JP2001037959A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine for lighting the same LED lamps in varying brightness. SOLUTION: Electric impressions IC75A, 75B impress an electric current to a plurality of LED lamps at different duty ratio. Resistors R1, R2 having different values are connected between the LED lamps and the electric impressions IC. Therefore the same LED lamps can be equivalently lighted in varying brightness.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine equipped with an LED lamp.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko machine, a large number of LED lamps are provided on a front surface and a game board surface to notify a game state. Here, the LED lamps are used alone or in combination to control lighting, blinking, and extinguishing, and furthermore, a plurality of groups are grouped, and the lighting timing is shifted within the group so that the lighting portion moves. Has been done. In performing the lighting control, a dynamic drive circuit having a matrix configuration is employed in terms of efficiency.

[0003]

However, in the dynamic driving circuit of the conventional pachinko machine, the driving conditions of the LED lamps at all the intersections are basically the same, which requires high luminance lighting or low luminance. When lighting is required, it is necessary to prepare a dedicated lighting drive circuit separately, or to select a different LED, and the number of types of parts for manufacturing a pachinko machine increases, which complicates management. was there.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has as its object the same purpose as a pachinko machine which requires the use of a plurality of lighting drive circuits or a plurality of types of LED lamps. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine whose function can be realized by a single lighting drive circuit.

[0005]

A pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of identical LED lamps and the plurality of LEs are provided.
A technology comprising: a voltage application device for applying a voltage to a D lamp at a different duty ratio; and a plurality of resistors having different values disposed between the plurality of LED lamps and the voltage application device. Characteristic.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pachinko machine, wherein a plurality of identical LED lamps, a plurality of voltage sources for generating different voltages, and the potentials of the plurality of voltage sources are supplied to the plurality of LED lamps with different duty ratios. A voltage application device for applying at
Is a technical feature.

The technical feature of the third aspect of the present invention is that, in the first aspect, the voltage applying device applies a pulsed voltage to the adjacently arranged LED lamps at a shifted timing. I do.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the voltage applying device applies voltages to the plurality of LED lamps at different duty ratios. Also, between the LED lamp and the voltage applying device,
Resistors with different values are connected. Therefore, the same LED lamp can be turned on with equivalently different brightness.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the plurality of voltage sources generate different voltages, and the voltage applying device applies the voltages to the plurality of LED lamps at different duty ratios. Therefore, the same LED lamp can be turned on with equivalently different brightness.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the LEs arranged adjacent to each other are provided.
A voltage application device applies a pulsed voltage to the D lamp at a shifted timing. Therefore, it is possible to suppress flickering of the LED lamp when a voltage is applied in a pulsed manner.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a pachinko machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a CR type 1 pachinko machine will be described as a representative of the present invention. First, the main configuration of the pachinko machine of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 which is an explanatory view of the pachinko machine of the present embodiment as viewed from the front.

The pachinko machine 10 is provided with an inner frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. A metal frame 12 is attached to the inner frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. Is mounted to be openable and closable. On the back side of the glass frame 26, a game board 13 is disposed, and on the left side of the game board 13, a guide rail 14 for guiding a shot game ball is provided. A keyhole decoration 16 having a keyhole 15 into which a key for opening and closing a glass frame 26 is inserted is provided on the right side of the inner frame 11, and a frame lamp 17 is provided above the inner frame 11.

A front plate 18 is provided below the glass frame 26. An upper plate prize ball discharge port 19 for discharging a prize ball is formed at an upper left portion of the front plate 18. On the discharge side of the superior prize ball discharge port 19, the superior prize ball discharge port 1 is provided.
An upper plate 20 for storing the prize balls discharged from 9 is attached. Below the upper plate 20, the upper plate 20
A lower plate prize ball discharge port 21 for discharging the prize ball that cannot be accommodated in the lower plate is formed.
Is provided with a lower plate 22 for storing the prize balls discharged from the lower plate prize ball discharge port 21.

On the right side of the lower plate 22, a firing handle 23 for operating a firing motor (indicated by reference numeral 38 in FIG. 4) for firing game balls supplied from the upper plate 20 to the game board 13.
Is rotatably mounted, and its firing handle 2
3 is provided with a firing stop button 24 for stopping firing during firing. Also, on the right side of the upper plate 20,
An upper tray ball pulling lever 25 for pulling out the prize balls stored in the upper tray 20 to the lower tray 22 is slidably mounted.
Further, on the left side of the inner frame 11, a prepaid card unit 27 having a slit 27a for inserting a prepaid card is provided.

Next, the main structure of the game board 13 is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. A center case 30 is provided substantially at the center of the game board 13. As shown in FIG. 3 which is an enlarged explanatory view of the center case 30 as viewed from the front, a natural winning prize hole 31, a normal symbol display device 32 including three LEDs, and a normal symbol display device 32 A normal symbol storage display LED 33 composed of four LEDs for displaying the number of times of starting, a special symbol display device 34 for displaying a special symbol 34a on a liquid crystal display, and a number of times for starting the special symbol display device 34. A special symbol storage display LED 35 composed of four LEDs is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the left and right sides of the center case 30, there are provided ordinary symbol operation gates 40, 40 for operating the ordinary symbol display device 32. Below the center case 30, a first type starting port 41 for operating the special symbol display device 34 is provided. Below the first type starting port 41, a stop symbol of the ordinary symbol display device 32 is provided. An ordinary electric accessory 42 that is opened when a predetermined winning symbol is obtained is provided. The opened ordinary electric accessory 42 has a function of starting the operation of the special symbol display device 34, similarly to the first-type start port 41. A variable winning device 50 that operates when the stop symbol of the special symbol display device 34 becomes a predetermined big hit symbol is provided below the ordinary electric accessory 42.

The variable winning device 50 is provided with a large winning opening 51 in the form of a door which is opened when a hit occurs, and which can be opened and closed. On both sides of the large winning opening 51, normal winning openings 52, 52 are provided. Are provided respectively. Further, inside the special winning opening 51, a specific area 53 and this specific area 5
4 and a count switch (FIG. 4) for counting the number P of game balls that have won the special winning opening 51.
Is indicated by reference numeral 175).

In addition, the game board 13 includes windmills 60, 60.
, Ordinary winning openings 61, 61, left and right corner decoration lamps 62a, 62a, and a winning lamp 63 which is turned on at the time of winning.
A ball cut lamp 64 that lights up when the ball runs out, left and right side decorative lamps 62b, 62b, a gate lamp 62c that lights up when passing through the normal symbol operation gate 40, and left and right lights that blink while the special winning opening 51 is open. Grand Prize Win Lamp 62
d and 62d, and an out port 65 for collecting game balls that did not win as out balls. Also, many nails 28 are driven into the game board 13, and the game balls fired on the game board 13 fall while dancing between the nails 28.

Next, the display mode of the ordinary symbol display device 32 will be described. The LEDs of the normal symbol display device 32 are constituted by left and right red LEDs and a central green LED, and the display changes when a game ball passes the normal symbol operation gate 40. The modes of the fluctuation include:
The LED 32a on the left side as shown in ○-○ (-indicates off)
Only when the LED lights up, and when the central LED 3
There are two types in which only 2b is lit. Here, when the normal symbol stops, it is out of the way that the LED stops at −- ○ (left and right lighting), and after 0.5 second lighting, if there is a normal symbol memory, the normal symbol starts to change again. On the other hand, if the LED of the ordinary symbol stops at-○-(medium lighting), it is a hit, and the ordinary electric accessory 42 is normally opened for 0.2 seconds.

When a game ball passes through the ordinary symbol operation gate 40 during the operation of the ordinary symbol display device 32 or the ordinary electric accessory 42, up to the first four balls become the starting memory and the ordinary symbol memory display. The stored number is displayed by the number of lighting of the LED 33, and when the symbol can be normally changed, the change is started based on the starting memory.

As shown in FIG. 3, a special symbol display device 34 composed of a liquid crystal display device (LCD) is used when a game ball wins the first kind starting port 41 or the open ordinary electric accessory 42. 10 kinds of symbols 0 to 9 are variably displayed at three places. Hereinafter, a portion for displaying a left symbol in FIG. 3 is a first display portion 34A (hereinafter, referred to as an A symbol),
The portion for displaying the central symbol is displayed on the second display portion 34B (hereinafter, referred to as a second display portion 34B).
B), and a portion for displaying the right symbol is displayed on the third display unit 34.
It is called C (hereinafter, C design). Then, when a predetermined fixed variation time elapses after the start of the change, for example, the change stops in the order of the first display unit 34A, the second display unit 34B, and the third display unit 34C, and the stopped symbol is A = B = C. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the value reaches 777, a big win occurs, and the variable winning device 50 is operated to open the large winning opening 51.

Also, when the special symbol display device 34 is operating or in the state of the big hit, the game ball is set to the first type starting port 41.
Or, when a prize is won in the open ordinary electric accessory 42, the first four items become the starting memory, and the special symbol memory display LE
The number of storages is displayed by D35. When the special symbol is changed, the change is started based on the start memory, and the special symbol storage display LED 35 is displayed.
Is turned off.

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko machine 10 is provided with a main board 100. The main board 100 has a first-type start-up switch 196 for detecting a winning in the first-type start-up port, and a special type for controlling the special symbol display device 34. Symbol control board 190, voice control device 19
2, board relay board 170, each L provided in the pachinko machine
The lamp control device 194 for controlling the ED lamp, the game frame relay board 160, the payout control board 130, and the game board information terminal board 198 are connected. These devices are connected to the main board 10
It is driven by a signal output from 0.

The main board 100 includes a special symbol control board 19
CPU 102 that performs control such as 0
104 storing a control program to be executed by the
RO when the CPU 102 executes the control program.
And a RAM 106 for temporarily storing a control program read from the M104.

On the board relay board 170 described above, a solenoid 173 for the ordinary electric accessory which opens the ordinary electric accessory 42 is provided.
A normal symbol display board 173 that controls the ordinary symbol display device 32, a specific payout detection switch 176, a normal symbol operation switch 174, a count switch 175 that counts the number of winnings to the special winning opening 51, and a specific payout detection. Switch 1
76 and the special winning opening relay board 180 are connected.
The special winning opening relay board 180 is connected to a specific area solenoid 184, a special winning opening solenoid 186 that opens the special winning opening 51, and an accessory continuous operation switch 182 that detects passage of the specific area. .

Further, the above-mentioned payout control base 130 includes:
A firing device unit 124 that controls a firing motor in accordance with a signal output from the firing handle 23, a CR connection board 110, and a payout relay board 140 are connected. C
The R connection board 110 is connected to a frequency display board 112 for displaying the remaining frequency of the card, and an external device portion 114 for processing the card. On the other hand, the payout relay board 140 is connected to the prize ball unit 150 and the game frame relay board 160 via the sensor relay board 142. The prize ball unit 150 accommodates a prize ball payout sensor 152 for detecting a prize ball payout, a ball sending motor 154 for sending a ball, and a CR ball lending sensor 156.

The game frame relay board 160 includes a ball-out switch 162 for detecting ball-out and a lower plate 22.
A fullness detection switch 164 for detecting that (see FIG. 1) is full, a winning ball detection switch 166 for detecting a winning ball, and a winning ball cutting solenoid 168 are connected.

The main board 100 and the payout control board 13
0 is connected to game board information terminals 198 and 126 for transmitting information related to winning to a hall computer (not shown) provided in a pachinko hall management room or the like. Power from the main power supply 122 is supplied to the main board 100 and the payout control board 130 via the power board 120.

Referring to FIG. 5, the structure of the lamp control device 194 will be described. The lamp control device 194 includes a lamp control board 93 for lighting an LED lamp based on a command from the main board 100, a lamp control distribution board 91 for distributing a voltage to each LED board according to a command from the lamp control board 93, and an LED board 92a. , 92b, 92c, 92
d, 92e, 92f, 92g, 92h, 92i, 92j
And a normal symbol display board 94, a special symbol display board 95, and a normal symbol storage board 96.

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the dynamic drive circuit 90 used in the lamp control board 93.
The dynamic driving circuit 90 includes voltage application ICs 75A, 7A.
5B, resistors R1 and R2, and terminal plates 76A and 76B. Output terminal 0 of voltage application IC 75A
A resistance R2 of 300Ω is connected to 1,02,03,04,05,06. On the other hand, the voltage application IC 75B
The output terminals 01 and 02 are connected to a resistor R2 of 300Ω, and the output terminals 03, 04, 05 and 06 are connected to a 150Ω resistor R2.
Ω resistor R1 is connected. Voltage application IC75
A, 75B input terminals 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
Reference numeral 16 is connected to a control IC (not shown). The common terminal COM is connected to a 12V power supply, and the ground terminal GND is dropped to the ground.

