JP2002113258A - Endless belt game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect the position of a movable body on an endless belt without specially processing the no end belt in an endless belt game device. SOLUTION: A circuital means 25 for rotating an endless belt 20, a vertical direction movement means 30 and a horizontal direction movement means 40 for moving in vertical and horizontal directions, respectively, a induction body 50 on which a movable body 55 moving on the endless belt 20 adsorbs are included. A rotation distance detecting means 61 detects the working of the rotation means 25 and the rotation distance of the endless belt. A vertical position detecting means 62 detects the working of a vertical direction movement means 30 and the vertical position of the movable body 55. A vertical coordinates analysis means 64 analyzes the vertical coordinates on the endless belt 20 from the rotation distance and vertical position. A horizontal position detecting means 63 detects the working of horizontal direction movement means 40 and the horizontal position of the movable body 55 which is the horizontal coordinates on the endless belt 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine in which a player operates a moving body placed on an endless belt.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been provided a game machine in which a moving body imitating a shape of an automobile or the like is placed on an endless belt and operated by a player. In such a gaming device,
During the progress of the game, it is necessary to detect the position of the moving body on the endless belt.

[0003] For example, holes are made at regular intervals on the edge of the endless belt, and the holes are counted by an optical sensor.
Detecting the distance from the zero point has been performed. In some cases, a special processing such as a protrusion or a reflection mark is applied to the surface of the endless belt, and some action (for example, counting of points or the like) occurs by detecting the processing with a moving body.

[0004]

In the method of detecting the position of a moving body as described above, it is necessary to process holes, protrusions, reflection marks, and the like on the endless belt itself as described above. In particular, in the method in which a hole is provided at the edge of the endless belt, it is impossible to know where the moving body is actually located on the endless belt, even though it is known how much the endless belt has rotated from the origin.

In the case where special processing is performed on the surface of the endless belt, the position of the moving body is known, but it is necessary to mount a detector on the moving body. When a plurality of actions for recognizing the special processing are prepared, the same number of the special processing must be prepared. Further, in this case, the detector also needs means for determining the type of the special processing.

The invention according to claims 1, 2 and 3 of the present invention makes it possible to detect the position of a moving body on an endless belt without performing special processing on the endless belt in an endless belt game machine. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is characterized in that an endless belt 20 that rotates around and a back side of the endless belt 20 are located. A derivative 50 having a magnetic attraction means 51 and movable by a player's operation, and a moving body 55 having a magnetic attraction means 56 located on the surface side of the endless belt 20. The attracting means 56 of the moving body 55 is formed so as to magnetically attract the attracting means 51 of the derivative 50 via the endless belt 20, and the derivative 50 is formed on the surface of the endless belt 20 during the game. An endless belt gaming device 10 formed so as to be movable by a player's operation within a predetermined movement range 23 within a game range 22 that is a range that can be visually recognized by the player, Vertical direction to move derivative 50 vertically A moving means 30, a horizontal moving means 40 for moving the derivative 50 in the horizontal direction within the moving range 23, and a vertical movement of the moving body 55 in the moving range 23 by detecting the operation of the vertical moving means 30; A vertical position detecting means 62 for detecting a position in the direction, a horizontal position detecting means 63 for detecting an operation of the horizontal moving means 40 and detecting a horizontal position of the moving body 55 in the moving range 23,
Circumferential rotation means 25 for orbiting the endless belt 20, Circumferential rotation distance detection means 61 for detecting the operation of the perimeter rotation means 25 and detecting the perimeter rotation distance of the endless belt 20, and the vertical position detection means 62 And ordinate analysis means for analyzing the ordinate on the endless belt 20 from the detection results of the circumferential rotation distance detection means 61 and
64, the analysis result of the ordinate analysis means 64 and the detection result of the horizontal position detection means 63 can be obtained as position information as the ordinate and the abscissa on the endless belt 20 of the moving body 55, respectively. It is characterized by being.

