KR200271137Y1 - A baseball game machine for practicing hitting - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention displays the outside of the baseball and the batting state of the baseball at the plate, so that the user can recognize the zoom and at the same time automatically hits the baseball ball is thrown automatically detects the hit state and outputs a baseball It is about exercise equipment.

The present invention is equipped at the end of the input pipe, the ball is put into the standby position, and then the ball is put into the automatic launcher to advance the baseball ball in the input standby position to the input position after a certain time elapsed ; A standby signal sensor which detects this when the baseball is waiting to move to the input standby position and outputs a standby signal; A firing signal sensor which detects this when the baseball is placed in the throwing-in position and outputs a firing signal; The operation is controlled by the drive control signal, the standby / firing state display unit to display the light whenever the state change occurs with respect to the baseball and the firing to allow the batting practitioner to adjust the blow timing; An operation controlled by the remaining pitch count display signal and displaying a remaining pitch number numerically; And a controller for generating a residual pitch display signal and a driving control signal based on the output signals of the standby signal sensor and the firing signal sensor to control the display unit and the standby / fire state display unit.

Description

Baseball batting practice device {A BASEBALL GAME MACHINE FOR PRACTICING HITTING}

The present invention relates to a baseball game machine that can be enjoyed while practicing the batting of baseball, and more specifically, it displays the audio and visual display so that the user can recognize the standby state and the firing state of the baseball at the bat, automatically throwing at the same time When you hit a baseball, it detects the hitting status and outputs it as a voice, so you can take a stance before launching to maintain a more stable swing and hitting timing. The present invention relates to a baseball batting practice apparatus that can grasp and contribute to the hit analysis and the hit improvement.

Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Korea, and its base is expanding greatly, especially as pitchers who have made inroads abroad have performed well. Existing parts commercialized in relation to baseball are pitching exercises that let the user know the pitching ability of the user by judging the speed, the strike / ball, the score of the ball thrown by the user, and the user as the batter. There was a batting practice that picked up the ball and fired it off automatically.

In particular, the above batting practice device was that the user hit the ball at the batter hit the ball launched by the automatic throwing means in the net hitting practice. These devices have no indication of the ball's standby status or firing status, making it difficult for the batter to hit the timing at the time of batting. It was very inconvenient to use. Moreover, the above device only hits the ball that is automatically supplied from the plate, and can not grasp the hit state of the ball they hit, there was a disadvantage that can not help the hit analysis and further improve the hit.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to devise to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the pitching and throwing automatically at the same time by zooming and displaying the standby state and the firing state of the baseball to the user at bat When hitting a baseball, it detects the hitting status and outputs it by voice, so that the user who enters the batter's at bat always grasps the remaining number of hits and the time of the ball launch, and induces the batting stance so that he can make a better hit. It is to provide a baseball batting practice device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A detailed description of embodiments of the present invention will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like numbers designate corresponding parts in the drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing the installation of the baseball batting practice apparatus according to the present invention,

2 is a plan view from above of FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the present invention,

4A and 4B are front views and side views of the injector shown in FIG. 1, respectively;

5a and 5b are partial excerpts showing the arrangement of the ball separator and the sensors for detecting the atmosphere and the state of the ball is injected into the launcher from the injector shown in Figure 4a one by one,

6a to 6c are a plan view, a side view and a front view respectively showing the structure of the launcher for throwing the ball in the present device,

7a and 7b are views showing the structure of the back screen plate and the target sensor of the present device, respectively,

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of using the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings **

10: ball 20: plate at bat

30: back screen 32: target

34: standby / fire state display unit 36: display unit

38: launching opening 40: floor

50: net 52: support

100: target sensor 200: control unit

210: power supply unit 220: central control unit

230: ball feed motor drive unit 240: launch motor drive unit

250: solenoid drive unit 300: feeder

310: ball feed motor 320: conveyor

330: empty input pipe 332: carrier

334: exit 340: air control

342,342a: Solenoid switch 344,344a: Separation piece

360: standby signal sensor 370: firing signal sensor

400: Launcher 410: Launch Motor

420: firing pulley 430: pedestal

432: guide rod 440: movable plate

442: Bush 450: Shanghai Songscrew

452: height adjustment handle 460: motor support plate

470: turning angle adjusting screw 500: operation panel

510: coin inlet 520: banknote inlet

530: function key 600: display unit

700: Speaker

Baseball batting practice device according to the present invention for achieving the above object is located in front of the batting batter and the automatic launcher to automatically fire the input baseball ball towards the batter, and recover the hit baseball ball close to the automatic launcher In the throwing practice throwing device comprising a feeder for putting the baseballs to the automatic launcher one by one at a time interval while waiting in the input pipe to extend so as to, and a substantially rectangular net structure to ensure the flight space of the hit ball Ball is inserted into the end of the input pipe, the ball is put into the standby position, one after the predetermined time elapsed after a certain time, the baseball ball in the input standby position is advanced to the input position and put into the automatic launcher ; A standby signal sensor which detects this when the baseball is waiting to move to the input standby position and outputs a standby signal; A firing signal sensor which detects this when the baseball in the injecting standby position advances to the injecting position and outputs a firing signal; The operation is controlled by a drive control signal, the standby / firing state display unit to display the light whenever the state transitions related to the atmosphere and the firing of the baseball to allow the batting practitioner to adjust the timing of the hit; An operation controlled by the remaining pitch count display signal and displaying the remaining pitch number numerically; And a controller configured to generate the residual pitch count display signal and the driving control signal based on the output signal of the standby signal sensor and the firing signal sensor to control the display unit and the standby / fire state display unit, respectively.

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

1 is a perspective view showing the installation state of the baseball batting practice apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view of FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the present invention.

The present invention is provided with a batter 20 so that the user (P) is pitched to hit the ball 10 is pitched, the back screen plate 30 is located at a predetermined distance from the batter 20. The back screen plate 30 is installed substantially vertically from the bottom 40, and the back screen plate 30 is configured with targets 32 for detecting various scoring situations. The target sensors 32 are configured in the targets 32 to transmit the corresponding scoring situation to the controller 200 when the hit ball 10 hits the target. This will be described in more detail later.

A certain distance is spaced between the plate 20 and the back screen plate 30, and the bottom 40 between them is downward toward the back screen plate 30 from the plate 20 to recover the hit ball 10. It is inclined. The back of the back screen plate 30 is provided with an injector 300, the bottom 40 is designed so that the balls 10 can be collected in the injector 300 while inclined downward. Therefore, the hit ball 10 is hit by the back screen plate 30 and fall to the bottom 40, and is naturally moved to the injector 300 by the position difference (height difference) along the inclined floor and collected, thus recovered The balls 10 are naturally mounted in the injector 300.

The injector 300 is driven by the ball feed motor 310 to operate the conveyor 320 to feed the ball 10 to the launcher 400. The injector 300 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B.

The balls 10 supplied by the injector 300 are injected into the launcher 400, and the balls 10 injected in this way are fired toward the user (the batter) entering the plate 20 at the launcher 400 one by one. This launcher 400 will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS. 6A to 6C.

The game machine also installs a net 50 surrounding the outside of the game machine so that the user (the batter) hits the ball 10 out of the outside of the game site, and the net 50 is supported by a plurality of supporters from the floor 40. (52) are upright and supportive. The support column 52, the mesh 50, the back screen plate 30, the recovery bottom 50, and the plate 20 are connected in this game machine to form a trial structure.

In addition, the game machine is provided with an operation panel 500 that allows a user to select a function or pay a fee for use of a game in order to use the game machine. The operation panel 500 not only has a coin inlet 510 and a bill inlet 520 into which the fee is charged, but also a function key 530 for selecting a function built in the game machine.

