KR100205510B1 - Electronic controls of amusement machine - Google Patents

Abstract

[purpose]

The present invention relates to a control device for an electronic amusement machine, and more particularly to a control device for an electronic amusement machine, and more particularly to a control device for an electronic amusement machine, And more particularly, to an electronic / amusement system control device having an improvement in assembling performance and an effect of reducing a failure occurrence rate of a return structure.

[Configuration]

The control rod is mounted on the control rod support plate such that the handle is attached and returned to the neutral position by the return spring and the plurality of switches attached to the switch plate are selectively turned on / The control rod 1 is provided with a handle endless separation preventing means and a lower half-spherical sliding body 11 which allows for the omnidirectional operation of the steering wheel is fixedly mounted on the boundary with the steering shaft 13, The sliding shaft 21 is formed on the upper plate of the lower shell 2 and the lower half-spherical sliding body sheet 22 having the shaft hole 23 drilled at the center thereof is sandwiched and the shaft 13 is lowered. A spring top sheet 31 having an outward flange on its upper periphery, a return spring 32, and an upper spring seat 32 are provided on the steering shaft 13, which is seated below the shaft hole 23 of the sliding member 22, Spring bottom A plurality of switches 42a to 42d are arranged in the vicinity of the axial movement hole 41 on the bottom surface of the spring lower sheet 33 in the order of the front end And a square induction hole 62 for guiding the omnidirectional movement of the control shaft 13 toward the switches 42a to 42d is provided below the switch plate 4. The switch board 4 is attached to the control board 4, And a manipulating plate 5 which is seated in the ring hole 51 and which is formed with the key top control plate 6 formed thereon.

Description

Control of electronic entertainment equipment

FIG. 1 is an external view of an electronic entertainment apparatus equipped with a steering apparatus according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the steering apparatus according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the steering guide plate and the angle adjusting plate.

FIG. 4 is an assembled view of the steering device.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal section of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 shows an operation diagram of the steering return device.

Fig. 7a shows a state in which the angle adjustment plate is operated so that the microswitch can be turned on and off independently, and Fig. 7b shows the state in which the angle adjustment plate is adjusted so that two microswitches can be turned on and off simultaneously or in succession.

FIG. 8 is another embodiment of the steering wheel. FIG.

Fig. 9 is another embodiment of the pressing terminal of the microswitch. Fig.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

1: Steering column 2: Steering column support plate

3: steering return device 4: micro switch plate

5: Maneuvering plate 6: Angle adjusting plate

11: humidifying member 12, 12a: handle

13: Control rod axis 14: Protection tube

15: hook 16: hook shaft

21: humidifying member seat left 22: wetting member seat

23: shaft hole 24: lubrication groove

25: binding pin 31: spring top sheet

32: return spring 33: spring bottom sheet

41: Axial action ball 42a-d: Micro switch

43: binding pin 44: pressing terminal

45: contact plate 51:

52: step 53: elastic projection

54: stop groove 55: hook hook

61: flange 62:

63: detent projection

The present invention relates to a control device for an electronic amusement machine, and more particularly to a control device for an electronic amusement machine, and more particularly to a control device for an electronic amusement machine, And more particularly, to an electronic / amusement system control device having an improvement in assembling performance and an effect of reducing a failure occurrence rate of a return structure.

The control device for the electronic amusement machine refers to a stick type control device and a series of switch devices which allow a player to enjoy a game such as moving the stick all the way to turn the multi-micro switch ON / OFF selectively so as to match the target with the electronic bullet in the screen.

Since the characteristics of the electronic entertainment which emphasizes the improvisation force are required for the control, quick return to the neutral position after the fast movement, durability, and accurate ON / OFF of the switch are required.

In the conventional control system for an electronic amusement machine, three or four return springs are arranged in three directions or four directions in the control period, and the free ends of these return springs are gathered at the lower end of the control point. The installation cost and the number of assembly work are increased by the number of return springs, and there is a high possibility of failure. In addition, when the return spring of one side exerts a return force, there may be a case where another resting spring that does not contribute to return interferes with the return of the steering wheel.

When I enjoy electronic entertainment, the game can not proceed according to the intention of the game player. Therefore, I can handle the controls with difficulty because of the irritation. In the case of the game full of excitement, it may be difficult for the player to control the game. There may also be a conscious or unconscious act of unscrewing the handle at the top of the stick. If the handle is lost for some reason or another, it will be a loss for the operator of the electronic arcade, and it will be inconvenient for other players.

