WO2007139050A1

WO2007139050A1 - Vibrating device

Info

Publication number: WO2007139050A1
Application number: PCT/JP2007/060785
Authority: WO
Inventors: Toru Takada; Takashi Ohara
Original assignee: Sega Corporation
Priority date: 2006-05-31
Filing date: 2007-05-28
Publication date: 2007-12-06
Also published as: US20090124378A1; JP2007324924A

Abstract

Provided is a vibrating device, which can generate powerful vibrations and which is hardly broken even by a serious impact such as a drop applied thereto. A gun-type controller (30) has a barrel (32) and a barrel jacket (34) integrated with each other, and is made integral from a receiver (36) to a grip (38). A trigger (37) is disposed at a lower portion of the receiver (36). Two vibration actuators (40A, 40B) are attached oppositely in a staggered manner to the inside of the grip (38) of the gun-type controller (30). An actual shooting sound is applied to the vibration actuators (40A, 40B) thereby to realize vibrations of reality by the shot. The vibration actuators (40A, 40B) are equipped with coils and magnets, the former of which are fixed on a case member and the latter of which are rockingly attached to the case member. The vibrating magnets are regulated in motions by a regulating member.

Description

Vibration device

Technical field

The present invention relates to a vibration device that generates vibration, and more particularly to a vibration device suitable for being provided on a member that is roughly handled like a controller of a game device and that is susceptible to impact such as falling.

Background art

[0002] Conventionally, there has been known a game apparatus which shoots a target character (for example, a person who becomes an enemy or the like) appearing on a screen by using a gun-type controller having a shape resembling a gun. In such a shooting game device, in order to enhance the sense of realism of shooting by a gun-type controller, it has been practiced to provide the gun-type controller with a vibrating device that generates a vibration by shooting.

[0003] A speaker is a device that easily generates a vibration due to shooting electrically. By providing a vibration actuator such as a speaker in the gun controller, the gun controller can generate vibration and shooting noise during shooting, which can enhance the sense of reality during shooting.

[0004] Patent Documents 1 to 3 disclose a method of attaching a speaker to a case.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-224891

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-78683

Patent Document 3: Patent No. 3454005

Disclosure of the invention

Problem that invention tries to solve

[0005] In the case of a speaker, usually, a magnet is fixed to a case, and a coil and a diaphragm are vibrated with respect to the magnet so that air is vibrated to generate sound!

[0006] Such an ordinary speaker needs to vibrate air finely and output sound in a wide frequency range, so it is relatively light, so that it is easy to transmit the reciprocation by the coil and magnet to the air. Made of! On the other hand, when such a regular speaker is attached to a gun-type controller etc., it is necessary to vibrate the casing or case made of a hard and heavy material such as the controller instead of air. Because there is a problem, there is a problem that normal speakers can not transmit vibration sufficiently.

[0008] Therefore, a mounting method has been proposed in which a coil is fixed to a case corresponding to a diaphragm and the magnet coupled thereto via a damper is made to vibrate. As a result, since the heavier magnet vibrates compared to the diaphragm of a normal speaker, the generated vibration can be easily transmitted to the case and case, and it can be expected that a powerful vibration can be generated.

[0009] Since the vibration of the magnet is transmitted to the case via the damper, the vibration at a relatively high frequency is absorbed by the damper. The vibration that is transmitted to the operator is effective to reproduce the low frequency because the vibration with lower frequency is more effective.

[0010] Meanwhile, while the controller of the game apparatus tends to be roughly handled by the player, it is considered that a large impact such as a drop is applied. For this reason, if the heavy magnet is attached without being fixed, there is a problem that the attachment part of the coil case is easily broken by a large impact such as a drop.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vibrating device which can generate a powerful vibration and is not easily broken even if a large impact such as a drop is applied.

Means to solve the problem

The above object is achieved by a case combining a pair of half case members, a vibration actuator incorporated in the case and attached to at least one of the case members, and a vibration of the vibration actuator. It is achieved by a vibrating device characterized by having a regulating member which regulates movement of the member.

