JPH0548711B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a robot toy that shoots by emitting light beams.

[Prior art and its problems to be solved] Most conventional robot toys have been enjoyed by moving the arms and other parts, or by attaching various optional parts to transform them. Ta.

Therefore, with conventional robot toys, the robot can only be used as a doll to play alone, and cannot be played in a way that allows players to gather together to play games.

[Means for Solving Problems] The present invention, which solves the above conventional problems, is a robot toy that shoots by emitting light beams, and includes at least two light emitting parts that emit an attack beam and a search beam to the robot body. The robot body has a head, a body, arms, and legs, and the arms are equipped with a light sensing section that receives the attack beam and search beam from the outside. The attack beam is emitted from a light emitting part provided on the arm that can be raised and lowered, the search beam is emitted from a light emitting part provided on the body, and the light sensing part is installed in the body to receive the attack beam and search beam from other projectiles, and in conjunction with the reception of this search beam, the attack beam is emitted from the light emitting unit installed in the arm. The robot main body is provided with an information display section that displays information such as the number of times it has been hit by search beams and attack beams from the other projectiles, at a position that can be checked from the outside.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 6 show a robot toy according to an embodiment of the present invention. The robot toy of this example is
a light emitting unit 2 that emits infrared rays to the robot body 1;
It is comprised of a light sensing section 3 that receives infrared rays from the outside, and an information display section 4 that displays predetermined information.

The robot main body 1 has an external shape as shown in the figure, and consists of a head 1a, a body 1b, left and right arms 1c, 1d, and left and right legs 1e, 1f. The upper body of the robot main body 1 is configured to reciprocate from side to side within a certain range around its waist 1g, driven by a built-in motor 5. Further, a motor 6 is built in the base of the right arm 1c of the robot body 1, and the right arm 1 is driven by the motor 6.
c is raised or lowered. Note that 7 and 8 are drivers for the motors 5 and 6, respectively.

The light emitting section 2 emits infrared rays by causing an infrared light emitting element 2a such as a diode provided near the tip of the right arm 1c and an infrared light emitting element 2b provided on the chest of the torso 1b to emit light.

This light emitting unit 2 codes infrared rays by superimposing a pulse signal, and emits five types of light by changing the pulse period and the like. One of them is used as an attack beam for firing, and the other four are used as search beams for information transmission. Also, the attack beam is the right arm 1
The search beam is emitted from the infrared light emitting element 2a on the chest, and the search beam is emitted from the infrared light emitting element 2b on the chest.

The type of search beam emitted from the light emitting section 2 is selected by a setting changeover switch 9.
The setting changeover switch 9 is provided at the waist 1g of the robot main body 1 as shown in the figure, and consists of two slide switches 9a and 9b. On each switching side of the slide switches 9a and 9b, there are E and R and A and B.
A switching display is attached.

By switching the slide switches 9a and 9b, the slide switch 9 is on the E side and the slide switch 9b is on the A or B side, and the slide switch 9a is on the R side and the slide switch 9b is on the A or B side.
It is possible to select any one of the four side combinations. Four types of search beams are emitted from the light emitting section 2 corresponding to these four combinations.

The attack beam from the light emitting section 2 is emitted when the enemy's search beam enters the light sensing section 3, and the search beam is set at the setting changeover switch 9 except when the attack beam is emitted. The corresponding search beam will be emitted at all times. Further, in this embodiment, once the setting of the slide switch 9a is set, it cannot be changed midway.

The light sensing section 3 receives and senses the attack beam and search beam emitted from the other party's robot toy or ray gun toy, and this reflective photo sensor 3a is attached to the chest portion of the body section 1b. There is.

When light is incident on the reflective infrared photo sensor 3a, the light sensing section 3 discriminates the type of incident light and sends a discrimination signal to the microcomputer 10.

