JP2587367B2 - Game toys - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game toy for playing a game by running a plurality of traveling toys.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional game toy, there is a Japanese toy 50-
Japanese Patent Publication No. 13183 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 50-16708 disclose a belt structure of a magnet-based toy for guiding a toy such as a penguin or a competition piece using a magnet. In this structure, conductive plates are protruded in a branch shape at a plurality of positions on the outer surface of the belt over the entire length of the belt, and each conductive plate is provided with several magnets. By rotating the belt below the board, the magnets attached to each conductive plate draw an elliptical orbit. On the other hand, a plurality of toys such as the penguin and the competition piece are arranged on the board, magnets are also attached to the feet of each toy, and along the elliptical orbit of the magnet attached to each of the conductive plates. A plurality of toys on the board are guided. Also, Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-38
Japanese Patent Publication No. 781 discloses a competitive amusement device in which a plurality of car models are run on a running road surface plate to compete for their ranking. In this competitive amusement device, a traveling base mechanically moved by a motor as a driving source is disposed below a traveling road surface plate, and a plurality of magnets for attracting the plurality of car models are attached to the traveling base. Have been. By moving the traveling base having the plurality of magnets, the plurality of car models attracted by the magnets travel on the traveling road surface plate. Since the plurality of magnets attached to the traveling base are separately reciprocally movable along the traveling direction, the plurality of car models are relatively and speed-dependent with time. It is possible to travel on the traveling road surface plate while changing.

[0003]

However, in the conventional game toy, the base is moved by using a mechanical drive mechanism driven by a motor, and the game toy follows a plurality of magnets attached to the base. In this case, a traveling toy such as a plurality of car models is caused to travel, so that there is a problem that the device configuration is complicated and large. In addition, since the latter game toy moves the traveling base and has a plurality of magnets reciprocally movable independently of the movement of the traveling base, depending on the final position of the reciprocating magnet, It was difficult to line up multiple car models to the start line. Although some car models are slightly beyond the start line,
When I started the competition game, it looked like I was flying, which was not good.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and aims to easily and surely align a plurality of traveling toys horizontally along a start line while simplifying and reducing the size of the apparatus. It is intended to provide a game toy that can be used.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a first means according to the present invention has the following requirements. That is, (a) a traveling board, a plurality of traveling toys traveling on the traveling board, and a control device for controlling the operation of the plurality of traveling toys. (B) The traveling board has a plurality of elements, and a plurality of pairs of conductive races are formed on each of the elements. By connecting the elements, each of the conductive races forms a closed loop. The connection between elements must be set as a start line or goal line. (C) Each of the traveling toys has self-propelled means for receiving driving power from the conductive track body and self-propelling. (D) The control device includes a driving power supply unit that supplies driving power to each conductive track body for each element, a detection unit that detects an element in which each traveling toy exists, and detection information of the detection unit. Arranging means for controlling the drive power supplied to each conductive track body for each element in accordance with the above, and aligning a plurality of traveling toys on an arbitrary start line.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a plurality of elements are provided on a traveling board, and a plurality of pairs of conductive tracks are formed on each element. By connecting the elements, each conductive track forms a closed loop. Then, the connection between the elements is set as a start line or a goal line. Then, since each traveling toy receives driving power from the conductive track body and travels by itself, the traveling toy can travel independently without using a mechanical drive mechanism such as a motor. The structure can be reduced in size. Further, when an element in which each traveling toy exists is detected, the driving power supplied to each conductive track body is controlled for each element in accordance with this detection information, so that a plurality of traveling toys can be easily and reliably performed. Toys can be aligned along any starting line.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the game toy 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The game toy 1 according to the present invention includes a traveling board 3 and a plurality of traveling toys 5 a traveling on the traveling board 3.
5b, 5c,... And a control device incorporated in the traveling board 3 to control the operation of the plurality of traveling toys 5a, 5b, 5c,. An elliptical traveling road surface 7 is provided on the traveling board 3. The traveling road surface 7 has a plurality of sheet-shaped elements 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, and each of the elements 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d has a plurality of traveling paths 11, 1.
2, 13, 14, 15, 16 are formed. By sequentially connecting these elements 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, the respective running paths 11, 12, 13, 14,.
15 and 16 form a closed loop. The traveling toys 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, and 5f travel counterclockwise on the traveling paths 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 formed in the closed loop. Then, each element 7a, 7b, 7
The connection between c and 7d is the start line 9a, 9b, 9c
And the goal line 9d. For example, each traveling path 1 of each element 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d
The length of 1,12,13,14,15,16 is set to 400m and the race of 1600m or the distance of 32m
In the case of a race of 00m (2 laps), the goal line 9
Start from d. Similarly, a race with a distance of 1200 m, a race with a distance of 2400 m (two laps), a distance of 2000 m
When a (two laps) race is performed, the race starts from start lines 9a, 9b and 9c, respectively.