[0013] In the above-described vibration device, the vibration actuator may be attached to each of the pair of case members.

In the above-described vibratory apparatus, the vibratory actuator has a coil and a magnet, the coil is fixed to the case member, and the magnet is swingably mounted on the case member. And the regulating member may regulate the movement of the magnet as the vibrating member. Yes.

In the above-described vibration device, the inner wall force of the case member combined with the case member to which the vibration actuator is attached functions as the above-described restriction member for restricting the movement of the magnet in the vibration direction.ヽ.

[0016] In the above-described vibration apparatus, the restriction is fixed to a case member to which the vibration actuator is attached, and a cover member that covers a side portion of the magnet to restrict movement perpendicular to the vibration direction of the magnet. Let it function as a member.

[0017] The above object is a vibration device having a vibration absorber comprising a case, at least a coil and a magnet, and a damper connecting the coil and the magnet such that the magnet moves relative to the coil. The oscillating actuator is mounted on the inner side of the case such that the magnet reciprocates in a direction perpendicular to the inner side of the case when an alternating current is applied to the coil. Among the directions in which the magnet reciprocates, the inner surface force of the case to which the coil is fixed, of the reciprocation movement of the magnet reciprocates the magnet to a position separated by a first distance from the magnet force. In a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the magnet reciprocates, a movement is made in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the magnet reciprocates, in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the magnet reciprocates. Regulation That is achieved by a vibration device and having a second restriction portion.

[0018] In the above-described vibration device, the first distance may be at least a distance over which the magnet reciprocates when an alternating current is supplied to the coil.

Effect of the invention

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a case combining a pair of half case members, a vibration factor incorporated in the case and attached to at least one of the case members, and Since it has a control member that controls the movement of the vibrating member of the vibration actuator, it is possible to generate a powerful vibration and realize a vibration device that is not easily broken even if a large impact such as a drop is applied. be able to.

Brief description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing the appearance of a gun-type controller of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Ru.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a gun-type controller of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of sign

10 · · · game device

12 ... housing

14: Display

16 ··· Operation panel

18 ··· Coin slot

20 ... advertising unit

22 ... Operation button

24 ··· Cable

30 ... Gun type controller

2 ... Barrel

4 ... Nornore 'jacket

6 · · · ·

8 ... grip

0A, 40B-· · Vibration actuator

2 · · · Case

2A, 42B-"case member

4 A, 44Β · · Base plate

6Α, 46Β · bobbin ring

8Α, 48Β · · · Koino Lehonoreda

0Α, 50Β · "coil

2 ships, 52Β · "iron core

4 Α, 54 "·" Magnet

6 pieces, 56 pieces · "No, Uding ring

8 ships, 58 ships · damper 60A, 60Β · · · one part member

62Α, 62Β · · · holder plate

64Α · · Bis

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[One Embodiment]

A game device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described using the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view showing an outline of a game device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a view showing an appearance of a gun-type controller of the game apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a gun-type controller of the game device according to the present embodiment.

(Game Device)

The game device will be described with reference to FIG.

In the game apparatus 10, a display unit 14 for displaying a game screen is provided at the top of the housing 12, and an operation panel unit 16 for various operations by the player is provided at the center of the housing 12, At the lower part of the housing 12, a coin insertion slot 18 for inserting coins is provided. An advertisement unit 20 is provided at the top of the display unit 14.

A plurality of operation buttons 22 are provided on the left and right sides of the operation panel section 16 on the assumption that two players play a game. Then, a pair of gun-type controllers 30 are connected to the operation panel 16 by a cable 24.

(Gun-type controller)

The gun-type controller 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the gun-type controller 30 has a barrel jacket 34 mounted so as to be movable back and forth relative to the barrel 32, and a switch not shown is provided in the barrel jacket 34. Each time the barrel jacket 34 reciprocates, the switch is turned on and off.