[0008] The "endless belt game device" is a player operating the moving body 55 on the endless belt 20 that rotates.
This refers to a gaming device that makes a player feel as if the moving body 55 moves on the stationary endless belt 20 in the opposite direction to the circumferential rotation. Endless belt game machine 10 according to the present invention
Then, for example, on the endless belt 20, there is a course 21
Is drawn, and the moving body 55 can be formed in a shape imitating an automobile. Then, by moving the endless belt 20 circumferentially so that the upper surface thereof moves from the back side to the front side with respect to the player, the moving body 55 travels the course 21 on the endless belt 20 toward the back side. Such a game is possible in the endless belt game device 10 according to the present invention.

The "longitudinal" direction in the present invention refers to a direction along the circumferential rotation direction of the endless belt 20. Also,
The “lateral” direction refers to a direction along the width of the endless belt 20. Further, the “front surface” of the endless belt 20 refers to a surface that can be visually recognized by a player during a game, and the “back surface” refers to a surface on the opposite side. Magnets having different polarities are used as the "suction means" and the "suction means". That is, the player:
By manipulating the derivative 50 with the suction means 51,
The movement of the moving body 55 having the suction means 56 for magnetically attracting the suction means 51 is indirectly operated.

The "game range" refers to a range of the surface of the endless belt 20 that can be visually recognized by a player during a game. The game area 22 is usually covered with a transparent top plate 14 such as a glass plate or an acrylic plate. The “moving range” refers to a range within which the moving body 55 can move within the game range 22. In other words, it means a range in which the moving body 55 can exist as long as the adsorption with the derivative 50 does not come off.

The "vertical moving means" is means for moving the derivative 50 in the vertical direction of the moving range 23 by the power of a motor or the like. This power must be able to move the derivative 50 in both forward and reverse directions. For example, a motor capable of normal and reverse rotation can be used as this power. "Vertical position detecting means" means means for converting the operation of the vertical moving means 30 into a vertical position of the moving body 55. For example, when using a pulse motor as the power of the vertical moving means 30, the number of pulses related to the forward rotation is a positive value, and the number of pulses related to the reverse rotation is a negative value, The number of pulses during the operation of the vertical moving means 30 is accumulated. Then, by setting the vertical distance with respect to the number of pulses in advance, the vertical position is obtained from the detected number of pulses.

For example, assuming that the origin is distance 0 and the initial position is distance 0, the moving body 55 moves vertically from this initial position by a distance p.
When the number of pulses required for the moving body 55 to move the distance p is a, the forward rotation is a positive value, and the backward rotation is a negative value. The vertical position y of the moving body 55 with respect to the detected pulse number b
Is given by y = p (b / a). That is, the possible range of b is 0 ≦ b ≦ a, so the possible range of y is 0 ≦ y ≦ p. Note that the above calculation can be executed by the CPU 60 that controls the game of the endless belt game device 10.

The "lateral moving means" is means for moving the derivative 50 in the lateral direction of the moving range 23 by the power of a motor or the like. This power must be able to move the derivative 50 in both forward and reverse directions. For example, a motor capable of normal and reverse rotation can be used as this power. The "lateral position detecting means" means a means for converting the operation of the lateral moving means 40 into a lateral position of the moving body 55. For example, when a pulse motor is used as the power of the lateral movement means 40, the number of pulses related to forward rotation is a positive value, and the number of pulses related to reverse rotation is a negative value. The number of pulses during the operation of the lateral movement means 40 is accumulated. Then, by setting the horizontal distance with respect to the number of pulses in advance, the horizontal position is obtained from the detected number of pulses.

For example, assuming that the origin is distance 0 and the initial position is distance (q / 2), the moving body 55 can move laterally from the initial position to the origin to the left and to the right to the distance q. When the number of pulses required for the moving body 55 to move the distance q is s, when the rightward rotation is a positive value and the leftward rotation is a negative value, the detected pulse number t The horizontal position x of the moving body 55 with respect to is given by x = q ((s + 2t) / 2s). That is, since the range that t can take is -s / 2 ≦ t ≦ s / 2, the range that x can take is 0 ≦ x ≦ q. Note that the above calculation can be executed by the CPU 60 that controls the game of the endless belt game device 10.

