JP2015069080A - Operation device in vehicle driving simulator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation device in vehicle driving simulator, that enables the operation of a simulated vehicle on a monitor screen on a table while a user is sitting on a wheelchair.SOLUTION: A vehicle driving simulator includes: a monitor 12 set on a table 10 and displaying the image of a simulated vehicle V; and a pedal support base 21 for supporting an accelerator pedal 22 and a brake pedal 23 for controlling the driving of the simulated vehicle V. The vehicle driving simulator includes an operation lever 27 to be arranged adjacent to a driver seat 15. The operation lever 27 is swingable between an acceleration direction A from a neutral position N to one side and a braking direction B from the neutral position N to the other side. An interlock mechanism 31 for transmitting the swing of the operation lever 27 in the acceleration direction A to the accelerator pedal 22 as a stepping-in operation and transmitting the swing of the operation lever 27 in the braking direction B to the brake pedal 23 as a stepping-in operation is arranged among the operation lever 27, the accelerator pedal 22, and the brake pedal 23.

Description

  The present invention comprises a monitor that is set on a table and displays an image of the driving situation of the simulated vehicle, and a pedal support that supports an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal for controlling the driving of the simulated vehicle, The present invention relates to a vehicle driving simulator in which a driver sitting in a seat enhances driving skills and learns traffic rules by driving a simulated vehicle, and more particularly to an operation device suitable for a simulated driving operation of a driver who is difficult to operate a pedal. .

  Such vehicle driving simulators are already known as disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

Japanese Patent No. 5112354

  The vehicle driving simulator disclosed in Patent Document 1 is for a healthy person who places a pedal support on the floor directly under the table and directly operates the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal with his / her feet by the driver sitting in the driver's seat in front of the table. It is.

  In recent years, vehicles that allow an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal to be manually operated so that a driver who is difficult to operate a pedal can start driving.

  Therefore, even a driver who is difficult to operate the pedal can drive a simulated vehicle to check the basic sense of driving and basic operation, improve driving skills, and learn traffic rules. The appearance of a vehicle driving simulator capable of controlling the operation of a simulated vehicle on the upper monitor screen is desired.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides an operating device in a vehicle driving simulator that enables a driving operation of a simulated vehicle on a monitor screen on a table while riding in a wheelchair. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a monitor for displaying an image of a driving situation of a simulated vehicle, a pedal support base for supporting an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal for controlling the driving of the simulated vehicle. The vehicle driving simulator includes a single operating lever disposed adjacent to the driver's seat in front of the table, the operating lever having the same acceleration direction from the neutral position to one side. It is possible to swing in the braking direction from the neutral position to the other side, and between the operation lever and the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal, the operation lever is swung in the acceleration direction into the accelerator pedal. A first feature is that an interlocking mechanism is provided which transmits as an operation and transmits the swing of the operation lever in the braking direction to the brake pedal as a depressing operation.

  Further, in addition to the first feature, the present invention provides a pivot that is rotatably supported by a bearing disposed on one side between the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal, and is connected to the lower end of the operation lever. A lever member that is connected to the pivot and has a first arm that abuts the tip part on the accelerator pedal and a second arm that abuts the tip part on the brake pedal constitutes the interlock mechanism, and the operation lever When the first arm is depressed in the acceleration direction, the first arm depresses the accelerator pedal, and when the operation lever is swung in the braking direction, the second arm depresses the brake pedal. Features.

  Furthermore, in addition to the second feature of the present invention, the third feature is that a roller that is in contact with the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal so as to be able to roll is pivotally supported at the tip portions of the first and second arms. And

  Furthermore, in addition to any one of the first to third features, the present invention arranges the pedal support so that the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal are lined up and down with respect to the driver's seat, and A fourth feature is that the bearing is arranged such that the pivot extends in the left-right direction, and the swinging direction of the operation lever is set to the front-rear direction.

  Furthermore, in addition to the fourth feature, the present invention has a fifth feature in which the operation lever is provided with a turn signal switch lever that is disposed in front of the operation lever and is operated by left-right movement.

  Furthermore, in addition to the fourth feature, the present invention includes a frame body including a bottom frame, a support column standing from one side portion of the bottom frame, and a support frame standing up from the other side portion of the bottom frame. The pedal support is attached to the bottom frame, the bearing is attached to the support frame, and a clamp coupled to the table is provided on the support column.

  Furthermore, in addition to the sixth feature, the seventh feature of the present invention is that the clamp is provided on the support column so as to be vertically adjustable.

