JP2605897Y2 - Baseball game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a baseball game machine, and more particularly to an improvement of a baseball game machine having a television monitor for displaying an image according to the progress of a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A play field imitating a diamond or an outfield of a stadium is provided on a machine base, a ball is repelled from a pitching mechanism on the board surface, and a batting mechanism that allows the player to operate the ball with a push button or the like. A baseball game machine is known which is configured to hit the ball using switches provided at various positions on the board of the play field, to give a score or the like in accordance with an output signal of each switch, and to advance the game. It is installed in game arcades and is widely enjoyed. In recent years, there has been provided a device that emits sound effects and other sounds from a speaker in accordance with the progress of a game and displays various images on a television monitor provided on the machine to further enhance the interest of the game. ing.

However, in such a conventional game machine, a plurality of switches arranged at each position of a play field for detecting a ball have a contact portion with the ball projected or exposed on the play field. Because of the provision, a malfunction may occur when the ball hits a plurality of switches, and the design of the play field is greatly restricted. In addition, the batting mechanism returns
Accurately distinguish between hit and long hits according to the ball speed
A baseball game machine that can be played has not been provided yet.

[0004]

The present invention [devised It is an object of the has been made to solve the problems on the ordination, it is an object of the present invention, without causing a malfunction of the switch, other
Because, constraints on the design of the playing field is rather small, also,
Responds to the ball speed of the ball
Another object of the present invention is to provide a baseball game machine capable of accurately distinguishing between hitting and long hitting .

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems Thus, the above object is
A plurality of sensors for detecting the ball face of a board of a playing field, a ball dropped into pockets drilled in various positions of the board, along with a sensor corresponding to each pocket is configured to operate, said plurality of pockets
Out of the pockets in the playfield
Provide another predetermined number of pockets in the
Formed one step higher than the diamond area via the pump stage
Through the inner and outer arc-shaped partitions
And arranged in an arcuate recess formed one step lower,
A predetermined number of pockets in the outer field outside the arcuate recess.
It can be achieved by a baseball game machine characterized by being arranged in regions . Also, it is possible to throw various pitches
The pitching mechanism raises the ball made of magnetic material
Switch between high-speed transmission mode and low-speed transmission mode
As well as from the pitching mechanism
Path where the ejected ball reaches the batting mechanism
The solenoid for the curve and the solenoid for the chute
A solenoid is provided, and it is not necessary to energize both solenoids.
By sending the ball at high speed from the pitching mechanism
A high-speed straight ball and a low-speed ball
This allows a slow straight ball to be
Baud from the pitching mechanism at high speed with the
To send a curved ball to the shooting solenoid
High-speed ball from pitching mechanism with current flowing through
Can select each shoot ball by sending
It is recommended to be configured to be able to place balls.

[0006]

With the above arrangement, since each sensor is activated only by a ball dropped into a corresponding pocket, there is a problem that a plurality of switches are activated by a ball moving around on a play field board as in the prior art. This has been eliminated and the restrictions on the design of the play field have been reduced. Also, get over the fixed jumping hill and reach the outfield area
Or not, and further over the inner and outer arc partitions
Depending on whether it reaches the outer outfield area
And long hits can be accurately distinguished.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall external view of one embodiment of a baseball game machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a top view showing a play field thereof, and FIG. 3 is an arrangement of a pocket into which a ball falls and a sensor provided at a lower portion thereof. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of various operation buttons on the operation panel, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a program for controlling a pitching mechanism and a solenoid when a straight ball or a changing ball is selectively supplied.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a machine stand, 2 is a play field, 3 is an operation panel, 4 is a television monitor, 20a on the play field 2 is a diamond, 2
0b is a linear fixed jumping stand rising up inclining,
20d and 20e are inclined arc-shaped partitions, 21 is a pitching mechanism, 22 is a batting mechanism, 23a is a home base sensor, 23b is a sensor hole for catchers, 24a and 24b are out pockets assuming infielders, and 25a to 25e are The general hitting pockets, 26a to 26g are long hitting pockets, and 27 and 28 are curve and shoot solenoids provided on the lower surface of the play field. The play field 2 is slightly inclined so that the near side becomes lower. When the ball is gently placed on the play field 2, the ball naturally rolls forward and falls into the catcher sensor hole 23b. I have.

In FIG. 3, 5 is a ball, 20d is the partition, 25a is a hitting pocket, 250 is a ball collection chute, and 251 is an optical sensor.

