JP3016906B2 - Variable display device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a plurality of display elements is variable
The present invention relates to a variable display device having a variable display unit to be displayed .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball game machine or a toy-type game machine to which a variable display device provided with a variable display unit for variably displaying a plurality of display elements (for example, identification information such as numbers and symbols) is applied. Were offered to the market in large numbers. Variable display unit in these variable display devices ( generally called a rotating drum)
Is a print or drawing of a plurality of pieces of identification information formed on the outer peripheral surface with colors and patterns, and the form of the identification information itself does not change.

[0003]

Therefore, even if the identification information is variably displayed, only predetermined symbols and the like are variably displayed, so that there has been a problem that the player is tired of playing for a long period of time. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a variable display device capable of attracting a player to the variable display operation by changing the identification information itself. Is to provide.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a method for driving a motor is provided.
A variable display portion in which a plurality of display elements are variably displayed I, the
Display that is placed inside the variable display section and is visible to the player
A unit consisting of an irradiation device that irradiates elements
In the variable display device equipped with a plurality of variable display devices, the variable display unit independently comprises a first variable display unit and a second variable display unit for variably displaying, and the second variable display unit is a first variable display unit The first variable display unit and the second variable display unit are configured to variably display a plurality of display elements, and when the respective variable display units are stopped, the first variable display unit is displayed. The display element and the display element of the second variable display section form predetermined identification information, and the predetermined
It is characterized in that identification information is emitted by the irradiation device .

[0005]

Variable display <br/> operation starts of the action: a first variable display unit and the second display portion, the first when the variable display operation is stopped
Display elements and one identification information by the display elements of the second display portion of the variable display unit is configured. Then, first possible
The variable display unit and the second display portion, so is variably displayed independently, and the display elements of the first variable display portion during the stop the
Since various combinations occur in the form of the identification information depending on the display elements of the second variable display unit , the first variable display unit and the second variable display unit
Unless both display units are stopped, it is impossible to know what kind of identification information is configured, so that the player's interest in the variable display operation is strongly attracted.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the variable display device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, a ball and ball game machine (for example, a pachinko game machine)
Is applied to the variable display device 10.
FIG. 4 shows a state in which a large number of obstacle nails 3 are planted and attached to a game board 1 of a ball game machine in which two glass plates 2 are arranged in front. is there.

[0007] As shown in FIG.
A mounting decorative board 11 mounted on the front of the game board 1,
As shown in FIG. 4, a drum storage box 15 which is attached to the rear side of the game board 1 and stores rotary drum mechanisms 16, 17 and the like which will be described later. Therefore, first, FIG.
A description will be given of the mounting decorative board 11 with reference to FIG. 1. At the upper part of the mounting decorative board 11, a prize hole 12 for hitting a ball falling on the game board 1 is formed. Numerical indicators 13a and 13b for displaying numerical values related to the game content of the gaming machine are provided. Numerical display 1
3a is constituted by a 7-segment LED, and displays, for example, the number of times a variable prize ball device (not shown) is opened in a big hit game state. Numerical display 13b
Is constituted by a plurality of LED lamps, and displays, for example, the number of times the variable display operation of the variable display device 10 is reserved. A rectangular see-through lens unit 14 is attached to substantially the center of the mounting decorative board 11, so that a left drum mechanism 16, a digital display 18, and a right drum mechanism 17, which will be described later, can be seen through.

By the way, two pieces of identification information (hereinafter, referred to as symbols) of the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17 can be seen through the see-through lens portion 14, and an intermediate position between the two symbols. Thus, one symbol is displayed on the digital display 18 between the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17. Thus, the left drum mechanism 16, the digital display 1
8 and the combination of the symbols displayed on the right drum mechanism 17 are set so as to enter the big hit game state when the symbol displayed on any one of the diagonal lines becomes a predetermined symbol combination. I have. For example, as shown in the figure, when the colors of the symbols of the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17 are the same, the big hit game state is set.

Next, the internal structure of the drum housing 15 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. The drum housing 15 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an open front surface, and a left drum mechanism is provided in a left space thereof. A right drum mechanism 17 is disposed in the right space. Also, the left drum mechanism 16
One digital display 18 is arranged so as to be sandwiched between the right drum mechanism 17 and the right drum mechanism 17. The printed wiring board 19 and the terminal board 2
0 is provided. Stop position detectors 21 to 24 are provided on the printed wiring board 19 so as to face a part of the outer circumference of the outer rotating drums 30 and 30a and the inner rotating drums 31 and 31a of the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17 which will be described later.
Is provided. These stop position detectors 21 to 24
Each of the rotating drums 30 is configured by a light detection type switch.
By detecting a reflector (not shown) attached to a part of the outer periphery of 30a, 31, 31a, the number of steps of drive motors 33, 37 (stepping motors) described below is reset, and the rotation drum is stopped. The position is detected. Further, the terminal board 20 has motor wirings 3 (described later) of the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17.
5, 39, a terminal group (not shown) for collecting and connecting the connector terminals of the lamp wiring 43 and the connector terminals of the wiring (not shown) of the digital display 18 are provided.

