JPH0889660A - Game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a key holder catcher game device optimum for a business game machine used in a game parlor or the like by driving a depthwise direction travel means from a position determined with an input means for moving a holding means toward a held member. CONSTITUTION: A horizontal travel switch 810 is pressed to move a holding means 300 in a horizontal direction (X-axis direction), thereby determining the X-coordinates of the holding means 300 at a position along the X-axis where a desired key holder 2000 is existing. Thereafter, a vertical travel switch 820 is pressed to move the holding means 300 along a vertical direction (Z-axis direction), thereby determining the Z-coordinates of the means 300 at a position along the Z-axis where the key holder 2000 is lying. Then, a control means actuates a depthwise direction drive means, thereby causing the means 300 to move in a depthwise direction. When the sensor means of the means 300 confirms the entry of the key holder 2000 within a pair of hand sections 310, the control means stops the operation of the depthwise direction drive means and causes the hand sections 310 to close.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine, and more particularly to a key chain catcher game machine most suitable for an arcade game machine used in a game center or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a business game, there has been a catcher game machine in which prizes such as dolls and confections are stored in a game machine main body, and these prizes are lifted and played.

Especially in recent years, there has been an explosive boom in prize dolls, and it has become a popular game machine in game arcades.

[0004]

However, most of the prizes of the above-mentioned catcher game machine are dolls and sweets,
There is a problem that it is not possible to use prizes such as key chains, it is not possible to diversify prizes, and it is difficult to gain permanent popularity.

Further, in the conventional catcher game, the user is generally configured to perform positioning on a plane (on the XY plane), and the user does not operate in the up and down direction, which is a visual method. However, there was a problem that it lacked novelty.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of the above problems, and includes a game apparatus main body, and locking means formed in the game apparatus main body for suspending a grasped component. Gripping means for gripping the gripped member,
Horizontal movement means for moving the gripping means in the horizontal direction (X direction), depth direction moving means for moving the gripping means in the depth direction (Y direction), and vertical movement of the gripping means (Z direction). Direction), and an input unit for inputting the user's intention and starting and stopping the horizontal direction moving unit and the vertical direction moving unit. By driving the depth direction moving means from the position determined by the means, the holding means can be moved toward the held member.

Further, according to the present invention, the gripping means has a pair of hand parts, a hand driving means for opening and closing the hand parts, and a sensor means for detecting that a member to be gripped enters the pair of hand parts. The hand driving means may be driven based on the detection signal of the sensor means to close the hand portion.

Further, according to the present invention, the gripping means has a pair of hand parts, a hand driving means for opening and closing the hand parts, and a sensor means for detecting that a member to be gripped enters the pair of hand parts. According to the detection signal of the sensor means, the driving of the depth direction moving means may be stopped and the hand driving means may be driven to close the hand portion.

According to the present invention, there is provided a game apparatus main body, a plurality of locking means formed in the game apparatus main body for suspending a grasped part, and a grasping means for grasping the grasped member. A horizontal moving means for moving the gripping means in the horizontal direction (X direction) from the initial position; a depth direction moving means for moving the gripping means in the depth direction (Y direction); Vertical moving means for moving the means in the vertical direction (Z direction) from the initial position, control means for controlling and driving the horizontal moving means, the depth moving means, and the vertical moving means, The gripping means comprises a pair of hand parts, a hand driving means for opening and closing the hand parts, and a pair of hand parts in the pair of hand parts. Comprised of a sensor means for detecting the entry of the grasped member, by inputting to the input means, after driving the horizontal movement means and the vertical movement means to determine the position of the grasping means, The depth direction moving means is activated, and the control means stops the driving of the depth direction moving means based on the detection signal of the sensor means, drives the hand driving means, and closes the hand part. Further, the control means is configured to return the gripping means to the initial position and drive the hand driving means to open the hand portion.

Further, according to the present invention, the member to be grasped may be a key holder.

[0011]

According to the present invention configured as described above, the locking means for suspending the grasped part is formed in the game apparatus main body, the grasping means grasps the grasped member, and the horizontal moving means grasps. The device is moved in the horizontal direction (X direction), the depth moving device moves the gripping device in the depth direction (Y direction), and the vertical moving device moves the gripping device in the vertical direction (Z direction). Input means to input the intention of the person
By starting and stopping the horizontal direction moving means and the vertical direction moving means and driving the depth direction moving means from the position determined by the input means, the gripping means can be moved toward the gripped member. .

