Mahjong machine operation panel key structure and mahjong machine

Abstract

The utility model discloses a mahjong machine operation panel key structure which comprises a square groove formed in an operation panel, a microswitch and a light source are arranged below the operation panel, and the microswitch is electrically connected with the light source. The LED lamp further comprises a card-shaped key, one end of the card-shaped key is movably connected with the square groove, the other end of the card-shaped key is connected with the microswitch, the microswitch is triggered by the action of the card-shaped key, and the light source faces the card-shaped key. The utility model further discloses the mahjong machine. According to the utility model, a plurality of different information contents on the operation panel are represented by a plurality of independent and pressing plate-shaped keys, when a user needs to select any information content to display, the corresponding microswitch can be triggered by pressing the corresponding plate-shaped key, so that the microswitch is lightened through the light source, the display effect is realized, and the user experience is improved. And each card-shaped key integrates an information display function and a triggering function.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of mahjong machine equipment and relates to a mahjong machine operation panel key structure and a mahjong machine. Background Art

[0002] In response to different types of mahjong playing methods, the models and styles of automatic mahjong machines on the market are also diversified. Among them, in the layout of the operation panel of some mahjong machines, it is necessary to set up multiple display units to indicate different information respectively. For example, in the Sichuan mahjong playing method, the tube, ten thousand, and strip card types, the user needs to choose any card type to discard, and the result of the selection needs to be visible to other users. The existing mahjong machines of this type usually have three display areas and a mechanical button on the operation panel. The display on the three display areas is switched by pressing the mechanical button. The setting of the single button makes it too frequently triggered during use, which is very prone to damage or failure in the long run. In addition, the switching method requires the user to press multiple times to make a selection each time it is used, and the user experience is not friendly. Utility Model Content

[0003] In order to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a mahjong machine operation panel key structure and a mahjong machine.

[0004] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] A mahjong machine operating panel button structure includes a square groove opened in the operating panel, a micro switch and a light source are arranged below the operating panel, and the micro switch is electrically connected to the light source; and also includes a card-shaped button, one end of the card-shaped button is movably connected to the square groove, and the other end is connected to the micro switch, the movement of the card-shaped button triggers the micro switch, and the light source is directed toward the card-shaped button.

[0006] Furthermore, the card-shaped button has a rectangular structure.

[0007] Furthermore, the number of the card type buttons is set to be multiple, and they are arranged side by side in an array in the square groove.

[0008] Furthermore, a hook is provided at one end of the card-shaped button, and a slot for inserting the hook is provided at one side of the square groove. When the hook is located in the slot, the slot abuts against the top of the hook.

[0009] Furthermore, a boss is provided at one end of the card-shaped button, and the boss is extended downward and abuts against the micro switch.

[0010] Further, it further includes a light-shielding frame, the light-shielding frame is arranged at the bottom of the square groove, a baffle is arranged inside the light-shielding frame, and the baffle is located between two adjacent card-shaped buttons.

[0011] Further, a light condensing part is arranged at the bottom of the light-shielding frame, the light condensing part is arranged on the periphery of the light source, and the light condensing part is in a conical structure that expands upward.

[0012] Further, the card-shaped buttons are made of a transparent material, or the surfaces of the card-shaped buttons are provided with hollow-outs.

[0013] Further, the card-shaped buttons respectively include cylinder character buttons, stripe character buttons, and ten thousand character buttons.

[0014] A mahjong machine is provided with the above-mentioned button structure of the operation panel of the mahjong machine.

[0015] In summary, the beneficial effects of the present utility model are as follows:

[0016] The present utility model uses multiple card-shaped buttons that are independent and pressable respectively to represent multiple different information contents on the operation panel. When the user needs to select any information content for display, only need to press the corresponding card-shaped button to trigger the corresponding micro switch to make itself light up through the light source, realizing the display effect. Each card-shaped button integrates the information display function and the trigger function, replacing the switching of a single button, greatly reducing the number of times the single button is pressed, improving the overall service life of the operation panel, and being more intuitive for the user experience. The user can directly select the information to be displayed for corresponding triggering, without the need to switch and select through multiple triggers, and the user experience is more friendly. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of the operation panel of the present utility model.

[0018] Figure 2 is Figure 1 the explosion structure schematic diagram in

[0019] Figure 3 It is a schematic structural diagram of the card-shaped button.

