JPH0131261Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a technology for controlling display patterns in electronic games. The present invention relates to a game device that is incorporated into a game.

[Background technology]

Recently, various electronic game devices using LSI have been widely used. In addition, the display device may be LCD (liquid crystal display), ECD (electrochromic display), FL (fluorescent display), or
Many use CRT (cathode ray tube), etc. Examples of this type of electronic game device include a baseball game device, a fiddling game device, and the like. In the former, the user of the game device enjoys a baseball game by controlling balls, bats, etc. displayed on an LCD or the like through key operations. Similarly, in the latter, the user becomes a fisherman and enjoys fishing as a game by controlling fish, fishing lines, hooks, etc. displayed on an LCD or the like by operating keys.

In this way, in conventional electronic game devices,
The game was played by replacing all the actions associated with the game with simple key presses. Therefore, the throwing and hitting actions that are performed in actual baseball involve only key operations. Further, the throwing speed and flight distance of the ball can only take fixed, electrically set values in advance or random values. Similarly, actions such as swinging a fishing rod that are performed during actual fishing are not reflected in the game. For these reasons, conventional electronic game devices allow games to be played simply by key operations, and the user's judgment (other than key operations) cannot be actively incorporated into the game.

[Purpose of invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a game device that adds actions such as throwing, hitting, and swinging that are unique to the game to the determining factors of the game, thereby making the game more realistic and practical.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

[Summary of the idea]

A brief overview of typical devices disclosed in this application is as follows.

That is, the detection member is provided integrally with the main body of the game device in which a display device such as an LCD is housed. This detection member has a fixed contact and a movable contact, and the movable contact comes into contact with the fixed contact by applying force to the main body from the outside.
If the movable contact is configured as a cantilever bar, for example, the time it is in contact with the fixed contact changes depending on the magnitude of external force. Therefore, depending on the length of this time, the flight distance of the ball and the distance of the fishing line due to actions such as hitting, throwing, swinging, etc. can be changed, and this can be displayed on the display device. Therefore, a more realistic and interesting game device is achieved.

〔Example〕

A preferred embodiment of the game device of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the game device. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is the main body of the game device. A handle 2 is fixed below the main body 1. Further, reference numeral 3 is a display device, for example, an LCD. The display device 3 displays various display patterns for the game. For example, if we take the fishing game as an example, fish,
Fishhooks, fishing lines, weights, floats, anglers, etc. are displayed on a liquid crystal display by applying voltage to the transparent electrode pattern of the LCD. Certain programs of the game are executed sequentially by operating electrical circuits formed by the CPU, ROM, RAM, data bus, l/0 interface, etc., as is known in the art. These electric circuits are mounted on the printed circuit board 4.
A printed circuit board 4 is fixed within the main body 1. The electric circuit on the printed circuit board 4 is used to sequentially display the aforementioned various display patterns according to the game programming on the display device 3, and for this purpose, the various operation keys 5, 5', and 6 on the front of the main body 1 are used to start the game. , mode switching, and other functions are performed by inputting external keys to advance the game.

A detection member 7 is provided in the main body 1 of the game device. In this embodiment, the detection member 7 is fixed on the printed circuit board 4, but for example,
It is also possible to fix it within the handle 2 or to protrude from the main body 1. The detection member 7 is housed in a cylindrical case 8, and a movable contact and a fixed contact are provided inside. . As shown in FIG. 2, the fixed contact 9 and the movable contact 10 are housed in the case 8 facing each other, and leads 11 and 12 are pulled out from one end of each, and necessary electrical wiring is performed on the printed circuit board 4. ing.

The fixed contact 9 is fixed to the case 8 and therefore fixed to the main body via the printed circuit board 4. Furthermore, one end of the movable contact 10 on the lead 12 side is fixed to the case 8, and the other end is a free end. A bent portion 13 is formed approximately at the center of the movable contact 10, and a weight 14 is attached to the tip. It goes without saying that the fixed contact 9 and the movable contact 10 are made of a conductive member, but the movable contact 1
0 also needs to have elasticity. For example, a copper plate, a steel plate, or the like can be used for the fixed contact 9 and the movable contact 10.

The operation of the detection member 7 having such a configuration will be explained. Hold the handle 2 and shake the main body of the game device. This swinging motion corresponds to, for example, the motion of throwing a fishing line to a target location in a fishing game, and corresponds to the motion of hitting or throwing a ball in a baseball game. . The direction in which the main body 1, and thus the detection member 7, is swung by the handle 2 is the direction in which the movable contact 10 faces the fixed contact 9. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, by swinging the main body 1 of the game device from the upper rear to the lower front, the movable contact 1 can be moved as shown in FIG. 3.
0 contacts the fixed contact 9. In addition, in the case of the motion of hitting a ball, it is natural to swing the main body 1 of the game device laterally around the body.

It is clear that the movable contact 10 contacts the fixed contact 9 at its bent portion 13 because the movable contact 10 is composed of an elastic member with one end fixed and the other end free. . Moreover,
Since the weight 14 is attached to the upper end, the force due to the acceleration of the swing is further applied to the movable contact 10. If the swinging force is large, the movable contact 10 will be in contact with the fixed contact 9 for a longer period of time. Note that if the fixed contact 9 is a completely rigid body, the bending portion 13 absorbs the impact upon contact, but there is a possibility that some chattering may occur. However, this chattering can be removed electrically or mechanically by locally applying a material that easily absorbs shock to the fixed contact 9 in the area where the bent portion 13 contacts. can.

In order to electrically detect the time period during which the movable contact 10 and the fixed contact 9 are in contact, for example,
This can be easily done by inputting on/off signals between the contacts 9 and 10 for a certain period of time into the data bus using the aforementioned CPU clock. In this case, when importing data, use the operation keys 5, 5', and 6.
Preferably, press one to run the data capture routine. By controlling the display pattern of the display device 3, such as the position of the fishing line, float, ball, etc., according to the length of the detected contact time, a display pattern of flight distance according to the force of the swing can be obtained. . After this, as before, press operation key 5,
The game continues by pressing 5' and 6.

〔effect〕

As explained above, the game device of the present invention is
The display pattern displayed on the display device is controlled by pressing an operation button, and further,
The magnitude of the force obtained by the user's actions such as swinging, throwing, or hitting is also taken into account as a control factor for the display pattern. Therefore, since the user's judgment takes into account not only the timing of key presses as in the past, but also the actions performed in the actual game, it is possible to provide a realistic and interesting game device. There is.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically explained based on the examples above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned examples, and it is understood that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. Needless to say. For example, although lead-shaped contacts were used for the fixed and movable contacts in the embodiment, pendulum-shaped contacts could also be used for the movable contacts, and could move against at least an external force and come into contact with the fixed contacts. It's fine as long as you do it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the game device of the present invention; FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing a fixed contact and a movable contact, showing a non-contact state and a contact state, respectively; FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of applying force from the outside to the game device of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to control the display pattern. 1... Main body of the game device, 2... Handle, 3...
Display device, 4... Printed circuit board, 5, 5', 6...
...Operation switch, 7...Detection member, 8...Case, 9...Fixed contact, 10...Movable contact, 11,
12...Reed, 13...Bending part, 14... Weight.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It consists of a display device that sequentially executes a predetermined game program by inputting an external key and sequentially electrically changes and displays a display pattern for playing the game, a movable contact and a fixed contact, and the display device is housed. a detection member which is provided integrally with the main body and whose contact time between both contacts changes according to a force applied to the main body from the outside, and a display pattern of the display device according to the output of the detection member. A game device characterized by controlling.