JP2000254346A - Toy for simulating fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a toy enabling to simulatively experience a fishing play particular to fly fishing in which a fishing rod is wielded repeatedly to adjust the distance to the point and a lure is flown to catch fish. SOLUTION: The toy body 1 comprises a rod member 2 having flexibility, a grip member 3 which is gripped by a player for wielding the rod member 2, a drive mechanism A which bends the rod member 2, a handle 4 capable of revolving operation, a wielding detector 10 to detect wielding operation of the rod member 2, a revolution detector to detect the revolution of the handle 4 and a control element which controls the drive mechanism A. The control element 14 provides the player with information by controlling an indicator 12 which displays information necessary for game proceeding and a sound producer which tells necessary information for game proceeding by sounds, and determines that the player has successfully caught fish when he has cleared necessary conditions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing experience toy capable of simulating fly fishing for catching fish using a simulated bait.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a fishing line member attached to the tip of a fishing rod-shaped toy is provided with a hooking means such as a hook or a magnet at a tip thereof, and a fish-like figure is picked up by the fishing means. Fishing play toys are well known. The purpose of such a fishing play toy is to catch a figurine that imitates a fish, and cannot enjoy the fishing process. Therefore, various games have been proposed in which a fishing game is softened and taken into a personal computer or the like, and the fishing game is simulated and played on the personal computer.

[0003]

However, in these games, the experience of fishing displayed on the display is simulated, and the progress and the result of the game are controlled by the information displayed on the display and the sound output from the speakers. Because it is only information, the game progresses by judging from the information displayed on the display and the sound information output from the speaker, so it is inevitable that the game will be enjoyed only in the head, I couldn't progress. Applicant's fishing toy (Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 10-671)
No. 02), lure fishing and throw fishing games have been proposed, but a fishing game in which a false bait is thrown by adjusting the distance to a point while swinging a rod many times like fly fishing. There was no.

[0004] The present invention solves the above-described problems, and repeatedly shakes a fishing rod to fly a pseudo bait at the same distance to a point, thereby simulating a unique fishing game of fly fishing for catching a fish. The task is to provide toys.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, a fishing experience toy according to the present invention is characterized by having the following requirements for simulating a fly fishing in which a false bait is skipped and a fish is caught. (A) The toy body has a flexible rod portion, a grip portion for the player to perform an operation of swinging the rod portion, a drive mechanism for bending the rod portion, a handle that can be rotated, and A swing detection unit for detecting a swing operation of the rod unit, a rotation detection unit for detecting rotation of the handle, and a control unit for controlling the drive mechanism are provided. (B) The control unit includes information necessary for game progress. And a sound output unit for notifying the information necessary for the progress of the game by sound to provide information to the player, and when the player clears the necessary conditions based on the information, the fish is removed. Judging that you caught

It is preferable that the control section causes the sound output section to output a wind noise of the rod when the swing detection section detects a swing operation of the toy body.

[0007] The control unit may count the number of times of the swing operation of the toy body, and determine the flying distance of the virtual false bait from the number of times of the swing operation.

[0008] The control section randomly sets a point where a fish is present in advance for each game, displays the set point on the display means, and determines whether or not the virtual false bait reaches the set point when casting. It is only necessary to judge.

Further, the control unit randomly sets a stage in which the steering wheel must be rotated and a stage in which the steering wheel must not be rotated, and one of the display unit and the sound output unit. Or activate both to let the player recognize the two stages,
If the steering wheel is correctly rotated on all stages, it may be determined that the fish has been caught.

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows a fishing experience toy according to the present invention. The fishing experience toy comprises a flexible rod portion 2 and a toy body 1 provided with the rod portion 2 at the tip. The toy body includes a grip portion 3 that the player grips to swing the rod portion 2 and a handle 4 that can be rotated.
And a reel unit 5 provided with
A drive mechanism A for pulling the fishing line body 6 attached to the tip of the rod portion 2 to perform the rod portion 2 is arranged.