Incidentally, the left drum mechanism 16 and the right drum mechanism 17 are connected to the outer rotating drum 3 as a first variable display section.
0, 30a and inner rotating drum 3 as second variable display unit
The two rotating drums 1 and 31a are concentrically rotated. Since the configuration is almost the same, the detailed configuration of one drum mechanism 16 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, the drum mechanism 16
Is a cylindrical outer rotating drum 30 and the outer rotating drum 30
And an inner rotating drum 31 arranged concentrically.
The outer rotating drum 30 is fixed to a motor shaft 34 of a drive motor 33 (stepping motor) fixed to a motor mounting plate 32 which is positioned and mounted at a predetermined position of the drum storage box 15. Further, the motor wiring 35 is pulled out from the drive motor 33 and the motor mounting plate 32 is pulled out.
Extends rearward from the lower rear end of the lower case.

The inner rotating drum 31 is fixed to a motor shaft 38 of a driving motor 37 (stepping motor) fixed to a motor mounting plate 36 which is positioned and mounted at a predetermined position of the drum housing 15. ing. Further, a motor wiring 39 is drawn from the drive motor 37 and extends rearward from a lower rear end of the motor mounting plate 36. Thus, the outer rotating drum 30 and the inner rotating drum 3
1 is driven independently by different drive motors 33 and 37. Further, an irradiation lamp device 40 is mounted in front of the motor mounting plate 36. The irradiation lamp device 40 has a structure in which irradiation lamps 42a and 42b are housed in lamp housing chambers 41a and 41b which are open at the front and divided into two upper and lower sections. Thus, the lamps 42a, 42b
4 illuminates the rear surfaces of two symbols that can be seen through, and is lit when the variable display device 10 is variably displaying. The irradiation lamps 42a, 4
In order to enhance the irradiation capacity of the lamp housing 2b,
The inner peripheral surface of 41b is a color (for example, white or metallic glossy color) that easily reflects light.
In 1, at least the outer peripheral surface is formed of a transparent material.

By the way, the lamp wiring 43 is drawn out from the irradiation lamp device 40 and extends rearward from the upper rear end of the motor mounting plate 36. The mounting to the motor mounting plate 36 is performed by the rotating drums 30 and 31. The structure is such that it does not hinder the rotation of. That is, the concave portion 45 of the motor mounting plate 36 is pressed from the through hole 44 formed near the upper rear end toward the corner thereof, and the locking hole 46 is formed in the middle of the concave portion 45. Thus, the irradiation lamp device 40
The lamp wiring 43 extends from the motor mounting plate 36 through the through-hole 44 first.
Lay it in 5. Then, in the laid state, the U-shaped locking metal fitting 47 is inserted into the locking hole 46 from the rear of the motor mounting plate 36, and the bent pieces 48 a and 48 b which are both end pieces thereof are left and right on the front side of the motor mounting plate 36. And locked at the opening edge of the locking hole 46. Accordingly, the lamp wiring 43 can be locked in a state in which the lamp wiring 43 is in close contact with the motor mounting plate 36, and the close contact state is not released by the heat of the lamp wiring 43 that generates heat during use. It should be noted that not only the lamp wiring 43 but also the motor wirings 35 and 39 are provided.
Are mounted in close contact with the motor mounting plates 32 and 36 by the same structure.

Although the configuration of the left drum mechanism 16 has been described with reference to FIG. 5, the configuration of the right drum mechanism 17 is completely the same, and as shown in FIG.
A drive motor for rotating the outer rotating drum 30a of the right drum mechanism 17 so as to be symmetrical with the drum housing box 15
And the drive motor for rotating the inner rotating drum 31a is located closer to the center of the drum housing box 15. Therefore, in FIG. 4, the reference numerals for the configuration of the right drum mechanism 17 are
It is omitted except for 1a.

The drum mechanism 16 constructed as described above
(17) Rotary drums 30 (30a) and 31 (31a)
Are attached to the outer peripheral surface of each of the belt-shaped drum display information 50 and 51 in which a plurality of display elements are drawn.
Drum display information 50 attached to the outer rotating drum 30
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, transparent numerical information 50b is drawn on an opaque cloth 50a as a display element. Also, the drum display information 5 attached to the inner rotating drum 31
1 is a display element, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, as shown in FIG.
(51b is blue and 51c is yellow). Thus, the outer rotating drum 30 and the inner rotating drum 3
1 is stopped, the identification information displayed on the left drum mechanism 16 includes the color filters 51a to 51a in the numerical information 50b.
The identification information is any one of the colors c. Therefore, even in the case of the same numerical information, identification information having different colors may be displayed. That is, the rotating drums 30, 3
Numerical information 50 of the outer rotating drum 30 at the time of the stop
b and coloring filters 51a to 51c of the inner rotating drum 31
As a result, various combinations are generated in the form of the identification information, so that it is not known what identification information is configured unless both the outer rotating drum 30 and the inner rotating drum 31 stop, and the variable display operation of the player Will be strongly attracted.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the drum display information attached to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 30 (30a) of the drum mechanism 16 (17). That is, in the drum display information 52 attached to the outer rotating drum 30, numerical value information 52b constituting a part of the numerical information is drawn on the transparent cloth 52a as a display element.
In the drum display information 53 attached to the inner rotating drum 31, numerical value information 53b constituting a part of the numerical information is drawn on a transparent fabric 53a as a display element. Thus, the identification information displayed on the left drum mechanism 16 when the outer rotary drum 30 and the inner rotary drum 31 stop can be recognized as a numerical value by a combination (synthesis) of the numerical partial information 52b and the numerical partial information 53b. It becomes identification information or identification information that cannot be recognized as a numerical value. That is, also in this case, various combinations are generated in the form of the identification information by the numerical partial information 52b of the outer rotary drum 30 and the numerical partial information 53b of the inner rotary drum 31 when the rotary drums 30 and 31 are stopped. As long as both the outer rotating drum 30 and the inner rotating drum 31 do not stop, it is not known what kind of identification information is configured, and the player's interest in the variable display operation is strongly attracted.

