CN218636595U - Multidirectional input device, handle for game machine, and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a multi-direction input device, handle and game machine that game machine was used, wherein, multi-direction input device includes the casing, the operation body, the clamp plate, reset assembly, circuit board and magnetism response subassembly, the casing is formed with the space that upper portion has an opening, the operation body has the operation portion that stands out from the opening to the top, the clamp plate is discoid, reset assembly includes coil spring, coil spring's one end is extruded in the lower part of operation body with the higher authority of clamp plate, coil spring's the other end extrudees the bottom surface in space, make the operation body reset to neutral position, the circuit board is located in the space, magnetism response subassembly includes magnetic substance and magnetic sensor, the operation body rocks and drives the magnetic substance and moves for magnetic sensor along arbitrary direction, so that the magnetic force of magnetic sensor perception magnetic substance changes in order to acquire the direction and the shake volume of operation body, thereby can guarantee the long service life of product.

Description

Multidirectional input device, handle for game machine, and game machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a game machine technical field, in particular to handle and game machine that multi-direction input device, game machine were used.

Background

The multi-directional input device generally includes a housing and an operation body rotatably provided in the housing, and a user can operate the game machine through the operation body. However, in the related art, the multi-directional input device mostly uses the resistance value variation of the resistor in the potentiometer as the determination of the moving direction of the operating body, but in this way, the resistor of the potentiometer is physically worn out after long-term use, which results in the reduction of the service life of the product.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The main object of the present invention is to provide a multi-directional input device, which is intended for an operating body to drive a magnetic body to move, and which receives magnetic change through a magnetic sensor under non-physical contact to obtain the shaking direction and the shaking amount of the operating body, thereby avoiding the long-term use and the physical wear.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a multi-direction input device includes casing, operation body, clamp plate, reset assembly, circuit board and magnetism sensing assembly, the casing is formed with the space that upper portion has an opening, the shape of operation body is slightly cylindrical, and has the follow the opening to the top outstanding operation portion, the clamp plate is discoid, the central part of clamp plate is equipped with the hole, reset assembly includes coil spring, coil spring's one end will the higher authority of clamp plate extrude in the lower part of operation body, coil spring's the other end extrusion the bottom surface in space makes the operation body resets to the neutral position, the circuit board is located in the space, magnetism sensing assembly includes magnetic substance and magnetic sensor, the operation body rocks and drives the magnetic substance along arbitrary direction for magnetic sensor moves, so that the magnetic sensor perception the magnetic force change of magnetic substance is in order to acquire the direction and the rocking amount of operation body shake.

Optionally, the magnetic induction assembly further comprises a sliding body which is clamped in a mounting hole arranged at the lower end of the operating part in a manner of swinging on the axis of the operating part.

Optionally, the magnetic body is fixed to the sliding body.

Optionally, the magnetic induction assembly further comprises a force application coil spring, the force application coil spring is accommodated in the mounting hole, one end of the force application coil spring extrudes the upper surface of the mounting hole, and the other end of the force application coil spring extrudes the upper part of the sliding body.

Optionally, an installation space is formed at a lower portion of the sliding body, the magnetic body is accommodated in the installation space, and an engagement rib for fixing an outer side wall of the magnetic body is provided on an inner side wall of the installation space on an axis of the operation portion.

Optionally, the magnetic body is a disc structure.

Optionally, a central axis of the magnetic body is coincident with a central axis of the operating body.

Alternatively, the magnetic sensor has a detection point located on an extension of the central axis of the magnetic body.

Optionally, the magnetic induction assembly further comprises a limiting support member disposed in the space, the limiting support member is sleeved on the magnetic sensor, and the upper surface supports the sliding body.

Optionally, when the operating body swings, the movement locus of the magnetic body is a circular locus or a spherical locus on a plane.

Optionally, the magnetic sensor is a three-dimensional magnetic sensor or a two-dimensional magnetic sensor.

