KR20020063998A - Simulation-Playing Machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A simulation playing apparatus is provided to enable to produce impact situations at various positions, to achieve a playing effect same with that of a typical bumper car even narrow indoors, and to enable several persons to enjoy a car racing game or a bumper car game at the same time. CONSTITUTION: The simulation playing apparatus is comprised of a mechanical device part, a display device, a control device, a car body(16) provided with a steering wheel(11), an accelerator, and a seat, impact applying devices(13) installed to the outer contour of the car body, and a buffering device(14) installed under the car body to provide a position restoration force to the car body.

Description

Simulation rides {Simulation-Playing Machine}

The present invention relates to a simulation playground equipment that can be applied indoors, such as an entertainment room, and more particularly, to display the virtual reality to the user and to allow the user to respond to the virtual reality and to impact the vehicle body according to the situation of the virtual reality. The present invention relates to a simulation ride that enables a user to feel like riding in a real vehicle.

A bumper car is a kind of amusement equipment installed in an amusement park or an amusement park, and is a small amusement vehicle which is equipped with an elastic protective belt (bumper) on the outside of the vehicle body and is operated by electricity. A bumper car game is a game designed to crash or crash a bumper car on a bumper car of a plurality of users while driving a plurality of bumper cars, and the impact thereof is transmitted to the user. As a result, the user feels the pleasure of driving a car as a play with a Thai entrepreneur (competitor), and accepts the impact of a collision to the whole body depending on the situation and feels refreshed.

1 illustrates a bumper car in a conventional bumper car playground. As shown, the bumper of the elastic material is installed on the outside of the vehicle body, the seat that can be seated by the user and the steering wheel which is a steering device is mounted inside. Although not shown, a safety belt for protecting the user and an accelerator and / or a brake device for adjusting the progress of the vehicle are provided. An electric motor (not shown) is built into the vehicle, and is equipped with an electric supply network installed on the ceiling of the play ground and two electric rods receiving electric power from the floor of the play ground for power supply for operation of the electric motor.

Such a conventional bumper car, ① requires a large area 'playground' takes a lot of initial installation costs, ② there is a risk to users and managers because electricity must be supplied through the electricity supply network and floor, ③ simple chasing and chasing the other party The disadvantage is that it can only produce dimensional movements.

On the other hand, in the case of the indoor racing car racing rides in the scene that collides with other vehicles or structures in the display device there is a problem in that the fidelity of the game is lowered because no actual movement is detected by the user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a simulation playground equipment that can be installed and operated in a small area, is safe, can be produced in various ways, and the collision situation can be reflected to the user in the course of a game. .

1 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between a conventional bumper car and a bumper car playground.

Figures 2a and 2b is a plan view / side view and a plan view / front view of the mechanical unit of the ride according to the present invention, respectively.

Figure 3 is a plan view / side view of each example of the vibration imparting means is installed on the lower surface of the mechanical device of the play equipment according to the invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the device configuration and flow of information of the play equipment according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the impact on the front of the mechanical unit according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the impact on the side of the mechanical unit according to the present invention.

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10. Machinery part 11. Steering Means 12. Acceleration / deceleration means

13. Impact provision means 14. Buffer means 15. Vibration imparting means

16. Body 20. Display means 21. monitor

22.Speaker 30. Control means 31. Central Processing Unit

32. Storage 40. user

The present invention for achieving the above object, the virtual reality is displayed according to the command of the control device according to the program and the user's control input in advance, and relates to a simulation playground equipment operating the mechanical device.

Simulation play equipment according to the present invention is composed of a mechanical unit 10, the display means 20 and the control means (30).

Mechanism unit 10 includes a steering means 11, the acceleration and deceleration means 12 and the vehicle body 16 is installed; An impact providing means 13 which acts on the impact information provided by the control means 30 to impact the vehicle body 16; and a vehicle provided by the impact providing means 13 installed below the vehicle body 16; (16) cushioning means 14 for cushioning the impact and providing a position restoring force to the vehicle body (16). At this time, the impact providing means 13 is provided in a plurality of outer periphery of the vehicle body 16, it is preferable that four to eight depending on the shape of the vehicle body 16 is installed. The impact providing means 13 is a device that can immediately return to its original position immediately after pushing or pulling the vehicle body 16, and may utilize any device selected from the group consisting of a step motor, a hydraulic device, and a pneumatic device. The type pushing the body 16 (impact rod type) is operated by the impact providing means 13 located at or near the point where the collision occurs, and the type pulling the body 16 is located at or near the symmetry point of the point where the collision has occurred. The impact providing means 13 located is activated. The shock absorbing means 14 can be applied to the spring because it must be able to smoothly absorb the impact applied from all directions and to restore the vehicle body 16 to the original.

The display means 20 is composed of a device for displaying normal image information and sound information. The display means 20 may be any monitor 21 device capable of displaying an image according to a signal from a control unit such as a CRT, a liquid crystal display, or a PDP. In some cases, the display means 20 is preferably in the form of a headset monitor 21. The display means 20 may further include an acoustic display device such as a speaker 22 in addition to the image display device.

The control means 30 processes a signal received from the steering means 11 and the acceleration / deceleration means 12 according to a program input in advance and the user 40 to provide a display means 20 to the display means 20. The impact information to be provided to the reality information and the impact providing means 13 is output. The control unit 30 receives and calculates a variety of signals, a storage device 32 storing various image sources and sound sources to be provided to the program and display unit 20, and outputs the results. A central processing unit 31 or the like.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Shown in the drawings shows only the mechanical device 10 of the play equipment according to the present invention. For convenience of explanation, the ride uses a bumper car as an example. The illustrated apparatus is only an example for explaining the present invention, and thus the technical scope of the present invention is not reduced or changed.

