JP2002191821A - Game controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game controller capable of reducing its cost by being made small in size and easy in assembling. SOLUTION: Areas 15-18 respectively for every control function divisions are sectioned on a single board 4 housed in one vessel 2 and 3 and function- divided control components are mounted respectively in the areas 15-18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a game control device having a structure in which a control board is housed in a container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-128494, from the viewpoint of easy discovery of unauthorized alteration by a small number of inexplicable persons and inspection by public institutions,
An electric game control device mounted on a gaming machine, a main control device for electrically controlling the entire game, and a symbol control, a sound control, an indicator light control operated by a command output in one direction from the main control device, It is known to divide functions into slave control devices such as ball dispensing control and ball launch control. Also, JP 200
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 0-153020, it is also known to divide a control board into a plurality of parts, house the plurality of control boards in one see-through container, and connect them to each other with a connector or a cable. is there.

[0003]

However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
In the case of Japanese Patent No. 128494, the structure in which a plurality of function-divided control boards are housed in separate containers is also complicated, and the structure of disposing each control device in which each control board is housed in a container is arranged in a game machine. Therefore, there is a limit in cost reduction. In the case of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-153020, since the control board divided into a plurality of pieces is individually attached to the container with a fixing tool such as a set screw, it takes a great deal of time to attach the control board to the vessel. It takes effort and time,
There are limits to cost reduction.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention provides a game control device capable of reducing cost by downsizing and facilitating mounting.

[0005]

According to the present invention, an area for each functional division of control is divided into a single substrate accommodated in one container, and a control component divided for each area is divided into control parts. With the mounting, the game control device in which the control board is stored in the container can be reduced in size, and a single board can be mounted on one container, and the mounting of the board on the container can be facilitated.

[0006]

1 to 3 show a first embodiment. FIG. 1 shows an exploded appearance of a game control device 1, and FIG.
3 shows a cross section of the game control device 1, and FIG.
1 shows a back side of a pachinko machine as an example of a gaming machine provided with.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the game control device 1 will be described. The game control device 1 includes a base 2 and a cover 3
In this embodiment, the single substrate 4 is stored in the internal space of the container, and the base 2, the cover 3, and the single substrate 4 are connected with the set screw 5 such as a tapping screw. The base 2 is made of a transparent synthetic resin and has a box shape with an open back side. The base 2 has mounting holes 8 at four corners in a substrate storage portion 7 surrounded by a peripheral wall 6 and ribs 9 in a lattice shape. 6 has an annular intake groove 10 for accommodating the peripheral wall 11 of the cover 3 on the end face. The cover 3 is made of transparent synthetic resin and has a front open box shape. The cover 3 has mounting holes 13 at four corners in a substrate storage room 12 shown in FIG. Having.

The single board 4 is a board such as a printed board, and the whole game control corresponds to each function division such as main control, symbol control, sound control, indicator light control, ball payout control, and ball firing control. A control component which is divided into a plurality of areas 15; 16; 17; 18 and divided into functions for each of these areas 15 to 18 is mounted. The single board 4 includes, for example, main control, symbol control,
Four areas 15-1 corresponding to sound control, indicator light control, etc.
8 and the boundaries between the regions 15 to 18 are visually recognized from the outside by grooves 19; 20; 21 cut into the V-shaped, U-shaped, square, polygonal, etc. from the plate surface of the single substrate 4. It has a mounting hole 22 at each of the four corners. The grooves 19 to 21 do not divide (divide) the single substrate 4.

A semiconductor component such as a main control CPU, ROM, RAM and the like (not shown) and other electric components are mounted in the region 15 having the largest area. The semiconductor components such as CPU, ROM, RAM, semiconductor integrated circuit and the like for the symbol control and other electric components are mounted,
The other area 17 having a medium area has a sound control C (not shown).
A semiconductor component such as a PU, a ROM, a RAM, and a semiconductor integrated circuit and other electric components are mounted thereon, and the region 18 having the smallest area is mounted.
A semiconductor component such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a semiconductor integrated circuit (not shown) for controlling the indicator light, and other electric components are mounted on the CPU. The electric components mounted in each of the above regions are schematically shown by a virtual line L in FIG.

The electrical components in each area are connected to each other by wiring such as printed wiring, and the respective controls in the areas 15 to 18 are controlled by the inter-area connectors 23; 24; 25.
Connected by Each of the regions 15 to 18 is provided with an external connector 26; 27; 28; 29 for connection to the outside so as to be located on the periphery of the single substrate 4, and each of the regions 1 to 18.
Control name display units 30; 3 for displaying control names such as main control, symbol control, sound control, and indicator light control mounted on 5 to 18
1; 32; 33 are individually provided. The control name is formed by printing, stamping, etching of a metal foil as a printed wiring material, or the like, and is composed of one or a combination of characters, symbols, bar codes, characters, and the like.

