JP2000250396A - Face mask supporting device in moving body sensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a face mask supporting device in a moving body sensing device that the face mask can move according to the movement of a head part of a passenger irrespectively of the size of the head part of the user (passenger), and a shock to the head part can be relaxed. SOLUTION: Relating to this face mask supporting device, a face mask 43 is mounted on a face mask mount bar 52 via an elastic member 5520, in a bodily sensation simulation device comprising a mover device transmitting various motions to a user, coupling members (a strut 6, a turning arm 51, etc.), coupled to the mover device 3, a face mask mount bar 52 coupled to the coupling members, and a face mask 43 where a video device 41 and a sound device 42 are arranged at predetermined positions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a head for moving a user's head in a face mask due to a motion generated by an actuating device. The present invention relates to a support device for a video device in a moving body sensation device that can reduce the impact on the video device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Dynamic body sensation devices include full-scale training simulation devices for mastering the operation of vehicles such as aircraft and vehicles, as well as game consoles and other game arcades where users can enjoy operations of vehicles and the like. There is a physical simulation device. Since the latter is the most widespread one, this bodily sensation simulation apparatus will be described below, and its configuration and structure will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a conventional sensation simulation apparatus. Reference numeral 1 indicates a bodily sensation simulation device as a whole. Such a bodily sensation simulation apparatus 1 is usually assembled around a chair 2, which is composed of a bucket-type seat plate 21 and a backrest 22, and is moved below the chair 2. An audiovisual device 4 is disposed above the device 3,
Although not shown, the driving device 3 and the audiovisual device 4 are controlled by a system controller provided outside.

The actuating device 3 has a function of generating motions such as rolling, pitching, heaving, and vibration to roll, pitch, heave, and vibrate the chair 2.

The audio-visual device 4 comprises a video device 41 and an audio device 42. In the example shown in the figure, the audio-visual device 4 is incorporated in a full-face type face mask 43.
1 is, for example, a goggle type liquid crystal display capable of projecting a three-dimensional realistic image, and a passenger (user)
When D wears the face mask 43, it is arranged and fixed at the eye level in front of the face mask 43, and the audio device 42 can emit stereo sound that matches the image. It consists of a speaker and is arranged and fixed at the level of the ears on both sides of the face mask 43.

[0006] The face mask 43 is a main support device (not shown) constituting a skeleton of the chair 2 via a support device 5.
It is attached to a pair of left and right supports 6 by a structure that can rotate. The support device 5 has a horizontal bearing 61 which is slightly longer than the shoulder so that the face mask 43 can be flipped to an upper position as shown by a two-dot chain line. A pair of left and right rotating arms 51 and base ends 521 are fixed diagonally downward to the distal ends of these rotating arms 51, respectively.
A pair of left and right face mask mount bars 52 that are bent in the shape of a triangle and extend almost to the position of the chin of the occupant D;
The face mask mount bar 52 from these bent portions
And a mounting plate 53 fixed substantially in a vertical state to the front end of the face mask 43 in which the acoustic device 42 is incorporated. It is directly attached to and fixed to the mask mount bar 52. Also, one face mask mount bar 52,
In the illustrated example, a lever 54 is attached above the tip of the face mask mount bar 52 on the left side of the occupant D.

The pair of columns 6 are connected to a fixed frame (not shown) constituting a seat plate 21 and a backrest 22 of the chair 2, extend upward from the backrest 22, and can expand and contract in a vertical direction indicated by an arrow Z. It consists of a mechanism. The base ends of a pair of left and right rotation arms 51 of the support device 5 are rotatably mounted on both ends of a bearing 61 horizontally mounted on the upper ends of the pair of columns 6. These struts 6 are connected to wires (not shown) connected to the base end of the lever 54 so that the occupant D can move the lever 54 and the face mask mounting bar 5
By gripping the grip portion 5221 formed at the tip portion 522 of the second member 2 and raising and lowering the grip portion 522, the height of the column 6 in the vertical direction can be easily adjusted with a small force. . Since the means for supporting and moving the face mask 43 in the vertical direction is not a main part of the present invention, the detailed structure and configuration thereof are omitted in the present application, but the present inventor invented the present invention and Is 1998
Patent application filed on January 16 (Japanese Patent Application No. 10-32474)
9 "Audiovisual Equipment") for details.

Accordingly, the face mask 43 is mounted on the bearing 61.
The center of the face mask mount bar 52 is flipped upward in the direction of the arrow R in the direction of arrow R from the normal use position in the substantially horizontal state shown in FIG. Or rotate to the flipping position when getting off,
Supported. The size of the face mask 43 is formed to the size of the largest expected head of the occupant D who will wear it.

In the bodily sensation simulation apparatus 1 having such a configuration, a video signal such as a scene of a vehicle and its surroundings is supplied from a system controller (not shown) to the video device 41 and is projected on a display of the video device 41 so as to match the video. The sound effect is supplied to the sound device 42, and the motion signal corresponding to the image and the sound is transmitted to the driving device 3.
It is configured to be supplied to and controlled by.