[0020] Figure 4 It is a schematic structural diagram of the circuit board.

[0021] Figure 5 It is a schematic structural diagram of the light-shielding frame.

[0022] Figure 6 It is a schematic structural diagram of the card-shaped button and the light-shielding frame.

[0023] Markings in the figure: 1. operation panel; 11. square groove; 2. card-shaped button; 21. hook; 22. boss; 3. circuit board; 31. micro switch; 32. light source; 4. shading frame; 41. baffle; 42. through groove; 43. focusing part. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The following describes the implementation of the present invention through specific examples. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the contents disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different specific implementations. The details in this specification can also be modified or changed in various ways based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It should be noted that the following embodiments and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0025] It should be noted that the illustrations provided in the following embodiments are only schematic illustrations of the basic concept of the present invention, and thus the drawings only show components related to the present invention rather than being drawn according to the number, shape and size of components in actual implementation. In actual implementation, the type, quantity and proportion of each component may be changed arbitrarily, and the component layout may also be more complicated.

[0026] All directional indications in the embodiments of the present invention (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, horizontal, vertical...) are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement status, etc. between the components in a certain specific posture. If the specific posture changes, the directional indication will also change accordingly.

[0027] Due to installation errors and other reasons, the parallel relationship referred to in the embodiments of the present invention may actually be an approximately parallel relationship, and the vertical relationship may actually be an approximately vertical relationship.

[0028] The utility model provides a mahjong machine operation panel key structure, which is used for independently displaying a variety of playing information on the operation panel 1 and providing physical key feedback.

[0029] For different types of mahjong playing methods, the model of the mahjong machine operation panel 1 also has various settings. In this embodiment, refer to Figure 1 Four groups of card type buttons 2 are arranged on the operation panel 1, and each group of the card type buttons 2 includes at least a "Tong" button, a "Tiao" button and a "Wan" button, which are respectively provided with corresponding marks to correspond to the "Tong" card type, "Tiao" card type and "Wan" card type in mahjong tiles. During the operation of the mahjong machine, the status of the card type buttons 2 includes no display at all, or only one of the "Tong" button, "Tiao" button and "Wan" button is displayed.

[0030] In the mahjong game corresponding to the operation panel 1 of this embodiment, any user needs to select one of the cylinder tile type, stripe tile type, and character tile type as the discarded tiles, and the selection of this user needs to be known to other users. Therefore, in this embodiment, the selection is directly displayed through the tile type button 2.

[0031] Referring to Figure 2 , a square groove 11 for installing the tile type button 2 is formed on the operation panel 1, and a circuit board 3 is arranged below the operation panel 1. The square groove 11 is arranged in a penetrating manner, so that the tile type button 2 can pass through the square groove 11 and be installed downward on the circuit board 3.

[0032] In this embodiment, the cylinder tile button, the stripe tile button, and the character tile button are all in a rectangular structure. The cylinder tile button, the stripe tile button, and the character tile button are arranged side by side in an array in the square groove 11. The square groove 11 can be integral, and the three buttons are jointly arranged in the integral square groove 11. The square groove 11 can also be three independently arranged side-by-side grooves, and the three buttons are respectively arranged in the three grooves.

[0033] Referring to Figure 3 , one end of the tile type button 2 is provided with a hook 21, and the other end is provided with a boss 22. The boss 22 extends downward. One side of the square groove 11 is provided with a bayonet for inserting and installing the hook 21. When the hook 21 is inserted into the bayonet, the bayonet abuts against the upper part of the hook 21 to form a limit, and the tile type button 2 can swing slightly in the up and down direction with the hook 21 as the central pivot point.

[0034] When the tile type button is installed in the square groove 11, first, the hook 21 is matched with the bayonet, and the boss 22 is connected downward to the trigger part of the micro switch 31 on the circuit board 3. Referring to Figure 4 , when the user presses the tile type button, the boss 22 triggers the micro switch 31 downward, thereby forming a pressing signal. Subsequently, the trigger part of the micro switch 31 rebounds to reset the tile type button.