Optionally, the lower portion of the operation portion is provided with an upper hemispherical portion on an axis of the operation portion, a diameter of the upper hemispherical portion is larger than a diameter of the operation portion, the lower portion of the upper hemispherical portion has a planar portion provided with a lower hemispherical portion on the axis of the operation portion, and the diameter of the lower hemispherical portion is smaller than the diameter of the upper hemispherical portion.

Optionally, the multidirectional input device further includes a pressing bracket and a pressing switch disposed in the space, the pressing bracket has a spherical recess corresponding to the lower hemispherical portion at an upper portion thereof, the pressing portion for pressing the pressing switch is provided at a lower portion thereof, and the pressing portion of the pressing bracket presses the spherical recess of the pressing bracket to perform an electrical operation.

To achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a handle for a game machine, the game machine including the multidirectional input device as described above.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a game machine, which includes the handle for game machine as described above.

The utility model discloses technical scheme when shaking the operation through the user manipulation operation body, drive the magnetic body through the operation body and remove, and receive the magnetism change of magnetic substance through magnetic sensor, in order to acquire the rotation direction of operation body, thereby get off through non-physics nature contact and judge operation body moving direction, the current mode of comparing acquires the judgement through the mode of physics nature contact, the multi-direction input device of this application can avoid causing the wearing and tearing of physics nature under long-term use, thereby can guarantee the long-life of product.

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 embodiment of a multi-directional input device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a perspective of the multi-directional input device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a slider of the magnetic induction assembly shown in FIG. 3;

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

FIG. 6 is a partial enlarged view of the portion B in FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an operation body of the multidirectional input device shown in fig. 2.

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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 up, down, left, right, front, back, 8230; \8230;) in the embodiments 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 attached drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

Furthermore, the descriptions in the present application related to "first", "second", etc. are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to imply that the number of technical features indicated are implicitly being indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the 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 to each other or cannot be realized, such a combination 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 100.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 5, the multidirectional input device 100 includes a housing 10, an operation body 30, a pressing plate 51, a reset component 50, a circuit board 70 and a magnetic sensing component 90, the housing 10 is formed with a space having an opening at an upper portion thereof, the operation body 30 is in a shape of a column, and has an operation portion 37 protruding upward from the opening, the pressing plate 51 is in a disc shape, a hole is provided at a central portion of the pressing plate 51, the reset component 50 includes a coil spring 53, one end of the coil spring 53 presses an upper surface of the pressing plate 51 against a lower portion of the operation body 30, the other end of the coil spring 53 presses a bottom surface of the space, so that the operation body 30 is reset to a neutral position, the circuit board 70 is provided in the space, the magnetic sensing component 90 includes a magnetic body 91 and a magnetic sensor 93, the operation body 30 shakes and drives the magnetic body 91 to move relative to the magnetic sensor 93 in any direction, so that the magnetic force of the magnetic sensor 93 senses a magnetic force of the magnetic body 91 to obtain a shaking direction and a shaking direction of the operation body 30.

In the present embodiment, it can be understood that the space may be an accommodating space, and the operation portion 37 of the operation body 30 is used for being driven by the user and performing a corresponding shaking motion to input a corresponding motion signal. For example: the magnetic body 91 can be correspondingly driven to move forward, backward, leftward or rightward by driving the operation portion 37 to rock forward, backward, leftward or rightward, and the operation portion 37 can also move upward or downward to drive the magnetic body 91 to move upward or downward, here, the forward or backward movement can be movement along the X-axis direction, the leftward or rightward movement can be movement along the Y-axis direction, and the upward or downward movement can be movement along the Z-axis direction. The operation body 30 may include an operation portion 37, the operation portion 37 protrudes from the opening end to be exposed to the outside of the housing, and a projection of the operation portion on a horizontal plane may be circular, so as to facilitate rotation. In addition, when the operating body 30 moves, the operating body 30 abuts against the pressing plate 51, and the abutting position of the operating body 30 and the pressing plate 51 can be an annular surface of the pressing plate 51, so that the annular reset effect on the operating body 30 is improved through the annular reset setting, the pressing plate 51 presses the coil spring 53 to enable the coil spring 53 to elastically contract, and when a subsequent user releases the operating part of the operating body 30, the coil spring 53 gives a reset force to the operating body 30, so that the automatic reset of the operating body 30 is realized.