Furthermore, the barrel 32 is integrally formed from the receiver 36 to the grip 38. A trigger 37 is provided at the bottom of the receiver 36, and a cable 24 connected to the operation panel 16 of the game apparatus 10 is provided at an intermediate portion between the receiver 36 and the grip 38. In addition, the cable 24 transmits to the game apparatus 10 an ONZOFF signal output from a switch provided on the trigger 37 and the barrel jacket 34, and the game apparatus transmits a signal to vibrate the vibration actuators 40A and 40B. There is a built-in signal connection cable that transmits to the gun controller 30 from 10, and the inside of the cable 24 is not cut off when the player pulls the gun controller 30 away from the game apparatus 10. The surface may be reinforced with a wire such as a piano wire or the like and covered with a mesh-like protective member such as metal, and this may be fixed to each of the gun-type controller 30 and the game apparatus 10.

In the present embodiment, two vibration actuators 40A and 40B are provided inside the grip 38 of the gun-type controller 30, and the gun-type controller 30 is caused to generate a vibration due to shooting.

A signal for vibrating the vibration actuator 40A, 40B used in the present invention is a signal for converting sound data of sound effect such as a shot sound of a gun used in the game into a sound signal to generate a vibration actuator. By adding it to 40A and 40B, more realistic shooting vibration can be realized.

The vibration actuators 40A and 40B vibrate the case of the gun-type controller 30, and the vibration is transmitted to the air, so that not only vibration but also sound is generated.

For this reason, sound effects such as gun firing sound used in the game are not necessarily required to output the speaker power used in the game, but rather sound effects such as gun firing sound are gun type The presence of the controller 30 can be enhanced by generating it from the controller 30 itself.

[0034] (How to attach the vibration actuator)

The internal structure of the grip 38 will be described with reference to FIG.

The grip 38 constitutes a case 42 by fitting and fixing a pair of half case members 42A and 42B in combination. The case members 42A and 42B are formed by plastic molding, but may be formed by processing wood, metal or the like.

Inside the case 42, two vibration actuators 40A and 40B are provided.

The vibration actuator 40A is attached to the inner wall of one case member 42A of the pair of case members 42A and 42B, and the vibration actuator 40B is attached to the inner wall of the other case member 42B. The vibration actuators 40A and 40B are disposed side by side in the grip 38, so that the opposing position forces when the case members 42A and 42B are fitted are also at least one vibration actuator position. It is good even if it is arranged only by shifting!

[0038] In this way, even in a case without a thickness such as the gun-type controller 30, only a thickness of one vibration actuator can be provided in the case 42 to provide a gun-type controller. There is no sense of discomfort in the operation without the need for special shape of the trouser 30 (especially the grip 38).

Further, since the two vibration actuators 40A and 40B are disposed to face different sides of the gun controller 30 (especially the grip 38), the vibration can be transmitted to the entire gun controller 30. It will be.

[0040] How to attach the vibration actuator 40A to the case member 42A will be described.

In order to attach the vibration actuator 40A to the case member 42A, a cylindrical bobbin ring 46A is fixed to the base plate 44A such that an opening at one end of the cylinder is in contact with the base plate 44A. A cylindrical coil holder 48A is fixed to the bobbin ring 46A. A coil 50A is wound on the top of the coil holder 48A. In the vibration actuator 40A of this embodiment, unlike the speaker, the coil 50A, not the magnet, is fixed to the case member 42A.

The bobbin ring 46A may have an L-shaped cross section at its lower portion so as to increase the area of the contact portion with the base plate 44A.

Further, even if the bobbin ring 46A and the coil holder 48A are integrally formed in a cylindrical shape, the iron core 52A and the magnet 54A may be replaced with only the magnet.

A circular magnet 54A is fixed to the lower part of the iron core 52A. In the lower part of the iron core 52A, a circular groove is formed for the coil holder 48A and the coil 50A to enter. A housing ring 56A is attached around the core 52A. Housing ring 56A is attached swingably to coil holder 48A by damper 58A. In the vibration actuator 40A of the present embodiment, unlike the speaker, an iron core 52A, a magnet 54A and a housing ring 56A, not a coil, are attached to the case member 42A in a peristaltic manner. Thus, in the vibration actuator 40A of the present embodiment, when a current flows through the coil 50A, the weight of the light weight bobbin ring 46A or the coil holder 48A fixed to the case member 42A is different. A certain iron core 52A and magnet 54A vibrate and can generate a powerful vibration.

