JP2001170272A - Light emitting device for game machine, light emission controller for game machine and game machine using them - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new and decorative light emitting device for a game machine, a light emission controller for the game machine for controlling the light emission and the game machine amusing to a player by using them. SOLUTION: A wind mill 44 provided on the front surface of a game panel as the light emitting device 1 for the game machine is provided with a light emitting unit 10 allows the unit 10 to pass through a hole 12a bored at a fixing table 12 to be fixed to the front surface of the game panel to be projected to the front surface of the game panel. A cover 14 formed of a light-transmissive material is provided on the front side of this unit 10, and a rotatable impeller 19 is installed on the front side of the cover 14. A light-transmissive decorative plate 18 is fitted to the impeller 19 and these parts are rotated integrally with a shaft 20 as a center. Since the light emitting color of the unit 10 can be changed by duty ratio control and irradiation with light from the unit 10 is given from the windmill 44, the device becomes extremely decorative.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a light emitting device for a game machine for changing the lighting mode in various ways, a light emitting control device for the game machine for controlling the same, and a game machine using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional gaming machine, various decoration-related parts are used in order to enhance the interest of a player, and the type of decoration is changed in accordance with a game state. In addition, by making these decorative parts into a decorative mode that matches the game state, the player can play an interesting game while predicting the game state to come.
Such a change in the game state (for example, the possibility of a big hit) is suggested by specifying a display mode of a variable display device such as a liquid crystal display, or an LED is turned on. A method of prompting a player is used, but a general method of producing such a game state has penetrated to some extent, and the novelty has been reduced.

[0003] In addition, a player can play a game with a certain degree of interest by producing a game state by using various components provided in the gaming machine. Various considerations such as decorativeness were necessary and were subject to restrictions. On the other hand, in a display mode similar to a conventional display mode or a display device having a low decorativeness, a player tends to get tired, and a novel and highly decorative component is required to provide an interesting gaming machine. It has been difficult to provide gaming machine parts that solve all of the above problems.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a novel and highly decorative light emitting device for a game machine, or a light emitting control device for a game machine for controlling the light emission of the light emitting device, and to further use the light emitting device. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that is interesting for a player.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to a light emitting device which is used by being attached to a game machine, and is mounted on a game board of the game machine. An accessory main body having a light guiding section,
It is built into the main part of the accessory, and is made of a light-transmitting material in which a plurality of light sources of different emission colors are arranged and collected, and each light from the plurality of light sources is contained in itself. A light emitting unit having a light mixing and illuminating section for guiding and mixing the mixed light, and illuminating the mixed light, and for a gaming machine to leak mixed light from the light emitting section from a light output section of the main part main body. Provided is a light emitting device for a game machine, wherein the light emitting device is configured as an accessory.

As described above, by forming the light leading-out portion in the accessory main body portion provided on the game board, and configuring the gaming machine serving as a gaming machine handing device in which mixed light from the light emitting portion leaks from the light leading-out portion.
It can be a role that can irradiate mixed light, and the decorativeness of the role itself is dramatically improved, so that it is a novel and timeless and entertaining role for the player.

[0007] At least a part of the accessory main body may be made of a light-transmitting material, and a portion formed of the light-transmitting material may function as a light guiding portion. By configuring a part of the accessory main body with the light-transmitting material in this way, the decorativeness is improved and the light-emitting unit also serves as a cover.

[0008] The light emitting unit is provided with an intermittent ON / OFF of each light source.
By changing the duty ratio between the light-on time and the light-off time by turning off the light, adjusting the apparent light amount from each light source, and changing the mixing ratio of each color light according to the light amount from each light source, the mixed light that is illuminated The gaming machine light emitting device may be configured such that the color of light is changed.

According to the above configuration, the apparent light quantity can be controlled very simply and freely only by performing high-speed switching of the LED, and the adjustment of the mixing ratio of the light of each color can be performed as desired. Further, the above method can easily realize software processing by a microprocessor without using a complicated control interface. As a result, the device configuration of the light emitting unit can be simplified, and the light emitting device for a game machine can be made compact, and complicated light emission control can be freely performed, which greatly contributes to the excitement of interest.

