JPS644384Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a table-type display game device.

In recent years, as this type of table-type display game device, game machines such as Space Invaders, Block Breaker, and table tennis have become widespread, and game machines that can also play games such as mahjong, cards, and Hanafuda have also become popular. are also being proposed as appropriate.

By the way, in games such as the above-mentioned mahjong, it is necessary for each player to play without informing the other party of his/her own situation, and therefore, unlike conventional devices of this kind, a display piece for the game is placed on the image surface of a cathode ray tube, etc. It is not possible to use what is displayed publicly to all competitors participating in the game.

For this reason, in this type of equipment, there are those that use a sub cathode ray tube, etc., and display each handheld display piece so that it can be seen only by each individual athlete, and those that use a sub cathode ray tube, etc. to display each handheld display piece, and those that use a sub cathode ray tube, etc. Conventionally, it has been proposed to divide the field display into a central field display and a hand-held display in the periphery, and to provide a shielding hood or the like to shield each hand-held display from view from other players.

However, in the former case, in addition to the main cathode ray tube that displays the field display pieces, a sub cathode ray tube is required for each athlete, which not only requires a large number of parts and increases manufacturing costs, but also increases the size of the entire device. This was a problem in trying to make it smaller and more compact.

In addition, in the latter case, the number of parts is smaller than the former, it is cheaper in terms of cost, and it can be made smaller and more compact. As a result, the user was forced to look into the display, making it difficult to display an appropriate display and making it difficult to see.

The present invention was developed in view of these circumstances, and includes a tilted display surface that is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material as a rod-shaped body with a triangular cross section, and displays hand-held display pieces facing each player. Each athlete can use a simple structure in which an optical rod, which has a shielding surface on which a shielding layer is formed so that the display is not visible to other athletes, is attached onto the hand-held display section on the image plane of the display. To provide a table type display game device which not only can appropriately display a player's handheld display piece in an easy-to-see state, but also can reliably shield the display from other players.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of a table-type display game device according to the present invention, and in this embodiment, a case where it is applied to a mahjong game for four players will be explained.

In these figures, the reference numeral 1 indicates a table in this game device, and the table 1 includes a top plate portion 1A having a substantially square plate shape and having a transparent plate 2 such as a glass plate attached to the top surface. In the lower part thereof, a table part 1B is provided, which accommodates a cathode ray tube 3 serving as a display having an image surface facing upward, a control device 4 thereof, etc. in the center of a top plate part 1A. Operation sections 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D having a large number of operation buttons are arranged on stepped portions formed on each side surface around the top plate section 1A.

The operation buttons accommodated in each of the operation sections 5A to 5D are a long button 6, a reach button 7, a hammer button 8, a magnet button 9, a stutter button 10, and each tile displayed on the handheld display section described later. It consists of 11 groups of play buttons corresponding to the tiles, a consideration button 12 that displays the fact that the tiles are being considered, etc., and one operation section 5A has a place setting button 13 necessary for starting the game, a point holding button 14, and a layout button 12. Tile button 15
is attached.

The image plane of the cathode ray tube 3, which displays tiles as game display pieces as images, is composed of a field display section 16 at the center and a hand-held display section 17 at the periphery thereof. In the field display section 16, a down tile display section 18, a discarded tile display section 19, a width dew tile display section 20, and a consideration display section 21 are formed on each player's side, each forming two rows of wells. In the center, display divisions are formed to display the number of points each player has, the number of games played, and the order of play. On the other hand, the hand-held display section 17 around the field display section 16 is made up of 14 display sections corresponding to each tile, of which the rightmost section displays hand-drawn tiles, and the other 13 sections The hand tiles are displayed.

Note that the reference numeral 22 in FIG. 2 is a shielding plate that makes the peripheral edge of the transparent plate 2 on the top surface of the table 1 opaque.

Now, according to the present invention, in the above-described configuration, the display on the hand-held display unit 17 in the peripheral area of the image plane of the cathode ray tube 3 is made invisible to other competitors, and each competitor In order to properly and easily view hand tiles and hand-printed tiles, which are hand-held display pieces, an optical rod 30 is used, which is made of a transparent synthetic resin material and is formed into a prism-like rod-like body with a substantially triangular cross section. It has its own characteristics.

