TW202012028A - Game machine for grabbing an article - Google Patents

Abstract

A game machine for grabbing an article is provided to overcome the problem where the conventional game machine requires a higher proficiency of the user to perform the grabbing skills. The game machine includes a machine body having a compartment and an operational module, a grabbing mechanism located in the compartment and including an activation member and a claw coupled with and driven by the activation member, and a processing module receiving and recording at least one movement signal to generate a movement sequence. The operational module includes a movement portion configured to generate at least one movement signal. The processing module controls the claw to move according to the movement sequence and to lift, descend and make a grabbing motion upon the receipt of a functional signal.

Description

Fetch game machine

The present invention relates to a game machine, in particular to a fetching game machine that can use function keys to assist in the display of skill and further improve the fetching success rate.

The variety of game consoles is endless, and the gameplay is varied. Even today, where new entertainment projects continue to emerge, the popularity of game consoles is still unabated. How to add new ideas to old game projects and inherent gameplay Ingenuity under the category is always the goal pursued by game developers.

For example, the conventional fetching type game machine can be used for a user to drive a gripper to grab an item, thereby enabling the user to obtain a stimulus for fetching in a game. In addition, in order to improve the success rate of picking, players have even developed many grasping techniques, such as: using the instantaneous movement of the joystick to form claws, slamming and diagonal swings, and then make the fetching game machine At the moment when the gripper grabs the item, it can throw the grabbed item to the exit to increase the probability of obtaining the grabbed item. However, the above-mentioned grabbing skills are difficult for most novice players in learning and operation, which may lead to continuous failure of players in the practice process, but instead reduce their willingness to play.

In view of this, the conventional fetching game machine still needs to be improved.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the object of the present invention is to provide a fetching game machine that can use the function keys to assist in the display of special skills to increase the success rate of fetching.

The next object of the present invention is to provide a fetching game machine capable of remotely controlling players through the network.

The following directivity or similar terms of the invention, such as "front", "rear", "left", "right", "upper (top)", "lower (bottom)", "inner", "outer" , "Side", etc., mainly refer to the directions of the attached drawings, and each directivity or its approximate terms are only used to help explain and understand the embodiments of the present invention, not to limit the present invention.

The fetching game machine of the present invention includes: a machine body with a compartment and an operation module, the operation module having a displacement part for inputting at least one movement command to generate at least one movement Signal; a clamping device, located in the chamber, the clamping device has an actuating component and a clamping jaw, the clamping jaw is combined with the actuating component, the actuating component is used to drive the clamping jaw to move; and a treatment Module, located on the machine body and electrically connected to the operation module and the gripping device, the processor module receives and records the at least one movement signal to generate a movement sequence, the processor module receives After a functional signal, the gripper is controlled to continue to swing according to the movement sequence, and the gripper is controlled to move up and down and generate a gripping action.

According to this, the fetching game machine of the present invention can be used by the user by setting the function key, so that the user can quickly and easily display special skills such as claw throwing, and the success rate of fetching can be improved. In this way, the fetching game machine of the present invention can have an entertainment effect.

Wherein, the operation module further has a function key, and the function key is used to input a function command to generate the function signal. In this way, the fetching game machine of the present invention can provide users with a more intuitive way to manipulate the function keys to display special skills, which has the effect of improving the ease of operation.

Wherein, the number of the mobile signals is at least two, the processor module analyzes whether a time difference between the at least two mobile signals is lower than a time threshold, and if the analysis result is yes, it is generated according to the at least two mobile signals The function signal. In this way, the fetching game machine of the present invention can be simultaneously applied to the conventional fetching type game machine that does not have function keys useful for exerting special skills, and has the effect of improving versatility.

Wherein, the processor module obtains a movement pattern from the movement sequence, and the movement pattern is formed by the movement orientation of the last or countdown movement signals in the movement sequence. In this way, the fetching game machine of the present invention can provide the user with repeated practice to control the direction of the swinging movement of the gripper until the movement mode meets the user's swinging direction requirements, which has the effect of improving the accuracy of controlling the gripper direction.

The movement direction of the movement command includes at least one movement direction selected from the group consisting of front, rear, left, right, left front, left rear, right front, and right rear. In this way, the fetching game machine of the present invention has the effect of improving the control accuracy.

Wherein, the operation module is a touch screen, a physical joystick or a physical button or a combination of the above. In this way, the fetching game machine of the present invention can provide different operation interfaces for users, and has the effect of diversified operations.

The fetching game machine of the present invention may further include at least one camera unit, a transmission module, and a servo terminal. The camera unit is used to record objects placed in the chamber to generate at least one real-time image. The transmission module The group is coupled to the processor module and the camera unit, the transmission module is used to transmit the at least one real-time image, the server is coupled to the transmission module, and is used for an operating device to install an application program or browse The gripping device can be remotely controlled via web page. In this way, the fetching game machine of the present invention has the effect of remotely controlling play through the network.