The present invention further relates to a light emitting device which is used by being attached to a game machine and which is capable of changing a light emitting pattern according to a game state, wherein a plurality of light sources having different light emitting colors are collectively arranged. And a light mixing and illuminating unit configured to guide each light from a plurality of light sources into itself and to mix them, and to illuminate the mixed light. Equipped with a light-emitting unit, adjust the apparent light amount from each light source by changing the duty ratio between the lighting time and the light-off time by intermittently turning on and off each light source in the light-emitting unit, and according to the light amount from each light source. A light-emitting control unit for changing the color of the mixed light to be illuminated by changing the mixing ratio of the light of each color.

[0011] By configuring the light emission pattern to be changeable according to the game state, it is possible to produce a decoration mode that matches the game state. For example, a specific light emission pattern is set in a so-called reach state in which the possibility of a big hit is increased, and a different light emission pattern is set in another game state (for example, a probable change reach state). By doing so, the player can predict the game state that will arrive based on the light emission pattern, and an interesting game can be provided. In addition, such a change in the light emission pattern can be easily performed by, for example, changing the duty ratio, adjusting the apparent light amount from each light source, and changing the color of the illuminated mixed light,
The device can also be easily configured.

The light-emitting unit has an element fixing base on which a plurality of LED elements of different colors of light constituting a light source are collectively mounted on one end side, and is arranged on one end side of the element fixing base to cover the plurality of LED elements. A light-transmitting cover body as a light mixing and illuminating unit is integrated, and a common power supply terminal to which an anode of each LED element is commonly connected to an element fixing base,
It may include a composite LED element in which a cathode terminal of each LED element is individually taken out and an individual control terminal is formed.

By configuring the anode of each LED element as a common power supply terminal commonly connected, the device can be made compact. By forming individual control terminals individually taken out at the cathode terminal of each LED element, Each LE
D elements can be individually controlled. Therefore, each LE
Since the light emission pattern of D can be variously changed individually, it is easier to generate various mixed lights, and the decorativeness is enhanced. In this case, in the light emitting device for a game machine, the composite LED element connects the power supply terminal to the power supply and connects each individual control terminal to the switching control means, so that the light emission amount of each color LED element is controlled by the switching control means. The configuration can be such that the duty ratio is controlled independently. By doing so, the effect of individually generating the light emission pattern can be achieved, and the circuit configuration required for achieving the effect is not complicated, which leads to simplification of the device, cost reduction, and the like.

[0014] The translucent cover of the composite LED element includes a light condensing member that condenses light from a plurality of LED elements in a predetermined optical axis direction and mixes them. In the light emission direction of the axis, the chip surface may be mounted on the element fixing base such that the shorter the emission wavelength is, the more the chip surface position is located on the front side. In this way, light emitted by the chip having a short emission wavelength is less likely to be absorbed by light having a long emission wavelength, and sufficient external emission efficiency can be maintained by increasing the external quantum efficiency of the chip having a short emission wavelength. It is in a decorative state where light is irradiated.

As the plurality of LED elements, a blue LED element, a green LED element, and a red LED element can be arranged so as to surround the optical axis. By doing so, it is possible to generate an optical axis in which light from all the LED terminals is satisfactorily mixed, and to provide novel and vivid decoration light.

According to the present invention, there is provided a selection command signal input section for inputting a selection command signal for designating a light emission control pattern to be selected, in order to control the light emission drive of the above-described light emitting device for a game machine. With reference to the selected selection command signal, one of the different light emission control patterns is selected,
A light emission control device for a game machine, comprising: a light emission control unit that controls light emission of the light emitting device for a game machine based on the selected light emission control pattern.

By attaching the control device as described above to a game machine (for example, by attaching it to a separate board so that it can be attached to the outside), it is possible to use the selection command signal input section of the device to input, for example, a reach or a big hit from the game machine. This makes it possible to easily realize a mode in which the light emission control of the light emitting device for a game machine of the present invention attached to the game machine is accurately performed according to the operation state of the game machine. Therefore,
The versatility can be imparted to the gaming machine light emitting device, and the light emission control means can easily create or change the light emission pattern. It should be noted that versatility may be provided by using these control devices as separate substrates, and in such a case, the convenience is further improved.

Further, the present invention provides a gaming machine light emitting device according to any of the above, a gaming machine light emitting control device described above, and a selection command to be input to the gaming machine light emitting control device according to a game state. And a selection command signal output means for outputting a signal.

