CN101264384A - Disk game system and robot device - Google Patents

Abstract

A disk game system and a robot apparatus. The disc game system mainly comprises a touch screen, a computer device and a robot arm. The computer device includes a processor and a memory. The memory comprises at least one disc game software program, and when the disc game software program is executed by the processor, the touch screen displays a game interface presented by the disc game software program. The computer device can control the robot arm, so that the touch end of the robot arm can touch the touch screen, and one or more users (real persons) can interact with the disc game system to play the disc game.

Description

Disk game system and robotic device

technical field

The present invention relates to a board game system utilizing a robotic arm.

Background technique

A variety of board game software programs have been developed that allow users to play board games such as chess and chess, or games such as Monopoly against a computer. However, the feeling of the user facing the computer is very unreal, so the known technology has the idea of developing people and robots to play board games. For example, U.S. Patent No. 4,398,720 (Robot Computer Chess Game, robot playing chess game) is exactly. Although the robotic arm has been developed maturely, the robotic arm capable of grabbing chess pieces as in U.S. Patent No. 4,398,720 is quite expensive, and if the robotic arm can grab different kinds, it is very difficult (because there are still chess pieces of different sizes or shapes). Consider not touching adjacent pieces).

Moreover, the chessboard used in U.S. Patent No. 4,398,720 is a physical chessboard. Therefore, if you want to play different types of board games, you must replace the chessboard, chess pieces, and related control software.

Therefore, it is necessary to design a game that can play multiple disc games and greatly reduce the difficulty and cost.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to allow a user to interact with a robot or robotic arm for a shuffleboard game.

To achieve the above object, the board game system of the present invention mainly includes a touch screen, a computer device and a robot arm. A computer device includes a processor and memory. At least one disc game software program is stored in the memory, and when the processor executes the disc game software program, the touch screen displays the game interface (such as a chessboard) presented by the disc game software program. Therefore, as long as different disc games are played, the touch screen will display the corresponding game interface.

The robot arm of the present invention includes a touch end. When the disc game software program is executed, the computer device can control the robot arm so that the touch end of the robot arm can touch the touch screen, so that one or more users ( A real person) can play the shuffle game against the shuffle game system.

According to the board game system of the present invention, the robot arm and the touch screen can be fixedly combined.

According to the board game system of the present invention, it further includes a robot device, wherein the robot arm is connected to the robot device.

In addition, the touch end of the robotic arm can be provided with a buffer mechanism and a safety sensor to reduce the probability of damaging the touch screen.

The present invention also provides a robot device, which can be electrically connected with a touch screen to achieve board games with users. The robot device includes: a computer device, including a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory includes at least one board game A software program, so that the processor can execute the disc game software program, so that the game interface corresponding to the disc game software program is displayed on the touch screen; and a robot arm is electrically connected to the computer device, and the robot arm includes Touch end; By the above construction, when the disc game software program is executed, the computer device controls the robot arm so that the touch end of the robot arm can touch the touch screen, so that the user can interact with the disc game. The disc game software program is played on the disc game system.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is an appearance diagram of the first embodiment of the board game system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the touching end of the robot arm of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a hardware architecture diagram of the first implementation of the board game system of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of the present invention regarding the operation of the robotic arm.

Fig. 5 is an appearance view of the second embodiment of the board game system of the present invention, showing the state that the robot device is not combined with the touch screen.

Fig. 6 is an appearance view of the second embodiment of the board game system of the present invention, showing the state of the combination of the robot device and the touch screen.

FIG. 7 is a hardware architecture diagram of the second implementation of the board game system of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is an appearance view of the third embodiment of the board game system of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a hardware architecture diagram of the third implementation of the board game system of the present invention.

Wherein, the reference signs are explained as follows:

10, 10a, 10b Disc Game System

20 touch screen

30, 30b Computer device

31 processors

32 memory

33 speakers

35 disc game software programs

351 game interface

38 input and output interfaces

381 image transmission line

40 robotic arms

41 touch end

42 buffer mechanism

43 safety sensor

50, 50b Robotic devices

51 connection interface

511 groove

Detailed ways

The present invention is suitable for realizing any board game, such as chess, chess, go, backgammon, checkers and other board games, or games such as Monopoly, usually such games have a board surface with specific graphics, and according to a certain The rules of the game are "pieces" that move within a specific graphic, and then one or more people alternately move or flip the pieces in a certain order. As long as it is a game that meets the above characteristics, the present invention may be applicable. In the present invention, a robotic arm or robot is one party, one or more users are the other party, and a touch screen is used to present the board and the "sub". In order to allow your examiners to better understand the technical content of the present invention, three preferred specific embodiments are given below as an example of a board game that is well-known to most people.

