JPH0511991U - Visual experience Simulation sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modified) [Purpose] To obtain multiple simulation sheets with simple structure and good responsiveness from one gas source. A seat portion 1, a support body 3 having a fulcrum 2 capable of swingably supporting the seat portion 1, a fixed base 4 capable of fixing the support body 3, the seat portion 1 and the fixed base. And a gas source actuator 5 for swinging the seat 1
And a solenoid valve that controls the gas pressure to the gas source actuator 5, and a drive circuit that controls the movement of the solenoid valve according to a drive command signal sent from the video display device. Has one or more seats 1, and each seat 1 receives a driving force from one gas source through a pipe.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a seat on which a player or an observer of an image display device such as a video game machine sits, and particularly to a seat (: simulation seat, simulation seat) that swings in response to an image.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As a device using a conventional simulation sheet, a game machine with a sheet (product name SUPER MONACO GP) that moves according to the game image when a player operates a car competition TV game, or similarly a two-seater There is a game machine with a seat (product name: RAIL CH ASER), etc., where the seat moves in small steps to express the vibration of the truck. According to the simulation seats used for these purposes, the seat on which the player sits moves in accordance with the running situation of the game, so that the game can be changed, and it is possible to give a sense of presence and dynamism.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional simulation seat, since one seat is operated by one compressor for all sheets, there is a disadvantage that a storage place for the compressor is required and the device becomes large in size. Even in game machines, the vibration seat could only be used in relatively large game machines called cockpit type and upright type. However, in the relatively small game machines called table type, which occupy most of the commercial game machines, there was no place to store the individual compressors, and only ordinary chairs were used. In particular, recently, since players have become accustomed to video games and can recognize higher-speed information, whether or not the seat is movable is one of the conditions to satisfy the interest of the players. Is becoming.

Further, if an electric motor is used to vibrate the seat and the responsiveness is to be improved, the electric motor needs to have a high output, and the simulation seat becomes large in size. Further, the electric motor needs a mechanism for converting its rotation into a necessary motion, and thus has a drawback that the motion as a simulation sheet tends to be monotonous. If an attempt is made to give a complicated movement, a large number of electric motors will be required, and the associated mechanism will also be complicated. Also, it is difficult to give motions of different modes, for example, it is difficult to obtain slow vertical movement and strong vibration with one mechanism.

In view of the above problems, the present invention has a simple structure, high responsiveness, easy miniaturization, easy movement of different modes, and a relatively small television game device. However, the objective is to solve the above problems by vibrating the simulation sheets of multiple game machines from one compressor.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the image sensation simulation sheet according to the present invention employs the following means. That is, according to claim 1, a seat for an observer of the image display device to sit, the seat, a support having a fulcrum capable of swingably supporting the seat, and the support can be fixed. A fixed base, a gas source actuator provided between the seat and the fixed base for swinging the seat, a solenoid valve for controlling the gas pressure to the gas source actuator, and the image display A drive circuit that controls the movement of the solenoid valve according to a drive command signal sent from the device, and one image display device has one or more sheets, and each sheet is driven from one gas source through a pipe. I got power. According to claim 2, a plurality of video display devices of the game machine are independently provided, and one or more seats of each video display device is provided with a driving force from one gas source which is a compressor through a pipe. I am doing it.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the seat portion is supported by one fulcrum and two gas source actuators, and the one fulcrum and the two gas source actuators are provided. The connection points of the seat to the support surface are arranged in a substantially triangular shape. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the gas source actuator is an actuator that has a cylinder and a piston and that selectively supplies gas pressure to both sides of the piston to expand and contract the piston. A means equipped with a solenoid valve for closing the gas in the cylinder was taken.

The seat portion is a portion that receives weight when seated, and may include not only the buttocks, but also portions on which the back, legs, arms or the like abut. The gas source actuator is a device that converts a positive pressure or a negative pressure of gas into a mechanical motion, and may be a device composed of a piston part and a cylinder part, a balloon-shaped device, a device using a turbine, or the like.

