JPH085749Y2 - Auxiliary device for desktop game of portable game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an auxiliary device for enjoying a portable game machine on a table, and in particular, the shape and operation members of the game machine main body for a table game machine. It relates to an auxiliary device for conversion.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, for example, a portable game machine shown in FIG. 10 is known. This game machine has, for example, a size of approximately B6 size, and a display section 12 for displaying game contents is provided on the upper surface of the game machine body 11. Further, at the lower part thereof, a direction instruction button 14 for giving a direction instruction to display contents such as game characters, mode select buttons 15 and 16 for selecting a game mode, a start button 17 for instructing a game start, various during the game. Operation buttons such as a select button 18 for making a selection are provided. In the portable game machine, the game machine main body 11 is sandwiched between both hands, and the thumbs of both hands operate the direction indicating button 14 and the operation buttons 15 to 18 to enjoy the game.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

Since the above conventional portable game machine is designed to be portable, the game machine body 11 is small, and the direction indicating button 14 and the operation buttons 15 to 18 are small, which requires quick operation and fine operation. There is a problem in operability and display screen in the case of the type of game.

In order to fully enjoy all types of games that have appeared one after another with respect to the above portable game machines, there is a sense of stability of the game machine itself, and operability sufficient for swiftly responding to fine movements and a large operability. It is necessary to use a desktop type that can realize a screen, but conventionally, there is no known device that assists such a portable game machine by replacing it with a desktop game machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to enjoy a game on a table by converting the direction indicating member and the operating member into a table operating member and enlarging the display screen if necessary. It is an object of the present invention to provide a table-top game auxiliary device for a portable game machine capable of playing.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a tabletop game auxiliary device for a portable game machine according to the present invention gives directions to display contents, and gives directions to a direction indicating member capable of pressing at least four directions and indication contents. An auxiliary device that enables a portable game machine equipped with one or more immersive operation members and a display unit on an upper surface for displaying a game content to be used as a tabletop game machine, and has a shape mountable on a tabletop. And an internal space for partially mounting the main body of the portable game machine inside the base by diagonally standing up a part of the upper surface side of the base, and the internal space. Provided on the front side of the portable game machine, the mounting section having a notch in the standing portion at a position facing the display section in the mounted state of the portable game machine, and the upper surface of the base on the front side of the mounting section. Provided in correspondence with the direction indicating member And one or more immersive possible operation means provided corresponding to the arbitrary direction tiltable operating rod and said retracted operating member that is provided inside the base,
First movement transmitting means for transmitting a tilting movement of the operating rod to the direction indicating member in a corresponding operation direction for indirect operation when the portable game machine is attached, and the first movement transmitting means provided inside the base, Second operation transmitting means for transmitting the operation of the operating means to the corresponding immersive operating member to indirectly perform the operation when the game machine is mounted.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that a magnifying lens is arranged at a notch position of the mounting portion.

(Operation) According to the joystick configured as described above,
By mounting the portable game machine on the mounting portion on the upper surface of the base, the portable game machine can be stably placed on the table. At this time, since the mounting portion is formed to be obliquely inclined, the display portion provided on the upper surface of the portable game machine is obliquely stabilized in a standing state. On the other hand, since the operating means including the operating rod and the immersive operating member is provided on the front side of the mounting portion, the player sees the display portion of the game machine supported upright from an angle close to the front, that is, the normal operation. The game can be operated in a state close to the posture.

In addition, in the tabletop game auxiliary device according to the second aspect, the display content of the portable game device is enlarged and displayed by the magnifying lens.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows an external view of a tabletop game auxiliary device of a portable game machine according to the present invention. Further, FIG. 2 is a front view of the tabletop game auxiliary device, FIG. 3 is a side view, and FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the internal structure.

The main body 1 of the table-top game auxiliary device has a base 1a of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a shape in which a display portion 1b is formed with an appropriate inclination at a substantially central portion of the surface, and the display portion 1b is provided above the display portion 1b. Is provided with a display screen 2, and a voice output window 3 for generating a game sound is formed below the display screen 2. Further, a mounting portion 1c for mounting a portable game machine is formed on the back surface of the display portion 1b, and a portable game machine 11 is mounted as shown in FIG.

An appropriate inclination is formed on the front side of the base 1a from the display section 1b to form an operation panel. On this operation panel, an operation rod 4 for giving a direction instruction to the display content and operation buttons 5 to 8 for giving an instruction to the display content are provided. The operating rod 4 corresponds to the cross-shaped direction indicating button 14 (see FIG. 3) of the portable game machine 11. The operation buttons 5 and 6 correspond to the mode select buttons 15 and 16 of the portable game machine 11, respectively, and the operation buttons 7 and 8 correspond to the start button 17 and the select button 18 of the portable game machine 11, respectively. There is. And, these operation buttons 5-8,
A link mechanism is provided that allows a corresponding operation button to be indirectly operated when the portable game machine is mounted on the mounting portion 1c. This link mechanism will be described later.

