WO2017171318A1

WO2017171318A1 - Suspended game simulation apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2017171318A1
Application number: PCT/KR2017/003236
Authority: WO
Inventors: 윤은석; 신재중
Original assignee: (주)피엔아이시스템
Priority date: 2016-03-28
Filing date: 2017-03-27
Publication date: 2017-10-05
Also published as: KR20170111341A

Abstract

Disclosed is a suspended game simulation apparatus. The present invention comprises: an upper frame fixed to a ceiling; a lower frame disposed at a spacing below the upper frame and suspended in the air; a plurality of actuators which have both ends pivotally supported on the upper and lower frames to interconnect the upper and lower frames and which swing the lower frame in an arbitrary direction while being expanded and contracted according to an external signal; a game machine mounted on the lower frame; a chair mounted on the lower frame; and a control unit which transmits different expansion and contraction signals so that each of the actuators interoperates with each other according to the state of play of the game machine.

Description

Suspension game simulation device

The present invention relates to a game simulation apparatus, and more particularly, by hanging a game machine and a user chair in the air and freely swinging the user in an arbitrary direction in response to the situation in the game, the situation in the game is actually produced. The present invention relates to a suspension game simulation device that enables users to enjoy the game's interest while feeling the real reality.

As is well known, electronic games using programs have been widely used for children and adolescents for a long time. In recent years, with the development of PCs, the expansion of high-speed Internet has led to the rapid activation of online games. It is no exaggeration to say that it is established as a culture that can be easily enjoyed.

Based on this, the game industry is undergoing a rapid development, and the types of games cover a wide variety of fields, from simple brain games to various combat games, sports games, motorcycles, and car racing games. You can choose a game that suits your taste.

However, in such a game, it is common for a user to operate a joystick, a keyboard and a mouse with both hands while watching a screen while sitting on a chair provided in front of a PC or a game machine. There are drawbacks that can only be felt and enjoyed.

In other words, even if the player shakes badly during the action motion of the game or the current unfolding situation in the game, such as an explosion, the user recognizes it as a visual transmission only, and the user who plays actually stays in a chair. As a result, the reality is inevitably deteriorated, and this often halves the interest of the user who plays the game, and the game developed with a lot of effort and cost is often rejected by the user.

In order to make up for this problem, some recent games attempt to give the player a sense of reality by causing the screen to shake violently when an explosion occurs, but this also depends only on the player's perspective. It is not enough to feel.

On the other hand, for example, a car racing game installed in a large off-line amusement park such as an amusement park has a control device of a vehicle that is similar to actually driving a vehicle. The same is not true.

In other words, all play such as starting and accelerating, changing direction and stopping of the vehicle can be operated similarly to the actual vehicle, but the user only uses his hands and feet while sitting in a chair and stops. If the body is tilted backward or forward, the inertia phenomenon or the user's body changes in the same direction as the player in the game.

On the other hand, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2000-0037168 discloses a bicycle exercise / game device that can increase the exercise effect while satisfying the realism and interest according to the game play.

This technology allows the occupant of the stationary bicycle to adjust the steering wheel according to the programmed screen (for example), by applying a load to the pedals of the bicycle or by vibrating the saddle according to terrain features such as gradients or obstacles. It is designed to achieve aerobic effects while making you feel as if you are riding a bicycle in a real situation.

However, this technology also moves the steering wheel only according to the driving course displayed on the screen of the display provided at the front while the bicycle is fixed, and simply puts a load on the pedal or causes vibration in response to the terrain feature of the programmed course. In fact, there is a limit that cannot induce realistic experiences such as inertia and redirection that the user's body can feel when riding a bicycle.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and freely swings the user in an arbitrary direction in response to the situation of the game or the action of the player, so that the user feels as if he or she is actually the player in the game. The purpose is to provide a suspension game simulation device that can be felt and enjoyed.

Suspended game simulation apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the upper frame is fixed to the ceiling; A lower frame disposed at a lower side of the upper frame and suspended in the air; A plurality of actuators pivoted at both ends of the upper and lower frames to interconnect the upper and lower frames, and each of the plurality of actuators that expand and contract the lower frame in an arbitrary direction according to an external signal; A game machine mounted on the lower frame; A chair mounted on the lower frame; And a control unit which transmits different expansion and contraction signals so that each actuator is interlocked according to the playing situation of the game machine.

According to this preferred feature of the present invention, the actuators have at least three connection positions in which two are arranged in a V-shape at predetermined angular intervals.