As the "circumferential rotation means", for example, two pulleys or drums (hereinafter referred to as "pulleys") having a rotation axis along the width direction of the endless belt 20 can be used. However, one of these pulleys and the like is formed so as to be rotated by a motor. And an endless belt between these pulleys
The endless belt 20 can be rotated by rotating the above motor by applying an appropriate tension to the endless belt 20. In addition, if one or more pulleys are provided in addition to the two pulleys, a longer endless belt 20 can be used, and the tension of the endless belt 20 can be maintained. Becomes

The "circumferential rotation distance detecting means" is means for converting the operation of the perimeter rotation means 25 into the perimeter rotation distance of the endless belt 20. For example, when the circumferential rotation means 25 is configured as described above, it can be converted into a circumferential rotation distance by means of a rotation angle detecting means such as a pulley as follows. That is, assuming that the distance of one rotation of the endless belt 20 is r and the rotation angle of the pulley or the like required for one rotation of the endless belt 20 is θ, the rotation angle α of the pulley or the like relative to the rotation angle α of the endless belt 20 from a predetermined origin is determined. Circumference rotation distance k
Is given by k = r (α / θ). However, when the detected α is a value equal to or larger than θ, the above k is obtained again as α by dividing a remainder obtained by dividing α by θ.

When a pulse motor is used as the motor of the circumferential rotation means 25, the circumferential rotation distance can be obtained in the same manner as described above by measuring the number of pulses related to the operation. That is, assuming that the distance of one rotation of the endless belt 20 is r and the number of pulses required for one rotation of the endless belt 20 is n, the rotation distance k of the endless belt 20 from a predetermined origin with respect to the number of pulses m is k = r (m / n). However, if the detected m is a value equal to or greater than n, the above-mentioned k is determined as a remainder obtained by dividing m by n.

The above calculations are performed in an endless belt game machine.
The CPU 60 that controls ten games can be executed. The “ordinate coordinate analysis unit” is configured to calculate the ordinate on the endless belt 20 of the moving body 55 based on the vertical position obtained by the vertical position detection unit 62 and the circumferential rotation distance obtained by the circumferential rotation distance detection unit 61. Means.

For example, according to the above example, an endless belt
Since the distance of one rotation of 20 is r, the ordinate z of the moving body 55 takes a value in the range of 0 ≦ z <r. And the endless belt 20
When the origin of the vertical movement means 30 is made to coincide with the initial position of the vertical movement means 30, the ordinate z is given by z = k + y. However, if the above (k + y) exceeds r, the value obtained by subtracting r from (k + y) shall be z. Note that this calculation can be executed by the CPU 60 that controls the game of the endless belt game device 10.

The ordinate obtained by the ordinate analyzing means 64 and the horizontal position obtained by the horizontal position detecting means 63 become the ordinate and the abscissa on the endless belt 20, respectively. The ordinate and abscissa are used as position information in the game. That is, the position of the moving body 55 within the moving range 23 can be specified by the vertical moving means 30 and the horizontal moving means 40, but the circumferential rotation distance of the endless belt 20 cannot be determined by these means. On the other hand, the circumferential rotation distance of the endless belt 20 can be specified by the circumferential rotation distance detecting means 61, but it is not known where the moving body 55 is located within the movement range 23. Therefore, in the present invention, the position of the moving body 55 on the endless belt 20 can be specified by superimposing the circumferential rotation distance and the position in the movement range 23.

The horizontal position detected by the horizontal position detecting means 63 may be used as the horizontal coordinate on the endless belt 20 without any special conversion. It may be converted to the abscissa as the origin. In addition, the above-mentioned position information does not necessarily have to be a value converted into a distance, but may be replaced with a distance by a pulse value itself of a pulse motor, for example. However, when the actual distance to the pulse value is different between the circumferential rotation means 25 and the vertical movement means 30, it is necessary to convert one pulse value to the other pulse value and unify both.

(Claim 2) A second aspect of the present invention.
The described invention is characterized in that, in addition to the features of the invention described in claim 1, a game information storage unit 71 that stores game information corresponding to the position information, and the game information storage unit based on the position information.
Game information acquisition means 66 for acquiring the corresponding game information from 71
And a game effect based on the game information obtained by the game information obtaining means 66 is provided.

