WO2016111171A1

WO2016111171A1 - Ball game apparatus

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Publication number: WO2016111171A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/085897
Authority: WO
Inventors: 直次郎竹田; 泰之塙; 容子竹田
Original assignee: 直次郎竹田
Priority date: 2015-01-05
Filing date: 2015-12-23
Publication date: 2016-07-14
Also published as: JP2016123728A; JP6484034B2

Abstract

Provided is a ball game apparatus that allows execution of an evolved ball game with enhanced game features. The ball game apparatus comprises a pathway along which a thrown ball rolls, a plurality of bodies to be impacted which are set in a setting region on the pathway and are to be impacted by the ball, and a setting device for setting the bodies to be impacted at predetermined positions on the pathway. The bodies to be impacted are partially or completely configured in a spherical shape. The setting device is provided with a storage section for storing the bodies to be impacted, a transferring section for holding the bodies to be impacted from above and transferring the bodies to be impacted to the setting region, and a determination unit for determining where the bodies to be impacted are transferred by the transferring unit. The determination unit may determine where to transfer the bodies to be impacted so that the bodies to be impacted are set at arbitrarily defined positions in the setting region, which is a rectangular region.

Description

Ball equipment

The present invention relates to a ball game apparatus that implements an evolutionary ball game with improved game performance.

ボ Bowling is a game in which a player hits a ball against a bowling pin and defeats it, and competes for the score that is obtained according to the number of falls. This bowling is performed using a bowling device. The bowling device is juxtaposed with the ball thrown by the player, the approach that is the player's throwing area, the lane in which the ball thrown from the approach rolls, the pin deck at the end of the lane, and the pin deck. And a plurality of bowling pins that are to be overturned by the ball, a pin setter for juxtaposing the bowling pins to the pin deck, and a sweeper for removing the bowling pins and the ball from the lane and the pin deck.

The shape and dimensions of bowling pins are regulated domestically and internationally. The specified bowling pin has a long outer shape and is configured to be able to stand up, and the cross-sectional shape is circular at any point, and has a smooth constriction in a portion slightly above the half of the height. The upper head has a substantially hemispherical top, the diameter of the head is smaller than the diameter of the body part below the constriction, and the body part has a shape that is smoothly reduced in diameter toward the bottom part. Eggplant.

The pin setter has 10 bowling pins with the above-mentioned shape juxtaposed on the pin deck. The juxtaposition mode is defined such that the envelopes of the ten bowling pins form an equilateral triangle, and the interval between the bowling pins is also defined. Patent Document 1 discloses an invention of a pin setter using a magnetic body and an electromagnet capable of placing a bowling pin at an arbitrary position within the range of the juxtaposed mode defined.

JP-T 8-511456

As described above, the shape and dimensions of the pins and the juxtaposition mode are specified for the bowling. However, when competing within the specified range, it is difficult for technical differences between high engineers to occur. Therefore, oil is applied to the lane where the ball rolls, and there is a difference in how to apply the oil in each lane, giving the player room for technical intervention. Reduced. In addition, since the conventional bowling device juxtaposes the bowling pins 10 times or more in exactly the same manner, the player repeatedly repeats the same pitching. Therefore, there is a lack of surprise and excitement for spectators as a sport.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a ball game apparatus that implements an evolutionary ball game with improved game performance.

A ball game apparatus according to the present invention includes a path on which a thrown ball rolls, a plurality of collided objects that are juxtaposed in a juxtaposed area on the path, and collided by the spheres, and the plurality of collided bodies are arranged in the juxtaposed area. In the ball game apparatus including the juxtaposition device juxtaposed therein, each of the plurality of the collided bodies is characterized in that a part or all of the colliding bodies is formed of a sphere.

In the ball game apparatus according to the present invention, the juxtaposition device includes: a storage unit that stores the plurality of collided bodies; a transport unit that supports the plurality of collided bodies and transports them to the juxtaposition region; and a rectangular region. And a determining unit that determines a transport destination by the transport unit so that the plurality of collided bodies are juxtaposed at an arbitrary position in the juxtaposed region.

The ball game apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the collision object includes a magnetic material, and the transport unit includes an electromagnet.

In the ball game apparatus according to the present invention, the transport unit includes a plurality of electromagnets arranged in a matrix, and transports the plurality of collided bodies simultaneously, and the storage unit includes the transport unit. The plurality of impacted bodies are arranged and stored in a rectangular range corresponding to the matrix, and the determination unit determines an electromagnet to be excited from among the plurality of electromagnets. It is characterized by.

In the present invention, a part or all of the colliding object corresponding to the bowling pin in the bowling is made of a sphere. Since the collided object moves as a sphere, it is possible to predict the movement when colliding with a sphere (ball) and how to collide with another collided object thereafter. Further, since the randomness can be reduced as compared with the conventional method of falling the bowling pin, it is possible to reflect the technical difference between the players in the score as compared with the conventional method. In addition, it becomes possible to raise the difficulty of colliding all the to-be-collised bodies, and the elongation allowance which a high engineer further improves a technique arises.

In the present invention, the side-by-side arrangement of a plurality of collided objects is not limited to an aspect in which the plan view is an equilateral triangle like a conventional bowling pin, but can be arranged in an arbitrary shape within a rectangular region. . This makes it possible to change the juxtaposition mode according to the player's technique to change the difficulty level, and to change the juxtaposition mode one pitch at a time.