Furthermore, a cover member 60A is provided to cover the side and top of the housing ring 56A around the iron core 52A. The cover member 60A has a circular opening formed at the top to allow the iron core 52A to pass through. The iron core 52A and the winding ring 56A force The vibration direction or the housing when moved in a direction perpendicular to the vibration direction. The side or upper portion of the ring 56A collides with the cover member 60A, and its movement is restricted. For this purpose, the distance L3 between the side of the nose ring 56A and the opposite surface of the cover member 60A is, for example, 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm, and the distance L between the upper part of the housing ring 56A and the opposite surface of the cover member 60A. It is desirable to set 2 to about 4 mm, for example.

Incidentally, these distances are not limited to the range described above.

For example, since the vibration actuator 40A is driven in the vertical direction with respect to the mounting surface, the drive range when the rated alternating current is applied to the vibration actuator 40A is slightly longer or slightly longer Let the distance L2 between the top of the housing ring 56A and the facing surface of the cover member 60A be equal to the distance of.

Further, since the side force of the housing ring 56A is not driven in the direction of the facing surface of the cover member 60A, the distance L3 between the side portion of the housing ring 56A and the facing surface of the cover member 60A is a vibration actuator. Even if the damper is deformed due to the weight of the iron core 52A and the magnet 54A, the side of the housing ring 56A may be spaced apart so as not to contact the cover member 60A.

As a result, the iron core 52A and the magnet 54A receive an impact due to the drop of the gun-type controller 30, but the range in which they are vibrated due to the impact is the drive of the vibration actuator 40A. The vibration (impact) of the iron core 52A and the magnet 54A due to the fall is suppressed without exceeding the drive range of the vibration actuator 40A by the contact of the housing ring 56A with the cover member 60A, since it is larger than the range. Can be kept fixed to the base plate 44A, so the vibration actuator 40A can Can be prevented from breaking off the gun-type controller 30.

Further, the inner surface of the case member 42B facing the iron core 52A serves as a vibration restricting portion by the inner surface of the other case member 42B above the iron core 52A, and the movement of the iron core 52A in the vibration direction is restricted. When the iron core 52A moves largely in the vibration direction, the upper surface of the iron core 52A collides with the inner surface of the case member 42B, and the movement thereof is restricted. For this purpose, it is desirable to set the distance L1 between the upper surface of the iron core 52A and the inner surface of the case member 42B to a distance slightly longer than the distance that the iron core 52A vibrates when current flows through the coil 50A, for example, about 4 mm. .

Holder plate 62A is placed on base plate 44A, cover member 60A is placed on holder plate 62A, and mounting holes of cover member 60A, holder plate 62A, and base plate 44A are pierced by screws 64A. Screw on case member 42A.

The base plate 44A and the holder plate 62A may be omitted, the bobbin ring 46A may be fixed directly to the case 42, and the cover member 60A may also be fixed directly to the case 42.

Next, how to attach the vibration actuator 40B to the case member 42B will be described. The mounting method is the same as the mounting method of the vibration actuator 40A on the case member 42A.

In order to attach the vibration actuator 40B to the case member 42B, a cylindrical bobbin ring 46B is fixed to the base plate 44B so that an opening at one end of the cylinder is in contact with the base plate 44B. A cylindrical coil holder 48B is fixed to the bobbin ring 46B. A coil 50B is wound on the top of the coil holder 48B. In the vibration actuator 40B of the present embodiment, unlike the speaker, the coil 5 OB, not the magnet, is fixed to the case member 42B.

The bobbin ring 46B may have an L-shaped cross section at its lower portion so as to increase the area of the contact portion with the base plate 44B.

Further, even if the bobbin ring 46B and the coil holder 48B are integrally formed in a cylindrical shape, the iron core 52B and the magnet 54B may be replaced with only the magnet.

