JP2001276421A - Input device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input device for a new game machine using a musical instrument. SOLUTION: This input device is provided with a plurality of input regions 2 and pressure sensors 5 disposed in individual input regions 2 to detect that the input regions 2 are knocked. When an input region 2 is knocked, a sound different for each input region 2 is generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device of a game machine that emits a sound by an input operation of a player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent game machines, many music games using input devices imitating musical instruments such as guitars and drums have appeared. Most of musical instruments such as guitars and drums used for input devices of these games are well known for their timbre and operation.

[0003]

By the way, there are various types of musical instruments. For example, if folk musical instruments are included, the number is infinite. Many of these instruments produce beautiful sounds or sounds that are rarely heard. If it is an input device of a game machine imitating such a musical instrument, it is possible to provide a unique music game never before, and if the musical instrument is a percussion instrument,
The input method is simple, so anyone can enjoy it.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a novel game machine input device using a musical instrument.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to an input device of a game machine which plays a sound by an input operation of a player, provided in a plurality of input areas, and provided in each of the input areas, wherein the input area is hit. Detection means for detecting that the input area has been hit, and when the input area is hit, a different sound is emitted for each input area.

The present invention is effective when the plurality of input areas are provided on one operation surface. Further, the present invention is effective when the loudness of a sound to be emitted is changed depending on the magnitude of the force hitting the input area.

Furthermore, the present invention is effective when different sounds are simultaneously emitted when a plurality of the input areas are hit at the same time. Furthermore, the present invention is effective when sound suppression means for suppressing a hitting sound when the input area is hit is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the sound suppressing means is a vibration absorber provided at a boundary of the input area.
It is effective.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory plan view showing an input device of a game machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory sectional view thereof.

1 and 2, the input device simulates a steel drum, and an operation unit 1 that a player hits with a stick is formed in a mortar shape. In this example, eight input areas 2 are provided on the surface of the mortar-shaped operation unit 1.
Is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation unit 1 is provided with a top sheet 3. The top sheet 3 displays eight input areas 2 and also displays scale codes. The steel drum is a Latin folk instrument that plays a musical scale when the input area 2 is hit with the stick 7.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operation section 1 has a pressure sensor 5 as a detecting means for each input area 2 at a position corresponding to the input area 2 displayed on the top sheet 3. The pressure sensor 5 is provided on the base member 4. A cushion sheet 6 for protecting the pressure sensor 5 and the topsheet 3 is disposed between the pressure sensor 5 and the topsheet 3. When the input area 2 is hit with the stick 7,
The pressure sensor 5 is turned on, and a signal from the pressure sensor 5
It is configured to be set every time and to play a sound similar to an actual steel drum.

The input device thus configured is provided with a plurality of input areas 2 on the surface of one operation unit 1 and plays different sounds for each of the input areas 2, thereby providing a music game that has not existed in the past. be able to. Further, since detection is performed for each input area 2, different sounds can be emitted simultaneously if two or more points are hit at the same time.

[0013] By the way, in the actual steel drum, the striking sound hit with a stick plays a musical scale, but it is better that the hitting sound hit with a stick is not heard as an input device. The impact sound is suppressed. That is, the cushion sheet 6 protects the pressure sensor 5 and also serves as a sound suppressing unit.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are explanatory plan views showing an input device according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory sectional view thereof. 4 and 5, the input device of the present embodiment also simulates a steel drum, but in the present embodiment, a vibration chamber 10 for each input area 12 is provided in the operation unit 11. The vibration chamber 10 is configured such that a surface plate 13 is arranged at an interval from a base member 14 and partitioned by a vibration absorber 16 according to the input area 12. As shown in FIG. 6, each vibration chamber 10 has a vibration sensor 15 as a detecting means.
Are arranged on the base member 14.