According to the present invention, the hand driving means opens and closes the pair of hand portions, the sensor means detects that the grasped member enters the pair of hand portions, and the hand driving means is detected based on the detection signal of the sensor means. Can also close the hand part.

Further, according to the present invention, the driving of the depth direction moving means can be stopped and the hand driving means can close the hand portion based on the detection signal of the sensor means.

Further, according to the present invention, locking means for suspending the grasped part is formed in the game apparatus main body, the grasping means grasps the grasped member, and the horizontal moving means horizontally moves the grasping means from the initial position. Direction (X direction), the depth direction moving means moves the gripping means from the initial position to the depth direction (Y direction), and the vertical direction moving means moves the gripping means from the initial position to the vertical direction (Z direction). And the control means
The horizontal moving means, the depth moving means, and the vertical moving means are controlled and driven, and the input means inputs the intention of the user. The hand driving means opens and closes the pair of hand parts, and the sensor means. Detects that a member to be gripped enters the pair of hand parts and inputs the input means to drive the horizontal movement means and the vertical movement means to determine the position of the gripping means, and then the depth direction movement means. The control means stops the driving of the depth direction moving means based on the detection signal of the sensor means, the hand driving means closes the hand portion, and the control means returns the gripping means to the initial position. At the same time, the hand driving means opens the hand part.

Further, according to the present invention, the member to be grasped may be a key holder.

[0016]

【Example】

An embodiment of the game device 1000 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the game apparatus 1000 of this embodiment has a plurality of locking means 20 for suspending the game apparatus main body 100 and the key holder 2000.
0, 200, ..., Holding means 300 for holding the key holder 2000, and horizontal driving means 400 for moving the holding means 300 in the X direction from the initial position,
Depth drive means 500 for moving the gripping means 300 in the Y direction from the initial position, and vertical movement means 600 for moving the gripping means 300 in the Z direction from the initial position.
And a control means 7 for controlling and driving the horizontal drive means 400, the depth drive means 500, and the vertical movement means 600.
00 and an input means 800 for inputting the intention of the user
It consists of and.

A glass plate 110 is formed on the front surface of the game apparatus body 100, so that the user can recognize the key holder 2000, the grip means 300, etc. in the game apparatus body 100.

The game device 1000 of this embodiment has two game devices built in parallel and can be used by two users at the same time. It is to be noted that the present invention is not limited to the type in which two units are built in parallel, and it is also possible to provide one unit alone or three or more units in parallel.

The key holder 2000 corresponds to a member to be grasped and has an appropriate design. However, it is necessary that the key holder 2000 be able to be hung on the locking means 200 by a ring 2100 or the like.

The locking means 200, 200, ... Are for suspending the key holder 2000, and in this embodiment, they are bar members fixed in the depth direction. An appropriate number of key chains 20 can be attached to the locking means 200.
00 is hung.

The grip means 300 is a key chain 2000.
For holding the pair of hand parts 310, 31
0, a hand driving means 320 for opening and closing the hand parts 310, 310, and a pair of hand parts 310, 31.
It is composed of a sensor means 330 for detecting the entry of the key chain 2000 into the 0.

The pair of hand parts 310 and 310 are for holding the key holder 2000, and the hand driving means 320 is for opening and closing the hand parts 310 and 310 to hold and drop the key holder 2000. It is a thing. Hand drive means 320 of this embodiment
The hand unit 310,
The hand portion 310, 3 is urged in the direction to close the 310.
By forming a cam or the like in contact with 10, and rotating the cam or the like by a motor or the like, the hand portions 310, 310
Is configured to open against the elastic restoring force of an elastic member or the like.

The hand driving means 320 is not limited to the above embodiment, but the hand parts 310, 310.
Any mechanism can be adopted as long as it can open and close.

The sensor means 330 comprises a pair of hand parts 3
This is a sensor for detecting the entry of the key holder 2000 into the 10, 310, and a transmissive interrupter is adopted in this embodiment. Note that the sensor unit 330 is not limited to the transmissive interrupter, and any sensor such as an optical sensor or a contact sensor that can detect the key holder 2000 can be used.
The sensor means 330 can be formed at any position of the grip means 300 as long as the key holder 2000 can detect the position.

The horizontal driving means 400 is for moving the gripping means 300 from the initial position in the X direction. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the first motor 420 is driven on the horizontal rail 410. It is configured to move in the horizontal direction (X direction) by force. The horizontal drive means 400
Can use any mechanism as long as it can move the gripping means 300 in the X direction.

