JP5007486B2 - Baseball game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a baseball game machine in which one or two people can enjoy playing baseball in a simulated manner.

  Currently, various game machines are installed in amusement facilities such as game centers and amusement parks.

  Among these game machines, in the baseball game machine described in Patent Document 1, the upper part of the board is covered with a transparent dome, and a pitching device is disposed at the center of the board, and relative to the pitching device at the corner of the board. A batting device is provided, and the ball that rolls on the board surface is hit back by the batting device by the pitching device.

  Further, in the baseball game machine described in Patent Document 2, a batter box is arranged at the center of a hitting area in a cage with a net, and a left batter home base and a right batter home base are sandwiched between the batter boxes. And a left batter ball throwing device and a right batter ball throwing device are arranged in front of both home bases, and a panel is arranged on the back side of the cage. Three-stroke and home run detection plates are stretched.

  Furthermore, some pitching devices used in baseball supply one ball at a time between two wheels rotating in opposite directions, and the ball is struck out by the rotational force of the pair of wheels. (Patent Document 3).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-49329 JP 2001-62018 A JP-A-5-208059

  In the baseball game machine described in Patent Document 1, the player faces the attacking side and the defensive side across a small base, and moves the small ball or bat in the transparent dome by remote control. I couldn't have a sense of real life like throwing a ball and hitting a flying ball.

  Further, in the game machine described in Patent Document 2, the home base is arranged to be shifted to the left and right in the cage, so in the case of the right batter, the light direction is narrow, and in the case of the left batter The left direction is narrow, it has a feeling different from that of actually hitting the ball with a batter box, and the ball hit back straight to the thrown ball tends to foul. If it was not hit back, it would not be a hit or a home run. In the case of a left batter, if it was not hit back to the right side, it would be difficult to become a hit or home run, and it was inevitable that it felt uncomfortable.

  Furthermore, since the pitching device described in Patent Document 3 has a structure in which 2 to 4 wheels are individually rotated by four motors, the size of the device increases and it is difficult to install in a narrow place. At the same time, there is a problem that the structure is complicated and the cost is increased.

  This invention makes it a subject to provide the baseball game machine which eliminated the malfunction or difficulty described in patent document 1, patent document 2, and patent document 3 mentioned above.

The invention described in claim 1 includes a field and a pitching device that throws a ball on the field, and a ball game device in which a player hits a ball thrown from the pitching device, and an opening is provided in the vicinity of a substantially central portion of the field. And a lid that can be opened and closed is provided at the opening, and the pitching device is disposed at a position where the ball thrown by the pitching device passes through the opening below the bottom wall constituting the field. A ball game machine characterized in that a lid opening control device is provided that opens the lid only during a pitching operation by the pitching device and closes the lid at the end of the pitching operation .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the pitching device can change the direction from side to side with respect to the vertical direction, and is formed on an inclined surface that rises toward the near side from the vicinity of the center of the field, and is near the center of the field A first pitching groove directed in the left-right direction at the lower end edge of the both climbing inclined surfaces facing the side approaching the player and the side moving away from the player is formed, and the throwing device is formed from the bottom of the pitching groove. 2. The ball supply device according to claim 1, wherein a second ball collecting groove below the field is formed, and a ball supply device for supplying a ball to the pitching device from the lowermost portion of the second ball collecting groove is provided. It is a ball game machine .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ball supply device, a plurality of ball storage holes that can receive the ball are provided in the circumferential direction, and an upper portion is inclined toward the throwing device, and a lower portion A ball transfer rotary member that is rotatably supported by a storage hole positioned at the lowermost part of the second ball collecting groove, a rotary member drive device that rotationally drives the ball transfer rotary member, and the ball transfer rotary member The ball supply guide portion that is positioned closer to the pitching device, is inclined downward from the upper ball storage hole of the ball transfer rotating member toward the ball receiving portion of the pitching device, and is located downstream of the ball supply guide, A ball partition rotary shaft pivotally supported substantially parallel to the downstream portion of the ball supply guide, and provided integrally with the ball partition rotary shaft at a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the ball. Like a ball partition member of a claim 1 or claim 2 ball game machine according to, characterized in that a ball partition member driving unit that rotates the ball partition rotary shaft.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home base provided at the front center of the field, another base provided at the rear side of the field, and left and right batter boxes disposed on the left and right sides of the home base. The batter receives a ball thrown from the pitching device, a peripheral wall that surrounds the field, a strike display unit that displays various strikes including a home run standing on the field side of the fair ground in the field, and A strike detection device that detects hitting and hitting the strike display unit, a strike display device that displays a strike according to a detection signal of the strike detection device, a game progress state display device that displays a game progress state, and The game progress status display device adds the scores obtained until the predetermined number of pitches or the predetermined number of outs by the pitching device is reached. A claims 1 to 3 baseball game machine according to any one, characterized by comprising a control device for displaying an image.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of ball catching means are arranged on the field, and ball collision detection devices for detecting that a hit ball has collided with the ball catching means are provided, respectively. And a lottery means for lottering out or safe when a collision detection signal is transmitted, and a fielder complements and projects a video to be thrown to the required base, and the game is developed based on the result of the out or safe lottery by the lottery means The baseball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an image is selected and controlled to be displayed on the game progress state display device .