In the present invention, the juxtaposition of a plurality of impacted bodies uses magnetism. Thereby, it is possible to easily improve the degree of freedom in arranging the collided bodies. In the configuration in which the electromagnets are used in a matrix, it is possible to easily realize a juxtaposition mode with a high degree of freedom.

According to the present invention, the movement of the collision object can be predicted, and further, the difference in the ability of the player can be reflected, so that the game performance is improved, and the player can improve the technique by setting the target higher. And development is improved. In addition, the difficulty level can be adjusted according to the player's ability, and the appeal to the spectator is improved.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a bowling pin in the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a top view showing an example of how the bowling pins are arranged in the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing movement of a bowling pin in the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a front view showing a bowling pin in a second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a bottom view showing a bowling pin in a second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a front view showing a bowling pin in a third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a top view showing a bowling pin in a third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a bottom view showing a bowling pin in a third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a front view showing a bowling pin in a fourth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a top view showing a bowling pin in a fourth embodiment. It is a bottom view which shows the bowling pin in Embodiment 4. It is explanatory drawing which shows the balance of the spherical body part and head of a bowling pin. It is explanatory drawing which shows the motion of the spherical body part of a bowling pin. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the inside of a bowling pin. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows another example of the inside of a bowling pin. FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a bowling pin in a fifth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a bowling pin in a sixth embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows an example of a pin setter. It is a side view which shows an example of a pin setter. It is a top view which shows an example of a pin setter. It is a perspective view from the lane side (lower side) of a conveyance part. It is a schematic side view of a mobile vehicle. FIG. 23 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. It is a schematic side view of an exclusion part. It is a model bottom view of an exclusion part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the rail of a collection | recovery part typically. It is explanatory drawing which shows the rail of a collection | recovery part typically. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control mechanism which controls operation | movement of a pin setter. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other aspect of the front-end | tip part of the rail of a collection | recovery part. It is a perspective view from the lane side (lower side) which shows the other aspect of a conveyance part. It is the enlarged view to which a part of FIG. 30 was expanded. It is a model perspective view which shows the other aspect of the mechanism which moves the conveyance stand of a storage part. It is sectional drawing which shows typically an example of the shape of the electromagnet used in a conveyance part. It is sectional drawing which shows typically another example of the shape of an electromagnet.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings illustrating the embodiments.

In the following description, the shape of the collided body will be described with reference to a plurality of embodiments, and the juxtaposition device for juxtaposing the collided bodies of the plurality of modes will be described in detail later. . Further, in the present invention, a part or all of the collided body corresponding to the bowling pin in the conventional bowling device is constituted by a sphere. In this sense, it is out of the definition of bowling. However, in the following embodiments, a collision target will be referred to as a bowling pin, and a juxtaposition device for juxtaposing the collision target will be referred to as a pin setter.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a bowling pin in the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the bowling pin 1a in Embodiment 1 is a sphere. The bowling pin 1a is made of, for example, wood, and a cavity may be provided in the inside in order to resonate the sound at the time of collision.

FIG. 2 is a top view showing an example of how the bowling pins 1a are arranged in the first embodiment. Reference numeral 2 denotes a path (lane) through which the ball passes. A pin deck 2a, which is a juxtaposed region in which the bowling pins 1a are juxtaposed, is provided at the end of the lane 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the bowling pins 1a are juxtaposed at an arbitrary position in the rectangular pin deck 2a. At this time, it is preferable to use an arrangement other than the juxtaposition where the envelope is an equilateral triangle. Further, the number of bowling pins 1a juxtaposed is arbitrary.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view schematically showing the movement of the bowling pin 1a. Reference numeral 3 in FIG. 3 indicates a thrown ball. When the thrown ball 3 travels on the lane 2, it collides with one of the bowling pins 1a. The bowling pin 1a that has collided further collides with another bowling pin 1a. The ball 3 travels on the lane 2 while colliding with the plurality of bowling pins 1a. At this time, since both the ball 3 and the bowling pin 1a roll and slide as a sphere, prediction is possible like a billiard ball.

It should be noted that there are various methods for counting the “falling number” of the bowling pin 1a of the sphere. For example, a camera is installed above the pin deck 2a so that the entire pin deck 2a is included in the shooting range, image processing for an image captured by the camera is executed by a control mechanism of the pin setter, and the bowling pin 1a is a ball 3 or other bowling When it collides with the pin 1a and moves more than a predetermined distance from the original position, it is counted as “falling number”. Further, when the ball 3 or another bowling pin 1a is collided and completely goes out of the pin deck 2a, it may be counted as “falling number”. Alternatively, a sensor using infrared light or the like may be provided above the pin deck 2a to individually determine whether or not each bowling pin 1a has moved.

Since the bowling pin 1a according to the first embodiment is entirely composed of a sphere, the pin deck 2a is provided with a very small protrusion, hair cap, elastic body, etc. in order to keep the juxtaposed state in vibrations other than the collision of the ball 3. Also good.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 4 is a front view showing the bowling pin in the second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the bowling pin. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the bowling pin 1b according to the second embodiment has a shape in which a part of a sphere is cut out and a flat bottom 12b is provided. The bowling 1b is kept in a stable juxtaposed state due to the presence of the bottom 12b. The size of the bottom 12b is such a size that does not hinder the behavior of the bowling pin 1b as a sphere, and is preferably as small as possible. Since the bowling pin 1b can stand on its own, the pin deck protrusions, hair caps, and elastic bodies described in the first embodiment are not necessary.

