Game machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9626825-B2
Application number	US-201414470132-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

A game machine has an operation lever device disposed on a front side of the game machine, having a lever having a grip section that is configured to be held by a game player and that rotates bi-directionally with respect to a shaft, a light guide plate disposed on the grip section of the lever in a viewable manner, a light source section that supplies light into the light guide plate. The grip section is formed into a long shape. The light guide plate has a viewable surface provided with a light emission pattern for forming an image by emitted light.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A game machine comprising:
an operation lever device disposed on a front side of the game machine, comprising:
a lever comprising a grip section that is configured to be held by a game player and that rotates bi-directionally with respect to a shaft;
a light guide plate disposed on the grip section of the lever in a viewable manner; and
a light source section that supplies light into the light guide plate,
wherein the grip section is formed into a long shape,
wherein the light guide plate has a viewable surface provided with a light emission pattern for forming an image by emitted light,

wherein the operation lever device further comprises a display section provided below the grip section, and
wherein the display section is disposed such that when viewed from above, a screen of the display section overlaps with an area where the grip section moves by rotation.

2. A game machine comprising;
an operation lever device disposed on a front side of the game machine, comprising:
a lever comprising a grip section that is configured to he held by a game player and that rotates bi-directionallv with respect to a shaft;
a light guide plate disposed on the grip section of the lever in a viewable manner; and
a light source section that supplies light into the light guide plate,
wherein the grip section is formed into a long shape,
wherein the light guide plate has a viewable surface provided with a light emission pattern for forming an image by emitted light,

wherein the operation lever device comprises a plurality of the tight guide plates, disposed in a laminated manner, and
wherein the light source section supplies light independently into each of the plurality of light guide plates.

3. The game machine as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein the lever is an L-shaped lever,
wherein a longitudinal direction of the grip section corresponding to one of two linear parts of the L-shaped lever is parallel to a horizontal direction,
wherein the shaft is provided to a stay section corresponding to the other of the two linear parts of the L-shaped lever, and
wherein the shaft has an axis direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the grip section.

4. The game machine as set forth in claim 3 ,
wherein the operation lever device is further provided with a pair of restriction members which restrict rotation of the lever when the lever comes in contact with either of the restriction members; and
wherein, in a state where the rotation of the lever is restricted by the restriction members, a predetermined distance is maintained between the grip section and a surface below the grip section.

5. The game machine as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a control circuit for driving the light source section, by outputting a signal in accordance with a presentation to the light source section in the operation lever device.

6. The game machine as set forth in claim 5 , further comprising:
an actuator that rotates the shaft in the operation lever device,
wherein the control circuit drives the actuator to drive the shaft in accordance with a presentation.

7. The game machine as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a control circuit for driving the display section, by outputting a video signal in accordance with a presentation of the display section in the operation lever device.

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Sugiyama Hiroaki

Classifications

• G07F17/3213 Primary

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