Here, the magnetic sensor 93 is electrically connected to the circuit board 70, the magnetic body 91 may be a magnet or a magnet, and the magnetic sensor 93 is a hall sensor, and when the operating body 30 drives the magnetic body 91 to move, the magnetic body 91 will cut a magnetic induction line to make the hall sensor receive a magnetic force change generated by the magnetic body 91, so as to determine and obtain a rotation direction of the operating body 30, and transmit the rotation direction to the circuit board 70, thereby outputting a signal. The Circuit board 70 may be an FPC Circuit board 70 (Flexible Printed Circuit, flexible Circuit board 70), the magnetic sensor 93 may be connected to the Circuit board 70 by soldering, and in addition, the magnetic sensor 93 may be provided with a filter capacitor in parallel to improve the anti-interference capability of the magnetic sensor 93.

According to the technical scheme of this application, when shaking the operation through user manipulation operation portion 37, drive magnetic substance 91 by operation body 30 and remove, and receive the magnetic change of magnetic substance 91 through magnetic sensor 93, in order to acquire the rotation direction of operation body 30, thereby come down to judge operation body 30 moving direction through non-physical contact, the current mode of comparing acquires the judgement through the mode of physical contact, multi-direction input device 100 of this application can avoid causing the wearing and tearing of physics nature under long-term use, thereby can guarantee the long life of product.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the magnetic induction assembly 90 further includes a sliding body 95, and the sliding body 95 is swingably held in a mounting hole provided at a lower end of the operation portion 37 on an axis of the operation portion 37.

In this embodiment, the sliding body 95 may swing to clamp the mounting hole at the lower end of the operation portion 37, that is, the operation portion 37 clamps the sliding body 95, and during the swing, the sliding body 95 is driven to swing. In order to ensure that the X-axis signal and the Y-axis signal finally outputted from the multidirectional input device 100 can maintain a linear relationship to ensure the accuracy of the outputted signal, the movement of the magnetic body 91 in the Y-axis direction is avoided, and therefore, the movement of the magnetic body 91 in the Z-axis direction can be reduced by providing the sliding body 95 to mount the magnetic body 91 and mounting the sliding body 95 on the sliding body 95, thereby ensuring the linear linearity of the outputted signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the magnetic body 91 is fixed to the sliding body 95.

In this embodiment, the magnetic body 91 is fixedly connected below the sliding body 95, so that the connection firmness of the magnetic body 91 and the sliding body 95 can be ensured, and the operation portion 37 can be kept stable when the magnetic body 91 is driven to move by the sliding body 95.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 to fig. 3, the magnetic sensing assembly 90 further includes a force applying coil spring 97, the force applying coil spring 97 is accommodated in the mounting hole, one end of the force applying coil spring 97 presses the upper surface of the mounting hole, and the other end of the force applying coil spring 97 presses the upper portion of the sliding body 95.

In this embodiment, the urging coil spring 97 is provided, and the urging coil spring 97 gives a downward pressure to the sliding body 95 along the Z axis, so that when the operating body 30 moves, the magnetic body 91 does not move on the Z axis relative to the operating body 30, and further the movement of the magnetic body 91 in the Z axis direction can be further reduced, and the linearity of the output signal can be ensured.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the lower end of the sliding body 95 is formed with an installation space 951, the magnetic body 91 is accommodated in the installation space 951, and the inner sidewall of the installation space 951 is provided with a locking rib 953 for fixing the outer sidewall of the magnetic body 91 on the axis of the operation portion 37.