The "game information" refers to game information on the endless belt 20 associated with position information. As this information, for example, there is information on a game effect such as the rotation of the endless belt 20 being temporarily stopped when passing through a predetermined position, or a specific sound being emitted from a speaker. "Gaming information storage means" refers to means for physically storing the game information. For example, RO
Storage means such as M70 can be used for the game information storage means 71.

The "game information acquisition means" refers to means for extracting the relevant game information from the position information of the moving body 55 by referring to the game information storage means 71. For example, the CPU 60, which controls a game in the endless belt gaming device 10, can execute a predetermined part of the control program to function as the game information acquiring unit 66. (Claim 3) In the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention, in addition to the features of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, game information storage means 71 for storing game information corresponding to the position information.
And game information acquisition means 66 for acquiring corresponding game information from the game information storage means 71 based on the position information, and a game based on the game information acquired by the game information acquisition means 66. The points are added or subtracted.

The "game information" refers to game information on the endless belt 20 associated with position information. As this information, for example, there is information indicating that a predetermined score is given when passing through a predetermined position. "Gaming information storage means" refers to means for physically storing the game information. For example, a storage means such as a ROM 70 can be used as the game information storage means 71.

The "game information obtaining means" refers to means for extracting the relevant game information from the position information of the moving body 55 by referring to the game information storage means 71. For example, the CPU 60, which controls a game in the endless belt gaming device 10, can execute a predetermined part of the control program to function as the game information acquiring unit 66. In the invention according to the present claim, as the game information,
3. The method according to claim 2, which is not limited to the above-mentioned score.
As described in the description of the invention according to the present invention, the present invention may also include those relating to the production of a game arcade.

[0027]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (1) Appearance The endless belt game device 10 according to the present embodiment has an appearance as shown in a left perspective view in FIG.

That is, the upper surface of the housing 11 is lower on the near side, and is inclined toward the side where the player is located. In addition, this upper surface, from the back side to the middle,
It is composed of a small inclined surface 12 with a relatively small inclination and a large inclined surface 13 with a relatively large inclination from the middle to the near side. Most of the small inclined surface 12 is covered with a top plate 14 made of a transparent material, and through the top plate 14, an endless belt 20 located below and an endless belt 20 The moving body 55 mounted on the top and imitating a car is visually recognized. Note that, of the entire endless belt 20, a range visible through the top plate 14 is referred to as a game range 22 (see FIG. 3). Further, of the game range 22, a range in which the moving body 55 can be moved by a player's operation is referred to as a movement range 23 (see FIG. 3). The surface of the endless belt 20 has a course 21
Is drawn. Then, the endless belt 20 flows toward the player in front of the player by a mechanism described later, so that the course 21 changes every moment.

On the other hand, on the large inclined surface 13, a handle 15 and a shift lever 16 are provided. Shift lever 16
Is capable of switching between high speed and low speed. Further, an accelerator pedal 17 is provided at a lower portion of the front surface of the housing 11. (2) Endless Belt The endless belt 20 is located in the housing 11 as shown in the right perspective view of FIG. The endless belt 20 is formed so as to rotate circumferentially while maintaining an appropriate tension by six rollers in the housing 11 having a rotation axis in the left-right direction.

Specifically, among these rollers, the roller provided on the front upper side of the housing 11 is rotated by a belt motor 26 that can rotate forward and reverse. This roller is referred to as a drive roller 27. This belt motor 26
It is constituted by a pulse motor, and a later-described circumferential rotation distance detecting means 61 detects the number of pulses related to the rotation. The circumference of the endless belt 20 is 2000 mm, and the number of pulses required for one rotation is 100.

The housing 11 has a lower front side, an upper rear side,
The four rollers provided on the lower rear side and near the rear middle are referred to as auxiliary rollers 28, 28, 28, 28 without a driving mechanism. Further, a tension roller 29 is provided at a height between the auxiliary rollers 28 provided in the lower back and near the middle of the back, and slightly toward the front, whereby the tension of the endless belt 20 is maintained.