In the input device configured as described above, when the input area 12 is hit with a stick, the vibration sensor 15 detects the vibration of the front plate 13, thereby producing a different sound for each input area 2. The vibration absorber 16 serves as a sound suppressor that absorbs the vibration of the adjacent input area 2 and also absorbs the impact sound of the front plate 13.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show a modification of the input device simulating the above-mentioned steel drum. In this embodiment, the input device is made to resemble a real steel drum playing 29 scales. The internal structure of FIG. 7 is substantially the same as that of FIG. 1 and FIG. 8 is substantially the same as that of the embodiment of FIG. 4.

FIGS. 9 and 10 are explanatory plan views showing an input device according to still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory sectional view thereof. The input device according to the present embodiment simulates a bongo hit by a hand, and has large and small operation units 21 and 22. Each of the operation units 21 and 22 is provided with a central circular input area 23 and a donut-shaped input area 24 around the central input area 23. In the input device of this example, similarly to an actual bongo, the operation units 21 and 22 have different sound qualities, and the input regions 23 and 24 play a sound similar to an actual bongo, with a low tone in the center and a high tone in the periphery. It is set as follows.

As shown in FIG. 11, a pressure sensor 26 as a detecting means is disposed on the base member 25 for each of the input areas 23 and 24 on the operation sections 21 and 22. Covered with sheet 28. Also in this example, as shown in FIG. 12, a vibration sensor 36 can be used in place of the pressure sensor 26 as the detecting means. In this case, the surface plate 38 is used instead of the top sheet 28, and the vibration absorber 3 is used instead of the cushion sheet 27.
7 is used. Reference numeral 30 in FIG. 12 denotes a vibration chamber.

With this configuration, the bongo requires considerable training until a good sound is produced, but any game machine can easily hit the bongo and produce a good sound. In all of the above-described embodiments, since the input is detected by the pressure sensor or the vibration sensor, a loud sound is emitted when the sound is strongly struck at a certain level or higher, and an input sound is generated at a lower level as a low sound. It is also possible to appropriately change the volume of the output sound in accordance with.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be variously modified. In the above embodiment, a steel drum or a bongo is simulated, but the present invention may be any percussion instrument as long as one operation unit has a plurality of input areas, for example, a djembe as shown in FIG. Is also good. In addition, a nonexistent percussion instrument having a plurality of input areas in one operation unit can also be used.

[0021]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, a plurality of input areas are provided in the operation unit, and when input, different sounds are played, so that a unique music game never before provided can be provided. it can.

According to the configuration of the third aspect, the loudness of the sound can be easily changed depending on the struck strength. According to the configuration of the fourth aspect, if a plurality of input areas are input simultaneously, different sounds can be emitted simultaneously.

According to the structure of the fifth and sixth aspects, there is a possibility that the sound actually hit by the player may become noise, and the hitting sound can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory plan view showing an embodiment of an input operation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory sectional view of the input operation device.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a part of the input operation device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view showing another embodiment of the input operation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory sectional view of the input operation device.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the input operation device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory plan view showing a modified example of the input operation device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory plan view showing another modification of the input operation device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory plan view showing still another embodiment of the input operation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory sectional view of the input operation device.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view of a part of the input operation device.

FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the input operation device different from FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a percussion instrument to which the input operation device can be applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,11,21,22 Operation part 2,12,23,24 Input area 5,26 Pressure sensor 6,27 Cushion seat 15,36 Vibration sensor

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input device for a game machine which plays a sound by an input operation of a player, comprising: a plurality of input areas; provided in each of the input areas;
An input device for a game machine, comprising: detecting means for detecting that the input area has been hit, wherein the input area emits a different sound when the input area is hit. 2. The input device for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of input areas are provided on one operation surface. 3. The input device for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein a loudness of a sound to be emitted is changed according to a magnitude of a force hitting the input area. 4. The input device for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein different sounds are emitted simultaneously when a plurality of said input areas are hit at the same time. Input device of the input device. 5. The input device for a game machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a sound suppressing unit that suppresses a hitting sound when the input area is hit. Game machine input device. 6. The input device for a game machine according to claim 5, wherein said sound suppressing means is a vibration absorber provided at a boundary of said input area.