Please refer to FIGS. 1-4 together below for the first embodiment.

The roulette game system 10 mainly includes a touch screen 20 , a computer device 30 and a robot arm 40 . In the first embodiment, the touch screen 20 , the computer device 30 and the robot arm 40 are integrated together, and the touch screen 20 is electrically connected to the computer device 30 , and the robot arm 40 is also electrically connected to the computer device 30 .

The computer device 30 includes a processor 31 , a memory 32 (which may include memory such as DRAM or a hard disk), and a speaker 33 . Memory 32 includes at least one disc game software program 35 stored therein. When the processor 31 executes the disc game software program 35 , the touch screen 20 displays the game interface 351 corresponding to the disc game software program 35 . The function of the loudspeaker 33 is mainly to produce entertainment effects, such as coordinating with the progress of the board game to produce some sound effects, or voices such as encouragement or ridicule to increase the sense of reality.

The board game software program 35 is, for example, chess, Chinese chess, go, checkers and the like. Since there are many kinds of disc game software programs, the details of the disc game software program 35 will not be repeated below. Taking board games as an example, the "chessboard" of the present invention is the touch screen 20, and the grid lines and "chess pieces" on the "chessboard" are images presented by the touch screen 20, so the board game system 10 can provide multiple A board game is played against one or more users.

The robot arm 40 of the present invention includes a touch end 41. When the disc game software program 35 is executed, the computer device 30 can control the robot arm 40 so that the touch end 41 of the robot arm 40 can touch the touch screen 20 The "chess piece" presented on a first position of the "chessboard" represents "picking up" the "chess piece", and then the computer device 30 controls the robot arm 40 to move to another second position and touch the touch screen 20 , to represent "putting down" the "pawn". The computer device 30 can automatically make various reactions according to the change of the position of the "chess piece" and the chess game at that time, such as "eating" the original other side's "chess piece" on the second position, issuing a warning of "general", or inviting the next One side moves chess and so on. Therefore, the present invention can enable one or more users (real people) to play various board games against the board game system 10 .

There are basically two types of touch screen 20, one is that an object needs to actually touch the touch screen 20, the second is to make the touch screen 20 sense through a special sensor pen, and the sensor pen of the second way actually touches the touch screen 20. As long as the touch screen 20 is approached, the touch screen 20 can be sensed. Since the control of the robotic arm 40 is already very precise, there is no need to worry too much about the robotic arm 40 damaging the touch screen 20 . But in order to reduce the probability of damaging the touch screen 20, as shown in FIG. 2, the touch end 41 is preferably made of non-hard material, such as rubber. In addition, a buffer mechanism 42 (such as a spring) can be provided, so that the control of the robot arm 40 can have a slight error; even a safety sensor 43 can be installed, in case the touch end 41 touches the touch screen 20 downwards and exceeds a certain distance , the touch end 41 will be pressed to the safety sensor 43 (such as a button), and at this time the safety sensor 43 can send a signal to let the computer device 30 lift up or return the robot arm 40. Regarding the safety program, in the following step 403 will also be supplemented. In addition to preventing the robot arm 40 from destroying the touch screen 20 , the safety sensor 43 can also prevent the user from accidentally being pressed by the robot arm 40 .

Please refer to FIG. 4 for the flow chart of the operation of the robotic arm 40 below:

Step 401:

The robot arm 40 receives the target position signal from the computer device 30 .

The design of the board game software program 35 all calculates what the "computer side" should do next, such as which chess piece will be moved to which position; or as Go, which position the chess piece will be placed on. Therefore, the position can be converted into the target position where the robot arm 40 will go (after the coordinate values are usually obtained, the angles at which each motor in the robot arm will be controlled are then controlled). Since the control of the robot arm 40 is a known technology, here No longer.

Step 402:

The robot arm 40 moves to the target position and touches the touch screen 20 .

Step 403:

This step is a safety procedure, for example, there are two ways:

The first type: Once the touch screen 20 is touched, the robot arm 40 is required to return to its original position.

The second type: the touch end 41 is pressed to the safety sensor 43 , and the safety sensor 43 can send a signal to let the computer device 30 return the robotic arm 40 to its original position.

You can choose one or both of the above two security procedures.

If an abnormal situation occurs and step 403 must be executed, a warning may be issued, for example, a calibration procedure of the robotic arm 40 is required.

It should be noted that the control of the robotic arm 40 is already very precise, so step 403 is not necessarily necessary.

Step 404:

After the robotic arm 40 reaches the target position, the robotic arm 40 leaves the touch screen 20 . In the next step, depending on the situation, it is possible that the robotic arm 40 returns to its original position first, or because another target position signal is received immediately, the robotic arm 40 continues to move to the next target position.

