JP3532900B2 - Video game toys - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] [Technical Field of the Invention The present invention is, video game toys, the details, electronic frames that are displayed on the monitor unit rack
The present invention relates to a video game toy that is rotated by a belt and controls the operation of an electronic piece using an operating means. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a number of pieces of top toy that can be rotated on a play table and played against each other by striking each other are accepted by many users. Top-of-the-line play that changes and plays is widespread. However, the actual top toy has no room for the player to leave when the player's hand is left, and only monitors the development of the game. The present invention solves the above problems, displays an electronic top, which is a virtual top toy, on the monitor device, and allows the player to operate the electronic top to play a top game that reflects the player's will and technique. An object of the present invention is to provide a video game toy that can be played by turning an actual top toy. In order to solve the above problems, a video game toy according to the present invention is based on a memory in which a toy body stores a game program and a game program stored in the memory. And processing means for performing a game process and outputting an image signal and an audio signal to a monitor device, and an operating means operated by a player, and having the following requirements. (A) The processing means is based on the game program
The game to be processed is a battle game in which at least two electronic pieces are wrestled on the screen of the monitor device. (B) One of the operation means is composed of a rotating body, and the rotation of the rotating body is the first. (C) One of the operation means is constituted by a trigger, and the electronic piece is linked with the pulling operation of the trigger. (D) The toy body is provided with a flywheel that can be rotated by pulling the rack belt , and the rotation of the flywheel is detected by the second rotation detecting means (e ) The processing means determines the rotational energy of the electronic piece from the number of rotations calculated based on the detection result of the second rotation detecting means. (F) The toy body holds the piece toy. And keep
A rotating mechanism for rotating the held toy, and the rotating machine
The fly hoist is operated by pulling the rack belt.
To rotate the held top toy.
And (g) The rack belt was pulled out from the toy body.
Sometimes the flywheel continues to rotate and the
The rolling mechanism stops operating instantly, and the held top toy is inertial
In DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION It [0006] that while rotating disengaged from the rotation mechanism 1 shows a video game toy according to the present invention, the video game toy rotates the toy top 2 to the toy body 1 A rotation mechanism 3 is provided so that the actual top toy 2 can be rotated to allow top play, and the toy main body 1 is connected to the monitor device 4 by the AV cable 5, and a virtual top toy is displayed on the screen of the monitor device 4. This is a game that allows you to play a battle game by displaying a certain electronic frame and rotating the electronic frame displayed on the screen so that you can play in either the real world or the virtual world. is there. The toy body 1 is formed to resemble a pistol toy, and allows the player to hold the toy body 1 by holding the grip part 6 with one hand. ing. As shown in FIG . 2 (a), a power button 10, a reset button 11, a cancel button 12 and a power indicator lamp 13 are arranged on the upper surface of the toy main body 1, and one of operating means is provided at the rear part. A rotating body (steering wheel) 14 is rotatably arranged, and a trigger (trigger lever) 15 (one of the operating means imitating a trigger so that it can be pulled with the index finger of the hand holding the grip 6) (see FIG.
1) is disposed, and a holding body 45 that holds a top toy 2 that is a part of the rotation mechanism 3 described later is rotatably disposed on the right side surface. The steering wheel 14 is rotatably supported by the toy body 1 and the rotation of the steering wheel 14 is detected by the first rotation detecting means 20. The first rotation detection means 20 is a shaft portion 21 of the steering wheel 14.
The slits 22 are fixed at appropriate intervals and at equal intervals.