[0035] A plurality of light sources 32 are also arranged on the circuit board 3. Referring to Figure 5, each of the light sources 32 is respectively arranged directly below the cylinder character button, the bar character button, and the ten thousand character button in one-to-one correspondence. When any one of the cylinder character button, the bar character button, and the ten thousand character button is pressed to trigger the micro switch 31, the corresponding light source 32 below it lights up. In this embodiment, the card type button 2 is provided with a hollow and light-leaking area or made of a transparent material. When the light source 32 corresponding to it below lights up, light that can be observed by the user will penetrate through the surface of the card type button 2, thereby realizing the above-mentioned display effect of the card type button 2, enabling all users to know which specific card type button 2 has been pressed.

[0036] The divergence of the light source 32 is inevitable. When the light source 32 below one of the card type buttons 2 lights up, in order to avoid light leakage on the adjacent card type buttons 2, a light-shielding frame 4 is further provided below the operation panel 1. Refer to Figure 6 , the light-shielding frame 4 is located between the operation panel 1 and the circuit board 3 and is fixedly connected to the operation panel 1. The light-shielding frame 4 forms a closed structure around the bottom and the circumference of the square groove 11. Among them, a baffle 41 is provided inside the light-shielding frame 4. The baffle 41 is arranged between two adjacent card type buttons 2 and divides the space between two adjacent card type buttons 2 vertically, thereby avoiding the situation of light leakage from adjacent light sources 32.

[0037] The light-shielding frame 4 is provided with a through groove 42 for the convex platform 22 to pass through downward. The bottom of the light-shielding frame 4 is further provided with a light condensing part 43. The light condensing part 43 has a tapered structure that expands upward. The bottom and the top of the tapered structure form a through opening. The bottom opening of the light condensing part 43 faces downward directly towards the light source 32. Preferably, the bottom opening of the light condensing part 43 abuts against the circuit board 3 downward, so that the light source 32 is located at the center of the bottom of the light condensing part 43. By surrounding the periphery of the light source 32 with the light condensing part 43, the tapered setting of the light condensing part 43 has an effect of guiding and收拢 the light of the light source 32, making the light source 32 irradiate more concentratedly on the corresponding card type button 2.

[0038] Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A key structure of a mahjong machine operation panel, characterized in that: It includes a square groove (11) opened on the operation panel (1). A microswitch (31) and a light source (32) are arranged below the operation panel (1). The microswitch (31) is electrically connected to the light source (32); it also includes a card-shaped button (2). One end of the card-shaped button (2) is movably connected to the square groove (11), and the other end is connected to the microswitch (31). The action of the card-shaped button (2) triggers the microswitch (31), and the light source (32) faces the card-shaped button (2).

2. A mahjong machine operation panel key structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The card-shaped button (2) has a rectangular structure.

3. A mahjong machine operation panel key structure according to claim 2, characterized in that: The number of the card-shaped buttons (2) is set to be multiple, and they are arranged side by side in an array distribution in the square groove (11).

4. A mahjong machine operation panel key structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: One end of the card-shaped button (2) is provided with a hook (21). One side of the square groove (11) is provided with a bayonet for the hook (21) to insert. When the hook (21) is located in the bayonet, the bayonet abuts against the top of the hook (21).

5. A mahjong machine operation panel key structure according to claim 4, characterized in that: One end of the card-shaped button (2) is provided with a boss (22). The boss (22) extends downward and abuts against the microswitch (31).

6. The key structure of the mahjong machine operation panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a light-shielding frame (4). The light-shielding frame (4) is arranged at the bottom of the square groove (11). A baffle (41) is arranged in the light-shielding frame (4). The baffle (41) is located between two adjacent card-shaped buttons (2).

7. A mahjong machine operation panel key structure according to claim 6, characterized in that: A light condensing part (43) is arranged at the bottom of the light-shielding frame (4). The light condensing part (43) is arranged on the periphery of the light source (32), and the light condensing part (43) has a conical structure that expands upward.

8. A mahjong machine operation panel key structure according to claim 1 or 7, characterized in that: The card-shaped button (2) is made of a transparent material, or the surface of the card-shaped button (2) is provided with a hollow-out structure.

9. The key structure of the mahjong machine operation panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The card-shaped buttons (2) respectively include a cylinder character button, a bar character button, and a ten thousand character button.

10. A mahjong machine, characterized in that: The mahjong machine is provided with the mahjong machine operation panel button structure according to any one of claims 1-9.

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