TWI228870B - Manipulation control device and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A manipulation control device can output a directional signal or a rotational signal selectively. In the design of the present invention, there is a movable operation element. When the operation element is at a first position, the first encoder/translator is activated to calculate the directional signal generated when the operation element swings. When the operation element is at a second position, the second encoder/translator is activated to calculate the rotational signal generated when the operation element rotates.

Description

Utilizing the TV platform (TV Gama + game software that is not α,-has been the platform (PC G_) ^ ^ 疋 fairly common entertainment industry hardware technology development, game software has been from the early two [,, with Plane games such as soft games have developed into three-dimensional games, interplays, and reel games. No matter what type of game software, a game is a stand-alone device: it will make it easier for players to control games or objects. Inferior characters ^ Early game controllers generally include a direction key that can output front, back, left, right, and left signals, and a number of command keys, which are used to control 1 object or object in the game software to move back and forth or to execute preset commands. However, with the introduction of high-end game software such as three-dimensional game software, more easy-to-handle and more sensitive game controllers have come out; for example, Sony Corporation or Microsoft Corporation For high-end TV game consoles such as PS2 or XBOX, in addition to the general direction keys and command keys, the game controller is equipped with a game controller. Joystick. The joystick is more flexible than the ordinary arrow keys. It is suitable for interactive games or real-time action games. 'Although a joystick is added to the game controller, it can be used in many games.' The game software must be combined with other game controllers for more flexible operation.

Control, for example, a racing-type steering wheel controller to enter the vehicle to make turns. [Summary of the Invention] It is known to have different types of product play software with joysticks. It is hard to trade different games for different types of games. • Types of game control software and hardware. A type of game content developed by the hardware development factory. The output signal for the direction signal or the rotation signal output is used as a component disclosed in the present invention. The action element is used to calculate the action element to calculate the action in the first place. [Embodiment] According to the present invention in a game The controller executes game orders, etc., depending on the game instrument or computer. The rotation signal of the game software will be combined with a flexible control panel controller in one direction, and the game control in the game software will correspond to the player. The device will be available to the player and the business. A design with a shaker Or, in general, if the not-so-better words will be a type of control device that causes the drive-in operation, a device is proposed at the first step. The game control is issued to the game controller of the game with the same soft-type manipulation as the game controller. It can have a game controller or a game, but the burden of control content is more square. It is only used in racing games. The limit of the pole is only for the two types of travel capacity to buy more games. Can mention the number of input elements, the two-position element, the rotation of the rotation of the component, the control of the exposed data, the electronic data refers to the characters in the software, which is mainly caused by the position, can be driven when the first can be driven by the first The rotation device structure and the game controller management device are used to firstly compile the direction signal with a vector of an operation or an object, and two compilers to convert the signal. Method, application is connected to an electronic control electronic data signal or preset command

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Please refer to "Figure 1", which is a block diagram of the first to the embodiment of the present invention. According to the control device 10 'disclosed in the present invention, it includes an action element 11, a first compiler 12 , A first translator 13, a switch 14, and a connection interface 15. A compiled action element 11 is a movable object, and can be moved back and forth, left and right, or rotated by the user's control. The first compiler and the second compiler 13 are respectively set on the action element. The first compiler 12 is used to detect the displacement vector of the left and right swing of the action element 11 and the second compiler 13 is used to detect The rotation direction of action 11 is 篁; there are related controls 1 in the switcher 14 (not shown in the figure), and it can automatically choose to accept the signal from the first compiler 12 or the second compiler 13, so that it will be connected through the connection interface 15 A direction signal or a rotation signal is transmitted to a processing unit (not shown) of a game controller to generate a control signal correspondingly, and then the game controller transmits the control signal to an electronic device such as a television game instrument or a computer Data processing device (not shown) to control the movement or rotation of characters or objects in the game software executed by the electronic data processing device. For example, the game software executed in the electronic data processing device is a real-time strategy game, and the switcher 14 automatically switches to accept a signal from the first compiler 12 to control the movement of people or objects in the game; for example, when the electronic The game software executed in the data processing device is a racing game, and the switcher 14 automatically switches to accept a signal from the second compiler 13 to control the turning movement of the vehicle in the game. As shown in the "Figures 2A, 2B, 3A, and 3B", the figure shows the specific implementation structure of the first embodiment of the present invention; according to the control device 10 disclosed in the present invention, the action element 11 is a lever Body 111, Sphere 11 2, Control Panel

