JPS6274390A - Running toy - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a running toy that uses infrared rays, light, and other sensors to run away from or chase a predetermined object.

[Conventional technology] Conventionally, there have been various types of traveling toys as described above.

Conventional running toys have a transmitting/receiving function using sensors such as infrared rays and light and are integrated into the running body, and many of them run while avoiding obstacles, for example.

[Problems to be solved] Conventional running toys described in
It was limited to moving backwards and avoiding obstacles as described in L.

However, as a running toy, it can be used not only for the action of running away from something, but also for the action of chasing it around.
In addition, there was the problem that players would quickly get bored with playing unless they formed more diverse behavioral patterns.

[Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides, in a manner of speaking, a separate transmitting/receiving section including sensors for infrared rays, light, etc., and more specifically: is composed of a running body, a transmitting unit for infrared rays, light, etc., and a receiving unit including a sensor, the transmitting unit being detachably attached to the running body, and the receiving unit being provided to the running body, The traveling object directly or indirectly receives infrared rays, light, etc. emitted by the transmitting section, and is characterized in that it has a drive device that operates according to the content received by the receiving section.

[Example] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 to 7 (A) and (B) are views showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1 in the figure is a running body, and the toy consists of this running body 1 and a transmitter 2 having an electronic circuit as shown in FIG.
and a receiving section 3.

It has the appearance of a robot.

The running body 1 has a head 4.1 a head part 5, left and right arm parts 6.6.
It consists of both left and right leg parts 7.7, and has a drive device consisting of a motor 8 and a gear device 9 inside. As shown in the figure, the transmitter 2 is box-shaped, and is detachably placed in a space 10 provided at the back of the head 4 of the traveling body 1. A predetermined electronic circuit, a battery 11. A switch 12 is provided,
A light emitting diode 13 that generates infrared rays is placed on the front of the case. The receiving section 3 is composed of an electronic circuit and a photosensor 14 as shown in the figure, and is disposed inside the traveling body 1, with the photosensor 14 facing outward through a small hole in the body section 5. It is.

First, the mechanism for running the traveling body 1 will be explained. The drive source for running is a motor 8, which is connected by a gear device 9 to U drive wheels 15a and 15b that are individually supported on the lower surface of the body 5. The gear device 9 has completely separate system A for one drive wheel 15a and system B for the other drive wheel 15b.

As shown in FIG. 3, one system A rotates the drive wheel 15a in the forward and reverse directions as the motor 8 rotates in the forward and reverse directions, and the other system B drives the drive wheels regardless of whether the motor 8 rotates in the forward or reverse direction. ring 1
5b in one direction (forward direction). The output shaft 16 of the motor 8 has binions 17a and 17b fitted on both ends, and the system A has a first intermediate gear 18 that meshes with the binion L7a, and a first intermediate gear L (j l 8
It consists of a second intermediate gear 19 that is mated with the second intermediate gear 19, and a final gear 20 that is coaxial with the drive wheel 15a that is mated with the second intermediate gear 19. In addition, system B is the other binion 1
7b, the first intermediate gear 21. This first intermediate gear 21 is made up of a second intermediate gear 22 and a third intermediate gear 23 that selectively mesh with each other, and a final gear 24 that is coaxial with the drive wheel 1bb that engages with the second intermediate gear 22. .

In the system A, all the gears mesh sequentially and this combination does not change, so that the gears rotate forward and reverse in response to the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 8, thereby rotating the drive wheels 15a in the forward or reverse direction.

System BL: r) The first intermediate gear 21 is movably pivoted by a long hole 25 in the casing. That is, when the motor 8 rotates in the forward direction, it is moved upward in the elongated hole 25 by meshing with the pinion 17b and meshing with the second intermediate gear 22, and the gear is integrally attached to the root. It is connected to the plate arm 29. Therefore, the arm portion 6 swings upward F as the crank arm 27 swings, in other words, as the toy travels, making it appear as if the arm is waving.

In addition, a pole 30 is buried in the lower surface of the traveling body 1.
This is a supporting guide wheel. Further, numeral 31 in the figure is a battery, and a switch 32 is provided protruding from the back side of the body 5. The battery 31 can be taken in and out by the young person 33.

The transmitting unit 2 is box-shaped as described above, and has a light emitting diode 13 located on a flat surface on the front side, and a running body l on the rear end.
According to the outer shape of the head 4, the curved third intermediate gear 23 is completely free to transmit rotation to the drive wheel 15b. When the motor 8 rotates in the reverse direction, it moves downward in the elongated hole 25 through the eleventh engagement with the pinion 17b and meshes with the third intermediate gear 23, increasing the number of meshing stages by one stage and driving the drive wheel. 15b is reversed.

A pin 26 is installed on the outside of the drive wheel 15a on the system A side, and a groove 28 of a dogleg-shaped crank arm 27 is engaged with the pin 26. The crank arm 27 is rotatably supported near the center thereof, and swings as the drive wheel 15a rotates. The other end of the crank arm 27 has the shape of the arm portion 6. The transmitting unit 2 can be freely attached to and removed from the space 10 of the head 4, and when it is placed in the space 10, the light emitting diode 13 is placed inside the part corresponding to the nose on the front of the head 4 (1).
It is designed to be In addition, there is a small balance wheel 13 on the rear side.
A is provided and can be connected to the receiving section 3 as appropriate to enable blinking. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic circuit configuration of the transmitting section 2 includes a multivibrator section 33, an amplifier section 34 that also serves as a bumper, and a variable resistor 35 that controls the light emission H of the light emitting diode 130. If a three-stage volume switch or the like is used in place of the variable resistor 35, it is convenient to use an appropriate light emission amount in a limited manner when letting young children play.