The present invention is provided with a control unit 200, the control unit 200 is a power supply unit 210 for supplying power to the various driving elements, and receives the detection signals from the sensor 300 and the launcher 400 ) And a motor controller 230, 240 and a solenoid driver 250 controlled by the central controller 220. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the feeder 300 is driven by the ball feed motor driving unit 230, and the conveyor 320 operates to supply the ball 10 to the launcher 400. . At this time, the solenoid switches 342 and 342a of the ball control feeder installed at the end of the feeder 300 are driven to supply the balls to the launcher 400 one by one. The launcher 400 throws the ball 10 supplied in this way, and the operation of the launcher 400 is performed by driving a pair of the firing motors 410 through the firing motor driver 240, and the firing motor 410. The driving force of the) rotates a pair of firing pulley 420 to shoot the ball 10 located between them.

On the other hand, the game machine, the display unit 600, the standby / firing state display unit 34 to display the standby / firing state of the ball 10 thrown from the launcher 400 on the back screen plate 30, and the remaining hit number of hits The display unit 36 is provided so that the user at 20 can grasp. In addition, the speaker 700 for outputting various score information detected by the target sensor 100 configured in the back screen plate 30 as a voice. The speaker 700 outputs the start and end of the game, the number of hits, as well as the cheering voice, to induce an atmosphere as if coming to the baseball field. Of course, the display unit 600 may include a display window (not shown) for guiding an operation state of the function key 530 on the operation panel 500 as well as a display unit located outside. In addition, it may be provided with a movement wheels for freely moving the device.

4A and 4B are a front view and a plan view of the inserter shown in FIG. 1, respectively. 5A and 5B are partial excerpt views showing arrangements of a ball separator and a sensor for detecting the air and the air supply state of the ball, which separates and inserts the balls into the launcher from the injector shown in FIG. 4A, respectively. 5A shows the front view and FIG. 5B shows the right side view of FIG. 5A, respectively.

The input machine 300 of the game machine is driven by the ball feed motor 310 and conveys the ball 10 to be recovered from the bottom, and the ball (10) conveyed from the conveyor 320 to stand by one by one It is provided with a ball input pipe 330 for supplying to the throwing position of the launcher (not shown). The conveyor 320 is installed to be inclined to transfer the balls 10 gathered to the bottom of the game machine, and the ball input pipe 330 is inclined downward to the top of the conveyor 320 to be inclined downward, thereby raising the ball by the conveyor 320. Dropping the (10) to the empty input pipe 330, it is preferable to be supplied to the launcher one by one while falling naturally along the empty input pipe 330.

The ball input pipe 330 is a carriage 332 which forms a moving atmosphere of the ball 10 and an outlet 334 which is coupled between the ends of the carriage 332 and positioned between pulleys of the launcher to be described later. Equipped with. The outlet 334 has a sharp pointed lower end toward the front. At the upper portion of the carriage 332 adjacent to the outlet 334, the ball control input machine 340 is fixed to the fixed bracket 350. The ball control feeder 340 is composed of a pair of front and rear solenoid breakers 342 and 342a for supplying the balls 10 one by one, and the separating pieces 344 and 344a provided at the end thereof are provided on the carriage 332. The balls 10 waiting to be separated are supplied one by one to the launcher through the outlet 334. To this end, the front and rear solenoid breakers 342 and 342a are spaced apart at intervals suitable for the size of the ball 10, so that only one ball 10 is positioned therebetween. Thus, the ball 10 located between the front and rear solenoid switch 342, 342a is supplied to the launcher through the outlet 334 by the front solenoid switch 342 is opened, after which the front separation piece 344 is again The lower solenoid switch 342 is closed and then the rear solenoid switch 342a is opened to supply the next ball 10 to the front solenoid switch 342. When one ball 10 is located at the rear of the front solenoid switch 342, the rear separation piece 344a of the rear solenoid switch 342a is lowered so that only one ball 10 is the front and rear solenoid switch 342,342a. It is located in between. Then, the above operation is repeated and the balls 10 are continuously supplied to the launchers one by one.