To explain this in detail using FIGS. 3 and 4, this optical rod 30 has a substantially triangular cross section,
It is formed into a straight line with a length corresponding to the length of the hand-held display section 17 in the longitudinal direction. As is clear from FIGS. 2 and 5, one side of the optical rod 30 is an adhesive surface that is attached to the hand-held display section 17 on the image surface of the cathode ray tube 3. The surface facing the user is an inclined display surface 30A that displays the image displayed on the handheld display section 17 in a raised manner.
Moreover, a shielding layer 31 made of black paint, for example, is formed on the inclined surface facing the other players to shield the display on the hand-held display section 17, and serves as a shielding surface.

In this case, as is clear from FIGS. 3 and 4, if the inclined display surface 30A is formed as a round surface with a magnification of about 1.5 to 2 times, the image on the handheld display section 17 can be improved. It becomes possible to display it appropriately and make it easy to see.

Further, as is clear from FIG. 3, the joint surface of the optical rod 30 on the cathode ray tube 3 side is curved according to the curvature of the image plane of the cathode ray tube 3, and the thin portions such as the lower edge of the inclined display surface 30A are It is cut to prevent breakage.

It goes without saying that the above-mentioned shielding layer 30B may be formed by, for example, texturing, honing, etc., to make the surface of the optical rod 30 opaque.

In such a configuration, by pasting the above-mentioned optical rod 30 on the hand-held display section 17 of each player, as is clear from FIG. Not only can the image on the hand-held display section 17 be displayed appropriately in an easy-to-see state, but also the display can be reliably shielded from other competitors.

In this case, in a four-player game device like this embodiment, the image may be visible to other players from both end surfaces of the optical rod 30, and in this case, as shown in FIG. A shielding layer may also be formed on both end faces. Of course, such shielding layers on both end faces of the optical rod 30 are not necessarily required.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a case has been described in which the optical rods 30 are individually provided for the hand-held display unit 17 of each player, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the optical rods are arranged in a series in a frame shape. In addition, the cross-sectional shape does not necessarily have to be triangular; in short, it has a portion that is joined to the display image surface of the cathode ray tube 3, and has an inclined display surface 30A and a shielding surface. Any rod-like shape may be used.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, an apparatus was described in which a transparent plate 2 having a flat surface was disposed on the top of a table 1, but the present invention is not limited to this. It's not necessarily necessary.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the four-player mahjong game described in the above-mentioned embodiments, but can also be applied to devices for games such as playing cards, Hanafuda, and Karuta. However, various configurations such as one for two, three, or four people can be considered, and the configuration of each part may be changed as appropriate.

As explained above, according to the table-type display game device according to the present invention, there is an inclined display surface that displays hand-held display pieces facing each player on the hand-held display section of the display image surface, and a tilted display surface that displays hand-held display pieces facing each player. An optical rod made of a rod-shaped body having a roughly triangular cross section made of a transparent synthetic resin material and having a shielding surface on which a shielding layer is formed so that it cannot be seen by the competitors is attached, so that it can be easily configured. Regardless, it not only makes it easier for each player to see his/her handheld display piece, but also shields other players very simply and reliably, which has great practical effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are a plan view and a side sectional view showing an embodiment of a table-type display game device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are a perspective view and a sectional view of an optical rod that characterizes the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing the attached state. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Table, 1A...Top plate part, 3...Cathode ray tube, 16...Field display part, 17...Handheld display part, 30...Optical rod, 30A...Tilting display part, 3
1... Shielding layer.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A table-type display game device comprising a field display section and a hand-held display section surrounding the display section, which has an image surface for displaying a game display piece as an image, and is arranged with this image surface facing upward. , an optical rod integrally formed as a rod-shaped body made of a transparent synthetic resin material is attached to the hand-held display part on the image surface of the display, and the optical rod is placed facing the player corresponding to the optical rod. The inclined outer surface of the optical rod is an inclined display surface that displays the image of the hand-held display piece displayed on the hand-held display section, and the display on this inclined display surface and the hand-held display section is viewed from other players. A table-type display game device, characterized in that the outer surface of the optical rod on the side of the field display section is formed as a shielding surface subjected to shielding treatment so as to be invisible.