[0009]

[Action]

 With the above-described structure, the seat portion is swung by the gas source actuator with the support body as the swing center. The movement of the gas source actuator is determined by the supplied gas pressure, and the supplied gas pressure is determined by the operation of the solenoid valve. Further, the operation of the solenoid valve is determined by the drive circuit according to the drive signal from the image display device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the seat is supported by a fulcrum arranged at the apex of a substantially triangular shape and two air source actuators, and the seat is vertically moved and pivoted about the fulcrum. Is given. In claim 4, the gas inside the cylinder is blocked by the solenoid valve, and the movement of the piston is restricted by the gas pressure inside the cylinder.

[0011]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of a visual simulation sheet according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the mechanical section, in which (a) shows a side surface and (b) shows a front surface. The seat portion 1 is supported by a supporting body 3 by a swingable fulcrum 2, and the supporting body 3 is fixed by a fixing base 4. Here, the gas source actuators 5 and 5 are provided between the seat portion 1 and the fixing base 4.

The above is the basic mechanical portion, and by operating the gas source actuators 5, 5 simultaneously or alternately, the seat portion 1 is extremely small as shown in the phantom diagram of (a) or (b), The fulcrum 2 can be moved vertically or pivotally. FIG. 1 shows the case where two gas source actuators 5 are used and are arranged on the supporting surface of the seat 1 together with the fulcrum 2 in a substantially triangular shape, and the movement of the seat 1 can be more effectively achieved. It is a thing.

It should be noted that the seat portion 1 can be moved with at least one gas source actuator 5. For example, in (b), one gas source actuator 5 may be replaced with an elastic support. Incidentally, in order to cope with the change in the load on the seat portion 1, the gas pressure supplied to the gas source actuators 5, 5 may be changed. A position for knowing the operating state of the gas source actuators 5, 5 (for example, the expansion / contraction state of the piston) in order to keep the seat 1 horizontal when the main body 6 is operating or when the seat 1 is not required to swing. A detection sensor (not shown) may be provided.

Next, FIG. 2 shows an arrangement of electromagnetic valves for controlling the gas pressure to the gas source actuators 5, 5, and the operation will be described. The air compressed in the tank 11 by the compressor 10 is described. Passes through the filter 12, and the 2-port switching valve 13 determines the supply to the downstream. A safety valve 14, a pressure switch 15, and a pressure gauge 16 are provided between the tank 11 and the filter 12. The 3-port switching valve 17 is operated when the compressor 10 is operated under no load. A muffler 18 is attached to each valve.

Here, if the 2-port switching valve 13 is manually operated to the supply side, the compressed air whose gas pressure is adjusted from about 5.5 kgf / square cm to about 6.5 kgf / square cm by the pressure switch 15 is downstream. The pressure control valves 19 and 20 adjust the high pressure side gas pressure to about 5 kgf / square cm and the low pressure side gas pressure to about 3 kgf / square cm, respectively. It is determined. Here, the gas source 50 on the upstream side of the pressure control valves 19 and 20, the valve unit 100 up to the 2-port switching solenoid valves 29, 30, 31, 32 on the downstream side of the 4-boat switching solenoid valve, and the gas source actuator 5 are provided. It is divided into 5.

Although the gas source actuators 5 and 5 are connected downstream of the 4-port switching solenoid valve 21, it is appropriate that the expansion and contraction of the pistons 25 and 26 is determined by the supply gas pressure to the contraction port 22 and the expansion port 23. As will be readily understood by those skilled in the art, the expansion / contraction determination is performed by the 4-port switching solenoid valves 27 and 28.

The two-port switching solenoid valves 29, 30, 31, 32 provided between the gas source actuators 5, 5 and the four-port switching solenoid valves 27, 28 are arranged to remove the gas in the cylinders 33, 34 from each other. It is a solenoid valve for closing, and it is possible to close any or all of the contracting gas 35, 36 and the expanding gas 37, 38 in the cylinders 33, 34.

As a result, the following operation can be performed. That is, the expansion side gases 37 and 38 are supplied, and the compressed air is supplied to the contraction ports 22 and 23 intermittently by the 4-port switching solenoid valves 27 and 28 while being closed by the 2-port switching solenoid valves 30 and 32. Then, the pistons 25 and 26 contract intermittently. That is, vibration can be expressed. Further, since the pistons 25 and 26 can be held at arbitrary positions depending on the closed state, the seat portion 1 connected thereto can be held at arbitrary positions.