And a transmissive photointerrupter 24 that is arranged so as to sandwich the disc 23 and detects the presence or absence of the slit 22, and an output signal of the photointerrupter 24 is a CPU 50 that is processing means described later. The CPU 50 can recognize the rotation direction and the rotation speed of the steering wheel 14. When the trigger lever 15 is pulled, the trigger switch SW3 is turned on, the operating state of the trigger switch SW3 is recognized by the CPU 50, and the rotation speed of the electronic frame is increased during the pulling operation. As shown in FIG. 2 (b), the toy main body 1 is formed with a through hole 26 penetrating in the front-rear direction. A rack belt 27 is inserted into the through hole 26 and pulled inside to allow the toy body 1 to be internally inserted. Arranged flywheel 35 to be described later
Can be rotated. Furthermore, connected to the bottom portion of the grip portion 6, as shown in FIG. 4, to be connected to the toy body 1 of the other party when the battle game with AV jack connector 30,2 people for connecting the AV cable 5 Signal cable 31 as means
And a connector 32 for inserting the plug. FIG . 5 is a bottom perspective view of the rotating mechanism 3,
The flywheel 35 is integrally formed with a first drive gear 36 on the same axis, and the flywheel 35 is rotated by pulling the rack belt 27 while the rack gear 27 is engaged with the first drive gear 36. Be able to. The flywheel 35 has a plurality of through holes 37 formed at equal intervals on the same circumference from the upper surface to the lower surface.
Second rotation detection means 40 comprising LEDs 38 and phototransistors 39 disposed above and below the flyhole 35.
Detects the passage of the through-hole 37, and the detection result is input to a CPU 50, which will be described later, so that the rotational speed of the flywheel 35 can be calculated. [0015] The rotation mechanism 3 for rotating the toy top 2 is disposed below the flywheel 35. The rotation mechanism 3 includes a second drive gear 42, a ratchet gear 43, a stopper 44, and a holding body 45 that holds the top toy 2. The second drive gear 42, the first drive gear 36, Are arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals so as to rotate independently. The second drive gear 42 meshes with the rack gear together with the first drive gear 36 when the rack belt 27 is inserted, and rotates when the rack belt 27 is pulled. A ratchet gear 43 is coaxially formed integrally with the second drive gear 42, and the rotation of the second drive gear 42 is restricted by a stopper 44 disposed in the vicinity thereof. The stopper 44 is urged by a spring (not shown) so that the locking piece 46 always meshes with the ratchet gear 43, and when the rack belt 27 is inserted, the locking piece 46 is moved to the rack as shown in FIG. The meshing with the ratchet gear 43 is released by being pushed by the back of the belt 27. At this time, the pressing piece 47 presses the leaf switch SW4, so that the leaf switch SW4 is turned ON. When the rack belt 27 is pulled out, FIG.
As shown in (b), the flywheel 35 rotates by inertia, and the stopper 44 is urged by a spring to engage the locking piece 4.
6 meshes with the ratchet gear 43 and the ratchet gear 4
3 is locked, the holding body 45 is instantaneously stopped. At this time, since the pressing of the leaf switch SW4 by the pressing piece 47 is released, the leaf switch SW4 is turned OFF. [0018] The ON / OFF of the leaf switch SW4
The state is determined by the CPU 50 described later. If the rack belt 27 is turned on, it is recognized that the rack belt 27 has been inserted. If the rack belt 27 is turned off, it is determined that the rack belt 27 has been pulled out.
From the detection result of the rotation detecting means 40 of the flywheel 35
The number of rotations is calculated. The holding body 45 is formed with two holding pieces 48 for holding the top toy 2, and the top toy 2 held by the holding piece 48 is rotated by pulling the rack belt 27. When the rack belt 27 is pulled out by rotating together with the drive gear 42 and the stopper 44 forcibly stops the ratchet gear 43, the holding body 45 also stops instantaneously. Then it falls and rotates independently. FIG . 7 shows a block diagram of a video game toy. The CPU 50 as a processing means stores a control program, image data, audio data, etc. necessary for executing the game via the bus line 51. 52, a video processor 53 that generates a game screen, and an audio processor 54 that generates a game sound, and the video processor 53 and the audio processor 54 are connected to the AV jack connector 30, and audio signals and video signals are AV. The signal is input to the television 4 as a monitor device via the cable 5. The bus line 51 is connected to the photo interrupter 24 of the first detection means 20, the LED 38 as the second rotation detection means 40, and the phototransistor 39 via the I / O port 55, and the reset button 1.