Incidentally, the direction instruction button 14, the upward direction indicator 14a,
Down direction indicator 14b, left direction indicator 14c, and right direction indicator 14
The mode select buttons 15 and 16 are provided for indicating the moving direction of the game character, for example.
Is for selecting a game to be played when, for example, two types of games are prepared. The start button 17 is for instructing the start of a game, and the select button 18 is for selecting, for example, a selection item required during playing of the game.

On the display screen 2 of the display unit 1b, as shown in FIG. 4, a magnifying lens 20 for magnifying and displaying the display content displayed on the display unit 12 made of liquid crystal of a portable game machine or the like is provided. An illumination lamp 21 for illuminating the display unit 12 is provided at an appropriate position on the inner circumference of the display unit 1b to increase the brightness of the display screen.

An amplifier (not shown) for amplifying and outputting the game sound and a speaker 22 are provided inside the base 1 a, and the speaker 22 is provided on the back surface of the audio output window 3. The amplifier is provided with an audio input terminal (plug) 9 (see FIG. 3) for inputting audio from the portable game machine 11,
An audio output terminal (jack) 19 provided on the lower side surface 11a of the portable game machine body 11 can be connected from below the base 1a as shown in FIG. Further, the amplifier is adapted to be powered by a battery (not shown) mounted at a proper position in the base 1a, and a switch 10 (third part) provided adjacent to the audio input terminal 9 is provided. The power is turned on according to the figure).

FIG. 5 shows the operation rod 4 and the operation buttons 5 to 8, the direction instruction button 14 and the operation buttons 15 to 18 of the portable game machine 11.
It is a top view which shows the link mechanism between them. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG.

The operating rod 4 is attached to the bottom surface of the base 1a so as to be tiltable in any direction, and is automatically returned from the tilted state by a spring 23 inserted between the bottom surface of the base 1a and the flange portion 4a of the operating rod 4. Is possible (see FIG. 4).

As shown in FIG. 5, the operating rod 4 is provided with a slide plate 24 for transmitting only a tilting component of the operating rod 4 in the vertical direction (Y direction in the drawing) to the T-shaped drive lever 29. There is. The drive lever 29 indirectly operates the up-down direction indicating sections 14a and 14b of the direction indicating button 14 of the portable game machine 11. That is, the drive lever 29 is provided at a position facing the vertical direction indicating portions 14a and 14b of the direction indicating button 14 as shown in FIG. 6, and is swingably supported by the shaft 30 at the central portion of the horizontal arm portion 291. Has been done. And the drive lever 29
By rotating around the shaft 30, the upper end 291a and the lower end 291b of the horizontal arm 291 are pressed by the upward direction indicating section 14a and the downward direction indicating section 14b of the direction indicating button 14, respectively. ing.

Returning to FIG. 5, the slide plate 24 has a long hole 24a formed in the left-right direction (X direction in the drawing) having a width substantially the same as the rod diameter of the operating rod 4 at the base thereof. This long hole 24
Mounted through a. The tip of the slide plate 24 is rotatably attached to one corner of a substantially triangular relay arm 26 that is swingably supported about a shaft 27 (see FIG. 6). Approximately the center is Y due to the axis 25
It is attached so that it can slide in any direction. On the other hand, the other corner of the relay arm 26 and the base of the central arm 292 of the drive lever 29 are rotatably connected by a connecting rod 28.

When the operating rod 4 is operated downward by the above-described configuration (see the arrow in FIG. 6), the tilting motion is transmitted to the drive lever 29 via the slide plate 24, the relay arm 26 and the connecting rod 28, and the drive lever 29 is moved. The base of the central arm portion 292 of 29 is pushed downward (see the arrow in FIG. 6). This causes the drive lever 29 to rotate clockwise about the shaft 30,
The lower end portion 291b of 29 is lowered and the downward direction indicating portion 14b of the direction indicating button 14 is pressed. On the other hand, when the operating rod 4 is operated upward, the slide plate 24, the relay arm 26, and the connecting rod 28 are moved in the opposite direction, and the base of the central arm 292 of the drive lever 29 is pushed upward. To be This causes the drive lever 29 to rotate counterclockwise about the shaft 30,
The upper end portion 291a of the drive lever 29 is lowered and the upward direction indicating portion 14a of the direction indicating button 14 is pressed.

