JPS6185977A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a game machine, particularly a radio-controlled car or the like imitating a vehicle, which is configured to run at a predetermined location and to play a game by remotely controlling the machine. Regarding gaming machines.

[Conventional technology]

The inventor of the present invention disclosed a novel gaming machine in Japanese Patent Application No. 106476/1983. This is a driving game in which a large number of cars equipped with TV cameras on the floor that simulates a city area are driven by remote control, and the images sent from the TV cameras are displayed on a TV monitor. .

However, in this game machine, the TV camera was fixed to the car body, so when the car took a sharp turn,
There was a problem in that the image displayed on the monitor was different from what the driver saw when driving the actual vehicle, making it impossible to obtain a realistic driving sensation.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The present invention aims to solve the problem of not being able to provide a realistic driving sensation as described above.

[Means for solving problems]

Therefore, the gist of the present invention is to provide a TV camera that is configured to point in the direction in which the vehicle is scheduled to travel in advance of the actual travel of the vehicle during cornering, thereby creating a sensation similar to that experienced when driving an actual vehicle. be.

Therefore, the TV camera is rotatably supported and controlled so that it always faces in the direction in which the car is scheduled to travel.

[Effect]

By configuring it as described above, the image from a car, etc. is projected onto the picture tube of the operating device, and the player can remotely control the car, etc., while comparing the screen and the traffic situation on the floor. It is possible to brake while enjoying the feeling of driving, and since a plurality of players do not move their own cars etc. as jockeys, the situation on the floor changes complicatedly and randomly, so that an interesting game can be provided.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the details of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the car shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is the body of the car shown in FIG. 2. Figure 4 is a simplified explanatory diagram of the car and operating device in the gaming machine shown in Figure 1, and Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the mechanisms on the chassis except for Figure 4. 6 is a block diagram of the control circuit installed in the automobile shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the image receiving device of the operating device shown in FIG. 4. Figure, 8th
The diagram shows a block diagram of the input device, modulation, and transmission circuit for commanding the operation of the vehicle, which is installed in the operating device shown in Figure 4. Figures 9 and 10 show the system for supplying running power to the vehicle. FIG. 11 is a sectional view of one current collector shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a gaming machine consisting of an operating device 2.3, a main body case 4, and a car 5.6.

The operating device 2.3 has a picture tube 7.8, a handle 9.10, and a change lever 11.1 on its front.
2, has an accelerator 13.14 and a brake 15.16.

The main body case 4 is a housing having a rectangular upper surface, and a floor 17 on the upper surface forms a panorama having an appropriate road surface on which the automobile 5.6 can run.

Although not shown, the panorama includes, for example, models of regular streets, buildings, bridges, intersections, traffic lights, railroad crossings, and the like.

Further, although not shown, the above-mentioned signals, railroad crossings, etc. are controlled by an appropriate control device.

As shown in FIG. 2, both automobiles 5 and 6 are rotatably mounted with a color TV camera 18 (as will be explained briefly) at a position where the driver's seat can project the forward view that can actually be seen while driving.

The two players each stand in front of the game machine 2.3,
Images from the color TV cameras 18 of the cars 5.6, which are operated in accordance with the respective operating devices 2.3, are projected onto the picture tubes 7.8 to create a feeling of driving on the road surface of the floor 17 similar to the actual driving sensation. The game is played by operating the game while gaining information.

That is, as shown in the simplified explanatory diagram of FIG. 4, the automobile 5.6 has a configuration including a television camera 18, a transmitting circuit 19, and an actuator control circuit device 20, an operating device 2.3, an image receiving device 21, and an input device. The structure includes a device 22, a transmission circuit 22', and a transmission circuit 22', each of which operates by receiving signal waves from a television camera 18 and a transmission circuit 19 by a receiver 21, and allowing a player to view the image. Judgment, input device 2
2, a signal wave is transmitted from the modulation/transmission circuit 22', and the signal wave is received by the control circuit device 20 to remotely control each actuator.

In FIG. 3, 23 is a board, 18 and 19 are the television camera and transmitter, 25.25 and 26.26 are tires,
Reference numeral 27 indicates a control panel, 20', 20' a control panel of the control circuit device 20, 28 a motor, 28a an output shaft thereof, 2
9.29 is a drive axle, 30 is a box having a known differential gear, 31.31 is a bearing bracket,
32. 32 is an electromagnetic brake, 33 is a motor, 33a is its output shaft, 34 is a pinion gear, 35 is a rack, 36.
36 is a connecting rod, 37.37 is an axle, 38.38 is a fixed shaft, O is a servo motor, 39 a is its output shaft, 40 is an arm, 41 is a connecting rod, 42 is an arm, 43 is a rotating shaft, 4
4 is a bearing stand.

The traveling mechanism of the automobile 5.6 is driven by the rotation of the output shaft 28a of the motor 28, which drives the tires 2 through the differential gear in the box 30 and through the drive axle 29.29.
6. It is designed to rotate 26, and the placket 3
Braking is performed by an electromagnetic brake 32.32 attached to 1.31 and inserted through the drive axle 29.29.

