Flat foot switch unit with non-slippage structure
AssigneeKonami Corporation
InventorsToshimitsu Oishi, Toru Okubo
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Abstract
A flat foot switch unit has a surface has a slippage-preventing measure. In this, a foot switch section has a four-sided surface shape and step-motion-detectable foot switches internally formed in nine regions by dividing the surface shape in 3×3. Furthermore, the foot switch section has slippage-preventing linear grooves at least in the regions on the surface of the top layer of a first sheet unit, which is part of the surface shape, and in which the foot switches are arranged.
Claims18
A foot switch unit comprising:
- a home position part;
- a plurality of switches disposed about the home position part, said switches having an outer switch surface;
- elongated anti-slip grooves disposed in the outer switch surfaces;
- said elongated grooves in each of the outer switch surfaces being disposed in spaced parallel array so as to form alternating elongated grooves and elongated flat surface portions;
- said elongated grooves being disposed in a direction diagonal to a line extending from the home position part to each respective outer switch surface.
A foot switch unit comprising:
- a sheet having an upper flat surface, said sheet having a first section forming a home position and a plurality of second sections disposed about said first section forming switch sections;
- switches underlying said switch sections;
- elongated grooves in said switch sections of said upper flat surface disposed in spaced parallel array so as to form alternating elongated grooves and elongated upper flat surface portions;
- said elongated grooves in each switch section extending in a direction transversely of a line extending from the home portion to each respective switch section.
A flat foot switch comprising:
- a central home position part;
- a plurality of switches disposed juxtaposed about the central home position part;
- slippage preventing means in the form of elongated grooves disposed on an upper surface of said plurality of switches;
- said plurality of switches forming a rectangle having four corners, a direction of said elongated grooves of said plurality of switches not occupying corners of said rectangle being substantially one of a 45° diagonal direction or a −45° diagonal direction to a reference line extending from a center position of the central home position part to a center position of each respective switch not occupying corners of said rectangle, and a direction said elongated grooves of said plurality of switches occupying corners of said rectangle being substantially perpendicular to a line extending from a center position of the central home position part to a center position of each respective switch occupying corners of said rectangle.
A flat foot switch having a predetermined surface shape and a home position for a player, said foot switch comprising:
- a transparent top sheet formed with slippage preventing means on the top surface thereof;
- a second sheet placed underneath said top sheet having a home position, said second sheet being printed with markings around said home position indicating a plurality of stepping positions, said stepping positions correspond to regions for the player to step on;
- a sheet shaped common electrode placed underneath and abutting said second sheet;
- a fourth sheet formed with a plurality of through holes placed underneath said sheet shaped common electrode;
- a fifth sheet placed underneath said fourth sheet, provided with a plurality of separate electrodes forming separate switches at positions corresponding to said markings;
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- a bottom sheet placed underneath said fifth sheet, said bottom sheet is made of a durable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.