A plurality of traveling paths 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, formed in each of the elements 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d.
Reference numeral 16 includes a pair of conductive track members.
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the traveling path 11 includes a pair of conductive track bodies 11a and 11b, and the traveling path 12 includes a pair of conductive track bodies 12a and 12b.
Is composed of a pair of conductive track bodies 13a, 13b, the traveling path 14 is composed of a pair of conductive track bodies 14a, 14b, and the traveling path 15 is composed of a pair of conductive track bodies 15a, 15b.
The traveling path 16 includes a pair of conductive track bodies 16.
a and 16b. These paired conductive track bodies are insulated by an appropriate insulating member provided at the center. Further, as will be described in detail later, each of the traveling toys 5a, 5b, 5c,... Has self-propelled means that receives driving power from a corresponding pair of conductive track bodies and travels by itself.

Next, referring to FIG. 3 to FIG.
a will be described. The running toy 5a is formed in the form of a racehorse using a member such as a synthetic resin, and has a front portion 23 and a central portion 25.
And a rear part 27. The front part 23 has a face 23a, a neck part 23b, and a front leg part 23c of the racehorse formed integrally, and a jockey part 23d is fixed to the rear side of the neck part 23b. A hole 24 is opened in the neck 23b.

The central portion 25 is composed of a body portion 29 and a drive portion 31. A pair of protrusions 29a and 29b are formed at the front of the body 29, and a pair of protrusions 29c and 29d are formed at the back. Holes 30a and 30b are formed in the pair of protrusions 29a and 29b, and holes 32a and 32b are formed in the pair of protrusions 29c and 29d.
Are formed. By inserting the shaft 33 into the holes 30b, 24, 30a, the front portion 23 is attached to the body portion 29, and the front leg portion 23c is provided so as to be swingable about the shaft 33. Further, a concave portion 29i is formed in a lower portion of the body portion 29, and the driving portion 31 is detachably inserted into the concave portion 29i.

The drive unit 31 includes cases 37a and 37b formed using members such as synthetic resin, and cases 37a and 37b.
7b, a pair of power receivers 39a, 39b accommodated in the power receiver 7a, and a coil 41 electrically connected to the pair of power receivers 39a, 39b. Hole 3 on the case 37a side
8a and 38b are formed, and columns 40a and 40b are formed on the case 37b side corresponding to the holes 38a and 38b. A coil 41 is arranged around the column 40a,
A pair of power receiving bodies 39a and 39b are arranged below the coil 41. The case 37a is fitted to the case 37b by inserting the columns 40a, 40b into the holes 38a, 38b. At this time, a pair of openings are formed in the lower surfaces of the cases 37a and 37b, and the tips of the pair of power receiving bodies 39a and 39b protrude to the outside from the openings. The pair of power receiving bodies 39a and 39b are formed by twisting a plurality of thin conductive wires, and receive driving power by contacting the pair of conductive track bodies 11a and 11b as shown in FIGS.

The rear portion 27 is formed integrally with a rear leg portion 27a and a tail portion 27b. The rear leg 27a is a propulsion body for propelling the traveling toy 5a by kicking the conductive track bodies 11a and 11b, and is swingably provided at a position facing the coil 41. That is, a hole 28 is opened in the rear part 27 side corresponding to the holes 32a and 32b formed in the pair of protrusions 29c and 29d on the body part 29 side, and the shaft 35 is connected to the holes 32a, 28 and 32b. By inserting
The rear portion 27 is attached to the body portion 29, and the rear leg portion 27 a is provided to be swingable about the shaft 35. A permanent magnet 43 that swings the rear leg 27a by a magnetic action with the coil 41 is provided substantially at the center of the rear leg 27a.
, And a ring-shaped yoke 45 is provided so as to surround the permanent magnet 43. The yoke 45 is a permanent magnet 4
This is to improve the magnetic flux density from 3. The coil 41, the permanent magnet 43, and the rear leg 27a constitute a self-propelled means that self-propelled and self-propelled.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the traveling toy 5a is placed on the pair of conductive tracks 11a, 11b, only the rear leg 27a and the pair of power receiving bodies 39a, 39b are connected to the conductive track 11a, 11b. The length of the front leg 23c is adjusted so that the front end of the front leg 23c slightly floats from the conductive track bodies 11a and 11b. As shown in FIG. 5, when the rear leg 27a kicks the conductive track bodies 11a and 11b to advance the traveling toy 5a, the traveling toy 5a
Although the whole is inclined forward, in this case also, the tip of the front leg portion 23c does not come into contact with the conductive track members 11a and 11b. The other traveling toys 5b, 5c, 5
The same applies to d,... as shown in FIGS.
Detailed description is omitted.

Next, the control device 50 incorporated in the traveling board 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The control device 50 includes a control device 51, a display device 53, an operation unit 55, drive circuits 57a, 57b, 57c, 57d,
It comprises detection circuits 59a, 59b, 59c, 59d. The display device 53 is a control device 5
1 and according to the information from the control device 51, the race name, the arrival order of the traveling toys 5b, 5c, 5d,.
Displays odds (expected dividend) and the like. The operation unit 55 has a plurality of operation switches, and switches a game mode, sets a traveling distance, and the like. The driving circuits 57a, 57b, 57c,
57d is connected to the control device 51,
Each is connected to each conductive track of the elements 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d. The drive circuits 57a, 57
Reference numerals b, 57c, and 57d denote driving power supply means for supplying driving power to the respective conductive track members for each element. The detection circuits 59a, 59b, 59c, 59d
Are connected to the control device 51 and to the conductive tracks of the elements 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, respectively. The detection circuits 59a, 59b, 59
Reference numerals c and 59d denote detection means for monitoring the current consumption flowing to each conductive track of each element, and detecting the element where each traveling toy exists in accordance with the magnitude of the current consumption. The control device 51 has an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU and executes various control processes. The control device 51 is provided with the detection circuits 59a, 59b, 59
c, 59d, and aligning means for controlling the driving power supplied to each conductive track body in accordance with the detection information of the detecting means for each element to align a plurality of traveling toys on an arbitrary start line. Have.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, a traveling toy 5a is formed by a pair of conductive track bodies 11a, 11a formed on an element 7a.
The operation when traveling on 1b will be described. Traveling toy 5a
Are a pair of conductive track bodies 11a and 11b of the element 7a.
If it exists on the top, the power receiving bodies 39a, 3 of the traveling toy 5a
9b contacts a pair of conductive track bodies 11a and 11b.
On the other hand, a drive circuit 57a is connected to the pair of conductive track members 11a and 11b of the element 7a, and the drive circuit 57a supplies drive pulses and the like to the coil 41 via the pair of conductive track members 11a and 11b and the power receiving members 39a and 39b. Driving power is supplied, and current flows to the coil 41. Here, the end face of the permanent magnet 43, that is, the side facing the coil 41 is the magnetic pole S
The case where is set to is described as an example. When a pulse of the first cycle is supplied from the driving circuit 57a, and a current flowing through the coil 41 generates a magnetic pole N on the end face of the coil 41, that is, on the side facing the permanent magnet 43,
The magnetic pole N of the coil 41 and the magnetic pole S of the permanent magnet 43 attract. When the permanent magnet 43 is attracted toward the coil 41, the rear leg 27a is also attracted toward the coil 41. In this state, the rear leg 27a is oriented substantially vertically, and the tip of the rear leg 27a and the pair of conductive track bodies 11a, 11a
b comes into close contact. When the direction of the current flowing to the coil 41 is reversed in the next cycle, a magnetic pole S is generated on the end face of the coil 41, that is, on the side facing the permanent magnet 43, and the magnetic pole S of the coil 41 and the magnetic pole S of the permanent magnet 43 are repelled. I do. When the permanent magnet 43 repels the coil 41, the rear leg 27a swings rearward. When the rear leg 27a swings backward, the tip of the rear leg 27a is
The traveling toy 5a is advanced by kicking a and 11b.

Similarly, the direction of the current flowing through the coil 41 is inverted at predetermined intervals, so that the attraction and repulsion are repeated between the coil 41 and the permanent magnet 43 to swing the rear leg 27a. When the rear leg 27a swings rearward, the tip of the rear leg 27a is connected to the conductive track bodies 11a, 11a.
B is kicked and the traveling toy 5a is advanced. Therefore, the traveling toy 5a can travel forward by the magnetic action of the permanent magnet 43 and the coil 41. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the rear leg 27a is connected to the conductive track body 11a, 1
When the traveling toy 5a is advanced by kicking 1b, the entire traveling toy 5a is inclined forward to swing the front leg 23c.
Thus, as the traveling toy 5a moves forward, the front leg 2
Since 3c swings, it looks as if the racehorse is running, and the actual movement of the racehorse can be realized.

