JPH09276475A - Game machine with game timer and automatic move making device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically manage time without making a game player operate a game clock by installing an arithmetic control part for storing the position for each move making of the player, combining a GO stone or a piece with a built-in permanent magnet and integrating the time between detection signals for each player. SOLUTION: In this game machine with a game timer, a detection part 1 for detecting each move making of the player and the arithmetic control part 3 for receiving the detection signals of the detection part, storing the position, combining the GO stone or the piece with the built-in permanent magnet of same upper and lower poles and integrating the time between the detection signals for each player are installed inside or on the back surface of the game board of GO, Shogi(Japanese chess) and chess, etc. Then, every time the player makes a move on a board surface, the detection part 1 on the back surface of the board detects it, thinking time is measured, a move making position is detected and the move making position and a procedure are stored. The arithmetic control part 3 manages the thinking time based on the setting information of a waiting time setting part 16 and a suspension time setting part 17, displays remaining time and alarms the approach and excess of limit time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a combination of automatic measurement of a game time of Go, shogi, chess, etc., production of a game record, and a go stone or piece having a built-in permanent magnet with upper and lower poles, and a launch robot. The present invention relates to a game machine with a game timer and its automatic start device for the purpose of rationalizing the game and realizing a phone game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional game timer, a player manually operates a game clock every time one move is started (putting a go stone on the board and moving a shogi or chess piece on the board). The time from this operation until the other party operates the game clock next time is integrated to calculate the consumption time.

Further, conventionally, in order to obtain a game record, a start record and a procedure are manually recorded to prepare a game record. Further, conventionally, no robot has been developed for carrying a go stone such as Go, Shogi, or chess or a piece or the like onto the board and embarking on it.

When playing a game, for example, the time limit is 10 minutes and the grace time is 30 seconds.
If the consideration time exceeds the grace time of 30 seconds, the excess time is subtracted from the holding time, and the player whose holding time becomes 0 is within the grace time and if all the moves are not started, the game ends (loss). It will be.

[0005]

The conventional game timepiece has a problem that the player himself / herself has to operate each time he or she starts, so that he / she cannot concentrate on the game. In addition, in order to obtain a game record, there is a problem that a recording clerk must read the starting position and procedure from the beginning to the end of the game, or reproduce the record after the game is over. In addition, there is a problem in that the game cannot be played unless there is an opponent.

According to the present invention, a player can measure a consideration time without operating a game clock, and a game record can be created by automatically storing a starting position and a procedure.
Even if there is no opponent, you can become a computer opponent,
Alternatively, the above conventional problems have been solved by providing a game machine with a game timer that allows a game to be played with a distant person by intervening telephone communication.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a game board is provided with a detection unit capable of detecting a move, and a memory of the move is provided.
By adding a characteristic that corresponds to the detection part of the game board to a go stone or piece with a built-in permanent magnet of upper and lower poles by providing an integration, calculation and control unit, and by developing a robot that can automatically start a go stone or piece That is, the above-mentioned conventional problems have been solved.

That is, in the invention of the game machine, a detection unit for detecting this on the inside or the back of a game board such as Go, Shogi, chess, and the like, each time the player starts, and a detection signal by the detection unit. It is characterized in that an arithmetic and control unit is provided for receiving and storing the position thereof, combining a go stone or a piece having built-in permanent magnets of upper and lower poles, and integrating the time between the detection signals for each player. It is a game machine with a game timer, Go
In the game board such as shogi, chess, etc. or on the back side, a detection unit for detecting each start of the player and a storage device for storing the start position and the procedure by the operation of the detection unit are installed. At the same time, a game machine with a game timer, characterized by combining a go stone or a piece having built-in permanent magnets of upper and lower polarities, and a printing device for printing the game record of the starting position and the procedure accumulated in the storage device. Is. Further, it is characterized in that a game board such as a game of Go, Shogi, chess, etc., which is equipped with a necessary start detection unit, and a go stone or piece having built-in permanent magnets of upper and lower polarities are combined.

Next, the invention of an automatic start device for a game machine is to carry a go stone or piece containing a one-way permanent magnet onto a game board such as Go, Shogi, chess, etc. by utilizing the attraction of the magnet. , An automatic launching device for a game machine with a game timer, which is provided with a robot that launches a go stone or piece at a fixed position by weakening adsorption, and a control device part and a telephone communication device part of the robot. .

In the above, the game record can be created by printing out the accumulated game record in a usual manner. For this printout, a printer known in the prior art is used for the points other than the characteristics of the present invention. be able to.