(Embodiment 3)
6 is a front view showing the bowling pin in the third embodiment, FIG. 7 is a top view showing the bowling pin, and FIG. 8 is a bottom view showing the bowling pin. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the bowling pin 1c according to the third embodiment is cut out of a part of a sphere, and is provided with a flat bottom 12c similar to the bowling pin 1b according to the second embodiment, and is opposite to the bottom 12c. A head portion 11c is provided on the side. The head portion 11c has a spherical shape, and is connected to the spherical portion 10c via a smooth neck. By providing the head portion 11c like the bowling pin 1c of the third embodiment, the uncomfortable feeling caused to the bowling user is reduced, and the counting of the “inversion number” is facilitated similarly to the conventional bowling device.

(Embodiment 4)
9 is a front view showing a bowling pin in Embodiment 4, FIG. 10 is a top view, and FIG. 11 is a bottom view. As shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, the bowling pin 1d in the fourth embodiment has a flat bottom portion 12d that is cut out of a part of the sphere and is similar to the bowling pin 1b in the second embodiment, and is opposite to the bottom portion 12d. A head portion 11d is provided on the side. The head portion 11d has a spherical shape like the bowling pin 1c in the third embodiment, and is connected to the spherical portion 10d via a smooth constriction, but a flat portion 13d is provided on the top of the head portion 11d. The flat portion 13d is smaller between the bottom portion 12d and the flat portion 13d of the head portion 11d. Due to the provision of the flat portion 13d, when the bowling pin 1d is sucked and transported by an electromagnet as will be described later, the contact surface between the head 11d and the electromagnet is widened and stabilized even when the electromagnet is a rectangular parallelepiped. Can be transported in an automated manner.

The bowling pin 1c according to the third embodiment and the bowling pin 1d according to the fourth embodiment have the

heads

11c and 11d, respectively, but the

spherical portions

10c and 10d and the

heads

11c and 11d are not disturbed. It is preferable that the balance be within the range described below. Hereinafter, the bowling pin 1c will be described as an example. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the balance between the spherical body portion 10c and the head portion 11c of the bowling pin 1c. FIG. 12 shows a state where the head portion 11c of the bowling pin 1c is tilted so as to be in contact with the pin deck 2a. The balance between the sphere portion 10c and the head portion 11c of the bowling pin 1c is shown in a plane parallel to the pin deck 2a through which the head portion 11c passes through the center of the sphere portion 10c (shown by a one-dot chain line) in the state shown in FIG. It is preferable that the distance is within a range that does not protrude upward, and that there is an appropriate distance from the horizontal plane as indicated by the dashed arrow. On the contrary, in the shape shown by the broken line such that the head protrudes above the horizontal plane passing through the center of the sphere part, the behavior of the bowling pin as a sphere is hindered. In addition, the possibility that a collision between the bowling pins 1c occurs between the heads 11c or between the spherical body part 10c and the head part 10c is increased, which is not preferable because it is similar to the conventional bowling pin.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing the movement of the sphere 10c of the bowling pin 1c. The bowling pin 1c behaves as a sphere as shown in FIG. 13 until the head portion 11c contacts the lane (pin deck). Due to the presence of the head portion 11c, a behavior equivalent to a sphere like the bowling pins 1a and 1b of the first and second embodiments is impossible, but when the head portion 11c does not contact the pin deck 2a, it behaves as a sphere. It becomes easier to predict movement. The shapes of the bowlings 1c and 1d in the third and fourth embodiments are thus close to the shape of a conventional bowling pin while enabling the behavior as a sphere, so that the player is easily accustomed and accepted.

The bowling pins 1a to 1d shown in the first to fourth embodiments are magnetic so that they can be transported by a pin setter (to be described later) so as to be juxtaposed in an arbitrary manner as shown in FIG. 2 on the pin deck 2a. Is preferably embedded. For example, in the case of the bowling pin 1a, it is preferable that the magnetic body is formed on the spherical surface without deviation. Alternatively, it is preferable that the magnetic body is embedded in one place away from the center of the sphere. In the case of the bowling 1b, a magnetic body is preferably embedded near the spherical surface on the opposite side of the bottom 12b.

In the case of the bowling pin 1c, it is preferable that a magnetic material is embedded in the head 10c. FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the inside of the bowling pin 1c. As shown in FIG. 14, in the bowling 1c, a substantially spherical magnetic body 14c having a smaller diameter than the head 10c is embedded so as to be substantially concentric with the head 10c. FIG. 15 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another example of the inside of the bowling pin 1c. As shown in FIG. 15, the bowling pin 1c may be configured such that a screw 16c made of a magnetic material is screwed toward the bottom 12c side in the same direction as the central axis of the bowling pin 1c. In this case, the screw 16c has a curved surface in which the top of the head follows the shape of the head 10c. As described above, when the magnetic body 14c or the screw 16c is embedded in the bowling pin 1c, the bowling pin 1c can be lifted by the magnet and transported. As shown in the longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 14, the bowling pin 1c may have a cavity 15c inside. Thereby, when it collides with the ball | bowl 3 or the other bowling pin 1c, a collision sound can be sounded.

Also in the case of the bowling pin 1d, it is preferable that a magnetic material is embedded in the head 10d as shown in FIGS. In the case of the bowling pin 1d, since the flat portion 13d is provided on the head portion 11d, it is preferable that the top portion of the screw has a flat surface (see FIG. 16).

(Embodiment 5)
FIG. 16 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a bowling pin in the fifth embodiment. Since the shape of the bowling pin 1e in the fifth embodiment is the same as that of the bowling pin 1d, detailed description thereof is omitted. The bowling pin 1e according to the fifth embodiment is configured such that a screw 16e made of a magnetic material is screwed toward the bottom 12e in the same direction as the central axis of the bowling pin 1e. The screw 16e has a flat top surface along the shape of the head portion 11e, and forms a flat portion 13e similar to the flat portion 13d of the bowling pin 1d in the fourth embodiment. The bowling pin 1e has a cavity 15e inside the sphere 10e, and the cavity 15e communicates with a vertical hole 17e provided in the bottom 12e. The hole 17e provided in the bottom portion 12e is configured so that the protrusion can enter inside when a protrusion is provided at a predetermined position where the bowling pin 1d is installed. Stable when placed side by side.

(Embodiment 6)
FIG. 17 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the bowling pin 1f according to the sixth embodiment. Since the shape of the bowling pin 1f in the sixth embodiment is the same as that of the bowling pin 1b, detailed description thereof is omitted. The bowling pin 1f according to the sixth embodiment has a spherical cavity 15f that is substantially concentric with a sphere and communicates with a vertical hole 17f provided in the bottom 12f. The hole 17f provided in the bottom portion 12f is configured so that the protrusion 22 can enter inside when the protrusion 22 is provided at a predetermined position where the bowling pin 1f is installed, thereby the bowling pin 1f. Is stable when juxtaposed in place.

In the bowling using the bowling pins 1a to 1f as shown in the first to sixth embodiments, the plurality of bowling pins 1a to 1f juxtaposed in an arbitrary manner on the pin deck 2a are connected to the start end of the lane 2. The player throws the ball 3 from the approach that is in progress. The number of times the ball 3 is thrown may be two or three times per frame as in conventional bowling, or may be once per frame. You may make it throw 10 frames per game like the conventional bowling, and you may make it throw only a smaller number of frames according to the difficulty set. At this time, the bowling pins 1a to 1f are juxtaposed in an arbitrary manner frame by frame, but the juxtaposition manner may be changed in each frame or the same juxtaposition manner may be adopted. When throwing two to three times in one frame, whether or not the bowling pins 1a to 1f are juxtaposed for the second and subsequent times is determined whether or not the bowling pins 1a to 1f are “fallen” at the first time. In addition, the “fallen” bowling pins 1a to 1f need to be removed from the pin deck 2a so as to leave the bowling pins 1a to 1f that are not “fallen”.

In order to implement a ball game using the bowling pins 1a to 1f, which are partially or entirely spherical, a pin setter as shown below is required. For example, as described above, the pin setter is configured to embed a magnetic body on the surface of the bowling pin 1a or the inside of the bowling pins 1a to 1f, and to use the electromagnet capable of sucking the magnetic body to fix the bowling pins 1a to 1f, for example. It is preferable to have a mechanism for transporting to an arbitrary position in the pin deck 2a within several seconds. Even when an electromagnet is not used, when the bowling pins 1c to 1e having the head portions 11c to 11e are used, the constricted portion between the head portions 11c to 11e and the spherical portions 10c to 10e is indicated like a conventional pinsetter. Then, it is possible to transport to an arbitrary position by using a transport unit that transports in a controlled manner using a computer.

Hereinafter, specific examples of the pin setter will be described with reference to the drawings. 18 is a perspective view showing an example of a pin setter, FIG. 19 is a side view, and FIG. 20 is a top view. The pin setter operates to place any one of the bowling pins 1a to 1f shown in the first to sixth embodiments on the pin deck 2a at the end of the lane 2 and rolls on the lane 2 to roll the pin deck 2a. , And a bowling pin 1a to 1f that collides with the ball 3, and includes a transport unit 4, a storage unit 5, an exclusion unit 6, and a recovery unit 7. The conveyance unit 4, the storage unit 5, and the exclusion unit 6 are controlled by a control mechanism described later.

As shown in FIG. 18, guide frames 40 extending in the longitudinal direction are provided at both ends of the lane 2 in the width direction at the end of the lane 2. These guide frames 40 are each provided with two

guide rails

40a and 40b that are lined up and down at intervals. The guide rail 40a located on the upper side is provided with the reservoir 5 and the guide rail located on the lower side. The exclusion part 6 is supported by 40b so that a movement along each is possible.

The transport unit 4 includes a support plate 42 that has a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape, and suspension bars 41 that indicate the four corners of the support plate 42. The suspension bar 41 is suspended from a ceiling (not shown) that covers the top of the pin deck 2a. The support board 42 can be moved up and down between a processing position that is close to and opposed to the pin deck 2 a and a rising position that is above the moving area in the longitudinal direction of the lane 2 of the storage section 5 by raising and lowering the suspension bar 41. Details of the support plate 42 will be described later.