The depth driving means 500 is a gripping means 300.
To move in the Y direction from the initial position,
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, an appropriate slide mechanism is driven by the second motor 510 to move the gripping means 300 back and forth. The depth drive means 500
Can use any slide mechanism as long as the gripping means 300 can be moved in the Y direction.

The vertical moving means 600 comprises the holding means 30.
0 is to move from the initial position in the Z direction, and in this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The vertical rail 610 is provided with the gripping means 3
The horizontal rail 410 on which 00 is placed is configured to be movable in the vertical direction, and the driving force of the third motor 620 is applied to the belt 630.
The gripping means 300 can be moved in the vertical direction by transmitting the horizontal rail 410 via the. In addition,
As the vertical movement means 600, any mechanism can be adopted as long as it can move the gripping means 300 in the Z direction.

The control means 700 is for controlling and driving the horizontal drive means 400, the depth drive means 500 and the vertical movement means 600. Based on the input from the input means 800, the horizontal drive means 400 and the vertical movement means 6
00 to drive the gripping means 300 from the initial position to a position on the XZ plane desired by the user. Then, the control unit 700 drives the depth driving unit 500 to move the gripping unit 300 in the depth direction (Y direction), and stops the movement according to the output signal of the sensor unit 330. Further, the control means 700 drives the hand drive means 320 to close the hand parts 310, 310, and then drives the horizontal drive means 400, the vertical movement means 600, and the depth drive means 500 to move the gripping means 300 to the initial position. In addition, the hand drive means 320 is driven to open the hand parts 310, 310.

The input means 800 is for inputting the intention of the user, and comprises a horizontal movement switch 810 and a vertical movement switch 820.

The horizontal movement switch 810 is for driving the horizontal drive means 400, and in this embodiment, the control means 700 drives the horizontal drive means 400 based on the pressing of the horizontal movement switch 810 by the user. , Desired X
The gripping means 300 can be positioned in a directional position.

The vertical movement switch 820 is for driving the vertical movement means 600, and in this embodiment, the control means 700 is controlled by the vertical movement switch 820 by the user's pressing of the vertical movement switch 820. The gripping means 300 can be positioned at a desired position in the Z direction by driving 600.

The operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4.

First, when the user inserts a coin from the coin insertion slot of the game apparatus body 100, the coin detecting means 9
00 recognizes the coin and sends a game start signal to the control means 700 to start the game. The coin detecting means 9
00 can be appropriately changed to correspond to a prepaid card or the like.

The user is in charge of the locking means 200, 200 ...
・ Key chains 2000, 200 suspended from
... A desired key ring 2000 is selected from among 0... And the game is started so that the gripper 300 can obtain the desired key ring 2000.

First, by pushing the horizontal movement switch 810,
The gripping means 300 is moved in the horizontal direction (X direction), the hand is released from the horizontal movement switch 810 at the position of the desired key holder 2000 in the X direction, and the X coordinate of the gripping means 300 is positioned.

Next, the vertical movement switch 820 is pressed to move the gripping means 300 in the vertical direction (Z direction),
At the desired position of the key chain 2000 in the Z direction, release the hand from the vertical movement switch 820 and hold the gripping means 30.
Position the Z coordinate of 0.

It is also possible to operate the horizontal movement switch 810 after operating the vertical movement switch 820, and the vertical movement switch 820 and the vertical movement switch 820 can be driven only when pressed. As a configuration, the grip means 300 can be moved intermittently.

Since the position of the gripping means 300 on the XZ plane has been determined, the control means 700 drives the depth driving means 500 to move the gripping means 300 in the depth direction.

Then, the sensor means 3 of the gripping means 300
When the 30 recognizes that the key holder 2000 has been inserted into the pair of hand parts 310, 310, the control means 700
However, the driving of the depth driving means 500 is stopped, and further, the hand driving means 320 is driven to cause the hand units 310, 310.
To close.

At this time, the user's horizontal movement switch 810
If the operation of the vertical movement switch 820 is appropriate and the position of the holding means 300 on the XZ plane is correct, the pair of hand parts 310, 310 can hold the key holder 2000. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the body of the doll of the key holder 2000 can be securely held.