According to invention of Claim 1, the said pitching apparatus is covered with the said field, and this pitching apparatus does not become obstructive.
Be teeth, never entering the space of the bottom wall downward the hit back the ball constituting the field from the opening of the field.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the ball thrown from the throwing device flies to the in-course, out-course or straight of the batter box, and the player has the same hitting feeling as hitting the ball thrown from the pitcher. Can have.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the balls rolled into the lowermost portion of the second ball collecting groove are charged one by one into the ball receiving hole of the ball transfer rotating member, and charged into the receiving hole of the ball transfer rotating member. The ball is fed into the upper part of the ball supply guide part by the rotation of the ball transfer rotating member, the ball is rolled to the downstream side part by the downward inclination of the ball supply guide part, and between the two ball partition members that rotate. In a state where the balls are sandwiched one by one, it can be reliably supplied one by one to the ball receiving portion of the throwing device.

According to the invention of claim 4, when the player stands on one of the left and right batter boxes, hits the ball thrown from the pitching device, successfully hits the ball and hits the strike display portion of the fence, The hit detection device detects that the hit hitting display unit has been hit, and a hit is displayed by this detection signal.
Then, the home run number and score obtained until the predetermined number of pitches or the predetermined number of outs by the pitching device are reached are successively added by the control device, and the progress of the game is displayed on the game progress display device one after another. Therefore, you can get the same playing sensation as if you were actually doing a baseball attack.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the ball hit by the player collides with the ball catching means on the play field and the ball collision detection signal is transmitted from the ball collision detection device, the fielder catches the ball and performs the required operation. It is possible to select various catching motion images to be thrown on the kite, various runner running kites images and out or safe images by lottery, select game development images, and display them on the game progress display device. The game can be even more exciting.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 7 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the baseball game machine 1, the planar shape is composed of five sides of a substantially regular octagon and arcs close to a semicircle on the remaining three sides of the regular octagon . A field 2 having a shape in which one side at the center is longer than the other side is formed, and a home base 3 is drawn on the upper surface of the field 2 so as to be closer to the side longer than the center. Similarly, a first base is drawn on the right side of the field 2 , a second base is drawn on the back side of the field, and a third base 6 is drawn on the left side of the field .

In addition, a right batter box 7 and a left batter box 8 are drawn on the left and right sides of the home base 3, and the inside of a line drawn in a substantially square shape connecting the home base 3, the first base 4, the second base 5 and the third base 6. A pitching mount 9 is drawn in the approximate center of the area.
The first base 4, the second base 5 and the third base 6 have a semi-transparent plate inserted therein, a lamp is built in, and the semi-transparent plate can shine when lit. The base lights up and displays.
In the field 2, a first ball collecting groove 10 oriented in the left-right direction is formed across the vicinity of the substantially central portion between the home base 3 and the pitching mount 9, and the bottom of the first ball collecting groove 10 is lowest in the central portion. Inclined so that both left and right ends are raised.

  Furthermore, a notch (not shown) is formed on the back side of the lowest center portion of the first ball collecting groove 10, and the front end (not shown) of the second ball collecting groove 11 oriented in the front-rear direction shown in FIG. Connected to the notch of the ball groove 10, the bottom of the second ball collecting groove 11 is inclined downward toward the back.

  Furthermore, pillars 12 are erected at the vertices of the five sides of the field 2, and both ends of the girders 13 and the cross members 14 are integrally joined to the upper and lower parts of the pillars 12, and are surrounded by the post 12 girders 13 and the cross members 14. A transparent plate (not shown) is stretched over the part, and an open / close door 15 is provided at the center of the five parts surrounded by the pillar 12 girder 13 and the cross member 14 so that it can be opened and closed. The outer field wall 16 is stretched around the outer peripheral arc part of the field 2 sandwiched between the ends of the five sides, the display 17 is provided at the upper left and right center of the outer field wall 16, and the home run is placed above the hitting display part 19. A home run display unit 18 for displaying is provided, and a hitting display unit 19 for displaying hits, 2 hits, and 3 hits is provided below the display 17 and the home run display unit 18.