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the following is a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention, in conjunction with the attached drawings, as follows:

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a first embodiment of the fetching game machine of the present invention, which includes a machine body 1, a gripping device 2 and a processor module 3, the gripping device 2 is located in In the machine body 1, the processor module 3 is located in the machine body 1, and is electrically connected to the clamping device 2.

The machine body 1 can be any structure of a conventional fetch-type game machine. The machine body 1 can have a compartment 11 and an operation module 12. The compartment 11 can be used to place puppets, models, etc. , Jewelry, electronic products or other items. The operation module 12 may be a touch screen, a physical rocker, a physical button, or a combination thereof that controls related components (eg, jaws) of the machine body 1.

Specifically, the operation module 12 may include a displacement part 121, and preferably may further include a function key 122 and an object retrieval key 123. The displacement part 121 is used to provide a user to input at least one movement command to generate at least one movement signal. The movement direction of the movement command may include selected from front, back, left, right, left front, left back, right At least one of the front and rear right movement directions. The function key 122 is used to provide a user to input a function command (such as claw, sling, or diagonal) to generate a function signal. In this embodiment, the function command is described as a claw command. The object retrieval key 123 is used to provide a user to input an object retrieval instruction to generate an object retrieval signal.

Preferably, the wall surface of the receiving chamber 11 of the machine body 1 may further include a dropping opening 13 and a taking opening 14, the dropping opening 13 communicates with the receiving chamber 11, and the taking opening 14 communicates with the falling The object opening 13 is provided for the user to obtain the article dropped from the object opening 13 through the object opening 14. More preferably, the machine body 1 may further include a coin box 15, which can be used to provide users with a predetermined number of tokens to generate at least one sensing signal.

The gripping device 2 may be located in the chamber 11. The gripping device 2 may have an actuating component 21 and a claw 22. The gripping jaw 22 is combined with the actuating component 21. The type is not limited in the present invention. For example, the size of the clamping jaw 22 may be large, medium, small, or mini jaws. The number of the clamping jaws 22 may be two, three, or four. The number of claws or other numbers of claws. In this embodiment, the clamping claw 22 is described as a small claw with three claws. The actuating assembly 21 can be used to drive the clamping jaw 22 to actuate, so as to grasp the contents in the chamber 11.

The processor module 3 may be located on the machine body 1 and electrically connected to the operation module 12, the coin box 15 and the gripping device 2. The processor module 3 may be any data storage, computing And signal-generating electronic devices, such as: programmable logic controller (PLC), digital signal processor (DSP), microcontroller (MCU) or circuit board with the above functions, etc. The processor module 3 can activate the machine body 1 according to the at least one sensing signal, and control the clamping jaw 22 to continuously shake according to the at least one movement signal, so as to exert special skills.

Specifically, the processor module 3 can receive the at least one sensing signal, and determine whether the number of times the received at least one sensing signal meets a specified number of times, and if the judgment result is yes, activate the machine body 1, For the user to operate and play; if the judgment result is no, the machine body 1 cannot be started. When the user performs operation and play on the machine body 1, the processor module 3 can continuously receive and record at least one movement signal generated by the displacement part 121 to generate a movement sequence. When the processor module 3 receives the function signal, the processor module 3 can obtain a movement pattern from the movement sequence, and control the gripper 22 to continuously shake according to the movement pattern to perform special skills (E.g. claw, sling or diagonal). In addition, the swing amplitude (amplitude) of the clamping jaw 22 may be fixed, gradually increasing, gradually decreasing, or a combination of the above for the user to operate. The swing speed (frequency) of the clamping jaw 22 can be fixed, increasing, decreasing, or a combination of the above for the user to operate.

For example, the movement pattern may be formed by the movement orientation of the last or the last to-be-moved signals in the movement sequence. When the movement mode is formed by the movement direction of the last movement signal, and the movement direction of the last movement signal is the front, the movement mode can be continuously swinging from the front to the rear, that is, the processor module 3 controls The gripper 22 continuously swings from the front to the rear to display special skills; or when the moving direction is left, the processor module 3 controls the gripper 22 to swing continuously from the left to the right, Use special skills.

