JPH0310785Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a Go landing device, and more specifically, to a Go device that allows players living in remote locations to play against each other. The present invention relates to a Go stone landing device that lands stones on behalf of the player depending on the stone hitting position.

(Prior Art) Traditionally, in order to play Go between people living in remote areas, they had to rely on communication means such as postcards, telegrams, or telephones, and it took time and time to complete one game. Since it was a heavy financial burden and the procedure itself was troublesome, recently a remote Go game device using telephone lines and computers was introduced, and one example is described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 57-59578. The following devices can be mentioned.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, since this conventional example is a device that displays a Go board on a cathode ray tube and plays the game, and does not use an actual Go board surface, it lacks a sense of realism and reality. It was difficult to fully enjoy the atmosphere of the game. Therefore, the applicant for this utility model registration devised and filed an application for a remote-location Go game device that has an appearance that is hardly different from the actual Go board (Utility Model Application No. 118897-1983).
No., Jitsugan No. 142412). However, although these devices detect and display the opponent's stone hitting position, they are not equipped with a means for automatically landing a Go stone on behalf of the opponent at the stone hitting position.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a Go game device between remote locations, which is equipped with a means for detecting the opponent's stone hitting position and automatically landing a stone at that position on his/her behalf. It is in.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the device according to the present invention is capable of running parallel to either the column lines or the row lines forming a grid, and is capable of moving at each position of the lines. a handling unit that is equipped with an electromagnet that is arranged corresponding to and can be operated independently; a drive unit that can move the handling unit and stop it at each position on the other of the column lines and the row lines; A magazine that is located on an extension of either a column line or a row line and can hold a required number of Go stones made of magnetic material corresponding to each of the lines, and a magazine that sorts the Go stones for each column from the magazine and handles the Go stones as described above. The Go stone supply unit is equipped with a dividing unit that can transport the Go stones to a position where they can be picked up by the unit.

(Function) When the Go stones held in the magazine of the Go stone supply unit are sent out, the drive unit moves the handling unit to the Go stone suction position, the handling unit attracts the Go stones at this position, and the drive unit moves the Go stone to the stone striking position. When the handling unit is moved to this point, the electromagnet at the stone hitting position is demagnetized and the Go stones are dropped at the stone hitting position. In this way, the stone can be landed at a desired position.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, with reference to FIG. 1, the entire remote Go game system using the present device will be outlined.

This system consists of two Go devices 1 and 1'.
The devices each include a go board surface 2, 2' on which a predetermined number of intersections are formed, a plurality of Go stones 3, 3' to be hit at the intersection points, and a stone hitting position detector for detecting the hitting position. means 4, 4'; a stone placing device 5, 5' disposed near the Go board surface and placing Go stones at a position corresponding to the stone placing position of the opponent device; connected to the stone placing device 5, 5';
a drive circuit 6, 6' for operating it, a control unit 7, 7' connected to the stone striking intersection detection means 4, 4' and the drive circuit 6, 6' for controlling the operation of both means;
and external connection means 8, 8' such as an acoustic coupler for connecting both devices. Therefore, the control unit sends the output of the stone striking position detection means as stone striking position information to the other party's device via the external connection means, receives the information from the other party's device, and operates the stone placing device via the drive circuit. As a result, Go stones are automatically landed at corresponding positions on the Go board. As described above, each person living in a remote area has one of these devices, and after connecting with each other via external connection means and telephone lines, they can play games by transmitting and receiving stone hitting position information.

The gist of the present invention lies in the stone landing devices 5 and 5' in this remote Go game system, so hereafter, the second part will be explained.
This stone setting device will be specifically explained with reference to FIGS. 8 to 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, the stone setting device 5 is roughly divided into a Go stone supply unit 9, a drive unit 10, and a handling unit 12.

The required number of Go stone supply units 9 for each row line a (19 is preferable since there is no need to supply them).
Go stone on the other side (material that can be attracted by a magnet) 3
A magazine 11 holding Go stones is provided, and the Go stones are sent out one by one by a drive device. The handling unit 12 has 19 electromagnets 13 corresponding to each row line, and the electromagnets 13 magnetize and attract the Go stones sent out by the Go stone supply unit 9, and the drive unit 10 drives them. Transport it to the stone location and demagnetize it. In the embodiment, the column line a means a line extending from the magazine 11 toward its opposite end, and the row line b means a line perpendicular thereto.

Here, the electromagnet 13 to be activated and the drive unit 10 for moving the handling unit 12 to the stone striking position are controlled by the control unit 7 via the drive circuit 6.

As shown in FIG. 3, the device 5 has four legs 14 that also serve as mounting clamps, and the legs 14 are fixed to the squares of the Go board 24 by tightening leg seats 15 screwed onto the lower surfaces of the legs. It is designed so that it can be attached to a Go board.

