in the above description, the case where the lens 24 is attached to the emission angle adjusting member 23 is shown, but it is also possible to change the emission angle of infrared rays by expanding and contracting only the cylindrical emission angle adjusting member 23 without providing the lens 24. It is possible. A control flowchart of the shooting toy 1 is shown in FIG.

Next, the fighting toy 2 that competes with the shooting toy 1 will be described. Battle toy 2 is a tank body 3 that imitates the shape of a tank.
The position detector 31 for detecting the position signal from the shooting toy 1 and the light emitter 3 for emitting infrared rays to the light detector 4
2 and a light sensing portion 33 that senses infrared rays from the light emitting portion 3 of the shooting toy 1.

The position detecting section 31 is provided in the tank main body 3 as shown in FIG.
The position of the player 1a, which is equipped with a position signal sensing unit 35 disposed inside the radar 34 which is rotatably provided at the rear of 0 and a position signal generating unit 5 which outputs a position signal from the turning angle of the radar 34, is detected. An encoder 36, an origin detection unit 37 that detects the origin of the encoder 36, a motor 38 that turns the radar 34, and a motor drive unit 39 are included. The radar 34 is attached to the tip of a shaft 34a standing upright at the rear of the tank main body 30, and a receiving element 35a of a position signal sensing unit 35 is arranged inside thereof. Infrared rays, which are position signals, can pass through the front surface of the radar 34, and the position signals entering the radar 34 are detected by the light receiving element 3a. The encoder 3 is attached to the lower end of the shaft 34a.
6 is provided, the motor 38 is connected via a gear, and is rotated by the rotation of the motor 38. Further, the radar 34 is capable of turning within a 180 ° range of 90 ° to the left and right with respect to the front of the tank body 30. When a position signal is detected while the radar 34 is turning, the pulse from the encoder 36 is counted to detect an angle based on the origin (for example, the front center position of the tank body 30), and the position signal is generated. The direction of the part 5 is determined. Further, the radar 34 is
Repeatedly reciprocating within a range of 80 degrees. The position signal sensing unit 35, the encoder 36, the origin detection unit 3
7. The motor drive unit 39 is controlled by the CPU 40 to detect the angle.

The light emitting unit 32 is provided on the turret 30a of the tank body 30. The light emitting section 32 is provided with an infrared light emitting element 32a that emits infrared rays toward the light sensing section 4 of the shooting toy 1. Also, the turret 30 to which the light emitting section 32 is attached.
Motor a reciprocates within the same range as the radar 34 by the motor 41. The turning angle of the turret 30a is detected by counting the pulses from the encoder 42. 43 is a motor drive unit, 44 is a turret 30a
It is an origin detection unit that detects the origin position of the. With the above structure, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
When the position of the player 1a is detected by the position detecting section 31 by the turning of the turret 3, the motor 41 is driven and the turret 3 reaches a position that matches the angle detected by the position detecting section 31.
0a turns, and the light emitting unit 3 is turned toward the player 1a at that position.
Infrared rays are emitted from 2.

The light sensing unit 33 includes an infrared sensing element 33a that senses infrared rays emitted from the light emitting unit 3 of the shooting toy 1.
The photo-sensing parts 33 are provided on the front part and the left and right side parts of the turret 30a, respectively.

Further, like the shooting toy 1, the combat toy 2 emits infrared rays from the light emitting unit 32 and the shooting unit 33 shoots infrared rays.
There is provided a sound generator 45 which produces a certain sound effect when infrared rays from the light emitting section 3 of the above are detected. This sound effect is output by the amplifier 46 from the speaker 47 provided at the rear of the turret 30a. Also, turret 3
At the upper part of 0a, when the infrared ray is emitted from the light emitting section 32 or when the infrared ray from the light emitting section 3 of the shooting toy 1 is detected by the light detecting section 33, the illumination generating section 48 is provided to notify the emission and the hit. Is provided. Further, the fighting toy 2, like the shooting toy 1, is provided with a counter 50 that counts a score each time the infrared rays from the shooting toy 1 hit the light sensing unit 33, and a display unit 51 that displays the score. Further, there are provided an all-functions stopping unit 52 for stopping all the functions of the fighting toy 2 when the value of the counter 50 reaches a certain value, and a timer 53 for canceling the above-mentioned stopped state after a certain time has elapsed. This counter 50 also counts down the number of points when the infrared ray hits the light sensing portion 33, but here the number of points to be counted down differs depending on the position of the light sensing portion 33 where the infrared ray hits. For example, when the light sensing unit 33 on the front of the turret 30a hits, the light sensing units 33 on the left and right sides of the turret 30a
The score that is counted down is larger than when hitting. Reference numeral 54 is a power reduction detection unit, and 55 is a power-off forgetting detection unit.

Here, regarding the detailed structure of the light emitting section 32,
It will be described with reference to FIG. The light emitting section 32 includes an infrared light emitting element 35a in a cover 60 having a substantially triangular cross section as shown in the drawing.
Is attached and configured. A front plate 61 having a slit 62 having a predetermined width and extending in the vertical direction is fitted in the central portion of the open front portion of the cover 60. The slit 62 is integrally formed in the central portion of the front plate 61 by a transparent member that allows infrared rays to pass therethrough. The infrared light emitting element 35a in the cover 60 is arranged toward the slit 62 side of the front plate 61 as shown in FIG. From the above, when the infrared light emitting element 35a emits light, the infrared light passes through the slits 62, and the infrared light propagates as shown in the state in which the infrared light does not spread so much in the horizontal direction and is sufficiently spread in the vertical direction. That is, the infrared rays are emitted in the form of a strip extending in the vertical direction.

The reason why the slit 62 is provided in the light emitting portion 32 to spread the infrared light in the vertical direction is to make it easier for the infrared light from the light emitting portion 32 to hit the light sensing portion 4 mounted on the player 1a. That is, since the infrared rays spread in the vertical direction as described above, even if the photo-sensing section 4 moves in the vertical direction, it is a hit if the infrared rays are emitted in the lateral direction. As a result, the battle toy 2 side has a superior state to the shooting toy 1 of the player 1a.

Next, regarding the detailed structure of the light sensing portion 33,
It will be described with reference to FIG. The infrared sensing element 33a of the light sensing section 33 is attached so as to project to the outside from a hole 64 provided in the side surface of the turret 30a as shown.
A cylindrical slide member 65 slidably fitted in the hole 64 is provided on the outer periphery of the infrared sensing element 33a. Also, the slide member 65 has an arm 67.
An operation knob 66 is provided via the. The operation knob 66 is slidable along a guide hole 68 provided on the upper surface of the turret 30a, and the slide member 65 can be retracted from the hole 64 by operating the operation knob 66. With this structure, if the slide member 65 is projected outward by operating the operation knob 66, the front side surface of the infrared sensing element 33a is covered with the slide member 65, and the infrared sensing element 33 is formed.
The angle that can be incident on a becomes narrower according to the amount of protrusion of the slide member 65. Moreover, if the slide member 65 is immersed,
Since the infrared sensing element 33a is exposed from the slide member 65, the incident angle is approximately 180 degrees.

As described above, the operation knob 66 is operated to operate the slide member 6
By adjusting the protrusion amount of 5, the infrared sensing element 3
It becomes possible to change the angle that can be incident on 3a within a certain range, so that the shooting difficulty of emitting infrared rays from the light emitting section 3 of the shooting toy 1 and hitting the infrared sensing element 33a of the light sensing section 33 is increased. It can be changed. As a result, it becomes possible to perform shooting play according to the ability of the player 1a. In the above description, the case where the slide member 65 is slid to change the projection amount to adjust the incident angle is shown. However, as shown in FIG. 15, the infrared sensing element 33a itself has the arm 67 via the arm 67. The same purpose can be achieved by providing the operation knob 66 to allow the infrared sensing element 33a itself to project and retract through the hole 64.

The barrel 30b of the turret 30a is vertically moved by a motor 70.

Although illustration is omitted, the tank main body 30 is provided with a drive unit powered by a motor or the like for causing the tank main body 30 to travel, so that the tank main body 30 can travel. However, in this case, if the traveling speed is high, the origin at the time of position detection is not fixed, so the speed is slowed down so as not to affect the position detection by the position detection unit 31.