As shown in the exploded view of FIG. 2, inside the right cover 1a and the left cover 1b constituting the toy body 1, a swing detecting unit 10 for detecting the swing operation of the toy body 1 is provided. A rotation detecting unit 11 for detecting the rotation of the steering wheel 4, a display unit 12 for displaying information necessary for the progress of the game, and a sound output unit 13 for outputting information necessary for the progress of the game by sound. Are arranged, and the display unit 12
And the sound output unit 13 and the swing detection unit 1
0 and a control unit 14 that advances the game based on the rotation detection unit 11 are provided.

The swing detecting section 10 is a pendulum sensor arranged inside the grip section 3 and includes a leaf switch 17 and a support shaft 18.
And a lever 19 rotatable about the
9 is formed in a U-shape so as to sandwich the leaf spring contact of the leaf switch 17, and a weight member 20 is fitted into the other end. When the toy body 1 is shaken back and forth while holding the grip portion 3, FIG.
As shown in (a) and (b), the lever 19 rotates by inertia, and each time the lever 19 rotates, the leaf switch 17 is operated. The generated hook signal s1 is input to the control unit 14.

The drive mechanism A includes a frame portion 7 composed of a right frame 7a and a left frame 7b provided in the toy body 1.
A crown gear 25 meshed with a motor 23, a pinion gear 24 fixed to a rotation shaft of the motor 23, and an operation gear 27 meshed with a gear 26 formed coaxially and integrally with the crown gear 25. , This operating gear 2
7 and a lever member 29 that rotates about a support shaft 28. The lever member 29 has a support shaft 28 rotatably supported by bearings formed on the right frame 7a and the left frame 7b.
Notch 3 so as not to hit the rotary shaft 27a of
3 is formed, and a long hole 35 is formed on a side surface of the operation gear 27 so that the engagement shaft 34 protrudingly formed is loosely fitted therein. When the operation gear 27 rotates, the engagement shaft 34 loosely fitted in the long hole 35 is formed.
Rotates the lever member 29 in the direction of arrow a about the support shaft 28 (see FIG. 4B).

The rear end of the fishing line body 6 is connected to the lower end 29a of the lever member 29, and in the vicinity of the upper end 29b of the lever member 29, when the lever member 29 rotates, it is pushed by the upper end 29b of the lever member 29 to operate. A leaf switch 30 is provided.

The leaf switch 30 operates when the motor 23 rotates and the lever 29 rotates by a predetermined amount to generate a motor stop signal s2. The generated motor stop signal s2 is input to the control unit 14 and is transmitted to the motor 23. The supply of the voltage to the power supply is stopped.

A drum 36 is formed on the back side of the operating gear 27, and a spring 3 is mounted on the drum 36.
7 has one end attached to a pin 38 and a spring 3
7 is attached to a hook 39 of the left frame 7b.
, And when the motor 23 stops, the operating gear 27 is configured to return and rotate by the restoring force of the spring 37.

The handle 4 has a disk 42 which is rotatably arranged on the right side of the reel unit. A knob 43 is rotatably attached to the disk 42, and is configured to rotate the operation cam 44 via a clutch mechanism. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6A, the operation cam 44 has a disk-like shape and a circular concave portion 45 formed on one surface, and the handle 4 is rotated clockwise on the inner peripheral surface of the concave portion 45. Then, a first saw tooth 47 with which the clutch pawl 46 is engaged is formed so that the operation cam 44 can be rotated clockwise.
A second saw tooth 48 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the operation cam 44, and two convex edges 49 are formed in the circumferential direction. A sound output lever 52 is provided on the second saw tooth 48.
As shown in FIG. 6B, when the operating cam 44 rotates, the sound generating lever 52 pushed down by the second saw tooth 48 causes the sound output lever 52 to be pressed and pressed by the integrally formed spring portion 53. When the vehicle climbs over the mountain of 48, it is urged by the spring portion 53 and its tip is hit against the valley surface of the second saw tooth 48, so that the reel makes a sound effect of winding up the reel.

On the other hand, on the trajectory of the protruding edge 49, the leaf switch 11, which is a rotation detecting unit, is disposed.
When rotated, the leaf switch 11 can be turned on twice. A winding detection signal s3 generated by turning on a leaf switch (hereinafter referred to as a reel switch) 11 is input to the control unit 14, and the control unit 14 determines whether or not the player is winding the reel (by turning the handle 4). Or not) can be determined.