  According to the first feature of the present invention, the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal on the pedal support base can be depressed by swinging the single operation lever back and forth with one hand of the driver. Therefore, it is possible to divert the pedal support base of the vehicle driving simulator for the healthy person, and it is possible to provide an operating device for the driver who is difficult to operate the pedal at a low cost.

  According to the second feature of the present invention, by appropriately setting the lever ratios of the operation lever and the first arm, and the operation lever and the second arm, a desired depression amount is given to the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal, respectively. Can do.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal are stepped on by swinging the first and second arms, the respective rollers roll on the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal, thereby Friction between the arm and the accelerator pedal, and between the two arms and the brake pedal can be suppressed to a small level, so that the swing operation of the operation lever can be made light.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to dispose an operation lever that enables a driving posture and acceleration and braking operations similar to those in an actual vehicle for a driver who is difficult to operate a pedal.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to arrange a turn signal switch lever that enables a turn signal switch operation similar to that in an actual vehicle for a driver who is difficult to operate a pedal.

  According to the sixth feature of the present invention, the operation device can be unitized, and the operation device can be easily attached to and detached from the table, and its handling property is good.

  According to the seventh feature of the present invention, by adjusting the vertical position of the clamp, the vertical position of the machine frame, and hence the vertical position of the operation lever supported by the machine frame, is adjusted according to the height of the table and the driver's seat. It can be adjusted freely and the operability of the operating lever can be improved.

The perspective view of the driving simulator of vehicles provided with the operating device of the present invention. The perspective view in the state which removed the cover of the operating device of FIG. FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 3 in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 4 in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, in FIG. 1, a computer 11 and a monitor 12 arranged on the left and right and a steering handle 13 facing the screen of the monitor 12 are installed on the table 10. Immediately before the table 10, there is a driver's seat space 16 into which a wheelchair 15 on which a driver 14 who is difficult to operate a pedal enters is entered. To. In the following description, front, rear, left and right are referred to based on the driver's seat 15. An operation device 17 operated by the driver 14 is disposed adjacent to the left side of the driver seat 15.

  2 to 4, the frame 18 of the operating device 17 includes a bottom frame 18 a, a pair of left and right columns 18 b standing from the front side of the bottom frame 18 a, and a front-rear direction standing from the right side of the bottom frame 18 a. And a support frame 18c extending in the direction. The column 18 is provided with a clamp 20, and the machine frame 18 is suspended from the table 10 by holding the top plate 10 a of the table 10 with the clamp 20.

  A pedal support 21 is attached to the bottom frame 18a, and an accelerator pedal 22 and a brake pedal 23 disposed in front of the pedal support 21 are supported on the pedal support 21 so that they can be stepped on. As described above, the pedal support 21 that supports the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23 is used for a vehicle driving simulator for a healthy person.

  A bearing 25 is attached to the support frame 18c, and the pivot 26 protruding in the left-right direction is rotatably supported by the bearing 25. The pivot 26 is arranged so that the axis X passes through an intermediate portion between the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23. The pivot 26 has a single end with a knob 27a at the upper end. An operation lever 27 is fixed, and a lever member 28 is fixed to the left end portion of the pivot 26. The lever member 28 extends rearward from the pivot 26, and then has a first arm 28a whose front end is bent toward the accelerator pedal 22 side. After extending forward from the pivot 26, the front end is bent toward the brake pedal 23. It consists of a second arm 28b, and the first and second arms 28a, 28b are arranged in a V shape. A roller 29 that is in contact with the upper surface of the accelerator pedal 22 is pivotally supported at the distal end portion of the first arm 28a. A roller 30 abutting on the shaft is pivotally supported.

  The operation lever 27 can swing around the pivot 26 in the acceleration direction A from the neutral position N to the rear and the braking direction B from the neutral position N to the front. The swing is converted into a stepping operation on the accelerator pedal 22 by the first arm 28a, and the swinging in the braking direction B of the operating lever 27 is converted into a stepping operation on the brake pedal 23 by the first arm 28a. It has become. Thus, the pivot 26 and the lever member 28 constitute an interlocking mechanism 31 that connects the single operation lever 27 to the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23.

  The pedal support 21 is provided with sensors (not shown) for detecting the respective depression amounts of the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23, and the output signals of these sensors are input to the computer 11 via lead wires 41. Thus, the acceleration and braking of the simulation vehicle V are controlled.

  The operation lever 27 is integrally provided with a bracket 33 protruding forward, and a turn signal switch lever 34 that is operated in the left-right direction is attached to the bracket 33.

  A cover 40 (see FIG. 2) that covers the operating device 17 except for the operating lever 27 is detachably attached to the frame body 18.

