JPH0731088U - Baseball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] To provide a baseball game machine in which a plurality of switches for detecting a hit ball do not malfunction and play field design constraints are small. [Structure] A plurality of sensors 251 provided at various positions of the play field 2 for detecting a ball hit back by the batting mechanism 22 are attached to the play field 2
A pocket 25 that is provided below the board surface and opened at various positions on the board surface.
It is characterized in that the ball corresponding to each of the pockets is activated by a ball dropped to a to 25e or 26a to 26g. Solenoids 27 and 28 are provided below the playing field board surface along which the balls ejected from the pitching mechanism 21 reach the batting mechanism 22, and strikes and balls are accurately identified. Providing a home base sensor 23a is also recommended.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a baseball game machine, and more particularly to improvement of a baseball game machine equipped with a television monitor for displaying an image according to the progress of the game.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 A play field imitating diamonds in the stadium, an outfield, etc. is provided on the machine base, and a ball is repelled from the pitching mechanism on the board surface, and the ball is hit back using a batting mechanism that the player can operate with push buttons or the like. It is well known that a baseball game machine configured to detect the ball by switches provided at various positions on the board surface of the play field, give a score according to the output signal of each switch, and progress the game. Yes, it is installed in a game center and is widely enjoyed. In addition, in recent years, a device that emits sound effects and other sounds from a speaker as the game progresses and displays various images on a TV monitor installed on the machine base to further enhance the fun of the game. It is provided.

However, in such a conventional game machine, a plurality of switches arranged at respective positions of the play field for detecting the ball have a contact portion with the ball protruding or exposed on the play field. Since it is provided like this, malfunctions such as when the ball hits multiple switches occur, and there are also large restrictions on the design of the play field.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a baseball game machine which does not cause a malfunction of a switch and has few restrictions on the design of a play field. Especially.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Therefore, the above-described object is to provide a plurality of sensors for detecting a ball under the board surface of the play field, and to detect a ball dropped in a pocket opened at various positions on the board surface. Thus, it can be achieved by a baseball game machine characterized in that the sensor corresponding to each pocket is activated.

[0006]

[Action]

 With the above configuration, each sensor operates only by the ball dropped in the corresponding pocket, so the problem that multiple switches are operated by the ball moving around on the playfield board surface as in the past is solved. As a result, there are less restrictions on the design of the play field.

[0007]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall external view of an embodiment of a baseball game machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a top view showing its play field, and FIG. 3 is an arrangement of a ball drop pocket and a sensor provided below it. 4 is an explanatory view of various operation buttons on the operation panel, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a program for controlling the pitching mechanism and the solenoid when selectively supplying the straight ball or the changing ball.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a machine base, 2 is a play field, 3 is an operation panel, 4 is a television monitor, 20 a on the play field 2 is a diamond, and 20 b is an inclined straight line. -Shaped fixed jump base, 20d and 20e are inclined arcuate partitions, 21 is a pitching mechanism, 22 is a batting mechanism, 23a is a home base sensor, 23b is a sensor hole for a catcher, and 24a and 24b are infielders. Out pockets, 25a to 25e are general hit pockets, 26a or 26g are long hit pockets, and 27 and 28 are curves and shoot solenoids provided on the lower surface of the play field. The play field 2 is slightly inclined so that the front side becomes lower, and when the ball is gently placed on the play field 2, the ball naturally rolls toward the front and falls into the catcher sensor hole 23b. ing.

Further, in FIG. 3, 5 is a ball, 20 d is the partition, 25 a is a hitting pocket, 250 is a ball collecting chute, and 251 is an optical sensor.

Further, in the operation panel 3 shown in FIG. 4, 31 is a coin slot, and 32a, 32b to 37a, 37b are various operation buttons, but it is assumed that two players play a game. If the player on the defensive side operates the right side of the coin slot 31 and the player on the offensive side operates the left side, the defensive side 32a is a game select button for selecting a two-player game, and the 33a is Shoot button, 34a is a straight button, 35a is a slow straight button, 36a is a curve button, 37a is a throwing and accelerating button for a stabbed ball, and the attacking side 32b is a game select button for selecting a one-player game, 35b Is a pinch hitter button, 36b is a stealing base start button, 37b is batting and a base runner's acceleration button. It's Tan. When two players play the game, the operation buttons on the attacking side and the defensive side switch their functions each time half-inning ends.