In this embodiment, it can be understood that, when the operation body 30 drives the sliding body 95 to move, if the connection stability of the magnetic body 91 and the installation space 951 of the sliding body 95 is poor, the magnetic body 91 is easily disconnected from the installation space 951 and is caused to drop, so that the engagement rib 953 is provided in the present application, and is connected with the outer side wall of the magnetic body 91 through the engagement rib 953, so as to improve the connection stability of the magnetic body 91 and the installation space 951.

Specifically, the number of the engaging ribs 953 may be one, two, three, or the like, the number of the engaging ribs 953 is not specifically limited herein, and the number of the engaging ribs 953 may be selected according to actual connection requirements, in some exemplary embodiments, when the number of the engaging ribs 953 is three, the three engaging ribs 953 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the sliding body 95, so as to further improve the connection stability between the magnetic body 91 and the installation space 951.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 to 4, the magnetic body 91 is a disk structure.

In this embodiment, the accuracy of the output signals of the magnetic body 91 in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction can be improved by the arrangement of the disk structure, and it is only necessary that the shape of the installation space 951 is consistent with the shape of the cross section of the magnetic body 91.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 to 3, the central axis of the magnetic body 91 is overlapped with the central axis of the operation body 30.

In this embodiment, the central axis of the magnetic body 91 is overlapped with the central axis of the operating body 30, so as to ensure that the consistency of the operating body 30 when driving the magnetic body 91 to rotate is improved, and thus the accuracy of acquiring the rotation direction of the magnetic sensor 93 when the operating body 30 shakes is improved.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the magnetic sensor 93 has a detection point, and the detection point is located on an extension line of the central axis of the magnetic body 91.

In this embodiment, the detection point of the magnetic sensor 93 is located on the extension line of the central axis of the magnetic body 91 to improve the accuracy of the magnetic sensor 93 receiving the magnetic force change of the magnetic body 91, and here, when the magnetic sensor 93 is installed on a plane perpendicular to the Z axis, the magnetic sensor 93 can be located on the extension line of the central axis of the magnetic body 91 for ensuring that the detection point is located on the extension line of the central axis of the magnetic body 91, and if the detection point is not located at the central point of the magnetic sensor 93, the central point of the magnetic sensor 93 may slightly deviate from the extension line of the central axis of the magnetic body 91.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 3, the magnetic sensing assembly 90 further includes a limiting support member 99 disposed in the space, the limiting support member 99 is sleeved on the magnetic sensor 93, and the upper surface supports the sliding body 95.

In this embodiment, in order to further reduce the movement of the sliding body 95 in the Z-axis direction, and to reduce the movement of the magnetic body 91 in the Z-axis direction, and to ensure the linearity of the output signal, the present application can support the operating body 30 while supporting the magnetic body 91 by providing the limit support 99 to abut against the magnetic body 91. Here, in the case of providing the limiting support 99, the magnetic sensor 93 and the magnetic body 91 may have a distance difference L along the Z-axis direction, where a value range of L may be 0.8mm to 1.3mm, and L may be 0.8mm, 0.9mm, 1.0mm, 1.1mm, 1.2mm, or 1.3mm, in some exemplary embodiments, when L is 1.1mm, the distance difference may ensure that the magnetic body 91 is not too far away from the magnetic sensor 93, so as to avoid a weak magnetic force change of the magnetic sensor 93 receiving the magnetic body 91, and simultaneously ensure that the magnetic body 91 is not too close to the magnetic sensor 93, thereby avoiding that the magnetic force of the magnetic body 91 is too strong to affect the receiving of the magnetic sensor 93, and herein, a value of the distance difference L is not specifically limited.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the operation body 30 swings, the movement track of the magnetic body 91 is a circular or spherical track on a plane.

