JP2010110355A - Crane game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a crane game machine which minutely performs crane operation and achieves a game property that a conventional crane game machine does not have by making a crane move in directions of an X axis or a Y axis, descend, or grab by means of drawing a specific shapes and operating to touch a coordinate position a player desires with a stylus on a touch panel without using a lever or a button as a means for operating the crane. <P>SOLUTION: When the player touches the touch panel of a touch-type control panel part 20 with the stylus, the crane 1 moves to a position of a place 2 to put prizes corresponding to a touched position. Further, when the player operates to tap the stylus, the crane 1 starts descending and makes movements to grab the prize put in the place 2. If the player draws a shape close to a circle on the touch panel, the crane makes rotations corresponding to the shape. After the crane 1 makes movements to grab the prize, the crane moves to a prize acquisition opening 3 and drops the prize. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a crane game machine capable of deriving unprecedented game characteristics by using an operation system with a touch panel and a touch pen in a crane game machine.

Crane game machines that grab premiums placed on the play field are widely used.
In a conventional crane game machine, the means for operating the crane is a lever or buttons, and the player operates the lever or button to stop the movement of the crane from side to side or back and forth at the position where the operation is stopped, and position the crane It is. In addition, the gripping operation is also linked to the crane positioning. When the crane positioning is determined, the crane automatically starts to descend, and the crane arm is opened and closed at a position where the crane is lowered by a predetermined amount.

  Patent Document 1 is a conventional example of this type of crane game machine, and a button 7 is provided to operate an arm 6 attached to a support member 5. While the button is turned on and the state is maintained, the arm 6 moves. When the button is released and turned off, the arm stops at that position, and the arm continues to move downward. .

This prize acquisition game device is provided with a display monitor, and is configured such that a prize below the arm 6 is displayed on the display monitor by a camera 10 attached to a support member. With such a mechanism, the player can check the state of the prize under the arm 6 without looking into the prize container from above the game machine, so that the moment of stopping can be adjusted while watching on the display monitor. This makes it easy to grasp the position of the prize and to easily obtain the prize.
JP-A-7-132186

In addition, the display monitor of this prize acquisition game device is configured with a touch panel, and the state where the inside of the prize container is viewed from above is displayed on the screen, and the movement of the crane support member in the left / right / front / rear direction is operated on the screen. There is a description that it can be configured.
In this disclosure, the touch panel is used as a display monitor, and the displayed range is the visual field range of the camera attached to the support member, and does not indicate the entire prize storage unit. Further, since it is considered that the support member is moved in the left / right / front / rear direction in such a limited range of the camera field of view, the coordinates are not designated.
The present applicant has considered whether a crane game machine in which the player can move the crane to a desired position more accurately and can move and operate the crane as operated by the player can be realized.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and its purpose is not to use a lever or a button as means for operating the crane, but to draw a specific shape with a touch pen on the touch panel, or at a coordinate position desired by the player. A crane game machine capable of finely operating a crane and realizing gameability that is not available in a conventional crane game machine by performing a contact operation to cause the crane to move in the X-axis and Y-axis directions, move down, and grip. It is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the crane is moved by moving the crane in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction by operating the operation system, and moving up and down in the Z-axis direction. In the crane game machine that acquires the prize in the prize storage area, the operation system is configured by a touch panel and a touch pen, each position of the touch panel is associated with each position in the prize storage area, and the touch pen is brought into contact with the touch panel XY axis control means for bringing a crane in the X axis direction and the Y axis direction in contact with the touch panel, and a crane positioned on the X axis and the Y axis by tapping the touch pen on the touch panel And a Z-axis control means for lowering.
The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention has a rotating mechanism for rotating the crane according to the invention of claim 1, and drives the rotating mechanism by drawing a circular locus on the touch panel with the touch pen. It has a rotation control means for controlling the rotation of the crane.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the crane is a scoop crane, and has a scooping mechanism for scooping the scoop crane by rotating the scoop crane around one end. And a scooping control means for driving the scooping mechanism and scooping up the crane by drawing a trajectory on the touch panel in the direction of scooping up the touch pen.

  According to the above configuration, unlike the operation with the lever and the button, the crane can be moved by the operation of “tracing” and “drawing” using the pen, and the game performance that the conventional crane game machine does not have can be provided.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a crane game machine according to the present invention.
This figure shows a crane game machine 10 for one person, which has a prize storage place 2 in the center, on which the crane 1 can move forward and backward and left and right. A prize acquisition port 3 for paying out prizes is provided on the left side of the prize storage area 2. A touch panel 20 is disposed on the front surface, and a prize takeout port 4 connected to the prize acquisition port 3 is provided. The crane can be accurately moved to the position intended by the player by inserting a coin into the coin insertion slot 22 provided in the touch-type control panel 20 and tracing the touch pen on the touch panel or drawing a specific shape. .