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Π3 and sleeve 114, in which the sphere 2 of the action element n is arranged in a rotatable relationship in the first compiler 12 'the rod ln is connected to the sphere 1 1 2 and the operation rod 111 can be moved back and forth and left and right Make the sphere 丨 丨 2 rotate inside the first compiler 12. The first compiler i 2 is set on a circuit board 丨 7. The first compilation Is 12 can be a resister, and the sphere 112 is picked. The amount of rotation is compiled into a direction vector by transmitting different resistance values. The sleeve 11 4 is substantially a hollow ring body, and the coaxial relationship with the rod body ln is sleeved on the rod body 111 and can be moved up and down on the rod body 丨 丨 丨 with a coupling position and a disengagement position. Among them, the top of the sphere 112 is provided with a generally hexagonal slot 11 2 1, and the rod u corresponding to the slot 丨 丨 2 丨 has a generally hexagonal latch Π 1 1; In addition, the control panel i丨 The 3 series sleeve is placed on the sleeve Η 4 to drive the sleeve 114 to move up and down. In the rocking position, the latch 1111 is placed in the slot 11 2 1 so that the operation control panel i 丨 3 can be driven. The sleeve 11 4 and the lever body 111 swing forward, backward, left, and right. In the disengaged position, the latch 11 11 and the slot 11 2 1 are separated from each other. When the control panel 1 1 3 is rotated, the Therefore, the sleeve 4 can only rotate together with the rod body n1 without driving the detection action of the first compiler 12. A plurality of equally spaced openings 11 4 1 are provided on the bottom edge of the circumferential surface of the sleeve 11 4, and the plurality of equally spaced openings 丨 丨 4 丨 constitute a so-called grating structure; The encoder 3 is arranged on the circuit board 丄 7 at a position corresponding to the sleeve 11 4 side. The second compiler 3 may be an optical encoder. It includes a light transmitter 131 and an optical connector (M , The light transmitter 1 3 1 and the light receiver! 32 are respectively arranged at the outer edge and the inner edge of the sleeve J 丨 4, that is, the grating system is between the light transmitter 1 3 1 and the light receiver 1 3 2

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When Maoyue Sundial is rotating the sleeve 1 1 4, the light emitted by the light transmitter 1 3 1 passes through the grating to generate a signal of annihilation and is received by the light receiver 13 2 to generate a calculation of the rotation amount of the sleeve 11 4 To output the corresponding rotation signal. As shown in FIG. 3A, if the game software executed by the electronic data processing device is a racing game, the user can pull the control panel U 3 to move to the disengaged position; that is, the sleeve 11 4 can Disk 1 丨 3 rotates together; at this time, since the light receiver 1 3 2 can intermittently pass through the opening 丨 丨 4 1 receives the light emitted by the light transmitter 1 3 1, so the second compiler 1 3 starts Therefore, when the user operates the control panel 1 1 3 to rotate, the second compiler 丨 3 calculates the rotation amount of the set 11 4 and then outputs it to the switch 14. As shown in FIG. 3B, when the electronic data processing device executes general game software, the user can depress the control panel 11 3 so that the card pin 1111 and the card slot 1 12 1 are combined with each other, so that the control panel 丨 3 controls The rod u 丨 swings back and forth, left and right. At this time, because the light receiver 132 cannot receive the light emitted by the light transmitter 1 31, the second compiler 13 will stop operating, and at this time, only the first A compiler 12 can detect the amount of rotation of the sphere 11 2 to transmit different resistance values, and then compile it into a direction vector and output it to the switcher 14. The control IC in the switcher 14 can switch and output the signal to the processing unit of the game controller according to different signal sources, thereby generating a control signal to a computer or a TV game instrument. According to the control device disclosed in the present invention, in addition to being applied to the game controller according to the above-mentioned embodiments, it can also be applied to input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse connected to a computer, or it can be directly set on a notebook computer. , Portable electronic data processing devices such as palmtops, mobile phones, or personal digital assistants' and can also be designed as a separate control device through the connection

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Page I No. 93100589 #: _n Modification I No. 93100589 #: _n Modified Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram of the present invention, showing the first embodiment of the present invention; Figures 2A, 2B are the present invention The structural schematic diagram of the first embodiment shows the structural composition of the first embodiment; and FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic diagrams of the operations of the first embodiment of the present invention, and illustrate the operational states of the first embodiment. [Illustration of Symbols] 10 11 111 1111 112 1121 113 114 1141 12 13 131 132 14 15 17 Control device Actuator rod bayonet sphere bayonet control disk sleeve opening first compiler second compiler light emitter light Receiver switcher interface board

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Claims (1)

1. A control device, comprising: an action element, which can optionally perform a swing motion and a rotation motion; a first editor # device for calculating a displacement amount of the swing motion and compiling a direction signal; and A second compiler is used to calculate a rotation amount of the rotation motion and compile it into a rotation signal. 2. The control device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, which further includes all converters, can automatically output the direction signal or the rotation signal. 3. The control device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first compiler is a variable-resistance compiler. 4. The control device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the second compiler is a light-sensing compiler. 5. The control device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the action element can perform the swing motion in a first position, and can also perform the rotational motion in a second position. 6. The control device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the action element includes a rod body and a sleeve provided at the bottom end of the rod body. 7. The control device according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the action element further includes a control panel provided on the rod body. 8. The control device according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein a plurality of equally spaced openings are formed on the bottom edge of the circumferential surface of the sleeve to form a grating; and two sides of the grating are respectively provided with light emission Device and a light receiving device 9. The control device according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein Page 12 93100589 Amendment When the stagnation / position is taken, the sleeve is locked with the pole; in the second position, the sleeve and the pole are separated from each other. ίο. The control device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the control device is a small joystick. 11. A control method of a joystick device, which can selectively perform a swing motion or a rotation motion, the method comprising: operating the joystick device in a first position and driving a first compiler to calculate the swing motion And compile it into a direction signal; and operate the joystick device in a second position to drive a second compiler to calculate the rotation motion and compile it into a rotation signal. Page 13