In this embodiment, when the operating body 30 swings, there are two general situations when the magnetic body 91 is driven to move, one is that the operating body 30 drives the magnetic body 91 to move along the X axis and the Y axis, and the motion track of the magnetic body 91 is a circular track on a plane relative to a plane perpendicular to the Z axis direction; in another case, the operation body 30 drives the magnetic body 91 to move along the X-axis, the Y-axis and the Z-axis, so that the movement track of the magnetic body 91 is a spherical track.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the magnetic sensor 93 is a three-dimensional magnetic sensor 93 or a two-dimensional magnetic sensor 93.

In this embodiment, when the operating body 30 drives the magnetic body 91 to move along the X axis, the Y axis and the Z axis, the magnetic sensor 93 needs to receive magnetic force changes from the magnetic body 91 in three directions, so the magnetic sensor 93 can be a three-dimensional magnetic sensor 93; when the operating body 30 drives the magnetic body 91 to move along the X-axis and the Y-axis, the magnetic sensor 93 only needs to receive the magnetic force changes from the magnetic body 91 in two directions, so the two-dimensional magnetic sensor 93 can be used as the magnetic sensor 93.

In an embodiment of the present invention, upper hemispherical portion 31 is provided on the axis of operation portion 37 at the lower portion of operation portion 37, the diameter of upper hemispherical portion 31 is larger than the diameter of operation portion 37, planar portion 33 is provided at the lower portion of upper hemispherical portion 31, lower hemispherical portion 35 is provided on the axis of operation portion 37 at planar portion 33, and the diameter of lower hemispherical portion 35 is smaller than the diameter of upper hemispherical portion 31.

In this embodiment, the upper hemispherical portion 31 may be used to limit and fix the operation portion 37, the lower hemispherical portion 35 is hemispherical, the upper surface thereof is a plane and is connected to the plane portion 33, and the center of the lower hemispherical portion 35 and the center of the upper hemispherical portion 31 are located at the same point; the lower surface of lower hemispherical portion 35 is a spherical surface and can contact pressure plate 51.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, the multidirectional input device 100 further includes a pressing bracket 40 and a pressing switch 60 disposed in the space, the upper portion of the pressing bracket 40 has a spherical concave portion corresponding to the lower hemispherical portion 35, the lower portion of the pressing bracket 40 has a pressing portion for pressing the pressing switch 60, and the pressing portion of the pressing bracket 40 presses the spherical concave portion of the pressing bracket 40 by pressing the operating body 30, so that the pressing portion of the pressing bracket 40 presses the pressing switch 60 to realize an electrical operation.

The upper surface of the pressing bracket 40 is in contact with the lower portion of the operating body 30, and the pressing bracket 40 presses the pressing switch 60 while the pressing operation is performed on the operating body 30, and the pressing switch 60 is triggered by the operating body 30 to be in contact with the circuit board 70, thereby realizing the electrical operation.

In this embodiment, it can be understood that the pressing bracket 40 is disposed such that the pressing switch 60 can be indirectly pressed by the pressing bracket 40 when the operating body 30 is pressed, and then the electrical connection is realized by the pressing switch 60 abutting against the metal elastic sheet 71 of the circuit board 70, and at this time, the pressing switch 60 does not need to be disposed directly below the operating body 30. This reduces the need for the mounting position of the push switch 60, and can improve the ease of mounting the push switch 60. Meanwhile, the arrangement can make the distribution of each part of the multidirectional input device 100 in the Z-axis direction more compact, and reduce the whole volume of the multidirectional input device 100 so that the multidirectional input device can be managed and carried.

Further, the present invention also provides a handle for a game machine (not shown in the drawings), which includes the multidirectional input device 100 as described above.

It should be noted that, the detailed structure of the multidirectional input apparatus 100 can refer to the above-mentioned embodiment of the multidirectional input apparatus 100, and is not described herein again; because the utility model discloses an above-mentioned multidirectional input device 100 has been used in the handle that the game machine was used, consequently, the utility model discloses a multidirectional input device 100's embodiment includes the whole technical scheme of the whole embodiments of above-mentioned multidirectional input device 100, and the technical effect that reaches is also identical, no longer gives details here.

