JPH06277366A - Steering handle vibration device for vehicle driving simulator - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Object] In the present invention, for example, in a vehicle driving simulator such as a driving game machine, the steering handle is subjected to longitudinal vibration to give the driver a sensation equivalent to that of actual vehicle driving. (EN) Provided is a steering handle vibrating device which can be operated. [Structure] A motor is provided in front of the base 7 of the car driving game machine 1.
10 is installed, a sliding body 11 is placed above the base 7, and elongated guide elongated holes 12 are provided at the bottom of the sliding body 11 at the front and rear, and at four positions on the left and right. A washer 15 is fitted to a bolt 14 penetrating upward from the lower part of the base 7 through the hole 13 and the elongated guide hole 12, and a nut 16 is screwed onto the upper part thereof. , A bolt 14, a washer 15 and a nut 16 constitute a front-rear reciprocating guide mechanism, a projecting piece 17 is integrally mounted on the upper surface of the front part of the sliding body 11, and a link 20 is provided on an eccentric shaft 19 which is integral with the rotary shaft 18 of the motor 10. One end of the link 20 is pivotally supported and the other end of the link 20 is pivotally attached to the projecting piece 17, and when the rotating shaft 18 of the motor 10 rotates, the sliding body 11
Is reciprocated back and forth.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY In the present invention, for example, in a vehicle driving simulator such as a driving game machine, it is possible to give the driver a feeling equivalent to that of actual vehicle driving by applying vibration in the front-rear direction to the steering wheel. The present invention relates to a steering handle vibration device that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional vehicle driving simulator, a steering wheel is subjected to left-right vibration.

[0003]

[Problem to be Solved] Phenomenon in which the steering wheel vibrates in the front-rear direction due to a larger variation in the front-rear direction resistance due to the unevenness of the road surface than the phenomenon that the steering wheel vibrates in the left-right direction when the vehicle actually travels. In the conventional vehicle driving simulator, a feeling different from the actual driving is given.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement of a vehicle driving simulator which overcomes the above-mentioned problems, and in a vehicle driving simulator having a steering wheel,
A base, a prime mover installed on the base, a sliding body that is reciprocally movable in the front-rear direction, and a pivotally supported by the sliding body around a pivot axis along the front-rear vertical plane. The steering wheel and the front-reciprocating reciprocating drive mechanism for reciprocating the sliding body in the front-rear direction by the rotational force of the prime mover.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, when the prime mover is in the operating state, the power of the prime mover is transmitted to the slide body through the forward-backward reciprocating mechanism, and the slide body moves forward and backward. When the steering wheel is reciprocally driven, vibration in the front-rear direction is applied to the steering wheel, so that the driver can experience a driving feeling similar to actual driving.

Further, according to the present invention, since the sliding body pivotally supporting the steering wheel can reciprocate in the front-rear direction, the turning shaft of the steering wheel does not swing and the driving feeling is closer to the actual driving feeling. A feeling can be given to the driver.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The illustrated embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a car driving game machine will be described below. Car driving game machine 1
Is a steering mechanism 2, a CRT 3 that displays a road surface and a background that change according to the operation of the steering mechanism 2, and the steering mechanism 2
And a driver's seat 4 disposed opposite to the rear surface of the CRT 3
A player (not shown) can sit on the driver's seat 4 and operate the steering wheel 5 of the steering mechanism 2.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, etc. are also provided, and the degree of change of the road surface and background displayed on the CRT 3 can be adjusted by operating these pedals. There is.

Further, in front of the operating mechanism 4, a base 7 is integrally attached to the instrument bottom plate 6 along the horizontal direction, and an instrument panel 8 is stretched on the surface of the base 7, and the instrument panel 8 is attached to the instrument panel 8. Is
Start button switch 9 and other instruments (not shown)
Is attached.

Further, in front of the base 7, a motor 10 of 400 γpm
Is installed, and the sliding body 11 is placed above the base 7,
Long and narrow guide slots 12 are provided at the bottom of the sliding body 11 at the front and rear and four locations on the left and right, and the holes 13 of the base 7 and the guide slots 12 are provided.
A washer 15 is fitted to a bolt 14 penetrating upward from the lower part of the base 7 and a nut 16 is screwed onto the upper part thereof. These guide elongated holes 12, holes 13, bolts 14, washers 15 and The nut 16 constitutes a front-back reciprocating guide mechanism.

Further, a projecting piece 17 is integrally mounted on the upper surface of the front part of the sliding body 11, and an eccentric shaft 19 integral with a rotary shaft 18 of the motor 10
One end of the link 20 is pivotally supported, and the other end of the link 20 is pivotally attached to the projecting piece 17, so that when the rotating shaft 18 of the motor 10 rotates, the sliding body 11 reciprocates back and forth. Has become.

Further, a pivot support 21 is integrally provided on the sliding body 11, and a handle shaft 22 is pivotally supported by the pivot support 21 so as to be pivotable in the front-rear horizontal direction. The steering handle 5 is integrally attached to the steering handle 5 and the sliding body.
A steering reaction force mechanism 23, which tries to return the steering wheel 5 to the neutral direction in correspondence with the turning angle of the steering wheel 5, is provided at 11.

Then, the motor 10 operates the start button switch 9 to turn on until a predetermined play time elapses,
It is designed to rotate at a constant rotation speed.

Since the illustrated embodiment is constructed as described above, when the start button switch 9 is turned on and the steering handle 5 and the accelerator pedal (not shown), the brake pedal, the shift lever and the like are appropriately operated, this The road surface and the background corresponding to the operation are displayed on the CRT 3, and the rotation of the motor 10 causes the sliding body 11 and the steering handle 5 to reciprocate back and forth. Since the steering handlebar 5 vibrates in the front-rear direction as described above, a sense of realism different from the conventional one can be obtained.

In the above-described embodiment, the handle shaft 22 is oriented in the rear horizontal direction, but it may be oriented obliquely rearward and upward.

In the above embodiment, the rotation shaft 18 of the motor 10 is rotated at a constant rotation speed of 400 rotations per minute, but the rotation speed of the motor 10 corresponds to the depression amount of the accelerator pedal (not shown). To increase the motor
The rotation speed of 10 may be increased, and if configured in this way, a driving sensation closer to that of an actual machine can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vehicle driving simulator including a steering handle vibration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of an essential part illustrating an embodiment of the steering handle vibrating device of the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional plan view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Car driving game machine, 2 ... Steering mechanism, 3 ... CRT, 4
… Driver's seat, 5… Steering wheel, 6… Instrument bottom plate, 7…
Base, 8 ... Instrument panel, 9 ... Start button switch,
10 ... Motor, 11 ... Sliding body, 12 ... Guide long hole, 13 ... Hole, 14
… Bolts, 15… washers, 16… nuts, 17… projections, 18…
Rotating shaft, 19 ... Eccentric shaft, 20 ... Link, 21 ... Pivot body, 22 ... Handle shaft, 23 ... Steering reaction force mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle driving simulator equipped with a steering wheel, a base, a prime mover installed on the base, a sliding body reciprocally movable in the front-rear direction, and a front-rear vertical plane. And a steering handle pivotally supported by the sliding body about a turning axis, and a front-back reciprocating drive mechanism for reciprocating the sliding body in the front-rear direction by the rotational force of the prime mover. A steering handle vibration device for a vehicle driving simulator.