The storage unit 5 includes a transport base 50 having a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape and a plurality of mobile vehicles 51 that move on the transport base 50. The carriage 50 is supported between each of the pair of wheels 52 (see FIG. 19) that spans between the

guide rails

40a and 40a described above and is in rolling contact with each other. One side of the carriage 50 can be moved in the length direction of the lane 2 by the output rod of the double-acting hydraulic cylinder 59. A plurality of rectangular grooves are provided in the width direction of the lane 2 on the upper surface of the carriage 50, and each of the rectangular grooves accommodates one or a plurality of moving vehicles 51 (in FIGS. 18 to 20). Only a part is shown). The moving vehicle 51 can be loaded with the bowling pins 1 a to 1 f and can move in the width direction and the vertical direction of the lane 2. Details of the moving vehicle 51 will be described later.

The exclusion unit 6 includes a flat box-shaped housing 60 having an open bottom surface, and an exclusion plate 611 supported below the housing 60 by an arm 612 from the inside of the housing 60. The housing 60 is bridged between the above-described

guide rails

40b, 40b, and is supported via a pair of wheels 62 that are in rolling contact with each other. One side of the housing 60 can be moved in the length direction of the lane 2 by the output rod of the double-acting hydraulic cylinder 69.

The collection unit 7 includes a guide wall 71, a belt conveyor 70, a lifting machine 8, and a rail 9. The belt conveyor 70 is installed so that the belt moves further to the back side (front side in FIGS. 18 to 20) and further to the back side than the inclined surface 21 extending from the end of the lane 2. The ascending machine 8 has a belt 80 spanned so as to rotate in the vertical direction, and a plurality of arms 81 provided at a predetermined interval on the outer periphery of the belt 80, and further on the back side than the belt conveyor 70. (In front of FIGS. 18 to 20). The height of the belt 80 is higher than that of the storage portion 5 on the guide frame 40. The belt 80 rotates so that the belt conveyor 70 side is raised and the opposite side is lowered. Further, the elevating machine 8 has a guide 82 for guiding the bowling pins 1a to 1f and the ball 3 to the ascending arm 81 along the tip of the belt conveyor 70. The guide wall 71 is provided so as to guide the bowling pins 1a to 1f and the balls 3 to the guide 82 along side portions ranging from the pin deck 2a on the lane 2 to the belt conveyor 70 and the guide 82. The rail 9 is provided so as to descend smoothly from the vicinity of the apex on the side opposite to the belt conveyor 70 of the ascending machine 8 while branching to the upper part of the storage unit 5, the upper part of the belt conveyor 70, and the collection unit of the balls 3. (Not shown).

Next, the conveyance unit 4, the storage unit 5, the exclusion unit 6 and the collection unit 7 will be described in detail. FIG. 21 is a perspective view from the lane 2 side (lower side) of the transport unit 4. As shown in FIG. 21, electromagnets 43 that can be controlled on / off (excitation) / off are provided in a matrix on the wide surface of the support plate 42 on the lane 2 side. The size of the electromagnet 43 may be smaller than the maximum diameter of the ball portions 10c to 10e of the bowling pins 1a, 1b, and 1f or the bowling pins 1c to 1e. By using the small but powerful electromagnet 43, the degree of freedom of the juxtaposition mode increases. Each electromagnet 43 is provided with a sensor 44 for determining whether or not the bowling pins 1a to 1f are supported on the electromagnet 43.

As described above, a plurality of mobile vehicles 51 are accommodated in the carriage 50 of the storage unit 5. 22 is a schematic side view of the moving vehicle 51, and FIG. 23 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ of FIG. 22 and 23, the bowling pin 1a is illustrated as being placed. The moving vehicle 51 includes a drive unit 511 that realizes movement in the width direction of the lane 2 and vertical movement of the carriage 50. The drive unit 511 includes a pair of gears 513 that mesh with two racks 501 provided at the bottom of the rectangular groove of the carriage 50 along the direction of the rectangular groove, and a guide provided on the side wall of the rectangular groove. And a protrusion 512 corresponding to the groove 502. The drive unit 511 rotates a gear 518 and a gear 518 that move the mounting table 510 up and down along the lifting guide 519, a small gear 516 that meshes with and rotates the gear 513, a motor 515 that rotates the gear 516. A motor 517 and a screw shaft 514 that engages with a gear 518 and moves up and down are provided. The protruding portion 512 has a terminal that is electrically connected to a signal line provided in the guide groove 502, supplies driving power to the

motors

515 and 517 in the driving portion 511, and a control signal from a control mechanism described later. May be transmitted. Thereby, the operation on the carriage 50 of the mobile vehicle 51 is controlled.

The exclusion part 6 can accommodate or discharge the exclusion plate 611 supported by suspension. FIG. 24 is a schematic side view of the exclusion unit 6, and FIG. 25 is a schematic bottom view of the exclusion unit 6. As shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, the exclusion portion 6 includes an exclusion plate 611 that is pivotally supported by the arm 612,

wires

631 and 631 each having one end fixed to the exclusion plate 611 and the arm 612, and one of the wires 631. A winder 632 that winds the end side to the arm 612 side and a winder 633 that winds the other end side of the other wire 631 to the inside of the housing 60 are provided. When the exclusion plate 611 is viewed in plan, the outer edge portion has a shape that follows the cross-sectional shape of the lane 2 including the garter lane as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 26 and 27 are explanatory views schematically showing the rail 9 of the collection unit 7. A sensor 106 for determining whether the weight of the passing ball 3 and the bowling pins 1a to 1f is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is provided in front of the branch point of the rail 9 of the collecting unit 7. A sorting door 91 for sorting the balls 3 and the bowling pins 1a to 1f is provided at the first branch point of the rail 9, and the rail 9 is led to the storage section 5 or again to the belt conveyor 70 at the second branch point. A sorting door 92 that sorts whether to return is provided. As shown in FIG. 27, a guide 93 for adjusting the posture of the bowling pins 1a to 1f is provided at the tip of the rail 9. The guide 93 has a stopper (not shown) to control whether or not the bowling pins 1a to 1f are discharged from the guide 93. 26 and 27 show a case where a bowling pin 1c having a head portion 11c is used.