Hereinafter, how to play the battle toy will be described. First,
The player 1a holds the light gun 6 of the shooting toy 1 in his hand, mounts the light sensing unit 4 and the position signal generating unit 5 on the chest and the torso, respectively, and as shown in FIG. Perform a shooting battle while facing each other. Then, infrared rays are emitted from the light emitting section 3 of the light gun 6 to the light sensing section 33 of the fighting toy 2. When it hits the light sensing portion 33, the illumination is generated and the sound effect is output from the speaker 47 as described above. Also,
When the position detector 31 detects the position of the player 1a, the fighting toy 2 rotates the turret 30 as shown in FIG. 16 and directs its light emitting part 32 toward the player 1a. When the orientation of the turret 30 coincides with the detection position, infrared rays are emitted from the light emitting section 32,
When the infrared ray hits the light sensing portion 4 on the player 1a side, the illumination and the sound effect are generated. The player 1a moves left and right so as not to hit the infrared rays from the fighting toy 2 and shoots. As a result, a shooting battle can be performed between the player 1a and the battle toy 2 side.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the position detection is performed by using the infrared ray has been described, but the position detection may be performed by using a radio wave, an ultrasonic wave or the like in addition to the infrared ray. Further, the case where the battle toy is configured by the tank main body 30 imitating the shape of the tank is shown, but the outer shape of the battle toy 2 may be another vehicle shape or a shape such as a base. In addition, infrared rays are used to emit and receive light from the light emitting units 3 and 32 and the light sensing units 4 and 33.
Needless to say, visible light may be used instead of infrared light.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a position signal is emitted from a shooting toy that shoots with light, and the position of a player wearing the shooting toy is detected by receiving the position signal with a combat toy. By emitting light to the shooting toy, unlike the conventional shooting toy that unilaterally shoots with a light beam toward a stationary direction, there is an effect that a battle play with a light beam is possible and the interest is extremely increased. .

Further, there is an effect that it is possible to enjoy the game with a simple structure without requiring a complicated structure such as a data transmission system or a control system using a computer.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is an overall schematic view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of a shooting toy side, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a shooting toy is mounted, and FIG. 5 is a partial block diagram of the tip of the light gun which is a shooting toy, and FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b) are cross sections showing the operation of the tip of the light gun shown in FIG. 5, respectively. Figures and 7 are control flowcharts for shooting toys,
FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of a combat toy, FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the combat toy, FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the configuration of the combat toy, FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged view of a light emitting portion of the combat toy, and FIG. FIG. 11 is a sectional view of the light emitting portion shown in FIG. 11, FIG. 13 is a partial view in the vicinity of the light sensing portion of the combat toy, FIG. 14 is a sectional view of the light sensing portion shown in FIG. 13, and FIG. FIG. 16 is a sectional view showing another example of the sensing unit, FIG. 16 is a view showing an operation of the competitive toy, and FIG. 17 is a control flowchart of a part of the combat toy. 1: Shooting toy 2: Fighting toy 3: Light emitting part, 4: Light sensing part 5: Position signal generating part, 6: Electron gun 23: Ejection angle adjusting member, 24: Lens 30: Tank body, 30a: Turret 31 : Position detecting part, 32: Light emitting part 33: Light detecting part, 34: Radar 35: Position signal detecting part, 60: Cover 61: Front plate, 62: Slit 64: Hole, 65: Sliding member

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fighting toy, characterized in that it has the following requirements for shooting a ray to perform a shooting battle. (A) A shooting toy worn on the player's side and a fighting toy competing against the player. (B) The shooting toy includes a light emitting unit that emits light toward the fighting toy, a light sensing unit that senses light from the fighting toy, and light emitted from the light emitting unit toward the fighting toy. A position signal generator that emits different position signals is provided. (C) The fighting toy includes a position signal detecting section for receiving the position signal from the position signal generating section and detecting the position of the player, and an optical sensing section for the shooting toy in conjunction with the position signal detecting section. A light emitting unit that emits light and a light sensing unit that senses light from the shooting toy are provided.