The drive roller 27 is rotated counterclockwise in right side view by the drive mechanism by the forward rotation of the belt motor 26, and the endless belt 20 is rotated in the same direction. Also, due to friction with the endless belt 20 that rotates around,
Each of the auxiliary rollers 28, 28, 28, 28 and the tension roller 29 rotate. The rotation direction of each auxiliary roller 28, 28, 28, 28 is the same as that of the drive roller 27, but only the tension roller 29 rotates in the opposite direction. If the moving body 55 comes off from the derivative 50 due to an accident during the game, the belt motor 26 may be rotated clockwise in the right side view to recover the moving body 55.

The rotation speed of the drive roller 27 can be controlled within a certain range by the operation of the player. That is, when the shift lever 16 is switched at high speed,
Spins faster than at low speeds. Therefore, with the rotation speed of the drive roller 27, the rotation speed of the endless belt 20 also changes. The circumferential rotation means 25 includes the belt motor 26, the driving roller 27, the auxiliary rollers 28, 28, 28, 2
8. The tension roller 29 is used to rotate the endless belt 20 circumferentially.

(3) Derivative FIG. 4 is a side view showing the positional relationship between the derivative 50 and the moving body 55. A portion of the endless belt 20 located on the top plate 14 side is supported by the aluminum plate 18. Immediately below the aluminum plate 18, there is provided a derivative 50 which can be moved forward, backward, left and right by operation of the player. At a plurality of locations on the upper surface of the derivative 50, magnet suction means 51 are provided.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show a moving mechanism of the derivative 50 in a right side view and a front view, respectively. The derivative 50 is moved vertically on the endless belt 20 by the vertical moving means 30. . Further, it is moved left and right on the endless belt 20 by the lateral moving means 40. Specifically, the vertical moving means 30 causes the horizontal moving means 40 to move in the vertical direction together with the derivative 50, and the movable horizontal moving means 40 allows the derivative 50 to move in the horizontal direction.

(3-1) Vertical Moving Means The vertical moving means 30 is configured as shown in FIG. First, a Y belt 32a having both ends fixed is stretched in the front-rear direction on the lower right end side of the endless belt 20.
The Y belt 32a passes between one driving pulley 33a located at the lower right end of the lateral moving means 40 and two auxiliary pulleys 34a, 34a located on both sides of the driving pulley 33a. The driving pulley 33a is provided with a Y motor 3 as a driving mechanism.
Rotate by one.

On the other hand, on the left end side below the endless belt 20,
Y-belt with both ends fixed in the front-rear direction as well as the right end
32b (see FIG. 6). This Y belt 3 on the left
2b, similarly to the Y belt 32a on the right side, the lateral moving means 4b.
0, one drive pulley 33b located at the lower left end, and two auxiliary pulleys 34b located on both sides thereof (only the rear side is shown in FIG. 6).
(Shown in FIG. 2). This left drive pulley
33b is connected to the right drive pulley 33a by a power shaft 37 (see FIG. 6).

The Y motor 31 is constituted by a pulse motor, and can rotate forward and backward. That is, when the player steps on the accelerator pedal 17, the Y motor 31 rotates forward and the drive pulley 33a rotates clockwise in FIG. As a result, the drive pulley 33a moves forward along the Y belt 32a. Conversely, when the player
When the foot is released from 17, the Y motor 31 rotates in the reverse direction, and the drive pulley 33a moves backward along the Y belt 32a.

A front Y limiter 35 and a rear Y limiter 36, which are constituted by contact switches, are provided on the locus of movement of the lateral moving means 40. And Y motor
31 is formed so that when the lateral moving means 40 comes into contact with the front Y limiter 35 or the rear Y limiter 36, the rotation is stopped. As a result, the lateral movement means 40 is moved forward by the front Y limiter.
It is not possible to move forward from 35 and backward from the rear Y limiter 36, and the distance in the front-rear direction of the moving range 23 is defined. The distance from the rear Y limiter 36 to the front Y limiter 35 is 425 mm, and the number of pulses of the Y motor 31 required to move this distance is 500.

That is, when the Y motor 31 rotates, the right driving pulley 33a rotates, and its power rotates the left driving pulley 33b via the power shaft 37.
The driving pulleys 33a and 33b move in the front-rear direction along the Y belts 32a and 32b, respectively, so that the lateral moving means 40 moves from the rear Y limiter 36 to the front Y limiter.
Move forward and backward through the moving range 23 up to 35.

