JPH09218736A - Remote operation transmission controller - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [PROBLEMS] To provide a control pad for a dome type screen that is hung on a ceiling. A remote control transmission controller according to the present invention comprises:
An operation button which is held and operated by an operator and which controls at least a part of an image displayed on an image display means according to the operation of the operator, and which is operated by a finger of the operator. And a transmitter that emits a wireless signal according to an operation state of the operator on the operation button, the transmitter being provided on a surface on which the operation button is arranged. Further, it is more preferable that the transmitter is provided so as to project from the surface on which the operation button is arranged.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a controller useful when a video game machine is used by using image display means at a remote position such as a dome type screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally commercially available video game machines have a controller such as a control pad operated by a player connected to the main body of the video game machine via a communication line. Then, the player only faces the TV monitor and operates the controller.

By the way, as a new game mode, a dome-shaped screen is hung from the ceiling and a game is played while a three-dimensional full screen is reproduced from below by a projector or the like, or an educational computer program is executed. Is proposed. For example, dome type screens have been proposed in JP-A-7-59945 and JP-A-7-64042.

[0004]

In a game or the like using such a hemispherical screen, the operator must operate the control pad while changing the direction in all directions. A control pad that is connected to the main body of a game machine via a communication line may be tangled with the communication line, which is an obstacle to the operator and lacks controllability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a controller having good operability for an operator who changes the orientation in all directions with respect to a game machine using a hemispherical type or dome type screen as described above. It is in.

[0006]

According to the present invention, at least a part of an image which is held and operated by an operator and which is displayed on an image display means in response to the operation of the operator. A controller for controlling the operation button, comprising: an operation button operated by the operator's finger; and a transmission section for transmitting a wireless signal according to an operation state of the operation button by the operator, the transmission section comprising: This is achieved by providing a controller for remote operation transmission, which is characterized in that it is provided on the surface on which the operation buttons are arranged. In addition, the transmitter is
It is further desirable that it is provided so as to project from the surface on which the operation button is arranged.

The operation buttons typically include a cross button for operating the movement of the cursor position on the screen and round A, B, C, X, Y, Z buttons. Generally, such a controller is held in such a manner that an operator holds it with both hands and pushes each button with his / her thumb. Therefore, by providing a transmitter that projects a radio signal by protruding above the upper surface of the controller provided with the respective operation buttons,
As a result, reliable transmission can be performed and control can be performed with good operability to a receiver provided near the dome-shaped screen that is hung from the ceiling. Further, since the transmitter of the wireless signal such as infrared light is provided so as to project from the upper surface of the controller, it is possible to prevent the transmitter from being covered by the player's finger.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, it is obvious that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to such embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the relationship between the dome type screen and the controller. In the dome type screen, a hemispherical screen 2 is generally hung from the ceiling 1. The screen is composed of a plurality of tension wires 4 and a cloth 2 which becomes the screen. In order to display an image on the hemispherical screen 2, a progenter 9 having a fisheye lens 10 connected to the game main body 8 is arranged below the screen 2. The operator or the player operates the buttons and the like of the wireless controller 11 while looking up at the screen from below the screen 2. Wireless signals such as infrared rays from the controller 11 are normally sent to the screen 2
The light is received by the light receiving unit 5 provided at the top of the. This is because if the player is at the top of the screen, the player can effectively receive the control signal from any place below the screen.

The control signal received by the light receiving section 5 is input to the reception signal processing section 7 through the wired signal line 6 and further transmitted to the game machine body 8.

FIG. 2 is a schematic external view of the controller 11 which is optimal for such a dome type screen. The controller 11 according to the present invention has an upper surface 15 and a lower surface 16, and a cross button 12 for moving a cursor or the like on the screen vertically and horizontally on the upper surface 15 side, and X, Y, Z, A ,.
B and C buttons 14 are provided. Then, the operator holds the controller 11 with both hands and presses various buttons with both thumbs to control the game and the like. The upper surface on which the buttons 12 and 14 are provided has a protrusion 17, and the top surface 18 thereof is configured to output, for example, the infrared IR of the infrared light emitting element.

Therefore, the operator or the player presses the button while holding the controller with both hands as described above,
The operation signal light is output from the light emitting surface 18 toward the light receiving portion 5 provided in the central portion of the screen 2. With such a structure, the operator located below the screen 2
Regardless of the direction of 360 degrees, by slightly tilting the light emitting surface 18 toward the light receiving portion 5 in the central portion of the screen 2, an operation signal can be sent and the operability becomes very good. . The light emitting surface 18 may have a structure in which the light emitting surface 18 is not vertically upward with respect to the upper surface 15 but is slightly inclined forward.

Further, since the light emitting surface 18 is provided on the upper surface of the protruding portion 17, the operator mistakenly uses the finger to emit the light emitting surface 18.
It won't cover up.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the controller 11 and the receiving section. The signal processing on the controller 11 side is mainly performed by the parallel / serial encoder 20.
In the encoder 20, a signal indicating whether or not each of the operation buttons 12 and 14 has been pressed is provided to the shift register 2
Loaded to 1. At the same time, the start bit from the start bit generator 22 and the dummy bit from the dummy bit generator 23 are loaded into the shift register 21.
Therefore, the start bit is inserted in the first part of the control signal sequence, and the dummy bit is inserted as appropriate. Then, the control signal sequence of such button operation is
It is modulated at a predetermined timing and a predetermined pulse width.
M1 and M2 are modulation control signals therefor. And
The infrared light emitting element 25 emits a signal train modulated according to a certain rule. If a plurality of controllers are simultaneously used under one screen, modulation is performed so that each controller can be distinguished.

In the light receiving section 5 provided in the center of the screen 2, the transmitted serial signal train is converted into an electric signal and supplied to the reception signal processing section 7 via the cable 6. The reception signal processing unit 7 has a function of a serial / parallel encoder. First, the demodulator 32 demodulates a serially transmitted signal sequence, and the demodulated serial signal is supplied from the shift register 33 to the game machine body 8 in parallel. From the shift register 33, for example, the operation signal sequence is fetched once per frame.

Regarding the method of modulating / demodulating the operation signal, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 7-31 filed by the same applicant.
Since it is described in detail in 5506, it will not be described in detail here.

[0017]

As described above, since the controller 11 of the present invention has the light emitting surface for transmitting the operation signal upward in the portion protruding from the upper surface portion where the operation button is provided, it is possible to operate the controller 11 during the operation. The operation signal can be effectively supplied to the light receiving unit 5 provided in the vicinity of the dome-shaped screen that can be suspended from the ceiling without worrying about covering it with fingers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a relationship between a dome type screen and a controller.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a controller according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a controller and a receiving unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ceiling 2 Screen 5 Light Receiving Section 7 Received Signal Processing Section 8 Game Machine Main Body 9 Projector 11 Controller 12, 14 Operation Button 17 Projection 18 Emitting Surface

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A controller which is held and operated by an operator's hand and controls at least a part of an image displayed on an image display means according to the operation of the operator, wherein the operator's finger is used. An operation button to be operated, and a transmission section that emits a wireless signal according to an operation state of the operation button by the operator, the transmission section being provided on a surface on which the operation button is arranged. Controller for remote operation transmission characterized by. 2. The controller according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter is provided so as to project from a surface on which the operation button is arranged.