As shown in FIG. 4, an L-shaped rail 16 and a U-shaped rail 17 are secured to the sides of the leg 14, and a gate-shaped handling unit 12 is provided between the rails 16 and 17. A roller 20 rolling on the rail 16 is pivoted to the lower end of one leg 19 of the gate-shaped frame 18 of the handling unit 12, and the U-shaped rail 17 is attached to the other leg 21.
A slide bearing 22 that fits with the rails 16 and 17 is attached so that the handling unit 12 can slide freely along both rails 16 and 17. Further, 19 electromagnets 13 are attached to the lower surface of the beam portion 23 of the gate-shaped frame 18 at positions facing each row line a of the go board surface 2, and each electromagnet 13 is connected to the drive circuit 6 so as to operate individually. .

A holding plate 25 extending downward is fixed to the leg portion 21, and the drive unit 1 is attached to the holding plate.
0 nut block 26 and a reed switch 27 for detecting row line positions on the Go board surface 2 are installed.

As shown in FIG. 5, both rails 1 of the leg 14
A base plate 28 is attached to the side surface orthogonal to the base plates 6 and 17, a handling unit traveling drive motor mounting bracket 29 is fixed to the base plate, and a bearing block 30 is further attached to the mounting bracket. Also, attach the bearing block 31 to the leg 14 on the opposite side, and connect both bearing blocks 30, 31.
Both ends of the screw shaft 32 are rotatably supported. One shaft end extends from the bearing block 30 and is connected via a coupling 34 to the output shaft of a travel drive motor 33 fixed to the mounting bracket 29. As shown in Figure 3,
A sensor plate 35 is provided parallel to the screw shaft 32 between the legs 14, 14, and the sensor plate 35 passes through the recess of the reed switch 27 without contacting the reed switch, as shown in FIG. Similarly, slits 36 are bored at positions corresponding to each row line b.

When the traveling drive motor 33 is rotated, the rotational movement of the screw shaft 32 is converted into linear movement by the nut block 26, and the handling unit 12 moves in the column direction, changing the position of the handling unit 12. can be determined by counting the number of slits 36 detected by the reed switch 27. Note that the conversion of the travel drive motor 33 into linear motion may be performed using a pulley wire method.

Next, we will discuss the configuration of the Go stone supply unit in the sixth section.
This will be explained with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG.

A motor support fitting 37 is attached to the base plate 28.
A Go stone delivery motor 38 having a vertical shaft center is attached to the support fitting 37, and a cylindrical grooved cam 40 is fitted to the output shaft 39 extending upward. A plate shaft 41 is fixed to the upper surface of the cylindrical grooved cam 40 concentrically with the cylindrical grooved cam, and is rotatably supported by a bearing 42 provided on the lower surface of the base plate 28. Further, a hole 43 concentric with the plate shaft 41 is bored in the base plate 28, and a roller 45 provided on the upper surface of the plate shaft 41 eccentrically from the rotation center via a pin 44 is made to protrude from the hole 43.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cylindrical groove cam 40, the plate shaft 4
1. One set of rollers 45 assemblies is provided adjacently and rotatably, and as shown in FIG. The grooved cams 40 are made to rotate synchronously.

A dividing plate 47 is disposed on the upper surface of the base plate 28, and is slidably sandwiched by the substrate 48 in the column line direction, that is, in the left and right directions in FIG. The dividing plate 47 is provided with a long rectangular window 49 in the row line direction in which the rollers 45 play, so that only the movement in the column line direction of the eccentric rotational movement of the roller 45 occurs on the dividing plate 47.
7. Further, the window 49 is closed by a lid 50, and the upper surface of the lid 50 is flush with the upper surface of the dividing plate 47. On the Go board side of the dividing plate 47, there is a plate located in an extension of the column line a and parallel to the row line b.
19 Go stone holding holes 51 are drilled. A guide hole 52 that coincides with the center of the holding hole 51 is formed in the base plate 28 at the stroke end position of the dividing plate 47 on the Go board side, and a push rod 53 is slidably fitted into each guide hole 52. . The push rods 53 have concave tips and are fixed to a bar 54 arranged parallel to the row line b, and the 19 push rods 53 move up and down as one. In addition, the two push rods 53' located near both ends of the push rods have their lower ends protruding from the bar 54, and the protruding portions are slidably fitted into guide fittings 55 attached to the base plate 28. .

As shown in FIG. 6, a cam groove 56 is cut into the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical grooved cam 40, and two cam followers 57, which are pivotally attached to the side surface of the bar 54, are fitted into the cam groove 56 so as to be able to roll freely. urge Further, a cam plate 58 is fixed to the upper surface of the cylindrical groove cam 40, and a limit switch 60 provided on the base plate 28 via a plate 59 is operated at the stroke end of the dividing plate 47 on the Go board side.