In addition, the operating rod 4 has a horizontal direction (X in the figure).
A substantially T-shaped lever 31 for transmitting only the tilting component of the (direction) to the substantially L-shaped drive levers 40 and 41 is attached.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing only the link mechanism for transmitting the tilting motion of the operating rod 4 in the left-right direction to the drive levers 40, 41. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII in FIG.

The drive levers 40 and 41 are respectively provided with direction indicating buttons 14
The left direction indicator 14c and the right direction indicator 14d are provided so as to face each other, and the left and right direction indicators 14c and 14d are indirectly operated. As shown in FIG. 8, the drive lever 40 is rotatably supported by a shaft 42 at a bent portion so that the tip portion 40a of the drive lever 40 presses the left direction indicator 14c of the direction indicator button 14. It has become. The drive lever 41 is also configured in the same manner as the drive lever 40, and the tip portion of the drive lever 41 presses the right direction indicator 14d.

Returning to FIG. 7, in the lever 31, a long hole 32 having a width substantially the same as the rod diameter of the operating rod 4 is formed in the central arm portion 311 in the longitudinal direction, and the operating rod 4 penetrates the long hole 32. Installed. The lever 31 is rotatably supported at the center of the horizontal arm portion 312 about the shaft 25, and the connecting arms 33 and 34 are respectively attached to both end portions 312a and 312b of the horizontal arm portion 312.
Is attached. The tip of the connecting arm 33 is the eighth
As shown in the figure, it is rotatably attached to one corner of a substantially triangular relay arm 35 supported swingably around a shaft 37, and the other corner of the relay arm 35 and the drive lever 40 are attached.
The base portions of are rotatably connected by a connecting rod 38. Between the connecting arm 34 and the drive lever 41, the relay arm 36 and the connecting rod 39 form a link mechanism similar to the above.

When the operating rod is operated in the left direction (XL direction in FIG. 7) with the above-described configuration, the tilting operation causes the lever 31 to rotate clockwise about the shaft 25, and the left end portion 312 of the horizontal arm portion 312.
a moves in the front direction, and the right tip end part 312b of the horizontal arm part 312 moves in the back direction. The forward movement of the left tip portion 312a is transmitted to the drive lever 40 via the connecting arm 33, the relay arm 35 and the connecting rod 38, and the base portion of the drive lever 40 is pushed forward (see FIG. 8). As a result, the drive lever 40 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 42, the tip portion 40a of the drive lever 40 descends, and the left direction indicating portion 14c of the direction indicating button 14 is pressed.

On the other hand, when the operating rod 4 is operated in the right direction (XR direction in FIG. 7), the lever 31, the connecting arm 34, the relay arm 36 and the connecting rod 39 are operated in the same manner as described above, and the drive lever 41 moves. The base is pushed forward. As a result, the tip portion 41a of the drive lever 41 is lowered and the direction indicating button 1
The right direction indicator 14d of 4 is pressed.

When the operating rod 4 is not tilted, the drive lever
The tips of 29, 40 and 41 are all in the raised position, and none of the direction indicating portions 14a to 14d of the direction indicating button 14 are pressed. Further, when the operating rod 4 is operated in an oblique direction, the tilt amount in that direction is disassembled into the front-rear direction and the left-right direction by the slide plate 24 and the lever 31, respectively, and the drive lever.
29, 40, 41, and when the two adjacent direction indicating portions of the direction indicating button 14 are tilted in the upper right direction, for example, the upper direction indicating portion 14a and the right direction indicating portion 14d are simultaneously pressed. Become. Therefore, the tilting operation of the operating rod 4 allows the direction indicating button 14 to indicate directions in eight directions.

Returning to FIG. 5, the link mechanism between the operation buttons 5 to 8 and the operation buttons 15 to 18 of the portable game machine will be described.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in FIG. 5, showing a link mechanism between the operation button 5 and the operation button 15 of the portable game machine 11. The operation button 5 is rotatably attached to a long hole (not shown) at one end of the substantially L-shaped relay arm 42 whose bent portion is swingably supported about a shaft 43. Further, one end of a connecting rod 44 is rotatably attached to the other end of the relay arm 42, and the other end of the connecting rod 44 is a drive lever for indirectly operating the mode select button 15 of the portable game machine 11. It is rotatably connected to the base of 45. The drive lever 45 is provided at a position facing the mode select button 15, is swingably supported by the shaft 46 at the bent portion, and is biased upward by the spring 47 at the base side thereof.