In addition, the standby signal sensor 360 and the firing signal sensor 370 are provided in the vicinity of the front and rear solenoid breakers 342 and 342a to detect the atmosphere and the firing state of the ball 10. When the ball 10 is positioned between the front and rear solenoid breakers 342 and 342a, it is regarded as a standby state, and the standby signal sensor 360 is disposed between the front and rear solenoid breakers 342 and 342a. In addition, the firing signal sensor 370 is installed in front of the front solenoid switch 342 is regarded as the firing state when the ball 10, which is discharged by the opening of the front solenoid switch 342 is supplied to the launcher as the firing state Will be detected. Therefore, the ball 10 is actually fired a few seconds after being detected as the firing state. The detected standby state and the firing state are notified to the user by the standby / firing state display unit provided in the back screen plate (not shown) which will be described later. This will be described later in detail.

6A to 6C are a plan view, a side view, and a front view respectively showing the structure of a launcher for throwing a ball in the present game machine.

The launcher 400 has four guide rods 432 vertically fixed on the pedestal 430 as shown. The movable rods 440 are coupled to the guide rods 432 and vertically moved along the guide rods. For this purpose, the guide rods 432 are bushes 442 fixed to the corners of the movable plate 440. ) Are fitted to each other. In addition, an end of the shanghai pine screw 450 is rotatably fixed to the bottom of the movable plate 440 vertically, and the shanghai pine screw 450 penetrates the pedestal 430 to adjust a height adjustment handle 452 at a lower end thereof. ) Is provided. The pedestal 430 is mounted with a vertical screw housing 434 in which a female spiral is formed at a portion through which the shanghai pine screw 450 penetrates, and is coupled to the shanghai pine screw 450. Accordingly, when the height adjustment handle 452 is rotated, the shanghai pine screw 450 is rotated in the vertical screw housing 434 so that the end is raised or lowered. Accordingly, as a result, the movable plate 440 to which the shanghai pine screw 450 is fixed is raised or lowered. Of course, at this time, the movable plate 440 is supported by the four guide rods 432 to be stably horizontal and vertically transported.

On the other hand, the upper side of the movable plate 440 is coupled to the motor support plate 460, the one end of which is pivotably fixed to the pivot shaft 444. The motor support plate 460 is bent in an approximately '-' shape, and a pair of firing motors 410 are fixed vertically upside down at the bottom of the horizontal plate portion 462. The firing motors 410 are fixed at regular intervals and their output shafts are coupled to the firing pulleys 420 through the motor support plate 460. The firing pulleys 420 circumscribe the outer circumference and are recessed in a hemispherical shape, and the recesses 422 of the pair of firing pulleys 420 located opposite to each other form a shape of the ball 10. Therefore, when the firing pulleys 420 rotate toward the center, the balls 10 therebetween are gripped by the concave indents 422 formed in a circular shape and are fired forward with a strong force.

On the other hand, the turning angle adjusting screw 470 is fixed to the vertical plate portion 464 of the motor support plate 460 to be rotatable inward. The pivot angle adjusting screw 470 has one end thereof rotatably fixed to the inside of the vertical plate portion 464, and the middle portion thereof is screwed with the horizontal screw housing 446, and the horizontal screw housing 446 is A pillow ball 447 is coupled to the outer surface thereof. The pillow ball 447 is accommodated at a predetermined angle in the ball housing 449 coupled with the support 448 fixed to the lower portion of the movable plate 440. Therefore, when the pivoting angle adjusting handle 472 provided in the pivoting angle adjusting screw 470 rotates in the horizontal screw housing 446, pushing or pulling the vertical plate portion 464 of the motor support plate 460 pivoting axis 444. Let to turn to the vertex. At this time, as the motor support plate 460 is rotated at a fine angle to the pivot axis 444, the horizontal turning angle adjusting screw 470 is inclined at a fine angle, which is coupled with the horizontal screw housing 446 The pillow ball 447 is made while changing the micro-angles in the ball housing 449. As mentioned above, the outlet of the above-described ball feed supply unit is positioned between the left and right pair of firing pulleys 420. That is, the outlet is positioned so that the ball 10 supplied from the outlet can be engaged between the pulleys 420.

