CN213958850U

CN213958850U - Multidirectional input device and game machine

Info

Publication number: CN213958850U
Application number: CN202022697576.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 中濑雄章; 杨时影; 陈潮先
Original assignee: Shenzhen Zhishan Science And Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Zhishan Science And Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-19
Filing date: 2020-11-19
Publication date: 2021-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-19

Abstract

The utility model discloses a multi-direction input device and game machine. The multidirectional input device comprises a first rocker arm and a second rocker arm, wherein the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are distributed in the vertical direction, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are respectively provided with a C-shaped part, two opposite ends of the C-shaped parts of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are respectively provided with a rotating shaft part, the rotating shaft parts are fixed through the cover, and two ends of each rotating shaft part are provided with a rotating shaft; the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm rotate relative to the cover through the respective rotating shaft portions; the operation portion runs through C word portion, C word portion department is equipped with the bar hole, the bar hole can guide the operation portion swings. The utility model discloses technical scheme can guarantee the uniformity that multi-direction input device felt when using.

Description

Multidirectional input device and game machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an input device technical field, in particular to multi-direction input device and applied this multi-direction input device's game machine.

Background

The multidirectional input device generally includes a housing, an operation body rotatably provided in the housing, two rocker arms that rotate in accordance with a tilting operation of the operation body, and a detection device that detects a rotation amount of the rocker arms and outputs a corresponding signal in accordance with the rotation amount of the rocker arms. However, one of the two swing arms of the multidirectional input apparatus in the related art is usually driven by the rotating portion of the operating body, and the other thereof is usually driven by the operating portion of the operating body. That is, the two rocker arms are driven by two different parts of the rocker, and the two rocker arms easily give different resistance to the operating body, so that the multi-directional input device has hand feeling difference when the two rocker arms are driven by the rocker.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a multi-direction input device aims at making multi-direction input device's first rocking arm and second rocking arm can be by the same position drive of operation body, reduces the possibility that first rocking arm and second rocking arm give the operation body different resistances to guarantee the uniformity that multi-direction input device felt when using.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a multi-directional input device comprising:

a cover provided with an opening portion;

an operating body having an operating portion protruding upward from the opening, the operating body being capable of being tilted by the operating portion;

a first rocker arm and a second rocker arm which rotate with the tilting operation of the operation body, the axes of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm being perpendicular to each other;

a first rotary electric component and a second rotary electric component that detect rotational operations of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm, respectively;

a base securing the cover;

the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are distributed in the vertical direction, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are respectively provided with a C-shaped part, two opposite ends of the C-shaped parts of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are respectively provided with a rotating shaft part, the rotating shaft parts are fixed through the cover, and two ends of each rotating shaft part are provided with a rotating shaft; the operation portion runs through C word portion, C word portion department is equipped with the bar hole, the bar hole can guide the operation portion swings.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are respectively rotatable with the rotating shaft portion only through a circular hole provided in the cover.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an axis of the rotating shaft of the first rocker arm and an axis of the rotating shaft of the second rocker arm are located on the same horizontal plane.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operating body has a flat surface portion formed at a position opposite to an inner side surface of the bar hole in the first rocker arm or the second rocker arm.

The utility model discloses still provide a game machine, including multi-direction input device, multi-direction input device includes:

a cover provided with an opening portion;

a base securing the cover; the method is characterized in that:

The technical scheme of the utility model multi-direction input device's first rocking arm and second rocking arm all are formed with C word portion, and this C word portion is equipped with the banding hole that the operating portion that supplies the operating body passed, the pore wall looks butt of banding hole on operating portion and the first rocking arm and the second rocking arm. When the operation part of the operation body performs the tilting action, the operation part can drive the first rocker arm by applying acting force to the hole wall of the strip-shaped hole in the first rocker arm, or can drive the second rocker arm by applying acting force to the hole wall of the strip-shaped hole in the second rocker arm. That is, the operating body in this scheme drives the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm through the operating portion, and compared with the prior art in which the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm of the multi-directional input device are driven by different parts of the operating body, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm of the multi-directional input device in this scheme are driven by the same part of the operating body. The possibility that the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm give different resistances to the operating body is reduced, and therefore the consistency of hand feeling of the multidirectional input device in use is guaranteed. In addition, because first rocking arm and second rocking arm in this scheme all are roughly the C font and take the form, can make first rocking arm and second rocking arm distribute more compactly, reduce the occupation of both many spaces to can reduce multi-direction input device's whole volume and make its management and carry.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an assembly structure of an embodiment of the multi-directional input device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the multi-directional input device of FIG. 1 with a cover removed;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of the operating body and the first and second swing arms of the multi-directional input device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the operating body and the first and second rockers of the multi-directional input device of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the multi-directional input device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of another partial structure of the multi-directional input device of FIG. 1;