(3-2) Lateral Moving Means The lateral moving means 40 is configured as shown in FIG. First, below the power shaft 37, an X belt 42 having both ends fixed in the left-right direction is stretched. This X belt 42
Is a drive pulley 43 located below the derivative 50.
And two auxiliary pulleys 44, 44 located on both sides thereof. The drive pulley 43 is rotated by an X motor 41 as a drive mechanism.

The X motor 41 is constituted by a pulse motor, and can rotate forward and backward. That is, when the player turns the handle 15 to the right, the X motor 41 rotates forward,
The drive pulley 43 rotates clockwise in FIG. As a result, the drive pulley 43 moves rightward along the X belt 42. Conversely, when the player turns the handle 15 to the left, the X motor 41 rotates in the reverse direction, and the drive pulley 43 moves to the left along the X belt 42.

A right X limiter 45 and a left X limiter 46, which are constituted by contact switches, are provided on the movement locus of the derivative 50. The X motor 41 is formed so as to stop rotating when the derivative 50 contacts the right X limiter 45 or the left X limiter 46. As a result, the derivative 50 cannot move to the right of the right X limiter 45 and to the left of the left X limiter 46, and the movement range 23
Is defined in the left-right direction. The distance from the left X limiter 46 to the right X limiter 45 is 3
X motor 41 required to move this distance at 32mm
Are 196 pulses.

That is, when the X motor 41 rotates, the drive pulley 43 rotates. The drive pulley 43 moves in the left and right direction along the X belt 42 so that the derivative 50 moves from the left X limiter 46 to the right X limiter.
Move the moving range 23 up to 45 left and right. (4) Moving Body Magnet attracting means 56 is provided at a plurality of locations on the lower surface of the moving body 55 placed on the upper surface of the endless belt 20 (see FIG. 4). The suction means 56 and the suction means 51 of the above-described derivative 50 are provided at positions corresponding to each other. Thus, the derivative 50 and the moving body 55 mutually attract magnetic force via the endless belt 20 and the aluminum plate 18. Therefore, the moving body 55 can move back and forth and right and left within the moving range 23 with the movement of the derivative 50 described above.

(5) Functional Block FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functions relating to analysis of position information on the endless belt 20 in the present embodiment. By executing the control program stored in the ROM 70, the CPU 60 executes the following circumferential rotation distance detection means 61, vertical position detection means 62, horizontal position detection means 63, ordinate analysis means 64,
It plays the role of abscissa analysis means 65 and game information acquisition means 66.

As described above, the endless belt 20 is
To rotate around. Then, the number of pulses of the belt motor 26 in the peripheral rotation means 25 is counted by the peripheral rotation distance detection means 61. Here, in the present embodiment, the initial value of the pulse number of the belt motor 26 at the start of the game is 0. Then, as long as the belt motor 26 continues to rotate, the number of pulses associated with the rotation continues to be added.

The horizontal moving means 40 is moved back and forth by the vertical moving means 30 as described above. The number of pulses of the Y motor 31 in the vertical moving means 30 is counted by the vertical position detecting means 62. Here, in the present embodiment, at the start of the game, since the moving body 55 is located at the center of the belt width, the initial value of the number of pulses of the Y motor 31 is 98 (that is, 196/2 = 98). It has become. Then, the forward rotation pulse of the Y motor 31 is added as a positive value and the reverse rotation pulse is added as a negative value with respect to the initial value. However, since the movement of the lateral moving means 40 in the front-rear direction is limited as described above,
The pulse number y of the motor 31 takes an integer value in the range of 0 ≦ y ≦ 195.

As described above, the derivative 50 is connected to the lateral moving means 40.
To move left and right. And, this lateral moving means 40
The number of pulses of the X motor 41 is counted by the lateral position detecting means 63. Here, in the present embodiment, the initial value of the number of pulses of the X motor 41 at the start of the game is 0.
It has become. And, for this initial value, X motor
The forward rotation pulse 41 is added as a positive value, and the reverse rotation pulse is added as a negative value. However, since the movement of the derivative 50 in the left-right direction is limited as described above, the pulse number x of the X motor 41 takes an integer value in the range of 0 ≦ x ≦ 499.