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing details of the touch-type panel unit.
A touch pen housing portion 25 is provided on the right side surface of the touch type control panel portion 20.
The touch panel 23 installed on the upper surface of the touch-type panel unit 20 corresponds to a prize storage field, and is divided into four areas as a guide, and the position is specified by the X coordinate and the Y coordinate. When the tip of the touch pen 21 is brought into contact with the position desired by the player on the touch panel 23 and the X and Y coordinates are designated, the crane is moved to that position by the drive mechanism. The touched position can be determined by pressing a determination button 24 provided at the base of the touch pen 21. The determination can be made by tapping the tip of the touch pen as another method, and the descent can be started at the same time. When a shape for operating the crane as desired by the player is drawn at the tip of the touch pen 21, the crane moves corresponding to the shape.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining the mechanism of the X-axis movement and the Y-axis movement of the crane.
The vertically extendable crane 1 is fixed to the base 35. An X-axis spiral screw threaded portion 31 is attached to the back surface of the base portion 35. The X-axis spiral screw threaded portion 31 is threadedly engaged with the X-axis spiral threaded portion 32 spanned in the left-right direction, and the crane 1 is moved in the left-right direction when driven by an X-axis motor described later. The Y-axis spiral screw threaded portions 33a and 33b are fixed to both ends of the X-axis spiral thread portion 32, and the Y-axis spiral screw threaded portions 33a and 33b are connected to the Y-axis spiral thread portions 34a and 34b arranged in the front-rear direction. The crane 1 is moved in the front-rear direction by screwing each other and driving a Y-axis motor described later.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a circuit of a crane game machine according to the present invention.
In this figure, portions related to a circuit for detecting coin insertion from the coin insertion slot are omitted. The ROM 45 stores a control program for controlling the entire crane game machine, a game program for executing the game, and data necessary for the crane game machine.
The CPU 40 implements the function of the game control unit 40a by reading the control program and the game program from the ROM 45.
The game control unit 40a performs control in a standby state of the game machine, control at the start of the crane game machine, control at the time of game execution, control at the end of the game, and the like. The memory unit 43 is used as a work area for operations performed by the CPU 40 when the game is executed, and temporarily stores generated game data.
In addition, the game control unit 40a sends a command for causing the sound output device 42 including a speaker or the like to output BGM or guidance voice in a standby state or a game state via the sound output interface 41.

The touch panel control unit 47 controls the touch panel 23 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 40, and input information for the player to operate the touch pen 21, that is, touch position information (X coordinate, Y coordinate, dragged locus information, etc. of the touch point on the touch panel 23). Is transmitted to the CPU 40. The touch pen control unit 46 controls the touch pen 21 and the determination button 24 according to an instruction from the CPU 40.
The touch panel control unit 47, touch pen control unit 46, movement control unit 48, rotation control unit 57, and open / close control unit 60 exchange data with the CPU 40 via the I / O control system 44.

  The game control unit 40a sends a command to drive the motor to the movement control unit 48, the rotation control unit 57, and the opening / closing control unit 60 according to the touch position information from the touch panel control unit 47 sent based on the operation information of the player when the game is executed. . Commands for moving in the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis direction are sent to the movement control unit 48, and according to each command, the X-axis drive circuit 49 causes the X-axis motor 50 and the Y-axis drive circuit 52 causes the Y-axis motor 53 to move. , Z-axis drive circuit 55 drives Z-axis motor 56, respectively. Similarly, an instruction to rotate the crane and an instruction to open and close the crane arm are sent to the rotation control unit 57 and the opening / closing control unit 60, respectively, the rotation drive circuit 58 is the rotation motor 59, and the opening / closing drive circuit 61 is the opening / closing motor 62. To drive.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the operation of the crane game machine according to the present invention.
When the player inserts a coin (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 01), the crane game machine can be operated. The player holds the touch pen 21, makes the tip of the touch pen 21 contact the touch panel 23, and starts an operation for moving the crane 1 or the like (S02). First, the player determines the position of the prize storage 2 by moving the crane according to the arrangement of the prizes in the prize storage 2, and touches the coordinate position corresponding to the prize storage 2 on the touch panel 23 with the touch pen 21. The touch panel control unit 47 detects a change in the electrical signal at the contact position (for example, a resistive film method) and sends the position information to the CPU 40.

The CPU 40 recognizes the X-axis coordinate and the Y-axis coordinate from the position information, and sends a command for moving the X-axis position and the Y-axis position to the movement control unit 48. The X axis drive circuit 49 rotates the X axis motor 50 and the Y axis drive circuit 52 rotates the Y axis motor 53 under the control of the movement control unit 48. Thereby, the crane 1 is brought to a position corresponding to the prize storage place 2 where the player has touched the touch panel 23 with the touch pen 21. FIG. 6A shows the state.
Next, the player performs an operation of tapping the touch pen 21 on the touch panel 23 when shifting to the operation of lowering the crane at that position. The touch panel control unit 47 detects and sends to the CPU 40 two pieces of position information that have been continuously operated within a predetermined time. The CPU 40 analyzes the positional information sent in this way and determines that the instruction is to lower the crane.