The game program of the electronic entertainment machine varies from beginner to advanced when looking at the power and the base. In addition, there is a program which requires a super quick power of less than a second. Power is also related to the speed of the hand, but it is also closely related to switching. Some micro-switches are configured to turn ON / OFF simultaneously with a control device for an electronic entertainment program requiring a high-speed power.

In the switch device of the conventional electronic entertainment apparatus in which a plurality of multi-microswitches can be simultaneously turned on / off as described above, since the attitude when the contactor touches the plurality of microswitches is not correct, There is a case of losing the opportunity to taste the essence of entertainment.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-micro-switch and a magnetic switch capable of selecting a single or multiple operation of a multi-micro switch and a magnetic switch, And an object of the present invention is to provide a steering apparatus for an electronic entertainment system in which the steering return structure is simplified to improve the assembling performance and the failure occurrence rate of the steering return structure is low.

In the present invention, the guide hole of the angle adjusting plate coupled to the control guide plate is formed into a square hole, and the guide plate is mounted in a limited angle range within the limited angle range so that the multi- And more particularly, to an apparatus for controlling an electronic entertainment apparatus configured to increase the accuracy of simultaneous operation of a plurality of micro switches.

The present invention also provides an apparatus for controlling an electronic entertainment apparatus, wherein a single return spring is provided between a lower end of the steering wheel and a bottom surface of the steering wheel support plate to simplify the steering wheel return structure and a knob-

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 2, the electronic amusement control device includes a control unit 1, a control board 2, a control unit 3, a micro switch or a magnetic switch plate 4, a control board 5, 6).

The control section 1 has a middle portion at a height substantially relative to the control support plate 2, and at this point, a humidification body 11 of a lower half spherical shape is inserted. The cockpit 1 can be swiveled omnidirectionally around the humidifying member 11 having such a structure, and can be tilted sideways so that the cockpit 1 can be maneuvered omnidirectionally. At the top of the cockpit 1, a ball-like handle 12 is attached so that the cockpit can be easily manipulated in all directions.

The cockpit support plate 2 is provided with a wettable body sheet seat 21 in the form of a lower semi-circular shape corresponding to the lower half spherical surface of the wettable body 11 at the center of the upper plate portion, and a wettable sheet 22 It saddles. A shaft hole (23) is loosely inserted into the flange of the wettable body seat (22) so as to freely lower the steering shaft (13) of the steering wheel (1). On the upper surface of the wettable body sheet 22, a lubricating groove 24 for lubricating oil injection is also formed radially from the center of the shaft hole 23.

The manipulation return portion 3 is a combination of the spring top sheet 31, the return spring 32, and the spring bottom sheet 33. The spring upper seat 31 is of a bushing type and the flange is fitted to the control shaft 13 so as to face the bottom surface of the sliding member 11 and the return spring 32 is mounted on the shaft pipe from the lower end side of the control shaft 13 . The return spring 32 is a compression coil spring that exerts a pressure to return to the neutral position immediately after the external pressure disappears at the control station 1 at any time. The spring lower end seat 33 supports the lower end of the return spring 33 fitted to the steering shaft 13 and is a tubular body. After the steering shaft 33 is inserted into the steering shaft 13, an E ring or the like is inserted into the shaft end, prevent.

The microswitch or magnetic switch plate 4 is a plate to which a microswitch or a magnetic switch is attached. On the upper surface of the plate surface, the shaft action hole 41 is drilled so that the control shaft 13 can be actuated in all directions, and a plurality of microswitches or magnetic switches 42a to 42d are attached to the bottom surface. These microswitches or magnetic switches 42a to 42d are disposed at the center of each of the four corners or squares of the square in the direction of the four perpendicular angles on a single virtual circumference with reference to the center point of the axis active hole 41, When the tilting is performed at the same arbitrary inclination, the control shaft 13 is brought into contact with any switch by turning 360 degrees. At the edge of the plate surface is formed a pin seat 43 which is surrounded by the binding pin 25 of the manipulating support plate 2 and tightly held by its inward elasticity.

The control board 5 is a combination of the control board 1 and more specifically the angle control board 6 coupled to the center board to induce the movement of the control shaft 130. As shown in Figure 3, A circular ring hole 51 is formed in the plate surface plate of the angle adjusting plate 5. The lower half of the ring hole 51 is smaller than the change of the upper portion so as to form a step 52. The step 52 is formed by a flange (61).

Inward elastic projections 53 are formed on at least two opposing points around the upper half of the ring hole 51 so as to elastically press the outer surface of the peripheral wall under the flange 61 of the angle adjusting plate 6 seated on the ring hole 51, Do not let it fall back.