The electronic circuit configuration of the receiving section 3 includes a photo sensor 1 as shown in the figure.
4, an amplifier section 36, and a switch section 37 for switching the connection between the motor 8 and the battery 31.

The switch section 37 consists of four transistors TRI to TR4, and is an amplifier? When a voltage obtained by amplifying the light reception output of the photosensor 14 appears at the connection point A with 336, transistors TR+ and TR2 turn on, and transistor TR3
, TR4 are turned OFF, causing the motor 8 to rotate in reverse. In other states, transistors TR+ and TR2 are OFF, and transistors TR3 and TR4 are ON, causing the motor 8 to rotate in the normal direction.

Although not shown in detail, the switch 32 is of a three-stage switching type, including a position where the connection between the motor 8 and the battery 31 is turned off, and a second position where the connection between the motor 8 and the battery 31 is switched between forward and reverse. , and a third position. That is, the wiring shown by the solid line around the motor 8 in FIG. This is the case where the transmitter 2 is removed from the head 4.

Next, the operation of this toy will be explained.

First, a state in which the circuit is turned on by moving the switch 32 to the second position as described above while the transmitter 2 is housed in the head 4 will be described. Of course, the switch 12 of the transmitter 2 is also turned on.

When the switch 32 is moved to the second position and the circuit is turned on, the motor 8 rotates in the normal direction, and the traveling body 1 is moved to the drive wheels 15a, 1.
It moves forward by the rotation of 5b. At this time, the light emitting diode 13 of the transmitter 2 emits infrared rays. If an obstacle such as a wall 38 appears in the traveling direction while the vehicle is running, the emitted infrared rays are reflected and indirectly enter the photosensor 14 .

Then, the photosensor 14 is excited, and an output voltage is generated at the connection point A via the amplifier section 36, and as described above, the transistors TR+ to TR4 of the switch section 37 are turned ON-OFF.
is reversed and the motor 8 starts rotating in reverse. Then, due to the operation of the gear device 9, the rotation directions of the drive wheels 15a, 15b are changed to normal or reverse as described above, and the traveling body 1 rotates to the left on the spot to avoid the wall 38. When the avoidance of the wall 38 is completed, the photosensor 14 loses the power of infrared rays due to reflection, the ON-OFF states of the transistors TRI to TR4 are reversed by 11f degrees, and the traveling object I moves forward in the avoidance direction.

Next, a state in which the transmitter 2 is removed from the head 4 and the switch 32 is moved to the third position to turn on the circuit will be described.

At this time, the connection between the motor 8 and the battery 31 is as shown by the dotted line in FIG. That is, when the switch 32 is set to the third position and the circuit is turned on, the infrared rays from the light emitting diode 13 are not incident on the sensor 14, so no output pressure is generated at the connection point A, and the transistors TR3 and TR
4 turns on, the motor 8 rotates in reverse. For this reason, the running body 1
The driving wheels 15a and 15b rotate forward and backward, and the traveling body 1 rotates counterclockwise on the spot.

Then, when the photosensor 14 faces the direction of the transmitting section 2, more specifically, the direction of the light emitting diode 13, the photosensor 14 is excited by the direct incidence of infrared rays, and the amplifier section 3
6, an output voltage is generated at the connection point A, and the transistor TR
0N-OFF of I to TR4 is inverted. Then, the motor 8 rotates normally, and the traveling body 1 moves forward in the direction of the transmitter 2. At this time, if the player changes the position of the sending part 2, the traveling body 1 will meander or stop and rotate on the spot accordingly.

Although the details are not shown, each of the eyes 39 and 39 of the head 4 is equipped with a small lamp, which lights up when the motor 8 is in either forward or reverse rotation to give it a robot-like appearance. It's Nishide.

Further, in this embodiment, a toy shaped like a robot was described, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the shape and structure of this embodiment, and can be embodied in various moving toys.

[Effect of the invention] The traveling toy according to the present invention includes a traveling body having a drive device,
A transmitting unit detachably attached to the running body;
The receiver is equipped with a sensor that directly or indirectly receives infrared rays, light, etc. emitted by the transmitter, and the driving condition can be judged according to the information received by the receiver, allowing for a greater number of 7M actions than before. This has the effect of making it possible for players to feel great interest.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 7 (a) and (b) show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 2 is a front perspective view, and FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view. Figure 4 is a partially cutaway rear view, Figure 5 (
(a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams of the tooth/tta structure of the drive device, FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of the transmitting/receiving section, and FIGS. 7 (a) and (b) are plan explanatory diagrams of the operating state. 1-Running body 2: Transmitting unit 3: Receiving unit 8: Motor 9: Gear device 1O: Space 13: Light emitting diode 14: Photosew/su 15a,
15b = Drive wheel 37: Switch part 38: Wall applicant Takara Co., Ltd. / Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 (A) 5b (B)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A running toy that uses infrared, light, etc. sensors and is characterized by meeting the following requirements. (a) Consists of a running body, a transmitting section for infrared rays, light, etc., and a receiving section including a sensor. (b) The transmitter is detachably provided on the traveling body. (c) The receiving section is provided on the traveling body and directly or indirectly receives infrared rays, light, etc. emitted by the transmitting section. (d) The traveling body has a drive device that operates according to the content received by the receiving section.