The CPU 40 sends a command for moving the Z-axis position to the movement control unit 48. Under the control of the movement control unit 48, the Z-axis drive circuit 55 rotates the Z-axis motor 56 to lower the crane 1. FIG. 6B shows a state where the crane is lowered. The determination button 24 can be turned on to shift to a lowering operation.
After performing the lowering operation in this way, the CPU 40 sends a command to open / close the crane 1 to the open / close control unit 60. Under the control of the opening / closing control unit 60, the opening / closing drive circuit 61 rotates the opening / closing motor 62 to open and close the arm of the crane 1 (S03). After performing the opening / closing operation, the crane 1 ascends and moves to the prize acquisition port 3 under the instruction of the CPU 40, opens the arm of the crane 1, and drops the prize if the prize is grasped (S04). The dropped prize is paid out to the prize outlet 4 (S05). Thereafter, the crane 1 returns to the initial position.

  If the player drags the touch pen 21 so as to draw a circular shape or an arc on the touch panel 23 after determining the moving position of the crane or lowering the crane in the above process, the information is transmitted to the touch panel control unit 47. Is done. As the information transmitted at this time, the contact position information is continuously detected, and the position information is connected in a substantially circular shape or a shape close to an arc. The touch panel control unit 47 sends the dragged detection information to the CPU 40. The CPU 40 is information for rotating the crane, analyzes how much the crane is rotated, and sends a command to rotate the crane to the rotation control unit 57. Under the control of the rotation control unit 57, the rotation drive circuit 58 rotates the rotation motor 59 by the instructed angle. Thereby, the crane 1 is rotated by the angle intended by the player in the prize yard 2. FIG. 6C shows the state of rotation.

  In this embodiment, an example of a crane that opens and closes an arm to grasp a prize has been described. However, when the crane is a scoop type, the crane can be operated as follows. The movement and lowering operations of the scoop crane are the same as those shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C, but the operation of the scoop crane to acquire a prize from the prize storage 2 is scooping up. In this case, it is necessary to provide a scooping control unit, a scooping drive circuit, and a scooping motor instead of the opening / closing control unit, the switching drive circuit, and the switching motor. The player can specify the scooping direction by dragging on the touch panel 23 with the touch pen 21. The CPU 40 obtains the drag information indicating the direction from the touch panel control unit 47, and issues a command to the rotation control unit and the scooping control unit for rotating the scoop crane to cause the scoop crane to scoop up in the specified direction. FIG. 6D shows the state.

  This is a crane game machine installed at game centers and event venues.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the crane game machine by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the detail of a touch-type control panel part. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the mechanism of the X-axis movement of a crane, and a Y-axis movement. It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the circuit of the crane game machine by this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of operation | movement of the crane game machine by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the relationship between touch pen operation and the motion of a crane.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Crane 2 Prize place 3 Prize acquisition port 4 Prize taking out port 10 Crane game machine 20 Touch-type control panel part 21 Touch pen 22 Coin slot 23 Touch panel 24 Determination button 31 X-axis spiral screw part 32 X-axis spiral screw part 33a, 33b Y-axis spiral threaded portion 34a, 34b Y-axis spiral threaded portion 40 CPU
41 Sound Output Interface 42 Sound Output Device 43 Memory Unit 44 I / O Control System 45 ROM
46 Touch pen control unit 47 Touch panel control unit 48 Movement control unit 49 X axis drive circuit 50 X axis motor 52 Y axis drive circuit 53 Y axis motor 55 Z axis drive circuit 56 Z axis motor 57 Rotation control unit 58 Rotation drive circuit 59 Rotation motor 60 Opening / Closing Control Unit 61 Opening / Closing Drive Circuit 62 Opening / Closing Motor

Claims (3)

In a crane game machine in which a crane is moved in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction by operating the operation system, moved up and down in the Z-axis direction, and the crane is operated to obtain a prize in the prize storage area.
The operation system is composed of a touch panel and a touch pen,
Corresponding each position of the touch panel to each position of the premium storage,
XY axis control means for bringing a crane in the X axis direction and the Y axis direction in contact with the touch panel by bringing the touch pen into contact with the touch panel;
Z-axis control means for lowering the crane positioned on the X-axis and the Y-axis by tapping the touch pen on the touch panel;
A crane game machine characterized by comprising: A rotation mechanism for rotating the crane;
2. The crane game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation control unit that drives the rotation mechanism and controls rotation of the crane by drawing a circular locus on the touch panel with the touch pen. The crane is a scoop crane;
A scooping mechanism that scoops up the scoop crane by rotating the scoop crane around one end as a fulcrum;
2. The crane game machine according to claim 1, further comprising scooping control means for driving the scooping mechanism and scooping up the crane by drawing a locus on the touch panel in the scooping direction of the touch pen.

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