JPH0660800B2 - Ray gun toy - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a ray gun toy that emits light rays to perform shooting.

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved] Conventionally, a ray gun toy that emits a light ray to perform a shooting battle or the like emits light aiming at a target provided with light sensing means attached to each other by players. It is a thing to shoot and play with,
When the light hits the target, a sound or the like indicating that the hit is made is output. These ray gun toys have become increasingly popular in recent years because they are safe and easy to handle without the danger of actually firing bullets.

However, in the above-mentioned play using the conventional ray gun toy, there is a drawback in that the game is not interesting because it is only confirmed by a sound or the like whether or not a hit is made at the time of shooting. Therefore, a game of participation and enjoyment in a group could hardly be played.

[Means for Solving Problems] According to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned conventional problems, in a ray gun toy that emits a light beam and shoots, an attack beam and an information transmission beam are obtained by superimposing and encoding pulse signals. A plurality of types of light beams, which emits the attack beam when the on / off switch is on, and emits the information transmission beam when the on / off switch is on, and the attack beam from the light emitting unit or An information transmission beam is sensed, and a light sensing unit for determining the type of the received beam is provided, at least information based on the emission of the beam from the light emitting unit, and information based on the type of the emitted beam; It is configured to include an information display unit that displays information based on the light reception of the beam by the light sensing unit and information based on the type of the received beam.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 12 show a ray gun toy according to an embodiment of the present invention. The ray gun toy of the present embodiment is configured to include a light emitting section 2 for emitting infrared rays to the gun body 1, a light sensing section 3, and an information display section 4. In addition, the light emitting unit 2, the light sensing unit 3,
The information display unit 4 is connected to a microcomputer 5 built in the gun body 1 as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3, and is controlled in accordance with a program stored in each microcomputer 5.

The light emitting unit 2 is configured to emit an infrared ray by causing an infrared light emitting element 2a such as a diode provided near the tip of the barrel 1a of the gun body 1 to emit light.

The light emitting unit 2 is coded by superimposing a pulse signal on infrared rays, and is changed by changing the pulse cycle or the like.
It can emit various kinds of light, one of which is used as an attack beam for shooting and the other four are used as search beams for information transmission. Specific circuit diagrams of the light emitting section 2 are shown in FIGS.

The emission of the attack beam and the search beam by the light emitting unit 2 is performed by operating the trigger switch 8 and the setting changeover switch 9 in the switch unit 7 shown in FIG. The trigger switch 8 is designed to operate in conjunction with the trigger 1b of the gun body 1, and when the trigger 1b is pulled, the trigger switch 8 is turned on, and an attack beam is emitted from the infrared light emitting element 2a of the light emitting section 2. It

Further, the setting changeover switch 9 is provided on the gun body 1 as shown in the drawing.
It is provided at the rear side position of the and is composed of two slide switches 9a and 9b. Slide switches 9a, 9b
A switching display of E and R and A and B is attached to each switching side of. By switching the slide switches 9a and 9b, one of four combinations of the slide switch 9a on the E side, the slide switch 9b on the A or B side, the slide switch 9a on the R side and the slide switch 9b on the A or B side is selected. Can be selected. Then, four types of search beams are emitted from the light emitting section 2 corresponding to these four combinations.

The search beam is always emitted according to the setting state of the setting changeover switch 9 except when the trigger 1b is pulled to emit the attack beam. Further, in the light gun toy of this embodiment, once the slide switch 9a has been set, it cannot be changed halfway.

The light sensing unit 3 is for sensing by receiving an attack beam and a search beam emitted from the opponent's ray gun toy, and its reflection type infrared photo sensor 3a is arranged above the barrel 1a of the gun body 1. ing.

The light sensing unit 3 receives light from the infrared sensing element 3a,
The type of incident light is discriminated and the discrimination signal is sent to the microcomputer 5. The concrete circuit diagram of the light sensing portion 3 is shown in FIG.
Shown in the figure.

