JP2001017639A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine provided with a power supply means capable of omitting connection wiring for power supply to a rotated display body and enabling continuous rotating operation of the display body in a display device for rotating the display body where a light emitting body is disposed by a driving motor and performing display lighting of the light emitting body during the rotation of the display body. SOLUTION: This game machine is provided with the display device for rotating the display body where the light emitting body is disposed by the driving motor and performing the display by the lighting of the light emitting body during the rotation of the display body. It is provided with the power supply means or supplying power in a non-contact state between a member 8 on a rotation side rotated together with the display body and the member 9 on a fixed side provided oppositely to the member 8 on the rotation side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a display device in which a display provided with a light-emitting element is rotated by a drive motor, and a display is provided by turning on the light-emitting element while the display is rotating.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a display device in which a display provided with a light-emitting element is rotated by a driving motor and a display is provided by turning on the light-emitting element while the display is rotating, the light-emitting element is turned on inside the display. A lighting circuit board provided with a driving circuit for the lighting device is internally provided, and a luminous body provided on the display is electrically connected to the lighting circuit board. On the other hand, a lighting power source for the illuminant is generated in a power supply board provided in the game machine main body, relayed from the power supply board by wiring or the like, guided to a display device housing, and further from the display device housing, for example, , The inside of the rotation axis of the display body is inserted, and the wiring is connected to the lighting circuit board inside the display body.

However, in a structure in which the power for lighting the illuminant is supplied from the housing of the display device to the lighting circuit board inside the display by wiring, the connection wiring for power supply is rotated by rotation of the display. There is a risk of entanglement and twisting. Therefore, in the rotation of the display body, the rotation of the display body is continuously performed in one direction (e.g.,
There are restrictions such as avoiding rotation in the positive direction) and reducing the rotation speed to such an extent that the connection wiring is not entangled.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which a display provided with a light-emitting element is rotated by a drive motor, and a display is provided by turning on the light-emitting element while the display is rotating. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine provided with a power supply means capable of omitting a connection wiring for supplying power to a display body and enabling continuous rotation of the display body.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine in which a display provided with a light-emitting body is rotated by a drive motor, and display is performed by turning on the light-emitting body while the display is rotating. It is provided with a display device, in order to solve the above problem, between a rotating member that rotates with the display body, and a fixed member that is provided to face the rotating member And a power supply means for supplying power in a non-contact state.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the power supply means is a member on the fixed side serving as a primary side and a member on the rotating side serving as a secondary side. The power is supplied by a transformer function between the power supply and the power supply. The gaming machine according to claim 3 is
3. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the power supply unit supplies power for lighting the illuminant.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a symbol display device in a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the symbol display device of FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the symbol display device 1 includes a casing 11 having a bulging portion 10 whose center bulges in a semicircular shape toward the back, and as shown in FIG. Are both side walls 12, 1 continuous to the side of the bulging portion 10.
3 are provided integrally, and the upper and lower sides of the casing 11 are provided with flange portions 17, 17.
Holes 18 for mounting the symbol display device 1 are formed in 7, 17.

Inside the bulging portion 10 of the casing 11, there is provided a display 2 having a plurality of 28 light emitting diodes 4 arranged in a row on both end surfaces of the display mounting member 3. As shown in FIG. 1, the display body 2 has two shafts 5 on a straight line parallel to both end faces thereof in the middle of the display body mounting member 3.
6, the shafts 5, 6 protrude to the side of the display mounting member 3, respectively, and the shaft 5 is supported by one side wall 12 of the casing 11 and penetrates outside the side wall 12,
The shaft 6 is supported by the other side wall 13 of the casing 11.

A pulse motor M1 is attached to the outside of one side wall 12 of the casing 11, and the pulse motor M1
The motor shaft 14 is connected to one shaft 5 fixed to the display 2 via a connecting member 15.

The other side wall 1 of the casing 11 of the display 2
A rotary coupler 7 is provided near the third position. The rotary coupler 7 is a signal transmitting means for transmitting and receiving the light between the rotating bodies rotating or between the rotating body and the fixed body by a light emitting and receiving operation using an optical signal by the LED and the phototransistor.

