JP2003175271A - Game device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game device for improving the advertising effect by projecting an image of an image projecting part of the game device and utilizing the front surface of the game space as a signboard when the game device is not used. <P>SOLUTION: The game device comprises the game space 3, a prize holding part 5 disposed in the game space 3 freely moved to the front/rear, left/right and up/down, driving parts 24, 26 and 27 for moving the prize holding part 5 to the front/rear, left/right and up/down, and the image projecting part 10 disposed in the game space 3 for projecting an image on the front surface of the game space. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device which uses the front surface of a game space as a signboard when not in use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various game devices have been developed in which a game player operates a grasping pawl to grasp a prize. This type of prize catching game device is provided with a freely openable and closable gripping pawl in a game space surrounded by a transparent plate or a hemispherical member so that the game space can move up and down. It is designed to grab the gifts placed inside, but it is structurally large and is usually installed in stores.

[0003]

In the conventional prize grasping game device, the game space for accommodating the prizes is arranged at a position where the game player can easily see, and when the prize grasping operation is performed, the game player switches the switch to operate. Guide the gripping claw to the position directly above the prize you are trying to take out of the game space,
The grasping pawl is lowered to take out the prize grasped by the grasping pawl from the game space. However, the conventional prize catching game device merely makes the prize stored in the game space visible from the outside when the prize catching game apparatus is not used and the prize catching game device is not used. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and when not in use, by projecting an image on the front surface of the game space, it is possible to improve the advertising effect by using the front surface of the game space as a signboard. The purpose is to provide.

[0004]

The game device of the present invention comprises:
A game space for accommodating a prize, a prize gripper movably arranged in the game space in the front, rear, left, right, and up and down directions, a drive unit for moving the prize gripper in the front, rear, left, right, and up, and down It is composed of an image projection unit that projects an image on the front of the game space, and when not in use when not playing the prize grasping game, the image is projected from the image projection unit placed in the game space on the front of the game space, By using the front of the game space as a signboard, the advertising effect can be improved.

The game device of the present invention has a game space in which a transparent member is arranged at least on the front surface, and the player can grasp the pawl device by the switch device while watching the prize arranged in the game space from the front direction through the transparent member. In a game device configured to move and descend in a plane to hold a prize in the game space, a light amount sensor is provided in front of the game space, and a detection signal of the light amount sensor is equal to or lower than a predetermined set value. At this time, it is configured to display an image for advertisement production.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall view of a prize grasping game device according to the present invention.
A game space 3 surrounded by a transparent acrylic plate 2 is formed, and a grip pawl drive device 4 (FIG. 3) is arranged in a machine space provided above the game space 3. In FIG. 1, only the grip pawl device 5 and the telescopic pipe 6 operated by the grip pawl drive device 4 are visible in the game space 3. A stepped shelf board 7 is arranged at the bottom of the game space 3, and take-out pipes 8 are arranged at symmetrical positions. The take-out pipe 8 connects the game space 3 and the prize take-out port provided in the lower portion of the game apparatus main body 1, and acts so as to take out the prize held by the gripping pawl device 5 to the outside through the prize take-out port.

A light amount sensor 9 is arranged on the front side of the upper part of the game space 3, and a video projection device 10 is arranged on the upper side of the rear side in the game space 3. The image projection device 10 projects an image on the transparent acrylic plate 2 located in front of the game space 3.

On the other hand, the operation console 11 (for two-person play in this embodiment) provided on the front side of the prize catching game apparatus main body 1 is for moving the gripping pawl devices 5, 5 in the left-right direction. An operation switch 12 and an operation switch 13 for moving in the front-back direction are provided. The height of the operation console 11 is set to a height at which the game player can easily operate the operation switch while standing upright.

FIG. 3 shows a grip pawl drive device arranged in a machine space provided above the game space 3. The gripper driving device 20 has two I-shaped fixed rails 21 and 21 extending parallel to the left-right direction. Fixed rails 21,21
On the lower side, two moving rails 22 and 22 extending in the front-rear direction are arranged so as to be orthogonal to the fixed rail 2.
Suspension frames 23, 23 having a U-shaped cross section are fixed to the upper surfaces of the front and rear ends of the moving rail 22, and a left-right driving motor 24 is fixed to the upper surface of the moving rail 22. .

Inside the moving rail 22, a moving body 25 having a U-shaped cross section is arranged. Mobile 2
A front-rear direction driving motor 26 and a vertical direction driving motor 27 are arranged inside 5 respectively. The drive shaft of the front-back direction drive motor 26 extends upward. A telescopic pipe 6 extending downward is fixed to the lower surface of the moving body 25. The ball chain inserted through the telescopic pipe 6 is connected to the gripping pawl device 5 fixed to the lower end of the telescopic pipe 6.

As shown in FIG. 4, the gripping pawl device 5 has a main body 30 and L-shaped gripping pawls 31, 31. The gripping pawl 31 projects from the side surface of the main body 30 and is arranged so as to be rotatable in the up-down direction about an upper end of the main body 30 side as an axis. A spring (not shown) is provided at a lower portion of each gripping pawl 31, 31 on the side of the main body 30. The spring causes the gripping pawl 31, 31 to move downward, that is, each gripping pawl 31, 31.
Is urged to close. The image receiving device 3 such as a video camera is provided on the central axis of the lower side of the main body 30.
2 are arranged. The video light receiving device 32 captures an image of the prize located immediately below the grip 31. Video receiver 3
2 may be provided at the tip of the grip claw 31. An image display device 33 is arranged on the side surface of the main body 30.