At least two stop grooves (54) are formed in the circumferential surface of the hole of the step (52). The stop groove 54 restricts the angle of rotation of the angle adjusting plate 6 so as to stop at an angle when the elastic stopping protrusion 63 formed on the main surface of the angle adjusting plate 6 is turned by 45 degrees. In other words, whether the corner of the square guide hole 61 stays between the push terminals of the micro switch or the magnetic switches 42a to 42b, 42b to 42c, 42d to 44d, or the micro switch or the magnetic switches 42a- b, b to c, c to d, and d to a middle point of the connecting edge.

Here, a unit of 45 DEG refers to an intermediate point when, for example, the angle from the position of the micro switch or the magnetic switches 42a to 42d to the next switch is 90 degrees. A hooking hook 55 for hooking the binding pin 25 of the manipulator supporting plate 2 is also formed on the edge of the manipulating plate 5.

A square guide hole (62) is formed in the plate surface plate of the angle adjusting plate (6). Induction hole 62 induces movement of control shaft 13. That is, when the edge of the guide hole 62 is located between the push terminals of the two switches adjacent in the perpendicular direction, these switches can be turned on at the same time, and the edge of the guide hole 62 can be switched to the switches 42a to b, only one microswitch can be turned ON if it is set so as to stay at the midpoint of the side connecting the centers of the pushing terminals 44 of the switches c, c, d, and d.

The angle regulating plate 6 has a detent protrusion 63 corresponding to the stop groove 54 formed in a peripheral wall below the flange 61. The detent projection 63 has elasticity.

When coming out of the stop groove (54), it is necessary to lift it in order to adjust the angle.

When the present invention constituted as described above is assembled organically, the same features as those of the fourth and fifth aspects are obtained. That is, the control rod 1 is lowered into the shaft hole 71 of the laminating board 7, and the sliding member 11 is lifted up to the steering shaft 13 so that the spherical surface faces downward.

The humidifying member seat 22 is put on the wettable body seat 21 and the steering shaft 13 of the steering body 1 is lowered into the shaft hole 24 of the wettable body seat 22. Then, the spring upper seat 31, the return spring 32 and the spring lower end seat 33 are inserted into the steering shaft 13 in the order of the sliding member seat seat 21 and then the E-ring 8 is inserted into the shaft end, Ensure the fit condition. And the slats (7) are secured to the decorative plate (9) by pieces.

The binding pin 43 of the steering wheel guide plate 5 in which the angle adjusting plate 6 is preassembled is seated inside the binding pin 25. At this time, the angle adjusting plate (6) should be placed on the upper side. This completes the assembly of the control unit, and it can be installed on the control panel of the electronic entertainment machine as it is.

FIG. 6 is for showing the return action of the control station 1, in which the solid line display is the state before the return and the one-dot chain line display is the return state. Since the humidor 11 has a forward satellite as the spherical motion is performed in the sliding member 22, the steering wheel 1 can be tilted to either side, and the tilted state can be rotated 360 degrees. The spring upper seat 32 is inclined along the steering shaft 13 while the flange portion opposite to the washer 32 is pointally contacted with the bottom surface of the steering column support plate 2 in such a state that the downward pressure And is pushed toward the lower end of the control rod shaft 13. At this time, the return spring 33 is elastically contracted. When the hand is released from the solid line display, the return spark 33 is momentarily inflated to push up the spring top sheet 32. The prime upper seat 32 tries to keep the balance and the steering wheel 1 is raised upright as indicated by the one-dot chain line by the force to return the spring top seat 32 to the equilibrium state and returns to the neutral posture.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing ON / OFF selectability of the switches 42a to 42d for each position of the induction hole 62. FIG. The edges of the guiding hole 62 in FIG. 7a are positioned in front of the pressing terminals 44 of all the switches 42a to 42d. In this state, since the control shaft 13 is guided to only one corner side, only one of the switches 42a to 42d can be turned ON.

In contrast, in the state of FIG. 7B where the edge of the guide hole 62 lies in the middle of the switches 42a to 42d, two switches adjacent to the corner on which the steering shaft 13 is inclined can be turned on simultaneously or continuously And is suitable for a fast-moving electronic entertainment game switch.