The operation of the pin setter configured as described above will be described. FIG. 28 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control mechanism 100 that controls the operation of the pinsetter. The control mechanism 100 includes a control unit 101, a storage unit 102, a temporary storage unit 103, an input unit 104, and an output unit 105. For example, the control unit 101 uses a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The storage unit 102 uses, for example, a flash memory, and rewritably stores a program read by the control unit 101, control conditions, and the like. The temporary storage unit 103 uses a random memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), and temporarily stores information generated by the processing of the control unit 101. The input unit 104 inputs signals from

sensors

44 and 106 described later. The output unit 105 outputs control signals to the transport unit 4, the storage unit 5, the exclusion unit 6, and the collection unit 7.

The operation of each component controlled by the control mechanism 100 will be described in detail. The support plate 42 of the transport unit 4 stands by at the raised position, the carriage 50 of the storage unit 5 stands by at the innermost side of the guide rail 40a, and the housing 60 of the exclusion unit 6 is also at the innermost side of the guide rail 40b. Waiting. First, the operation until the bowling pins 1a to 1f are stored in the storage section 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 26 and 27 (the bowling pin 1c is shown in FIGS. 26 and 27). The bowling pins 1a to 1f guided to the guide 82 by the belt conveyor 70 and the guide wall 71 are lifted by the lifting machine 8 so that the sphere 10c is supported by the arm 81. The bowling pins 1a to 1f roll out from the arm 81 to the rail 9 due to their own weight when reaching the top of the ascending machine 8. The bowling pins 1a to 1f advance by rolling and sliding on the rail 9 as a sphere. The sensor 106 before the branch point determines whether or not the weight of the passed object is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and the control mechanism 100 that inputs the detection signal output from the sensor 106 is based on the detection signal. The process determines the bowling pins 1a to 1f and the ball 3 and outputs a control signal for controlling the opening / closing of the sorting door 91. As a result, the ball 3 is guided to the ball collection unit and returned to the player.

The control unit 101 of the control mechanism 100 stops the bowling pins 1a to 1f with the stoppers at the end of the rail 9, and the hydraulic cylinder 59 is arranged so that the empty moving vehicle 51 comes below the end of the guide 93. And the operation of the motor 515 of the mobile vehicle 51 is controlled. When the empty moving vehicle 51 comes below the front end of the guide 93, the control unit 101 detects this and stops the motor 515 of the moving vehicle 51 to stop the movement of the lane 2 in the width direction. Actuate 517 to raise. When the mounting table 510 of the moving vehicle 51 is raised to a predetermined height, the ascent of the mounting table 510 is stopped, the stopper is opened, one bowling pin 1a to 1f is mounted, and the stopper is closed again. When it is detected by a sensor or the like inside the mounting table 510 that the bowling pins 1a to 1f are mounted on the mounting table 510, the control unit 101 lowers the mounting table 510 and responds to the position on the next pin deck 2a. The moving vehicle 51 is moved to the position to be operated. While one bowling pin 1a to 1f is placed on the moving vehicle 51, the control unit 101 may close the sorting door 92 and return the bowling pin 1c to the belt conveyor 70 again. In order to place the bowling pins 1a to 1f on the mounting table 510, the bowling pins 1a to 1f can be mounted on the mounting table 510 by opening and closing the stopper without raising or lowering the mounting table 510. The height of the rail 9 and the guide 93 may be designed.

The control unit 101 of the control mechanism 100 controls the operation of the moving vehicle 51, the sorting door 92, and the stopper at the tip of the rail 9 to place the bowling pins 1a to 1f on the carriage 50 of the storage unit 5. At this time, the control unit 101 controls the position of the moving vehicle 51 so that the next bowling pins 1a to 1f are juxtaposed on the rectangular carriage 50 in a manner corresponding to the juxtaposition mode on the pin deck 2a. . After controlling the position of the moving vehicle 51, the control unit 101 outputs the rod of the hydraulic cylinder 59 and moves the carriage 51 so as to face the transport unit 4 waiting at the raised position.

Next, the control unit 101 determines the juxtaposition mode of the next bowling pins 1a to 1f. Then, the control unit 101 lowers the suspension bar 41 of the transport unit 4 waiting at the ascending position, and stops the support plate 42 at a position where the support plate 42 is in close proximity to the carriage 50. At this time, instead of lowering the support plate 42, the mounting table 510 of each moving vehicle 51 on the carriage 50 may be raised at a desired position. The control unit 101 determines the electromagnet 43 corresponding to the determined juxtaposition mode. At this time, the number of the bowling pins 1a to 1f to be juxtaposed is not limited to “10”, and may be arbitrarily determined within a juxtaposed range. Any of the bowling pins 1a to 1f can be juxtaposed on the lane 2 at any position other than the equilateral triangle by appropriately controlling on / off using the electromagnets 43 provided in a matrix. . The control unit 101 excites the determined electromagnet 43, and the bowling pins 1a to 1f are supported by the excited electromagnet 43. The control unit 101 raises the support plate 42 to the raised position and makes it stand by. At this time, the control unit 101 places the bowling pins 1 a to 1 f on the moving vehicle 51, disposes the moving vehicle 51, moves below the conveying unit 4, lowers the support plate 42, and excites the electromagnet 43. The support operation of ˜1f may be performed in a plurality of times for one juxtaposition operation.