In the operation panel 3 shown in FIG. 4, reference numeral 31 denotes a coin slot and reference numerals 32a, 32b to 37a, 37b denote various operation buttons. It is assumed that two players play a game. , Coin slot 31
Assuming that the defensive player operates the right side more and the attacking player operates the left side, 2a of the defensive side becomes 2
A game select button for selecting a player game; 33a, a shoot button; 34a, a straight button; 35a, a slow straight button; 36a, a curve button;
Attack side 32b is a game select button for selecting one player game, 35b is a pinch hitter button,
36b is a steal start button, and 37b is a button for batting and stealing a runner. When a game is played by two players, the functions of the operation buttons on the attacking side and the defensive side are switched each time half-inning ends.

At the start of the game, when the player inserts a coin into the coin insertion slot 31 on the operation panel 3, a sound indicating the start of the game is played from the speaker.
Press a or 32b to select whether to play alone or two people. Then, a predetermined image and various operation instructions for the player to play a game are displayed on the television monitor 4. When playing alone, a game is played against a machine by using various operation buttons on the left side of the coin insertion slot 31 of the operation panel 3. When playing with two players, one player has 3 coin slots
Use the buttons on the left side of 1 as attack buttons, and use the buttons on the right side of coin slot 31 as defensive buttons to play the game. When half-inning is over, the offense and defense are reversed. The buttons used by the attacker are automatically switched so that they can be used for defense, and the buttons on the defense side can be used for attack.

When the game is started, the pitching mechanism 2
Since the ball is repelled from 1, the attacking player presses the batting button 37b with good timing to perform batting. The pitching pitch is determined by selecting whether to rotate the pitching motor of the pitching mechanism 21 at high speed or low speed, and whether or not to energize the curve solenoid 27 or the chute solenoid 28 provided below the board of the play field 2. , Four types of spheres can be selected. That is, if the pitching motor is rotated at a high speed and the ball is sent out, and the solenoids 27 and 28 are not energized, the pitch is straight, and if the pitching motor is rotated at a low speed in the same state, the ball is a slow straight. Further, in order to give a changing ball, when the pitching motor is rotated at a high speed and the ball is sent out while energizing the shoot solenoid 28, the solenoid 2 is rotated while the ball rolls on the play field.
The path is distorted by 8, and the pitch becomes a shot.
Similarly, when the pitching motor is rotated at a high speed and a ball is sent out while the power is supplied to the curve solenoid 27, the type of the ball becomes a curve. FIG. 5 shows an example of these pitching control programs. In the case of single play, the CPU in the game machine randomly selects these pitches according to a predetermined program. In the case of two-player play, the defense player appropriately controls the defense operation buttons 33a to 36a. Various pitches can be selected by selecting and pressing.

As described above, the ball sent out onto the board is subjected to the ON / OFF state of the sensor in the home base sensor 23a provided at the lower portion of the home base and the sensor hole 23b for the catcher in front and the ON / OFF of the batting button 37b. It is determined whether the ball is a strike or a ball according to the presence or absence of the ball. That is, the home base sensor 23a
If only the catcher sensor is turned on without becoming N, the ball, the home base sensor 23a is turned on, and if the catcher sensor is also turned on, strike,
The attacking player (batter) strikes when the catcher sensor is turned on and strikes (in this case, whether or not the home base sensor 23a is ON), and the catcher turns on the catcher sensor after a while after swinging the bat. Fly (also in this case, whether or not the home base sensor 23a is ON) is determined, and the result is displayed on the television monitor 4.

When the batter hits the ball successfully, the hit ball rolls on the play field 2 and the out pockets 24a and 24b,
a to 25e, and rolls into any of the long hit pockets 26a to 26g, and is detected by sensors (optical sensors in this embodiment) provided at the lower part of each pocket. (The lamp on each base lights up), points are awarded, or the player goes out.

More specifically, when the ball enters the out pocket 24a or 24b assuming an infielder, the ball is out. Also, if the ball speed is low and the ball cannot climb over the fixed jumping platform 20b formed of a linear inclined surface, the ball rolls back toward the front on the play field 2 where the front is slightly lowered, and returns to the catcher sensor. It rolls into the hole 23b and becomes out. However, when the ball speed is high and the vehicle jumps over the fixed jumping platform 20b, the ball rolls along the arc-shaped partition 20d gradually lowered toward the back, and rolls into any of the hitting pockets 25a to 25e.

Since each pocket provided on the play field and its internal configuration are the same, the pocket 25
3A will be described with reference to FIG. 3. The periphery of the pocket is inclined in a mortar shape around the pocket, and the ball 5 that has entered the mortar immediately falls into the pocket 25a, and the ball collection chute 250 Through the ball collection box. Pocket 25a
An optical sensor 251 is provided at an appropriate location below the bottom, that is, at the bottom of the ball collection chute 250 in the illustrated example, and detects that the ball has fallen into the pocket 25a.