The image display device 33 is connected to the image receiving device 32 and displays the image captured by the image receiving device 32. The image of the image receiving device 32 can also be displayed on the image display devices 34, 34 provided on the top of the prize catching game device body 1. Furthermore, the gripper device 5 includes
Weight sensor 3 for detecting the load applied to the gripper 31
5 are provided.

FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the image projection apparatus 10. The light amount sensor 9 provided on the upper front surface of the game space 3 projects the image when the detection signal becomes less than a set value (the ambient environment is dark). The image projection device 1 is operated by operating the device 10.
By projecting the image of 0 on the transparent acrylic plate 2 located in front of the game space 3, the transparent acrylic plate 2 is used as the advertising performance surface. The light amount sensor 9 does not operate the image projection device 10 when the detection signal is equal to or more than the set value.

When playing the prize grasping game, the game player inserts a coin into a coin insertion slot (not shown) of the game device, as shown in FIG. When a coin is inserted into the coin slot, the operation of the image projection device 10 is stopped,
The image on the transparent acrylic plate 2 disappears, and the prize placed on the shelf plate 7 of the game space 3 is viewed through the transparent acrylic plate 2.

At the same time, the video light receiving device 32 provided in the gripping pawl device 5 is operated, and the video light receiving device 32 photographs the prize located immediately below the gripping pawl 31. Video receiver 3
The image captured by 2 is the main body 30 of the gripper device 5.
The image is displayed on the image display device 33 provided on the side surface of the image display device 34 or on the image display device 34 provided in the prize catching game apparatus main body 1.

Next, the game player plays the game space 3
When a desired prize is selected from among the prizes placed on the shelf board 7 and the desired prize is determined, the game player pushes the left-right switch 12 to move the left-right drive motor 24.
Is operated to move the gripping pawl device 5 in the left-right direction, and the front-rear direction switch 13 is pushed to operate the front-back direction drive motor 26 to move the gripping-pawl device 5 in the front-rear direction. Thereby, the gripping pawl 3 of the gripping pawl device 5
1 is placed over the desired giveaway. The position of the grip claw 31 with respect to the desired prize is visually confirmed by the image display device 33 provided on the side surface of the main body 30 or the image display device 34 provided on the prize catching game apparatus main body 1. Positioning of the gripper 31 with respect to a desired prize is performed by the left-right direction switch 12
And the front-rear direction switch 13 for adjusting.

After the position of the gripping pawl 31 of the gripping pawl device 5 is determined, the vertical driving motor 27 is operated to lower the gripping pawl 31 of the gripping pawl device 5. Grip claw 31
Performs a grasping operation when it reaches the lowest position, and at the same time, the image receiving device 32 provided on the gripping pawl 31 stops its operation. Therefore, when the grip claw 31 reaches the lowest position,
When the gripping pawl 31 is closed so as to perform a grasping operation, a desired prize is grasped.

When the grasping operation of the grasping pawl 31 of the grasping pawl device 5 is completed, the vertical driving motor 27 is activated,
The grip claw 31 moves up, and subsequently, the grip claw device 5 moves above the take-out pipe 8 by driving the left-right direction driving motor 24 and the front-back direction driving motor 26. Then, the prize held by the gripping pawl 31 is taken out from the take-out pipe 8 by the dropping operation by opening the gripping pawl 31, and one game ends.

When the prize catching game is not played, the light quantity sensor 9 provided on the upper front surface of the game space 3 detects the light quantity of the surrounding environment. When the detection signal of the light amount sensor 9 has a brightness equal to or higher than the set value, the image projection device 10 is not operated and the prize contained in the game space can be seen from the outside, and the detection signal of the light amount sensor 9 is set. If the value is less than or equal to the value (the surrounding environment is dark), the image projection device 10 is operated, an image is projected on the transparent acrylic plate 2 located in front of the game space 3, and the transparent acrylic plate 2 is used as a signboard for advertising. It will be the production side.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, when not in use, the image of the image projection unit arranged in the game space is projected on the front surface of the game space, and the front surface of the game space is used as a signboard. This can improve the advertising effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a prize capturing game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the prize capturing game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a gripper driving device.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a grip claw of the grip claw device.

FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the video projection device.

FIG. 6 is a control block diagram of the game device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Freebie-grabbing game device body 3 game space 5 gripping device 8 Extraction pipe 10 Video projection device 20 Grip pawl drive 31 grip claws

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A game space for accommodating a prize, a prize gripper arranged so as to be movable back and forth, left and right, and up and down in the game space, a drive unit for moving the prize gripper back and forth, left and right, and up and down. A game device having an image projecting unit arranged in the space and projecting an image on the front surface of the game space. 2. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the operation of the video projection unit is stopped when a coin is inserted. 3. A game space in which a transparent member is arranged at least on the front surface, and a player moves the gripping pawl device in a plane by a switch device while watching a prize arranged in the game space from the front direction through the transparent member. In a game device configured to be lowered to hold a prize in the game space, a light amount sensor is provided in front of the game space, and when a detection signal of the light amount sensor falls below a predetermined set value, it is used for advertisement production. A game device configured to display an image. 4. The game device according to claim 3, wherein the game device is configured to project and display an image for advertisement production on a transparent member surface.