The information display section 4 displays the information sent by the search beam and the number of times the robot has been hit by the attack beam. 18 pieces arranged on arms 1c, 1d, left and right legs 1e, 1f.
Information is displayed to the player by turning the LED 11 on and off. In addition, LED11 is
Two of them make up a set, and one emits red light and the other blue light.

This information display section 4 displays whether the opponent is an enemy or an ally, displays a count value, and displays that the opponent has been hit by an attack beam. Among these, enemy and ally are displayed using the LEDs 11 on the eyes and chest. For example, if it is an enemy, only the red LED 11 on the eyes and chest will emit light, and if it is an ally, only the blue LED 11 will emit light. The count value is displayed by lighting or extinguishing a total of 10 LEDs 11 provided on the arms 1c, 1d and the legs 1e, 1f. For example, all 10 lights will be lit at first, and a count will be displayed so that each time they are hit by an attack beam, they will disappear one by one. The indication that it has been hit by an attack beam is done by flashing all of the LEDs 11 on its eyes and chest.

As shown in the configuration block diagram of the robot toy, the light emitting section 2, the light sensing section 3, and the information display section 5 are shown.
The motors 5 and 6 are connected to a microcomputer 10 built into the robot body 1, and are controlled by a program stored in the microcomputer 10.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, a counter 12 is connected to the microcomputer 10, which counts the score each time the attack beam is incident on the photodetector 3. This counter 12 counts down by 1 from the count value displayed by the information display section 4 every time the attack beam hits. When the counter 12 counts down, the count displayed by the LED 11 of the information display section 4 decreases one by one.

Furthermore, a function stop section 13 is provided which stops the function of the robot toy when the count value of the counter 12 reaches zero, that is, when the count display by the LED 11 ends. After the function stop section 13 operates, the light emitting section 2, light sensing section 3, information display section 4, and other functions all stop.
In this embodiment, when the function stop section 13 is activated,
Resetting is done by turning off the main switch once and then turning it on again.

The robot toy is also provided with a voice synthesis circuit 16 and a speaker 17 that generate various sound effects. The voice synthesis circuit 16 emits different electronic sounds when an attack beam is fired, when a search beam is input, when an attack beam is input, when an operation error occurs, and the like. For example, if you receive a search beam from an enemy, a buzzer sound will be output at 0.2 second intervals. If an attack beam is input, a sound similar to an explosion will be output. That is, by outputting different sounds depending on the operating state, the operating state can be identified by listening to the sound.

Next, the operation of the robot toy constructed as described above will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the power is turned on (step S1), the eye LED1
1 emits light (step S2). After that, operate the slide switch 9a of the setting changeover switch 9,
Set to R or E side (step S3). for example,
If you want to divide multiple machines into allies and enemies and have them compete against each other,
One group is set to the R side and the other group is set to the E side.

Next, the slide switch 9b of the setting changeover switch 9 is set to the A or B side (step S4). For the setting by this slide switch 9b,
Give meaning to allies (those with the same slide switch 9a). For example, if it is on the A side, it means safe, and if it is on the B side, it means dangerous. The setting display of the slide switch 9b by the information display section 4 is performed only between robot toys having the same setting of the slide switch 9a. Therefore, information can be transmitted by switching the slide switch 9b.

Thereafter, the motor 5 is driven to rotate the upper body left and right (step S5). When the beam is input to the photodetector 3, the rotation of the upper body is stopped at that position and the input beam is determined (step S6).
~S8).

If it is an enemy search beam, the LEDs on the eyes and chest
For example, only red light is emitted out of 11 to indicate that it is an enemy search beam (step S9,
S10). Then, the motor 6 is driven to raise the right arm 1c to a horizontal position (step S11), and the light emitting section 2 emits an attack beam from the infrared light emitting element 2a (step S12). After firing, lower the right arm 1c and return it to the original position (step S13).

