CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present disclosure claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 202011305798.2, filed on Nov. 19, 2020 and entitled “MULTI-DIRECTIONAL INPUT DEVICE AND GAME MACHINE”, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of input devices, in particular to a multi-directional input device and a game machine using the same.

BACKGROUND

A multi-directional input device generally includes a housing, an operator rotatably arranged in the housing, two rocker arms that rotate with pivoting of the operator, and a detection device that detects rotating amount of the rocker arms and outputs a corresponding signal according to the rotating amount of the rocker arms. However, in the related art, one of the two rocker arms of the multi-directional input device is usually driven by a rotating part of the operator, and the other one of which is usually driven by an operating part of the operator. That is, the two rocker arms are driven by two different parts of the operator. As a result, the two rocker arms are prone to generate different resistances to the operator, resulting in a difference in hand feeling when the multi-directional input device drives the two rocker arms through the operator.

SUMMARY

The main purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a multi-directional input device, which aims to drive a first rocker arm and a second rocker arm of the multi-directional input device by a same part of an operator, so that the possibility that the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm generate different resistances to the operator is reduced, thereby ensuring the consistency of the hand feeling of the multi-directional input device during use.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the multi-directional input device provided by the present disclosure includes:

a cover defining an opening;

an operator comprising an operating part protruding upward from the opening, the operator being pivotable by the operating part;

a first rocker arm and a second rocker arm rotating with pivoting of the operator, rotating axes of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm being perpendicular to each other;

a first rotary electrical component and a second rotary electrical component respectively detecting rotation of the first rocker arm and rotation of the second rocker arm; and

a base fixing the cover; where:

the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are distributed in up-down direction, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm each includes a C-shaped part, a rotating shaft part is provided on opposite ends of the C-shaped part, the rotating shaft part is fixed by the cover, a rotating axis is defined at both ends of the rotating shaft part, and the rotating shaft part is fixed by the cover; the operating part is penetrated through the C-shaped part, and the C-shaped part defines an elongated hole guiding the operating part to pivot.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cover defines a circular hole, and the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm each is rotatably matched with the cover through the rotating shaft part and the circular hole only.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the rotating axes of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are located in a same horizontal plane.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the operator includes a plane part opposite to an inner side surface of the elongated hole of the first rocker arm or the second rocker arm.

The present disclosure further provides a game machine, including a multi-directional input device, where the multi-directional input device includes:

a cover defining an opening;

an operator comprising an operating part protruding upward from the opening, the operator being pivotable by the operating part;

a first rocker arm and a second rocker arm rotating with pivoting of the operator, rotating axes of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm being perpendicular to each other;

a first rotary electrical component and a second rotary electrical component respectively detecting rotation of the first rocker arm and rotation of the second rocker arm; and

a base fixing the cover; where:

the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are distributed in up-down direction, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm each includes a C-shaped part, a rotating shaft part is provided on opposite ends of the C-shaped part, the rotating shaft part is fixed by the cover, a rotating axis is defined at both ends of the rotating shaft part, and the rotating shaft part is fixed by the cover; the operating part is penetrated through the C-shaped part, and the C-shaped part defines an elongated hole guiding the operating part to pivot.

According to the technical solution of the present disclosure, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm of the multi-directional input device each includes a C-shaped part, the C-shaped part defines an elongated hole through which the operating part of the operator penetrates, and the operating part is abutted against hole walls of the elongated holes of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm. At this time, when the operating part of the operator is pivoted, the operating part may drive the first rocker arm by applying force to the hole wall of the elongated hole of the first rocker arm, or drive the second rocker arm by applying force to the hole wall of the elongated hole of the second rocker arm. Compared with the related art in which the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm of the multi-directional input device are driven by different parts of the operator, in this solution, the operator drives the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm through the operating part, that is, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm of the multi-directional input device in this solution are driven by a same part of the operator. Thus, the possibility that the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm generate different resistances to the operator is reduced, thereby ensuring the consistency of the hand feeling of the multi-directional input device during use. In addition, since the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm in this solution are generally C-shaped, the distribution of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm may be more compact, reducing the occupation of space, therefore, the overall volume of the multi-directional input device can be reduced to make it easy to manage and carry.

