KR100516965B1 - Operating apparatus for game machine with velocity sensing sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is equipped with a speed sensor inside the operation device for the game machine detects the size, direction and speed of the movement of the operation device by the gamer and connects it to the motion of the object appearing in the image of the main body of the game machine to give a three-dimensional and realistic In order to be able to enjoy a game that is present, the liquid filled to a predetermined height in the sealed case, an optical transmitter disposed on at least one side of the inside of the case for transmitting an optical signal, and facing the optical transmitter in the case A speed detector configured to detect the speed according to the flow of the fluid by including an optical receiver configured to receive the optical signal and transmit the optical signal as a sensing signal, and compare adjacent sensing signals among the sensing signals transmitted from the speed detector; A signal selector for transmitting the signal and a signal input from the signal selector It relates to a control device for a game machine comprising a microcomputer to determine the speed according to the flow of the fluid compared to the data, and to transmit information about the movement to the main body of the game machine.

Description

Operating apparatus for game machine with velocity sensing sensor

The present invention relates to an operating device for a game machine having a speed sensor, and in particular, a single sensor, the speed sensor capable of grasping the direction and speed in a three-dimensional space, and the operation of the game player operating the control device provided with the speed sensor. The present invention relates to an operation device of a game machine that transmits a direction, a size, and a speed of a to a object appearing in an image of a main body of a game machine so that a gamer can enjoy a three-dimensional and realistic game.

In general, an operating device for a game machine, such as a joystick, is an operation device for determining the movement of an object appearing on an image of the main body of a game machine by moving a stick-shaped handle in a desired direction to designate two-dimensional or three-dimensional coordinate values of the system.

Conventional game console operation apparatus such as a joystick is a one-dimensional that can be operated in accordance with the operation of the button. For example, the joystick disclosed in the Korean Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0250643, registered as January 1, 2001, is a game in which a joystick and a button must be provided by attaching a button member to the operation means of the joystick. To adjust the direction of the left and right and up and down while pressing the button at the same time.

The conventional joystick has a nut coupled to the lower end of the support rod rotatably inserted into the inside of the handle as the handle of the operation device is adjusted in the left and right up and down directions to turn on / off the first opening / closing means and also to press the button member. Therefore, it is comprised so that the operation | movement of the object shown in the image of a main body of a game machine may be adjusted by turning on / off a 2nd opening and closing means.

However, such a conventional joystick is a one-dimensional one in which the operation of an object appearing on the image of the main body of the game machine can be adjusted only at the level of the change of direction by operating means such as the first and second opening / closing means. By connecting the size, direction and speed of the operation movement of the game console operation means to the motion of an object appearing in the image of the main body of the game machine, there was a problem that it was insufficient to enjoy the game in a three-dimensional and realistic manner.

In order to solve such a problem, there is a control device for a game machine that detects motion by arranging a speed sensor that detects the speed in one direction in the X, Y, and Z axes, but this also has a difficulty in combining several sensors. It was difficult to detect fast movements.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to install a speed sensor inside the operation device for the game machine to detect the size, direction and speed of the movement of the operation device by the gamer and to the image of the game machine main body It is to provide a game console control device that allows gamers to enjoy a three-dimensional and realistic game by connecting to the motion of an object that appears.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a fluid filled to a predetermined height in a sealed case, an optical transmitting unit disposed on at least one side of the inside of the case for transmitting an optical signal, and the optical transmitting unit inside the case A speed detector configured to receive the optical signal and to transmit the optical signal as a detection signal to detect a speed according to the flow of the fluid; an adjacent detection signal among the detection signals sent from the speed detector A signal selector for comparing and transmitting a signal and a signal received from the signal selector, and comparing the input data with a pre-input data to determine a speed according to the flow of the fluid, and a microcomputer for transmitting information about the movement to a main body of a game machine. It provides an operating device for a game machine, characterized in that made.

According to another feature of the invention, the speed detection unit is to be provided with a floating body floating in the fluid and a plurality of through holes, the floating body so that the area is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the case, the speed detection unit The light receiver may be configured to receive at least an amount of the optical signal passing through the floating body.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail with respect to the operating device for a game machine having a speed sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a game machine operation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to Figure 1, the operation device for game machine according to the present invention, such as movement of the front and rear, left and right of the operation device The speed sensor 200 for detecting the signal, and receives a signal from the speed sensor 200 to determine the movement according to the flow based on this, and the microcomputer for transmitting the information about the movement to the main body 100 of the game machine 300 is provided.