If the input is a friendly search beam, A and B are further determined and the input is a friendly search beam A, B.
Displays differently depending on the For example, for ally search beam A, LED 11 of the eye and one of the chest
The LED 11 is made to emit light, and if it is the ally search beam B, the eye LED 11 and the other chest LED 11 are made to emit light to distinguish between A and B (steps S14 to S17). Thereafter, the motor 6 is driven to raise the right arm 1c to the uppermost position, and the reception of the friendly beam is notified by the action (step S18). After that, proceed to step S13.

If the input is an attack beam, the eyes and chest
The LED 11 blinks to indicate that the attack beam has been received, and the counter 12 performs a counting process, and the LED 1 of the arms 1c, 1d and legs 1e, 1f
1 is turned off by the number of times it receives the attack beam (steps S19 to S22). Next, it is determined whether the count value has become zero (step S23), and if it is zero (the LEDs 11 on arms 1c, 1d and legs 1e, 1f
), the function stop section 13 is activated to stop the function. Step if not zero
Return to S5. In addition, to make the explanation easier to understand,
The electronic sound output operation by the voice synthesis circuit 16 is omitted. Further, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the robot toy of this embodiment is used for a battle.

Since the robot toy of this embodiment is constructed and operates as described above, unlike conventional robot toys, a plurality of robot toys can be gathered together to play a competitive game.

In the above embodiment, the robot toys are played against each other, but the player 20 can also play against the robot toys using the ray gun 21, as shown in FIG. In that case, if the search beam is emitted from the player 20 or the ray gun 21, the robot toy will face the player 20 and emit an attack beam to compete.

In the above embodiment, the case where infrared light is used is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and visible light can also be used. Furthermore, more types of search beams may be used to display more information.

Furthermore, the display by the information display unit 4 is not limited to the case where it is performed by the LED 11 as in the embodiment, but may be performed digitally by providing a liquid crystal display or the like.

Furthermore, the left and right rotation of the upper body and the up and down movement of the arms may be performed by remote control. Further, the legs 1e and 1f can be provided with traveling means to make them movable.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention is a robot toy that emits light beams to attack, and which includes a light emitting part that emits an attack beam and a search beam to the robot body, and the attack beam and the search beam from the outside. It is equipped with a light sensing section that receives the search beam, and displays information regarding the shooting battle based on the emission of each beam from the light emitting section and the incidence of each beam on the light sensing section at a position that can be confirmed from the outside of the robot body. By providing the information display section, it is possible to have the toys and/or the player engage in a shooting battle, and by receiving a search beam from the outside, an attack beam can be emitted from the arm that can be raised and lowered freely. This allows the shooting battle to unfold with a greater sense of reality, and information regarding the shooting battle is also displayed, providing an extremely interesting robot toy.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a robot toy according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of its interior, Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the structure of the robot toy, and Fig. 4 is a state in which the robot toy's upper body rotates. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the robot toy in a battle, FIG. 6 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the fighting robot toy, and FIG. 7 is the robot toy and ray gun toy of this embodiment. It is a figure showing a playing state using. 1: Robot body, 2: Light emitting section, 3: Light sensing section, 4: Information display section, 5, 6: Motor, 9: Setting switch, 10: Microcomputer, 1
1: LED, 12: Counter, 13: Function stop section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A robot toy characterized by having the following requirements for shooting by emitting light beams. (b) The robot is equipped with at least two light emitting sections that emit an attack beam and a search beam to the robot body, and a light sensing section that receives the attack beam and search beam from the outside. (b) The robot body has a head, a body, arms, and legs, and the arms can be raised and lowered by a built-in motor. (c) The attack beam is emitted from a light emitting part provided on the arm that can be raised and lowered, and the search beam is emitted from a light emitting part provided on the body. (d) The light sensing section is installed in the body and receives attack beams and search beams from other projectiles, and in conjunction with the reception of this search beam, the light emitting section installed in the arm activates the attack beam. It will start firing a beam. (e) The robot body is provided with an information display section that displays information such as the number of times the robot body has been hit by search beams and attack beams from the other projectiles, at a position that can be checked from the outside.