JPH0562294U - Video game console controller - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Frequent rotation is not damaged,
It is possible to move back and forth at the same time with one operation knob. [Structure] A main base 1 fixed to a control box of a game machine main body, base assemblies 5 and 16 swingably provided on the main base, a spindle 11a rotatably attached to the base assembly, and a tip of the spindle. An operating knob 11 attached to rotate the main shaft, and speed increasing mechanisms 14 and 15 housed in the base assembly to increase the rotational speed of the main shaft.
a, 15, 18 and a disc 19 fixed to the output shaft of the speed increasing mechanism and having a plurality of perforations or notches on the circumference, and the perforations or notches of the disc are detected in a non-contact manner for high speed control of the controlled object. A first input unit 24 for inputting a coordinate position in the moving direction and a second input unit 22 for detecting a swinging direction of the base assembly and inputting a coordinate position in the low speed moving direction of the controlled object are included.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a controller for a video game machine that inputs the coordinate position of a controlled object that moves on the display screen of the video game machine.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In a conventional video game machine, a game that moves the coordinates of a control object such as a paddle or a racket or a turret for hitting or dropping a moving object to the left or right as in a block breaking game, a tennis game, or a shooting-down game. In the robot, the coordinate position of the controlled object was moved by rotating the knob of the controller attached to the variable resistor to the left and right to change the resistance value.

A controller using a variable resistor has a large rotation angle of the operation knob because the paddle moves from one end to the other on the screen, so that the operation is difficult and the operation knob is frequently rotated. In addition, the game was so enthusiastic that it often added extra force, which was likely to damage it.

In order to solve this problem, in Japanese Patent Application No. 61-111133, "Operating device for video game machine", the rotation of the operating knob is accelerated by a speed increasing mechanism, and the output shaft of the speed increasing mechanism is fixed. There is disclosed a configuration in which a sensor unit detects a plurality of perforations or notches formed on the circumference of the formed disc.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-mentioned conventional operation device, when moving the paddle, the turret, etc. of the own machine back and forth and left and right, the left and right movements should be performed by the above-mentioned operation knob (Japanese Utility Model No. 61-111133 etc.). Although it can be moved, it was moved back and forth using two push buttons. In this way, since the controllers (operators) were provided separately, the number of parts was large, leading to an increase in cost.

Further, since the controller has a single function (for example, only moves the paddle of the player's machine to the left and right), many controllers must be provided when a complicated game is devised, and the player does not operate it. Easy, I can't play the game smoothly. On the other hand, there is a joystick in which front, rear, left and right operations are performed with a single operating device, but unlike the operation knob described above, it is not possible to move the screen left and right at high speed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a controller for a video game machine, which can be moved forward, backward, leftward, and rightward at the same time by one operation knob without being damaged by frequent rotation. Is.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a controller for a video game machine according to the present invention is a controller for a video game machine for inputting a coordinate position of a controlled object that moves within a screen of the video game machine. A main base fixed to the main base, a base assembly swingably mounted on the main base, a main shaft rotatably attached to the base assembly, and an operation knob attached to the tip of the main shaft to rotate the main shaft. A speed increasing mechanism housed in the base assembly for increasing the rotational speed of the main shaft; a disk fixed to the output shaft of the speed increasing mechanism and having a plurality of holes or notches on its circumference; The first input section for detecting the punching or notch of the plate without contact and inputting the coordinate position of the controlled object in the high-speed moving direction, and the swing direction of the base assembly are detected. To have configured and a second input unit for inputting the coordinate position of the slow-moving direction of the controlled object.

[0009]

[Action]

 According to this invention, the rotation of the operation knob is amplified, the high speed movement direction is input from the first input section, and the low speed movement direction can be performed from the second input section by swinging the operation knob. One operation knob can input two movements.

[0010]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and the like. 1 to 8 are views showing an embodiment of a controller for a video game machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a side view, FIG. 3 is a bottom view, and FIG. 4 is near a main base. FIG. 5 is a developed perspective view near the shaft base, FIG. 6 is a developed perspective view near the photosensor, FIG. 7 is a perspective view seen from the bottom, and 8 is a block diagram showing a control unit.