As described above, the selection command signal output means outputs the selection command signal to the gaming machine light emission control device in association with the game state, so that the game machine adapted to the game state by the game machine light emission control device. It becomes possible to control the light emitting device for use. In addition, the light emitting device for a gaming machine makes it possible to suggest a game state to a player, and the decorativeness of the light emitting device is extremely high, so that the gaming machine becomes interesting for the player.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a structural example of a windmill 44 as a gaming machine light emitting device 1 (hereinafter, also simply referred to as light emitting device 1) as an example of an embodiment of the present invention. The portion of the windmill 44 excluding the light emitting unit 10 described later is the accessory main body. In addition, not only the winning item with a special mechanism in the gaming machine,
Auxiliary parts with a special mechanism like the windmill 44,
It is a generic name for these, including decorative parts. As shown in FIG. 3, the function of the windmill 44 in the game is provided on the front surface of the game board, and has the effect of rotating with the contact of bullets and enhancing the decorativeness. The light emitting unit 10
Can be referred to as a light-emitting accessory as one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the windmill 44 includes the light emitting unit 10 and the fixed base 12 fixed to the front of the game board.
The light emitting unit 10 is made to penetrate the hole 12a formed in the game board, and is projected to the front of the game board. The light emitting unit 10 has a terminal group 15 fixed to a substrate 11 provided at the rear of the game board, and a wiring 17 connected to the terminal group 15 is a connector 1.
3 is connected to a light emission control device (not shown). The board 11 provided at the rear of the game board and the fixing base 12 provided at the front of the game board are fixed with the game board therebetween by screws 24 serving as fastening members penetrating through these members and the game board. Become. In addition, a cover 14 formed of a light-transmitting material is provided on the front side of the light emitting unit 10, and these components (the light emitting unit 10,
The fixed base 12 and the cover 14) are integrally fixed so that light from the light emitting unit 10 is emitted to the front of the gaming machine. Further, on the front side of the cover 14, a rotatable impeller 19 is installed. The impeller 19 is provided with a translucent decorative plate 18, and these components rotate integrally about a shaft 20. The shaft 20 penetrates the decorative plate 18, the impeller 19, and the cover 14, and is fixed on the fixing base 12, and is fitted with the decorative plate 18 and the impeller 19.

When a ball comes into contact with the windmill 44 constructed as described above during a game, the ball passes through the front surface of the cover 14 which substantially coincides with the front surface of the game board, and comes into contact with the blade 16. The impeller 19 rotates integrally with the decorative plate 18 (note that a glass frame is provided on the further front surface of the decorative plate 18 so that the ball does not pass through the front side of the decorative plate 18). Then, the light from the light emitting unit 10 passes through the translucent decorative plate 18 and the cover 14 and leaks out to provide a vivid decoration mode to the player. Therefore, the decoration by the rotation of the decorative plate 18 and the decoration by the irradiation from the light emitting unit 10 act synergistically,
It will be novel and interesting for the player. Decorative board 1
8 may be formed so as to have translucency over the entire surface, or may be partially shielded from light. In addition,
When the entire surface is translucent, the efficiency of irradiating the light from the light emitting unit 10 increases, and the amount of light irradiated increases. If a part is shielded from light, a new decoration mode will be created by the balance between light shielding and light transmission.

Next, the configuration of the light emitting unit 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. Light emitting unit 1
0 is provided with a blue LED element 2, a green LED element 4, and a red LED element 6, and these elements are formed as a composite LED element. These composite LED elements are fixed to an element fixing base so as to be provided in a state of protruding forward (upward in FIG. 2A in FIG. 2A) in the order of shorter emission wavelength. Further, the element fixing base can be configured to have a step by adjusting bases 30a, 30b and a base 31 to which the adjusting bases 30a, 30b are attached or integrally formed,
The composite LED element is attached to the element fixing base such that the chip surface position is located on the front side as the emission wavelength becomes shorter. In this manner, light emitted from the chip having a short emission wavelength is less likely to be absorbed by light having a long emission wavelength, and sufficient external emission efficiency can be maintained by increasing the external quantum efficiency of the chip having a short emission wavelength. It is in a decorative state in which the mixed light is irradiated.

Each light from each LED element is diffused in the light-transmitting cover 8 as a light mixing / deriving portion, or the difference in the refractive index of each light when entering the light-transmitting material. Light that has reached the surface of the translucent cover 8 is mixed with each other by internal reflection or the like. If a diffusion medium for diffusely reflecting or diffusing light is mixed in the translucent cover 8, a more favorable light mixing state can be obtained. The translucent cover 8 of the composite LED element is partially formed on a lens, and transmits light from the plurality of LED elements to the optical axis 3.
By including a light-condensing member that condenses light in nine directions while mixing the light, an optical axis that can be mixed well can be generated.