Next, the control unit 101 pulls in the rod of the hydraulic cylinder 59 to move the carriage 50 to the back side of the guide rail 40a. The control unit 101 lowers the support plate 42 of the transport unit 4 from the raised position to a lowered position that is close to and opposed to the pin deck 2a. When the control unit 101 detects that the bowling pins 1a to 1f supported by the support plate 42 are in stable contact with the pin deck 2a, the control unit 101 turns off the excitation of the electromagnet 43 of the support plate 42 to the raised position. Raise and wait. The control unit 101 stores the juxtaposed mode determined by the bowling pins 1a to 1f.

The bowling pins 1a to 1f juxtaposed on the lane 2 collide with the ball 3 thrown by the player and roll out of the pin deck 2a, move beyond a predetermined distance, or literally fall down as a “falling number”. Counted. The case counted as “inverted number” varies depending on the types of bowling pins 1a to 1f. In the case of the bowlings 1a, 1b, and 1f that do not have the head, the bowling pins 1a, 1b, and 1f may be treated as having fallen when moved from the position where they are first juxtaposed. In this case, the number of inversions may be counted using a camera installed so as to include the entire pin deck 2a in the photographing range, or sensors 44 provided corresponding to the plurality of electromagnets 43 may be used. When the sensor 44 is used, the control unit 101 lowers the support plate 42 to the lowered position after the player has thrown, excites the electromagnet 43 corresponding to the stored juxtaposition mode, and raises the support plate 42 slightly. . At this time, the sensor 44 counts as “inversion number” except for the case where it is determined that the bowling pins 1a, 1b, and 1f are supported. When the bowling pins 1a, 1b, and 1f roll out of the pin deck 2a, the controller 101 may be handled as having fallen. In this case, the control unit 101 recognizes the bowling pins 1a, 1b, and 1f remaining in the pin deck 2a with a camera or the like, and counts the number of recognized bowling pins 1a, 1b, and 1f. Further, in the case of the bowling pins 1c to 1e provided with the heads 11c to 10e, the bowling pins 1c to 1e are treated as having fallen when they are not self-supporting at the bottoms 12c to 12e like the conventional bowling pins. Other than the bowling pins 1c to 1e supported by the electromagnet 43 lowered after the ball 3 has passed, it is treated as having fallen.

When throwing a plurality of times in one frame, the bowling pins 1a to 1f that are not tilted are supported by the electromagnet 43 of the support plate 42, and the ball 3 on the lane 2 and The bowling pins 1a to 1f are eliminated. After the last pitch is made, the control unit 1010 may count the “fall number” based on the image taken by the camera, or count the “fall number” using the sensor 44 on the support board 42. May be.

The operation of the exclusion unit 6 that eliminates the bowling pins 1a to 1f remaining in the lane 2 will be described. After the ball 3 reaches the pin deck 2a, the control unit 101 controls the hydraulic cylinder 69 to move the casing 60 to the end (starting end) on the pin deck 2a side of the guide rail 40b. When the control unit 101 determines that the housing 60 has reached the start end side of the guide rail 40a, the control unit 101 operates the winder 632 to discharge the arm 612 and the exclusion plate 611. The exclusion plate 611 is suspended and supported so that the outer periphery is positioned along the cross-sectional shape of the lane 2. The controller 101 pulls the rod of the hydraulic cylinder 69 and moves the housing 60 to the end of the guide rail 40b while maintaining the state where the exclusion plate 611 is suspended and supported. As a result, the ball 3 and the bowling pins 1a to 1f on the lane 2 are scraped to the end of the lane 2 and roll down the inclined plate 21 and are collected to the belt conveyor 70.

As described above, a ball game apparatus that realizes a ball game using the bowling pins 1a to 1f, which is partially or entirely a sphere, is configured, and it becomes possible to enjoy a ball game with high game performance. As described above, since the bowling pins 1a to 1f behave as a sphere, it is easy to predict the behavior. Further, the juxtaposition of the bowling pins 1a to 1f is a regular triangle shape in plan view as in the conventional bowling. Therefore, you can change the difficulty level or change the number of pitches for each pitch, and both high and low technicians, professional athletes and viewers can enjoy ball games together. It becomes possible.