  On the field 2, six panel-shaped fielder dolls 20 depicting infielders and outfielders are arranged, and these fielder dolls 20 include fielder dolls 20 and plastic balls 21 (see FIGS. 6 and 7). When it hits, a vibration detection sensor (not shown) for detecting a ball collision is attached.

An input device 24 that is operated by the defensive player in the case of two players is arranged outside the central portion of the five portions surrounded by the pillar 12, the beam 13, and the cross member 14.
In the input device 24, three buttons, a left-side course button switch 25L, a middle course button switch 25C, and a right-side course button switch 25R are arranged for the defensive player to select a pitching course.
On the back side of the input device 24, that is, a medal slot not shown toward the field 2 surrounded by the surroundings, a start button switch, a play selection button switch for selecting one-player play or two-player play are attached, When playing alone, we try not to be mischievous from outside.

  The throwing device 30 is configured as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, and as shown in FIG. 2, height adjusting devices 32 are attached to the four corners of the lower surface of the base 31 of the throwing device 30. And is placed in the lower space of field 2.

A swing plate 33 is disposed on the base 31, and a vertical shaft (not shown) is disposed at the left and right central portions on the back side of the base 31. A guide member 34 is disposed on the front side of the base 31 so as to face in the left-right direction. A lateral guide groove (not shown) of the guide member 34 is disposed on the hand of the swing plate 33. The front end is slidably engaged left and right, and the rotating portion of the throwing direction control motor 35 disposed at the front end of the base 31 and the front end of the swing plate 33 are connected via a link 36. In conjunction with the forward / reverse rotation of the pitching direction control motor 35, the swing plate 33 is swung left and right about the back vertical axis.
The throwing direction control motor 35 is driven and controlled according to the selection operation of the left course button switch 25L, the middle course button switch 25C, and the right course button switch 25R for the defensive player of the input device 24 to select the throwing course. The control motor 35 is also selected and controlled by a CPU 71 described later.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the two left and right oscillating body side plates 37 of the pitching device 30 are installed on the oscillating plate 33 via the buffer 38, and the upper part on the back side of the oscillating body side plate 37 is 3 to 5, the connecting plates 39 are integrally connected to each other, and the lower side portions 40a of the two pitching device main body side plates 40 are screwed to the upper side portions 37a of the swinging body side plates 37. Etc., and the upper parts of the pitching device main body side plates 40 are integrally connected to each other by a reinforcing connecting member 41.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a pitching motor 42 is attached to a substantially central portion of the left pitching device main body side plate 40, and as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a rotation shaft 42a of the pitching motor 42 is provided. The rotating arm 43 is integrally attached to the left and right throwing device body side plates 40, and both ends of the swing shaft 44 are pivotally supported via bearings 45 at the front lower portions of the left and right pitching device body side plates 40. The both ends of the shaft 47 pass through the base end portion (the right end portion in FIGS. 3 to 5) of the both side pieces 46a, and the both ends of the shaft 47 are fitted to the lower side of the pair of left and right oscillating body side plates 37. A shaft 48 passes through the lower base end of each side piece 46a, and both ends of a throwing coil spring for pitching (not shown) are connected to both shafts 47 and 48. The elastic restoring force of the pitching coil spring for pitching The swing lever 46 swings about the swing shaft 44 in the clockwise direction in FIGS. It has come to be energized.

  Further, two anti-friction rollers 49 are pivotally attached to the central portion of the swing lever 46 in the longitudinal direction, and both sides near the tip of the swing lever 46 (leftward in FIGS. 3 to 5) from the anti-friction roller 49. When the swing lever 46 is swayed in the throwing direction (clockwise in FIGS. 3 to 5), as shown in FIG. A soft rubber stopper 51 is provided on the lower surface of the reinforcing connecting member 41 to alleviate the crash of 46.

  Furthermore, a pair of left and right latch members 52 are pivotally attached to the lower part of the rear side of both throwing device body side plates 40 via a shaft 54, and the pair of left and right latch members 52 are integrated with each other by a connecting member 55. 3, the base end of the receiving member 56 is integrally connected to the left latch member 52 a, and a receiving roller 57 is pivotally attached to the leading end of the receiving member 56. When 43 rotates counterclockwise, the receiving member 56 is pushed down via the receiving roller 57, and the latch member 52 engaged with the pawl engaging roller 50 swings clockwise about the shaft 54. The swing lever 46 swings due to the elastic restoring force of the unillustrated pitching coil spring for throwing, which is stretched around the shaft 47 and the shaft 48, and is disengaged from the claw engaging roller 50. The shaft 44 is pivoted clockwise with the shaft 44 as the center.