The display unit 12 has three LEDs 12a and 12
b, 12c, and the LEDs 12a, 12b, 1
2c is controlled by the control unit 14 so as to light up the point where the fish is located and to shift and blink to instruct the player to wind the reel. The point where the fish is located is near point, middle point, far point
One point is determined at random, and the LEDs 12a, 12b, and 12c are respectively lit to notify the player at the start of the game.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 55 denotes a power switch, and reference numeral 56 denotes a cover member of a battery box 58 for storing a battery 57 formed on the left cover 1b.

FIG. 7 shows a circuit diagram of the fishing experience toy. The control unit 14 is constituted by a programmable voice synthesis IC, and the control unit 14 controls the control program stored in the internal memory and the detection results of various detection units. Therefore, the flight distance counter 60 that determines the distance to fly the virtual bait, the get counter 61 that counts the fishing result, and the fight counter 62 that counts the number of fights that must be cleared before the fish are caught are counted up. The game progresses while randomly setting a point flag 63 indicating the point at which the player
A swing detection unit (pendulum sensor) 10 for detecting that the toy body 1 has been shaken, a motor stop switch 30 for detecting that the motor 23 has rotated a predetermined amount, and a rotation detection for detecting that the handle 4 is being turned. A tact switch 32 associated with a unit (reel switch) 11 and a cast button 31 to be pressed during casting is connected to output sound information necessary for proceeding with the game from the sound output unit (speaker) 13 and play the game. The visual information required to proceed is displayed by controlling the lighting of the LEDs 12a, 12b, and 12c, and is configured to control the operation of the motor 23 that drives the driving mechanism A that exercises the rod 2. It is.

Next, the operation of the fishing experience toy will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

When the power is turned on, initialization (clearing of the flight distance counter 60, the get counter 61, the fight counter 62, and the like) is performed (step ST1), and a sound effect “fan fare” for starting the game is output (step ST1). ST2). The control unit 14 randomly determines a point where the fish is present (a near point, a middle point, and a distant point), sets the point flag 63, and sets the three LEDs 12
The LED corresponding to the point flag 63 is blinked from among a, 12b, and 12c to notify the player of the point where the fish is located (step ST3). The player presses the cast button 31 (step ST4), and swings the toy body 1 in accordance with the point where the fish is located.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, when the toy body 1 is shaken, the pendulum sensor 10 is turned on (step S).
T5) The wind noise of the rod “Hugh Hugh” is output from the speaker 13 (step ST6), and the pendulum sensor 1
Every time 0 is turned on, the flying distance counter 60 is counted up (+1) (step ST7), and the flying distance of the pseudo bait is determined by the number of times the pendulum sensor 10 is turned on (counter value of the flying distance counter 60). The larger the number of times the toy body 1 is shaken, the farther the pseudo bait can be made to fly. However, in the present invention, the point is taken to be a close point in 1-3 times, a center point in 4-6 times, and a far point in 7-9 times Can be 1
It is set so that it jumps too much when it is 0 or more times.

Cast button 3 while shaking toy body 1
When the pressing of No. 1 is released (the tact switch 32 is turned off) (step ST8), a sound effect “Pochan” indicating the landing of the virtual artificial bait is output following the sound effect “Hyu Hugh” of the casting (step ST9). ), It is determined whether or not the false bait has missed the point (step ST)
10) If the point has been missed, all the LEDs are turned off in step ST11, a sound effect “b, b” indicating failure is output, and the process returns to step ST3 to perform the casting again. If the point has not been missed, a hit occurs after a delay time set at random from 1 to 6 seconds from the landing (step ST12). The control unit 14 turns on all the LEDs for a moment, and also notifies the player of the hit by rotating the motor 23, pulling the fishing line 6, and bending the rod 2 (step ST13). Motor 23 is a motor stop switch 3
When 0 turns on, it stops.

It is determined whether hooking was successful while the LEDs 12a, 12b, and 12c were on (step ST14). While all the LEDs are on, the toy body 1 is shaken as shown in FIG.
If successful, it is determined that hooking has succeeded, and the process proceeds to step ST15 to determine whether or not it is the tenth (get counter = 9).
And outputs a sound effect "Jean" that succeeded in hooking. If the tenth animal, the process proceeds to step ST17 to output a sound effect "Janjanjan" indicating that the tenth animal has been hooked, and the fighting process is performed. Proceed to routine.

