JP2001129141A - Game equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a novel game device for playing a game while playing sports. An input device for inputting a game is provided upright in front of a player, and a front panel facing the player is formed in a planar shape, and a touch panel for detecting a position hit by a ball is provided on a touch panel. The touch panel 3 has a predetermined hardness at which the ball B rebounds.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device in which a game is advanced by a player's input.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, most home game machines and coin-operated game machines use a push button or an operation lever to input a game. In such a game machine, a player plays the game while sitting with little movement. Further, in recent years, there has appeared a game in which the player steps on the input unit with his / her foot, but this is for playing a predetermined dance game.

[0003]

As described above, there is no conventional game device that plays a game while playing sports.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel game device that plays a game while playing sports in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a game device in which a game is advanced by a player's input, wherein an input device for performing an input is set up in front of the player, and It has a plane member having an opposing surface formed in a planar shape, and position detecting means for detecting a position where the striking member hits the plane member,
The flat member has a predetermined hardness.

The present invention is effective when the impact member is a rubber ball, and the flat member has a hardness that rebounds in proportion to the magnitude of the impact force applied by the rubber ball. Further, the present invention is effective when the flat member is an image display unit.

Further, the present invention is effective when the flat member is a transparent protective plate for protecting the image display section. Further, the present invention is effective when a game image is displayed on the image display unit.

Further, the present invention is effective when an image of an input section for causing a game to proceed is displayed on the image display section.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game device according to the present invention, and a perspective view showing an example of playing the game device.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a court on which a player performs squash, and a large number of touch panels 3 are provided on the front surface 2 of the court 1 as flat members. The touch panel 3 is formed in the same general shape, is regularly arranged on the front surface 2, and has a flat surface facing the player. And
The touch panel 3 is configured so that the rubber ball B, which is a striking member, has a hardness that rebounds and emits a striking signal from a panel hit by the ball B so that the player can play the squash without any trouble. That is, the touch panel 3 also serves as a position detecting unit.

Further, in the case of the present embodiment, the touch panel 3 is configured as a display for displaying a game image, which is an image display unit, and displays a controlled image on the main PC 4. The main PC 4 controls the game program stored in the game program storage unit 6 and controls the operation of the acoustic member 7 and the lighting member 8 provided around the court 1. The hitting signal output from the touch panel 3 when the ball B hits is sent to the hitting ball measurement PC 5 connected to the game program storage unit 6 and used as an input signal for the game.

[0012] In the game device thus configured, when one or two players play squash,
When the main PC 4 is turned on, a game can be played. At this time, in this example, the game program storage unit 5
As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of games 9A, 9B, 9C
Is stored, and the game is started by selecting one of them. For example, when the game 9C is selected, a question and an answer are displayed on the touch panel 3, and the player plays so that the ball B hits a correct answer part of the question.
When the ball B hits the touch panel 3, a hitting signal is transmitted from the hitting panel, and it is determined whether the signal is from the touch panel 3 located at the position of the correct answer. When the ball B hits the touch panel 3 with the correct answer,
Migrate the following issues:

[0013] In this manner, the game device of the present embodiment which advances the game can play the game while playing the actual sport, and can enjoy the fun of playing the sport and the fun of playing the game at the same time.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view showing another embodiment of the present invention. The front part 2 of this embodiment is formed of a transparent plastic plate 13, and this plastic plate 13 also plays squash without hindrance. In order to be able to do so, the impacted rubber ball B has a hardness that rebounds. Behind the transparent plastic plate 13, a screen 14 is provided, on which an image from a projector 15 connected to the main PC 4 configured in the same manner as in the above embodiment is projected.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, sensors 16 for detecting coordinates at which the ball B has passed are provided at several places (three in this embodiment) at predetermined intervals as position detecting means, as shown in FIGS. The signal detected by the sensor 16 is sent to the hit ball measurement PC 5, and the PC detects the position at which the ball B is hit from the coordinate signal of each sensor and the time difference between the sensors.

The game device thus configured can input a game with a signal of the position where the ball hits, as in the above embodiment, and thus can enjoy sports and games at the same time. Further, in this embodiment, since the ball B can be detected without providing a sensor on the front surface 2, the ball B can be detected.
There is no need to provide a sensor on the front part 2, which is advantageous in durability and the like.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified. In the above embodiment, the game image of the front part is displayed. However, the present invention displays the game image and the image of the input unit such as the input buttons and keys on the front part, and plays the game with a signal hitting the button or key. What is made to progress may be sufficient.

In the above embodiment, the plane member for inputting the game by hitting the ball is provided on the front surface.
The flat member is not limited to the front surface, but may be the left and right side surfaces, the ceiling surface, the floor surface, or the like.

The sports to be played according to the present invention are not limited to squash.
The present invention is applicable to various sports using a ball such as a soccer wall shoot.

[0020]

According to the configuration of the first aspect, it is possible to detect the position of the hitting member hit by the player and to input the game.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the ball as the striking member hits the plane member, it rebounds, so that it is possible to perform various ball sports and input to the game. According to the configuration of claim 3, it is possible to enjoy sports by aiming at the hitting position.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the hitting member does not directly contact the image display surface, the image display surface is protected, and good durability of the apparatus can be obtained. According to the configuration of claim 5, since the image display surface is the game screen, the input of the game progress can be directly performed.

According to the configuration of the sixth aspect, the image display surface can be used as an image of an input button or the like to input the game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a different example of a displayed game image.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a position detecting means of the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Court 2 Front part 3 Touch panel 16 Sensor

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shoichi Kawashima 2-8-5 Tamagawa, Ota-ku, Tokyo Japan Namco Corporation (72) Inventor Takao Ohhata 2-8-5 Tamagawa, Ota-ku, Tokyo Co., Ltd. Namco F-term (reference) 2C001 AA00 AA04 BB03 CA01 CA09 CB01 CB03 CC01

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A game device in which a game is advanced by a player's input, wherein the input device for performing the input is erected in front of the player, and a surface facing the player is formed in a planar shape. A game device comprising: a flat member; and a position detecting means for detecting a position at which the striking member hits the flat member, wherein the flat member has a predetermined hardness. 2. The game device according to claim 1, wherein
The game device, wherein the hitting member is a rubber ball, and the flat member has a hardness that rebounds in proportion to a magnitude of an impact force applied by the rubber ball. 3. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the plane member is an image display unit. 4. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the plane member is a transparent protective plate for protecting the image display unit. 5. The game device according to claim 3, wherein a game image is displayed on the image display unit. 6. The game device according to claim 3, wherein an image of an input unit for proceeding a game is displayed on the image display unit.