The speed sensor 200 detects the movement of the entire device based on the change of the inclination of the fluid contained in the sealed case and detects the movement of the whole device. Unlike the speed sensor in the uniaxial direction, the information on the three-dimensional motion Can be recognized in a complex manner. A more detailed description thereof will be described later.

At least one manipulation button 400 is installed and connected to the microcomputer 300, and a manipulation button generally employed may be used as it is.

The microcomputer 300 connected to the speed sensor 200 and the operation button 400 may analyze the signal received through the speed sensor 200 to grasp the movement of the manipulation device and buffer information about the movement. ) And the game console body 100 via the interface 600, and the signal received through the operation button 400 is also transmitted to the game machine body 100 in the same manner. The buffer 500 operates as a buffer means for preventing data corruption, and a wired or wireless transmission / reception (not shown) device may be employed as the interface 600.

The speed sensor used in the operation device for the game machine can be used by the present invention, such as the tilt detection sensor disclosed in the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 1999-000405 or the shock detection device disclosed in the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 1998-0076281 This will be described in more detail below.

Figure 2 shows a speed sensor that can be employed in the operating device for a game machine of the present invention, which is a speed sensor 210 for outputting a detection signal according to the flow of the fluid, and the detection signal adjacent to each other of the detection signal The signal selector 220 to compare and transmit the signal, and the signal processor 230 to determine the speed according to the flow of the fluid by comparing the signal transmitted from the signal selector 220 with the previously input data.

The signal selector 220 may be provided as a comparator 222 for comparing the sensing signal output from the speed detector 210 and a switching unit 224 for switching the output signal of the comparator 222, The signal processor 230 compares the output signal of the comparator 222 transmitted through the switching unit 224 with reference data input in advance, and determines the movement of the microcomputer 300 and the control of the microcomputer 300. It may be provided as a decoder 232 for controlling the operation of the switching unit 224. In this case, when the speed sensor according to the present invention is employed in the operation device for a game machine as described above, the microcomputer 300 1 may be used in combination with the microcomputer 300 for controlling the operation device as shown in FIG. In addition, the microcomputer 300 may include a database in which reference data values regarding the flow of the fluid are stored in advance, and a memory unit in which programs for processing the data are stored.

The speed detecting unit 210 transmits and receives an optical signal according to a clock signal of a predetermined frequency supplied from the oscillator 240 and outputs a detection signal for detecting the inclination of the fluid filled to a predetermined height therefrom. As shown in FIG. 3, the fluid is filled to a predetermined height in the sealed case 211, and the tilt of the fluid is detected by transmitting and receiving an optical signal. As can be seen in Figure 3, the case 211 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention used a rectangular parallelepiped, but is not necessarily limited thereto and may be applied in any form as long as it can accommodate a fluid.

4A and 4B are cross-sectional and longitudinal cross-sectional views of the case 211 of the speed sensing unit as seen from AA 'and B-B', respectively, as shown in FIG. 4A. A first light emitting unit 213a and a second light emitting unit 213b for transmitting an optical signal having a predetermined frequency according to the signal of the first frequency; and the first light number to face the first and second light emitting units 213a and 213b. The bride 214a and the second light receiver 214b are provided. The first light emitting unit 213a and the second light emitting unit 213b may be formed by arranging a plurality of light emitting elements such as photodiodes, and the first light receiving unit 214a and the second light receiving unit 214b may be formed of a phototransistor. It is possible to form a plurality of the same photoelectric conversion element. In this way, the first light receiving unit 214a and the second light receiving unit 214b convert the optical signal into an electrical signal, and are turned on according to the optical signal emitted from the first light emitting unit 213a and the second light emitting unit 213b. The detection signal is output to the comparator 222 which can be seen in FIG. 2.

And, as can be seen in Figure 4b, the case 211 is filled with a fluid 212 to a predetermined height, the fluid 212 is preferably such that the light transmittance is different from the air, preferred of the present invention According to one embodiment, an opaque dielectric may be used.