[0011]

According to the game machine with the game timer of the present invention, every time the player takes a move on the board, the detection section installed on the back of the board detects this and measures the consideration time. The start position and the procedure are stored by detecting the start position. Also, by installing a launching robot such as Goishi, it is possible to play a game against a computer opponent even if there is no opponent, and to intervene in telephone communication to play with a remote person.

The arithmetic and control unit of the present invention manages the considered time based on the setting information of the holding time setting unit and the grace time setting unit, and can display the remaining time and warn the approaching or exceeding of the time limit. it can. In addition, the starting procedure storage device section can manage the starting information based on the starting information and create it as a game record on the printing machine. The go stone used above has a built-in permanent magnet of the same pole.

Next, the robot controller can manage the robot based on the information from the telephone communication device or the computer game software, and carry the go stone / piece etc. to a predetermined position and start the operation.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a game machine with a game timer according to an embodiment, which is composed of a predetermined number of detectors 1 and an arithmetic controller 3. The detector 1 is set on the back surface of a board or the like, as shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

The arithmetic control unit 3 is an electronic circuit device which operates by receiving a signal from the detection unit 1, and includes a measuring unit 4 including a microcomputer, a holding time setting unit 16, a grace time setting unit 17, and a display control. Unit 6, remaining time display unit 8 including display device 7, voice control unit 9, warning unit 11 including voice utterance device 10, start procedure control unit 12, and storage device 13.
And a starting procedure storage unit 15 that is a printer 14 that prints a game record. Further, the game program software 18 and the telephone communication device 19 send information to the robot controller 5 to operate the robot.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the arithmetic control unit 3,
A start button 20 associated with the measuring unit 4 is provided on the upper front side wall of the case 24, and a display device (for example, a 7-segment LED) 7a of the remaining time display unit 8 is arranged on both sides of the start button 20. A notification lamp 7 is arranged. In addition, a setting knob 21 of the holding time setting section 16 and a setting knob 23 of the grace time setting section 17 are installed in the lower part of the front side wall of the case 24, and a small hole 22 is provided in the central part and inside thereof. The voice utterance device 10 of the warning unit 11 is installed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the detection unit 1 has a game
It is installed on the back of a board such as shogi or chess.

FIG. 3 shows a go stone 26 made of resin.
Since the permanent magnet plates 25 and 25a are attached to each other with the S pole inside, they are embedded in the N pole expressing state.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional enlarged view showing a state in which the detection unit 1 is installed on the back surface of the board 27, and the permanent magnet 29 with the S pole on the top (or only the S pole) can be freely moved up and down. It is accommodated, the light projecting section 28 is provided on one side, and the light receiving section 28a is provided on the other side so as to face each other, and the entire case is accommodated in the protective case 30. FIG. 6 shows a case where the go stone 26 is placed on the board.
That is, the state is shown in which the permanent magnets 25, 25a and 29 attract each other to pull up the permanent magnet 29 to shield it. FIG. 7 shows a rail 34 for moving the robot 2 left and right and a motor 31 for moving the robot 2 back and forth in the robot controller 5.
, A link arm 32, a motor 33 for moving the support rod 35a up and down to place the go stone on the board, and an electromagnet for the go stone 2
It comprises an adsorption beak 35 for adsorbing 6.

When a game is started using the game machine with the game timer of the above embodiment, the following operation is performed according to the flowchart of FIG.

Prior to playing a game, it is determined which of the telephone communication 19 or the game program software 18 in FIG. 1 is used to play the game, the game software / telephone line selector switch 38 is selected, and the game software 18 is selected. .

Prior to playing a game, time (eg 10 minutes)
And set a grace time (eg 30 seconds) for each move.
Set with 4 and 15.

Next, the start button 20 is pushed to start the game. If the lamp 7a is not illuminated on the black side, the start button 20 is pressed again to switch the illumination.

When the start button 20 is pressed, the consideration time starts to be measured, and the time until the detection of the move by the detector 1 is measured. When the set grace time is approached, the warning unit 11 operates and the voice warning “5, 4, 3, 2, 1” is issued from the voice utterance device 10.

When the start is detected within the grace period, the lighting of the lamp 7a is switched, the time measurement in the measuring unit 4 is reset, the consideration time is measured again, and the grace period management as described above is performed. Is done.

The robot 2 has a cage 3 installed on the right side.
From 6, the magnetic stone of the magnet is used to lift the go stone 26, and in accordance with the instruction of the game program software 18, to efficiently move to the starting position, start in a diagonal line (vertical and horizontal, simultaneous movement) toward the upper left, and start position Adsorbed beak 3 carrying stones when you arrive
Lower 5 and turn off the electromagnetic force to place Goishi 26.

