JP2002177581A - Control device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a game machine capable of clearly discriminating the respective control blocks packaged on a same board. SOLUTION: A pattern display control block 1 for controlling the display of a pattern, a voice control block 2 for controlling the generation of effective sound, and a lamp control block 3 for controlling lighting of a lamp are packaged on the same board 4 (sub-board). The pattern display control block 1, the voice control block 2 and the lamp control block 3 are individually provided with a CPU. Silk prints 5 are made along boundary portions between the respective control blocks 1, 2, 3 on the board 4, thereby discriminating the positions of the control blocks 1, 2, 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control board mounted on a game machine main body and mounted with a symbol display control block for controlling game contents, and a ball lending mounted on a lending machine attached to the game machine main body. The present invention relates to a gaming machine control device including a control board on which a control block such as a control is mounted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a main board mounted with a main control block for controlling the entire game machine such as a prize-winning process of a game ball hit on a game board, A plurality of sub-boards each mounted with a control block for realizing various functions such as symbol display control, voice control, and lamp control.

By outputting a command from the main board to each of the sub-boards, the displayed symbols are changed, and the generation of sound effects is controlled in synchronization with the changed symbols. As described above, in a gaming machine, it is general that a sub-board is separately formed for each function. However, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-24108, a symbol display control block and a voice control block are used. There is also an idea of mounting on a same substrate.

[0004]

Here, an inspection is performed to check whether each function operates normally, and even after the inspection is completed, maintenance is performed for each function to determine whether it operates normally or where there is an abnormal part. It is necessary to do this, but simply mounting multiple control blocks on the same board will make it difficult to determine which element is an element of which function, and will reduce the inspection time and work efficiency such as maintenance. There's a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a gaming machine control device capable of clearly and easily distinguishing each control block mounted on the same board. Is what you do.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of control circuit blocks each having an individual CPU are mounted on the same substrate. An object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a gaming machine, wherein an identification display for identifying a position of each control block on a substrate is attached to at least one of elements on the substrate and each control block.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to the first aspect, the identification is performed by providing silk printing or a resist on a substrate so as to partition each control block. It is characterized by being realized. Next, according to a third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of control circuit blocks each having an individual CPU are mounted on the same substrate, and the substrate is covered with a transparent or translucent shield case. On the other hand, an object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a gaming machine, wherein an identification display for identifying the position of each of the control blocks on a substrate is provided.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a plurality of control blocks for controlling game contents on a game board are mounted on the same board. That is, as shown in FIG. 1 which is a schematic plan view, a symbol display control block 1 for controlling the display of symbols, a voice control block 2 for controlling generation of sound effects, and a lamp control block for controlling lighting of a lamp. 3 are mounted on the same substrate 4 (sub-substrate 4). Here, the symbol display control block 1, the voice control block 2, and the lamp control block 3 are control blocks 1, 2, and 3, respectively, each having a CPU.

[0009] Silk printing 5 is performed on the substrate 4 along the boundary between the control blocks 1, 2, and 3 to partition the control blocks 1, 2, and 3. Thus, the positions of the control blocks 1, 2, 3 can be identified. In addition, a control block name (or an identification symbol) is also printed in each area divided by the silk printing 5 so that the control block of which function can be identified.

In the gaming machine control device having the above configuration,
Even when a plurality of control blocks 1, 2, 3 are mounted on the same board 4, at the time of inspection or maintenance, it is clear which position is the control block 1, 2 or 3 of which function, and the faulty component is specified. The work efficiency is improved due to ease of construction. For example, if there is a defect in the market or the like, or a defect in the control board (controller for a game machine) at the time of shipment from the factory, the block (which function The determination as to whether or not it is defective becomes easy.

Further, even if a plurality of control blocks 1, 2, 3 are mounted on the same substrate 4, the control blocks 1, 2
Since two or three can be identified, the inspection time of a public inspection organization can be reduced. Here, in the above embodiment, the silk printing 5
The control blocks 1, 2, and 3 are divided by the control blocks 1, 2, and 3 so that the control blocks 1, 2, and 3 can be identified. Thus, each of the control blocks 1, 2, 3
May be divided so that identification is possible.

Also, instead of performing the silk printing 5 or the like along the boundaries between the control blocks 1, 2, 3 to partition the control blocks 1, 2, 3 by performing the silk printing or the like so as to surround the control blocks 1, 2, 3. May be. At this time, each control block 1
The resist color or the silk color may be changed every two or three. Also, instead of or in combination with performing the silk printing 5 on the substrate 4 as described above, the elements constituting each of the control blocks 1, 2, 3 are provided with different colors for each of the control blocks 1, 2, and 3. A mark may be attached so that each of the control blocks 1, 2, 3 can be identified. In this case, it is not necessary to mark all the elements, and it is sufficient to mark only representative elements and peripheral elements.

Further, in the above embodiment, the control board for controlling the game content of the gaming machine body is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a plurality of control blocks each having a CPU such as a ball lending control block and a cash control block are mounted on a control board mounted on a ball payout device attached to a gaming machine, and each control block can be identified. As described above, the control blocks may be partitioned by silk printing or the like as described above.

The control board on which the control blocks 1, 2 and 3 are mounted is covered with a transparent shield case so as to prevent unauthorized processing. Therefore, the substrate 4
Instead of or along with the above-described silk-screened partitioning, a mark (7) is attached to the shield case 6 as shown in FIG. You may make it possible to know where the control blocks 1, 2, 3 are located and what function they have. For example, as shown in FIG.
When viewed from above in the state covered with, the drawing 7 is located along the boundary between the control blocks 1, 2, and 3, and the function of the control blocks 1, 2, and 3 in each area can be understood. Thus, the control blocks 1, 2, 2,
3 is displayed (or an identification symbol).

[0015] Even in this case, the same operation and effect as described above can be obtained. Conversely, since a space for performing silk printing 5 or the like on the substrate 4 is not required, the space occupied by the control substrate on which the plurality of control blocks 1, 2, 3 are mounted may be reduced accordingly. Instead of making the control blocks 1, 2, 3 identifiable by the drawing 7, the corresponding area of the shield case 6 located above each of the control blocks 1, 2, 3 is painted with a translucent color. The control blocks 1, 2, and 3 may be identified by dividing or attaching films of different colors.

[0016]

As described above, when the present invention is employed, even if a plurality of control blocks are mounted on the same board, the work efficiency of the inspection work and the maintenance work is not deteriorated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing a control board (controller for a gaming machine) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a shield case according to the embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing a control board with a shield case (controller for a game machine) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Symbol display control block 2 Audio control block 3 Lamp control block 4 Board 5 Silk printing 6 Shield case 7 Wire drawing

Claims (3)

[Claims] A plurality of control circuit blocks each having a CPU are individually mounted on the same board, and identifications for identifying the positions of the control blocks on the board are displayed on the board and the elements of the control blocks. A control device for a gaming machine, wherein the control device is attached to at least one of the following. 2. The control device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the identification display is realized by silk printing or providing a resist on a substrate so as to partition each control block. 3. A plurality of control circuit blocks each having an individual CPU are mounted on the same substrate, and the substrate is covered with a transparent or translucent shield case. A control device for a gaming machine, wherein an identification display for identifying a position on a substrate is provided.