IP Library Granted Patent US 9,626,825
Granted Patent B2
US 9,626,825 · App. 14/470,132 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Game machine

Inventor: Hiroaki Sugiyama (Gifu, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
G07F17/3213
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Patent No.
US 9,626,825
App. No.
14/470,132
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (31)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2014
From: SUGIYAMA, HIROAKI
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033641/0877 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-205592 · Sep 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150094154A1 · Apr 2, 2015