the reference numbers illustrate:

the objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected" and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., "fixed" may be fixedly connected or detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit ly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The utility model provides a multi-direction input device of owner

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the multi-directional input device includes a cover 10, an operating body 20, a first swing arm 31, a second swing arm 33, a first rotary electrical component 41, a second rotary electrical component 43, and a base 50; wherein, the cover cap 10 is provided with an opening part 11; operation body 20 has operation portion 21 protruding upward from opening 11, and operation body 20 can be tilted by operation portion 21; the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 rotate along with the tilting operation of the operating body 20, and the axes of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are vertical to each other; the first rotary electric component 41 and the second rotary electric component 43 detect the rotary operations of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33, respectively; the base 50 fixes the cover 10; the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are distributed in the vertical direction, the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are respectively provided with a C-shaped part 35, two opposite ends of the C-shaped parts 35 of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are respectively provided with a rotating shaft part 37, the rotating shaft parts 37 are fixed through the cover 10, and two ends of each rotating shaft part 37 are provided with a rotating axis; the portion of the C-shaped portion 35 that is in the shape of a circular arch is located above, the portion provided with the pivot portion 37 is located below, and the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 rotate with respect to the cover 10 via the respective pivot portions 37; the operation portion 21 penetrates the C-shaped portion 35, a strip-shaped hole 39 is formed in the C-shaped portion 35, and the strip-shaped hole 39 can guide the operation portion 21 to swing.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the cover 10 can be mainly used to shield the first rocker arm 31, the second rocker arm 33 and the operating body 20 (i.e. the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 can be disposed in the cover 10), so as to reduce the possibility of damage to the operating body by foreign objects, thereby prolonging the service life of the multidirectional input device. Wherein, the projection of the cover cap 10 on the horizontal plane may be substantially square, the cover cap 10 may specifically include a bottom wall and a side wall, the bottom wall and the base 50 are oppositely disposed, and an opening 11 is formed; the side walls are circumferentially disposed along the periphery of the bottom wall and extend in a direction facing the base 50, with the ends of the side walls remote from the top wall being connected to the base 50. In order to facilitate the maintenance and replacement of the components inside the cover 10, the sidewall of the cover 10 may be detachably connected to the base 50, specifically, may be fixed by screws, snaps, or magnetic attraction, so as to simplify the assembly and disassembly process of the cover 10. Of course, the present application is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the cover 10 may be fixedly connected to the base 50. The operation body 20 is mainly used for being driven by a user and performing corresponding tilting motion to input a corresponding motion signal. For example: by driving the operating body 20 to tilt forward, backward, leftward or rightward, a forward, backward, leftward or rightward motion signal can be correspondingly input. The operation portion 21 of the operation body 20 is exposed to the outside of the cover 10 by passing through the opening 11 of the cover 10, and the projection of the operation portion 21 on the horizontal plane may be circular. Referring to fig. 2, 5 and 6, the operation body 20 may further include an upper hemispherical portion 23 connected to a lower end of the operation portion 21, the upper hemispherical portion 23 is disposed in a hemispherical shape and has a diameter larger than that of the operation portion 21, a surface of the upper hemispherical portion 23 facing away from the operation portion 21 is formed as a hemispherical plane portion 25, the hemispherical plane portion 25 is convexly disposed with a lower hemispherical portion 27, a center of the lower hemispherical portion 27 coincides with a center of the upper hemispherical portion 23, and the diameter of the lower hemispherical portion 27 is smaller than that of the upper hemispherical portion 23. In this case, the multidirectional input device may further include a lower support 61 and a substantially cylindrical upper support 63, the lower support 61 is provided in the base 50 and located in the cover 