JPH0999173A - Control pad for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simultaneously perform the operation of a plurality of buttons and the operation of a complicated procedure. SOLUTION: A direction button 11 and a trigger button group 12 are arranged on the surface of a control pad, and a trigger button group 13 and a trigger button group 14 are arranged on the reverse side. Thus, a plurality of fingers are simultaneously used to perform button operation, and a difficult operation is assigned to the button as function, whereby various button operations can be performed without effort.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control pad for a game machine such as a video game, and more particularly to the arrangement of buttons.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the front surface and the back surface of a control pad for a video game machine of this type are as shown in FIG. 2, and buttons are arranged only on the front surface. In the button arrangement on the front surface, the operation is to select and push one trigger button from the direction button 11 with the left thumb and the trigger button group 15 with the right thumb.

[0003]

In recent years, as the difficulty level of push button operation in video games has increased year by year, the order in which the buttons are pressed in combination has become important, and the operation depends on human operation ability. are doing. However, the conventional control pad for a video game machine as shown in FIG. 2 is not easy to operate, and some people may not be able to perform the operation necessary for the game.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the control pad for a video game machine according to the present invention is controlled so that all fingers can be used for button operation while being supported by being sandwiched between the palms of both hands. Place buttons on the front and back of the pad.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a button layout diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention, showing a front surface and a back surface. The direction button 11 and the trigger button group 12 are arranged on the front surface, and the trigger button group 13 and the trigger button group 14 are arranged on the rear surface.
Here, the front surface is the upper surface of the control pad that is up when the user operates it, and the back surface is the lower surface of the control pad that is down at that time.

In the control pad for a video game machine according to the present invention, the direction button 11 is operated by the thumb of the left hand. The group of trigger buttons 12 is composed of a trigger button 12a and a trigger button 12b, and is selected by the thumb of the right hand to perform button operation. A trigger button group 13 and a trigger button group 14 are arranged on the back surface. The trigger button group 13 is a trigger button 13 to be pressed with the right index finger.
a, a trigger button 13b that is pressed by the right middle finger, a trigger button 13c that is pressed by the right ring finger, and a trigger button 13d that is pressed by the right little finger, and perform button operations corresponding to the right forefinger and the little finger, respectively. The trigger button group 14 includes a trigger button 14a that is pressed by the left index finger, a trigger button 14b that is pressed by the left middle finger, a trigger button 14c that is pressed by the left ring finger, and a trigger button 14d that is pressed by the left little finger, which correspond to the left index finger and the little finger, respectively. And operate the button.

Trigger button 12a and trigger button 12b
To the trigger buttons 15a and 15b of FIG. The trigger buttons 15c, 15d, 15e, and 15f of FIG. 2 are assigned to the trigger button 13a pressed with the right index finger, the trigger button 13b pressed with the right middle finger, the trigger button 13c pressed with the right ring finger, and the trigger button 13d pressed with the right little finger, respectively. Trigger button 14a to be pressed with the left index finger, trigger button 14b to be pressed with the left middle finger, trigger button 14c to be pressed with the left ring finger, trigger button 14d to be pressed with the left little finger, and rightward with direction button 11, and then leftward, Press left, then right, press up, then down, press down, then up,
The respective functions are assigned. For example, in FIG. 2, in the case of performing an operation of “pushing the right direction and the left direction of the direction button 11 and then simultaneously pressing the trigger button 15b and the trigger button 15f.”, All the operations are performed by moving the thumbs of both hands. It has to be done and the operation is difficult. In the control pad for the video game machine according to the present invention, the above-mentioned operation is performed by pressing the trigger button 14a with the left index finger, and then with the right thumb the trigger button 12b with the right little finger.
It is completed with a simple operation of pressing 3d at the same time.

[0008]

As described above, in the control pad for a video game machine according to the present invention, buttons are arranged on the back surface and a plurality of fingers are used at the same time to perform button operation.
By assigning difficult operations to buttons as functions, various button operations can be performed without difficulty.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention, and an arrangement diagram showing an example in which a direction button and a trigger button are arranged on the front surface and a trigger button is arranged on the rear surface.

FIG. 2 is a layout view showing a button layout on a front surface and a back surface of a conventional control pad for a video game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Directional buttons 12 Trigger button group 12a, 12b Trigger button 13 Trigger button group 13a Trigger button pushed by the right index finger 13b Trigger button pushed by the right middle finger 13c Trigger button pushed by the right middle finger 13d Trigger button pushed by the right little finger 14 Trigger button group 14a Left Trigger button pressed with the index finger 14b Trigger button pressed with the left middle finger 14c Trigger button pressed with the left ring finger 14d Trigger button pressed with the left little finger 15 Trigger button group 15a to 15f Trigger button

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A control pad for a game machine, wherein buttons are arranged on a front surface and a back surface of a control pad which transmits button data pressed by a user to a main body of the video game machine. 2. The control pad for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein a button corresponding to at least one of the index finger to the little finger of the right hand is arranged on the back surface. 3. The control pad for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein a button corresponding to at least one of the index finger to the little finger of the left hand is arranged on the back surface. 4. The control pad for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein buttons are arranged on the left and right sides of the back surface, one of which serves as a trigger button and the other of which serves as a direction indicating button.