At the start of the game, when the player inserts a coin into the coin slot 31 on the operation panel 3, a sound is emitted from the speaker to notify the start of the game. Therefore, the player first selects the game select button 32a or Press 32b to select whether you want to play alone or two. Then, a predetermined image and various operation instructions for the player to play the game are displayed on the TV monitor 4. When playing alone, various operation buttons on the left side of the coin slot 31 of the operation panel 3 are used to play a game against the machine. When playing with two people, one person uses various buttons on the left side of the coin insertion slot 31 as attack buttons, and the other uses various buttons on the right side of the coin insertion slot 31 for defense. When the half-inning ends, the attack and defense are reversed, and the buttons used by the attacker until then are automatically switched so that they can be used for defense and the buttons on the defense side for attack.

When the game is started, the ball is repelled from the pitching mechanism 21, so that the attacking player presses the batting button 37b with good timing to perform the batting. The pitching type is selected whether the pitching motor of the pitching mechanism 21 is rotated at high speed or low speed, and whether the curve solenoid 27 or the chute solenoid 28 provided below the board surface of the play field 2 is energized. It is possible to select four types of spheres by the combination of. That is, if the pitching motor is rotated at a high speed to send the ball and the solenoids 27 and 28 are not energized, the type of ball will be straight, and if the pitching motor is rotated at a low speed in the same state, it will be a slow straight. Also, in order to give a changing ball, when the pitching motor is rotated at a high speed to send the ball while the solenoid for shot 28 is energized, the path is set by the solenoid 28 while the ball rolls on the play field. It is distorted and the pitch becomes a shoot. Similarly, if the pitching motor is rotated at a high speed to send the ball while the curve solenoid 27 is energized, the type of the ball becomes a curve. FIG. 5 shows an example of these pitching control programs. It should be noted that in the case of single play, the CPU in the game machine randomly selects these types of balls according to a predetermined program, and in the case of two-player play, the player on the defensive side operates the operation buttons 33a to 36a on the defensive side. Various types of balls can be selected by appropriately selecting and pressing.

As described above, the ball delivered onto the board surface is detected by the home base sensor 23a provided at the lower part of the home base, the presence or absence of the sensor in the catcher sensor hole 23b in the front, and the batting button 37b. Whether it is a strike or a ball is determined by the presence or absence of ON. That is, when the home base sensor 23a is not turned on and only the catcher sensor is turned on, the ball is on, and when the home base sensor 23a is turned on and the catcher sensor is also turned on, strike, the attacking player (batter) swings for the catcher. When the sensor goes ON, it strikes (in this case, regardless of whether the home base sensor 23a is ON), and when the catcher sensor turns ON after a while after shaking the bat, the catcher fly (also in this case the home base sensor 23a Whether it is ON or not) is determined, and the result is displayed on the TV monitor 4.

When the batter hits the ball well, the hit ball rolls on the play field 2 and any of the out pockets 24a and 24b, the hit pockets 25a to 25e, and the long hit pockets 26a to 26g. Rolled over, and detected by the sensor (optical sensor in this example) provided at the bottom of each pocket, the runners went to the base or the base lights were turned on according to the output signal of each sensor. , Points will be given or out.

More specifically, this is out when the ball enters the out pocket 24a or 24b which is supposed to be an infielder. Also, if the ball speed is slow and it is not possible to get over the fixed jump base 20b consisting of a straight slope, the ball rolls back toward the front on the play field 2 where the front is slightly lower, and returns to the sensor for the catcher. It rolls into the hole 23b and is out. However, when the ball speed is high and the vehicle jumps over the fixed jump base 20b, the ball rolls along the arcuate partition 20d that is gradually lowered toward the back and rolls into any of the hit pockets 25a to 25e.