A circular magnet 54B is fixed to the lower part of the iron core 52B. At the lower part of the iron core 52B, a circular groove is formed for the coil holder 48B and the coil 50B to enter. Iron core A housing ring 56B is attached around the 52B. Housing ring 56B is attached swingably to coil holder 48B by damper 58B. In the vibration actuator 40B of the present embodiment, unlike the speaker, an iron core 52B, a magnet 54B, and a housing ring 56B, which are not coils, are swingably attached to the case member 42B.

Thus, in the vibration actuator 40B of the present embodiment, when current flows through the coil 50B, an iron core having a weight which is heavy with the light-weight bobbin ring 46B and the coil holder 48B fixed to the case member 42B. 52B, the magnet 54B vibrates and can generate a powerful vibration.

Furthermore, a cover member 60B is provided to cover the side and top of the housing ring 56B around the iron core 52B. The cover member 60B has a circular opening formed at the top to allow the iron core 52B to pass through. When the iron core 52B and the wedge ring 56B force largely move in the vibration direction or the direction orthogonal to the vibration direction, The side portion or upper portion of the housing ring 56B collides with the cover member 60B, and its movement is restricted. For this purpose, the distance L3 between the side of the nose ring 56B and the opposing surface of the cover member 60B is, for example, about 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm, and the distance L between the upper part of the housing ring 56B and the opposing surface of the cover member 60B. It is desirable to set 2 to about 4 mm, for example.

Incidentally, these distances are not limited to the range described above.

For example, since the vibration actuator 40B is driven in the vertical direction with respect to the mounting surface, the drive range when the rated AC current is applied to the drive actuator 40A is the same as or slightly longer than the drive range Let the distance L2 between the top of the housing ring 56B and the facing surface of the cover member 60B be equal to the distance of.

Further, since the side force of the housing ring 56B is not driven in the direction of the facing surface of the cover member 60B, the distance L3 between the side portion of the housing ring 56B and the facing surface of the cover member 60B is as follows. It is only necessary to separate the housing ring 56B so that the side of the housing ring 56B does not contact the cover member 60B even if the damper is deformed due to the weight of the iron core 52B and the magnet 54B.

Thereby, iron core 52 B and magnet 54 B are caused by the fall of gun-type controller 30. Shocks, but the vibration (shock) of the iron core 52B and magnet 54B due to the fall is the housing ring 56B because the vibration range of these shocks is larger than the drive range of the vibration actuator 40B. Since the bobbin ring 46B can be held fixed to the base plate 44B by being in contact with the cover member 60B and can be suppressed without exceeding the drive range of the vibration actuator 40B, the vibration absorber 40B can be maintained. Can be prevented from breaking off the gun-type controller 30.

Further, the inner surface of the case member 42B facing the iron core 52B serves as a vibration control portion by the inner surface of the other case member 42A above the iron core 52B, and movement of the iron core 52B in the vibration direction is restricted. When the iron core 52B moves largely in the vibration direction, the upper surface of the iron core 52B collides with the inner surface of the case member 42A, and the movement thereof is restricted. For this purpose, it is desirable to set the distance L1 between the upper surface of the iron core 52B and the inner surface of the case member 42A to a distance slightly longer than the distance that the iron core 52B vibrates when current flows through the coil 50B, for example, about 4 mm. .

Holder plate 62B is placed on base plate 44B, cover member 60B is placed on holder plate 62B, and mounting holes of cover member 60B, holder plate 62B, and base plate 44B are pierced by screws 64B. Screw on case member 42B.

The base plate 44 B and the holder plate 62 B may be omitted, and the bobbin ring 46 B may be fixed directly to the case 42, and the cover member 60 B may also be fixed directly to the case 42.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the iron core and the magnet of the vibration actuator are vibrated at the time of vibration, it is possible to generate a powerful vibration.

Further, according to the present embodiment, by attaching the vibration actuators in opposite directions to the pair of case members in a mutually different manner, the two vibration actuators are incorporated in the space in the case, and in the space. It is possible to realize powerful vibration.

Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the movement of the vibrating iron core and the magnet is restricted by the cover member and the opposing case member, so that the gun-type controller can be roughly handled or dropped. Therefore, even if an external force is applied to the heavy iron core and magnet, the movement beyond the movement due to vibration is restricted, and it is possible to prevent the failure of the vibration actuator by disengaging the iron core or magnet. [Modified Embodiment]

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible.

For example, in the above embodiment, the vibration direction of the housing fixed to the iron core and the lateral movement perpendicular thereto are restricted by the cover member, but the cover member is provided only in the lateral direction of the housing. Alternatively, only lateral movement may be restricted. Further, the cover member may not be provided, and only the movement of the iron core and the magnet in the vibration direction may be restricted by the case member. Furthermore, the cover member alone is used to restrict lateral movement of the housing ring in the vibration direction or in the direction perpendicular thereto without using the inner surface of the case member.

Furthermore, even if the movement of the iron core and magnet in the vibration direction is restricted by the case member, and the cover member is provided only in the lateral direction of the housing ring, the horizontal movement is restricted by the cover member. In addition, the inner shape of the case member is a concave shape slightly larger than the shape of the vibration actuator (for example, about 4 mm in the vibration direction, 0.2 to 0.3 mm in the lateral direction orthogonal to the vibration direction). It is also possible to restrict movement of the iron core and the magnet in the vibration direction and lateral movement of the iron core and the magnet only by the vibration restricting portion provided in the case member.

Furthermore, when arranging a plurality of vibration actuators, the opposing surfaces of the vibration actuators should have the same function as the cover member (vibration regulating member) of the above embodiment. It is also possible to arrange the surfaces to be separated by a predetermined distance (for example, about 4 mm in the vibration direction and about 0.2 to 0.3 mm in the lateral direction orthogonal to the vibration direction).

Further, in the above embodiment, the two vibration actuators are built in a narrow space in the case, but the vibration actuators may be attached to only one of the pair of case members.

Industrial applicability

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is a vibration device that generates vibration, and can be used particularly for a vibration device suitable for being provided to a member that is roughly handled like a game device controller and that is susceptible to impact such as falling. It is.

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] A case combining a pair of half case members;

A vibration actuator incorporated in the case and attached to at least one of the case members;

A restricting member for restricting the movement of the vibrating member of the vibration actuator

A vibrating device characterized by having:

[2] In the vibrating device according to claim 1,

A vibration device characterized in that the vibration actuator is attached to each of the pair of case members.

[3] In the vibrating device according to claim 1 or 2,

The vibration actuator has a coil and a magnet,

The coil is fixed to the case member, and the magnet is swingably attached to the case member,

The regulating member regulates the movement of the magnet as the vibrating member.

Vibration device characterized by.

[4] In the vibration device according to claim 3,

An inner wall of a case member combined with a case member to which the vibration actuator is attached functions as the restricting member which restricts the movement of the magnet in the vibration direction.

[5] In the vibration device according to claim 3 or 4,

A cover member which is fixed to the case member to which the vibration actuator is attached and which covers the side part of the magnet functions as the restricting member which restricts movement of the magnet perpendicular to the vibration direction.

Vibration device characterized by.

[6] A vibration device comprising a vibration actuator comprising a case, and at least a coil and a magnet, and a damper connecting the coil and the magnet such that the magnet moves relative to the coil. ,

The vibration actuator is The coil is fixed to the inner side surface of the case so that the magnet reciprocates in a direction perpendicular to the inner side surface of the case when an alternating current is supplied to the coil, and the magnet reciprocates A first restricting portion that restricts the reciprocation of the magnet at a position separated by a first distance from the magnet in a direction away from the inner side surface of the case to which the coil is fixed among the directions;

A second restricting portion that restricts movement in a direction orthogonal to the reciprocating direction of the magnet to a position separated by a second distance from the magnet in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the magnet reciprocates;

A vibrating device characterized by having:

7. The vibrating device according to claim 6, wherein the first distance is a distance which is at least a distance at which the magnet reciprocates when an alternating current is supplied to the coil.

[8] A controller comprising the vibration device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and operation means operated by the user.