A link mechanism similar to that described above is formed between the operation button 6 and the operation button 16 by a substantially L-shaped relay arm 48, which is swingably supported about a shaft 49, a connecting rod 50, and a drive lever 51. Between the operation button 7 and the operation button 17, the axis
Substantially L-shaped relay arm supported swingably around 53
52, the connecting rod 54, and the drive lever 55 constitute a link mechanism similar to the above. Further, between the operation button 8 and the operation button 18, a substantially L-shaped relay arm 56 that is swingably supported about a shaft 57, a connecting rod 58, and a drive lever 59.
A link mechanism similar to that described above is configured by.

When the operation button 5 is pressed (see the arrow in FIG. 9), the relay arm 42 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 43, the connecting rod 44 is pushed upward, and is moved forward. As a result, the drive lever 45 rotates clockwise about the shaft 46, and the tip of the drive bar 45 descends to move the operation button 15
Is pressed. When the operation of the operation button 5 is released, the drive lever 45 is rotated counterclockwise by the urging force of the spring 47, and the pressing of the operation button 15 is released. Further, the connecting rod 44 moves rearward, the relay arm 42 rotates clockwise, and the operation button 5 is returned from the retracted state to the projected state.

The operation of the link mechanism of the operation buttons 6 to 8 is the same as that of the above-described link mechanism of the operation button 5, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the portable game machine can be stably placed on the table by mounting it on the mounting portion on the upper surface of the base. In particular, since the mounting portion is formed by inclining diagonally, it is possible to stabilize the display unit on the upper surface of the partner game machine in a state of standing upright at an angle,
Since the operating means including the operating rod and the immersive operating member is provided on the front side of the mounting portion, the player can see the display portion of the uprightly supported game machine from an angle close to the front, that is, in a state close to a normal posture. You can still play games. This makes it easy to enjoy the portable game machine as a tabletop game machine with excellent operability.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, since the display contents of the game machine are enlarged and displayed on the display screen, the game contents are easy to see, which contributes to improvement of operability as a tabletop game machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a tabletop game auxiliary device of a portable game machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the tabletop game auxiliary device, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the tabletop game auxiliary device. , FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing an internal structure of the tabletop game auxiliary device, FIG. 5 is a front view showing a link mechanism of operation buttons, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. , FIG. 7 is a front view showing the left-right direction link mechanism of the direction operation button, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII, FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in FIG. 5, and FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing an example of a portable game machine. 1 ... Desktop game auxiliary device, 1a ... Base, 1b ... Display unit, 1c ...
Mounting part, 2 ... Display screen, 3 ... Voice output window, 4 ... Control rod,
5,6,7,8 ... Operation buttons, 9 ... Audio input terminals, 10 ... Switches, 11 ... Portable game machines, 12 ... Display section, 14 ... Direction buttons, 15-18 ... Operation buttons, 20 ... Magnifying lens , 21 ... Lighting lamp, 22 ... Speaker, 23, 47 ... Spring, 24 ... Slide plate, 25, 27, 30, 37, 43, 46, 49, 53, 57 ... Shaft, 26, 35, 36,
42, 48, 52, 56 ... Relay arm, 28, 38, 39, 44, 50, 54, 58 ... Connecting rod, 29, 40, 41, 45, 51, 55, 59 ... Drive lever, 31 ... Lever.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. At least 4 for giving direction indication to display contents
Use of a portable game machine as a table-top game machine, which includes a direction indicating member capable of pressing a direction, one or more immersive operation members for giving an instruction to the display content, and an upper display section for displaying a game content It is an auxiliary device that enables, and a base having a shape that can be placed on a table, and a part of the upper surface of the base stand upright at an angle so that the main body of the portable game machine is placed in the base. An inner space that is obliquely mounted, and a mounting portion in which a standing portion on a front surface side of the inner space facing the display portion in a mounted state of the portable game machine is notched; 1 or 2 which is provided on the upper surface of the base and on the front side of the mounting portion and which is provided corresponding to the direction indicating member and is tiltable in any direction and provided corresponding to the immersion operating member. The above-mentioned immersible operation means and the base A first motion transmitting means that is provided in a portion and that transmits a tilting motion of the operating rod to the direction indicating member in a corresponding operation direction to indirectly perform the tilting motion of the operating rod in the mounted state; And a second motion transmitting means for transmitting the operation of the operating means to the corresponding immersive operating member to indirectly perform the operation when the portable game machine is mounted. Desktop game auxiliary device. 2. A table-top game auxiliary device for a portable game machine according to claim 1, wherein a magnifying lens is arranged at a notch position of the mounting portion.