2A and 2B are a plan view / side view and a plan view / front view, respectively, of the mechanical device 10 of the play equipment according to the present invention. As described above, the mechanical unit 10 includes a vehicle body 16, a plurality of impact providing means 13 installed around the outer periphery of the vehicle body 16, and a shock absorbing means 14 provided below the vehicle body 16. It itself has a seat on which the user 40 sits, a steering means 11, i.e., an acceleration / deceleration means 12 (not shown) that generates a signal for increasing or decreasing the speed of the vehicle body 16, i.e., an accelerator and a brake. Is installed. Although the hydraulic shock rod is illustrated as the impact providing means 13 in the figure, the impact providing means 13 may be made of a step motor or a pneumatic device. As the impact providing method, any one of a method of instantaneously pushing the vehicle body 16 in accordance with a signal from the control means 30 (impact rod method) or a method of pulling momentarily (not shown) may be applied.

In the play equipment according to the present invention, a vibration imparting means (15) is provided in the lower portion of the vehicle body (16) to impart a feeling that the user (40) is actually running, and imparts a vibration force to the vehicle body (16). It may include. Vibration imparting means 15 is preferably composed of a wheel that is coupled to the vehicle body 16 and rotated by a motor, a roller in contact with the lower surface of the wheel and offset the rotation of the wheel and a spring to give elasticity to the roller. (FIG. 3). In the mechanism unit 10 shown in FIG. 3, the spring supports the rotating shaft of the roller to elastically contact the roller as the wheel moves.

4 is a schematic diagram showing the device configuration and information flow of the playground equipment according to the present invention. As shown, the user 40 obtains the image and sound information through the monitor 21 and the speaker 22 of the display means 20 and controls the steering means 11 and the acceleration / deceleration means 12 accordingly. The direction change signal and the speed change signal generated by the signals of the steering means 11 and the acceleration / deceleration means 12 are provided to the control means 30, and the control means 30 numerically calculates the provided change signal to provide an impact. At the same time as outputting the operation signal to the means 13, the virtual reality information of the image and sound in accordance with the change signal to the display means 20. The display means 20 displays the changed image and sound in accordance with the received virtual reality information.

5 is a state in which the impact providing means 13 on the front side (left side in the figure) of the mechanism unit 10 shown in FIG. 2A is operated in response to a signal from the control means 30 to impact the vehicle body 16. A schematic state diagram is shown. As can be seen in the figure, the body 40 is pushed back as a whole by the impact by the impact providing means 13, the user 40 (not shown) is inclined forward by the inertia. The impact providing means 13 immediately returns to its original position, and the vehicle body 16 is restored to its original state by the shock absorbing means 14 installed at the lower portion. In this process, the user 40 is leaned back by the inertia. This situation occurs when the vehicle of the user 40 collides somewhere in the front in the virtual reality.

6 is a state in which the impact providing means 13 on the side (left side in the figure) of the mechanism part 10 shown in FIG. 2B is operated in response to a signal from the control means 30 to impact the vehicle body 16. A schematic state diagram is shown. As can be seen in the figure, the body 16 is pushed to the right (based on the drawing) as a whole by the impact provided by the impact providing means 13 and the user 40 (not shown) is inclined to the left by inertia. . Then, the impact providing means 13 immediately returns to its original position, and the vehicle body 16 is restored to its original state by the buffer means 14 installed at the lower portion. At this time, the user 40 is inclined to the right again by the inertia. This situation occurs when the right side of the vehicle of the user 40 collides with another vehicle or obstacle in the virtual reality.

In the case of the simulation playground equipment according to the present invention, it is possible to produce a collision situation at various positions by the operation position of the impact providing means 13 or the combination of the operating impact providing means 13.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the same play effect as a conventional bumper car in an indoor space. In addition, by installing a plurality of mechanism unit 10 and the display means 20 in one control means 30, a plurality of users 40 can simultaneously enjoy a bumper car game or a vehicle racing game indoors.

According to the present invention, since a shock similar to a real vehicle collision can be generated in a narrow space, a conventional bumper car play can be introduced into a room, and a realistic sense of reality can be given to a conventional indoor racing game machine.

Claims (4)

In the simulation playground equipment composed of the mechanical unit 10, the display means 20 and the control means 30, A steering body 11, an acceleration / deceleration means 12, and a seat 16 provided with a seat; A plurality of impact providing means (13) installed on an outer side of the vehicle body (16) to impact the vehicle body (16); Shock absorbing means (14) installed in the lower portion of the vehicle body (16) to cushion the impact applied to the vehicle body (16) and to provide a position restoring force to the vehicle body (16); Control means (30) for providing virtual reality information and impact information according to a program input in advance and signals received from the steering means (11) and the acceleration / deceleration means (12); And And display means (20) for displaying virtual reality information provided by the control means (30). The method of claim 1, The impact providing means (13) is made of a step motor, a hydraulic device or a pneumatic device, simulation play equipment, characterized in that 4 to 8 are installed according to the shape of the vehicle body (16). The method according to claim 1 or 2, And a vibration imparting means (15) provided below the vehicle body (16) to impart vibration force to the vehicle body (16). The method of claim 3, wherein The vibration imparting means (15) is coupled to the vehicle body (16) is made of a wheel that rotates by a motor, a roller in contact with the lower surface of the wheel to offset the rotation of the wheel and a spring to give elasticity to the roller Simulation rides.