In addition, the steering mechanism operates by rotating the pinion gear 34 provided on the output shaft 33a of the motor 33 to rotate the rack 35 and the connection 44.
S36.36 is moved left and right with respect to the traveling direction, and the end of the connecting rod 36.36 is linked to the connecting part of the axle 37.37, and the tire 25.25 is rotatably attached to the axle 37.37. The directions of the two are changed in the same direction around the fixed shafts 38 and 38.

In addition, the television camera 18 and the transmission circuit [9] rotation operating device is a control circuit device 2 that operates the running direction of the steering mechanism.
0 and rotates the motor 39. That is, the servo motor 39 is rotated at the same time as the servo motor 33, and the rotation is reflected by the arm 40 provided on the output shaft 39a and the arm 42 attached to the rotation shaft 43 rotatably provided on the bearing stand 44. The television camera 1 is linked and transmitted by a connecting rod 41, and is installed on a rotating shaft 43.
8 and the transmitting circuit 19.

Even when the servo motor 33 rotates, the car does not immediately change its direction, but changes its direction sequentially as it progresses, but the television camera 18 is immediately changed direction and is directed in the direction in which the car is scheduled to travel. .

5, 6, 7, and 8 respectively show the television camera, transmitting circuit 18, 19, control circuit device 20, image receiving device 21, input device, modulation, and transmitting circuit 2 shown in FIG. 4 above.
2.22' is a block diagram. This will be explained in order starting from FIG.

In FIG. 5, 18 is the color TV camera.

The transmitting circuit 19 includes amplifiers 45a, 45b, 45c, a matrix circuit 46, and bandpass filters 47a, 47b, 47c.
, delay circuits 48a, 48b, double balanced modulators 49a, 4
9b, phase delay circuits 50a, 50b, color subcarrier 51,
It consists of a burst keyer 52, an output amplifier 53, a transmitter 54, and an antenna 55.

The primary color signals R, G, and B obtained from the color TV camera 18 are
The signals are amplified and gamma-corrected by the respective amplifiers 45a, 45b, and 45C, enter the matrix circuit 46, and are appropriately combined to become a luminance signal Y and color difference signals 1 and Q.

The Y signal passes through a bandpass filter 47a, then a delay circuit 48a, and the I signal passes through a bandpass filter 47b, then a delay circuit 48b, and a 2m balanced modulator 49a.
and the Q signal passes through a bandpass filter 47C,
Immediately it is added to the 2m equilibrium transformer &1lii device 49b.

The double balanced modulators 49a, 49b include a color subcarrier 51.
The subcarrier delayed by 147° from the reference phase of the signal is 49b
Then, a subcarrier further delayed by 90 degrees is sent to 498.

Furthermore, the Y, ■, and Q signals are guided to an amplifier 47 and transmitted to a transmitter 54.
A signal wave is sent from the antenna 55.

In FIG. 6, a control circuit device 20, a receiving antenna 56,
an amplifier 57, discriminators 58a, 58b, 58c whose bands are [d, fc, fs, respectively, and a demodulator 59 thereof;
a, 59b, 59c; a current control circuit 61a, 61b, 61C for the motors 28, 33, 39 and the electromagnetic brake 32; 32; a tuning control circuit 62 for matching the motors 33 and 39; The connection terminals 27' and 27'' are connection terminals for supplying power from the power source 27.

The command signal received by the antenna 56 of the automobile is amplified by the amplifier 57 and passed)1; the range is fd, fc,
Discriminators 58a, 58b, 58 which are fs
The signal is separated into a drive motor, a steering motor, a TV camera rotating operation motor, and a brake signal by C, demodulated by tM modulators 59a, 59b, and 59c, and sent to each current control circuit 61a, 61b, and 61G, As a result, the polarity and current of the current to the motor 28.33 and the electromagnetic brake 32.32 are controlled, and the steering motor 3
In response to the current control circuit 61b of No. 3, a tuning circuit 62 controls the polarity and current of the current to the motor 39 in accordance with the motor 33.

In FIG. 7, the image receiving device 21 includes a receiving antenna 63, a radio and intermediate frequency section 64, a detector 65, a low frequency amplifier 66,
Bandpass filter 67, demodulator 68a, 68b1 burst keyer 69, phase delay circuit 70, bandpass filter 71a, 7
1 b, 71 G, delay circuit 72a, 72b, output increase 1
Fallen vessel 73a,? 3b, 73c, and the picture tube 7.

The video signal received by the antenna 63 of the image receiving device is converted into an intermediate frequency by a radio and intermediate frequency section 64, which is detected by a detector 65 to obtain a Y signal at f5, and then a bandpass filter 67 to extract a color signal. through I,
In addition to the Q signal demodulators 68 b and 68 a, the burst signals are synchronized with the demodulators 68 b and 68 a, and signals of the same frequency with phase shifts are sent to the demodulators 68 b and 68 a, respectively.
, 68a, 1 and Q signals are obtained, and these Y, I, and Q signals are added to matrix circuits (not shown) for red, green, and blue, respectively.
, G, and B signals are obtained and applied to the picture tube 7.