The same applies to the other hitting pockets 25b to 25e and the long hitting pockets 26a to 26g. An optical sensor for detecting a ball is provided below each pocket hole. For this reason, in the present invention, unlike the related art, there is no possibility that a ball moving around on the play field surface hits another switch one after another and malfunctions.

Thus, of the hitting pockets 25a to 25e, 25b and 25d are hit pockets,
When a ball enters these, the runner can advance one base at a time, but the pockets 25a, 25c, 25e are fly pockets, and when a ball enters these, they are out.

When the ball further has a ball speed and passes through these pocket regions and gets over the next partition 20e, the ball rolls into any of the long pockets 26a to 26g. These long hit pockets are classified into hits that cause the runner to advance to the second or third base and home runs. The runner advances the base in accordance with the entered pocket and is given a score when he goes home. These outs, hits, home runs and the like are displayed on the television monitor 4 with appropriate animations each time, and at the same time, sound effects are played to excite the game.

[0020]

[Effect of the Invention] The present invention is configured as described above.
According to the present invention, a plurality of sensors for detecting a ball are provided below the board of the play field, and each sensor is operated only by a ball dropped into a corresponding pocket. This eliminates the problem that a plurality of sensors operate due to a ball moving around on the field board to cause a malfunction, and also reduces restrictions on the design of the play field.
Also, do you get over the fixed jumping hill and reach the outfield area?
No, and even beyond the inner and outer arc-shaped partitions
Depending on whether or not it reaches the outer outfield area,
The distinction between hits is made accurately, and the runner's suitability
It is possible to give a base number or the like.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. That is, for example, the number and arrangement of the pockets, the type of the sensor, the form of the operation panel, the presence or absence of the solenoid for the changing ball, and the like can be freely changed within the scope of the purpose of the present invention. It covers all the modified embodiments.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall external view of an embodiment of a baseball game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the play field.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of a pocket in which a ball falls and a switch provided below the pocket.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of various operation buttons on an operation unit panel.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a program for controlling a pitching mechanism and a solenoid when a straight ball or a changing ball is selectively supplied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Machine stand 2 Play field 20a Diamond 20b Straight fixed jump stand 20d, 20e Arc-shaped partition 21 Pitching mechanism 22 Batting mechanism 23a Home base sensor 23b Sensor hole for catcher 24a, 24b Out pocket 25a-25e Total pocket 250 Ball collection chute 251 Optical sensor 26a-26g Long stroke pocket 27 Curve solenoid 28 Shooting solenoid 3 Operation panel 31 Coin slot 32a-37a Operation buttons 32b-37b Operation buttons 4 TV monitor 5 Ball

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Seiki Ikeda 2-3-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Taito Building Taitonai Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Kawabata 2-3-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Taito Building Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-4-319382 (JP, A) JP-A-49-8337 (JP, A) JP-A-5-20974 (JP, A) JP-A-4- 319383 (JP, A) Japanese Utility Model Application Sho 51-61992 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application Hei 2-35778 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application Hei 2-53794 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 7/06 102

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A ball flipped out of a pitching mechanism (21) is hit by a batting mechanism (22) operable by a player on a play field (2) provided on a machine base (1), and the ball is hit by the ball. Is detected by a plurality of sensors provided at various positions on the board of the play field (2), and a score or the like is given in accordance with an output signal of each switch. In a baseball game machine configured to display various images on a television monitor (4), the plurality of sensors (251) are provided below the board of the play field (2), and pockets ( 24a to 24b) opened at various positions on the board. , 25a-25e, 26a-26
the fallen ball g), together with the sensor corresponding to each pocket (251) is configured to operate, among the plurality of pockets, a predetermined number of pockets (24a
24b) to the diamond field of the play field (2)
Area (20a), and another predetermined number of pockets (25a to 25e)
From the diamond area (20a) via the pump table (20b)
Inside and outside of the outer field area
Through the arc-shaped partitions (20d, 20e)
The pockets (26a to 26g) arranged in the formed arcuate concave portion and another predetermined number of
The baseball game machine described above, wherein the baseball game machine is arranged in an outfield area outside the arcuate concave portion . The pitching mechanism (21) is made of a magnetic material.
Mode of sending the manufactured ball at high speed and sending at low speed
And a solenoid for a curve (27) and a solenoid for a chute are provided below the board along the path along which the ball repelled from the pitching mechanism (21) reaches the batting mechanism (22).
(28) is provided, and a pin is provided without energizing the two solenoids (27, 28).
Sending the ball at high speed from the switching mechanism (21)
To send a high-speed straight ball and similarly a low-speed ball
By doing a slow straight ball, also for a curve
Pitching mechanism with solenoid (27) energized
Curve by sending ball at high speed from (21)
With the ball energized to the chute solenoid (28)
Sending the ball at high speed from the pitching mechanism (21)
2. The baseball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the shooting balls are arranged so as to be selectable .