CN2549527Y

CN2549527Y - Gun-type game input devices

Info

Publication number: CN2549527Y
Application number: CN 02256535
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘晖
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-08-22
Filing date: 2002-09-20
Publication date: 2003-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2012-09-20

Abstract

The utility model discloses a gun-type game input device which is capable of being used in the game input of a personal computer (PC) and family video game machines (such as PS2 and XBOX, etc.). The main applicable game type is a first person STG such as Quake. The device comprises a gun-type casing, moreover, a trigger which is capable of being squeezed and a plurality of buttons are arranged at the casing, and a compressed quintain is arranged ahead the device. The utility model is capable of detecting the self rotation, and then controlling the rotation of a virtual gun in the game along the rotation; the apparent structure and the operation of the device are similar with those of a real gun, therefore, the gun-type game input device is capable of satisfying the special requests of the first person STG in the aspect of game input, thereby increasing the steerability of the game and the immersion of the player.

Description

A kind of rifle formula recreation input equipment

Technical field

The utility model relates to the game station field, refers to a kind of rifle formula recreation input equipment especially.

Background technology

Along with the continuous development of electronic technology, electronic game station is also brought in constant renewal in, and the appearance of new type of play often needs new recreation input equipment to satisfy the specific demand of its input aspect.For example, the appearance of the racing game steering-wheel type input equipment that has been born, and the passenger cabin formula input equipment of band bearing circle, pedal; The appearance of the flight simulation class recreation flight rocker-type input equipment that has been born.Yet, just begin several years ago to occur, widely popular now a kind of new type of play-first person shooting game does not but have the input equipment that can finely satisfy its special input demand so far yet, and the main representative of this class recreation has Quake, Delta-Force, Counter-Strike etc.For this class recreation, the player can only realize input operation with traditional input equipment-mouse and keyboard, mouse is used for controlling the rotation of virtual gun in the recreation, comprise left-right rotation and rotate up and down that virtual portrait moved (front, rear, left and right), jumps, squats down, changes operation such as rifle during keyboard was used for realizing playing.

For existing recreation input equipment, because similar on the profile for fear of obscuring, is necessary to mention on the market ripe already product-light gun.Light gun is mainly used in home videos shooting game and large amusement machine shooting game, and its function is to determine the two-dimensional coordinate of aiming point on televisor (or display) screen.Distinguish according to the principle that coordinate obtains, mainly can be divided into 1) brush screen square formula, 2) brush screen scan-type and 3) three kinds of optical tracking formulas.Brush screen square formula light gun produces a pulse signal when player's cocking, game host is black with next frame picture brush after receiving this signal, only at game role place display white square, if at this moment light gun has aimed at game role, then the white light that sends of this square enters in the light gun, make the photodiode output signal in the light gun, otherwise do not have signal, game host can learn in view of the above whether the player has aimed at game role.Brush screen scan-type light gun also produces a pulse signal when player's cocking, game host continues to show white screen in the time that this signal is remained valid, because televisor and display are by the scan mode display image, therefore when scanning the screen position that light gun aims at, photodiode in the light gun will be subjected to the strongest illumination, thereby produce pulse output, the time of taking place by this pulse signal relatively and the time of videoscanning synchronizing signal just can be learnt the screen position that light gun aims at.Have a camera in the optical tracking formula light gun, and some light sources are set at televisor (or display) screen periphery, the imaging on camera of these light sources, according to the position of source imaging can calculate the relative screen of this light gun the position and towards, and determine the coordinate of aiming point thus.

As from the foregoing, light gun can only be determined the two-dimensional coordinate of aiming point on screen, can not produce needed left-right rotation amount of first person shooting game and amount of spin up and down, therefore can't be used for this type of play.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, the utility model provides a kind of rifle formula recreation input equipment, and this equipment has the profile of class likelihood rifle, and the player can carry out game operation by both hands gripping and cocking.