In addition, according to another preferred feature of the invention, the actuator is a cylinder which is pivotally supported in the upper frame in the biaxial direction to the upper frame, a screw that is rotatably supported in the interior of the cylinder, screwed to the screw and the lower end is lower It may be configured to include a piston pivotally supported on the frame, and a motor mounted on the cylinder to rotate the screw forward and backward according to the signal of the controller.

According to the suspension-type game simulation apparatus according to the present invention, in conjunction with the situation of the player in the game, a plurality of actuators are expanded and expanded at the same time to swing the user sitting on the chair in a predetermined pattern, according to the user as if the actual game You can enjoy the game more interestingly by being able to feel the reality as if you are in the situation.

Therefore, unlike the conventional method, which relies only on visual communication, it is possible to maximize the interest by adding visual effects and three-dimensional effects that are felt together by the body. You can realize as much as possible.

1 is a perspective view showing a suspension game simulation apparatus according to the present invention,

2 is a side view of the suspension game simulation apparatus according to the present invention;

3 is a front view of the suspension game simulation apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the actuator of the suspension game simulation apparatus according to the present invention,

5 is a sectional view of the actuator shown in FIG. 4;

6 is an excerpted side view taken along VI of FIG. 5,

7 is a cross-sectional view of the main portion taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 5, FIG.

8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the suspended game simulator apparatus according to the present invention installed on the ceiling.

Specific features and other advantages of the suspension game simulation apparatus according to the present invention will become more apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 8, the suspension game simulation apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes an upper frame 10 fixed to, for example, a ceiling (not shown), and a gap below the upper frame 10. A plurality of lower ends of the lower frame 20 suspended in the air and the upper and

lower frames

10 and 20 are pivotally supported so that the upper and

lower frames

10 and 20 are integrally connected to each other. The actuator 30, the game machine 40 and the chair 50 mounted on the lower frame 20, and transmits different stretching signals so that each actuator 30 is interlocked according to the situation in play of the game machine 40. It is comprised including a control part (not shown).

The upper frame 10 may be configured in various forms, for example, may be configured in a triangular plate shape as shown. This is due to the fact that at least three-point support is required for stable support of the lower frame 20, but it is not necessary to take a triangular shape for three-point support.

The upper frame 10 may be directly attached to the ceiling, or may be attached to the ceiling through a separate chassis (S) for a more robust and stable attachment as shown in FIG.

The lower frame 20 may be configured in the form of a triangular plate that is arranged opposite to the upper frame 10, which is to facilitate the fixing of the actuator 30 of the present invention in three places in three places as described below. For sake, but this does not necessarily have to be triangular.

The lower frame 20 should be equipped with a game machine 40 and a chair 50, the other side while taking the form that one side is opened for maintaining a safer riding state of the user (U) and a comfortable game ( It is preferable to have 21).

The base 21 may have any shape as long as it can ensure a safe seating state of the user U. For example, as illustrated, an arc-shaped chassis frame is fixed to opposite lower sides of the lower frame 20. 22) and a plurality of connection bars 23 disposed at regular intervals between these chassis frames 22 to integrally connect both of them.

Game machine 40 is mounted on the lower frame 20, the chair 50 is installed on the base 21 to be spaced apart from the game machine 40 by a predetermined interval. Accordingly, the user U seated on the chair 50 may be surrounded by the lower frame 20, as shown in FIG. 8, so that the user U may be safely protected. The lower frame 20 swings in an arbitrary direction in association with the game situation, and an additional safety guide may be provided in the opening of the lower frame 20.

The game machine 40 may be applied in various forms, and may be provided with an LCD or LED monitor as a visual element, and may be provided with a steering wheel, an acceleration and a stop pedal, which are operated by a user.

In addition, game machine 40 may be applied to the HMD (HMD) that can experience the virtual reality.

The game machine 40 may be implemented in various forms according to the input program, and may be provided with visual elements and elements for manipulation according to the contents of the program.

In the present embodiment, six actuators 30 are provided in a V-shape at two vertices of the lower frame 20 so as to be disposed in a jagged shape along the circumferential direction. Such actuators 30 will be referred to as first to third positions P1 to P3 along the clockwise direction from the front side for convenience of explanation, and each actuator 30 will also be referred to as the first to sixth actuators along the clockwise direction from the front side. 30a to 30f) will be described.

The actuator 30 has no problem in the effect of the present invention as long as it can be expanded and contracted according to the signal of the controller so as to correspond to the situation in the game, but it is required to react quickly and accurately to the signal of the controller.