10, an upper end of the lower support 61 is provided with a hemispherical concave portion 611, and the hemispherical concave portion 611 is supported in contact with the lower hemispherical portion 27; the upper support 63 is located in the cover 10 and covers the lower support 61, a hemispherical hole 631 is provided at a position of the upper support 63 corresponding to the opening 11, a through hole 633 communicating with the upper hemispherical hole 631 is further provided above the hemispherical hole 631 in the upper support 63, the diameter of the through hole 633 is larger than that of the operating part 21, a part of the upper hemisphere abuts against a hole wall of the hemispherical hole 631, and a part of the upper hemisphere protrudes from the through hole 633. As described above, the hole wall of hemispherical hole 631 of upper support 63 abuts on upper hemispherical portion 23, and the upper end of lower support 61 abuts on lower hemispherical portion 27, whereby spherical rotation engagement of operation body 20, that is, arbitrary rotation in the direction of 360 ° is realized. Of course, it should be noted that the present application is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the operating body 20 may also have a rotating section below the operating portion 21, one end of the rotating section is rotatably connected to the operating portion 21, the other end of the rotating section is rotatably connected to the base 50, and the rotating axes of the rotating section and the operating portion 21 are perpendicular to the rotating axes of the rotating section and the base 50, that is, one is parallel to the rotating axis of the first swing arm 31 and one is parallel to the rotating axis of the second swing arm 33. The first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are sequentially penetrated by the operating portion 21 of the operating body 20, and are mainly used for driving the operating portion 21 of the operating body 20 to rotate correspondingly, and the rotation amounts of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are detected by the first rotating electric component 41 and the second rotating electric component 43 respectively, so that corresponding signals are output according to the rotation amounts. When the X direction and the Y direction are defined to be perpendicular to each other on the horizontal plane, the rotational axis of the first swing arm 31 may be in one of the X direction and the Y direction, and the rotational axis of the second swing arm 33 may be in the other of the X direction and the Y direction. And the positional relationship of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 with the upper supporter 63 is set such that the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are located above the upper supporter 63. In the longitudinal cross section of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33, the middle sections of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are approximately C-shaped. Therefore, it is defined that the intermediate sections of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are formed as C-shaped portions 35, and the rotation shaft portions 37 are formed to protrude from both ends of the intermediate sections. The strip holes 39 in the C-shaped portions 35 of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are used for the operation portion 21 to move in, and since the rotation axes of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are perpendicular to each other, the extending direction of the strip holes 39 in the C-shaped portions 35 of the first rocker arm 31 and the extending direction of the strip holes 39 in the C-shaped portions 35 of the second rocker arm 33 are perpendicular to each other. When the operating part 21 drives the first rocker arm 31 to rotate, the operating part 21 moves along the strip-shaped hole 39 on the C-shaped part 35 of the second rocker arm 33; when the operating portion 21 rotates the second swing arm 33, the operating portion 21 moves along the bar-shaped hole 39 in the C-shaped portion 35 of the first swing arm 31. In order to improve the smoothness of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 in the respective rotating processes, the C-shaped portion 35 of the first rocker arm 31 and the C-shaped portion 35 of the second rocker arm 33 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction. The first rotary electric component 41 and the second rotary electric component 43 can be mainly used for detecting the rotation amount of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33, and the operation principle is prior art, so the details thereof are not described here. Wherein, the first rotary electric component 41 can be arranged outside the cover 10 and connected with the first rocker arm 31; a second rotary electric component 43 can likewise be provided on the outside of the cover 10 and connected to the first rocker 31. The base 50 is mainly used for fixing the components such as the cover 10, the lower supporter 61, and the upper supporter 63, and plays a role in supporting.