The utlity model has rifle formula shell and be arranged at button on this shell, its design feature is also to comprise optical imaging device and the optical navigator that is fixed in the shell, and the communication interface that is used for carrying out with the game host of running game program communication; Described button is used for realizing the various push-botton operations of playing, as opens fire, moves, jumps, squats down etc., and the contour structures of these buttons and distributing position can be done specific design according to action need; Described optical imaging device and optical navigator keep suitable position relation, make from the light of object on every side and on optical navigator, become optical image by optical imaging device, the technology of a kind of crying of optical navigator utilization " optical guidance " detect in this optical image that picture material took place was mobile, and this signal that moves of generation reflection, because it is above-mentioned mobile that the left-right rotation of this equipment and rotating up and down can cause, therefore this signal also just can reflect the left-right rotation that this equipment takes place and rotate up and down, and this signal can be used for controlling the rotation of virtual gun in the recreation; The signal that described optical navigator produces and the output signal of button are sent to game host through communication interface with wired mode or wireless mode.

According to such scheme:

Object is a target around described, and this target is plane or with the curved surface shape of suitable curvature bending, its surface has the textured pattern of optical reflection characteristic variations; Described textured pattern is chequered with black and white chess grid pattern; Described target is fixed in the desktop edge by stationary installation, and can adjust towards.

Described equipment also comprises lighting device, and this lighting device shines this input equipment the place ahead, for object is on every side provided illumination by the zone of imaging.

Described button comprises open fire button and four direction button, the four direction button is the cruciform arrangement or inverted T-shaped is arranged, be positioned at the position of corresponding hand thumb nature contact on the rifle formula shell or left hand thumb nature contact, the virtual portrait move operation of four direction all around in can be used for playing, the contour structures of button of opening fire is the contour structures of similar trigger or the contour structures of the similar trigger of mode of operation, this button is arranged at suitable position, make the player to operate it, the operation of opening fire during the button of opening fire can be used for playing in the mode of the true gun trigger of similar operations.

Described equipment also comprises a pause device, this pause device has two states-normal condition and halted state, when this device is in normal condition, the signal that described optical navigator produces is normally controlled recreation, when this device was in halted state, the signal that described optical navigator produces stopped the control recreation.

Described equipment also comprises can be by the shaking device of games control, and this shaking device can be built-in, patch or plug-in, recoil and vibratory sensation when being used to simulate true rifle shooting.

Described game host is PC or home video games machine or large amusement machine or any known equipment that can move first person shooting game, and described communication interface is USB interface or any known communication interface that can be used for this input equipment.

Plinker of the present utility model can improve the operability of recreation and player's feeling of immersion for first person shooting game provides maneuverability pattern a kind of novelty, nature.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the aimed fire principle schematic of the utility model embodiment;

Fig. 2 is a structural representation of the present utility model;

Fig. 3 is circuit theory diagrams of the present utility model.

Embodiment

The structure of this plinker is shown in accompanying drawing 1,2.Among the figure, rifle formula shell 1; Target 2 places the place ahead of plinker, this target can be flat, also can be with suitable curvature bending to adapt to the rotation of plinker, the employed material of this target can be flexible material, enables to fold or curl, to save the space, the surface of this target has the textured pattern that light and shade changes (being the optical reflection characteristic variations), chequered with black and white chess grid pattern as shown in FIG., this target is fixed in the desktop edge by the device of carrying jig during use, and can adjust towards; Funtion part 3 comprises lighting device, rotation detecting device and circuit board, lighting device comprises condenser lens 8, laser diode 9, rotation detecting device comprises optical imaging device and optical navigator, optical imaging device comprises

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5,6, optical navigator is an optical guidance chip 7, the photosensor arrays that a two dimension is arranged on the optical guidance chip 7, this photosensor arrays can generate the digitized image of optical image, and its spectral range that can work can comprise invisible light (as infrared ray).Lighting device, optical imaging device, optical navigator and circuit board are fixed in the shell 1.