1, switches SW1, SW2 and trigger switch SW3 corresponding to the cancel button 12 and the trigger lever 15
And a leaf switch SW4 are connected. Next, description on the basis of the specifications aspects of video game toy of the structure in the flow chart diagram of FIG. When the signal cable is connected to the television which is a monitor device and the power is turned on, the title is displayed on the screen (step ST1), and it is determined whether or not the trigger lever 15 is pulled (step ST2). If the trigger lever 15 is not pulled (SW3 is ON), the process proceeds to step ST3, and a predetermined time (15
Minutes) If the power button 10 is left or pressed for a predetermined time (1 second) or longer, the standby mode is set (step ST4). By pressing any button, the standby mode is canceled and the title is again displayed on the monitor device 4. Displayed on the screen. When the trigger lever 15 is pulled on the title screen, the process proceeds to step ST5 and the mode selection screen is displayed. On the mode select screen, a plurality of modes as game types are displayed, and a mode to be executed by rotating the steering wheel 14 is selected (step ST6).
When the trigger lever 15 is pulled (step ST7), the selected mode is executed (step ST8), and when the mode ends (step ST9), the process returns to step ST1 and the title screen is displayed. [0024] For example, if you select a tournament mode, select the e-frame to play against can perform your e-frame and the battle, one of the selection screen (Figure confirm the ability of any electronic piece to start the battle 9 (a)) is displayed. When the “status” button on the screen is selected with the steering wheel 14 and the trigger lever 15 is pulled, the ability of the electronic piece is displayed and the ability of the electronic piece can be confirmed in advance. When the “battle” button is selected with the steering wheel 14 and the trigger lever 15 is pulled, setting of the rack belt 27 is instructed. Therefore, the rack belt 27 is inserted, and a pull-out operation is performed with a message “GO SHOOT”. Since the pulling speed is reflected in the rotational speed of the flywheel 35, the rotational energy of the electronic piece is determined by the rotational speed of the flywheel 35, and the fighting with the opponent's electronic piece is started and displayed on the screen. 2 of your electronic top a and your opponent's electronic top b on the stadium 60
A battle screen for fighting two electronic frames is displayed (Fig. 9).
(See (b)). In the battle screen, the remaining time is displayed as a number in the upper center, and on both sides the endurance gauges 61a and 61b of the electronic top a and the opponent electronic top b and hit point gauges 62a and 62b indicating physical strength. Is displayed with a scroll bar, and a traveling direction gauge 63 indicating the traveling direction of the electronic frame is displayed. When the trigger lever 15 is pulled during the battle, the speed of movement can be increased, and a spark 64 is displayed on the trace so that the speed can be visually observed (FIG. 9 (c). )reference). At this time, the endurance gauge decreases quickly. Further , when the steering wheel 14 is rotated, the electronic frame changes its direction in the rotation direction and easily changes its direction according to the rotation speed (FIG. 9).
(See (d)). A traveling direction gauge 63 is displayed on the electronic piece. If the traveling direction gauge 63 comes into contact with the opponent's electronic piece after that, the opponent's electronic piece can be damaged, and a hit point indicating the physical strength of the electronic piece. Can be reduced. Further , since the physical strength is consumed even if it contacts the wall 65 of the stadium 60, the electronic piece a can be controlled by operating the steering wheel 14 and the trigger lever 15. When the endurance 61 is lost or the hit point 62 is lost, the lost electronic frame is programmed to lose. It should be noted that the other toy body 1 is connected with the signal cable 31.
Since the opponent's electronic piece b is controlled by the operation of the toy body 1 owned by the opponent's player, more advanced techniques are required and the battle game can be enjoyed more. When the actual top toy 2 is rotated with a video game toy, the rack belt 2 is first inserted into the through hole 26 from the rear of the toy main body 1 as shown in FIG.