The game program software 18 detects, for example, the starting position of the front hand when a person is the first hand and the robot is the rear hand, and detects the best position from the pre-installed joseki and the like, and outputs information to the robot controller 5. Send to the robot 2
Start the stone at the detection position. In this case, when the shaft of the motor 31 (for example, a stepping motor) is rotated, the link arm 32 may move in the direction indicated by the arrow 41 or the arrow 4 depending on the rotation direction.
Since it expands and contracts in the direction of 2, the axial distance can be adjusted. 12 and 13, reference numeral 43 is a nut and 40 is a screw rod.

In the management of the grace time, when the set grace time is exceeded, the management shifts to the holding time. The management of the holding time is such that the consideration time exceeding the grace time is subtracted from the set time in units of seconds, and the remaining time display unit 8 displays the holding time on the display device 7 in units of minutes.

When the allotted time has been used up and the consideration time has elapsed, the warning section 11 emits a buzzer sound, and at this time point the operation is terminated.

Next, when a move is detected, the move procedure storage device 11 stores the individual detecting units 1 that have started, and sequentially manages them by assigning numbers. After the game is over, the start-up procedure is put together and printed by the printer 9 as a game record.

Prior to the game, the operation of the robot 2 when selecting the telephone communication 19 and playing a person with a long distance is the same as that of the game program software 18, and the instruction to the robot 2 is given from the software to the person. Just change.

The embodiment of Go has been described above.
The same can be done with shogi and chess.

[0034]

According to the present invention, the time can be automatically managed even if the player does not operate the game clock during the game, and the introduction of the launch-only robot allows the game to be played by telephone communication or a computer. There is an effect that it is possible to provide a game machine with a game timer that can play against. Therefore, the player can concentrate on the game (game), eliminating the need for a game record keeper, and enjoying the game even without an opponent. In addition, since the top and bottom permanent magnets with the same polarity are built into the stones, there is no risk that the stones will stick to each other, making it easier to start the robot.
Moreover, there are various effects such as the possibility that the go stone will automatically move on the board.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a case that also houses a calculation control unit.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a Goishi in which permanent magnets having the same upper and lower polarities are embedded.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the same go stone.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of a detection unit also installed on the back surface of the board.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of a state in which a go stone of a detection unit also placed on the back surface of the board is placed and the permanent magnet is pulled up.

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view of the robot.

FIG. 8 is a partial plan view of the same robot.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the robot.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the same procedure.

FIG. 12 is a partially sectional enlarged front view of the link arm.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged plan view of the link arm.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 detection part 2 robot part 3 arithmetic control part 4 measurement part 5 robot control part 6 display control part 7 display device 7a lamp 8 remaining time display part 9 voice control part 10 voice voicing device 11 warning part 12 start procedure control part 13 storage device 14 Printer 15 Start-up Procedure Storage 16 Hold Time Setting 17 Grace Time Setting 18 Game Program Software 19 Telephone Communication Device 20 Start Button 21 Hold Time Setting Grip 22 Small Hole 23 Grace Time Setting Grip 24 Case 25, 25a Permanent Magnet 26 Goishi 27 Go board 28 Light emitting part 28a Light receiving part 29 Magnet 30 Protective case 31, 33 Motor 32 Link arm 34 Rail 35 Suction beak 36 Goke 37 Game score outlet 38 Soft phone switch 39 Telephone line 40 Screw rod 43 Nut

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A detection unit for detecting the movement of a player, such as a game of Go, Shogi, chess, etc., on the back side of the game board, each time the player starts the game, and a detection signal from the detection unit. A game with a game timer, which stores a position and combines a go stone or a piece having built-in permanent magnets of the same polarity in the upper and lower sides, and installs an arithmetic control unit that integrates the time between the detection signals for each player. Machine. 2. A detection unit for detecting this in the game board of Go, Shogi, chess, etc., or on the back surface of the game, each time the player starts each move, and the start position and the procedure are determined by the operation of the detection unit. A storage device for storing is installed, and a go stone or piece incorporating permanent magnets of the same poles is combined, and a printing device for printing the game record of the starting position and the procedure accumulated in the storage device is combined. A game machine with a game timer. 3. A game board such as Go, Shogi, or chess,
A robot that moves a go stone or piece into a fixed position by carrying a go stone or piece that incorporates permanent magnets of upper and lower poles onto the board using the attraction of the magnet and weakening the attraction, and a control device unit of the robot. An automatic launching device for a game machine with a game timer, which is provided with a telephone communication device section.