The comparator may be provided as a first comparator and a second comparator to compare the sensing signals output from the first light receiver 214a and the second light receiver 214b, and each comparator may be adjacent to each other. It may be composed of a plurality of comparators for comparing the two signals, respectively. The switching unit may also be provided as a first switching unit and a second switching unit to be connected to each comparator. In this case, each switching unit may be composed of a plurality of switches connected to each comparator.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the speed sensor configured as described above is detected by the first light emitting unit 213a and the first light receiving unit 214a, and the front and rear directions are the second light emitting unit 213b and the second light receiving unit. Sensed by 214b, the left and right movements are as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5A, when no inclination occurs in the fluid 212 contained in the case 211, the optical signal received by the photoelectric conversion element of the first light receiving unit 214a through the air passes through the photoelectric conversion element. The high level sensing signals Y1 to Y7 are output to the comparator, and the optical signal received through the fluid 212 to the photoelectric conversion element of the first light receiving unit 214a is detected by the photoelectric conversion element at a lower level. Outputs ~ Yn

When different levels of sensing signals are input to the comparator, each comparator compares adjacent sense signals (eg, Y1 and Y2, Y2 and Y3, ...) and compares each data through the switching unit under the control of the decoder. The microcomputer 300 is input to the microcomputer 300 of FIG. 2, and the microcomputer 300 recognizes that the current tilt does not occur compared to the previously input data so as not to capture the motion.

On the other hand, when the inclination occurs in the case, as shown in Figure 5b, the boundary between the fluid in the first light emitting unit 213a and the first light receiving unit 214a is wrong, and the first light receiving unit 214a receives A change occurs in the amount of light. Therefore, the comparator compares the detected signal according to the change in the amount of light and compares the signal input to the microcomputer 300 through the switching unit with the previously input data to determine the degree of inclination of the case 211. The microcomputer can grasp the change of the inclined inclination and calculate the speed by calculating how quickly the inclination of the inclination has occurred, and thus can detect the motion of the case 211.

6A and 6B illustrate a speed sensor capable of detecting a fine movement in the speed sensor as described above. This speed sensor also has a hermetic case 211 as shown in FIG. 3, and FIGS. 6A and 6B show cross-sectional and longitudinal cross-sectional views, respectively, as seen from A-A 'and B-B' of FIG. 3.

That is, as can be seen in Figure 6a is a speed sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention, the first light emitting portion 213a and the second light emitting portion 213b is disposed on the side wall, and facing this The first light receiving unit 214a and the second light receiving unit 214b are disposed on the side surface, and the floating body 215 on which the plurality of through holes 216 are laid is floating in the fluid 212. The floating body 215 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the case 211 so that it can be shaken according to the flow of the fluid, the through hole 216 can be a variety of shapes and arrangements.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the third light emitting unit 213c is disposed on the upper surface of the case 211, and the third light receiving unit 214c is disposed on the lower surface facing the case 211. Each of the third light emitting unit 213c and the third light receiving unit 214c may be configured of a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements as described above. The rest of the configuration is the same as the speed sensor shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B. At this time, of course, the comparator is further provided with a third comparator so as to compare the detection signal of the third light receiving part, and the third switching part is further installed in the switching part.

The speed sensor configured as described above is designed to detect minute vibrations of the fluid and capture even minute movements even if the inclination value of the fluid does not change. When the floating body floats in the fluid due to the minute vibration of the fluid, the third light water is moved accordingly. The detection signal detected by the bride changes and works in such a way that it can be recognized by the microcomputer.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, when an optical signal is sent from the light emitter, in particular, the third light emitter 213c in the direction of the floating body 215 floating on the upper portion of the fluid 212, the A part is blocked by the floating body 215, and passes through the fluid to the through hole 216 or the edge portion to be received by the third light receiving unit 214c. At this time, the floating body 215 may be formed of a material that blocks the transmission of light as described above, but is not necessarily limited thereto. Do.

Thus, when there is a minute movement from FIG. 7A to FIG. 7B due to the floating body 215 having the through hole 216, the detection signals transmitted to the comparator are different from each other, and these detection signals are transmitted through the switching unit under the control of the decoder. The received microcomputer can detect the minute movement of the case 211 from the difference, and when the motion is added up to the time at which the movement is generated, the microcomputer can detect the speed and even the horizontal movement such as rotation or the like. As such, the third light receiving unit 214c receives at least the amount of the optical signal passing through the floating body 215 and transmits the detection signal to the microcomputer to cause the microcomputer to receive the light received by the third light receiving unit 214c. By comparing the amount of signal, it is possible to grasp the fine movement.