Further, as shown in FIG.
The anode terminal and the cathode terminal derived from the device are connected to a terminal group 15 led out of the light emitting unit 10. The anode terminal (blue LED anode terminal 2b, green LED anode terminal 4b) derived from each LED device.
b, the red LED anode terminal 6b) is connected in common and led out of the light emitting unit 10 as a common anode terminal 35. Further, the respective cathode terminals (blue LED cathode terminal 2a, green LED cathode terminal 4a, red LED cathode terminal 6a) are connected to external cathode terminals 32, 3 respectively.
It is led out of the light emitting unit 10 as 3, 34. These external cathode terminal and common anode terminal 35 are connected to terminal group 1
5 is connected to a light emission control device via wiring (see FIG. 1), and the light emission control device controls light emission of each LED element.

As described above, the light emitting unit 10 includes an element fixing base on which a plurality of LED elements of different light emission colors constituting a light source are assembled and mounted on one end, and is disposed on one end of the element fixing base. A light-transmitting cover (light-transmitting cover 8) as a light-mixing and illuminating portion that covers a plurality of LED elements is integrated with a common power supply terminal to which an anode of each LED element is commonly connected to an element fixing base. A common anode terminal 35, an external cathode terminal 32 as an individual control terminal for individually taking out a cathode terminal of each LED element,
It has a composite LED element on which 33 and 34 are formed. As described above, by providing the common anode terminal 35 as a common power supply terminal to which the anodes of the respective LED elements are commonly connected, the device can be made compact, and the cathode terminals of the respective LED elements serve as individual control terminals individually taken out. By forming the external cathode terminals 32, 33, and 34, each LED element can be individually controlled. Therefore, since the light emission pattern of each LED can be changed variously individually, various mixed light can be generated, and the decorativeness can be enhanced. The control of the light emission pattern will be described later.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, each LED element is a blue LED element so as to surround the optical axis (the center of the light emitting unit 10 formed in a circular shape in the plan view of FIG. 2B). 2. The green LED element 4 and the red LED element 6 can be arranged. By doing this,
It is possible to generate an optical axis in which light from all the LED terminals is satisfactorily mixed, and to provide novel and vivid decoration light.

The light emitting device configured as described above and used by being attached to the gaming machine 60 as shown in FIG.
An accessory main body (in this embodiment, a windmill in this embodiment) which is mounted on a game board of the gaming machine 60 and has a light leading-out portion (the windmill 44 shown in FIG. 1 corresponds to the translucent decorative plate 18 and the cover 14). 44) and a plurality of light sources (blue LE
A light-emitting portion in which the D element 2, the green LED element 4, and the red LED element 6) are collectively arranged; and a light-transmitting material, and guides each light from a plurality of light sources into itself. And a light-transmitting cover 8 as a light-mixing and illuminating unit for illuminating the mixed light. The light-emitting unit 10 includes: It is configured as a gaming machine accessory to be leaked.

Next, several examples of the light emission control method will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration inside the gaming machine. In the main control unit 100 of the gaming machine, a CPU 101, a ROM 103, and a RAM 105 are provided. During the game, a game is performed according to a main program or the like configured in the ROM 103. The program corresponding to the event is read out from the ROM 103, and the game state is changed. For example, when a ball hits the start-up opening 50 (FIG. 3) during the game, after the start-up opening detection switch 118c detects it, the switch detection unit 11
6, the main program receives the information transmission, calls the corresponding program from the ROM 103, and executes it. At this time, the CPU 101 transmits the event information generated through the I / O port to the peripheral control circuit 12.
0, the peripheral control circuit 120 specifies the light emitting device 1 according to the event and specifies the light emitting method (light emitting control method) by the light emitting control device 122.