8A and 8B are diagrams showing a state in which the control section 14 is covered with a protective pipe 14 having a larger inner diameter than the diameter of the control section 1 so as to prevent the handle 12 from being detached from the control section 1 1). The handle 1 is held by one hand and the handle 12 fastened to the upper end of the handle 1 is pulled out by the other hand in the direction of reversing the fastener 1. If the guard tube 14 is put on the steering wheel 1, In addition, even if the handle 12 is rotated in the reverse direction by holding the protective pipe 14, the handle 12 can not be separated because the handle 1 is loose.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 8b, a female screw hole is formed at the upper end of the steering wheel 1, and a hook 15 having a male screw formed on the hook shaft 16 is fastened. Then, a handle 12a, (15) so as to be hooked. In this case, holding the control section 1 with one hand and holding the handle 12a in any direction with the other hand does not fall into the hollow.

Fig. 9 shows the arc-shaped contact plate 45 attached to the outer end of the pushing terminal 44 of the switches 42a to 42d or integrally formed to enhance the contact with the control shaft 13. Regardless of which portion of the contact plate 45 is in contact with the control shaft 13, the switches 42a to 42d are turned on, which is particularly suitable as a switch for an electronic entertainment game which requires a game to proceed more quickly and a high power.

As described above, according to the control apparatus for an electronic amusement machine according to the present invention, it is possible to perform ON / OFF operation simultaneously or simultaneously depending on whether the corner of the square guide hole provided on the guide plate is located near the pushing terminal of the switch or in the middle of the guide hole According to the speed of the electronic amusement game, the maneuverability of the manipulation can be adjusted in a very simple manner. Especially, the simultaneous operability of the two switches is given, so that it is possible to enjoy the electronic amusement game which requires a high power.

In addition, the returning device for returning it to the neutral position is constituted by a washer and a return spring, so that the number of parts is reduced, the assembling property is improved, and the fault occurrence rate of the steering return structure is also relatively low. In addition, it is possible to effectively cope with the rapid progress of the game in the electronic amusement game by improving the flexibility and the omnidirectional maneuverability of the control operation of the control rod of the control rod and the wet seat of the saddle, .

Also, since the handle of the joystick is not separated by any other method than destruction, there is no fear of theft or loss by a third party.

Claims (6)

A control section which is attached to the manipulation support plate so as to be operable on the manipulation support plate in such a manner that the handle is attached and is returned to the neutral position by the return spring and the plurality of microswitches attached to the switch plate are selectively turned on / The control rod 1 is provided with a handle endless separation preventing means and a lower half-spherical sliding member 11 which allows for an omnidirectional manipulation between steers is fixedly mounted on a boundary with the steering shaft 13, The upper plate of the support plate 2 is provided with a wettable sheet seat 21 and a lower hemispherical wettable body sheet 22 in which a shaft hole 23 is drilled at the center thereof is sandwiched therebetween to insert the steering shaft 13 downward. A spring top sheet 33 having an outward flange on its upper periphery and a return spring 32 having an outward flange are provided on the steering shaft 13 inserted into the shaft hole 23 of the wettable body sheet 22, And The lower end sheet 33 is prevented from falling down by the E-ring or the like under the spring lower end sheet 33 and a plurality of magnetic switches 42a to 42d are provided around the axial action hole 41 at the bottom surface, And a switch plate 4 attached to the control plate 4 is attached to the bottom of the control plate 4 and a square plate 4 for guiding the omnidirectional movement of the control shaft 13 toward the magnetic switches 42a to 42d And a control guide plate (5) having a guide hole (62) formed therein and a top plate (6) fitted into a ring hole (51). 2. The control device for an electronic entertainment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the handle tamper-isolating stopping means loosely covers the control section (1) and makes the tentative control of the control section (1) impossible. The handrail endless separation preventing device according to claim 1, wherein the handle endless separation preventing means includes a handle (12a) having a hook hole (15a) formed by forming a female screw hole at the upper end of the steering wheel (1) Which controls the hooks of the electronic entertainment devices. The steering control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control guide plate (5) comprises an inward elastic protrusion (53) formed around an upper half of the ring hole (51) to elastically press an outer circumferential surface of an angle adjusting plate (6) And the upper end of the ring hole 51 is formed to be larger than the lower half so as to form a step 52 for guiding the guide plate between the upper and lower halves of the ring hole 51. On the lower half of the ring hole 51, (54). 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the angle adjusting plate (6) has an elastic stopping projection (63) formed on a peripheral wall of the lower flange (61) and engaged with the stop groove (54). The control device for an electronic entertainment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an arc-shaped contact piece (45) is attached to an outer end of the pressing terminal (44) of the switch (42a to 42d).