The technical scheme of the utility model first rocking arm 31 and second rocking arm 33 of multi-direction input device all are formed with C word portion 35, and this C word portion 35 is equipped with the bar hole 39 that supplies the operating portion 21 of operating body 20 to pass, the pore wall looks butt of bar hole 39 on operating portion 21 and first rocking arm 31 and the second rocking arm 33. At this time, when the operation portion 21 of the operation body 20 performs the tilting operation, the operation portion 21 can drive the first rocker arm 31 by applying a biasing force to the hole wall of the bar hole 39 in the first rocker arm 31, or can drive the second rocker arm 33 by applying a biasing force to the hole wall of the bar hole 39 in the second rocker arm 33. That is, the operating body 20 in this embodiment drives the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 through the operating portion 21, and the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 of the multidirectional input device in this embodiment are driven by the same portion of the operating body 20, compared to the case where the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 of the multidirectional input device in the related art are driven by different portions of the operating body 20. This reduces the possibility that the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 give different resistances to the operating body 20, thereby ensuring consistency of the hand feeling of the multidirectional input device in use. In addition, because the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 in the scheme are both approximately in a C-shaped form, the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 can be distributed more compactly, the occupation of multiple spaces of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 is reduced, and the overall volume of the multi-direction input device can be reduced, so that the multi-direction input device is convenient to manage and carry.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the rotating shaft 37 of the first swing arm 31 and the second swing arm 33 can only be rotatably engaged with the circular hole 13 of the cover 10.

It can be understood that the round hole 13 provided on the cover 10 is rotationally engaged with the rotating shaft portions 37 of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33, which simplifies the rotational connection structure of the cover 10 with the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33, thereby facilitating the manufacture of the cover 10 and reducing the manufacturing cost of the cover 10. Of course, it should be noted that the present application is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, a cylinder may be provided at a position of the cover 10 corresponding to the rotating shaft portion 37, and the cylinder may be inserted into the rotating shaft portion 37.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the axis of the rotating shaft of the first rocker arm 31 and the axis of the rotating shaft of the second rocker arm 33 are located on the same horizontal plane.

It can be understood that the axes of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are arranged on the same horizontal plane, so that the rotation center points of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are coincident, which can further ensure the consistency of rotation of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 when driven, and further improve the consistency of hand feeling when the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 are driven. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and in other embodiments, the rotation axes of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 may have a slight height difference in the vertical direction, so that the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 can be ensured to have a uniform feel when driven by the operating body 20.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in an embodiment of the present invention, the operating body 20 is formed with a plane portion 29 at a position opposite to an inner side of the bar hole of the first swing arm 31 or the second swing arm 33.

It can be understood that, the operating body 20 can have a certain limiting effect on the operating body 20 by the two opposite plane portions 29 abutting against the inner side surfaces of the strip-shaped holes on the first rocker arm 31 or the second rocker arm 33, and the operating body 20 is prevented from rotating to influence the detection results of the first rocker arm 31 and the second rocker arm 33 on the operating body. Two opposing planar portions 29 may be formed on the inner side surfaces of the bar-shaped holes in the operating body 20 and the first rocker arm 31, or two opposing planar portions 29 may be formed on the inner side surfaces of the bar-shaped holes in the operating body 20 and the second rocker arm 33.

The utility model discloses still provide a game machine, this game machine includes multi-direction input device, and this multi-direction input device's concrete structure refers to above-mentioned embodiment, because this game machine has adopted the whole technical scheme of above-mentioned all embodiments, consequently has all beneficial effects that the technical scheme of above-mentioned embodiment brought at least, and the repeated description is no longer given here. The game machine can also comprise a display device, and the multidirectional input device is electrically connected with the display device.

The above only is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structural changes made by the contents of the specification and the drawings are utilized under the practical inventive concept, or the direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A multi-directional input device, comprising:

a cover provided with an opening portion;

a base securing the cover; the method is characterized in that:

the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are distributed in the vertical direction, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are respectively provided with a C-shaped part, two opposite ends of the C-shaped parts of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are respectively provided with a rotating shaft part, two ends of each rotating shaft part are provided with a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft parts are fixed through the covers; the operation portion runs through C word portion, C word portion department is equipped with the bar hole, the bar hole can guide the operation portion swings.

2. The multidirectional input apparatus of claim 1, wherein said rotation shaft portions of said first rocker arm and said second rocker arm are rotatably fitted only through a circular hole provided in said cover.

3. The multidirectional input apparatus of claim 1, wherein an axis of said rotational shaft of said first rocker arm and an axis of said rotational shaft of said second rocker arm are located on a same horizontal plane.

4. The multidirectional input apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said operation body is formed with a flat surface portion at a portion opposed to an inner side surface of said bar hole in said first rocker arm or said second rocker arm.

5. A gaming machine comprising the multidirectional input apparatus as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 4.