Next, an example of the configuration of the peripheral control circuit 120 will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. In the peripheral control circuit 120, an I / O port 136 for inputting event information from the main control unit 100 (FIG. 4), a CPU 130 for performing various processes in the peripheral control circuit 120, a RAM 132 in which a work area and the like are formed, a light emission A ROM 134 in which information on the pattern is stored is provided.
The peripheral control circuit 120 receives a signal from the main control unit after an event occurs, transmits a signal related to a light emitting method to a specific light emitting control circuit 122, and receives a signal related to the light emitting method to achieve the light emitting method. 1 to generate a control signal (for example, a voltage signal whose duty ratio is adjusted) to drive the light emitting device 1. The peripheral control circuit 120 and each of the light emission control devices 122 are configured as a separate substrate 131 and can be attached to a game machine (for example, the separate substrate 131 can be configured as a versatile detachable unit). ). Hereinafter, the control flow will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

During the game, the game is performed according to the main program stored in the ROM 103 of the main control unit. If a specific event occurs during the game, for example, the starting port 5
When a ball is won at 0 (FIG. 3), the ball is detected by the start port winning detection switch 118c, and the information is transmitted from the switch detection unit 116 to the main control unit 100. Upon receiving the information, the main program determines that a specific event (in this case, an event associated with the winning opening) has occurred, calls a program corresponding to the event from the ROM 103 via the CPU 101, and executes the program.
An event-specific program called from the ROM 103 transmits information (hereinafter, also simply referred to as event information) for transmitting that a specific event has occurred to the peripheral control circuit 120 (S1).

The event information is input to the peripheral control circuit 120 via the I / O port 136 (FIG. 5), and a program (hereinafter, also simply referred to as light emission pattern information) for outputting light emission pattern information corresponding to the event information is provided. ROM
Called by the CPU 130 from 134. The light emission pattern information includes a signal that specifies one of the light emission control devices 122, a signal that specifies a voltage waveform output from the light emission control device 122 (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a waveform selection command), and the duration of the signal. Are output to the light emission control device 122 (S2). FIG.
As shown in (a), the waveform generation microcomputer 123 as a voltage waveform generation means in the light emission control device 122 generates and outputs a voltage waveform based on the waveform selection command.
Further, each LE of the light emitting unit 10 is controlled by the voltage adjusting means.
The voltage applied to the D element (see FIG. 2, etc.) is adjusted (S3). Then, according to the applied voltage, each L
The luminous intensity of the ED elements is individually adjusted.

The waveform signal generated by the waveform generating microcomputer 123 is converted into an analog signal by a D / A converter 125 as voltage adjusting means, amplified by an amplifier 127, and output to each LED element in the light emitting unit 10. (S4). In addition, since the applied voltage is adjusted independently in each LED element, the light emission pattern can be adjusted for each LED element. In addition,
The light emission control time (for example, the time during which a specific light emission mode is maintained when a big hit occurs) is based on the light emission pattern information (R
The program may be set by a program stored in the OM 134, and may be adjusted such that an output stop signal to the light emission control device is output by the program when a predetermined time has elapsed.

The light emitting unit 10 is provided with each light source (each L
The intermittent on / off of the ED elements 2, 4, 6 (see FIG. 2) changes the duty ratio between the lighting time and the light-off time to adjust the apparent light amount from each light source, and the light amount from each light source. By changing the mixing ratio of the light of each color according to the above, the light emitting device for gaming machine can be configured such that the color of the illuminated mixed light is changed. For example, a pulse signal is transmitted by a waveform generation microcomputer 123a as shown in FIG. 7C, a desired voltage value (applied voltage generated in each LED element in a pulsed manner) is generated via an amplifier 127a, and the application time is obtained. Is adjusted to control the duty ratio. 10 to 13 illustrate the method of adjusting the mixed light.

As shown in FIG. 10, assuming that the length of one cycle of lighting / extinguishing is T, T is set to about 0.5 to 20 milliseconds (300 microseconds in this embodiment). Is good. If T exceeds 20 milliseconds, the apparent continuous lighting state is lost, and light emission flicker tends to occur. On the other hand,
T of less than 0.5 microseconds becomes difficult to control with the clock frequency of a general-purpose 8-bit (or 16-bit) microprocessor, and if a higher-performance microprocessor is used, a rise in price is unavoidable.