Furthermore, the present invention also provides a game machine (not shown in the figure), which includes the handle for the game machine as described above.

It should be noted that, the detailed structure of the handle for the game machine can refer to the above embodiment of the handle for the game machine, and is not described herein again; because the utility model discloses a handle that above-mentioned game machine was used in the game machine, consequently, the utility model discloses a handle for game machine's embodiment includes the whole technical scheme of the whole embodiments of handle for above-mentioned game machine, and the technological effect that reaches is also identical, no longer gives unnecessary details here.

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

Claims (15)

1. A multidirectional input device, comprising:

a housing formed with a space having an opening portion at an upper portion thereof;

an operating body having a substantially cylindrical shape and an operating portion protruding upward from the opening;

the pressing plate is disc-shaped, and a hole is formed in the center of the pressing plate;

a return unit including a coil spring, one end of the coil spring pressing an upper surface of the pressing plate to a lower portion of the operating body, and the other end of the coil spring pressing a bottom surface of the space to return the operating body to a neutral position;

the circuit board is arranged in the space; and

the magnetic induction subassembly, the magnetic induction subassembly includes magnetic substance and magnetic sensor, the operation body rocks and drives the magnetic substance along arbitrary direction for the magnetic sensor moves, so that the magnetic sensor perception the magnetic force change of magnetic substance is in order to acquire the direction and the amount of rocking of operation body.

2. The multidirectional input apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said magnetic induction unit further comprises a sliding body swingably held on an axis of said operation portion in a mounting hole provided at a lower end of said operation portion.

3. The multidirectional input apparatus of claim 2, wherein said magnetic body is fixed to said sliding body.

4. The multidirectional input apparatus of claim 2, wherein said magnetic sensing assembly further comprises a force applying coil spring received in said mounting hole, one end of said force applying coil spring pressing against an upper surface of said mounting hole, the other end of said force applying coil spring pressing against an upper portion of said slider.

5. The multidirectional input apparatus as in claim 2, wherein a mounting space is formed in a lower portion of said sliding body, said magnetic body is housed in said mounting space, and an engaging rib for fixing an outer side wall of said magnetic body is provided on an inner side wall of said mounting space on an axis of said operation portion.

6. The multidirectional input apparatus of claim 1, wherein said magnetic body is a disk structure.

7. The multidirectional input apparatus as in one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a central axis of said magnetic body is disposed to coincide with a central axis of said operation body.

8. The multidirectional input apparatus as in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said magnetic sensor has a detection point located on an extension of a central axis of said magnetic body.

9. The multi-directional input device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the magnetic sensor assembly further comprises a position-limiting support disposed in the space, the position-limiting support is sleeved on the magnetic sensor, and the upper surface of the position-limiting support supports the sliding body.

10. The multidirectional input apparatus as in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a movement locus of said magnetic body is a circular locus or a spherical locus on a plane when said operation body is shaken.

11. The multidirectional input apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said magnetic sensor is a three-dimensional magnetic sensor or a two-dimensional magnetic sensor.

12. The multidirectional input apparatus as in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a lower portion of said operation portion is provided with an upper hemispherical portion on an axis of said operation portion, a diameter of said upper hemispherical portion being larger than a diameter of said operation portion, said lower portion of said upper hemispherical portion having a planar portion provided with a lower hemispherical portion on an axis of said operation portion, said lower hemispherical portion having a diameter smaller than said diameter of said upper hemispherical portion.

13. The multidirectional input apparatus as in claim 12, further comprising a pressing bracket and a pressing switch provided in said space, wherein an upper portion of said pressing bracket has a spherical recess corresponding to said lower hemispherical portion, and a lower portion of said pressing bracket has a pressing portion for pressing said pressing switch;

the pressing part of the pressing bracket presses the pressing switch to realize electric action.

14. A handle for a game machine, characterized in that the handle for a game machine comprises the multidirectional input apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13.

15. A gaming machine characterized by comprising a handle for a gaming machine according to claim 14.

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