If it is determined in step ST14 that the hook switch cannot be turned on while the LED is on, it is determined that hooking has failed and the fish has escaped.
And outputs a sound effect "boo" indicating failure, and the number of fish caught so far (counter value of the get counter 61).
Is notified by the number of sound effects “pip” indicating the get (for example, “pip, pip, pip” for three) (step ST1).
9) The fishing game ends. When the game is over, the process returns to step ST1, where the initialization is performed again, and the challenge is started again from the first fish.

In the fighting process, there are a stage in which the reel must be wound up and a stage in which the reel must not be wound up. This stage is repeated several times, and the fish can be caught by clearing this stage. Is programmed as
When the fighting process starts, the control unit 14 switches the LEDs to the LEDs 12c, 12b, without operating the motor.
The blinking is repeatedly shifted in the order of 12a to notify the player that the stage requires reel winding (step ST101). At this time, the control unit 1
4 judges whether or not the player winds the reel. This determination is made based on whether or not the reel switch 11 is repeatedly turned on (step ST10).
2). If the reel switch is not repeatedly turned on, it is determined that the player has not wound the reel or the timing of winding the reel is bad, and it is determined that the fish has escaped, and the process proceeds to step ST103 to output a sound effect “boo” indicating failure. A sound effect “pip” indicating the number of fish caught (count value of the get counter 61) is output (for example, “pip, pip, pip” for three fish) (step ST104), and the game ends. Returning to step ST1, the initialization is performed again, and a new challenge is started from the first fish.

If the reel switch can be repeatedly turned on until all the LEDs blink, the stage in which the reel must be wound can be cleared (step ST105). When the stage in which the reel must be wound can be cleared, the control unit 14
While blinking a, 12b, and 12c, the motor 23 is operated to pull the fishing line 6 to cause the rod portion 2 to be bent,
The sound effect “Hyun, Hyun” indicating that the fishing line is overstretched is output to indicate that the fish is pulling the rod strongly, and to notify the player that the stage is not allowed to wind the reel (step ST106). At this time, if the reel is wound up (reel switch 11 is ON),
It is determined that the fish have been forcibly wound up and escaped by the fish (step ST107), the process proceeds to step ST103, and a sound effect “boo” indicating failure is output, and only the number of fish caught (count value of the get counter 61) is obtained. The sound effect “pip” shown is output (for example, “pip, pip, pip” for three animals), the game ends, and step ST
Returning to 1, the initialization is performed again, and the first fish will be challenged again.

When the stage in which the reel must not be wound up ends, the control unit starts the stage in which the reel must be wound up again and turns on the LED, but returns to step ST106 until the LED is shifted on (step ST108). The motor 23 is operated to pull the fishing line body 6 to cause the rod portion 2 to bend, and to output a sound effect “Hyun, Hyun” indicating that the fishing line is overstretched,
The fish repeatedly pulls on the rod.

When the LED shifts on in step ST18 and the stage in which the reel must not be wound up ends, the fight counter 62 is counted up (+1) (step ST109), and the fight counter 62 reaches a predetermined value (2 at the start of the game). The process returns to step ST102 and repeats the fighting until it becomes (set randomly to ５5). When the fight counter 62 reaches a predetermined value, the process proceeds to step ST111 to output a fanfare. After the get counter 61 is counted up (+1) in step ST112, the sound effect “pipit” indicating only the counter value of the get counter 61 indicates “get” is obtained. Is output (step ST
113), it is determined whether or not the get counter 61 has reached a predetermined value (set to 10 in the present invention) (step S113).
T114) If the get counter 61 has not reached the predetermined value, the process returns to step ST3 to challenge the game of the next level. If the get counter 61 has reached the predetermined value, the process proceeds to step ST15. The fanfare is output from the speaker 13 to notify the player that all the games have been perfectly completed, and the process returns to step ST1 where the initialization is performed, and the fishing game is started again from the first animal.

When the cast button is kept pressed for a predetermined time (set to 5 seconds) during or after the game, the control section outputs a sound effect "pip" indicating a get from the speaker by the value of the get counter 61, Notify the current fishing results.