On the other hand, in order for the mixed luminescent color to appear to change substantially continuously with time, the unit of change of the lighting time (or the extinction time) (this reflects the number of steps of light quantity change). Is represented by the number of divisions in one cycle T,
It is preferable to have about 65536 steps (256 steps in this embodiment). As described above, the light emitting unit 10 adjusts the apparent light amount from each light source by changing the duty ratio between the lighting time and the light extinction time by intermittently turning on and off each LED element that is the light source. By changing the mixing ratio of the light of each color according to the amount of light, the color of the illuminated mixed light is changed. By doing so, the apparent light quantity can be extremely easily and freely controlled only by performing high-speed switching of each LED element, and the adjustment of the mixing ratio of the light of each color can be performed as desired. Further, the above-described method can easily realize software processing by a microprocessor (for example, the waveform generation microcomputer 123) without using a complicated control interface. As a result, the light-emitting unit 10 and the device configuration attached to the light-emitting unit 10 can be simplified, and the light-emitting device 1 for a game machine can be made compact, and complicated light-emission control can be freely performed. .

This embodiment employs a method of changing the apparent (or average light amount) of the LED by changing the duty ratio of the lighting time / light-out time according to the waveform signal from the waveform generating microcomputer 123. (Note that “light-off” in this specification means that the light amount level drops below a certain level and there is a light amount difference from the light-on state.
It does not necessarily mean complete turn-off). In this case, if it is desired to maintain the amount of emitted light, control may be performed to repeat the ON / OFF cycle for a designated time. According to this, all the light quantity control of the LED can be performed in a software manner by the microprocessor (waveform generation microcomputer 123), which greatly contributes to downsizing and cost reduction of the unit. In addition, by using the waveform generation circuit 141 without using the waveform generation microcomputer 123 as shown in FIG. 7B, an inexpensive circuit configuration can be achieved. FIGS. 8 and 9 are explanatory diagrams in the case of using such a waveform generation circuit (for example, an oscillation circuit).

For example, FIG. 8A has an oscillation circuit,
Sinusoidal voltage generators 151a, 151b, 151c (also referred to as signal generators 151a, 151b, 151c or collectively hereinafter) which also serve as voltage waveform adjusters and voltage adjusters (also serve as waveform generator 141 and voltage generator 143) A sine wave voltage generation circuit 151) is connected to each LED element. Thus, the amount of light emitted from each LED element is gradually increased and decreased by changing the applied voltage generated at each LED element in a sinusoidal manner. Further, the sine wave voltages generated in the respective LED elements are in a state where the phases are shifted from each other. Thereby, a full-color gradation can be realized. With such a light emission control device having an oscillation circuit, the device can be made lightweight and compact, and can be extremely easily installed in a game machine, leading to cost reduction.

FIG. 8B shows a sine wave voltage generating circuit 151a, 151b, 151c as a signal generating circuit in each LE.
An output selection circuit 1 connected to the D element and serving as a voltage adjusting means for selecting an output from the sine wave voltage generation circuit 151
52 are provided. FIG. 9 shows an example of the circuit configuration. These adjust the light emission pattern of the light emitting unit by independently selecting or independently adjusting the individual outputs connected to each LED element by the output selection circuit 152. For example, gradations excluding B can be realized by selecting only R and G outputs by the output selection circuit, and a single color gradation can be realized by selecting only R outputs. The output selection circuit independently adjusts the output values of R, G, and B (for example, the output values of the switches 153a, 153b, and 153c based on an output selection signal from an output signal generation unit (not shown) connected to the port 154). May be adjusted). As a result, a variety of light emission patterns are generated. Therefore, the device can be made lightweight and compact, and various types of light emitting patterns can be generated while reducing costs.

As described above, in order to control the light emission drive of the game machine light emitting device 1, the game machine light emission control device 122 receives the selection command signal (for example, event information) for designating the light emission control pattern to be selected. The waveform generation microcomputer 123 serving as a selection command signal input unit, and the input selection command signal, refer to different light emission control patterns from one another.
Light-emission control means (waveform generation microcomputer 123 and D / A converter 12) for controlling the light-emission of the gaming machine light-emitting device based on the selected light-emission control pattern.
5 applies).

By attaching the above-described control device to the game machine (for example, by attaching it to a separate board 131 so that the control device can be externally attached), the main control unit 100 of the game machine uses the selection command signal input unit of the device. For example, reach and jackpot and other command signal input (input of event information)
This makes it possible to easily realize a mode in which the light emission control of the gaming machine light emitting device of the present invention attached to the gaming machine is accurately performed in accordance with the operation state of the gaming machine. Therefore,
The light emitting device 1 for gaming machines can be made versatile, and the light emission control means can easily create and change the light emission pattern.