FIG. 7A is a view showing the structure of the back screen plate of the present game machine, and FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the target sensor shown in FIG. 7A.

The back screen plate 30 is configured with target sensors 100 for recognizing a corresponding score when the ball hit by the user is the target. The target sensor 100 includes a foul sensor, a hit sensor, a second hit sensor, a third hit sensor, and a home run sensor that detects a target foul, hit, double hit, triple hit and home run as shown in FIG. 7A. In addition, a predetermined opening portion of the back screen plate 30 is punched with a launch port 38 through which the ball is discharged, and the atmosphere for notifying the launching and standby state of the ball detected by the above-described atmospheric signal sensor and the firing signal sensor. A launch condition display section 34 is provided, and a display section 36 for displaying the remaining number of hits at a predetermined interval therefrom is configured. The standby / firing state display unit 34 is preferably a light emitting device (LED) and the standby signal sensor and the firing signal sensor is preferably using an infrared sensor. The standby / firing state display unit 34 is turned on when the ball is in the standby state, and is turned off when the ball is switched to the firing state, thereby informing the user of the ball at the stand-by and firing state.

The target sensor 100 is a contact sensor that emits a signal output by the impact pressure of the ball, as shown in Figure 7b, the electrode plates (102, 104) facing the front and rear spaced apart at regular intervals, between the elastic The member which has is supporting. The elastic member 106 supports the two electrode plates 102 and 104 through a material such as a sponge, and when an external shock (pressure F) occurs, the shocked electrode plate 102 is an elastic member. While pressing 106, it retracts and comes in contact with the other electrode plate 104 facing. Accordingly, the presence of an external object is detected. Of course, since the sensor is located on the target, the electrode plate (102, 104) is touched and detected only when the ball hits him, and as a result, the target sensor sends a signal corresponding to the score so that the user can know by voice or text.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of using the present invention. Now, the method of using the game machine will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and the conducting surfaces.

When the power is turned on, the system is initialized. (Step 800,802) Accordingly, the user is activated in a state that can be used by the user. In this state, when a certain amount of fee is input into the coin inlet 510 and the bank inlet 520, Is started. (Step 804) At this time, the user is guided game through voice. For example, the present game machine transmits a message "Start game" by voice through the speaker 700 (step 806).

Then, the central controller 220 drives the ball feed motor 310 through the ball feed motor driver 230 to operate the conveyor 320. (Step 808) Then, the balls 10 collected on the floor 40 are conveyors. The transport motor 410 is transported to the vehicle 320, and then the launching motors 410 are also in a driving state. (Step 810) The balls 10 carried by the conveyor 320 are vacant inlet pipes 330 of the ball transport supply unit 300. ), And then the front and rear solenoid breakers 342 and 342a are operated to inject the balls 10 into the launcher 400 one by one. At this time, the ball 10 is injected between the pair of the firing pulleys 420, is engaged by the pair of the firing pulleys 420 that are rotating by the firing motors 410 to be fired toward the front while rotating. In particular, during the standby of the ball 10 is detected by the standby signal sensor 360 located between the front and rear solenoid breakers (342,342a) to light up the standby / emission status display (LED) 32 of the back screen plate 30 To the user, and then the front solenoid switch 342a is opened so that when the ball 10 is injected into the launcher 400, the firing signal sensor 370 detects this and lights up the back screen plate 30. The standby / firing status display unit 32 is turned off to notify the user of the firing state. (Step 812) Then, upon seeing this, the user takes a ready position to hit the ball 10 at the plate 20, and when the ball is fired. Will be hit. The central controller 220 waits for 2 to 4 seconds after detecting the firing state from the firing signal sensor 370, and outputs a voice corresponding to the hit sensor when the scoring situation is detected by the target sensors 100. The user will be notified. For example, if the ball 10 hits the home run target in the back screen board 30, a voice of "home run" is output. (Step 814, 816) Then, the remaining number of hits is reduced to 1 to display the remaining number of back screen boards. In operation 818, the central controller 220 determines whether the remaining number of publications is one, and if there is one remaining, the speaker 700 indicates the "last ball." And the user is notified of the game. (Steps 820, 822). Then, the game ends with a voice of "Ending the game." Then, the game ends. (Steps 824, 826)