On the other hand, when the movement mode is formed by the movement directions of the penultimate movement signals, for example, it can be two to the last and each movement direction is front and right, the movement mode can be Continuous swinging to the left and rear, that is, the processor module 3 controls the clamping jaw 22 to continue swinging from the front right to the rear left to perform special techniques. Furthermore, when the movement pattern is formed by the movement directions of at least three movement signals from the bottom, and the movement order of the at least three movement directions is arranged in a counterclockwise manner, for example: the at least three movement directions are respectively When it is left, rear left and rear in sequence, the movement mode can be continuous swinging in a counterclockwise manner, that is, the processor module 3 controls the clamping jaw 22 to continuously swing in a counterclockwise manner to display special skills . In addition, when the movement order of the at least three movement orientations is arranged in a clockwise direction, for example: when the at least three movement orientations are respectively front right, right, and rear right, then the processor module 3 Control the gripper 22 to continue swinging in a clockwise manner to exert special skills.

When the clamping jaw 22 swings along with the movement mode, the processor module 3 can control the lifting and lowering of the clamping jaw 22 through the actuation component 21 according to the retrieval signal, such as: the clamping jaw After the claw foot 221 of 22 is closed to open and lowered by a height, the claw foot 221 is opened to merge and clamp the objects placed in the chamber 11 of the machine body 1, and the claw 22 is caught during the ascent The retrieved item will be released from the claw foot 211 according to the inertia when swinging, and will swing towards the drop opening 13 and fall on the drop opening 14. Among them, the processor module 3 controls the manner in which the gripper 22 moves up and down and generates a gripping action. In addition to considering whether the object pick-up signal is received, the processor module 3 can also confirm whether a game time is reset to zero, In order to control the lifting and lowering of the clamping jaw and produce the clamping action. Furthermore, before the jaw 22 is lowered to the height, the user can also use the object picking key 123 to generate another object picking signal for the user to select the clamping timing of the foot 221 by himself. Preferably, when the clamping jaw 22 rises to the highest point, the processor module 3 can also control the actuating assembly 21 to return to an initial position, and control the claw foot 221 from closing to opening, so that The grabbed items fall through the drop opening 13 to the pick opening 14.

The fetching game machine of the present invention may further include at least one camera unit 4, a transmission module 5 and a servo terminal 6. The camera unit 4 may be any photographic equipment, such as, but not limited to, a CCD camera or For a CMOS camera, the at least one camera unit 4 can be erected beside the machine body 1 (eg, the front of the machine body), and used to record objects placed in the chamber 11 to generate at least one real-time image. Preferably, the number of the at least one camera unit 4 is two, which are respectively erected on the front and side of the machine body 1 to generate two real-time images with different viewing angles.

The transmission module 5 can be coupled to the processor module 3 and the at least one camera unit 4. The transmission module 5 can be, for example, a wireless transmission interface such as Wi-Fi or Global System for Mobile (GSM) . The transmission module 5 can be used to transmit the at least one real-time image.

The server 6 is coupled to the transmission module 5. The server 6 can be any computer with high computing power and can provide multiple users with specific services through the network at the same time. For example, it can be a workgroup-level server Server, a department server or an enterprise server. The server 6 can be used to provide the user with an operating device with functions such as a network connection and a human-machine interface, and remotely control the gripping device 2 to grab items in the machine body 1. Among them, the user can use the operating device to play the fetching game machine of the present invention through remote control through the network by installing an application (App) or browsing the web.

In detail, the operation device can be used to display the at least one real-time screen and allow the user to input an operation instruction, the operation device transmits the operation instruction to the processor module 3, so that the processor module 3 is based on the The operation command controls the lifting and lowering of the clamping jaw 22 and generates a clamping action. Preferably, when the number of the at least one camera unit 4 is two, the user can also switch the two real-time screens through the operation device to determine and obtain a gripping position.

The second embodiment of the fetching game machine of the present invention is different from the first embodiment in that the function key 122 (as shown in FIG. 1) may not be required. Specifically, the method of generating the functional signal can receive at least two mobile signals through a processor module, and analyze whether a time difference between the at least two mobile signals is lower than a time threshold, if the analysis result is If yes, the function signal is generated according to the at least two mobile signals; if the analysis result is no, the function signal is not generated. Wherein, the corresponding moving directions of the at least two moving signals may be, for example, controlling the displacement part 121 (as shown in FIG. 1) to move to the left twice continuously, or after controlling the displacement part 121 to move to the left , Move immediately to the right, without limitation in the present invention. The second embodiment of the present invention can be used in a conventional fetching game machine that does not have the function key 122 (as shown in FIG. 1), but it is not limited thereto.

According to the foregoing structure, the user can put a predetermined number of tokens into the coin box 15 to switch the machine body 1 from a standby state to an activated state. The processor module 3 checks whether the gripping device is triggered within a waiting time. If the check result is no, the gripper 22 is directly controlled to move up and down and the gripping action is generated; if the check result is yes, it can be reversed Count a game time, and continue to receive and record at least one movement signal generated by the displacement unit 121 to generate a movement sequence. The processor module 3 can confirm whether the function key 122 is triggered during the game time. If the confirmation result is no and the game time is zero, the processor module 3 directly controls the gripper 22 to move up and down. Clamping action; if the confirmation result is yes, the processor module 3 can obtain a movement pattern from the movement sequence.