FIG. 11 is a schematic timing chart showing an example of a control pattern based on the duty ratio. H indicates a lighting state, and L indicates a non-lighting state. In this example, a green LED element (hereinafter, also simply referred to as green (or G)) and a blue LED element (hereinafter, also simply referred to as blue (or B)) are turned on continuously (hereinafter, simply referred to as red (or R)). First, the duty ratio is gradually reduced. As a result, the mixed color of R, G, and B passes through light blue, and becomes light blue, which is an even mixed color of G and B when R is turned off. Then from here G
The lighting duty ratio is gradually reduced. This gives R,
The mixed color of G and B passes through light blue, and blue (B)
Is turned on. In this manner, the light-emitting unit 10 appears to change its mixed luminescent color seemingly continuously by this processing, and can enhance fashionability.

As described above, by changing the duty ratio to adjust the apparent light amount, and by changing the mixing ratio of each color light according to the light amount from each light source, it is possible to change the color of the illuminated mixed light. Therefore, the device configuration of the light emitting unit can be simplified, and the light emitting device for gaming machines can be made compact.

As shown in FIG. 2, the composite LED element (blue LED element 2, green LED element 4, and red LED
The ED element 6) has a common anode terminal 3 as a power supply terminal.
5 is connected to a power supply, and the external cathode terminals 32, 33, and 34 as individual control terminals are connected to the waveform generation microcomputer 123 as switching control means, so that the light emission amount of the LED element of each color is controlled by the switching control means. , The duty ratio is controlled independently. By doing so, the effect of individually generating the light emission pattern can be achieved, and the circuit configuration required for achieving the effect is not complicated, which leads to simplification of the device, cost reduction, and the like.

Further, another example of the light emitting pattern will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13
In the graph, the duty ratio is plotted on the vertical axis, and the elapsed time is plotted on the horizontal axis. For example, the graph shown in FIG.
Various emission colors are generated by adjusting the emission of all the three LED elements. Further, the duty ratio of each LED element gradually increases or decreases, so that the emission color does not suddenly change, resulting in a soft emission change.

On the other hand, the light emission change shown in FIG. 12B does not output to the RB LED element, but changes the duty ratio of the G LED element in a pulsed manner. As a result, the color of light emitted from the light emitting unit 10 can be made a single color of green, and the change is a rapid change in light emission (that is, blinking). FIG. 13A shows an example of gradation using only R and B, and FIG. 13B shows an example of gradation of R single color. By adjusting the duty ratio in this manner, various light emission patterns can be generated, and various decoration modes can be obtained.

Further, such a change in the light emission mode can be used in accordance with an event to occur. For example, when the winning opening is won, G is turned on as shown in FIG. 13B, and when the reach state is reached, FIG.
The game state can be notified by changing the light emission pattern from the light emitting unit 10 and changing the decoration mode, such as light emission by RB gradation as shown in FIG. Therefore, a gaming machine having a very high interest can be provided.

Further, as described above, the present invention provides a gaming machine light emitting device 1, a gaming machine light emitting control device 122, and a selection command signal to be input to the gaming machine light emitting control device 122 according to a game state. A peripheral control circuit 120 is provided as a selection command signal output unit for outputting a selection command signal to the light emission control device 122 for a game machine by the selection finger peripheral control circuit 120 in association with a game state. It becomes possible to control the light emitting device 1 for gaming machines according to the gaming state by the light emitting control device 122 for games. Further, the light emitting device 1 for a gaming machine makes it possible to suggest a gaming state to a player, and the decorativeness of the light emitting device 1 is extremely high, so that the gaming machine becomes interesting for the player. In addition,
The adjustment of the apparent light quantity of each LED and the adjustment of the mixing ratio of light are L
The method of changing the voltage applied to the ED can be performed in substantially the same manner as described above.

In FIG. 1, the windmill 44 is used as an example of the accessory main body of the present invention, but this does not mean that the present invention is limited to this. For example, in the gaming machine shown in FIG. 3, the light emitting unit 10 can be provided with the light emitting units 10 in various portions (accessories) to constitute a light emitting device.
8, the light emitting unit 10 may be provided inside or near the holding lamp 46, the winning opening 49, the starting opening 50, the special winning opening 52, etc., to provide a light emitting device for a gaming machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded view showing a configuration example of a light emitting device for a game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a light emitting unit.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a gaming machine in which a light emitting device for a gaming machine is installed.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration of the gaming machine of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining a part of the configuration of FIG. 4 in detail;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of light emission control of the light emitting device for gaming machine.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a partial configuration example of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a partial configuration example of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a lighting / light-off cycle in duty ratio control.

FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing an example of change control of a mixed light emission color by duty ratio control of a light source light emission amount.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a control example of a duty ratio.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of duty ratio control.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Light emitting device example for gaming machines 2 Blue LED element 4 Green LED element 6 Red LED element 8 Translucent cover (Translucent cover body) 10 Light emitting unit 11 Substrate 14 Cover 15 Terminal group 18 Decorative plate 30a, 30b Adjustment stand ( Element fixing base 31 Base (Element fixing base) 32, 33, 34 External cathode terminal 35 Common anode terminal (Common power supply terminal) 44 Windmill (Main item body) 60 Amusement machine 100 Main control unit 120 Peripheral control circuit 122 Light emission control apparatus

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A light-emitting device used by being attached to a gaming machine, wherein the accessory body is mounted on a game board of the gaming machine and has a light guiding section, and is incorporated in the accessory main body. A light-emitting portion in which a plurality of light sources having different emission colors are collectively arranged, and a light-transmitting material is used, and each light from the plurality of light sources is guided to the inside of itself and mixed, and the mixture is mixed. A light-emitting unit having a light-mixing and illuminating portion that illuminates light, and is configured as a gaming machine accessory that leaks mixed light from the light-emitting portion from the light output portion of the accessory main body. A light emitting device for a game machine, characterized by the above. 2. The at least one part of the accessory main body portion is made of a light transmitting material, and a portion formed of the light transmitting material functions as the light guiding portion. A light emitting device for a gaming machine according to the above. 3. The light-emitting unit adjusts an apparent light amount from each light source by changing a duty ratio of a lighting time and a light-off time by intermittently turning on and off each light source, and adjusting an apparent light amount from each light source. The light emitting device for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein a color of the mixed light to be illuminated is changed by changing a mixing ratio of light of each color in accordance with the relationship. 4. A light-emitting device which is used by being attached to a game machine and is configured to be capable of changing a light-emitting pattern according to a game state, comprising: a light-emitting portion in which a plurality of light sources having different light-emitting colors are collectively arranged; A light-emitting unit comprising a light-emitting unit, which is made of a material having optical properties, guides each light from the plurality of light sources into its own, mixes them, and emits the mixed light. The apparent light amount from each light source is adjusted by changing the duty ratio between the lighting time and the light-off time by intermittent on / off of each light source of the light emitting unit, and each color is adjusted according to the light amount from each light source. A light emission control unit that changes a color of the mixed light to be illuminated by changing a mixing ratio of the light. 5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting unit comprises: an element fixing base on which a plurality of LED elements of different colors of light constituting the light source are collectively mounted on one end; and the light emitting unit is disposed on the one end of the element fixing base. A light-transmitting cover body as a light mixing and illuminating unit that covers a plurality of LED elements is integrated, and a common power supply terminal to which the anode of each LED element is connected in common to the element fixing base; Composite L in which cathode terminals are individually taken out and individual control terminals are formed
The light emitting device for a game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an ED element. 6. The composite LED device, wherein the power supply terminal is connected to a power supply and each individual control terminal is connected to switching control means, so that the light emission amount of each color LED element is independently controlled by the switching control means. The light emitting device for a game machine according to claim 5, wherein the duty ratio is controlled. 7. The light-transmissive cover body of the composite LED element includes a light-collecting member that collects light from the plurality of LED elements in a predetermined optical axis direction and mixes the light. The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the LED element is attached to the element fixing base such that the shorter the emission wavelength is, the more the chip surface position is located on the front side in the light emitting direction of the optical axis. Light emitting device. 8. The light emitting device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of LED elements include a blue LED element, a green LED element, and a red LED element arranged so as to surround the optical axis. apparatus. 9. A selection command signal input for inputting a selection command signal designating a light emission control pattern to be selected for controlling the light emission drive of the gaming machine light emitting device according to claim 1. A light emitting control unit for selecting one of light emitting control patterns different from each other with reference to an input selection command signal and performing light emitting control of the gaming machine light emitting device based on the selected light emitting control pattern. And a light emission control device for a gaming machine. 10. A light emitting device for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8, a light emitting control device for a gaming machine according to claim 9, and a light emitting control device for a gaming machine according to a game state. And a selection command signal output means for outputting a selection command signal to be input.