  Note that both ends of a tension coil spring (not shown) for energizing the pair of left and right latch members 52 about the shaft 54 in the clockwise direction are engaged with the latch member 52 or the connecting member 55 and the pitching device main body side plate 40. A stopper 58 for holding the latch member 52 at the swing angle shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is integrally coupled to the left and right pitching device body side plates 40.

  Further, a first photosensor X (indicated by a two-dot chain line in the figure) for detecting that the rotary arm 43 has rotated to the angle shown in FIG. The second photosensor Y (indicated by a two-dot chain line in the figure) that detects the completion of the disengagement of the engaging claw 53 with respect to the claw engaging roller 50 is rotated by the angle shown in FIG. Is provided.

Further, a ball receiver 59 is integrally attached to the upper end portion of the swing lever 46, and the ball 21 from the ball supply end 66b of the ball supply guide rod 66 in the ball supply device 60 shown in FIG. Can be received.
A photo sensor Z for detecting the ball 21 is installed at a predetermined position of the ball supply guide rod 66.

  As described above, the front end side (front side in FIG. 6) of the second ball collecting groove 11 shown in FIG. 6 is the rear side of the lowest left and right center of the first ball collecting groove 10 shown in FIG. Since the second ball collecting groove 11 is inclined downward toward the back side, the second ball collecting groove 11 is stored in the back side of the second ball collecting groove 11.

  On the back side of the second ball collecting groove 11, a ball transfer rotating member 61 having a large number of ball housing holes 62 formed in the circumferential direction is sandwiched between two ball holding plates 63, and the ball holding plate 63 is The ball transfer rotating member 61 is pivotally supported by the two ball holding plates 63 by the penetrating rotating shaft 65, and the two ball holding plates 63 are maintained in parallel with each other while the ball holding plate 63 The upper portion is inclined rearward from the lower portion of the ball holding plate 63, and an opening 64 communicating with the lower end of the second ball collecting groove 11 is formed in the lower portion of the front ball holding plate 63a. An opening (not shown) is formed in the upper part of the plate 63b so as to be opposed to the ball housing hole 62 positioned immediately above the rotating shaft 65. In FIG. 6, a rotating member comprising a motor and a speed reduction mechanism not shown in the figure. When the ball transfer rotating member 61 is rotated counterclockwise by the driving device, the second One ball 21 is stored in the ball storage hole 62 of the ball transfer rotating member 61 from the ball groove 11 through the opening 64 one by one, and the ball 21 stored in the ball storage hole 62 is rotated by 180 ° of the ball transfer rotating member 61. From the opening on the back side at the position, it is discharged to the upstream end portion 66a of the ball supply guide rod 66 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the ball supply guide rod 66 is installed in a downward inclined state from the near side toward the deep side, and the ball supply end portion 66b on the deep side of the ball supply guide rod 66 is shown in FIG. The ball supply guide rod 66 is disposed so as to be positioned on the upper right side of the ball receiver 59 in a state of being set.

  Adjacent to the ball supply end 66b of the ball supply guide rod 66, a ball partition rotary shaft 67 is pivotally supported by the ball supply guide rod 66, and this ball partition rotary shaft is spaced slightly wider than the diameter of the ball 21. Two marine screw-shaped ball partition plates 68 and 69 are integrally mounted on 67, and the ball partition rotating shaft 67 is connected to the ball partition plate driving motor 70 via a conduction mechanism (not shown), so that the smaller ball partition plate 67 The plate 68 is disposed on the upstream side, the larger ball partition plate 69 is disposed on the downstream side, and the ball partition plates 68 and 69 are integrally mounted on the ball partition rotating shaft 67 with the directions thereof being changed by 90 °. The swing lever 46 is moved from the state shown in FIG. 4 to the state shown in FIG. 3 through the state shown in FIG. The first photo When the sensor X is operated, the ball partition plate drive motor 70 is operated by the detection signal of the first photosensor X and the ball partition plates 68 and 69 are rotated while the ball partition plates 68 and 69 are rotated by 90 °. The balls 21 sandwiched between the plates 69 are supplied from the ball supply end 66b of the ball supply guide rod 66 to the ball receiver 59 in the state shown in FIG. 3, and then the ball partition plates 68 and 69 are further rotated by 90 °. In the meantime, the ball 21 upstream from the ball partition plate 68 is sandwiched between the ball partition plate 68 and the ball partition plate 69, and the ball partition plates 68 and 69 are stopped.