  In FIG. 5, the clamp 20 comprises a U-shaped clamp body 36 having a pair of upper and lower gripping pieces 36a, 36b and a clamp bolt 37 screwed to the lower gripping piece 36b as usual. The top plate 10a of the table 10 is inserted between the upper gripping piece 36a and the clamp bolt 37, and the clamp bolt 37 is tightened to fasten the top plate 10a. Can be fixed to the column 18b with the fixing bolt 39 after adjusting the vertical position along the vertical groove 38 provided in the corresponding column 18b.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  When the driver 14 on the wheelchair 15 entering the driver's seat space 16 in front of the table 10 turns on the computer 11, images of the simulated road R and the simulated vehicle V are displayed on the screen of the monitor 12. Therefore, the driver 14 can control the driving of the simulated vehicle V on the simulated road R by operating the operation lever 27 with the left hand and the steering handle 13 with the right hand.

  Thus, when the operation lever 27 is in the neutral position N, the first and second arms 28a and 28b of the lever member 28 slightly separate the rollers 29 and 30 from the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23, respectively. Both are in a dormant state.

  Now, if the driver 14 grips the knob 27a with his left hand and swings the operating lever 27 in the backward acceleration direction A from the neutral position N, the first arm 28a swings downward via the pivot shaft 26. The one arm 28a depresses the accelerator pedal 22 by the roller 29, and the simulated vehicle V can be started and accelerated. At this time, the second arm 28b swings upward and moves away from the brake pedal 23 to maintain a resting state. Further, if the operating lever 27 is swung in the forward braking direction B from the neutral position N, the second arm 28b is transmitted as a swinging downward via the pivot 26, so that the second arm 28b is braked by the roller 30. The pedal 23 is depressed, and the simulated vehicle V can be braked. At this time, the first arm 28a swings upward and moves away from the accelerator pedal 22, and maintains the resting state.

  Further, the driver 14 can steer the simulated vehicle V by operating the steering handle 13 with the right hand. At that time, when turning left or right, a turn signal switch lever 34 disposed in front of the operation lever 27 is operated. By swinging leftward or rightward, the left or right turn signal lamp of the simulated vehicle V can be blinked.

  In this way, the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23 on the pedal support 21 can be depressed by swinging back and forth the single operation lever 27 with one hand of the driver 14, so The pedal support 21 of the driving simulator can be used, and the operating device 17 for the driver 14 who is difficult to operate the pedal can be provided simply and inexpensively.

  An interlocking mechanism 31 that connects the operation lever 27 to the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23 is rotatably supported by a bearing 25 disposed on one side between the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23, and is operated. A pivot 26 to which the lower end portion of the lever 27 is coupled, a first arm 28 a that is coupled to the pivot 26 and abuts the tip portion against the accelerator pedal 22, and a second arm that abuts the tip portion against the brake pedal 23. Since the lever member 28 includes the arm 28b, the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23 are set by appropriately setting the lever ratios of the operation lever 27 and the first arm 28a and between the operation lever 27 and the second arm 28b. Each can be provided with a desired amount of depression.

  Moreover, the axis X of the pivot 26 is disposed so as to pass through the intermediate portion between the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23, and the first and second arms 28a, 28b are disposed in a V shape with the pivot 26 as the center. Thus, the downward swing from the upward posture to the downward posture of the first and second arms 28a, 28b can be efficiently transmitted to the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23, and the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23 are sufficiently transmitted. Therefore, it is possible to easily give a proper depression amount.

  In addition, since rollers 29 and 30 are rotatably supported at the distal ends of the first and second arms 28a and 28b, respectively, so as to be able to roll on the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23, respectively, the first and second arms 28a. , 28b when the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23 are stepped on, the rollers 29, 30 roll on the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23, so that the first arm 28a, the accelerator pedal 22, Friction between each of the two arms 28b and the brake pedal 23 can be suppressed to be small, so that the operation lever 27 can be swung easily.

  The pedal support 21 is arranged so that the accelerator pedal 22 and the brake pedal 23 are arranged in the front-rear direction with respect to the driver's seat 15, and the bearing 25 is arranged so that the pivot 26 extends in the left-right direction. Since the swinging direction is set to the front-rear direction, it is possible to dispose the operation lever 27 that enables the driving posture and acceleration and braking operations similar to those in an actual vehicle for a driver who is difficult to operate the pedal.

  In addition, since the operation lever 27 is provided with a turn signal switch lever 34 that is disposed in front of the operation lever 27 and operates by left-right movement, it is possible to perform a turn signal switch operation similar to that in an actual vehicle for a driver who is difficult to operate the pedal. The turn signal switch lever can be arranged.