The game control apparatus 1 is assembled by mounting a single substrate 4 on which electric components are mounted on a base 2, covering the base 3 with a cover 3, and setting screws 5 from a mounting hole 8 of the base 2. The cover 3 is fastened to the mounting hole 13 of the cover 3 via the mounting hole 22 of the single substrate 4. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 2, the game control device 1 in which the single substrate 4 is stored in the container is completed.
In FIG. 2, the single substrate 4 has the mounting hole 22 externally fitted to a fitting portion 34 formed in a stepped shape at the front end of the mounting hole 8 of the base 2, and the mounting of the base 2 around the mounting hole 22. By being sandwiched between the hole 8 and the mounting hole 13 of the cover 3, the base 2 and the cover 3 are supported without rattling. Since the periphery of the grooves 19 to 21 of the single substrate 4 is supported by the ribs 9 of the cover 3, the regions 15 to 18 are
It is not divided by 9-21.

Referring to FIG. 3, a structure in which the game control device 1 is mounted on a pachinko machine will be described. The game control device 1 uses a power supply supplied from a power supply device 45 provided in the game machine frame 41 to control an electric control operation by semiconductor components such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, a semiconductor integrated circuit, and other electric components. The game is performed by a frame-side game control device 42 attached to the game machine frame 41 and a board-side game control device 44 attached to the game board 43 attached to the game machine frame 41. The frame-side game control device 42 includes a ball payout control and a ball firing control, etc., as controls having a small relationship with the type of game that can be used in common even when the type of the game board 43 is different. Is provided with main control, symbol control, sound control, indicator light control, and the like as controls closely related to the type of game that needs to be replaced when the type of game board 43 is different. The control devices mounted on the game board 43 and the game machine frame 41 can be individually integrated as a single unit.
Is replaced, the frame-side game control device 42 can be used as it is. Therefore, in the case of a model change at a pachinko parlor, by replacing the game board 43 of the new model and the game board 43 of the old model with the game machine frame 41, the board-side gaming device closely related to the type of game is also replaced. This makes it easy to change models.

The main control is for controlling the entire game,
The ball payout control, the ball launch control, the symbol control, the sound control, and the indicator light control are sub-controls that operate according to a command output in one direction from the main control. For example, assuming that the game control device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a board-side game control device 44, the frame-side game control device 42 is a single board 4 housed in a container composed of the base 2 and the cover 3 shown in FIG. The number of areas 15 to 18 divided by grooves 19 to 21 in FIG. 1 is regarded as two, and semiconductor parts such as CPU, ROM, RAM for ball payout control and other electric parts are mounted in one area. It can be understood that the present invention can be easily implemented by replacing a semiconductor component such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like for ball launch control and other electric components in the other area.

FIG. 4 shows an inter-region connector 5 according to the second embodiment.
1; 52; 53 show the types of insertion-mount type inter-region connectors 51, in which terminals 51b embedded in an insulator 51a made of synthetic resin are protruded to both sides of the insulator 51a, and the respective protrusions are shown. The terminal 51b of the terminal 51b is inserted into the through-hole 54 formed in the plurality of adjacent areas A and B, and the printed terminal 55 formed on the single substrate 4 around the through-hole 54 is joined to a joining member such as solder. This is a form connected by 56. FIG. 2B shows a surface mount type inter-region connector 52.
The terminal 52b embedded in the insulator 52a made of synthetic resin protrudes on both sides of the insulator 52a, and the legs 52c of the protruding terminals 52b are connected to the plurality of adjacent regions A; This is a form in which the printed terminal 57 formed on the mounting surface is connected by a joining member 56 such as solder. c shows the inter-region connector 53 and the flat cable 58.
A plurality of inter-region connectors 53 that can be plugged into cables are individually mounted on the mounting surfaces of the single substrate 4 in a plurality of adjacent regions A and B, and a flat cable 58 is inserted into the inter-region connectors 53 and connected. It is a form that did. Instead of connecting the inter-region connector 53 with the flat cable 58, a knife-type connector such as a knife switch mounted on the inter-region connector 53 across the regions A and B may be used. The connection between the areas A and B can be cut off as necessary in the combination of the inter-area connector 53 and the flat cable 58 and the knife type of the inter-area connector 53 in FIG. Region A; B
Inspection of public institutions can be facilitated by securing electrical independence.