When the user's operation of the horizontal movement switch 810 and the vertical movement switch 820 is inappropriate, the key holder 20 is operated by the pair of hand portions 310, 310.
00 cannot be gripped. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, the doll's body of the key holder 2000 cannot be gripped. Further, when the positioning in the X direction is incorrect, the key holder 2000 cannot be held at all, as shown in FIG.

The control means 700 is the horizontal drive means 4
00, depth driving means 500, and vertical movement means 600
Are controlled and driven, the gripping means 300 is returned to the initial position, and the hand driving means 320 is further driven to open the hand parts 310, 310. When the key holder 2000 is gripped by the grip means 300, the key holder 2000 falls. Game device body 100
By forming an appropriate prize discharging portion below the initial position of the key holder 2000, the key holder 2000 can be discharged to the outside.

The member to be gripped is the key chain 2000.
The present invention can be applied not only to gifts such as amulets, toys, and confectionery.

[0046]

According to the present invention configured as described above, a game apparatus main body, a locking means formed in the game apparatus main body for suspending a grasped component, and a grasping member to be grasped. The gripping means, the horizontal moving means for moving the gripping means in the horizontal direction (X direction), the depth direction moving means for moving the gripping means in the depth direction (Y direction), and the gripping means. It is composed of vertical moving means for moving in the vertical direction (Z direction), and input means for inputting the user's intention and starting and stopping the horizontal moving means and the vertical moving means. By driving the depth direction moving means from the position determined by the input means, the gripping means can be moved toward the gripped member. Can be used, it is possible to diversify the prize, there is an effect that it is possible to obtain a lasting popularity.

Further, unlike the conventional catcher game, the user can operate in the up and down direction, and it is possible to provide a game device which is visually novel, has high added value, and is full of interest. effective.

[0048]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a game device 1000 of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a game device 1000 of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a drive mechanism of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the movement of the gripping means of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a case where the key chain 2000 is successfully acquired in the game of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a case where acquisition of the key chain 2000 fails in the game of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a case where acquisition of the key chain 2000 fails in the game of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1000 game device 2000 key holder 100 game device main body 200 locking means 300 gripping means 310 hand part 320 hand driving means 330 sensor means 400 horizontal driving means 420 first motor 500 depth driving means 510 second motor 600 vertical moving means 620 Third motor 700 Control means 800 Input means 810 Horizontal movement switch 820 Vertical movement switch 900 Coin detection means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A game apparatus main body, a locking means formed in the game apparatus main body for hanging a gripped component, a gripping means for gripping the gripped member, and a horizontal gripping means. Horizontal movement means for moving in the direction (X direction) and the gripping means in the depth direction (Y direction)
Depth moving means for moving the gripping means in the vertical direction (Z direction), and vertical moving means for moving the gripping means in the vertical direction (Z direction). And the input means for starting and stopping the means, and the gripping means can be moved toward the gripped member by driving the depth direction moving means from the position determined by the input means. Game device configured in. 2. The gripping means comprises a pair of hand parts, a hand driving means for opening and closing the hand parts, and a sensor means for detecting entry of a gripped member into the pair of hand parts. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hand driving means is driven based on a detection signal of the sensor means, and the hand portion is closed. 3. The gripping means comprises a pair of hand parts, a hand driving means for opening and closing the hand parts, and a sensor means for detecting entry of a gripped member into the pair of hand parts. , Based on the detection signal of the sensor means, while stopping the drive of the depth direction moving means,
The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device is configured to drive the hand driving means to close the hand portion. 4. A game apparatus main body, a plurality of locking means formed in the game apparatus main body for suspending a grasped part, a grasping means for grasping the grasped member, and the grasping means. Horizontal movement means for moving the gripping means in the horizontal direction (X direction) from the initial position, depth movement means for moving the gripping means in the depth direction (Y direction), and the gripping means as the initial position. Vertical movement means for moving in the vertical direction (Z direction) from the position, control means for controlling and driving the horizontal movement means, the depth direction movement means, and the vertical movement means, and a user's The gripping means includes a pair of hand parts, a hand driving means for opening and closing the hand parts, and a member to be gripped in the pair of hand parts. The horizontal direction moving means and the vertical direction moving means are driven by the input to the input means to determine the position of the gripping means, and then the depth direction moving means. And the control means stops driving of the depth direction moving means based on the detection signal of the sensor means, drives the hand driving means, and closes the hand portion, Further, the control unit is configured to return the gripping unit to the initial position and drive the hand driving unit to open the hand unit. 5. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the grasped member is a key chain.