Since each pocket provided on the play field has the same internal structure as that of the pocket 25a, the pocket 25a will be described with reference to FIG. The ball 5 that has entered the mortar quickly drops into the pocket 25a and returns to the ball recovery box through the ball recovery chute 250. An optical sensor 251 is provided at an appropriate position below the pocket 25a, that is, on the bottom surface of the ball recovery chute 250 in the illustrated example, and detects that the ball has fallen into the pocket 25a.

The same applies to the other standard hitting pockets 25b to 25e and the long hitting pockets 26a to 26g, and an optical sensor for detecting a ball is provided below each pocket hole. Therefore, in the present invention, unlike the conventional case, the balls moving around on the playfield board surface do not hit the different switches one after another and malfunction.

Therefore, among the hitting pockets 25a to 25e, 25b and 25d are hit pockets, and when the ball enters these, the runner can advance one by one, but the pocket 25a , 25c and 25e are fly pockets, and are out when a ball enters them.

When the ball has a higher ball speed and passes through these rough hitting pocket regions and also passes over the next partition 20e, the ball rolls into any of the long hitting pockets 26a to 26g. These long-stroke pockets are classified into hits that cause the runner to advance to the second or third base, and home runs, and points are awarded when the runner advances to the first base and then homes. These outs, hits, home runs, etc. are displayed on the TV monitor 4 with appropriate animations each time, and at the same time, sound effects are played and the game is excited.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of sensors for detecting the ball are provided below the board surface of the play field, and each sensor is detected by the ball dropped in the corresponding pocket. Since it is designed to operate only on the playfield, the problem that multiple sensors are activated by balls moving around on the playfield board as in the past and malfunctions is solved, and the restrictions on the design of the playfield are reduced. .

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. That is, for example, the number and arrangement of the pockets, the type of the sensor, the form of the operation panel, the presence or absence of the solenoid for the changing ball, etc. can be freely modified within the scope of the object of the present invention. All of these modified examples are included.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall external view of an embodiment of a baseball game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the play field.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a pocket in which a ball falls and an arrangement of switches provided under the pocket.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of various operation buttons on an operation unit panel.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a program for controlling a pitching mechanism and a solenoid when selectively supplying a straight ball or a changing ball.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 machine 2 Playfield 20a Diamond 20b Straight fixed jump base 20d, 20e Arc partition 21 Pitching mechanism 22 Batting mechanism 23a Home base sensor 23b Sensor hole for catcher 24a, 24b Out pocket 25a ~ 25e Memories pocket 250 Ball recovery chute 251 Optical sensor 26a to 26g Long hit pocket 27 Curve solenoid 28 Shooting solenoid 3 Operation panel 31 Coin slot 32a to 37a Operation button 32b to 37b Operation button 4 TV monitor 5 Ball

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Seiki Ikeda 2-5-3 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Taito Building Co., Ltd. Taito Corporation (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Kawabata 2-chome, Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. 3 Taito Building Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ball ejected from a pitching mechanism (21) is struck back by a batting mechanism (22) operable by a player on the board surface of a play field (2) provided on a machine base (1), Is detected by a plurality of sensors provided at various positions on the board surface of the play field (2) to give a score according to the output signal of each switch, and is provided on the machine base along with a sound according to the progress of the game. In a baseball game machine configured to display various images on a television monitor (4), the plurality of sensors (251) are provided below the board surface of the play field (2), and pockets (25a to 25e) opened at various positions on the board surface. , 26a-26g), a sensor corresponding to each pocket is activated by a ball that has fallen into the pocket. Serial baseball game machine. 2. A solenoid (27, 28) is provided below the board surface along a path through which a ball ejected from a pitching mechanism (21) reaches a batting mechanism (22), and an electric current is passed through the solenoid as required. The baseball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the baseball game machine is configured so as to change a straight-moving motion of a ball made of a magnetic material and supply a changing ball such as a curve or a shot.