Next, the traveling toy 5a is connected to the elements 7b, 7
c, 7d, a pair of conductive track bodies 11a, 11
b, the driving circuits 57b, 57b
Drive power is supplied from c and 57d, and as described above, the rear leg 27a swings due to the magnetic action of the coil 41 and the permanent magnet 43. At this time, the tips of the rear leg 27a are electrically conductive track bodies 11a and 11b. To move the traveling toy 5a forward. The operation when the other traveling toys 5b, 5c, 5d,... Travel on the corresponding pair of conductive tracks is the same as described above. Further, by controlling the pulse width or the pulse period of each drive pulse supplied to the conductive track, the operation of the corresponding traveling toy can be easily controlled. By appropriately controlling the operating speed of each traveling toy in this way, it is possible to realize a dead heat as if racing horses compete.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the traveling toys 5a, 5
In the state where c, 5d, 5e, and 5f exist in the element 7d, and only the traveling toy 5b exists in the element 7c,
The operation when all the running toys are aligned with the start line 9a to start the next race will be described. First, when aligning with the start line 9a provided at the connection between the elements 7a and 7b, the supply of the driving power to the element 7b located in the traveling direction from the start line 9a is stopped. That is, when the start line 9 a is set by operating the operation unit 55, the control device 51 decodes the operation information from the operation unit 55, and
7b is stopped and the other driving circuits 57a, 57a,
Operate 57c and 57d. As a result, the driving power is supplied only to the elements 7a, 7c, 7d, and the supply of the driving power to the element 7b is stopped. Therefore, the traveling toy traveling on the element 7a through the elements 7c and 7d cannot enter the element 7b, and all the traveling toys 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, and 5f are automatically connected to the start line 9a. In a row along the line.
The operation for aligning all the traveling toys on the other start lines 9b and 9c is the same as described above. As described above, by detecting the element where each traveling toy exists, and controlling the driving power to be supplied to each conductive track body for each element in accordance with this detection information, a plurality of traveling toys can be easily and reliably provided. Can be aligned horizontally along any start line.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of elements are provided on a traveling board, and a plurality of pairs of conductive tracks are formed on each element. Form a closed loop. And, since each traveling toy receives driving power from the conductive track body and travels by itself, the traveling toy can travel independently without using a mechanical drive mechanism such as a motor, and This has the effect that the device configuration can be reduced in size. In addition, the connection between the elements is set as a start line or a goal line, and when an element in which each traveling toy is present is detected, the drive power supplied to each conductive track body in accordance with this detection information is increased. By controlling for each element, there is an effect that a plurality of traveling toys can be easily and reliably aligned in a horizontal line along an arbitrary start line.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a game toy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view showing a plurality of elements forming a traveling road surface.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a traveling toy.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing a stationary state of the traveling toy.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing a case where the traveling toy moves forward.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a control device and its peripheral devices.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation when the traveling toy main body travels on a pair of conductive track bodies.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game toy 3 Running board 5a Running toy 7a Element 9a Start line 9d Goal line 11 Running path 11a ... Conductive track body 50 Control device 51 Control device 57a Drive circuit 59a Detection circuit

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Office reference number FI Technical display location A63H 18/16 A63H 18/16 A 30/02 30/02 A (56) References JP-A Sho55 -5617 (JP, A) Fully open Hei 8-83595 (JP, U) Fully open 1983-54897 (JP, U) Fully open 1983-160096 (JP, U) Fully open 1986-17-171993 (JP, U) )

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game toy having the following requirements. (A) The vehicle has a traveling board, a plurality of traveling toys traveling on the traveling board, and a control device for controlling operations of the plurality of traveling toys. (B) The traveling board has a plurality of elements, and a plurality of pairs of conductive races are formed on each of the elements. By connecting the elements, each of the conductive races forms a closed loop. The connection between elements must be set as a start line or goal line. (C) Each of the traveling toys has self-propelled means for receiving driving power from the conductive track body and self-propelling. (D) The control device includes a driving power supply unit that supplies driving power to each conductive track body for each element, a detection unit that detects an element in which each traveling toy exists, and detection information of the detection unit. Arranging means for controlling the drive power supplied to each conductive track body for each element in accordance with the above, and aligning a plurality of traveling toys on an arbitrary start line.