Of course, at this time, the first light emitting unit 213a, the second light emitting unit 213b, the first light receiving unit 214a, and the second light receiving unit 214b as shown in FIGS. can do.

The speed sensor of the above configuration can be mounted in the operating device for a game machine as shown in FIG. 1, in which a single microcomputer can drive the speed sensor and send signals of the sensor and the button to the game machine main body. . This can be seen in FIG. 8 again. That is, the speed detector 210 connected to the oscillator 240 is connected to the signal selector 220 provided as the comparator 222 and the switch 224, and the signal selector 220 is a microcomputer 300. ) Is connected to the signal processor 230 provided. At this time, the microcomputer 300 of the signal processor 230 controls the switching unit 224 by applying a control signal to the decoder 232, and receives the signal of the comparator 222 input through the switching unit 224. Analyzing and detecting the motion to transmit to the game console main body 100 via the buffer 500 and the interface 600, while also transmitting a signal input from the at least one operation button 400 to the game console main body (100). The microcomputer 300 may also have a function of a decoder.

In the game machine operation apparatus, the speed detector 210 may employ all of the speed detectors of FIGS. 4A and 4B, 6A and 6B, which are different embodiments described above.

6A and 6B, the operation process for the movement of the operation device for the game machine will be described as shown in FIG. 9. First, predetermined data is input to the microcomputer to perform initialization (S1). When the operating device is moved, the fluid of the speed sensing unit inside thereof is inclined and the inclination is measured (S2). At this time, when the tilt is detected by the microcomputer (S3), the microcomputer calculates the movement by comparing with the preset data (S4).

After that, even if there is no inclination of the fluid, when the horizontal movement occurs due to the minute movement or rotation, the horizontal movement is measured by the movement of the floating body of the speed sensing unit (S5), and when the horizontal movement is detected (S6). This is calculated (S7), and transmitted to the game console body through the buffer (S8).

In the speed sensor as described above, and a game device operating device having the same, the speed sensor for detecting the speed according to the flow of the fluid may be used as long as it can detect the flow of the fluid by the difference in the amount of light.

According to the present invention of the above configuration, it is possible to detect the movement of the front and rear and left and right through a single speed sensor, and to detect horizontal movements such as rotation or fine vibration, and can detect such movements in a short time and equipped with The game console controls allow the gamers to reflect the size, direction, and speed of the controls as they are on the image of the game console, making it possible for gamers to enjoy the game more realistically and realistically. .

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it is merely an example, and those skilled in the art may understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. have. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the matter described in the appended claims.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a control device for a game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of the speed sensor mounted in FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of the speed sensor of FIG.

4A and 4B are cross-sectional and longitudinal cross-sectional views, respectively, of a speed sensing unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B are longitudinal cross-sectional views illustrating the operation of the embodiment of FIGS. 4A and 4B.

6A and 6B are cross-sectional and longitudinal cross-sectional views, respectively, of a speed sensing unit according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

7A and 7B are longitudinal cross-sectional views illustrating the operation of the embodiment of FIGS. 6A and 6B.

8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game machine control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of motion detection of the operation device for a game machine according to FIG. 8.

Claims (3)

A liquid filled to a predetermined height in a sealed case, an optical emitter disposed on at least one side of the inside of the case and transmitting a plurality of optical signals, and disposed on the other side facing the optical emitter inside the case; A speed detecting unit including an optical receiving unit receiving the optical signal and transmitting a plurality of detection signals; A signal selector configured to compare adjacent sensing signals among the sensing signals transmitted from the speed detector and to transmit the comparison data; And And receiving a comparison data sent from the signal selection unit and comparing the previously input data to determine the speed according to the flow of the fluid, and to transfer the information about the movement to the main body of the game machine; Operation device for game machine. The method of claim 1, The speed sensing unit is floating in the fluid and a plurality of apertures are formed, the operation device for a game machine, characterized in that the area is provided with a smaller than the cross-sectional area of the case. The method of claim 2, And the light receiving unit of the speed detecting unit receives at least an amount of an optical signal passing through the floating body.