The main base 1 is for mounting this controller on a main body of a game machine (not shown). As shown in FIG. 4, mounting plates 1b and 1h are integrally formed on both ends of the base plate 1a. It is provided. Mounting holes 1c, 1d, 1e are formed in the mounting plate 1b, and a bearing plate 1f having a mounting hole 1g on the outer side is connected thereto. Further, mounting holes 1i, 1j, 1k, 1m, 1n, 1p, 1q, 1r are formed in the mounting plate 1h, and a bearing plate 1s having a mounting hole 1t is connected to the outside.

Stopper pins 4 are attached by E-rings to the attachment holes 1d and 1j and the attachment holes 1e and 1k of the attachment plates 1b and 1h, respectively, and stopper rubbers 3 and 3 are inserted into the stopper pins 4. (Figs. 2 and 4). Micro switches 22 and 22 are attached to the mounting holes 1m and 1q and the mounting holes 1n and 1r of the mounting plate 1h, respectively. The spring pin 2 is screwed into the mounting hole 1p of the mounting plate 1h.

Center shafts 9 and 9 are inserted into the mounting holes 1c and 1i of the mounting plates 1b and 1h and the mounting holes 1g and 1t of the bearing plates 1f and 1s from the outside on both sides and fixed by E-rings. The spring 10 is inserted between the mounting plate 1h and the bearing plate 1s, and the legs 10a and 10b of the spring 10 intersect and are hooked on the spring pin 2 (FIGS. 2 and 7).

As shown in FIG. 5, the first shaft base 5 has side plates 5e and 5g integrally attached to both sides of a base plate 5a. Mounting holes 5b, 5c and 5d are formed in the base plate 5a. A mounting hole 5f is formed in the side plate 5e, and mounting holes 5h, 5i, 5j are formed in the side plate 5g. The first shaft base 5 has bushes 6 and 6 attached to the mounting holes 5f and 5h of the side plates 5e and 5g, respectively, and the first shaft base 5 is provided with the bushes 6 and 6 so that the center shafts 9 and 9 (see FIG. (See) is attached so that it can swing freely. A base cover 8 is screwed to the first shaft base 5, as shown in FIG. The base cover 8 is composed of a base portion 8a having a mounting hole 8b, shoulder portions 8c and 8d connected to both sides of the base portion 8a, and brim portions 8e and 8f connected to the outside of the shoulder portions 8c and 8d. ing.

The knob 11 is an operation portion of this controller, and as shown in FIG. 4, a decoration plate 12 is attached to the surface thereof, and a mask 13 is inserted on the shaft 11a side. The shaft 11a of the knob 11 is rotatably supported by bushes 6 and 6 (see FIG. 5) provided in the mounting holes 5b and 8b of the first shaft base 5 and the base cover 8, and the tip of the shaft 11a. As shown in FIG. 5, a large-diameter gear 14 is screwed to this.

The second shaft base 16 is attached to the first shaft base 5 (see FIG. 6). The second shaft base 16 has mounting holes 16b and 16c formed in a base plate 16a, and bent portions 16d and 16e are bent and bent in opposite directions on both sides. A mounting hole 16f is formed in one of the bent portions 16e. A side plate 5e and a bent portion 16d of the first shaft base 5 and the second shaft base 16 are screwed to each other, and a spacer 20 is provided between the shaft bases 5 and 16 as shown in FIG. A small-diameter gear 18 is attached via. At the tip of the shaft 18a of the gear 18, a pulse cam 19 having a large number of perforations (or notches) in a circumferential shape is attached. On the other hand, between the first and second shaft bases 5 and 16, a large diameter gear 15 that meshes with the gear 18 is rotatably attached by bushes 7 and 7. A small-diameter gear 15a is integrally provided on the shaft of the gear 15.

In this embodiment, since the gear ratios of the gear 14 and the gear 15a and the gear 15 and the gear 18 are 72:16, respectively, the rotation of the operation knob 11 is increased about 20 times. It will be speeded up.

A sensor base 23 is screwed to the second shaft base 16, and a photo sensor assembly 24 is attached to the sensor base 23. The photo sensor assembly 24 is arranged on the substrate 24c so that the pulse cam 19 is sandwiched between the light projecting element and the light receiving element of the photo sensors 24a and 24b. The pair of photosensors 24a and 24b is used to identify left and right rotations. Reference numeral 28 is a control plate sticker for displaying the moving direction of the operation knob 11.