  The frame 18 of the operating device 17 includes a bottom frame 18a, a support column 18b that stands from one side of the bottom frame 18a, and a support frame 18c that stands from the other side of the bottom frame 18a. Since the pedal support 21 is attached to the frame 18a, the bearing 25 is attached to the support frame 18c, and the clamp 20 that holds the top plate 10a of the table 10 is provided on the column 18b, the operation device 17 can be unitized. At the same time, the operation device 17 can be easily attached to and detached from the table 10 and can be easily handled.

  The clamp 20 is provided on the column 18b so as to be adjustable in the vertical direction. By adjusting the vertical position of the clamp 20, the vertical position of the machine frame 18 and hence the vertical position of the operation lever 27 supported by the machine frame 18 are obtained. It can be freely adjusted according to the height of the table 10 or the driver's seat 15, and the operability of the operation lever 27 can be improved.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various design change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

A ... Acceleration direction B ... Braking direction N ... Neutral position V ... Simulated vehicle 10 ... Table 12 ... Monitor 15 ... Driving Seat 18 ... Frame 18a ... Bottom frame 18b ... Post 18c ... Support frame 20 ... Clamp 21 ... Pedal support 22 ... Accelerator pedal 23 ... · Brake pedal 25 ··· Bearing 26 ··· Pivot 27 ··· Operation lever 28 ··· Lever member 28a · · · First arm 28b · · · Second arm 29 · · · Roller 30 .... Roller 31 ... Interlock mechanism 34 ... Turn signal switch lever

Claims (7)

A monitor (12) which is set on the table (10) and displays an image of the driving situation of the simulated vehicle (V), an accelerator pedal (22) and a brake pedal (23) which control the driving of the simulated vehicle (V) A vehicle driving simulator comprising a pedal support (21) for supporting
A single operating lever (27) disposed adjacent to the driver's seat (15) in front of the table (10) is provided, and this operating lever (27) extends from the neutral position (N) to one side. It can swing in the acceleration direction (A) and the braking direction (B) from the neutral position (N) to the other side. The operation lever (27), the accelerator pedal (22), and the brake pedal (23 ), The swinging of the operating lever (27) in the acceleration direction (A) is transmitted to the accelerator pedal (22) as a stepping operation, and the braking direction (B) of the operating lever (27) is transmitted. An operating device in a driving simulator for a vehicle, wherein an interlocking mechanism (31) for transmitting a swing to the brake pedal (23) as a stepping operation is provided. The operation device in the vehicle driving simulator according to claim 1,
A pivot (26) rotatably supported by a bearing (25) disposed on one side between the accelerator pedal (22) and the brake pedal (23) and connected to the lower end of the operating lever (27); The first arm (28a), which is also connected to the pivot (26) and abuts against the accelerator pedal (22), and the second arm (28b) abuts against the brake pedal (23). When the operating mechanism (31) is swung in the acceleration direction (A), the first arm (28a) is moved to the accelerator pedal (28). 22), when the operation lever (27) is swung in the braking direction (B), the second arm (28b) depresses the brake pedal (23). Operation in the driving simulator equipment. The operation device in the vehicle driving simulator according to claim 2,
Rollers (29, 30) that respectively contact the accelerator pedal (22) and the brake pedal (23) in a rollable manner are pivotally supported at the distal ends of the first and second arms (28a, 28b). An operation device in a vehicle driving simulator. In the operating device in the vehicle driving simulator according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The pedal support (21) is arranged so that the accelerator pedal (22) and the brake pedal (23) are arranged in the front-rear direction with respect to the driver seat (15), and the pivot (26) is moved in the left-right direction. An operating device in a driving simulator of a vehicle, wherein the bearing (25) is arranged so as to extend, and the swinging direction of the operating lever (27) is a front-rear direction. The operation device in the vehicle driving simulator according to claim 4,
An operating device in a driving simulator for a vehicle, wherein the operating lever (27) is provided with a turn signal switch lever (34) that is disposed in front of the operating lever (27) and operates by left-right movement. The operation device in the vehicle driving simulator according to claim 4,
A frame body comprising a bottom frame (18a), a support column (18b) rising from one side of the bottom frame (18a), and a support frame (18c) rising from the other side of the bottom frame (18a) ( 18), the pedal support (21) is attached to the bottom frame (18a), the bearing (25) is attached to the support frame (18c), and the table (10) is coupled to the column (18b) An operating device in a vehicle driving simulator, characterized in that a clamp (20) is provided. The operation device in the vehicle driving simulator according to claim 6,
An operating device in a driving simulator of a vehicle, wherein the clamp (20) is provided on the support column (18b) so as to be vertically adjustable.

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