Imaging

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5,6 are arranged between muzzle and the optical guidance chip 7, make from the light of object on every side and on the photosensor arrays of optical guidance chip 7, become optical image, picture material in this optical image will and be rotated up and down and corresponding mobile take place with the left-right rotation of this equipment, optical guidance chip utilization " optical guidance " technology for detection goes out this and moves and produce this signal that moves of reflection, general process is as follows: the optical guidance chip obtains above-mentioned optical image at difference image constantly continuously by photosensor arrays, because the frame that obtains speed is enough fast, make that the imaging region of two width of cloth images (being the visual field) has enough laps in succession, therefore there are enough common traits between two width of cloth images in succession, the optical guidance chip with certain algorithm more in succession two width of cloth images detect the difference of the position of common trait in this two width of cloth image of this two width of cloth image, this difference show as on the horizontal direction and vertical direction on pixel level or the skew of inferior pixel level, the optical guidance chip produces two groups of signals of these two kinds of skews of reflection, and therefore these two groups of signals have also just reflected the left-right rotation that this equipment took place and rotated up and down.Lighting device illuminates on the target surface all the time by the zone of imaging, for this zone provides the illumination that intensity is enough and be evenly distributed in the workable distance range of rotation detecting device.The only described photosensor arrays that this lighting device is launched responsive light, it both can be visible light, also can be invisible light (as infrared ray), if emission is visible light, then this lighting device have been held concurrently and has been helped the player to determine whether aiming point exceeds the effect on target surface.Under the enough situation of the brightness of ambient lighting, also can be without lighting device.

Trigger 4 be used for the playing operation of opening fire of virtual gun, during operation, player's right hand forefinger (left-handed person is opposite, below roughly the same) places trigger 4 positions, the operation of opening fire of virtual gun in realizing playing by cocking 4; Arrow button 10 comprises the four direction button, control the moving of front, rear, left and right four direction of virtual portrait respectively, this four direction button is positioned at directly over the small of the stock or the top, left side, operate by hand thumb, they can be cross spread, as shown in Figure 2, also can be inverted T-shaped and arrange, just as the arrow button on the PC keyboard; Button 11 is arranged on the small of the stock corresponding right hand middle finger in left side or nameless position, is operated by the right hand middle finger or the third finger, the skip operation in the corresponding recreation; Button 12 is arranged on the position of the corresponding right hand little finger of toe in small of the stock left side, is operated by right hand little finger of toe, the operation of squatting down in the corresponding recreation; Light switch 13 is used to open or close lighting device; Pause button 14 is used for suspending the rotation of recreation virtual gun, and is inoperative when it is upspring, and when it is pressed, makes the player rotate plinker and do not change and realize being cooperated by the driver of plinker towards, this function of virtual gun in the recreation; The principle of roller 15 is the same with mouse roller, is positioned at the position of the corresponding left hand thumb in gun stock left side, is operated by the left hand thumb, and what be used for realizing playing changes rifle operation or other operation; Other button 16 is arranged at the both sides of gun stock, is pointed by each of left hand and operates, and the player can make other operation in their corresponding recreation by the program setting; Optical guidance chip, button, trigger and roller are electrically connected with the USB interface chip, and USB cable 17 is connected the usb 19 of PC or game machine 18 with this input equipment.

Circuit of the present utility model as shown in Figure 3.Power vd D, signal D-, D+ and ground connection GND are by the transmission of USB cable line, switch S 1 to S9 is corresponding trigger respectively, arrow button, button 11, button 12 and all the other two buttons 16, switch S 10 corresponding pause buttons, switch S 11 corresponding light switches, the corresponding laser diode 9 of diode D2, resistance R 1, light emitting diode D1, phototriode Q1, Q2 has constituted the circuit part of roller 15, that optical guidance chip U1 uses is the HDNS-2000 of Agilent company, consider matching, the profile of imaging len 6 should be with reference to the configuration design of HDNS-2100, details about HDNS-2000 and HDNS-2100, please refer to the technical manual of Agilent company, that USB interface chip U2 uses is the USB100 (encapsulation of 24 pin) of Fairchild company, and LP2950ACZ-3.3 is the power conversion chip of 5V to 3V.