The ordinate analyzing means 64 converts the number of pulses of the Y motor 31 counted by the longitudinal position detecting means 62 into the number of pulses of the belt motor 26. Then, the ordinate of the moving body 55 on the endless belt 20 is derived in accordance with the number of pulses of the belt motor 26 counted by the circumferential rotation distance detecting means 61. That is, the pulse number 500 of the Y motor 31 is equivalent to 425 mm on the endless belt 20, and the pulse number 100 of the belt motor 26 is 2000 mm on the endless belt 20.
Therefore, the number of pulses y of the Y motor 31 counted by the vertical position detecting means 62 as described above is 425 (mm) / (2000 (mm) / 100 ( Pulse)) * (y (pulse) / 500 (pulse)) = 0.O425y (pulse).

That is, the ordinate analyzing means 64 derives the ordinate in the following procedure. Multiply the pulse number y of the Y motor 31 by 0.0425. Truncate below the decimal point from the value obtained above. The value obtained above is added to the pulse number of the belt motor 26. The remainder obtained by dividing the value obtained above by 100 is defined as the ordinate.

The reason why the decimal point is discarded at the above stage is to round the number to the pulse number of the belt motor 26 finally. In addition, the reason for dividing by 100 in the above stage is to take into consideration the case where the endless belt 20 has made one or more rounds. Therefore, the ordinate takes one of integer values from 0 to 99. Abscissa analysis means
Reference numeral 65 derives the abscissa on the endless belt 20 of the moving body 55 from the number of pulses of the X motor 41 counted by the lateral position detecting means 63. Here, the abscissa on the endless belt 20 is divided into a total of 32 sections from 0 to 31 on the game data stored in the ROM 70 described later. That is, X
Since the number of pulses 196 of the motor 41 corresponds to 32 sections on the endless belt 20, the number of pulses x of the X motor 41 counted by the lateral position detecting means 63 as described above is expressed as x (pulses) ) / 196 (pulse) * 32.

That is, the abscissa analyzing means 65 derives the abscissa in the following procedure. The number of pulses x of the X motor 41 is divided by 196. Multiply the value obtained above by 32. The abscissa is the value obtained by rounding down the decimals from the value obtained above. Here, the minimum value of x is 0 and the maximum value is 195 as described above.
Therefore, the abscissa takes one of integer values from 0 to 31.

The ROM 70 stores a control program executed by the CPU 60 and game data necessary for the control process. As shown schematically in FIG. 7, of the game data, game information corresponding to position information which is a combination of the ordinate and the abscissa is stored in the game information storage means 71 provided in the ROM 70. I have. That is, the ordinate is divided into a total of 100 sections from 0 to 99. This is equal to the number of pulses of the belt motor 26 required for one rotation of the endless belt 20. On the other hand, the abscissa is
It is divided into a total of 32 sections from 0 to 31. This is converted from the number of pulses of the X motor 41 as described above.

Therefore, the game information is 100 vertical sections,
It is defined for every 3200 sections of 32 sections horizontally.
For example, position information having an abscissa of 30 and an ordinate of 50 (hereinafter, expressed as (30,50)) includes "R (abbreviation of" road ")", that is, Game information indicating that the player is on the course 21 is assigned. Similarly, the position information of (1, 4) includes “D (for“ dirt ”)”, that is,
55 is assigned game information indicating that it is out of the regular course 21. In addition, the location information of (16,49) includes “C
(Abbreviation of “crash”) ”, that is, game information indicating that the moving body 55 collides with an obstacle. Furthermore,
“P (short for“ point ”)”, that is, game information indicating that a predetermined score is to be added, is assigned to the position information of (16, 2). In addition to this, it is possible to assign game information on various effects such as generation of a predetermined sound to each position information.

The game information obtaining means 66 obtains the game information corresponding to the position information obtained as described above from the game information storage means 71. Then, in the endless belt gaming device 10, an effect is made according to the game information. For example, when the corresponding game information is the above “P”,
Points are to be added. In addition, when the corresponding game information is the above “R”, a normal running sound is generated from a speaker (not shown), and in the case of the above “D”, the running sound is like running on a gravel road. Is to occur. Further, when the corresponding game information is “C”, a collision sound is generated from the speaker.