Please refer to FIG. 2 as well. For example, the displacement part 121 has a front direction key 121a, a right direction key 121b, a rear direction key 121c, and a left direction key 121d, which are respectively used to pass through the brake assembly 21 The gripper 22 is controlled to move toward the front, rear, left, right, front left, rear left, front right, or rear right. When the triggered function key 122 corresponds to the claw throwing technique, and the orientation of the item to be grasped by the user is relative to the rear right of the drop opening 13, the user can first control the gripper 22 to move to an appropriate After the position, press the right direction key 121b and the back direction key 121c, so that the processor module 3 sets the movement mode to continuously swing from the right back to the left front, that is, the processor module 3 can control the clip The claw 22 continuously swings from the right rear to the left front to exert a claw throwing technique. Furthermore, when the gripper 22 swings to the highest point with the movement mode, the processor module 3 can control the gripper 22 to descend and generate a gripping action through the actuating component 21 according to the retrieval signal . The objects grasped by the clamping jaw 22 during the ascent will loosen from the claw foot 211 with the inertia when swinging, and swing towards the falling opening 13 to fall at the taking opening 14.

On the other hand, the user can also remotely control the gripping device 2 through the network through operating devices such as mobile devices and desktop computers. For example, the user can download and install an application through the mobile phone to obtain and present at least one real-time screen from the server 6, and then the user can control the virtual operation keys on the application to make the mobile phone input a The operation command is transmitted to the processor module 3 via the servo terminal 6, and then the clamping jaw 22 is controlled to move up and down and generate a clamping action remotely.

In summary, the fetching game machine of the present invention can be used by the user by setting the function key, so that the user can quickly and simply display special skills such as claw throwing, which can increase the success rate of fetching . In this way, the fetching game machine system of the present invention can have the effect of improving entertainment.

Although the present invention has been disclosed using the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with this art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention still makes various changes and modifications to the above-mentioned embodiments. The technical scope of the invention is protected, so the scope of protection of the present invention shall be subject to the scope defined in the appended patent application.

﹝Present invention: 1: machine body 11: chamber 12: operation module 121: displacement part 121a: front direction key 121b: right direction key 121c: rear direction key 121d: left direction key 122: function key 123: fetch Key 13: drop opening 14: picking port 15: coin box 2: gripping device 21: actuating assembly 22: gripper claw 221: claw foot 3: processor module 4: camera unit 5: transmission module 6 : Servo

[Figure 1] A perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] A usage state diagram of a gripper according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

1: machine body

11: Room

12: Operation module

121: Displacement

122: function keys

123: fetch key

13: Drop-off

14: Take the mouth

15: Coin box

2: gripping device

21: Actuating components

22: gripper

221: Claw feet

3: processor module

4: Camera unit

5: Transmission module

6: Servo

Claims (7)

An object retrieval game machine includes: a machine body with a compartment and an operation module, the operation module having a displacement part for inputting at least one movement command to generate at least one movement signal; A clamping device is located in the chamber, the clamping device has an actuating component and a clamping jaw, the clamping jaw is combined with the actuating component, the actuating component is used to drive the clamping jaw to move; and a processor mold Group, located on the machine body and electrically connected to the operation module and the clamping device, the processor module receives and records the at least one movement signal to generate a movement sequence, and the processor module receives a function After the signal, the gripper is controlled to continue to swing according to the movement sequence, and the gripper is controlled to move up and down and generate a gripping action. The fetching game machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the operation module further has a function key, and the function key is used to input a function command to generate the function signal. The fetching game machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the number of the mobile signals is at least two, and the processor module analyzes whether a time difference between the at least two mobile signals is lower than a time threshold If the analysis result is yes, the function signal is generated according to the at least two mobile signals. The fetching game machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the processor module obtains a movement mode from the movement order, and the movement mode is determined by the last or countdown movement signals in the movement order Formed by the mobile orientation. The fetching game machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the movement direction of the movement instruction includes the one selected from the front, rear, left, right, left front, left rear, right front and right rear At least one direction of movement. The fetching game machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the operation module is a touch screen, a physical joystick or a physical button or a combination of the above. The fetching game machine according to any one of the items 1 to 6 of the patent application scope, further includes at least one camera unit, a transmission module and a servo terminal, the camera unit is used to record the camera placed in the chamber Articles to generate at least one real-time image, the transmission module is coupled to the processor module and the camera unit, the transmission module is used to transmit the at least one real-time image, and the server is coupled to the transmission module and provides An operating device remotely controls the gripping device by installing an application or browsing the web.

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