Next, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system of the entire simulation system including a drive circuit for controlling the solenoid valve described in FIG. 2, and a pneumatic circuit including various solenoid valves. The operation of 40 is determined by the control board 41. The control board 41 uses a drive command signal 43 from the image display device as a main signal source for controlling the pneumatic circuit 40, and uses a position signal 44 for feedback.

The drive command signal 43 can be set variously according to the purpose of the image display device 42, and is not specified. Since these are determined by the memory in the main board 45 and the execution program of the CPU 46, vibration, vertical movement, rotation, etc. of the seat portion 1 that enhances the image effect of the monitor TV 47 are controlled by the air source actuator (see FIG. Then, the right cylinder 5a, the left cylinder 5b) may be programmed to reproduce.

Therefore, for example, in the air combat game, the drive command signal 43 is as follows. That is, when the game is started by the start button 50, the signal is an initial setting signal, and when the shooting stick 51 and the shooting button 52 are operated to use a weapon, it becomes a launch vibration signal, and when the enemy aircraft is destroyed, it becomes a break vibration signal. Also, if the machine rises, a rising signal (both cylinders are extended) will be sent, and if it is turning, a turning signal (one cylinder will be extended and the other cylinder will be compressed).

In the operation of the seat portion 1, it is possible to perform more reliable control by detecting its position, and the position detection sensors 53 and 54 detect the operating states of both cylinders. Of course, the position of the seat portion 1 may be directly detected. A known technique such as a potentiometer or a limit switch may be used for the sensor.

The main mechanical portion including the control board 41, the pneumatic circuit 40, the right cylinder 5a, the left cylinder 5b, and the position detection sensors 53 and 54 can be made independent as a seat unit 55. At this time, the compressor 10 may be externally provided and may be common to four to five seat units 55. The seat unit 55 can be provided by modifying an existing game machine to generate a drive command signal.

FIG. 4 shows a flow of control operations of the main board 45 and the control board 41 of FIG. With respect to this, first, on the main board 50 side, when the power is turned on, initialization is performed (step A), whether the start button 50 is pressed, and whether the seat 1 is securely seated. From the above, it is judged whether or not the game is started (step B). When it is judged that the game is started, steps C, D and E are repeated until the game is over (step F). It

That is, the game progress process, the shooting stick 51 and shooting button 50 determination of missed shots and the like, and processing based on the determination result (step C) are performed, and then image processing (step D) is performed. Then, the drive command signal 43 is communicated to the control board 41 (step E). Steps C, D, and E are repeated during the game, and when the game is over, the process returns from Step F to Step B.

On the other hand, in the control board 41, when the power is turned on, the initialization (step K) is performed, and then the presence or absence of the air pressure in the tank 11 is determined (step L). If there is no predetermined air pressure, the compressor 10 The tank 11 is pressurized (step M), and if there is a predetermined air pressure, the pressurization is stopped (step N), and the process proceeds to step P.

In step P, it is determined whether or not the drive command signal 43 transmitted in step E on the main board 45 side is received, and if there is no new reception, it is determined whether the previous work is in progress ( In step Q), if the work is in progress, the previous solenoid valve control state is continued (step S), the process returns to step L, and if new reception is received in step P, the solenoid valve switching control is performed based on the new command. Perform (step R) and return to step L. If there is no new reception (step P) and the previous work is in progress (step Q), the process returns from step Q to step L to continue the work.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a product including the above-described mechanism and circuit, in which the seat unit 55 is provided with two seat portions 1, 1. In this case, it is for two people, and the seats 1 and 1 are individually controlled. Therefore, each player can realistically enjoy the competitive game by using the shooting stick 51 and the shooting button 52 while watching the video displayed on the monitor TV 47 of the video display device 42. This allows you to enjoy the game at the same time on the same screen.For example, in a wrestling game, you can enjoy wrestling against each other's wrestlers, when thrown to the mud, when you are jumped on the rope, When it is hit, the seat part 1 can be vibrated to give a realistic feeling.

The mechanism and control system shown above are merely examples, and many modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the number of air source actuators is 3 or more. Various applications are possible, such as changing the capacity of each, changing the mounting position, changing the mounting position, combining with an electric actuator, and dividing the seat portion. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the present embodiment is applied to a plurality of game machines. In this example, three game machines shown in FIG. 5 are provided side by side, and the gas pressure is applied to the bubble units 100 of the respective game machines A, B, and C from a gas source 50 including a compressor 10, a tank 11 and the like through a pipe. An operation signal by supplying and operating each game machine A, B, C is sent from each game machine to the control board 41 of the seat portion 1 on each side, and each control board 41 passes through each bubble unit 100. The gas source actuator 5 of each seat 1 can be driven.