  In addition, the pitching mount 9 of FIG. 1 has a ball passage opening 27 formed at a portion that intersects the path of the ball 21 thrown by the pitching device 30 and a lid 28 can be opened and closed at the ball passage opening 27. When a pitching instruction is given from the pitching standby state shown in FIG. 3, the lid opening / closing motor 28M that opens and closes the lid 28 is driven to open the lid 28, and the rotating arm 43 is further counterclockwise. When the second photosensor Y is operated in a state where the engagement claw 53 with respect to the claw engagement roller 50 has been disengaged, the lid opening / closing motor 28M is rotated. The lid 28 is closed by the rotation.

  The baseball game machine 1 has a built-in control device (computer) 70 for controlling the game. A schematic block diagram of a control system by the control device 70 is shown in FIG.

  The control device (computer) 70 includes a CPU 71 that controls the entire system, a geometry processor 72 that calculates the display position and size of an object to be displayed on the screen, and programs and data used by the CPU 71 and the geometry processor 72. A system memory 73 to store, an external storage device 74 in which game programs and data are stored, a boot ROM 75 to store a program for starting the game machine and initializing each block, and a program and data between the blocks A bus arbiter 76 that controls the bus that exchanges data, a rendering processor 77 that generates an image to be output to the display 17, a graphic memory 78 that is connected thereto and stores data and commands for generating an image, and a speaker amplifier Audio that generates audio to be output to the speaker 92 via 91 It comprises an audio processor 79, an audio memory 80 connected to the audio processor 80 for storing data and commands for generating sound, and an input / output interface 81 that mediates input / output with external devices.

  As external devices that input signals to the control device 70 via the input / output interface 81, there are various sensors 98, the first photosensor X, the second photosensor Y, and the photosensor Z.

External devices to which control signals are output by the control device 70 via the input / output interface 81 include the pitching direction control motor 35 and the pitching motor 42 provided in the pitching device 30, and the ball transfer rotation provided in the ball circulation path. There are a transfer rotation member drive motor 61M for rotating the member 61, a partition plate drive motor 68M for rotating the ball partition plate 68, a lid opening / closing motor 28M for opening / closing the lid 28, etc., and each motor control signal is a motor driver. The motor is driven by the motor driver 95.
Various other lamps 97 are controlled to be lit by a lamp driver 96.

The control procedure of the main game control by the above control system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, an activation process is performed (step 1), and the player enters the field 2 and inputs a game fee. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the coin has been inserted (step 2), and the advertisement process ( Step 3) and a description of how to play and the like are displayed on the display (step 4). When a coin is inserted, the process goes from step 2 to step 5.

In step 5, the selection of the game is determined and executed from the setting by the player operating the play selection button switch.
That is, in the case of a one-player game, the process proceeds to step 6;

  If one player plays step 6 and enters the home run competition game, there are five pitches, and all five pitches are the middle pitches, and the player strikes the home run to practice hitting.

In the next step 7, the game starts, BGM, the actual situation, and the cheering of the audience flow, starting from the state where the score is 7 to 1 behind the 9th.
The pitching course is randomly set by the CPU, and pitching is performed according to the setting.
The player will hit and play against the pitch.
The live voice narrates whether or not the batter can reverse, and is exciting.

  Scores are counted during the game, and if the score is the same, the process proceeds to Step 8 and ends with a draw ending. If the player loses without being able to reverse, the process proceeds to Step 9 to execute the losing ending. Then, when the player wins by reversing, the process proceeds to Step 10 to enter the final game.

In the final game, the score starts from 4 to 1 in the 9th round.
The pitching course is randomly set by the CPU, and pitching is performed according to the setting.
In response to the throw, the player hits and plays again aiming to reverse.

  If the player wins by reversing from the score result after play, proceed to step 11 and finish with winning ending, and if the player loses without being able to reverse, proceed to step 12 and finish with losing ending However, if the points are the same, the process proceeds to step 13, where a draw ending is executed and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 5 that the game is a two-player game and the process jumps to step 16, steps 16 to 23 corresponding to steps 6 to 13 in the case of the one-player game are executed.

In step 16, the home run competition game is entered, there are five pitches, and the pitching course can be set by the defensive player.
That is, the defensive player stands in front of the input device 24 and listens to the batter while selecting the left course button switch 25L, middle course button switch 25C, and right course button switch 25R to set the course of throwing. To do.
In the next step 17, the game starts, and from the 9th time, the score starts from 8 to 4.
The pitching course is set by the defensive player, and the pitching is performed according to the setting.
The player will hit and play against the pitch.

  If the score scored during the game is the same, proceed to Step 18 and finish with a draw ending, and if the attacking player loses without being able to reverse, proceed to Step 19 and perform the losing ending. When the game is over and the attacking player has won the game in reverse, proceed to Step 20 and enter the final game.

In the final game, the score starts from 4 to 1 in the 9th round.
The pitching course is set by the defensive player, and the pitching is performed according to the setting.
The attacking player strikes again with the aim of reversing the pitch.