FIG. 5 shows the type of the area dividing structure of the third embodiment. FIG. 5A shows a single substrate 4 in which grooves 61 and 62 are formed on both sides. FIG. 6B shows the case where the grooves 63 and 64 are formed alternately when formed on both sides of the single substrate 4. c shows that when the grooves 65; 66; 67 are alternately formed inside from both sides of the single substrate 4, the grooves 65 are formed on one plate surface, and a plurality of grooves 66; 67 are formed on the other plate surface. It is formed so as to sandwich the groove 65 in the plate surface. d shows a case where the V-shaped grooves 68; 69 are alternately formed on both surfaces of the single substrate 4 when the slope of one groove 68 and the other groove 6 are used.
9 correspond to the ridges. Figure e shows a single substrate 4
And a plurality of through holes 70 such as circular holes or long holes.

FIG. 6 shows a region dividing structure according to a fourth embodiment. As shown in FIGS. A and b, concave portions 71 and 72 are respectively formed around a plurality of adjacent through holes 70 such as circular holes or long holes. It is formed alternately from both surfaces of the single substrate 4 so as to hang over the through holes 70.

According to the region dividing structure shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the depths of the grooves 61 to 69, the through holes 70 and the concave portions 71 and 72 formed on both sides of the single substrate 4 are equal to the thickness of the single substrate 4. In the case where the single substrate 4 is a multilayer wiring substrate, the internal wiring in which the grooves 61 to 69, the through holes 70, and the concave portions 71 and 72 are embedded in the single substrate 4 is used. A plurality of areas A; between B or a plurality of areas 15 to 18
Can be shut off between.

FIG. 7 shows a region dividing structure according to a fifth embodiment. FIG. 7A shows a boundary 73 for dividing a plurality of regions A and B on a plate surface of a single substrate 4 by screen printing or etching a conductive foil of a printed circuit board. It is formed by leaving in. b
The figure shows each region A; so that a boundary 74 is left between each region A;
B, resist films 75 and 76 are individually formed. In the case of FIG. 6B, the boundary 74 may be filled with a resist film of a different color or another color material. FIG. 3C shows a case where a resist film 78 to be applied to one of a plurality of adjacent regions A is formed and then a resist film 79 is formed to the other region.
9 is superimposed on a part of one of the resist films 78, so that the thickness of the resist film 78;
0 is formed. FIG. 4D shows a resist film 81 applied to one of the plurality of adjacent areas A and a resist film 82 applied to the other area B, and one resist film 8 is formed.
The boundary 83 is formed by different colors between the first resist film 82 and the other resist film 82.

FIG. 8 shows an area dividing structure according to a sixth embodiment. FIG. 3A shows a region A; B of the single substrate 4 formed by swelling from one plate surface side of the single substrate 4 to the other plate surface in a half-blank shape by, for example, press working, and a concave region A; The boundary 84 of the ridge is formed on the first substrate 4 and the electric components are mounted on the concave regions A and B as indicated by the imaginary lines L, so that the amount of protrusion of the electric components from one plate surface of the single substrate 4 is reduced. To protect the electrical components. FIG. 2B shows a region A; B of the single substrate 4 formed by swelling from one plate surface side to the other plate surface side of the single substrate 4 by, for example, press working, and forming a concave region between the convex regions A; The boundary 85 is formed, and the electric components are inserted and mounted in the convex regions A and B as indicated by the imaginary lines L.
The protrusion amount of the lead wire of the electric component from one plate surface is reduced. In the figures a and b, the bulging directions of the respective areas A and B are aligned in one direction, but they may bulge alternately from both directions. By forming the unevenness on the single substrate in this manner, when the single substrate 4 is a multilayer wiring substrate,
During the press working, the internal wiring of the single substrate 4 is divided into a plurality of areas A;
It is possible to cut off between B or a plurality of regions 15-18. Further, prior to the press working, identification information such as a manufacturer name is formed on the single substrate 4 across the areas A and B, and in that state, the unevenness of the areas A and B is formed by the press working.
The identification information is provided with a function such as a tally (tally; tally), so that it is possible to prevent a half-empty region A or B by press working from being replaced by a person who does not care.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a game control device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the game control device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a rear view showing the pachinko machine provided with the game control device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing an inter-region connector according to a second embodiment.

5A to 5D are side views and FIG. 5E is a plan view of the area dividing structure according to the third embodiment.

6A is a plan view and FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view of the area dividing structure according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an area division structure according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing an area dividing structure according to a sixth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game control apparatus 2 Base (container) 3 Cover (container) 4 Single board 15-18 Area 19-21 Groove

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game control device in which a control board is housed in a container, a control board divided into areas for each functional division of control on a single board housed in one container, and the function divided for each of those areas. A game control device characterized by implementing the above.