The principle of work of this plinker is as follows, target 2 is fixed in the desktop edge by anchor clamps, player's both hands are held this plinker, open light switch 13, aiming target surface, then the lip-deep chess grid pattern of target is by

imaging len

5,6 become optical image on the photosensor arrays of optical guidance chip 7, the player rotates plinker, and keep aiming point not exceed the target surface, then corresponding mobile will take place along with the rotation of plinker in the chess table images in this optical image, optical guidance chip 7 is caught the chess table images that moves by photosensor arrays fast with the speed more than per second 1500 frames, because the frame of catching speed is enough fast, thereby guaranteed that the imaging region of two width of cloth images has abundant lap in succession, optical guidance chip 7 produces two groups of signals by two width of cloth images more in succession, these two groups of signals have reflected the left-right rotation that plinker took place and have rotated up and down, these two groups of signals are admitted in the USB interface chip, after treatment by in the USB cable input PC (or game machine), be used for controlling the left-right rotation of recreation virtual gun and rotation up and down, trigger 4, arrow button 10, button 11, button 12, pause button 14, the output signal of other button 16 and roller 15 is all sent in the PC (or game machine) by USB interface chip and USB cable, to realize function separately.

In addition, in order further to simulate the impression of true rifle, and satisfy the hobby of player to the style of different rifles, this input equipment can also carry out following structural change:

1) shell of this plinker can be changed easily, by modular design, whole plinker is divided into funtion part and housing parts, housing parts will comprise trigger, button, roller, pause device, light switch and rifle formula shell, funtion part comprises work structuring and related circuit, connected mode between two parts (comprise shape with circuit) is by standardization, make same funtion part can with the shell combination of different profiles, and do not influence the function of plinker.

2) this plinker can be built-in, patch or plug-in can be by the shaking device of games control, vibratory sensation, recoil and aiming skew when being used to simulate true rifle shooting.

3) being connected of this plinker and PC (or game machine) can be wireless connections (infrared or radio), to eliminate the influence of wired connection to player's operation sense and feeling of immersion.

Claims

1, a kind of rifle formula recreation input equipment has rifle formula shell, it is characterized in that also comprising and fixing optical imaging device and the optical navigator of described shell, and the communication interface that is used for carrying out with the game host of running game program communication; Described optical imaging device makes from the light of object on every side and become optical image on optical navigator, optical navigator detect in this optical image picture material took place moves, and producing this signal that moves of reflection, this signal is sent to game host through communication interface with wired mode or wireless mode.

2, rifle formula recreation input equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: object is a target around described, this target is plane or with the curved surface shape of suitable curvature bending, its surface has the textured pattern of optical reflection characteristic variations, as chequered with black and white chess grid pattern.

3, rifle formula as claimed in claim 2 recreation input equipment, it is characterized in that: described target comprises stationary installation, this stationary installation is fixed in the desktop edge with this target, and can adjust towards.

4, rifle formula as claimed in claim 1 or 2 recreation input equipment is characterized in that also comprising lighting device, and this lighting device shines this input equipment the place ahead, for object is on every side provided illumination by the zone of imaging.

5, rifle formula recreation input equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that also comprising the button that is arranged on the shell, and the output signal of described button is sent to game host through communication interface with wired mode or wireless mode.

6, rifle formula recreation input equipment as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that: described button comprises the button of opening fire, the contour structures of this button of opening fire is the contour structures of similar trigger or the contour structures of the similar trigger of mode of operation, this button of opening fire is arranged at suitable position, makes the player to operate it in the mode of the true gun trigger of similar operations.

7, rifle formula recreation input equipment as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that: described button comprises the four direction button, the four direction button is that cruciform is arranged or inverted T-shaped is arranged, and is positioned at the position of corresponding hand thumb nature contact on the rifle formula shell or left hand thumb nature contact.

8, rifle formula recreation input equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that also comprising a pause device, this pause device has two states-normal condition and halted state, when this device is in normal condition, the signal that described optical navigator produces is normally controlled recreation, when this device was in halted state, the signal that described optical navigator produces stopped the control recreation.

9, rifle formula as claimed in claim 1 recreation input equipment, it is characterized in that also comprising can be by the shaking device of games control, and this shaking device can be built-in, patch or plug-in, recoil and vibratory sensation when being used to simulate true rifle shooting.

10, rifle formula recreation input equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that described game host is PC or home video games machine or large amusement machine or any known equipment that can move first person shooting game, described communication interface is USB interface or any known communication interface that can be used for this input equipment.