The information display section 4 displays information sent by the search beam and the number of times the attack beam has been shot. The scope 1c is provided on the upper part of the gun body 1 as shown in the drawing.
It is placed inside and can be seen from the rear.

The information display unit 4 is composed of a liquid crystal display and has a scope 1c.
It is attached as shown in FIG. Explaining the structure, the liquid crystal display 4a is attached to the hole 11 provided on the upper surface of the scope 1c, and the glass 12 is provided below the information display section 4 in the scope 1c in a state of being inclined by 45 degrees. As a result, the display screen of the information display unit 4 can be reflected by the glass 12 and viewed from behind.

The display screen of the information display unit 4 is shown in FIG. In the figure,
Reference numeral 4a indicates a friend, 4b indicates an enemy, 4c indicates a setting position of the slide switch 9b when the friend display 4a is displayed, 4d indicates a count, and 4e indicates later. A display indicating that the defense switch is turned on, 4f a display indicating the number of times the defense switch is input, 4g a display indicating that an attack beam has been emitted, 4h a display indicating that an attack beam has been received,
4i is a display indicating a shortage of the power supply voltage. It should be noted that the count display 4d is initially displayed with 10 pieces, and disappears one by one each time it is shot. Also, if you receive the next attack beam within 1 second after receiving the attack beam, two will disappear. The defense frequency display 4f is initially displayed with seven, and disappears one by one each time the defense switch is used. The display of the information display section 4 is controlled by the microcomputer 5.

Next, the switch unit 7 is equipped with a defense switch 10. This defense switch 10
Is provided below the setting changeover switch 9 on the side of the gun body 1 as shown.

The defense switch 10 is a switch for preventing counting by a counter, which will be described later, when an attack beam from the opponent is incident on the light sensing unit 3. That is, even if the attack beam is incident for a predetermined time (5 seconds) after the defense switch 10 is input, no count is made and hitting the attack beam becomes invalid.

Further, every time the defense switch 10 is input, the defense frequency display 4f displayed on the information display unit 4 is set to 1
The defense function does not work even if the defense switch 10 is input after all 7 have disappeared.

Further, the ray gun toy has a built-in counter 14 that counts a score each time an attack beam is incident on the light sensing unit 3. The counter 14 counts down by 1 or 2 from the count value displayed on the information display 4 each time the attack beam hits. Then, when the countdown is performed, the count display 4d of the information display 4 disappears.

Further, a function stopping unit 15 is provided for stopping the function of the ray gun toy when the count value of the counter 14 reaches a constant value (for example, zero). Therefore, after the function stopping unit 15 operates, the light emitting unit 2, the light sensing unit 3, the information display unit 4, and other functions are all stopped, and it becomes impossible to play by shooting. In the present embodiment, when the function stopping unit 15 operates, the main switch is once turned off and then turned on to be reset.

Further, the ray gun toy is provided with a voice synthesizing circuit 16 and a speaker 17 for generating various sound effects. The voice synthesis circuit 16 emits different electronic sounds when an attack beam is emitted, when a search beam is input, when an attack beam is input, when the defense switch 10 is input, and when an operation error occurs. For example, if you receive a search beam from an enemy,
A buzzer sound is output at 0.2 second intervals. If an attack beam is input, a sound like an explosion is output. That is,
By outputting different sounds depending on the operating state, the operating state can be identified by listening to the sound.

The ray gun toy is provided with an external terminal 18, and an external power source and other optional parts can be connected through the external terminal 18.

Next, the operation of the ray gun toy configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

After the power is turned on, first, the slide switch 9a of the setting changeover switch 9 is operated to set it to the R or E side (step S
1). For example, when a plurality of people are divided into enemies and teammates for shooting, one group is set to the R side and the other 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 S2). With respect to the setting by the slide switch 9b, meaning is given between allies. For example, A side is safe, B
On the side, it means dangerous. The setting display by the information display unit 4 of the slide switch 9b is considered only between the ray gun toys having the same setting of the slide switch 9a. Therefore, information can be transmitted by switching the slide switch 9b.