  If the attacking player wins by reversing from the scoring result after play, the process proceeds to step 11, and the winning ending is executed and the process ends.If the attacking player cannot lose, the process proceeds to step 12, and the losing ending is performed. When the result is the same, the process proceeds to step 13 where a draw ending is executed and the process ends.

In this embodiment, the game is started from the back of the ninth time. However, the game is not limited to the back of the ninth time, and may be started from the back of the eighth time, and can be freely set.
For example, in the case of two players, the scoreboard will show that it is 8 to 4 on the back of the 8th round, and when the game starts, the pitcher will select the pitching course, determine the ball, Strikes to reverse.
And the 9th strike hits a score that automatically rises to the end according to the score of the 8th back, and excites the 9th back attack.

Also, for example, when playing alone, the scoreboard is 8 times 7 to 1, and it is announced whether the actual situation can be reversed greatly.
Like the two-player game, the batter side is losing, but the remaining 2 times can be reversed, and the 9th table is automatically scored up to the end of the 9th attack by scoring the 8th back Enter. The pitching course in this case is randomly thrown by the CPU.
Winning or losing is achieved by the 9th attack, and it becomes a game set by drawing or losing.

Next, the control procedure of the ball throwing control in the pitching device 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Before the power is turned on, the swing lever 46 is positioned immediately above the pitch, and the rotating arm 43 is stopped at the position where the second photosensor Y is turned on (state shown in FIG. 4).

  When the power is turned on (step 31), the process proceeds to step 32, the pitching motor 42 is driven to rotate the rotary arm 43, and in the next step 33, it is determined whether the first photosensor X is turned on, Until it is turned on, the process returns to step 32, and the driving of the pitching motor 42 is continued.

  That is, the rotary arm 43 that has been stopped at the position where the second photosensor Y is turned on is rotated by the driving of the pitching motor 42, and the swing lever 46 whose tip is positioned upward as the rotary arm 43 rotates is provided. When the first photosensor X is turned on by being swung (see FIG. 5) and latched by the latch member 52, the operation proceeds from step 33 to step 34 to stop the driving of the pitching motor 42 and the rotary arm 43. Is stopped and a pitching standby state (state shown in FIG. 3) is established.

The pitching standby state is entered, the process proceeds to step 34, and the game starts.
When the start button switch 26 is pressed and the game starts, the process proceeds to step 35 where the pitching direction control motor 35 is driven to select and set the pitching course.
The throwing course is selected by the CPU in the case of a one-player game, and in the case of a two-player game, the defensive player selects one of the left course button switch 25L, the middle course button switch 25C, and the right course button switch 25R as described above. It will be selected by operating.

The pitching course can be selected until a pitching instruction is issued in the next step 36. If a pitching instruction is issued, the process proceeds to step 37, the lid opening / closing motor 28M is driven to open, and the lid 28 is opened.
In the next step 38, the pitching motor 42 is driven, and the rotation arm 43 starts rotating from the position where the first photosensor X is turned on (throwing standby state), so that the latch member 52 is swung and the latch is released. The swing lever 46 swings vigorously by the spring force of the coil spring, and the ball 21 placed on the ball receiver 59 at the tip is set to pass through the ball passage opening 28 where the lid 28 is opened. Throw along the throwing course.

  In the next step 39, it is determined whether or not the second photosensor Y is turned on. When the rotary arm 43 comes to a position where the second photosensor Y is turned on by rotation, the routine proceeds to step 40 and the lid opening / closing motor is reached. 28M is driven to close, and the lid 28 closes the ball passage opening 28 to prevent the ball from falling, and the process proceeds to step 41. However, before and after the second photosensor Y is turned on, the process skips step 40 and proceeds to step 41.

  In step 41, it is determined whether or not the first photosensor X is turned on. The process returns to step 38 until the rotating arm 43 rotates to the position where the first photosensor X is turned on. When the driving is continued and the rotating arm 43 is rotated and the first photosensor X is turned on, the routine returns from step 41 to step 42, the driving of the pitching motor 42 is stopped, and the rotating arm 43 turns on the photosensor X. Stop at the specified position.

During this time, the swing lever 46 positioned at the upper end after throwing the ball 21 is swung as the rotary arm 43 rotates, is latched by the latch member 58, and returned to the pitching standby state.
In step 42, the ball partition plate driving motor 68M is driven to rotate the ball partition plate 68 by 180 degrees, and the ball 21 is supplied to the ball receiver 59 at the tip of the swing lever 46 in the throwing standby state.