To this end, the actuator 30 of the present invention employs a motor driving method, which will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7. As shown, the actuator 30 of the simulation device 1 of the present invention is a cylinder 31, a screw 32 disposed in the axial direction in the cylinder 31, and the rotation of the screw 32. As shown in FIG. It consists of a piston (33) which expands and contracts while moving and a motor (34) which rotates the screw (32) forward and backward according to the signal of the controller.

The upper end of the cylinder 31 is pivotally connected to the upper frame 10. The fixing bracket 35 is installed on the upper frame 10 so that the lower frame 20 can swing in an arbitrary direction, and is orthogonal to each other. And a connection structure rotatable in two axes by the second pivots 35a and 35b.

The screw 32 is coaxially disposed in the cylinder 31 and is supported by the bearing bush 32a so as to be idling. The screw 32 is provided with a driven pulley 32b at the upper end thereof, and the driven pulley 34a of the motor 34 described later. The belt 37 is connected.

The piston 33 is composed of a screw bush 33a coupled to the screw 32 for more stable stretching and a plurality of rods 33b having one end fixed to the screw bush 33a, and a rod 33b. A pivot guide 33c is provided at the free end (lower end) of the lower frame 20 and the third pivot 36c.

On the other hand, the control unit may be placed in the same situation at the same time the user (U) who plays it according to the degree when the player character is shaken or pulled to one side due to various situations, for example, explosion or earthquake. A predetermined calculation value signal is sent to each of the actuators 30a to 30f.

To this end, the control unit is connected to the program of the game machine 40 receives the necessary interlocking signal, calculates the data set according to the signal input from the game machine 40, the actuators (30a ~ 30f) of each position (P1 ~ P3) A predetermined extension signal is sent to the terminal.

The suspension game simulation apparatus 1 according to the present invention configured as described above has the first and second actuators 30a of the first position P1 when the player character is pulled back by a sudden start, for example, in a car racing or flight simulation game. 30b is operated to be reduced in response to a signal from the controller, or the fifth and sixth actuators 30e of the third and

fourth actuators

30c and 30d and the third position P3 of the second position P2 ( 30f) is operated to be stretched, or a proper combination thereof allows the user U to feel as if they are in a situation like a character.

In this way, the user U, which is linked to the situation of the player character in the game, plays the game in a situation such as a character by appropriate expansion and contraction of the actuators 30a to 30f of the first to third positions P1 to P3. It is possible to give an effect that seems to be laid, so that the user (U) can enjoy the game while experiencing the dynamic movement with the visual transmission effect.

Therefore, the interest in the game can be maximized, and the user U can enjoy the game as if he or she is a player character in the game.

The suspension game simulation apparatus according to the present invention includes an upper frame fixed to a ceiling, a lower frame arranged at intervals below the upper frame and suspended in the air, and both ends pivoted to the upper and lower frames. The upper and lower frames are interconnected, and each actuator is expanded and contracted in accordance with an external signal and swings the lower frame in an arbitrary direction, a game machine mounted on the lower frame, a chair and a game machine mounted on the lower frame. According to the situation in the play of the actuator is made to include a control unit for transmitting a different stretching signal to interlock.

Therefore, the user can enjoy a three-dimensional game according to the content of the program input in the air suspended state, you can feel more realistic and thrilling, and the three-dimensional movement is applied in the air suspended state, especially in the case of flight simulation It is a device that can be felt as a lot of industrial applications.

Claims

An upper frame fixed to the ceiling;

A lower frame disposed at a lower side of the upper frame and suspended in the air;

A plurality of actuators pivotally supported at both ends of the upper and lower frames to interconnect the upper and lower frames, and each of the plurality of actuators that expand and contract the lower frame in an arbitrary direction according to an external signal;

A game machine mounted to the lower frame;

A chair mounted on the lower frame; And

And a control unit which transmits different expansion and contraction signals so that the respective actuators interlock according to the playing situation of the game machine.
The method according to claim 1,

The actuator is a suspension game simulation apparatus, characterized in that at least three positions in which the two are arranged in a V-shape at a predetermined angle interval.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the actuator,

A cylinder having an upper end pivoted in two axes in the upper frame;

A screw rotatably supported inside the cylinder;

A piston screwed to the screw and having a lower end pivoted to the lower frame;

Suspension type game simulation device, characterized in that provided with a motor for rotating the screw forward and backward in accordance with the signal of the control unit.
The method according to claim 1,

The game machine is a suspension game simulation device, characterized in that the monitor for the visual implementation according to the input program, the steering wheel and the pedal for the user's operation is provided.