When it is desired to start from an intermediate level (for example, challenge the fifth animal), when the power switch is turned from OFF to ON while pressing the cast button, the LED is turned on. ) If the button is kept pressed for more than this time, a sound effect “beep” indicating get is output at predetermined intervals. Since the number of output get sounds corresponds to the level, the cast button may be released when the desired level is reached. The output of the fanfare notifies that the level has been set, and the counter value (4 in this case) corresponding to the level is set in the get counter 61 and the game is started.

As described above, since the point where the fish is located is notified in advance by the display unit, it is possible to determine the number of times the rod (the toy body) is shaken so that the pseudo bait reaches the point where the fish is located. Each time the toy body is shaken, a sound effect that the rod cuts the wind is output, so by listening to the number of times the sound effect is output, it is possible to judge whether the false bait can be skipped to the point, and even young children can easily You can aim for points and anyone can enjoy the same atmosphere as real fly fishing.

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to simulate the unique fishing play of fly fishing, in which the fishing rod is repeatedly shaken to fly the pseudo bait at the same distance to the point, and catch the fish.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the toy body is shaken like an actual fishing rod, the sound effect of the rod cutting the wind is output, and a realistic fishing game can be enjoyed. According to the invention of claim 3, since the flying distance of the pseudo bait is mechanically determined by the number of times the toy body is shaken, it is possible to aim at a point where a fish is present without requiring difficult timing, and even a young person can fly-fish. Can be simulated.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the control unit notifies the point where the fish is located in advance, a strategy for aiming at the point, not just flying the false bait in the dark cloud, is created. In addition, since it will judge whether the pseudo bait has flew to the point you aimed at, you will devise the number of times of swinging the toy body to aim at the point accurately, simulating fishing similar to actual fly fishing You can experience.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a stage in which the steering wheel must be turned and a stage in which the steering wheel must not be turned are set, and an operation mode of the steering wheel corresponding to each stage is required. You can enjoy the game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a fishing experience toy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the fishing experience toy.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams of an operation state of a swing detection unit. FIGS.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams of an operation state of a drive mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of an operation cam.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams of the operation state of the operation cam.

FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of the fishing experience toy.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation mode of the fishing experience toy.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation mode of the fishing experience toy.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toy body 2 Rod part 3 Handle part 4 Handle 10 Swing detection part 11 Rotation detection part 12 Display part 13 Sound output part 14 Control part A Drive mechanism

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yuji Kato 3-31-1, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo F-term in Cente Creations Inc. (reference) 2C001 AA00 AA15 BA00 BA06 BA07 BB00 BB03 BB05 BB06 CA00 CA04 CA09 CB01 CC00 CC03 CC08

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A fishing experience toy having the following requirements for simulating fly fishing for fishing fish using a pseudo bait. (A) The toy body has a flexible rod portion, a grip portion for the player to perform an operation of swinging the rod portion, a drive mechanism for bending the rod portion, a handle that can be rotated, and A swing detection unit for detecting a swing operation of the rod unit, a rotation detection unit for detecting rotation of the handle, and a control unit for controlling the drive mechanism are provided. (B) The control unit includes information necessary for game progress. And a sound output unit for notifying the information necessary for the progress of the game by sound to provide information to the player, and when the player clears the necessary conditions based on the information, the fish is removed. Judging that you caught 2. The fishing experience toy according to claim 1, wherein the control section causes the sound output section to output a wind noise of a rod when the swing detection section detects a swing operation of the toy body. 3. The fishing experience toy according to claim 1, wherein the control section counts the number of swing operations of the toy main body and determines a flight distance of the virtual pseudo bait from the number of swing operations. 4. The control unit randomly sets a point where a fish is present in advance for each game, displays the set point on the display unit, and determines whether or not the virtual false bait reaches the set point when casting. The fishing experience toy according to claim 1, wherein the determination is made. 5. The control unit randomly sets a stage in which the steering wheel must be rotated and a stage in which the steering wheel must not be rotated, and one of the display unit and the sound output unit. Or operating both of them to make the player recognize the two stages, and determining that the fish has been caught if the steering wheel is correctly rotated in all the stages.
The fishing experience toy described.