Insert 7 fully. Next, as shown in FIG. 10B, the top toy 2 is held on the holding piece 48 of the holding body 45 and set on the toy main body 1. In the state where the top toy 2 is set in the toy main body 1, as shown in FIG. Rack belt 27
6 is pulled out from the toy main body 1, the stopper 44 forcibly stops the ratchet gear 43 as shown in FIG. 6B, so that the holding body 45 also stops instantaneously and tries to rotate with inertia. 2 can be detached from the holding piece 48, fall down and rotate independently, and a top play can be performed in which the top toy 2 is played against the opponent's top toy on a stadium simulating a stadium (not shown). [0033] As described above, insertion so as to penetrate the rack belt 27 to the toy body 1, the first driving gear 36 in mesh with the rack belt 27 is pulled out once, independently and second drive gear 42 Since it can be rotated, the flywheel 35 is rotated by the first drive gear 36, the power of the electronic top is determined from the rotational speed, and the electronic top can be rotated based on the power. The holding body 45 rotated by the second drive gear 42 is provided with two holding pieces 48 for holding the top toy 2, and the rack belt 27 is attached to the toy main body 1.
Since the holding body 45 is suddenly stopped by the stopper 44 when it is pulled out, the top toy 2 that is going to continue to rotate due to inertia falls off the holding piece 48 and falls onto the stadium, and the top toy can battle with each other. Therefore, the virtual top toy electronic top can be displayed on the screen of the monitor device 4 so that a battle game can be played, and the real top toy 2 can be rotated to play a top game, making the top play a real world. It can be enjoyed in a virtual world and the range of play can be expanded. [0035] According to the present invention, to rotate the electronic frame to be displayed on the monitor device by the rack belt, pressed simply push button and controls the operation of the electronic frames by using the operation means Unlike video games that are played, the movement of electronic frames and the operation of operation means are linked, so you can enjoy a realistic battle game . In addition , since the toy body is provided with a rotation mechanism for rotating the top toy, the actual top toy can be turned and the electronic top battle game displayed on the monitor device can be rotated.
Not only nothing, it is possible to the frame play to fighting the actual toy top.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a video game toy according to the present invention. FIGS. 2A and 2B are perspective views for explaining functions of a toy main body. FIG. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the toy body. FIG. 5 is a bottom perspective view illustrating the configuration of the rotating mechanism. FIGS. 6A and 6B show the relationship between the rack belt and the rotating mechanism. FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining the electrical configuration of the video game toy. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the usage mode of the video game toy. FIGS. 9A to 9D are examples of the game. [Fig. 10] (a) to (c) are perspective views for explaining operations when rotating an actual top toy. [Explanation of symbols] 1. Toy body 2. Top toy 3 Rotating mechanism 4 Monitoring device 14 Operating means (steering wheel) DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Operation means (trigger lever) 20 1st rotation detection means 27 Rack belt 40 2nd rotation detection means 31 Connection means (signal cable) 35 Flywheel 50 Processing means (CPU) 52 Memory

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claims] [Claim 1] A toy body stores a game program, a game process based on the game program stored in the memory, an image signal and an audio signal to the monitor device A video game toy characterized by having a processing means for outputting and an operating means operated by a player, and having the following requirements. (A) The processing means is based on the game program
The game to be processed is a battle game in which at least two electronic pieces are wrestled on the screen of the monitor device. (B) One of the operation means is composed of a rotating body, and the rotation of the rotating body is the first. (C) One of the operation means is constituted by a trigger, and the electronic piece is linked with the pulling operation of the trigger. (D) The toy body is provided with a flywheel that can be rotated by pulling the rack belt , and the rotation of the flywheel is detected by the second rotation detecting means (e ) The processing means determines the rotational energy of the electronic piece from the number of rotations calculated based on the detection result of the second rotation detecting means. (F) The toy body holds the piece toy. And keep
A rotating mechanism for rotating the held toy, and the rotating machine
The fly hoist is operated by pulling the rack belt.
To rotate the held top toy.
And (g) The rack belt was pulled out from the toy body.
Sometimes the flywheel continues to rotate and the
The rolling mechanism stops operating instantly, and the held top toy is inertial
Detaching from the rotating mechanism while rotating at