By this method, it is possible to add a game machine as long as the capacity of the gas source 50 has a sufficient capacity. In this example, the game machines B and C are connected, and the seat units 55 are independently connected to each other. It is possible to drive. Here, each game machine A, B, C is connected in a loop via a communication interface, and the data calculated by each game machine is transmitted to each game machine one after another via the loop data transmission line 56. As a result, it becomes possible for a plurality of players to play a game in the same game space at the same time using a plurality of game machines, and to experience vibration from the respective seat units 55 under the same conditions. For example, assuming a case where six game machines are to be used for caring with the game machines A, B, and C, each game machine can play up to two players, so three game machines can be used by six players. Operate your car on a bird's-eye view of the same race screen to race, and if your car collides with another car, spins, or the seat 1 vibrates when riding on a curb, The game is more realistic and gives you the feeling of dead heat.

[0031]

[Effect of the device]

 The image sensation simulation sheet according to the present invention described above has at least the following effects. (1) Since the gas source actuator is used for swinging the seat portion, responsiveness is good. (2) With this, it is possible to cope with a high-speed drive command signal and quickly follow changes in the image, so that the player or the like can further enhance the sense of unity with the image. (3) By increasing the sense of unity, a game machine can be enjoyed in the game and repeatability (re-challenge) can be enhanced. (4) It is possible to move multiple seats from one gas source, and other game machines do not need a gas source, so it is simple. This naturally has the effect of increasing the profit per unit of game machine.

(5) Further, since the complicated swing of the seat can be performed by the simple mechanism, the seat unit can be downsized. (6) The movement of the seat in different modes can be easily performed by controlling the solenoid valve without changing the mechanism. According to the third aspect of the present invention, (7) the seat portion is supported by the two actuators arranged in a substantially triangular shape and one fulcrum, so that the seat portion can be easily moved up and down and rotated. In claim 4, (8) the gas in the cylinder can be closed, so that the seat portion can be held at an arbitrary position, and the expression of vibration can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 (a) is an explanatory side view schematically showing a mechanical part in a video sensation simulation sheet according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 (b) is an explanatory view from the front of FIG. 1 (a).

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a pneumatic circuit for controlling a gas source actuator in a visual simulation sheet according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system in the image sensation simulation sheet according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of a main board and a control board in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the appearance of a visual simulation sheet and an image display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which the embodiment of the present invention is applied to a plurality of game machines.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Seat 2 Support 3 Support 4 Fixing Stand 5 Gas Source Actuator 6 Main Body 10 Compressor 29 2 Port Switching Solenoid Valve 30 2 Port Switching Solenoid Valve 31 2 Port Switching Solenoid Valve 32 2 Port Switching Solenoid Valve 40 Pneumatic Circuit 42 Image Display Device 43 Drive Command Signal 50 Gas Source 51 Shooting Stick 52 Shooting Button 55 Seat Unit 56 Data Transmission Line 100

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A seat for an observer of an image display device to sit on, a seat, a support having a fulcrum capable of swingably supporting the seat, and a fixing capable of fixing the support. A table, a gas source actuator provided between the seat portion and the fixed table for rocking the seat portion, an electromagnetic valve for controlling the gas pressure to the gas source actuator, and the image display device. A driving circuit that controls the movement of the solenoid valve according to a driving command signal that is sent out, one image display device has one or more sheets, and each sheet provides driving force from one gas source through a pipe. Get a visual simulation sheet. 2. An image sensation simulation sheet in which a plurality of image display devices are independent, and one or more sheets of each image display device obtain a driving force from one gas source through a pipe. 3. The seat part is supported by one fulcrum and two gas source actuators, and the connection point arrangement between the one fulcrum and the two gas source actuators with respect to the support surface of the seat part is substantially triangular. The image sensation simulation sheet according to claim 1, which has a shape. 4. The gas source actuator is an actuator which has a cylinder and a piston, and selectively expands and contracts the piston by supplying gas pressure to both sides of the piston and for closing the gas in the cylinder. The image sensation simulation sheet according to claim 1 or 2, comprising the electromagnetic valve.