FIG. 7 shows output waveforms of the voltage application IC 75A and the voltage application IC 75B shown in FIG. From the output terminal 01 and the output terminal 02, a clock signal is output from the output terminal 01 and output terminal 02 at a period of 7.0 ms.
A 5 V 12 V pulse (duty ratio 1/14) is output. As described later, the output terminals 01 and 02 have
An LED lamp requiring low brightness is connected. On the other hand, a 1.0 ms pulse (duty ratio 1/7) is output from the output terminals 03 and 04 at a period of 7.0 ms. The output terminals 03 and 04 are connected to LED lamps requiring medium luminance. From the output terminal 05 and the output terminal 06, a 2.0 ms pulse (duty ratio 2/7) is output at a period of 7.0 ms. The output terminal 0
5,06 is connected to an LED lamp requiring high luminance. In this embodiment, the voltage application ICs 75A, 75
The output terminals 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 of B have different value resistors, that is, 150Ω resistors R1 and R30.
The brightness is finely adjusted by connecting to a resistor R2 of 0Ω.

The voltage application ICs 75A and 75B output the above-mentioned pulses in response to a command from a control IC (not shown) of the lamp control distribution board 91. For example, when an output is applied from the control IC to the input terminal 11 of the voltage application IC 75A, a 0.5 ms 12V pulse with a period of 7.0 ms described above with reference to FIG. Is output. When an output is applied to the input terminal 16, the output terminal 06.
A 12 ms pulse of 0 ms is output.

FIG. 8 is a map showing the purpose of use of the LED lamp according to the luminance. The ordinary symbol storage display LED 33 and the special symbol storage display LED 3 described above with reference to FIG.
5 is connected to the normal symbol storage display board 96 and the special symbol display board 95 shown in FIG. 5 so as to be lit at low low luminance (small current drive segment). That is, the normal symbol storage display board 96 for turning on the four LED lamps of the normal symbol storage display LED 33 is connected to the output terminals 01 and 02 of the voltage application IC 75A of the dynamic drive circuit 90 shown in FIG. 6 via the resistor R2. The terminals A and B of the connected terminal plate 76A and the output terminals 01 and 0 of the voltage applying IC 75B.
The second side is connected to terminals G and H of a terminal plate 76B connected via a resistor R2. The special symbol storage display board 96 for turning on the special symbol storage display LED 35 is a dynamic drive circuit 90 provided in parallel with the dynamic drive circuit 90 (any of the plurality of dynamic drive circuits 90 of the lamp control distribution board shown in FIG. 6). Terminal board 76A)
Terminal A and terminal B, and terminal G and terminal H of terminal plate 76A.

On the other hand, the right corner decorative lamp 6 shown in FIG.
2a and the left corner decoration lamp 62a are connected to the dynamic drive circuit 90 so as to be lit at the lower middle luminance (small current drive segment). That is, the right corner LED board 92a on which the four LED lamps of the right corner decorative lamp 62a are mounted is connected to the output terminals 03 and 04 of the voltage application IC 75A of the dynamic drive circuit 90 by 300Ω.
C of the terminal plate 76A connected via the resistor R2
And the terminal D, and the terminals C and D of the terminal plate 76A of the dynamic drive circuit 90 provided in parallel with the dynamic drive circuit 90. The left corner LED board 92b on which the left corner decorative lamp 62a is mounted is
The terminal C and the terminal D of the terminal plate 76A of another dynamic drive circuit 90 provided in parallel with the dynamic drive circuit 90.
Connected to.

The cut-out lamp 64, the special winning opening right lamp 62d, and the special winning opening left lamp 62d shown in FIG. 2 are connected to the dynamic driving circuit 90 so as to be lit (high-current driving segment) with medium upper luminance. You. That is, the ball cut LED board 92e on which the LED lamp of the ball cut lamp 64 is mounted.
Is connected to the terminal J of the terminal plate 76B connected to the output terminal 03 side of the voltage applying IC 75B via the resistor R1 of 150Ω. Similarly, a special winning opening right LED board 92c equipped with a special winning opening right lamp 62d and a special winning opening left lamp 6d.
The large winning opening left LED board 92d on which 2d is mounted is connected. In the present embodiment, as described above with reference to FIG. 7, the brightness of the LED lamp is equivalently adjusted by changing the pulse width while keeping the period of the pulse constant. The brightness is further finely adjusted by changing.

The right side decorative lamp 62b, the left side decorative lamp 62b and the ordinary symbol display 32 (see FIG. 3) shown in FIG. Connected to That is, the right side LED board 92h on which the four LED lamps of the right side decorative lamp 62b are mounted is connected to the voltage application IC 7
The terminals E and F of the terminal plate 76A connected to the output terminals 05 and 06 of the 5A via a 300Ω resistor R2, and the terminal plate 76A of the dynamic drive circuit 90 provided in parallel with the dynamic drive circuit 90. Terminal E and terminal F
Connected to. Further, the left side LED board 92i on which the left side decorative lamp 62b is mounted and the ordinary symbol display board 94 for controlling the ordinary symbol display 32 are similarly connected.