The magazine 11 described above is erected on the base plate 48, and has a cylindrical hole 61 for holding Go stones that matches the holding hole 51 at the retreating stroke end of the dividing plate 47. Further, a through hole is provided in the substrate 48 at a similar position.

Note that 62 is a cover for the Go stone supply unit 9 and the drive unit 10.

The operation of the Go stone striking device having the above configuration will be explained below.

In preparation, the magazine 11 is filled with the Go stones of the opponent.

First, in response to a command from the drive circuit 6, the travel drive motor 33 rotates to drive the handling unit 23.
is the Go stone adsorption position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in Figure 3)
It returns to the position and waits (this position is detected by the sensor plate 35 and reed switch 27).
Subsequently, the Go stone delivery motor 38 rotates, rotating the plate shaft 41 via the cylindrical grooved cam 40 and causing the roller 45 to rotate. The dividing plate 47 moves backward as the roller 45 rotates, and the holding hole 51 and the cylindrical hole 61 match at the end of the backward stroke, and the Go stones 3 fall and are held in the holding hole 51. When the Go stone sending motor 38 further rotates, the 19 holding holes 5
The dividing plate 47 moves forward while holding a Go stone at each of the Go stones. When the dividing plate 47 reaches the stroke end on the Go board side,
The cam plate 58 and the limit switch 60 engage to operate the limit switch 60, and the operation of the limit switch 60 stops the Go stone delivery motor 38. Dividing plate 4
At the stroke end on the Go board side of No. 7, the bar 54 is pushed up by the cam groove 56, and the entire push rod 5
3,53' rises with Go stones placed on it. The figure is drawn with the phase of the cam groove 56 shifted by 180 degrees to facilitate understanding of the shape of the article, etc.

In this state, when information on the opponent's stone hitting position is inputted via the external connection means 8, the control unit 7 controls the drive circuit 6 based on the information. That is, the electromagnet 13 in the row line corresponding to the input stone hitting position is energized and the Go stone 3 is attracted. Next, the traveling drive motor 33 is driven to move the handling unit 12 and stop it at the row line position corresponding to the stone hitting position, and then the electromagnet 13 is demagnetized and the Go stones 3
to fall. Therefore, this falling position is equal to the opponent's stone hitting position. The distance between the lower surface of the Go stones 3 and the Go board surface 2 when the electromagnet 13 attracts the Go stones 3 is equal to or more than the thickness of the Go stones 3.

When you hit a stone against the opponent's stone, the information is transmitted to the opponent's device, and the opponent's Go stone landing device also operates in the same way.

When one stone landing operation by this device is completed, the handling unit 12 returns to its original state. Although the Go stone 3 placed on the push rod 53 is missing only one spot, the Go stone delivery motor 38 rotates once each time the stone landing operation is completed. During one rotation of the Go stone sending motor 38, the push rod 53 descends, the Go stones 3 are again held in the holding holes 51 of the dividing plate 47, and the Go stones are moved backwards while holding the Go stones 3. At the end of the stroke on the backward side, the Go stones are missing. Go stones are replenished into the holding holes 51 at the locations where the holding holes 51 are moved, and when the dividing plate 47 moves forward, Go stones are held in all the holding holes 51. Therefore, when the push rods 53, 53' are raised again, Go stones are placed on all the push rods.

Therefore, the game progresses by repeating the above actions, and the opponent's Go stones are automatically landed at the opponent's stone-hitting position, so it is a realistic game that is almost the same as actually playing the game face-to-face. You can experience the feeling and the actual feeling.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 12.

As shown in the figure, this second embodiment is equipped with a magazine rack 65 having 19 slanted grooves 66, along which the Go stones are slid down and fed. The drive unit 10 for moving the handling unit 12 has the same structure as in the embodiment described above, so a description thereof will be omitted here. Further, the same members as those shown in the above embodiments are given the same reference numerals.

Therefore, the main difference, which is the Go stone supply unit, will be explained below. In the second embodiment, the supply unit has a magazine rack sliding plate 67 and an upper plate 68 that form a gap through which the Go stones 3 can slide down in a line. Further, between the Go stones, partitions are provided to serve as guides, forming grooves 66 (FIG. 12). Said sliding plate 6
The lower end of 7 is a horizontal apron 6 that continues to the Go board surface.
9 and the apron 69 to the push rod 5.
The 19 push rods are integrated by a bar 54 and biased downward by a spring 74. A stopper 70 is fixed to the apron 69 so that the sliding Go stones 3 are stopped at a position that coincides with the center of the push rods 53, 53'. A Go stone dividing unit 7 is located upstream adjacent to the apron 69.
1 will be provided.