  Then, in the next step 43, it is determined whether or not the photo sensor Z (see FIG. 7) installed at a predetermined position of the ball supply guide rod 66 is turned on. Skip 45 and skip to step 46.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when the photosensor Z detects the ball 21 and is turned on, it indicates that the necessary and sufficient number of balls 21 are prepared in the ball supply guide rod 66. When the photo sensor Z is turned off, the ball 21 is short.

  Therefore, if it is determined in step 43 that the photosensor Z is on, the process jumps to step 46, but if it is determined that the photosensor Z is off, the process proceeds to step 44 to drive the transfer rotating member. The motor 61M is driven to rotate the ball transfer rotating member 61, and the ball 21 is supplied to the ball supply guide rod 66.

  In the next step 45, it is determined whether the photosensor Z is turned on and a necessary and sufficient number of balls 21 have been supplied. Until the photosensor Z is turned on, the process returns to step 44 and continues to drive the transfer rotating member drive motor 61M. To do.

  When the photosensor Z is turned on and the process goes from step 45 to step 46, it is determined whether or not an instruction to stop the game has been issued. If no stop instruction has been issued, the process returns to step 35 and the game is continued. The

  When the game stop instruction is issued, the process proceeds to step 47, where the pitching motor 42 is driven to rotate the rotary arm 43, and in the next step 48, it is determined whether the second photosensor Y is turned on. Until the rotation arm 43 comes to a position where the second photosensor Y is turned on, the process returns to step 43 and the driving of the pitching motor 42 is continued.

That is, the swing lever 46 that was in the pitching standby state is unlatched and swinged upward to prevent the coil spring from extending and deforming due to the length of the coil spring, and the rotary arm 43 is a position where the second photosensor Y is turned on. Is stopped (state shown in FIG. 4).
Then, the power is turned off (step 49).

The control device 70 controls the progress of the game executed in steps 7 and 17 in the flowchart of FIG. 9, which will be briefly described below.
As described above, the ball 21 is thrown on the pitching course selected by controlling the pitching device 30, and the attacking player hits, but if the hit ball 21 hits the home run display unit 18, the home run is processed, When hitting the hitting display unit 19, the hitting process is performed, and the output base is turned on to display the hitting.

A video is shown on the large display 17 in the outfield seat, and when the hit ball hits one of the fielder dolls 20, a video of the catch is projected, and an image of throwing on the first base appears, and when the first baseman catches, it is out Become.
Whether the defensive ball is successfully captured or missed is randomly determined by the lottery means included in the control device 70, and the difficulty can be given. These are determined at random, and the image is displayed on the large screen 6.

The input device 24 is in the back net, and after the coin is inserted, the buttons for one player and two players are selected, and the one player plays 7 to 1 and becomes the attack from the reverse of the 9th.
In the two-player game, the player is divided into a defensive (pitcher) side and an attack (batter) side. Press to select a pitching course (bulb muscle).

  The attacking player hits the ball as a batter, hitting the defensive fielder doll panel 20 or the home run display section 18 and the hitting display section 19 of the outer field wall surface, the sensors of each display section detect it, The announcer's voice and the cheer of the audience are output from the speaker.

