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US 5,713,792 AGranted
Fishing game device and a simulated fishing reel
AssigneeSega Enterprises, Ltd.
InventorsYuji Ohzono, Tomohiro Matsunaga, Masaki Matsuno, Futoshi Itoh, Ken Yamanouchi, Hiroyasu Suzuki
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fishing game device. The device comprises line take-up means rotatable forward and reverse; a fishing rod, to a distal end of which is fixed a fishing line fed from the line take-up means; a simulated reel attached to a side opposite to the distal end of the fishing rod and including a handle to be rotated by a player and a brake mechanism for applying a load braking force to the movement of the handle; and control means for controlling a magnitude of the load braking force of the braking mechanism in accordance with the rotational state of the line take-up means.
Claims22
A fishing game device comprising:
- line take-up means rotatable forward and reverse;
- a fishing rod, to a distal end of which is fixed a fishing line fed from the line take-up means;
- a simulated reel attached to a side opposite to the distal end of the fishing rod and including a handle to be rotated by a player and a brake mechanism for applying a load braking force to the movement of the handle;
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- control means for controlling a magnitude of the load braking force of the braking mechanism in accordance with the rotational state of the line take-up means.
2 more elements
A fishing game device of one of the claims of 1 through 5:
- further comprising a monitor for displaying a video of the fishing, the control means controlling a switching of the video of the fishing based on the output of the take-up encoder and the reel encoder.
A simulated reel comprising:
- a handle being rotatable;
- a rotary portion having a shaft with the same direction as a shaft of the handle and being rotated according to the rotation of the handle;
- an encoder for outputing an electric signal corresponding to a rotation amount of the rotary portion;
- a rotation mechanism coupled to the rotary portion;
- and
- a fixing mechanism portion, the coupling amount to the rotation mechanism being controlled electromagnetically,
- wherein a load breaking force is applied to the rotation of the handle by controlling the coupling amount of the rotation mechanism and the fixing mechanism.
4 more elements
A fishing game device comprising:
- line take-up means having a line take-up drum being rotatable forward and reverse which takes up and feeds out a line;
- a fishing rod, to a distal end of which the line fed out from the line take-up drum is fixed, being operable by a player so that the distal end moves up and down;
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- control means for controlling a rotation of the line take-up drum according to a predetermined simulation program, and
- said line take-up means further comprising;
- a hydraulic pump for circulating an oil into an oil circuit under a predetermined pressure;
- a hydraulic motor provided in the oil circuit for transferring the output torque thereof to the line take-up drum;
- a first solenoid valve being supplied a first control current depending on a control signal from the control means and supplying an oil having an pressure depending on the first control current to the hydraulic motor so as to rotate the motor in one direction;
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- a second solenoid valve being supplied a second control current depending on a control signal from the control means and supplying an oil having an pressure depending on the second control current to the hydraulic motor so as to rotate the motor in another direction.
7 more elements
A fishing game device comprises:
- line take-up means including a line take-up drum winding in and feeding out a fishing line and a hydraulic motor rotatable forward and backward and transmitting a rotational torque to the line take-up drum;
- a fishing rod connected at the tip thereof to the fishing line fed from the line take-up drum;
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- control means for rotating the hydraulic motor forward and backward in accordance with a predetermined simulation program.
1 more element
A fishing game device comprising:
- a fishing rod, to a distal end of which a line is fixed, being moved up and down by a player, and being flexible;
- line take-up means, connected to the other end of the line, for controlling the taking-up and feeding out of the line;
- a simulated reel attached to the fishing rod at the other side of the distal end and including a handle being rotated by the player and a braking mechanism for providing a braking load to the rotation of the handle;
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- control means for controlling the amount of the braking load from the braking mechanism depending on a tension applied to the line by the line take-up means.
2 more elements
A fishing game device comprising:
- a fishing rod, to a distal end of which a line is fixed, being moved up and down by a player, and being flexible;
- line take-up means, connected to the other end of the line, being controllable to rotate forward and reverse for the taking-up and feeding out of the line;
- a first rotation detection means for detecting a rotation state of the line take-up means;
- a simulated reel attached to the fishing rod at the other side of the distal end and including a handle being rotated by the player and a braking mechanism for providing a braking load to the rotation of the handle;
- a second rotation detection means for detecting a rotation state of the handle;
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- control means, including a storage medium for storing a computer readable program to reproduce a fishing, for controlling a rotation torque of the line take-up means according to the program and controlling the amount of the braking load from the braking mechanism depending on detection signals from the first rotation detection means and a second rotation detection means.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.