A rotary side 8 of a rotary coupler is fixed to the other shaft 6 fixed to the display body 2, and a fixed side 9 of a rotary coupler, which is closely and concentrically provided with the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler. Is fixed inside the other side wall 13 of the casing 11, and the shaft 6 is pivotally supported through the center of the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler.

For this reason, the rotation of the pulse motor M1 causes both the display 2 fixed to the shaft 5 and the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler fixed to the shaft 6 to rotate.

Also, as shown in FIG. 2, a control board 16 provided with a ROM (not shown) storing display symbol data and a drive circuit for lighting a light emitting diode is provided inside the display body 2, as shown in FIG. The light emitting diodes 4 disposed on both end surfaces of the display mounting member 3 are electrically connected to end surfaces of the control board 16.

On the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler, as shown in FIG. 4, two circular grooves 19 and 20 are formed concentrically with the shaft 6, and four phototransistors are formed in the inner circular groove 19 every 90 degrees. Are disposed in the outer circular groove 20, and four LEDs are disposed on each extension of two straight lines connecting between the opposing phototransistors, and further, on one extension thereof, Two phototransistors are provided outside two opposing LEDs. In FIG. 4,
Phototransistors are indicated by black circles, and LEDs are indicated by white circles.

As shown in FIG. 5, on the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler, circular grooves 21 and 22 are formed corresponding to the circular grooves 19 and 20 on the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler. Four LEDs are disposed at positions of 60 degrees, 180 degrees, 200 degrees, and 300 degrees, and the outer circular groove 22 has 60 LEDs.
, 180, 200 and 300 degrees, four phototransistors are provided. Further, the two phototransistors disposed on the outermost side of the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler correspond to the two phototransistors. Two LEDs are arranged at a position of 180 degrees. In FIG. 5, phototransistors are indicated by black circles, and LEDs are indicated by white circles.

The rotary coupler 7 is a pulse motor M1 that emits light and receives light by means of LEDs and phototransistors arranged on the fixed side 9 and the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler.
, The current rotational position of the display 2 is detected. A power supply board (not shown) is connected to the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler, and when the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler rotates, control of the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler from the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler by the action of a transformer. Power is supplied to a driving circuit of the light emitting diode 4 on the substrate 16.

As shown in FIG. 3, the symbol display device 1 has a swelling portion 10 of a casing 11 facing the front and a flange portion 1.
7 is attached to the game board 23 by screwing. In the symbol display device 1, in the game board 23, the bulging portion 10 of the casing 11 serves as a display surface.

The display 2 of the symbol display device 1 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 3 by the pulse motor M1. The light emitting diodes 4 arranged in a row on the display body 2 alternately pass through the fixed display area of the bulging portion 10 while the light emitting diodes 4 on both end faces 2a and 2b of the display body 2 rotate while being rotated by the pulse motor M1. Are turned on or off separately at predetermined timings at predetermined positions.

The pulse motor M1 is rotated at a speed of at least 600 revolutions / minute, the display 2 has a rotation radius of 42 mm, and the light emitting diodes 4 use high-intensity LEDs of 3 mm dots. 1 mm.

Next, the display by the symbol display device 1 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, both ends of the display body 2 along the rotational movement direction of the light emitting diodes A and B on the one end face 2a and the other end face 2b of the display body 2 in the above-mentioned fixed display area. The lighting positions P1 to P9 of the light emitting diodes A and B on the surfaces 2a and 2b are set in order, and the lighting positions are arranged in a line from the first row to the ninth row corresponding to the rotation position of the display body 2. The display unit 40 is configured as shown in FIG. 7 with the 28 light emitting diodes as the first to 28th columns.

As shown in FIG. 7, the symbol display device 1
The display section 40 of the left symbol display section 40a, the middle symbol display section 4
0b and the right symbol display section 40c. The left symbol display section 40a is composed of the first row, second column to ninth row, ninth column, the middle symbol display section 40b is composed of the first row, eleventh column to ninth row, eighteenth column, and the right symbol is Display unit 40c
Is constituted by the first row, the 20th column to the ninth row, the 27th column. As shown in FIG. 6, P1 in the first row and P1 in the ninth row
At the rotation position 9, the light emitting diodes A and B are not turned on because of the formation of the frame, and as shown in FIG.
Similarly, the light emitting diodes in the 19th and 28th columns are not turned on to form a frame. Therefore, the number of light emitting diodes involved in symbol display is substantially eight for each display unit.

FIG. 6 shows, as an example, a case where the numeral 3 is displayed on the left symbol display section 40a. When the one end face 2a of the display 2 passes the rotational position P2 in the second row, the light emitting diodes A arranged on the one end face 2a side
As a result, the light emitting diodes in the second to ninth columns are turned on, and when the one end face 2a is next rotated to the rotation position P3 in the third row, only the light emitting diodes in the ninth column are turned on. Then, when the one end face 2a moves to the rotation position in the fourth row, only the light emitting diode in the ninth column is turned on, and when the one end face 2a moves to the rotation position in the fifth row, The light emitting diodes in the second to ninth columns are turned on.

Thereafter, when the one end face 2a of the display body 2 passes through the rotational positions P6, P7, and P8, the ninth, ninth, and second to ninth columns of the light emitting diode A are displayed. The lights are turned on sequentially. Since the brightness of the light emitting diode is high and the light emitting diode is moved and lit, the observer can visually recognize the numeral 3 by combining the lighting states of the light emitting diodes lit at each of the rotational positions P2 to P8 by the afterimage effect. Become.

Next, similarly, when the numeral 3 is displayed by the light emitting diode B on the other end surface 2b of the display 2, the other end 2b passes through the rotation position P2 of the second row by the rotation of the display 2. Then, the light emitting diodes B arranged on the other end face 2b side turn on the light emitting diodes in the second to ninth rows, and then the other end face 2b of the display 2 is rotated to the rotational positions P2, P3, P4. , P5, P6, P7,
At the time of passing through P8, the ninth column, the ninth column, the second to ninth columns, the ninth column, the ninth column,
By sequentially lighting the second to ninth columns, the numeral 3 is visually recognized.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko game machine provided with the symbol display device of the present invention. On the gaming board 23 of the pachinko gaming machine, in addition to the normal winning openings 50 to 56, the symbol display device 1 is provided at a substantially central portion of the gaming board 23, and chuckers 24 to 26 as starting ports of the symbol display device 1 and Movable door 2 that opens and closes based on the display result of symbol display device 1
7 are provided at predetermined positions, respectively.
Inside, there is provided an attacker 28 as a prize area for enabling a prize of a game ball when the movable door 27 is opened.

In the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 8, the display section 40 of the symbol display device 1 is divided into three sections: a left symbol display section 40a, a middle symbol display section 40b, and a right symbol display section 40c.

At the approximate center of the inside of the attacker 28, a central pocket 29 into which a game ball can fly when the attacker is opened is arranged to form a specific winning area, and an area other than the specific winning area inside the attacker 28 is formed. , The peripheral wall of the guide plate 49 forming the attacker 28 and the central pocket 29.

The movable door 27 on the front of the attacker 28 is driven by a movable door drive solenoid 41 shown in FIG. 9 as a driving means fixed to the back of the game board 23, and the upper part thereof faces the front of the game board 23. It moves and opens.

A start switch SW1 for detecting a game ball that has won the chuckers 24-26 is provided inside each of the chuckers 24-26, and a game ball passing through the central pocket 15 is provided in the central pocket 29. A central pocket switch SW2 for detection is provided, and below the central pocket switch SW2, an attacker winning detection switch SW3 for detecting a game ball winning in the attacker 28 including the central pocket 29 is provided. I have.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 45 denotes an upper digital display arranged at the center of the game board 1;
Reference numeral 47 denotes a central pocket lamp (V) which blinks or lights up when winning in the central pocket 29 and chuckers 24-26.
Lamp) and a starting lamp (GO lamp). Also,
A speaker 48 is attached to the game board 1.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a main part of a pachinko game machine provided with the symbol display device of the present invention. The control unit of the pachinko gaming machine includes a light emitting diode drive timing control means for turning on or off the light emitting diodes individually at a predetermined timing according to a predetermined position during the rotational movement of the display 2 of the symbol display device 1. A ROM 31 storing a control program for the pachinko gaming machine including a drive control program for the apparatus 1 and a drive control program for opening and closing the movable winning opening provided on the game board; a RAM 32 used for temporarily storing data; Is configured by the CPU 30 that drives each unit according to the control program stored in the CPU 30.

A start switch SW1, a center pocket switch SW2, and an attacker winning detection switch SW3 are connected to the CPU 30, and a pulse motor M1 for rotating the display of the symbol display device 1 is connected via a pulse motor drive circuit 33. Fixed side of the rotary coupler 9
Are connected via the optical signal control means 34. The fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler 7 has a rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler.
, And a power supply 35 for a symbol display device for driving the light emitting diodes to light up is connected.

Light emitting diodes A and B on both end faces of the display 2 in FIG. 6 are connected to the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler via a light emitting diode drive circuit 36. The light emitting diode drive circuit 36 is connected to a display symbol data ROM 37 in which display symbol data is stored.

The control signal of the CPU 30 is input to the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler, and the transmission and reception of signals between the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler and the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler are provided as opposed to each other as shown in FIGS. It is performed by repeating turning on and off of each LED and detecting on / off of each phototransistor.

From the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler to the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler, the display symbol data signal converted into the optical signal by the optical signal control means 34 is, for example, as shown in FIG. L on the fixed side 9 of the coupler
The transfer is performed by the ED and the phototransistor on the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler. Further, a rotation position detection signal is transmitted and received by the pulse motor M1 from the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler to the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler.

The optical signal control means 34 converts the control signal from the CPU 30 into an optical signal, and
At the same time, a rotation position detection signal from the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler is converted into a digital signal and output to the CPU 30.

The display symbol data stored in the display symbol data ROM 37 is, as shown in FIG. 10, when each display symbol is displayed on each of the display sections 40a to 40c, each column at each of the rotation positions P1 to P9. Assuming that the lighting state of the light emitting diode is 1 and the lighting state of the light emitting diode is 0, 9 data from the first row to the ninth row corresponding to each of the rotation positions P1 to P9 as eight data in one row and eight columns as one data. Is configured to be one display symbol data.

In FIG. 10, numeral 3 shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 shows display pattern data relating to FIG.
In the data of the first row corresponding to the rotation position P1, the light emitting diodes in the second to ninth columns are all turned off. For example, "0" is stored in 8 bits at the address of address a. I have. In the data of the second row corresponding to the rotation position P2, since all the light emitting diodes in the second to ninth columns are turned on, "FF" is stored in eight bits at the address a + 1, and furthermore, In the data of the third row corresponding to the rotation position P3, since only the ninth column of the light emitting diodes in the second to ninth columns is turned on, "01" is stored in 8 bits at the address a + 2. Have been. The display symbol data configured as described above is stored in the display symbol data ROM 37 for each display symbol.

A control signal from the CPU 30 to the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler is output corresponding to each rotational position of the display 2, and when the current rotational position of the display 2 is detected, it should be displayed at a predetermined timing. Display design data R for display design
An address in the OM 37 is specified, and addresses of the display symbol data are sequentially specified at a timing corresponding to the display position passing during the rotational movement of the display body 2 rotating at a constant speed, that is, the rotational positions P1 to P9.

Further, a movable door drive solenoid 41 for opening and closing the movable door is connected to the CPU 30 via a solenoid drive circuit 38, and a reset circuit 39 for defining a processing cycle of the CPU 30 is connected thereto. A payout device 42 provided with a ball cutting motor and a payout motor related to the payout of a prize ball, and a sound generating means 4 including a speaker and a sound circuit for informing the game situation.
3. Display means 44 including lamps and LEDs are connected.

Next, the display control operation of the symbol display device 1 will be described. When power is supplied to a pachinko gaming machine (not shown), the pulse motor M1 is driven to rotate at a constant speed by the CPU 30 via the pulse motor drive circuit 33,
The display 2 and the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler are both rotated at a constant speed.

When the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler is rotated by the symbol display device power supply 35, the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler connected to the symbol display device power supply 35 is rotated.
However, as shown in FIG. 12, the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler rotating as the primary side becomes the secondary side, that is, from the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler to the rotating side 9 of the rotary coupler by the action of a transformer. The power of the light emitting diode drive circuit 36 is supplied.

The position detection signal of the current rotational position of the display 2 is transferred from the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler to the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler by the phototransistor and the LED. After being converted into a digital signal, it is input to the CPU 30.

During this time, the CPU 30 selects the symbol display data according to the current game situation from the ROM 31 and specifies the address of the display symbol to be displayed. The CPU 30
It is determined whether or not the input detection position of the display 2 is a rotation position for outputting an addressing control signal at a predetermined timing, and the detected current position starts outputting the control signal at a predetermined timing. When it is determined that the display pattern is determined, the address of the display symbol to be displayed is designated and output as a control signal. In the example of displaying the number 3 in FIG. 6, the address a shown in FIG. 10 is designated.

The control signal output by the CPU 30 is converted into an optical signal by the optical signal control means 34 and then input to the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler, and the rotating side 8 of the rotary coupler turns on the LED and turns on / off the phototransistor. Passed by the signal.

The control signal passed to the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler is input to the light emitting diode drive circuit 36,
The light-emitting diode drive circuit 36 reads out the 8-bit display symbol data for one row from the display symbol data ROM 37 in accordance with the address of the specified display symbol, and converts the one-row display symbol data at the timing-designated display position. 6 and FIG.
Are sequentially turned on as shown in FIG. In the example of displaying the number 3 in FIG. 6, when the display body 2 passes through the rotation position P1,
The light emitting diodes in the second to ninth columns are all turned off.

The display 2 is rotated at a constant speed by the pulse motor M1, and after the CPU 30 starts addressing the light emitting diode drive circuit 36, the rotational position is sequentially detected at a predetermined timing, and the display symbol is displayed. The address of the light emitting diode drive circuit 36 is designated by updating the data address. In the example of displaying the numeral 3 in FIG. 6, FIG.
When the address a + 1 of the display symbol data for one line at 0 is specified and the display 2 passes through the rotation position P2,
All the light emitting diodes in the second to ninth columns are turned on.

Thereafter, the addresses a + 2, a + 3, a + 4 in FIG.
.. A + 9 are sequentially specified, and at the display position specified by the timing, the light emitting diode is turned on in accordance with each line of the display symbol data for one row, so that the number 3 is visually recognized by the afterimage effect.

In FIG. 6, when the display by the light emitting diode A on one end face 2a of the display 2 is completed, the CPU 30
Sets the display symbol data to be displayed next based on the current game situation, and emits light again when the other end surface 2b of the display 2 comes to a rotational position for outputting an addressing control signal at a predetermined timing. Address designation to the diode drive circuit 36 is started.

The light emitting diode drive circuit 36 sequentially turns on the light emitting diodes B in a predetermined column based on the display symbol data for one row at the display position designated by the timing.

The lighting state of each column in each row of the light emitting diode A is combined to display one symbol with an afterimage effect, and thereafter, the lighting state of each column in each row of the light emitting diode B is combined to generate one symbol with an afterimage effect. One symbol is displayed. In each of the left symbol display section 40a, the middle symbol display section 40b, and the right symbol display section 40c in which the light-emitting diode A and the light-emitting diode B are alternately divided into one pattern and nine rows and eight columns, the program is set. Is displayed with an afterimage effect.

In the symbol display device 1, when a display area having the same size as that in which the light emitting diodes are arranged in a dot matrix is formed, the number of light emitting diodes is equal to two horizontal rows in the case where the light emitting diodes are arranged in a dot matrix. Since the number is sufficient, the number of light emitting diodes can be significantly reduced.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a flowchart of a control program executed by the CPU 30 in the pachinko gaming machine equipped with the symbol display device 1, and the program is periodically executed according to a reset signal from the reset circuit 39. You.

First, if power is turned on in step 601, the CPU 30 shifts to initialization processing (step 6).
02), clear the switch flag, winning number data, command data, control output data, and the like in the RAM 32, generate a random number in a refresh counter (not shown) in the CPU 30, and display it on the symbol display device 1. Use as data.

Next, the CPU 30 proceeds to step 603, and if the prize of the chuckers 24-26 has not yet been entered, the starting storage number indicating the number of prizes to the chucker is 0.
Any of the answers to the determinations in steps 605 to 609 are negative, and the movable door drive solenoid 41, the lamps 24 and 25
And the speaker 27 is maintained in the deactivated state (step 61).
0), the current loop of this program ends.

On the other hand, when the game ball wins one of the chuckers 24 to 26, the input of the start switch SW1 is detected, so that the determination result in the step 603 becomes affirmative and 1 is added to the start storage number (step). 604). Next, since the content of the command data is still 0, step 6
When the process reaches step 611 via 05 to 610, it is determined that there is a start storage number, and this storage number is displayed on the upper display 45. Then, 1 is subtracted from the start number (step 612), and after the software timer is set to the predetermined maximum LED rotation time (step 613), the command data is updated from 0 to 1 indicating that the LED is rotating (step 613). 614).

The answer to step 605 of the next loop is affirmative, and LED rotation processing is performed (step 615).
The PU 30 selects the address of the display symbol data to be rotated and displayed, and when the detected position of the display 2 is a position where the address can be specified at a predetermined timing, the symbol display device 1
By outputting the address of the display symbol data to the light emitting diode drive circuit 36 of the above, while updating the display symbol data at predetermined intervals, the display contents of the respective display units 40a to 40c of the symbol display device 1 are changed. 1 at different cycles
The symbols are updated one by one, and the symbols are stopped in the order of the left symbol display section 40a, the middle symbol display section 40b, and the right symbol display section 40c before the predetermined maximum LED rotation time elapses.

At this time, the command data is updated to 2 indicating stop of LED rotation. Then, during the LED rotation process, the start lamp 47 is turned on in accordance with the display means 44 and the sound means 43, and a sound effect is output from the speaker 48.

In the next loop, the LED rotation stop process (step 616) is performed, the display contents of the display units 40a to 40c are sequentially stopped, and the command data is updated to 3 indicating that the LED is being determined.

Therefore, in the loop immediately after the completion of the LED rotation stop processing, the LED determination processing (step 617)
Then, the display content of the symbol display device 1 is determined based on the corresponding display data in the RAM 52. As a result of the discrimination, the left, middle, and right symbol display sections 40a to 40d of the symbol display device 1
If the three numbers displayed at 40c are not the same, the software timer is set to a first predetermined time, for example, 0.4 seconds, and the command data is updated to 5 indicating that delay processing is being performed. If the numbers match, the second predetermined time is set to, for example, 20 seconds, and the command data is updated to 4 indicating that the attacker is being opened.

In the case where the three numbers are aligned,
In the next loop, an attacker opening process is executed (step 618), and the movable door drive solenoid 41 is operated by the solenoid drive circuit 38 to open the movable door 27 of the attacker 28 for a set predetermined time. However, at the time of the big hit prize, the movable door 27 is closed when the number of prizes to the attacker 14 reaches ten times even if the second predetermined time has not elapsed.

Further, the address of the display symbol data for displaying the character "big hit" in the telop on the display section 40 of the symbol display device 1 is designated, and the light emission drive circuit 36 of the symbol display device 1 is provided at a predetermined timing. And the display data address is updated and switched at predetermined intervals (step 619).

Further, during the opening of the attacker, the starting lamp 47
Is turned on, and a sound effect at the time of opening is output from the speaker 48. In addition, when winning in the central pocket 29, the central pocket lamp 46 is blinked, and flag information for displaying a winning is stored in the RAM 32 unless the number of such winnings reaches a predetermined number, for example, ten times.

When the second predetermined time has elapsed after the opening of the attacker, the command data is updated to 5 indicating that the delay processing is being performed, and the delay processing is executed in the next loop (step 620). That is, if it is determined that there is no winning in the central pocket 29 based on the above-mentioned flag information, the process proceeds to the above-mentioned step 610, and if there is such a winning, the attacker 28 is opened again. Therefore, the central pocket 29
The attacker 28 can be opened continuously 10 times on condition that the player wins the game.

If the judgment result in the LED judgment processing in step 617 is not a double-row in which three numbers are aligned,
In the next loop, a delay process is executed (step 620). In this case, since the attacker 28 has not been opened, it is determined that there is no winning in the central pocket 29 after the first predetermined time has elapsed, and the process proceeds to step 610.

After the processing of step 610, the CPU 30
In step 611, it is determined whether or not there is a start memory number. If it is determined that there is a start memory number, a new LE is stored.
D rotation processing is started.

As another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 14, instead of the rotary side 8 of the rotary coupler and the fixed side 9 of the rotary coupler shown in FIGS. 4 transmission LEDs 60 on side 9a
To 63 are provided on the same circumference, while one receiving phototransistor H1 is provided on the rotating side 8a of the rotary coupler in correspondence with the four transmitting LEDs 60 to 63 on the fixed side 9a of the rotary coupler. The position detection LED 64 is provided inside the four LEDs 60 to 63 on the fixed side 9a of the rotary coupler, while the rotation side 8a of the rotary coupler is provided.
Is provided with a rotary coupler 7a provided with a position detecting phototransistor H2 corresponding to the LED 64 on the fixed side 9a of the rotary coupler.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, four LEDs 60 to 60 for transmission are provided on the fixed side 9a of the rotary coupler.
The same optical signal is transmitted from the LED 63, and one receiving phototransistor H1 on the rotating side 8a of the rotary coupler sequentially performs a light receiving operation on the LEDs 60, 61, 62, and 63 by rotation, whereby each of the LEDs 60 to 63 is rotated. The optical signals received separately from the optical signals 63 are combined into a series of optical signals and received by the rotating side 8a.

When the symbol display device 1 is in operation, the position detecting LED 64 is always lit, and the light emitted from the position detecting LED 64 provided on the fixed side 9a is used for detecting the position on the rotating side 8a. The light is received by the phototransistor H2, the reference position of the rotation side 8a with respect to the fixed side 9a is detected, and the rotation amount of the rotation side 8a is detected based on the reference position.

The connection of the symbol display device 1 shown in FIG. 9 to the control unit of the pachinko gaming machine is changed as shown in FIG. In FIG. 16, the fixed side 9a of the rotary coupler is connected to the CPU 30 via the optical signal control means 34. The fixed side 9a of the rotary coupler 7 is connected to the rotating side 8a of the rotary coupler, and a light emitting diode. Is connected to the symbol display device power supply 35 for driving the lighting.

One of the rotary sides 8 of the rotary coupler is connected to the display control CPU 58 via the optical signal control means 57, and the other is directly connected to the display control CPU 58.

The display control CPU 58 stores the display symbol data ROM 37 in which the display symbol data is stored, and the light emitting diodes A and B on both end surfaces of the display 2 in FIG. Is connected.

The CPU 30 selects symbol display data according to the current game situation from the ROM 31, specifies an address of a display symbol to be displayed, and outputs it as a control signal.
The control signal output by the CPU 30 is converted into an optical signal by the optical signal control means 34 and then input to the fixed side 9a of the rotary coupler, and
a is transmitted by the LED lighting and the photo transistor on / off signal.

The address consisting of the optical signal passed to the rotary side 8a of the rotary coupler is digitized by the optical signal control means 57 and input to the display control CPU 58. In the meantime, the reference position detecting operation of the rotary side 8a of the rotary coupler with respect to the fixed side 9a of the rotary coupler is performed.

The display control CPU 58 detects the amount of rotation of the display 2 based on the rotation operation time of the display 2 because the pulse motor M1 is rotated at a constant speed with reference to the timing of the operation of detecting the reference position. The display control CPU 5
8, when an address of the display symbol data digitized by the optical signal control means 57 is input, the display symbol data is read out from the display symbol data ROM 37 in accordance with the address, and the read symbol data is read out via the light emitting diode driving circuit 36. The light emitting diodes A and B are driven for lighting at the position.

In another embodiment of the present invention, each of the control units 30 and 58 provided in the pachinko game machine in a non-contact state by the optical signal transmitting means including the rotary coupler 7a.
Can be electrically and electronically connected to each other.

Control units 30 and 58 constituted by a plurality of units
Are mutually mutated, that is, in another embodiment, the control unit controls the fixed CPU 30 and the rotating CPU 58.
The communication between the control units and the transmission and reception of input / output signals can be performed even when the control units are in a rotating state and physically in a non-contact state.

[0080]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device in which a display provided with a light-emitting body is rotated by a drive motor and a display is provided by turning on the light-emitting body while the display is rotating. Power supply means for supplying power in a non-contact state is provided between a member on the rotating side that rotates with the body and a member on the fixed side provided opposite to the member on the rotating side. The power supply between the power supply and the fixed-side member can be performed without using the connection wiring, and as a result, the rotation operation of the display body by avoiding the entanglement and twisting of the wiring which must be considered in the case of the wiring connection. Is eliminated, and the display body can be continuously rotated.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the power supply for lighting the illuminant provided on the rotating display can be supplied from the fixed side member in a non-contact manner. The power for lighting the illuminant can be supplied in a non-contact state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a symbol display device in a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the symbol display device of FIG. 1 with a part cut away.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the symbol display device.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a rotary side of a rotary coupler.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the fixed side of the rotary coupler.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a rotation position of a display body and a lighting position of a light emitting diode.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a relationship between a light emitting diode and a display unit in a display body.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a gaming board of a pachinko gaming machine provided with a symbol display device in the gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a main part of a pachinko gaming machine having a symbol display device in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of display symbol data.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing transmission and reception of control signals by optical signals between the fixed side of the rotary coupler and the rotating side of the rotary coupler in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing power supply from the fixed side of the rotary coupler to the rotating side of the rotary coupler in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing by a CPU in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing transmission and reception of control signals by optical signals between the fixed side of the rotary coupler and the rotating side of the rotary coupler according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention in which a control unit of a pachinko machine connected to a fixed side of a rotary coupler and a display control unit connected to a rotating side of the rotary coupler transmit and receive control signals by optical signals. Figure showing

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a main part of a pachinko gaming machine having a symbol display device in a gaming machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Symbol display apparatus 2 Display body 2a One end surface 2b Other end surface 3 Display body attachment member 4 Light emitting diode 5 Axis 6 Axis 7 Rotary coupler 8 Rotation side (Rotary coupler) 9 Fixed side (Rotary coupler) 10 Swelling part 11 Casing 12 Side wall 13 side wall 14 motor shaft 15 connecting member 16 control board 17 flange portion 18 hole 19 circular groove 20 circular groove 21 circular groove 22 circular groove 23 game board 24 chucker 25 chucker 26 chucker 27 movable door 28 attacker 29 central pocket 30 CPU 31 ROM 32 RAM 33 pulse motor drive circuit 34 optical signal control circuit 35 power supply for symbol display device 36 light emitting diode drive circuit 37 display symbol data ROM 38 solenoid drive circuit 39 reset circuit 40 display unit 40a left symbol display unit 40b middle symbol display unit 40c right Pattern table Part 42 payout device 43 audio means 44 display means 45 upper indicator 46 central pocket lamp 47 starting lamp 48 speaker 49 guide plate 50 winning opening 51 winning opening 52 winning opening 53 winning opening 54 winning opening 55 winning opening 56 winning opening 57 optical signal Control means 58 Display control CPU 60 LED (for transmission) 61 LED (for transmission) 62 LED (for transmission) 63 LED (for transmission) 64 LED for position detection M1 Pulse motor H1 Phototransistor (for reception) H2 For position detection Phototransistor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game machine having a display device provided with a light-emitting body provided with a display device that rotates a display body provided with a light-emitting body by a drive motor and performs display by turning on the light-emitting body while the display body is rotating. A power supply means for supplying power in a non-contact state between a rotating member to be rotated and a fixed member provided to face the rotating member. 2. The power supply means supplies the power by a transformer function between the fixed-side member serving as a primary side and the rotating-side member serving as a secondary side. The gaming machine according to claim 1. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the power supply unit supplies a power for lighting the illuminant.