Inverted T-shaped end blocks 72 are fixed to both width end positions of the sliding plate 67, push plates 73 are attached to both sides of the end blocks 72, and the end blocks 72 and push plates 73 are fixed.
A pair of slide beams 75 and 76 facing each other are slidably sandwiched between them. Both slide beams 75,7
Two pins 77 and 78 are implanted in each groove 66 to be inserted between the Go stones, and both slide beams 75 and 76 are urged downward by a spring 79. Both slide beams 75, 76
Brackets 80 and 81 are attached to the bottom surfaces of the brackets 80 and 81, respectively, and cams 8 (described later) are attached to the tips of the brackets 80 and 81.
Cam followers 84 and 85 are rotatably provided in contact with cam followers 8 and 89 (FIG. 11).

A shaft 87 is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 48 via a bearing unit 86, and sorting cams 88, 89 and push-up cams 90 are respectively fitted to the shaft, and the cam followers 84, 85 are fitted to the sorting cams 88, 89. Let me touch you. Further, a support metal fitting 91 is provided on the board 48, and a lever 92 is attached to the support metal fitting 91.
is pivoted. The tip of the lever 92 is engaged with the lower surface of the bar 54, and the cam follower 93 is inserted in the middle.
is provided and brought into contact with the push-up cam 90. The sorting cams 88 and 89 have the same shape and are fixed with a phase difference of 180 degrees.

A sprocket 97 is fitted onto the shaft 87 and connected to a sprocket 95 fixed to a sorting motor 94 provided on the lower surface of the board 48 through a chain 96.

The rotational position of the shaft 87 can be detected by a limit switch (not shown).

Next, the operation of individually sending out the Go stones 3 in the above configuration will be explained.

When the sorting motor 94 rotates, the shaft 87 rotates via the sprocket 95, chain 96, and sprocket 97, and as the shaft 87 rotates, the sorting cams 88, 89 and the push-up cam 90 rotate.

As these cams rotate, the slide beam 75 on the downstream side (on the Go board side) rises, and the pin 77 blocks the Go stones 3, and the slide beam 76 descends, causing the pin 78 to escape from the groove 66. When the cam further rotates, the slide beam 76 rises while the slide beam 75 remains in the raised position, and the pin 79 becomes in a state where it blocks the Go stones 3 (the state shown in Fig. 10), and then the slide beam 75 descends. When the pin 77 escapes from the groove 66, the lowest row of Go stones 3 slides and stops at the position determined by the stopper 70.

When the cam rotates further, the slide beam 75
rises, and when the pin 77 protrudes into the groove 66, the slide beam 76 descends, the pin 78 escapes from the groove 66, and the entire Go stones fall to the upstream side.

The above operation completes the individual feeding of the Go stones, but the lever 92 tilts in approximately synchronization with the descent of the slide beam 76 and pushes up the bar 54, pushing the push rod 5
3,53' rises with Go stone 3 placed on it.
At the completion of this upward movement, a limit switch (not shown) is activated to stop the sorting motor 94. The subsequent operation of hitting the Go stones is substantially the same as in the embodiment described above, and will therefore be omitted.

In the above embodiment, the handling unit runs parallel to the column lines, but it is of course possible to run the handling unit parallel to the row lines.

(Effects of the invention) As described above, according to the invention, it is possible to play a game between people living in remote areas using an actual Go board or a Go board with an appearance that is almost the same as an actual Go board, and it is possible to play against the opponent's device. Since the stone position is detected and stones are landed on behalf of the player at the position, the player can enjoy the game while enjoying the sense of presence and reality that is almost the same as actually playing the game sitting face to face.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a Go system between remote locations incorporating a stone landing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the stone landing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the device. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a partial plan view of the device, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line taken from FIG. 5, FIG. is a sectional view taken along the line in FIG. 3, FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line taken in FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along the line XI-XI in FIG. , 12th
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line XII-XII in FIG. 10. 3... Go stones, 5... Go stone landing device, 9... Go stone supply unit, 10... Drive unit, 11...
Magazine, 12...Handling unit, 13
...Electromagnet, 47,71...Dividing unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] a. Equipped with electromagnets that can freely run parallel to either the column lines or row lines forming a grid, and are arranged corresponding to each position of the lines and can be operated independently. a handling unit; b) a drive unit capable of driving the handling unit and stopping it at each position on the other of the column lines and row lines; c) located on an extension of either the column line or the row line; It is equipped with a magazine capable of holding a required number of Go stones made of magnetic material corresponding to each of the lines, and a dividing unit capable of sorting the Go stones from the magazine one row at a time and transporting the Go stones to a position where they can be picked up by the handling unit. A Go stone supply device comprising: a Go stone supply unit; and a Go stone supply unit.