In FIG. 8, the input device 22 and modulation/transmission circuit 22' are as follows:
The W operation handle 9, change lever 11, accelerator 13, brake 15, and converters 74a, 74b, and 74C174 that convert operation signals applied thereto into electrical signals.
d and the outputs of these converters, i.e. control signals a to motors 33 and 39, control signals s to motor 28, c,
It consists of amplitude inverters 75a, 75b, 75c, 75d that modulate the control signal d to the electromagnetic brakes 32, 32, a carrier oscillator 76, a mixing circuit 77, and an antenna 78.

When the accelerator 13 and brake 15 are operated on the operation handle 9 and the change lever 1, the operation is transferred to the converter 74a.
, 74b, 74c, and 74d, the control signals a, b, c, and d are converted into control signals a to the motors 33 and 39, control signals S and C to the motor 28, and control signals d to the electromagnetic brakes 32 and 32, respectively. The carriers of frequencies fc, fd, and fs oscillated from the carrier oscillator 76 are transmitted to the modulator 75, respectively.
a, 75b, 75c, and 75d, and these modulated waves are transmitted from an antenna 78 via a mixing circuit 77.

Therefore, the automobile 5 is operated by the operating device 2, and the scenery of the street in front of the automobile 5 is displayed on the TV screen. Panoramic traffic lights, railroad crossings, etc. are controlled by the CPU, and if the car 5 violates traffic rules or causes a traffic accident, points will be deducted according to the program, and if it exceeds a certain standard point, the time can be extended or more points can be obtained. If so, there will be a prize.

Next, FIGS. 9 to 11 will be explained.

In Fig. 9, 101 is floor 1 consisting of a power supply electrode plate.
111 is a car.

The floor 101 is constructed by alternately laying positive electrode plates 102 and negative electrode plates 103 of appropriate widths and connecting them to a power source 104, which serves as a power source for supplying running power to the automobile 111.

On the bottom plate 124 of the automobile 111, the current collectors 112a, 112b, 112c, 112d, and 112e shown in FIG.
03 at appropriate intervals in a pentagonal shape.

Respective current collectors 112a, 112b, 112c,
112d, and 112e or forward connected diodes 113a, I, respectively, as shown in FIG.
L3b, 113c.

113d, 113e, diode 1 connected in opposite direction
13a'113b', 113c', 113d',
It is connected to the capacitor 114 through 113e' so that a normal DC voltage is supplied at that time.

FIG. 11 shows details of one current collector 112a. The current collector 112a consists of a contact piece 121, a rod 122, and a terminal piece 123, and a rod 122 is slidably provided on a bottom plate 124, and is pressed against the floor 101 by a spring 125 to maintain constant contact.

In addition, as a device that rotatably supports the TV camera and controls it so that it always moves automatically in the upper direction of movement, which is the gist of the present invention, a motor output shaft and a TV camera support shaft are used instead of the link mechanism. Dashi floats may be set up so as to correspond to +e, respectively.Also, in this embodiment, the floats are used for a game as described above, but they are also used for driving skills and transportation for driving school or elementary school students. It can also be used as an education for learning rules, and furthermore, the configuration of each element can be freely changed within the scope of the purpose of the present invention, and the present invention encompasses all of them. It is something.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, a machine is provided that allows the user to enjoy extremely complex and interesting new games, and also allows the user to enjoy a driving sensation similar to that of the actual vehicle.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external perspective view of the car shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a body of the car shown in Fig. 2. Figure 4 is a simplified explanatory diagram of the AUTO/E and operating device in the gaming machine shown in Figure 1, Figure 5 is the automobile shown in Figure 4. Color TV installed in
A block diagram of the camera and transmission circuit, and Figure 6 is a block diagram of the control circuit installed in the car shown in Figure 4. ! Fig. 7 is a block diagram of the image receiving device of the operating device shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 8 is an input device, modulation, and transmission of operation for commanding the vehicle to operate, which is provided in the operating device shown in Fig. 4. A block diagram of the circuit, FIGS. 9 and 10 are explanatory diagrams of a system that supplies driving power to an automobile, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of one of the current collectors shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. .

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) A main body case having a floor forming a road surface and a desired panorama, a radio control device, a steering mechanism operated by the radio control device, a rotatably supported TV camera; , a vehicle that is equipped with a device that rotates the TV camera in response to the output of a radio control device, and a wireless image transmission device that transmits the output of the TV camera, and that runs on the road surface under remote control; The TV receiver includes a TV receiver that receives signals from the image transmitter, an input device that remotely controls a running car via the radio control device, and a radio transmitter that modulates and transmits the output of the input device. a device that calculates and displays game results according to a predetermined program and according to operations applied to the operating device and driving conditions, and a device that calculates and displays game results according to a predetermined program; A gaming machine characterized by being controlled as follows. 2) A power collector in which the floor of the main body case is connected to a power source for power supply and consists of alternating positive and negative plates of appropriate width, and the vehicle receives power for running from the positive and negative plates. A gaming machine according to claim 1, comprising: