JPH11104311A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine on which a decorative visual effect can be improved by projecting/displaying a character image as a projection image on a passing display member to visibly pass identifying information in a mechanical variable display device having rotary drums. SOLUTION: A variable display device 30 is composed of rotary drums 41 to 43 where a special pattern is attached to a peripheral surface, drum lamps 47 which can irradiate the light to special patterns of the rotary drums 41 to 43, a half mirror 59 to visibly pass the special patterns by illumination from the drum lamps 47 and a projecting displaying mechanism 50 which can project/ display a projection image on the half mirror 59, and the projecting displaying mechanism 50 projects/displays a character pattern on the half mirror 59 as a projection image. Therefore, a mechanical variable display device which can display the character pattern besides a display of the special pattern can be provide, and a decorative visual effect can be improved in its turn.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mechanical variable display that mechanically variably displays identification information and can generate a specific game state when the display result of the identification information becomes a predetermined specific display result. The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, as a variable display device provided in a game machine, a variable display device that variably displays a symbol by rotating a rotary drum provided with a symbol (identification information) by driving a motor has been proposed. In this variable display device, a plurality of rotating drums are arranged side by side, and when a display combination of symbols becomes a predetermined jackpot combination, a specific game state is generated to give a specific game value to a player. Had become.

[0003]

However, unlike the variable display device having a display such as an LCD, the variable display device having the above-mentioned conventional rotary drum cannot display a pattern other than a pattern serving as identification information. For this reason, the display by the variable display device becomes uniform, and it is easy to get tired visually. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to project a character image on a transmissive display member that allows identification information to be visually perceived in a mechanical variable display device including a rotating drum and the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving a decorative visual effect by projecting and displaying an image.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a solution adopted by claim 1 of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
4, as shown in FIG. 15, FIG. 19, and FIG. 20, the identification information (special symbol) is variably displayed mechanically, and the display result of the identification information becomes a predetermined specific display result (big hit symbol). A mechanical variable display device (variable display device 30, 30 ', 80, 90,
100), the mechanical variable display device includes an illuminating means (drum lamp 47) capable of irradiating the identification information with light, and the identification information is visibly transmitted by illumination from the illuminating means. And a projection display means (projection display mechanism 50) capable of projecting and displaying a projected image on the transmission display member. The projection display means converts a character image (character pattern). The image is projected and displayed on the transmissive display member as the projection image. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide a mechanical variable display device capable of displaying a character image in addition to displaying the identification information, thereby improving a decorative visual effect.

FIG. 10, FIG. 12, FIG. 16, and FIG.
As shown in 1, when the projection display means is configured to project and display the character image according to the variable display operation status of the mechanical variable display device, the display decoration by the character image is further enhanced. Can be.

FIG. 11, FIG. 13, FIG. 17, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, when the projection display means is configured to project and display the character image in accordance with a specific display mode of the identification information (super reach, reach notice, jackpot notice, re-change notice), By means of the display decoration, it is possible to enliven a special display mode such as a jackpot, a reach notice, or a super reach.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 11, 17 and 18, when the projection display means is configured to project and display the character image as a moving image, the visual effect by the character image is improved. Can be.

As a structure for displaying a moving image of the character image, as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, moving means (motors 97 and 106) for moving the projection display means.
The display position of the character image is moved by the movement of the projection display means by the moving means,
As shown in FIG. 4, the projection display means includes an original image body (rotating belt 55) to which a plurality of types of the character images are attached, and a driving means (belt motor 54) for driving the original image body. The embodiment can be realized by switching the plurality of types of character images by driving the original image by means.

FIGS. 11B and 11C, FIG. 13B and FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 17 (C) (D) and 18 (A), when the projection display means is configured to superimpose and display the character image on the identification information, the player's Even if the user concentrates on the information, the character image can be recognized naturally.

As shown in FIGS. 10, 16, and 21, the projection display means cancels the superimposed display of the character image on the identification information when deriving a display result based on the identification information. In this case, only the identification information is displayed when the final display result is derived, and the display result is not difficult to see due to the character image.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, referring to FIG. 1, a gaming machine according to the embodiment (in the embodiment, a ball game machine is exemplified)
The configuration of the game board 1 will be described. FIG. 1 shows a game board 1
FIG. In FIG. 1, on the surface of the game board 1, a guide rail 2 for guiding a shot hit is planted in a substantially circular shape, and an area defined by the guide rail 2 forms a game area 3. ing. In the approximate center of the game area 3, there is disposed a variable display device 30 that variably displays left, middle, and right special symbols individually (hereinafter, also referred to as fluctuations) on the variable display units 30a to 30c. A starting winning opening 4 is arranged below the variable display device 30, and a hit ball entering the starting winning opening 4 is detected by a starting opening switch 5 through the back surface of the game board 1, and a special symbol is formed. Variations are allowed. Further, the fluctuation of the variable display device 30 (special symbol) based on the winning in the starting winning opening 4 is stored a predetermined number of times (four times in the present embodiment), and the fact is provided in the variable display device 30 and described later. Displayed on the LED 35.

At the lower end of the game area 3 below the starting winning opening 4, a variable winning ball device 6 is arranged. The variable winning prize ball device 6 is mounted on the game board 1 via the mounting substrate 7, and a special variable winning opening 8 is provided substantially at the center of the mounting substrate 7.
Has been established. The special variable winning opening 8 is a solenoid 9
The opening / closing is controlled by the movement of the opening / closing plate 10. The inside of the special variable winning opening 8 is divided into three, left, middle and right,
A specific area is formed in the center of the area, and normal areas are formed on the left and right. In a specific area, a specific area switch 11 that can reopen the open / close plate 10 by detecting a winning ball.
(See FIG. 3), and 10 count switches 12a and 12b (see FIG. 3) for detecting the number of winning balls are provided in the left and right normal regions, respectively. Special variable winning opening 8
On the inner rear wall of the vehicle, a V display LED 13 for notifying a prize (also referred to as a V prize) to a specific area, a number-of-openings indicator 14 for displaying the number of times the opening and closing plate 10 is opened with the V prize,
Is provided. Below the special variable winning opening 8 is a number display LED 1 for displaying the number of winnings in the special variable winning opening 8.
5 are provided. Further, on the left and right sides of the special variable winning opening 8, the change of the special symbol is allowed by detecting the winning ball by the attacker lamp 16 and the starting opening switch 18 (see FIG. 3) similarly to the starting winning opening 4. Starting winning opening 17,
Is provided.

The variable winning ball device 6 configured as described above operates as follows. That is, when the ball hits the start winning opening 4.17 and turns on the start opening switch 5.18, the variable display device 30 starts to change, and after a certain time elapses, for example, in order of left, right and middle When the special symbol is determined and the determined combination of symbols is a big hit symbol (in the present embodiment, the left, middle, and right symbols are the same), a specific game state is set. In addition, the variable display device 30 of the present embodiment is designed to determine a big hit symbol by a combination of a total of nine symbols in three columns in both the vertical and horizontal directions. In the specific game state, the opening and closing plate 10 of the variable winning ball device 6
Is set to be opened (open cycle) until a predetermined period (for example, 29 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls is generated, and the gaming board 1 is opened during the opening.
The ball hits the surface of the ball.
When the hit ball hits the specific area and the specific area switch 11 is turned on, the above-described opening cycle is repeated again after the end of the opening cycle, and the continuation right is established every time a winning ball wins in the specific area. The open cycle can be repeated up to 16 times.

The specific game state according to the present invention is not limited to the above, and may be a state in which any one of the following controls or a combined control is executed.

A first state in which the hitting of the hit ball is facilitated, and a second state in which the hitting ball cannot be won or hardly won,
Control of the variable winning ball device that can be changed to the first state continuously or intermittently for a predetermined period of time. Detection of a hit ball in a specific winning or passing area is interposed to facilitate hitting of the hit ball. Controlling the variable winning prize ball device, which can be changed between the first state and the second state in which the ball cannot be won or hardly won, to the first state continuously or intermittently for a predetermined time. Control for directly discharging a predetermined number of prize balls regardless of winning prizes Storage media with valuable value (cards, receipts, etc.)
Control for adding a value to the game. Control for giving a score to a ball game machine which can be played based on the presence of a score. (See FIG. 3), a windmill 19 having a built-in side lamp 20a, a side lamp decoration 20 having a built-in side lamp 20a, a winning opening 21 having a winning information switch 21a (see FIG. 3), a decorative LED 22, an out opening 23, and the like are provided. A rail decoration lamp 24 is provided on the outer periphery of the game area 3. Furthermore, in the part other than the game board 1 of the ball and ball game machine,
A game effect lamp 25 (see FIG. 5) for improving the interest of the game by the lighting and blinking operation is provided.

Next, the configuration of the variable display device 30 which is a main part of the present embodiment will be described. The variable display device 30 includes:
Table decoration member 3 that is decoratively attached to the surface of game board 1
1 is provided. A substantially horizontal rectangular window opening 32 is formed in the surface decoration member 31, and a rotating drum mechanism 40 described later is provided in the window opening 32. In the upper part of the window opening 32, a winning opening 33 provided with a winning information switch 33a (see FIG. 3), a warp entrance 34 for sending a received hit ball to the back of the gaming board 1, and a start storage LED 35 are provided. ing. It should be noted that the maximum number of storages of the fluctuation unextracted portion of the special symbol is four.
Are also provided. On the other hand, a lower portion of the window opening 32 is provided with a warp outlet 36 for discharging the ball from the warp inlet 34 onto the game board 1 again at a position above the starting winning opening 4. Thus, the hit ball that has entered the warp entrance 34 is discharged from the warp exit 36, so that it is easy to win the starting winning opening 4. In addition, a line display LED 37 in which five LEDs are cascaded respectively is provided on the left and right sides of the window opening 32. This line display L
When a reach is established on any one of the hit lines to (see FIG. 1), the ED 37 turns on the LED located on that line to improve the sense of expectation of the big hit.

Next, the rotary drum mechanism 40 and the projection display mechanism 50 constituting the variable display device 30 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the rotating drum mechanism 40 includes left, middle, and right rotating drums 41 to 43 constituting each of the variable display units 30a to 30c, and a drum mounting board 44a on which the rotating drums 41 to 43 are individually mounted. And a drum housing 45 that accommodates the drum mounting boards 44a to 44c in a side-by-side state and is screwed to the back surface of the game board 1. On the outer peripheral surfaces of the rotating drums 41 to 43, a plurality of special symbols are drawn in a predetermined arrangement, and three of the symbols are visible through the window opening 32. Further, the drum mounting substrates 44a to 44c illuminate the drum motor 46 serving as a drive source of the rotating drums 41 to 43 and special symbols attached to the outer peripheral surfaces of the rotating drums 41 to 43 from inside the rotating drums 41 to 43. A drum lamp 47,
Drum sensors 48 (see FIG. 3) for detecting the rotational positions of the rotating drums 41 to 43 are provided, respectively.

On the other hand, the projection display mechanism 50 includes mounting substrates 51a and 51b individually mounted on both ends of the upper side of the window opening 32 formed in the decorative member 31, and display surfaces of the rotating drums 41 to 43. A half mirror 59 is attached to the window opening 32 in a state of being covered from the front. A drive roller 52 is provided between each of the mounting substrates 51a and 51b.
And a driven roller 53 are rotatably supported by a shaft.
A belt motor 54 serving as a driving source is attached to 2. Between each of the rollers 52 and 53, there is a transparent film-shaped rotating belt 55 having a character pattern attached to a predetermined portion.
And a belt lamp 56 for irradiating the half mirror 59 with light from inside the rotating belt 55 is provided in a state attached to a lamp cover 57. A prism that diffuses light emitted from the belt lamp 56 to the half mirror 59 is provided below the lower end of the mounting substrates 51a and 51b, in other words, below the rotating belt 55 at a position (set position) facing the belt lamp 56. 58
Is provided. Thereby, the projection display mechanism 50
The character design of the rotating belt 55 is projected on the half mirror 59 by the light emission from the belt lamp 56.

When the drum lamp 47 is turned on, the above-mentioned half mirror 59 rotates the rotating drums 41 to 43.
Are displayed so as to be visible, while the display of the special symbol is released when the drum lamp 47 is turned off. When the belt lamp 56 is turned on and the character symbol is projected on the half mirror 59 in the special symbol display state, the character symbol is displayed so as to be superimposed on the special symbol of the half mirror 59. Further, the character symbols projected and displayed by the projection display mechanism 50 are, from a preview symbol for a reach announcement and a jackpot announcement described in detail later, symbols A and B for super reach, and a symbol C for a jackpot confirmation notification. It is configured. Further, in the following description, the projection display mechanism 50 is also referred to as a second display device.

The configuration of the game board 1 of the ball game machine including the variable display device 30 has been described above. The game machines are controlled by a game control circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram showing the game control circuit in a block configuration, which is controlled by a basic circuit 60 including an MPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input / output circuit, and a counter 60a, and a sub basic circuit 61. Thus, the basic circuit 60 includes FIG.
As shown in the figure, through the switch input circuit 62, the 10 count switches 12a and 12b, the winning information switch 21
a · 33a, a specific area switch 11, and a start port switch 5.18, a detection signal is input, an address decode circuit 63 receives a chip select signal, and an initial reset circuit 64 receives a reset signal when power is turned on. Winning information is input via the information input circuit 65. A clock reset signal is input to the basic circuits 60 and 61 from the clock reset pulse generation circuit 66, and a detection signal is input to the basic circuits 60 and 61 from the drum sensor 48 via the sensor input circuit 67.

On the other hand, the basic circuit 60 outputs control signals to the following devices and circuits. That is, 7 segment LED
Via the lamp drive circuit 68, the number-of-openings indicator 14, number display LED 15, decoration LED 22, V display LED 1
3. A control signal is output to the line display LED 37 and the start storage LED 35, and the solenoid 9, the side lamp 20a, the rail decoration lamp 24, the attacker lamp 16, the game effect lamp 25, and the like are output via the lamp / solenoid / information output circuit 69. And outputs a control signal to the windmill lamp 19a. The lamp / solenoid / information output circuit 69 also outputs big hit information, hit information, and effective start information. The basic circuit 60 includes a prize ball number information output circuit 7.
0, the prize ball number information is output through the sub basic circuit 61 and the lamp circuit 71, and a control signal is output to each of the lamps 47 and 56. The control signal is output to 54. Also,
The drum lamp 47 is supplied with power from a drum lamp power supply 73, and devices and circuits other than the drum lamp 47 are supplied with power from a power supply circuit 74.

Next, the change of the special symbol and the display of the character symbol by the variable display device 30 will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. First, the variation of the special symbol and the random number used for displaying the character symbol will be described. Seven kinds of random numbers as shown in FIG. 4A are used for displaying special symbols and character symbols. These random numbers are the C_RN for jackpot determination.
D1 (setting 1: 0 to 225, setting 2: 0 to 377, setting 3: 0 to 407) and C_RND_L for displaying the left symbol
(0-14) and C_RND_C (0-
14) and C_RND_R (0-14) for displaying the right symbol
And C_RND_RCH for reach operation (0 to 11)
And C_RND_RY (0 to 19) for reach notice,
C_RND_FY (0 to 4) for big hit notice. C_RND1 and C_RND_L are each a random number added by 1 every 0.002 seconds. C_RND_C, C_RND_RCH, C_RND
_RY and C_RND_FY are each 0.002.
This is a random number that is added every second and one by one to the remaining time of the interrupt processing. C_RND_R is a random number added by one at the time of carry of C_RND_C.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4B, C_R
When the value extracted from ND1 is “7” and is determined to be a big hit, a symbol to be a big hit is determined based on the extracted value of C_RND_L, and the big hit symbol is displayed as a left / middle / right symbol display result. Derived. On the other hand, if a value other than “7” is extracted in C_RND1 and it is determined that
Outlying symbols corresponding to the respective extracted values from RND_L · C · R are derived as display results of the left / middle / right symbols. If each of the extracted values from C_RND_L · C · R coincides with the big hit symbol by chance, “1” is added to the data of C_RND_C and displayed as a deviated symbol.

Each control process in the change of the special symbol and the display of the character symbol is performed based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. First, in FIG.
The clock monitor control register is set to clock monitor enable (S1), and “00FF” is set in the stack pointer.
H ”is set (S2). Thereafter, a system check process (S3), a display control data setting process (S4), a display control data transmission process (S5), and a data output process (S5)
6), ramp timer processing (S7), output data setting processing (S8), error processing (S9), random number updating processing for determination (S10), special symbol processing processing (S11), second display processing (S12), Switch processing (S13), voice processing (S14), display random number update processing (S15), winning sphere signal processing (S16), display random number update processing (S1)
7) is performed sequentially. In the second display device process of S12, as shown in FIG. 6, first, it is determined whether or not the symbol change has started (SA1). If the symbol change is not started at SA1, the flow returns to the main flow. on the other hand,
At the time of the symbol change start at SA1, the drum lamp 47 is turned on to display the special symbol (SA2), and then the reach announcement process (SA3), the big hit announcement process (SA4), and the super reach process (SA5) are sequentially performed. To return to the main flow.

In the above-described subroutine of the reach notification processing of SA3, first, as shown in FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not reach is performed (SB1). When reach at SB1, C
It is determined whether or not the extracted value of _RND_RY is a random number of execution of the reach announcement (SB2). If it is not the random number of the reach announcement execution in SB2, the process returns to the main flow as it is, while if it is the random number of the reach announcement execution, an announcement symbol is set on the second display device for reach announcement (SB3). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the notice symbol is at the designated set position (SB4). When it is determined that the notice symbol is at the set position, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is determined.
Is lit to display the preview symbol superimposed on the special symbol (SB
5). When it is determined in SB6 that the predetermined time has elapsed, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is turned off to cancel the superimposed display of the notice symbol (SB7), and the process returns to the main flow. When SB1 is other than reach, C1
It is determined whether or not the extracted value of _RND_RY is a random number for execution of the reach announcement (SB8). If the extracted value is a random number for execution of the reach announcement, the process proceeds to SB3. Note that SB8
The reach announcement (projection display of the announcement symbol) performed based on the determination of is a false reach announcement, and does not actually reach.

In the subroutine of the jackpot announcement process of SA4, as shown in FIG. 8, it is first determined whether or not a jackpot has occurred (SC1). SC_ at the time of big hit in SC1
It is determined whether or not the extracted value of RND_FY is a random number for executing the jackpot notice (SC2). If it is not the random number of the jackpot notice execution in SC2, the process returns to the main flow as it is, whereas if it is the random number of the jackpot notice execution,
A notice symbol is set on the second display device for the jackpot notice (SC3). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the notice symbol is at the designated set position (SC4). When it is determined that the notice symbol is at the set position, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is turned on to superimpose the notice symbol on the special symbol. It is displayed (SC5).
When it is determined in SC6 that the predetermined time has elapsed, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is turned off, the superimposed display of the notice symbol is released (SC7), and the process returns to the main flow.

In the super-reach processing subroutine of SA5, as shown in FIG. 9, first, it is determined whether or not super-reach is performed (SD1). In SD1 other than super reach, the process proceeds to SD15 described later,
At the time of super reach, the value of the control counter is determined (SD2). If the value of the counter is "0" in SD2, the symbol A is set on the second display device (SD3). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the symbol A is at the specified set position (SD4).
The belt lamp 56 of the display device is turned on to display the symbol A on the special symbol (SD5). When it is determined in SD6 that the predetermined time has elapsed, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is turned off to cancel the superimposed display of the symbol A (SD
7) At the same time, "1" is added to the counter (SD8), and the process returns to the main flow. If the value of the counter is "1" in SD2, symbol B is set on the second display device (SD9). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the symbol B is at the specified set position (SD10). When it is determined that the symbol B is at the set position, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is turned on and the symbol B is superimposed on the special symbol. Yes (SD1
1). If it is determined in SD12 that the predetermined time has elapsed, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is turned off to cancel the superimposed display of the symbol B (SD13), and the counter is reset (SD14) to shift to SD15. I do.

At SD15, it is determined whether or not the big hit is determined. If it is determined in SD15 that the big hit has been determined, the symbol C is set on the second display device (SD16), and it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed after the cancellation of the superimposed display by the second display device (SD17). If the predetermined time has not elapsed in SD17, the process proceeds to SD26 described later, while if the predetermined time has elapsed, it is determined whether or not the symbol C is at the specified set position (SD18). If the symbol C is not at the set position in SD18, the process proceeds to SD26 described later. On the other hand, when the symbol C is at the set position, the drum lamp 47 is turned off to cancel the display of the special symbol (SD
At the same time, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is turned on to display the symbol C (SD20). After that, SD2
At 1, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed. If the predetermined time has not elapsed in SD21, the flow shifts to SD26.
On the other hand, when the predetermined time has elapsed in SD21, the belt lamp 56 of the second display device is turned off to cancel the display of the symbol C (SD22), and the special symbol is displayed by turning on the drum lamp 47 (SD23). To return to the main flow. If it is determined in SD15 that it is not the time when the big hit has been determined, it is next determined whether or not the symbol has been determined (SD24). When the symbol is confirmed in SD24, the drum lamp 47 is turned off and the display of the special symbol is released (SD25).
After that, if it is not at the time of design confirmation, SD2
Move to 6. At SD26, it is determined whether or not the big hit has ended. At the end of the big hit, the drum lamp 47 is turned off to cancel the display of the special symbol (SD27). Return.

The change timing of the special symbol is as shown in FIG. That is, the left, middle, and right symbols start changing simultaneously, and are stopped in the order of left, right, and middle. Further, in such a symbol variation, when super reach is executed as shown in FIG. 11A (in FIG. 11, a reach symbol having "7" symbols on the left and right is illustrated), the right symbol is displayed. After the stop and during the change of the medium symbol, the setting of the symbol A and the lighting of the belt lamp 56 are performed for a predetermined time. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11B, a symbol A composed of a character image is superimposed on the special symbol on the left and right “7” symbols. After that, the belt lamp 56 is turned off,
After the symbol A is released, the setting of the symbol B and the lighting of the belt lamp 56 are performed for a predetermined period of time, so that FIG.
As shown in the figure, symbol B is superimposed and displayed on the special symbol as a walking character image. Then, when the big hit is determined, as shown in FIG.
When 6 is turned off, the superimposed display of the symbol B is released, and only the big hit state in which the special symbols are aligned for a predetermined time is displayed. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 12, while the display of the special symbol is canceled, the setting of the symbol C and the belt lamp 56 are stopped.
Is turned on, the pattern C including the character "big hit" and the character image is displayed on the entire display screen. Thereafter, the belt lamp 5
By turning off 6 and turning on the drum lamp 47, the screen is switched to the normal symbol change screen.

In addition, in the above-described symbol fluctuation, when a big hit or a reach announcement is executed, a character symbol is displayed at any one of the three types of timings shown in FIG. 2 display device notice). As shown in FIGS. 14 (A) to (D), the notice is displayed for a predetermined time as a notice symbol with a character symbol (described as symbol D in FIG. 14 (B)) at the same time as the rotation of the rotating drums 41 to 43 is started. It is an aspect to do. The advance notice is a mode in which the character design is displayed before the rotation of the rotating drums 41 to 43, and the display of the character design is canceled simultaneously with the start of the rotation of the rotating drums 41 to 43. Notice is about rotating drum 4
This is a mode in which a character symbol is displayed before the rotation of the rotation drums 1 to 43, and the display of the character symbol is canceled while the rotation drums 41 to 43 are rotating. In addition, these three kinds of notice ~
May be set with different notice reliability. For example, in a jackpot notice, a setting is made so that a big hit is easily made when a notice appears, while a big hit is hardly made for the notice when a notice appears. By doing so, it is possible to give the player a different sense of expectation for the advance notice by the display of the character symbols, and it is possible to improve the interest of the game. This notice display can be used not only for the jackpot notice but also for the reach notice. In this case as well, the display timing is as described above, and the jackpot notice and the reach notice may be different or the same. Further, the reliability of the big hit may be set to be different by continuously giving a notice. Also, three display timings of the preview are exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is only necessary that a special correlation exists between the special symbol and the preview symbol.

As described above, the variable display device 30 according to the present embodiment comprises the rotary drums 41 to 41 having a special symbol on the peripheral surface.
43, a drum lamp 47 capable of irradiating light to the special symbols of the rotating drums 41 to 43, a half mirror 59 that allows the special symbol to be visually perceived by illumination from the drum lamp 47, and projecting on the half mirror 59 And a projection display mechanism 50 capable of projecting and displaying an image.
Character patterns are projected and displayed on the half mirror 59 as projected images. Thereby, it is possible to provide a mechanical variable display device capable of displaying a character symbol in addition to the display of a special symbol, thereby improving a decorative visual effect.

Further, since the projection display mechanism 50 projects and displays the character design in accordance with the variable display operation state of the variable display device 30, it is possible to further enhance the display decoration by the character design. Note that the variable display operation state of the variable display device is not limited to the variable display of the special symbol, but may be the case where the special symbol is not variably displayed. That is, it is only necessary that a predetermined correlation exists between the special symbol before variable display and after variable display. In addition, since the projection display mechanism 50 projects and displays the character design according to the special display mode of the special symbol (big hit notice, reach announcement, super reach), the specific display mode can be excited by the display decoration of the character pattern, Also, since the character design is projected and displayed as a moving image, the visual effect of the character design can be improved. In addition, the belt motor 5
By moving the rotating belt 55, which is the original image, and switching and displaying the character design according to 4, the moving image display of various character designs such as a change in the posture of the character is possible, so that the visual effect is further improved. be able to.

Further, since the projection display mechanism 50 superimposes and displays the character symbol on the special symbol, even if the player's attention is concentrated on the identification information, the character image can be recognized naturally. Furthermore, when deriving the display result of the special symbol, the superimposed display of the character symbol on the special symbol is released, so that only the special symbol is displayed at the time of deriving the final display result, and the display result is difficult to see due to the character image. There is no.

The structure for displaying a character pattern as a moving image is not limited to that of the above-described embodiment (first embodiment). Hereinafter, other configurations will be described as second to fifth embodiments. In the following description, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. First, as shown in FIG. 15, a variable display device 30 'according to the second embodiment is configured by attaching projection display mechanisms 50 to upper and lower sides of a window opening 32 formed in a decorative member 31, respectively. I have. In other words, the configuration is such that the projection display mechanism 50 is further attached to the lower side of the variable display device 30. Thus, the variable display device 30 'can display the character patterns A to D and simultaneously display different projected images, and can diversify the display of the projected images. Also, by alternately using the upper and lower projection display mechanisms 50, it is possible to display the moving image of the character in a more versatile and smoother manner. In the second embodiment, the projection display mechanism 50 is provided on the upper side and the lower side of the window opening 32. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the projection display mechanism 50 is provided on the left side to the right side of the window opening 32. It may be provided.

In the first and second embodiments,
A plurality of types of patterns are attached to the rotating belt 55 constituting the projection display mechanism 50, and character patterns are displayed as a moving image by switching between them, and further, the character patterns are displayed at the time of each notice of the big hit and the reach and at the time of the super reach. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. The variable display device 80 according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 16 includes a projection display mechanism 81 in addition to the rotary drum mechanism 40. The projection display mechanism 81 includes left, middle, and right belts 82 to 84 and belt lamps 85 to 87, each of which superimposes and displays a character design on the left, middle, and right special designs displayed on the variable display units 30a to 30c. It has.

The change of the special symbol by the variable display device 80 is performed at the timing shown in FIG. In addition,
In this symbol change, when a character symbol is displayed, the special symbol is changed once after the display result is derived. As shown in FIGS. 18A and 18B, a specific character pattern is displayed once the reach loss is derived (in FIG. 18B, “7.8.7” is reached).
Then, by turning on the belt lamp 85 on the left side, the character symbol E is superimposed on the left symbol as shown in FIG. 18C. next,
The left belt lamp 85 is turned off to cancel the superimposed display of the character symbol E, and the central belt lamp 86 is turned on to superimpose the character symbol F on the middle symbol (FIG. 1).
8 (D)), the central belt lamp 86 is turned off to cancel the superimposed display of the character symbol F, and the right belt lamp 87 is turned on to superimpose the character symbol G on the right symbol (FIG. 19). (A)). As a result, the character patterns E to G are sequentially switched, and a display is performed such that the character image passes from left to right. In addition, with respect to the display of the character symbols E to G, the middle symbol that has stopped temporarily starts changing again during the display of the character symbol F, and then, as shown in FIGS. After a predetermined time has elapsed from the end of the display of the character symbol G, the character symbol G is stopped to derive the final display result (FIG. 19C illustrates an example in which the character symbol G is stopped at "7" and the display result is a big hit symbol).

As described above, the variable display device 80 according to the third embodiment includes a plurality of (three in the embodiment) belts 82 to 84 provided with character patterns and a belt 8.
By sequentially switching the lighting of the belt lamps 85 to 87 provided in the devices 2 to 84, the character design is displayed as a moving image. Further, in the third embodiment, the player is notified of the re-change of the symbol by displaying the character symbol (re-change notice). The notice of re-fluctuation also includes a fake re-fluctuation notice that does not actually fluctuate as in the above-mentioned reach notice.

Further, as shown in FIG. 20, the projection display mechanism 91 of the variable display device 90 in the fourth embodiment is provided with a projection member 92 having a film-shaped original object 93 and a lamp 94. . The original picture 93 is provided with a character design, and the light design of the character 94 is projected and displayed on the display surface by light emission from the lamp 94. An engaging portion 95 is formed at the upper end of the projection member 92, and the engaging portion 95 is attached to a drive rod 96 having an axial center in the left-right direction. A spiral screw is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the driving rod 96 to engage with the engaging portion 95. A motor 97 for rotating the driving rod 96 in both forward and reverse directions is attached to one end of the driving rod 96. Have been. The rotation of the drive rod 96 accompanying the drive of the motor 97 is transmitted via the engagement portion 95 so that the projection member 92 moves forward and backward in the left-right direction that is the axial direction of the drive rod 96. Has become. The projection display mechanism 91 includes a rail 98 for guiding the projection member 92 to move forward and backward,
Left, middle, and right sensors 99a to 99c for detecting the movement position of the projection member 92 are provided. The sensor 99
Each of a to 99c detects a position where a character symbol is superimposed and displayed on a left, middle, and right special symbol. With this configuration, the character design can be displayed relatively easily as a moving image in terms of structure.

As shown in FIG. 21, the projection display mechanism 101 of the variable display device 100 according to the fifth embodiment is provided with a projection member 102 having a film-shaped original 103 and a lamp 104. . The original image 103 is provided with a character pattern, and the light pattern emitted from the lamp 104 projects the character pattern on the display surface. At the upper end of the projection member 102, a mounting projection 105 is formed, and the mounting projection 105 is integrally mounted with a drive shaft 106a of a motor 106 having an axial center in the front-rear direction. Motor 10
The sixth drive shaft 106a is provided so as to be able to rotate in both forward and reverse directions. Then, the projection member 102 is
The rotation of the drive shaft 106a accompanying the driving of the motor 6
The rotation transmitted in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions around the drive shaft 106a is transmitted through the drive shaft 106a. Further, the projection display mechanism 101 is provided with a rail 107 for guiding the rotation of the projection member 102. With this configuration, the character design can be displayed relatively easily as a moving image in terms of structure.

Then, each of the above-mentioned variable display devices 90.1
The change of the special symbol by 00 is performed at the timing shown in FIG. In this symbol variation, when a character symbol is displayed, the special symbol is changed once after the display result is derived. The display of a specific character pattern is such that once the reach loss is derived, the motors 97 and 106 are driven (projection members 92 and 10).
2) and lighting of the lamps 94 and 104 for a predetermined period of time, the character pattern is projected and displayed while moving from left to right. In addition, in response to the display of such a character symbol, the temporarily stopped middle symbol starts to change again when the character symbol is superimposed, and then stops after a predetermined time from the end of the character symbol display, and finally stops. Derive a display result. Note that FIG. 22 illustrates an example in which the big hit symbol is derived by the re-change of the middle symbol and the specific game state occurs.

As described above, the projection display mechanisms 91 and 100 constituting the variable display devices 90 and 100 of the fourth and fifth embodiments, respectively.
Reference numeral 101 denotes the projection members 92 and 102 connected to the motors 97 and 106.
, The moving position is displayed by moving the character symbol display position.
With this configuration, a moving image can be displayed relatively easily as described above.

The first to fifth embodiments described above do not limit the present invention, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the embodiment, the variable display device that changes the special symbol is constituted by a rotating drum, but is not limited thereto, and may be a mechanical type such as a leaf type or a belt type. In addition, as a configuration of the ball-and-ball game machine, the change of the identification information on the variable display device is started in accordance with the detection of the winning ball of the starting ball detector, and when the identification information has a predetermined display result, a specific game state occurs. A ball game machine (commonly referred to as a first type) that opens a variable winning ball device is illustrated as an example, but is not particularly limited to this, and is associated with detection of a winning ball by a starting ball detector. The variable display device starts changing the identification information, and when the identification information has a predetermined display result, a right generation state occurs. In this state, when a ball is hit in a specific area, a specific game state occurs. (This is commonly referred to as a third type), or a gaming machine such as a slot machine or a coin game.

As a method of displaying a character design, a character design is directly projected on a display surface of a special design (for example, an outer peripheral surface of a rotating drum) without using a half mirror, or a character design is displayed in a shadow picture. You may. When the character design is projected and displayed directly on the display surface of the special design, the display surface may be formed by a half mirror. As a method of moving the character design, the character design may be displayed as a moving image by making the half mirror movable and switching its angle. Further, a plurality of lamps constituting the projection display mechanism may be provided, and the color tone of each lamp may be set variously. In this case, the color tone of the character symbol can be changed by switching the lamp to be turned on according to the game value (for example, the reliability at the time of the reach). Further, the brightness of the character design may be changed by switching the light intensity without limiting to the color tone.

[0044]

As apparent from the above description, in the first aspect of the present invention, the identification information is variably displayed mechanically and the display result of the identification information becomes a predetermined specific display result. In a gaming machine provided with a mechanical variable display device capable of generating a specific game state when the mechanical variable display device, the mechanical variable display device, by illuminating means capable of irradiating the identification information with light, and by illumination from the illuminating means A transmissive display member that allows the identification information to be visually perceived, and projection display means that can project and display a projected image on the transmissive display member, wherein the projection display means performs the transmissive display by using a character image as the projected image. It is characterized by being projected on a member. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide a mechanical variable display device capable of displaying a character image in addition to displaying the identification information, thereby improving a decorative visual effect.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the projection display means projects the character image in accordance with a variable display operation state of the mechanical variable display device. With this configuration, the display decoration by the character image can be further enhanced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the projection display means projects and displays the character image in accordance with a specific display mode of the identification information. With this configuration, it is possible to enliven a special display mode such as a notice of a big hit or a reach or a super reach by the display decoration of the character image.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the projection display means projects and displays the character image as a moving image. With this configuration, the visual effect of the character image can be improved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a moving means for moving the projection display means, and the display position of the character image is moved by moving the projection display means by the moving means. Is displayed as a moving image. With such a configuration, it is possible to realize a configuration in which a moving image of a character image is displayed relatively easily.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the projection display means includes: an original picture body to which a plurality of types of the character images are attached; and driving means for driving the original picture piece. A character image is displayed as a moving image by switching the plurality of types of character images by driving the original image. With this configuration, it is possible to realize a configuration for displaying various moving images such as the motion of the character image itself.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the projection display means superimposes and displays the character image on the identification information. With this configuration, the character image can be recognized naturally even if the player's attention is concentrated on the identification information.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the projection display means cancels the superimposed display of the character image on the identification information when deriving a display result based on the identification information. With this configuration, only the identification information is displayed when the final display result is derived, and the display result is not difficult to see due to the character image.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a rotary drum mechanism and a projection display mechanism of the variable display device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit for controlling a game operation.

FIG. 4 (A) is a chart showing a list of various random numbers used for displaying special symbols and character symbols, and FIG. 4 (B) shows how special symbols are lost depending on a selected random number. It is a simple flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement which determines.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating display control of the variable display device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing display control of a projection display mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing reach notification processing.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a jackpot notice process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a super reach process.

FIG. 10 is a time chart showing a display of a character symbol accompanying a change of a special symbol and a big hit.

FIGS. 11A to 11D are explanatory diagrams showing specific display screens of a character pattern accompanying a big hit.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific display screen of a character pattern accompanying a big hit.

FIG. 13 is a time chart showing a notice operation by displaying a character symbol.

FIGS. 14A to 14D are explanatory diagrams showing specific display screens of character designs accompanying a notice.

FIG. 15 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a variable display device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a front view showing a variable display device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a time chart showing a change of a special symbol and a display of a character symbol in the third embodiment.

FIGS. 18A to 18C are a part of explanatory diagrams showing specific display screens of character patterns in the third embodiment.

FIGS. 19 (A) to (D) are a part of explanatory diagrams showing specific display screens of character designs in the third embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a front view showing a variable display device according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a front view showing a variable display device according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a time chart showing a change of a special symbol and a display of a character symbol in the fourth and fifth embodiments.

[Description of Signs] 1 Gaming Board 3 Gaming Area 4 Starting Winning Port 6 Variable Winning Ball Device 30 Variable Display Device (Mechanical Variable Display Device) 30a to 30c Variable Display Unit 31 Decoration Member 34 Warp Entrance 35 Start Memory LED 36 Warp Exit 37 Line display LED 40 Rotary drum mechanism 41 to 43 Rotary drum 45 Drum housing 46 Drum motor 47 Drum lamp (illumination means) 48 Drum sensor 50 Projection display mechanism (Projection display means) 52 Drive roller 53 Follower roller 54 Belt motor ( Driving means) 55 rotating belt (original body) 56 belt lamp 57 lamp cover 58 prism 59 half mirror (transmissive display member) 60 basic circuit 61 sub basic circuit 80 variable display device 81 projection display mechanism 82 to 84 belt 85 to 87 belt lamp 90 Variable display device (machine Variable display device) 91 Projection display mechanism (Projection display means) 92 Projection member 93 Original object 94 Lamp 95 Engagement part 96 Drive rod 97 Motor (moving means) 98 Rail 99a to 99c Sensor 100 Variable display device (mechanical variable display device) ) 101 Projection display mechanism (projection display means) 102 Projection member 103 Original object 104 Lamp 105 Mounting projection 106 Motor (moving means) 107 Rail

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine having a mechanical variable display device capable of mechanically variably displaying identification information and generating a specific gaming state when a display result of the identification information becomes a predetermined specific display result. In the above, the mechanical variable display device may include: an illuminating unit capable of irradiating the identification information with light; a transmissive display member that visually transmits the identification information by illumination from the illumination unit; And a projection display unit capable of projecting and displaying an image, wherein the projection display unit projects and displays a character image as the projection image on the transmissive display member. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said projection display means projects and displays said character image in accordance with a variable display operation state of said mechanical variable display device. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said projection display means projects and displays said character image in accordance with a specific display mode of said identification information. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the projection display unit projects and displays the character image as a moving image. 5. A moving means for moving the projection display means, wherein the display position of the character image is moved by moving the projection display means by the moving means.
The character image is displayed as a moving image.
The gaming machine described. 6. The projection display means includes: an original image body to which a plurality of types of the character images are attached; and a driving unit for driving the original image type. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the character image is displayed as a moving image by switching the character image. 7. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the projection display unit superimposes and displays the character image on the identification information. 8. The projection display means, when deriving a display result based on the identification information, cancels a superimposed display of the character image on the identification information.
The gaming machine described.