In this embodiment, the right side decorative lamp 62b and the left side decorative lamp 62b are different from the LED lamps arranged adjacent to each other.
The voltage application IC 75A applies a pulsed current at a shifted timing as shown in FIG. For this reason, it is possible to suppress flickering of the LED lamp when a current is applied in a pulsed manner.

The right gate lamp 62c, the left gate lamp 62c, and the winning lamp 63 shown in FIG. 2 are connected to the dynamic drive circuit 90 so as to be lit at a high upper luminance (high current drive segment). That is, the right gate LED board 92f on which each LED lamp of the right gate lamp 62c is mounted, and the left gate LED board 92g on which each LED lamp of the left gate lamp 62c is mounted are connected to the voltage application IC 75.
The terminals L and M of the terminal plate 76B connected to the output terminals 05 and 06 of B via a resistor R1 of 150Ω are connected to the terminals L and M, respectively.

In the present embodiment, the voltage application ICs 75A, 7A
5B applies a current to the plurality of LED lamps at different duty ratios. Further, resistors R1 and R2 having different values are provided between the voltage application ICs 75A and 75B and the LED lamp.
Is connected. For this reason, the same LED lamp
Since it can be illuminated equivalently with different brightness, there is no need to prepare LED lamps with different brightness, the number of parts for manufacturing the pachinko machine is reduced, management becomes easy, and when assembling to the pachinko machine, No more errors.

In the above-described embodiment, the pulse width by the voltage application ICs 75A and 75B is 0.5 ms,
Although three types of 1.0 ms and 2.0 ms are provided, two types or four or more types may be provided. The voltage application ICs 75A and 75B have a pulse cycle of 7 seconds and a pulse width of 0.5 ms, 1.0 ms, 2.0 ms.
Although it was changed to ms, the pulse period can be changed by keeping the pulse width constant. Further, in the present embodiment, two types of resistors, 150Ω and 300Ω, are provided, but for example, three or more types of resistors can be used.
The luminance can be adjusted by providing a case where no resistor is interposed and a case where a resistor is interposed.

Next, a description will be given of a configuration of a ramp control device for a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment described above, the voltage applied to the LED by the dynamic drive circuit 90 using the resistor is adjusted. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the dynamic drive circuit 19
A constant voltage IC 176 that outputs a relatively high potential from terminal 01 and a relatively low potential from terminal 02 to 0.
A, 176B. Also in the second embodiment, the constant voltage ICs 176A and 176B generate different voltages, and the voltage application ICs 75A and 75B apply voltages to the plurality of LED lamps at different duty ratios.
Therefore, the same LED lamp can be turned on with equivalently different brightness. Although a constant voltage IC is used in this example, a constant current IC can be used.

[0042]

The voltage applying device applies currents to the plurality of LED lamps at different duty ratios, and resistors having different values are connected between the LED lamps and the voltage applying device. Therefore, the same LED lamp can be turned on with equivalently different brightness.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a game area of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the center case shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control device of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a lamp control device.

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of a dynamic drive circuit.

FIG. 7 is a timing chart showing an output waveform of the voltage application IC.

FIG. 8 is a map showing a relationship between each LED lamp and luminance.

FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of a dynamic drive circuit of a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 Pachinko machine 30 Center case 33 Normal symbol display device 34 Symbol display device 51 Large winning opening 62 Lamp control device 62a Corner decoration lamp (LED lamp) 62b Side decoration lamp (LED lamp) 62c Gate lamp (LED lamp) 62d Large winning opening Lamp (LED lamp) 75A, 75B Voltage application IC (voltage application device) 84 CPU 90 Dynamic drive circuit 91 Lamp control distribution board 92 LED board R1, R2 Resistor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of identical LED lamps, a voltage application device for applying a voltage to the plurality of LED lamps at different duty ratios, and a voltage application device disposed between the plurality of LED lamps and the voltage application device. A pachinko machine comprising: a plurality of resistors having different values. 2. A plurality of identical LED lamps, a plurality of voltage sources for generating different voltages, and a voltage application device for applying the potentials of the plurality of voltage sources to the plurality of LED lamps at different duty ratios. And a pachinko machine. 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the voltage applying device applies a pulsed voltage to the adjacently arranged LED lamps at a shifted timing.