[0010] When the passenger D wants to enjoy maneuvering or the like while riding on the bodily sensation simulation apparatus 1 configured as described above, first, the caregiver must use the face mask mount bar 5.
After the face mask 43 is flipped up to the flip-up position by holding the passenger 2, the occupant D is seated on the chair 2 and after confirming that the passenger is seated in a predetermined posture, the assistant is at the flip-up position. The face mask 43 is positioned at the use position with the face mask mount bar 52, that is, the image device 41 is at the eye level of the occupant D, and the sound device 42 is at the ear level of the occupant D. Lower it. Thereafter, the power is turned on by pressing a start button (not shown), and as described above, the image is sent to the image device 41 and the sound effect is sent to the sound device 42 under the control of the computer in the system control. Further, a motion matching the video and the sound effect is applied to the chair 2 by the driving device 3, and the motion is transmitted to the seated occupant D via the chair 2. An example of a bodily sensation simulation device equipped with such an audiovisual device is invented by the present inventor, and filed by the applicant on Nov. 18, 1997 in Japanese Patent Application No. 9-31.
Since it is described in detail in No. 7328 “Visual device”,
Here, the detailed description is omitted.

[0011]

As described above, the occupant D rides on the bodily sensation simulation apparatus 1 and wears the face mask 43, so that his / her image, sound effect and motion can be sensed in a realistic manner. However,
As described above, the size of the face mask 43 is formed to the size of the largest head of the occupant D who will wear it, and the face mask 43 is fixed to the face mask mounting bar 52. Therefore, depending on the size of the head of the occupant D, the head cannot follow the motion applied to the chair 2 from the actuation device 3, particularly, the motion swaying right and left, and the shaking is small on the seat plate 21. Also, the face mask 43 swings largely left and right, and in some cases, the inner surface of the face mask 43 hits the head, or conversely, the slight shaking of the seat plate 21 causes the head of the occupant D to shake greatly. It is possible that the impact may hit the inner surface of the face mask 43 and impact the occupant D's head.
In particular, since the bodily sensation simulation device 1 installed in a game arcade such as a game center is used regardless of age or gender, it is important that strict safety is ensured.

The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and the face mask responds to the movement of the occupant's head regardless of the size of the occupant's (user's) head. It is an object of the present invention to provide a face mask support device in a moving body sensation device that can reduce movement and impact on the head.

[0013]

Accordingly, in the face mask supporting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, an actuation for transmitting at least one motion of rolling, pitching, heaving, and vibration to a user. Device, a connecting member connected to the actuating device, a face mask mount member connected to the connecting member, and a face in which an image device and / or an audio device is arranged at a predetermined position by the face mask mount member. In a moving body sensation device including a mask, the above-mentioned problem is solved by attaching the face mask to the face mask mount member via an elastic member.
Further, in the face mask supporting device according to the present invention described in claim 2, in the face mask supporting device according to claim 1, the elastic member is configured by a disk-shaped or cylindrical-structured component. The above problem is solved more effectively.

Therefore, according to the face mask support device in the moving body sensation device according to the first aspect, when the occupant's head hits the inner surface of the face mask, the elastic member moves in a direction pressed by the hit. Since the face mask is deformed and can move on the face mask mounting bar member, the impact on the head can be reduced.
Further, according to the face mask support device in the moving body sensation device according to the second aspect, since the elastic member has a disk-like or cylindrical structure, it responds favorably to an impact applied from all angles of 360 degrees and vertical directions. As a result, any impact applied to the head can be further reduced.

[0015]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a face mask supporting device in a moving body sensation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following embodiment, a bodily sensation simulation device to which a face mask device is attached will be described as an example.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bodily sensation simulation apparatus provided with a face mask support device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of the face mask support device portion shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the face mask supporting device shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing one elastic member suitable for use in the support device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1A indicates a bodily sensation simulation apparatus including a face mask support device (hereinafter simply referred to as “support device”) of the embodiment of the present invention as a whole. This sensation simulation device 1A also
Similar to the bodily sensation simulation apparatus 1 of the related art, the apparatus is mainly configured with a chair 2 including a bucket-type seat plate 21 and a backrest 22, and an actuating device 3 is provided below the chair 2. An audiovisual device 4 supported by the support device 5A according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided above the chair 2. The structure, structure and function of the chair 2, the actuating device 3, the audio-visual device 4, and the support mechanism for supporting the audio-visual device 4 with the support column 6 and moving the same in the vertical direction are the same as those in the prior art bodily sensation simulation device 1. Therefore, the same structures and components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The supporting device 5A according to the embodiment of the present invention has a pair of slightly longer shoulders than the horizontal bearing 61 so that the face mask 43 can be flipped to the upper position shown by the two-dot chain line as described above. A pair of left and right rotating arms 51 pivotally supported at both left and right ends of the bearing 61, and a base end portion 521 fixed diagonally downward to the distal ends of these rotating arms 51, respectively. And a pair of left and right face mask mount bars 52 extending substantially to the position of the chin of the occupant D, and a support member 55 attached to the distal end portion 522 of the face mask mount bar 52 from these bent portions. It is composed of