And when it comes out, the bases 4, 5, and 6 corresponding to it are turned on to display the output.
In addition, a batting image, an image for catching a hit ball, and the like are played on the large display 17, and a score is displayed.
The batting video may be a CG video prepared in advance or a video obtained by shooting a video actually shot by the batter with a video camera.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a baseball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view seen from the left diagonal front of the pitching device. It is the perspective view which illustrated the state just before the pitching seen from the left diagonal back of the pitching device. It is the perspective view which illustrated the state immediately after the pitching seen from the left diagonal back of the pitching device. It is the perspective view which illustrated the state before the pitching preparation completion seen from the left diagonal back of the pitching apparatus. It is the perspective view which showed a part of ball supply apparatus which peeled off a part of field. It is the perspective view which looked at the remainder of the ball supply apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of the control system by a control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of the main game control by the same control system. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of pitch control.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Baseball game machine, 2 ... Field, 3 ... Home base, 4 ... First base, 5 ... Second base, 6 ... Third base, 7 ... Right batter box, 8 ... Left batter box, 9 ... Pitching mount,
10 ... first collecting groove, 11 ... second collecting groove, 12 ... pillar, 13 ... girder, 14 ... cross member, 15 ... opening / closing door, 16 ... outer wall, 17 ... display, 18 ... home run display section, 19 ... Strike display section,
20 ... Fielder doll, 21 ... Ball, 22 ... Player, 23 ... Bat, 24 ... Input device, 25L ... Left side course button switch, 25C ... Middle course button switch, 25R ... Right side course button switch, 27 ... Ball passage opening, 28 ... lid, 28M ... lid opening / closing motor,
30 ... Throwing device, 31 ... Base, 32 ... Height adjusting device, 33 ... Swing plate, 34 ... Guide member, 35 ... Throwing direction control motor, 36 ... Link, 37 ... Swing body side plate, 38 ... Shock absorber, 39 ... Connecting plate,
40: Throwing device body side plate, 41: Reinforcement connecting member, 42: Throwing motor, 43 ... Rotating arm, 44 ... Swing shaft, 45 ... Bearing, 46 ... Swing lever, 47 ... Shaft, 48 ... Shaft, 49 ... Decrease Maura,
50 ... Claw engaging roller, 51 ... Soft rubber stopper, 52 ... Latch member, 53 ... Engaging claw, 54 ... Shaft, 55 ... Connecting member, 56 ... Receiving member, 57 ... Receiving roller, 58 ... Stopper, 59 ... Ball holder,
60 ... ball supply device, 61 ... ball transfer rotary member, 61M ... transfer rotary member drive motor, 62 ... ball storage hole, 63 ... ball holding plate, 64 ... opening, 65 ... rotating shaft, 66 ... ball supply guide rod, 67 ... ball partition rotary shaft, 68 ... ball partition plate, 68M ... ball partition plate drive motor, 69 ... ball partition plate,
70 ... Control device (computer), 71 ... CPU, 72 ... Geometry processor, 73 ... System memory, 74 ... External storage device, 75 ... Boot ROM, 76 ... Bus arbiter, 77 ... Render processor, 78 ... Graphic memory, 79 ... Audio Processor, 80 ... Audio memory, 81 ... Input / output interface, 90 ... Display, 91 ... Speaker amplifier, 92 ... Speaker, 95 ... Motor driver, 96 ... Lamp driver, 97 ... Lamps, 98 ... Various sensors, X ... No. 1 photosensor, Y ... second photosensor, Z ... photosensor.

Claims (5)

In a ball game device comprising a field and a pitching device that throws a ball on the field, and a player hits the ball thrown from the pitching device,
An opening is formed near the approximate center of the field, and a lid that can be opened and closed is provided in the opening.
The pitching device is disposed at a position where a ball pitched by the pitching device passes through the opening below a bottom wall constituting the field,
A ball game machine , wherein a lid opening control device is provided that opens the lid only during a pitching operation by the pitching device and closes the lid at the end of the pitching operation . The pitching device can change the direction from side to side with the vertical direction as the center,
It is formed on the inclined surface climbing toward the near side from the vicinity of the center of the field,
A first ball collecting groove directed in the left-right direction of the lower edge of both climbing inclined surfaces facing the player and the side moving away from the player with the vicinity of the center of the field as a boundary;
A second ball collecting groove is formed below the field from the bottom of the ball collecting groove toward the pitching device;
The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a ball supply device that supplies a ball to the pitching device from a lowermost portion of the second ball collecting groove. In the ball supply device, a plurality of ball storage holes that can receive a ball are provided in the circumferential direction, an upper portion is inclined toward the throwing device, and a lower storage hole is the second collection hole. A ball transfer rotating member positioned rotatably at the bottom of the ball groove and rotatably supported; and a rotating member driving device for rotating the ball transfer rotating member;
A ball supply guide portion that is positioned closer to the pitching device than the ball transfer rotating member, and that is inclined downward from the upper ball storage hole of the ball transfer rotating member toward the ball receiving portion of the pitching device;
A ball partition rotary shaft located downstream of the ball supply guide and pivotally supported substantially parallel to the downstream portion of the ball supply guide;
Two ball partition members provided integrally with the ball partition rotating shaft at a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the ball;
The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a ball partition member driving device that rotationally drives the ball partition rotating shaft. Surrounding the periphery of the field, a home base provided in the front center of the field, another base provided on the rear side of the field, a left and right batter box disposed on the left and right sides of the home base A beating display section on which various beatings including a peripheral wall and a home run erected on the field side of the fair ground in the field are displayed;
A strike detection device that detects that a batter hits the strike display unit by hitting a ball thrown from the throw device;
A strike display device that displays a strike according to a detection signal of the strike detection device;
A game progress display device for displaying the progress of the game;
And a controller for adding a score obtained until a predetermined number of times of pitching or a predetermined number of outs by the pitching device and displaying an image of the game progress on the game progress status display device. The baseball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A plurality of ball catching means are arranged on the field,
A ball collision detection device for detecting that a hit ball has collided with the ball catching means, and lottery means for lottering out or safe when a ball collision detection signal is transmitted from the ball collision detection device. The fielder complements and projects a video to be thrown on the required base, and controls the game development image to be selected and displayed on the game progress display device by the out or safe lottery result by the lottery means. The baseball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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