Various control methods are conceivable for the variable display control of the variable display device 10. For example, after the start of the variable display, the outer rotating drum 30 of the left drum mechanism 16 is controlled.
After (or at the same time), the inner rotating drum 31 is stopped, and then the outer rotating drum 30a of the right drum mechanism 17 is stopped.
After stopping (or simultaneously), the inner rotating drum 31a is stopped, and finally, the digital display 18 is stopped.
After the start of the variable display, the outer rotating drum 3 of the left drum mechanism 16
0, there is a method of sequentially stopping the outer rotating drum 30a of the right drum mechanism 17 and the digital display 18 and then sequentially or simultaneously stopping the inner rotating drums 31 and 31a.
Of course, the stop control may be performed by other methods.

In the above-described embodiment, the variable display device 10 having two drum mechanisms (hereinafter, referred to as W drum mechanism) including an outer rotating drum and an inner rotating drum and having one digital display is exemplified. However, a variable display device having all W drum mechanisms may be used.
A variable display device including only a drum mechanism may be used. Further, the variable display device may be a combination of a W drum mechanism and a conventional single drum mechanism. The variable display section is not limited to a cylindrical drum structure, but may be a disk-shaped section overlapping in the front-rear direction, or a belt-shaped variable display section.
Or it may be a variable display unit which combines these. Furthermore,
It is not necessary to arrange the overlapping variable display portions concentrically. In short, if the display elements formed on the respective variable display portions are combined at a position visible to the player, good. Further, as the display element formed on the outer peripheral surface of the variable display section , not only the numerical information and the color filter as in the embodiment but also the symbol information and other display information may be used. For example,
Displays numerical information and patterns information on the first display portion, a second Allowed
It is conceivable to display effective line display information that hits the variable display section . Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the variable display device 10 is applied to a ball-and-ball game machine has been described, but the variable display device 10 may be applied to a spinning-type game machine. Incidentally, if applying the technical concept of the present invention, for example, identification information capable of recognizing the player's first
One variable display unit's display to only, the second display portion, it is conceivable to form the display elements ornamental nothing to do with the identification information.

[0018]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention comprises a first variable display section and a second variable display section for independently variably displaying variable display sections, and a second variable display section. The variable display section is configured to be variably displayed behind the first variable display section, and the first variable display section and the second variable display section are each variably displayed with a plurality of display elements, and each variable display section is stopped. When the display device of the first variable display section and the display element of the second variable display section form predetermined identification information, the predetermined identification information is transmitted to the irradiation device.
In and then, it is irradiated, since the various combinations is generated in the form of identification information by the display element of the display element and the second variable display portion of the first display portion when stopped, and the first variable display unit As long as both of the second variable display sections do not stop, it is not known what identification information is configured, so that the player's interest in the variable display operation can be strongly attracted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a state of a combination of display elements formed on a first variable display unit and a second variable display unit .

FIG. 2 is another explanatory diagram illustrating a state of a combination of display elements formed on a first variable display unit and a second variable display unit .

FIG. 3 is a front view of the variable display device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the variable display device cut in a horizontal direction.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a first variable display unit and a second variable display unit .

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 variable display device 30, 30a outer rotating drum ( first variable display unit) 31, 31a inner rotating drum ( second variable display unit) 50, 52 outer drum display information (display element) 51, 53 inner drum display information (display) element)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A variable display section for variably displaying a plurality of display elements by driving a motor; and a variable display section provided inside the variable display section.
Irradiation device that irradiates display elements that are placed and visible to the player
The variable display device in which a plurality of units are mounted on a fixed frame , wherein the variable display unit includes a first variable display unit and a second variable display unit for independently variably displaying, and the second variable display unit. The variable display unit is configured to variably display behind the first variable display unit, and a plurality of display elements are variably displayed on the first variable display unit and the second variable display unit, and each variable display unit stops. the addition to the display elements of the first variable display portion when forming a predetermined identification information in the display elements of the second variable display unit
Irradiating predetermined identification information with the irradiating device;
Variable display device for. 2. The fixing frame includes a plurality of units.
It is a box-shaped fixed frame to be stored.
The circuit board to which the wiring from the
The variable according to claim 1, wherein
Display device.