On the other hand, in step 820, if the remaining number is not one, it is determined whether the remaining number is zero again. If not, the process returns to step 812 and repeats the previous step. The game ends (steps 820, 830, 824, 826).

The embodiments disclosed herein are only presented by selecting the most preferred examples to help those skilled in the art from the various possible examples, the technical spirit of the present invention is not necessarily limited or limited only by this embodiment, the present invention Various changes and modifications are possible within the scope without departing from the spirit of the invention, as well as other equivalent embodiments.

As described above, the baseball batting practice device according to the present invention automatically detects the hitting state when hitting the baseball ball is pitched by outputting the voice output to anyone who likes baseball can easily learn the baseball sense It has an advantage. Furthermore, by displaying the baseball's standby state and firing state visually so that the user enters the batter's box, the user who enters the batter can take a preparatory stance and induce a more stable swing and hit timing. have. In addition, the user can use the device more conveniently by outputting various types of information visually through the display unit and the speaker.

Therefore, the present invention adds to the entertainment that can be enjoyed as a fun game of baseball away from boring practice. As such, the present invention is expected to greatly contribute to national health as a healthy recreational sport with a significant improvement in entertainment along with the practice of baseball.

Claims (6)

An automatic launcher that is placed in front of the plate at the front of the batter and automatically throws the baseball into the plate, and recovers the hit baseball and waits for the baseball to wait in the feeding line extended to approach the automatic machine. In the throwing apparatus for throwing into the automatic launcher one by one, and a throwing training throwing device having a substantially rectangular net structure to ensure the flying space of the hit ball, A ball-controlled input machine mounted at an end of the input pipe, the baseballs waiting to move forward one by one to the input standby position, and then after a predetermined time elapses, the baseball ball in the input standby position is advanced to the input position and put into the automatic launcher; A standby signal sensor which detects this when the baseball is waiting to move to the input standby position and outputs a standby signal; A firing signal sensor which detects this when the baseball in the injecting standby position advances to the injecting position and outputs a firing signal; The operation is controlled by a drive control signal, the standby / firing state display unit to display the light whenever the state transitions related to the atmosphere and the firing of the baseball to allow the batting practitioner to adjust the timing of the hit; An operation controlled by the remaining pitch count display signal and displaying the remaining pitch number numerically; And And a control unit configured to generate the remaining pitch count display signal and the driving control signal based on the output signal of the standby signal sensor and the firing signal sensor to control the display unit and the standby / firing state display unit, respectively. Exercise device. The method of claim 1, wherein the standby / fire state display unit is made using a light emitting diode (LED), and when the baseball is in the standby state, the baseball batting practice apparatus is controlled to be switched to the firing state when the ball is turned on. . The baseball batting practice apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a back screen plate installed in front of the automatic launcher and including a target sensor for detecting a hitting state of the baseball and outputting a scoring signal. According to claim 3, The baseball back firing ball is provided in accordance with the position of the automatic launcher on the back screen plate, the baseball batting practice apparatus, characterized in that the standby / firing state display unit and the display unit is located around the launching opening . The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the target sensor comprises a plurality of sensors for detecting fouls, hits, doubles, triples, and home runs on the back screen plate. According to claim 5, Baseball batting practice apparatus further comprises a speaker for outputting the score and guide information detected by the target sensors as a voice.