The support member 55 includes a lower support plate 5510 fixed to a lower portion of the front end portion 522 of the face mask mount bar 52 in a substantially horizontal state, and a lower support plate 5510.
An elastic member 5520 mounted on the 510, a horizontal plate 5531 parallel to the lower support plate 5510, and a vertical plate 5532 bent substantially perpendicularly from the inner edge of the horizontal plate 5531 on the elastic member 5520. And an L-shaped upper support plate 5530 formed. In addition, through holes are formed in the lower support plate 5510 and the upper support plate 5530 at predetermined plural positions at the same position.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the elastic member 5520.
Can be used. That is, this elastic member 5520 sandwiches a rubber disk-shaped elastic member 5521 having a predetermined thickness between metal disks 5522 and 5523 which are parallel to each other from above and below, and a male screw 5524 for mounting is vertically attached to the center of these. It is of a structure that is attached in a penetrating state.

Such an elastic member 5520 is provided in the lower support plate 5510 fixed to the lower portion of the tip end portion 522 of the face mask mount bar 52, in the illustrated example, in two through holes, and below the elastic member 5520. Insert the projecting external threads 5524, respectively, and insert the external threads 5524 above the disk 5522 of their elastic members 5520,
The upper support plate 5530 is inserted into two through holes formed in the horizontal plate 5531 of the upper support plate 5530, respectively.
30 and the upper support plate 5530 and the elastic member 552
0 is fixed to the lower support plate 5510 with a plurality of bolts B. The face mask 43 is fixed to the side surfaces of the vertical plate 5532 of the left and right upper support plates 5530 fixed with screws or the like.

The supporting device 5A according to the embodiment of the present invention has a structure in which the face mask 43 is elastically fixed to the face mask mount bar 52 via the elastic member 5520 as described above. The elasticity and size of the elastic member 5520 depend on the magnitude of motion of the chair 2 of the bodily sensation simulation device, particularly the magnitude of right and left swing, and depending on the magnitude of the motion, the material, area, thickness, and structure are changed. It will be selected. The elastic member 5520 shown in FIG. 4 has a disc structure, but may have a cylindrical structure. Also, the chair 2 of the bodily sensation simulation device is up and down,
Left and right, front and back, since these motions such as diagonal directions are generated by being mixed intricately, it is desirable to be a disk-shaped or cylindrical structure parts, by using a part of such a shape, It can cope well with impacts applied from all angles of 360 degrees and vertical directions.

According to the supporting apparatus 5A of the embodiment of the present invention having such a structure, the occupant D gets on the sensation simulation apparatus 1A, wears the face mask 43, and displays the image and sound effect. Also, even if the head of the occupant D shakes greatly while experiencing the motion, if the head hits the inner surface of the face mask 43 worn by the head,
The elastic member 5520 is deformed in the pressed direction, and the face mask 43 can move on the face mask mount bar 52. Therefore, any impact applied to the head can be sufficiently reduced.

In FIG. 2, the parts denoted by reference numeral 54 are the same as the levers 54 in the prior art, and in this example shown in FIG. The mounting member 554 is attached to the support member 553 which is obliquely bridged between the base end portion 521 and the distal end portion 522 which are bent inward, and is inclined above the face mask mount bar 52 using the mounting member 554. One end of the pulling wire W is bound to the lever 54, and the other end is turned around the outer periphery of the bearing 61 and is incorporated in the backrest 22. It is bound to a gas actuator (not shown) that assists movement. For details, refer to the patent application described in the section of [Prior Art].

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the face mask support device in the moving body sensation device of the embodiment of the present invention, the wearer wears the head irrespective of the size of the head of the occupant (user). The face mask moves in accordance with the movement of the occupant's head, so that the impact on the head can be reduced, and the occupant can enjoy playing such as maneuvering with peace of mind.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bodily sensation simulation apparatus including a face mask support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of a support device of the face mask shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a part of a support device of the face mask shown in FIG. 2 with a part thereof omitted;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing one elastic member suitable for use in a supporting device.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the conventional sensational simulation apparatus shown in a state where a passenger is seated.

[Explanation of symbols]

1A: a bodily sensation simulation device provided with a support device 5A for the face mask 43 according to the embodiment of the present invention; 2, a chair;
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Seat board, 22 ... Backrest, 3 ... Actuating device, 4 ... Audiovisual device, 41 ... Video device, 42 ... Sound device, 43 ... Face mask, 5A ... Face mask support device of the embodiment of the present invention, 51 ... Rotating arm, 52 ... Face mask mount bar, 54 ... Lever, 55 ... Support member, 551
0: Lower support plate, 5520: Elastic member, 5521: Elastic material, 5522, 5523: Disk, 522, 5523 frame, 1320: Sk support device, 5530: Upper support plate, 5532: Vertical plate 5532 of the upper support plate 5530 ,
D: Passenger (user)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Rolling, pitching, heaving,
An actuating device that transmits at least one or more motions of the vibration to a user, a connecting member connected to the actuating device, a face mask mount member connected to the connecting member, and the face mask mount member And a face mask supported on the face mask, wherein the face mask is attached to the face mask mount member via an elastic member. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a component having a disc-like or cylindrical structure.