(6) Others In the above embodiment, the game information corresponds to the number of pulses. However, the game information may correspond to the actual distance on the endless belt 20 converted from the number of pulses. Good. Further, in the above embodiment, the number of pulses detected by the abscissa position detection unit 63 has been converted to the abscissa by the abscissa analysis unit 65, but without providing such abscissa analysis unit 65, The number of pulses detected by the horizontal position detecting means 63 may be handled as the horizontal coordinate as it is.

[0057]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. That is, according to the description of the invention of claims 1, 2 and 3 of the present invention, in the endless belt game machine, it is possible to detect the position of the moving body on the endless belt without performing special processing on the endless belt. Become.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram relating to derivation of ordinate and abscissa in an endless belt game device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an upper left perspective view showing an external appearance of an endless belt game device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a right upper perspective view showing a drive mechanism of the endless belt in the endless belt game device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a positional relationship between a derivative and a moving body in the endless belt game device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a right side view showing a drive mechanism in a front-rear direction of the derivative in the endless belt game device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a left-right driving mechanism of the derivative in the endless belt game device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 schematically shows a relationship between ordinates and abscissas and game information in the endless belt game device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Endless belt gaming device 11 Housing 12 Small inclined surface 13 Large inclined surface 14 Top plate 15 Handle 16 Shift lever 17 Accelerator pedal 18 Aluminum plate 20 Endless belt 21 Course 22 Game range 23 Moving range 25 Circular rotation means 26 Belt motor 27 Drive Roller 28 Auxiliary roller 29 Tension roller 30 Vertical movement means 31 Y motor 32a, 32b Y belt 33a, 33b, 43 Driving pulley 34a, 34b, 44 Auxiliary pulley 35 Front Y limiter 36 Rear Y limiter 37 Power shaft 40 Lateral movement means 41 X motor 42 X belt 45 Right X limiter 46 Left X limiter 50 Derivative 51 Suction means 55 Moving body 56 Suction means 60 CPU 61 Circumferential rotation distance detection means 62 Vertical position detection means 63 Horizontal position detection means 64 Vertical coordinate analysis means 65 Horizontal Coordinate analysis means 66 Game information acquisition means 70 ROM 71 Game information storage means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An endless belt that rotates circumferentially; a derivative located on the back side of the endless belt, having a suction means by magnetic force, and formed so as to be movable by a player's operation; A moving body that is located on the front surface side and has a magnetic attraction means, wherein the moving body attraction means is formed so as to magnetically attract to the derivative attraction means via the endless belt; An endless belt game device formed on the endless belt surface so as to be movable by a player within a predetermined movement range within a game range which is a range that can be visually recognized by a player during a game, Vertical moving means for vertically moving the derivative within a moving range; lateral moving means for horizontally moving the derivative within the moving range; and the vertical moving hand. Vertical position detecting means for detecting the operation of the moving body in the vertical direction in the moving range, and detecting the operation of the horizontal moving means in the horizontal direction for the moving body in the moving range. , A circumferential rotation means for rotating the endless belt, a circumferential rotation distance detecting means for detecting an operation of the circumferential rotation means and detecting a circumferential rotation distance of the endless belt, Ordinate analysis means for analyzing the ordinate on the endless belt from both the detection results of the position detection means and the circumferential rotation distance detection means, the analysis results of the ordinate analysis means and the detection results of the horizontal position detection means Endless belt gaming device, wherein the position information of the moving object on the endless belt can be obtained as ordinate and abscissa, respectively. 2. A game information storage means for storing game information corresponding to the position information, and a game information acquisition means for acquiring corresponding game information from the game information storage means based on the position information, 2. A game effect based on game information acquired by said game information acquisition means.
An endless belt game device according to the above. 3. A game information storage means for storing game information corresponding to the position information, and a game information acquisition means for acquiring corresponding game information from the game information storage means based on the position information, The endless belt game device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a game score is added or subtracted based on the game information acquired by the game information acquisition means.