It should be noted that step 401 can also receive more than one target position signal at a time, so that the robotic arm 40 moves each target position in sequence. In addition, the robot arm 40 is actually preferably attached to a doll (not shown) to become the arm of the doll, so as to increase the aesthetic or interesting effect.

Please refer to FIGS. 5-7 together below for the board game system 10a of the second embodiment. The board game system 10a includes a robotic device 50, and the robotic arm 40 is a part of the robotic device 50. This robotic device 50 can have other uses in a preferred design, and when a board game is to be played, the robotic device 50 can be used The connection interface 51 of 50 is connected with the input and output interface 38 of the computer device 30. FIG. 5 shows the state that the robot device 50 is not combined with the touch screen 20, and FIG. 6 is the combined state. In this embodiment, the connection interface 51 of the robot device 50 has a groove 511 so as to be combined with the touch screen 20. Once the robot device 50 is combined with the touch screen 20, the relative positional relationship between the robot arm 40 and the touch screen 20 is also determined. Sure. It should be noted that the relative positional relationship between the robot arm 40 and the touch screen 20 can be achieved in other ways. For example, the robot device 50 includes an image acquisition device and image analysis software to know the position of the touch screen 20 . The focus of the second embodiment is to illustrate that the robotic arm 40 does not have to be fixedly combined with the touch screen 20 as in the first embodiment.

Please refer to FIGS. 8-9 together below for the board game system 10b of the third embodiment. The focus of the board game system 10b is that the computer device 30b in the robot device 50b can execute the board game software program, and the board game System 10 b does not necessarily include touch screen 20 , but is connected to touch screen 20 , for example, via a transmission line 381 . Of course, the robot device 50b can also be designed with a touch screen 20 attached. Normally, the touch screen 20 is in a folded state. When the user wants to play, the touch screen 20 can be laid flat again.

Please note that the spirit of the present invention can also be extended to card games (including mahjong, etc.), because the main difference between these games and disc games is that the former does not require a special board, and cards are the same as disc games. The "sub" is similar, so as long as the game software program is changed in the present invention, it can also provide a variety of card games played by one or more users and robots.

To sum up, the present invention exhibits features that are quite different from the known technologies in terms of purpose, means and effects. However, it should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are examples only for convenience of description, and the scope of rights claimed by the present invention should be determined by the claims, rather than being limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

Claims (10)

1. disc type game system comprises:

Computer installation comprises processor, memory, and wherein this memory comprises at least one disc type game software program, makes this processor can carry out this disc type game software program;

Touch-screen is electrically connected with this computer installation, makes that this touch-screen shows the interface of this disc type game software program correspondence when this disc type game software program is performed; And

Robotic arm is electrically connected with this computer installation, and this robotic arm comprises and touches end;

By above-mentioned structure, when this disc type game software program is performed, this computer installation is controlled this robotic arm and is made this of this robotic arm touch end can to touch this touch-screen, make the user can with this disc type game system to playing this disc type game software program.

2. disc type game system as claimed in claim 1, wherein this touches to hold and comprises buffer gear, to reduce the probability of destroying this touch-screen.

3. disc type game system as claimed in claim 2, wherein this touches to hold and comprises safety sensor, to reduce the probability of destroying this touch-screen.

4. as each described disc type game system of claim 1-3, but wherein this robotic arm and this touch-screen secure bond.

5. disc type game system as claimed in claim 1 wherein also comprises the robot device, and wherein this robotic arm is linked to this robot device.

6. disc type game system as claimed in claim 5, wherein this touches to hold and comprises buffer gear, to reduce the probability of destroying this touch-screen.

7. disc type game system as claimed in claim 6, wherein this touches to hold and comprises safety sensor, to reduce the probability of destroying this touch-screen.

8. a robot device can be electrically connected with touch-screen, coils the class recreation to reach with the user, and this robot device comprises:

Computer installation, comprise processor, memory, wherein this memory comprises at least one disc type game software program, make this processor can carry out this disc type game software program, so that the interface of this disc type game software program correspondence is shown in this touch-screen; And

Robotic arm is electrically connected with this computer installation, and this robotic arm comprises and touches end;

By above-mentioned structure, when this disc type game software program is performed, this computer installation is controlled this robotic arm and is made this of this robotic arm touch end can to touch this touch-screen, make the user to play this disc type game software program with this disc type game system.

9. robot device as claimed in claim 8, wherein this touches to hold and comprises buffer gear, to reduce the probability of destroying this touch-screen.

10. robot device as claimed in claim 9, wherein this touches to hold and comprises safety sensor, to reduce the probability of destroying this touch-screen.

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