After that, when the attack beam or the search beam is received by the light sensing unit 3 in step S3, it is determined whether the beam received in step S4 is the attack beam, the enemy search beam, or the ally search beam. If the search beam is an ally, the ally display 4a of the information display unit 4 is displayed, and the display 4c indicating whether the slide switch 9b is A or B is displayed (steps S5 to S7).

If it is an enemy search beam, the enemy display 4b of the information display unit 4
Is displayed (steps S8 and S9).

If it is an attack beam (step S10), it is determined whether or not the defense switch 10 is on (step S11), and if it is not on, the attack beam input display 4
In addition to displaying h, the counter 14 counts and the count display 4d is displayed (step S12).
~ S14). If the defense switch 10 is on, only the attack beam input display 4h is displayed (step S15).

When the trigger switch 8 is input (step S16), unless the defense switch 10 is turned on, an attack beam is emitted from the light emitting unit 3 and an attack beam emission display 4g is displayed (steps S17 to S1).
9). When the defense switch 10 is on, the attack beam is not fired.

In the state where the trigger switch 8 is not input, the search beam is continuously emitted from the light emitting unit 3 (step S
20).

Next, in step S21, it is determined whether or not the count value of the counter 14 is 0. If it is not 0, the process returns to step S2.
If it is 0, the function stop unit 15 stops the function (step S22). For the sake of clarity, the electronic sound output operation by the voice synthesis circuit 16 is omitted. Also,
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which shooting is performed using the ray gun toy of this embodiment.

The ray gun toy of the present embodiment is configured and operates as described above, and therefore, by checking the information necessary for the shooting displayed on the information display unit 3, the interest as a game is doubled.

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

Further, the information display unit 4 does not necessarily have to be incorporated in the scope 1c as in the embodiment, and may be provided on the side surface of the gun body 1 or may be separated from the gun body 1 via a cord or the like. Further, information may be displayed by arranging LEDs or the like without using the liquid crystal display 4a.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention is a ray gun toy that emits light rays to perform shooting, and includes a light emitting unit that emits an attack beam and an information transmission beam. By including a light sensing unit that receives an information transmission beam, and by providing an information display unit that displays information necessary for shooting based on emission of each beam from the light emitting unit and incidence of each beam on the light sensing unit, It is possible to check the information displayed on the information display section for various information that increases interest in shooting, such as whether the target opponent is an enemy or an ally, and how much damage was received, so it is possible to shoot. The fun as a game doubles compared to just shooting.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 and 2 are perspective views of a ray gun toy according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a ray gun toy according to the embodiment, and FIGS. FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of a light sensing portion, FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram of its switch unit, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen of an information display portion, and FIG.
The figure shows a cross-sectional view of the scope provided with an information display section, No. 11.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a shooting state by the ray gun toy, and FIG. 12 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the ray gun toy. 1: Gun body 1a: Barrel 1c: Scope, 2: Light emitting part 3: Light sensing part, 4: Information display part 4a: Liquid crystal display 5: Microcomputer 7: Switch unit, 8: Trigger switch 9: Setting change switch 10: Defense switch 14: Counter, 15: Function stop unit 16: Voice synthesis circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ray gun toy, characterized in that it has the following requirements for emitting rays to strike each other. (B) Multiple types of light beams consisting of an attack beam and an information transmission beam are formed by superimposing and encoding pulse signals, and when the on / off switch is on, the above attack beam is emitted and when it is off And a light emitting unit for emitting the information transmission beam. (B) A light sensing unit is provided which senses that the attack beam or the information transmission beam from the light emitting unit is received and determines the type of the received beam. (C) At least information based on the emission of the beam from the light emitting unit, information based on the type of the emitted beam, information based on the light reception of the beam by the light sensing unit, and information based on the type of the received beam. An information display unit for displaying is provided.