The ball game apparatus is not limited to the configuration described above. For example, the following configuration may be used.
FIG. 29 is an explanatory view showing another aspect of the tip end portion of the rail 9 of the collection unit 7. FIG. 29 shows a mode in which the bowling pin 1b is used. When the bowling pin 1b is used, it is required to be placed on the moving vehicle 51 with the portion where the magnetic body is embedded as the upper portion. is there. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 29, instead of the guide 93 shown in FIG. 27, a pair of frames 94 provided in the direction along the length direction of the lane 2 at the tip of the rail 9, and between the frames 94 A moving vehicle 95 that is bridged and supported via wheels 96 that are in rolling contact with each other, an electromagnet 99 provided at the lower portion of the moving vehicle 95, and

rollers

97 and 98 that roll the bowling pin 1b at the tip of the rail 9. It consists of and. The height of the frame 94 is higher than the storage portion 5 by the size of the bowling pin 1b. The distance between the frames 94 may be slightly larger than the diameter of the bowling pin 1b. The bowling pin 1b that has reached the tip of the rail 9 is rolled vertically and horizontally by the

rollers

97, 98, and when the location that reacts with the adjacent electromagnet 99 by the movement of the moving vehicle 95 comes to the upper part, It is sucked and suspended. The suspended bowling pin 1b is carried to the upper part of the storage part 5 by the movement of the moving vehicle 95. When the control unit 101 of the control mechanism 100 raises the mounting table 510, the bowling pin 1 b is mounted on the mounting table 510 of the moving vehicle 51 by turning off the electromagnet 99 that holds the bowling pin 1 b. Can be made. Thus, even when the bowling pin 1b which is a substantially spherical body is used, the rail 9 can be appropriately guided to the storage portion 5. The configuration shown in FIG. 29 can also be applied to the case where the completely spherical bowling pin 1a is configured to bury a magnetic material in one place near the surface instead of the surface, and to the bowling pin 1f. When the bowling pin 1f is used, the hole 17f provided in the bottom portion 12f may be searched to be mounted on the mounting table 510 of the mobile vehicle 51 from the bottom portion 12f.

FIG. 30 is a perspective view from the lane side (lower side) showing another aspect of the transport unit 4, and FIG. 31 is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. In another aspect, the transport unit 4 uses an electromagnet 45 configured to divide the bottom of the support plate 42 into a plurality of frames 44 and move vertically and horizontally within each frame. 30 and 31 show a mode in which the bowling pin 1b is used. In the transport unit 4 according to another aspect, an electromagnet 45 is attached to the lower rack 46 of the racks 46 that spans the frames 44 vertically and horizontally, and the rack 46 is sandwiched between the electromagnets 45 as shown in FIG. A cover 47 is fixed. Two pairs of gears 48 are supported on the cover 47 so as to be rotatable at positions corresponding to the height of the rack 46. The two pairs of gears 48 are configured to mesh with the rack 46 when the electromagnet 45 and the cover 47 are integrated. The cover 47 is provided with a motor (not shown) so that the rotation of two pairs of gears 48 can be controlled one by one. Wheels 49 that rotate about the rack 46 are attached to both ends of the rack 46, respectively. Thereby, the position of the electromagnet 45 can be freely moved vertically and horizontally within the frame 44. In this embodiment, the number of electromagnets 45 can be saved.

FIG. 32 is a schematic perspective view showing another aspect of a mechanism for moving the carriage 50 of the storage unit 5. In the example of the carriage 50 shown in FIGS. 18 to 20 and 27, the reservoir 5 is configured to move in the length direction of the lane 2 by the hydraulic cylinder 59. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. 32, the horizontal member of the guide frame 40 is constituted by a rack, the wheels of the carriage 50 are engaged with the rack, and the wires 58 are respectively connected to both ends of the carriage 50. , 58 are fixed, and the control mechanism 100 controls which of the

wires

58, 58 is wound by the winder 57 to move the carriage 50.

FIG. 33 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of the shape of the electromagnet used in the transport unit 4, and FIG. 34 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing another example. In the example of FIG.33 and FIG.34, the structure at the time of using the bowling pin 1c is shown. The thick solid line in FIG.33 and FIG.34 has shown the conducting wire and the coil. In the example shown in FIG. 33, the electromagnet 341 provided on the support plate 42 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape in which one surface forms a hemispherical concave surface corresponding to the head portion 11c of the bowling pin 1c. In the example shown in FIG. 34, the electromagnet 342 provided on the support plate 42 has a shape of a movable arm that holds the head 11c of the bowling pin 1c.

In addition, it should be thought that this Embodiment disclosed as mentioned above is an illustration in all the points, Comprising: It is not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims rather than the meanings described above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f Bowling pins (impacts)
14c Magnetic body 2 Lane (path)
2a Pin deck (arranged area)
3 balls (thrown ball)
4 Conveyance part 43,431,432 Electromagnet 5 Storage part 100 Control mechanism (determination part)
101 Control unit (decision unit)

Claims

A path on which the thrown ball rolls, a plurality of collided objects that are juxtaposed in the juxtaposed area on the path and collided by the spheres, and a juxtaposing device that juxtaposes the collided objects in the juxtaposed area. Including ball game equipment,
Each of the plurality of impacted bodies is partially or entirely made of a sphere.
The juxtaposition device comprises:
A storage section for storing the plurality of impacted bodies;
A transport unit that supports the plurality of collided bodies and transports them to the juxtaposed region;
The ball game according to claim 1, further comprising: a determining unit that determines a transport destination by the transport unit so that the plurality of collided objects are juxtaposed at an arbitrary position in the juxtaposed region that is a rectangular region. apparatus.
The collision object includes a magnetic material,
The ball game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transport unit includes an electromagnet.
The transport unit includes a plurality of electromagnets arranged in a matrix, and transports the plurality of impacted objects simultaneously,
The storage unit is configured to store the plurality of collided bodies side by side within a rectangular range corresponding to the matrix of the transport unit,
The ball game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determining unit determines an electromagnet to be excited from among the plurality of electromagnets.