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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
Norihisa Takahashi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Katsumi Matsushita, Gifu, JP;
Yasuyuki Ohba, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Ibuki, Aichi, JP;
Norihisa Takahashi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Katsumi Matsushita, Gifu, JP;
Yasuyuki Ohba, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Ibuki, Aichi, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A movable body drive device that controls a drive unit configured to drive a movable body arranged on a game machine has a communication unit that receives a control command for regulating a destination position of the movable body, a storage unit that stores a current position of the movable body, and a control unit that determines, based on a difference between the destination position and the current position or a moving direction in an immediately previous action of the movable body, a moving direction in the next action of the movable body and to control the drive unit such that the movable body is moved along the moving direction in the next action until the movable body reaches the destination position.