Next, the control unit and the overall operation of the video game machine controller according to this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the photosensors 24a and 24b are composed of a light emitting diode LED and a phototransistor PT. The outputs of these photosensors 24a and 24b are connected to the control circuit 41 on the table body side.

The control circuit 41 is composed of a CPU 42, a RAM 42, a ROM 44 and the like. The CPU 42 outputs an image signal to the CRT 45 and an audio signal to the speaker 46 according to a program stored in the ROM 44 based on signals from the photosensors 24a and 24b and / or the microswitches 22A and 22B and other operating devices. Output and progress the game. When two people play a game with a table-type game machine, a pair of controllers is arranged on the opposite side of the table, so that the photosensors 24a and 24b and the microswitches 22A and 22B are It is arranged in pairs.

When the operation knob 11 is picked and turned during the progress of the game, the gear 14 is rotated via the shaft 11a. When the gear 14 rotates, the gear 15a meshed with the gear 14 is accelerated to rotate, and the gear 15 provided coaxially also rotates integrally. When the gear 15 rotates, the gear 16 meshing with the gear 15 is accelerated and rotated, and the pulse cam 19 provided coaxially rotates. The rotation of the pulse cam 19 is detected by the photo sensors 24a and 24b. Then, the controlled object 45a moves at high speed in the left-right direction (broken line) of the screen by the number of pulses detected by the photosensors 24a and 24b.

Here, the knob 11 is apt to rotate around 150 degrees empirically, and about 200 pulses are required for the controlled object 45a to move from one end of the screen to the other. In this embodiment, the pulse cam 19 has 24 holes and is amplified about 20 times by the speed increasing mechanism as described above. You can move up to.

At this time, when the knob 11 is moved in the direction of arrow A or arrow B in FIG. 2, the shaft 11 a is integrated with the first shaft base 5, the second shaft base 16, the base cover 8, etc., and the center shaft 9 Is swung around, and the flange portion 8e or 8f of the base cover 8 contacts the stopper rubbers 3 and 3. Then, the microswitch 22A or 22B reaches the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, hits the spring pipe 21, and is turned on. Then, the controlled object 45a moves at a low speed in the vertical direction (dashed line) of the screen only while the micro switch 22 is on.

When the hand is released from the operation knob 11, the micro switch 22 is turned off, the controlled object 45a is vertically moved or stopped, and the urging force of the center spring 10 causes the knob 11 to move to the neutral position (see FIG. 2).

[0025]

[Effect of the device]

 As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when a control object such as a paddle or a turret of the aircraft is moved forward, backward, leftward or rightward, it can be operated with one operation knob, which is a complicated game. However, it became easier to operate. Moreover, since the structure is simple, the number of parts does not increase and the increase in cost is avoided. Furthermore, since two functions can be operated with one hand, a more complicated game can be played by providing a controller that can be operated with the other hand.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a controller for a video game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the controller according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view showing the controller according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the vicinity of the main base of the controller according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a developed perspective view showing the vicinity of the shaft base of the controller according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a developed perspective view showing the vicinity of the photo sensor of the controller according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the controller according to the embodiment as viewed from the bottom surface.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a controller of the controller according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Base 2 Spring Pin 3 Stopper Rubber 4 Stopper Pin 5 First Shaft Base 6,7 Bushing 8 Base Cover 9 Center Pin 10 Center Spring 11 Knob 12 Decorative Plate 13 Mask 14, 15 Ga 16 Second Shaft Base 17 Bush 18 Ga 19 Pulse cam 20 Spacer 21 Spring pipe 22A, 22B Micro switch 23 Sensor base 24 Photo sensor assembly

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A controller for a video game machine for inputting a coordinate position of a controlled object which moves within a screen of the video game machine, wherein a main base fixed to a control box of the game machine body and a swing to the main base. A base assembly that is movably provided, a spindle that is rotatably attached to the base assembly, an operation knob that is attached to the tip of the spindle and that rotates the spindle, and a rotation speed of the spindle that is housed in the base assembly. A speed increasing mechanism for increasing speed, a disk fixed to the output shaft of the speed increasing mechanism and having a plurality of perforations or notches on the circumference, and the control target by detecting the perforations or notches of the disk without contact. A first input section for inputting a coordinate position of a high-speed moving direction of an object; and a first input section for detecting a swing direction of the base assembly and inputting a coordinate position of a low-speed moving direction of the controlled object. Controller for a video game machine which comprises an input unit.