JP2002239093A - Rotary light emitting device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the location space of a light emitting body device in a game machine by making a player of the game machine recognize the pseudo rotation of reflected light as radiating light of a rotary lamp. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a conical reflector R and a light emitting body device A having different light emitting body systems respectively located at different positions along the peripheral direction of a substrate, the reflector R1 is erected on the substrate 1 of the light emitting body device A so that a sharpened end part thereof can face a location center C of the respective light emitting body systems on the substrate 1, and by successively turning on and off the respective light emitting body systems while having time differences, the pseudo rotation of the reflected light is performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotating light emitting device of a game machine which can be recognized as light emitted from a rotating lamp by pseudo rotation of reflected light.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko machine, a luminous body such as a lamp or an LED is arranged on a board of the machine, so that a
At the time of a big hit or the like, the board is illuminated brilliantly to produce a sense of expectation at the time of reach or a sense of satisfaction at the time of a big hit, thereby enhancing the interest of the game. Here, instead of simply turning on or blinking the luminous body as in the conventional case, if the irradiation light such as a search light is rotated and radiated toward the player, a light effect different from the conventional light emitting mode is obtained. The effect can be expected. That is, it is conceivable that a rotary light emitting device supported on a rotating shaft substantially parallel to the board surface is arranged on the board surface, and the rotating lamp is driven to rotate.

However, even when a small rotating light is arranged on the panel surface, in addition to the rotating light, a motor for rotating the rotating light, a driving member such as a solenoid, and a transmission member such as a gear and a pulley are arranged. Space is needed. In consideration of the space for arranging other accessory devices and side lamps, sufficient space cannot be allocated to the rotating light-emitting device, and the layout of the rotating light-emitting device is greatly restricted. Is difficult.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to reduce the space in which a luminous device is arranged in a gaming machine by recognizing the illuminating light of a rotating lamp by pseudo rotation of reflected light.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a light emitting device in which different light emitting systems are arranged at different positions along a circumferential direction of a substrate, and a peripheral length thereof. And a reflector having a shape that is gradually shortened downward, wherein the reflector has a short lower peripheral portion and a lower end portion of the reflector opposes the arrangement center of each of the light emitting systems on the substrate of the light emitting device. Then, the light-emitting body systems are sequentially turned on and off with a time lag with respect to the substrate, and the reflected light is pseudo-rotated.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when each of the light emitter systems is turned on and off with a time difference, the reflected light is recognized as if it were rotating. In addition, since the reflector or the substrate can be pseudo-rotated in a state where it is stationary and not driven at all, a driving member, a transmission mechanism, and the like are unnecessary as in the case where the rotary light emitting device is arranged. Therefore, the light emitting device can be installed in a minimum space. For this reason, when the luminous device is installed on the board together with other accessory devices and side lamps, restrictions on the arrangement positions of the luminous device and other accessory devices are reduced, and the board design is reduced. The degree of freedom increases.

The invention of claim 2 is based on the premise of claim 1, characterized in that the reflector has a conical or polygonal pyramid shape, or a truncated cone or truncated polygonal pyramid shape, There is an advantage that it is easy to obtain the most effective reflection surface in terms of shape as a reflector standing on the substrate.

[0008] Further, the invention of claim 3 is based on the premise of claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the illuminant systems is configured by arranging a plurality of illuminants in a radial array. In relation to the reflector having a cone or polygonal pyramid shape,
Since the portion of the reflector facing each light emitter system extends along the generatrix direction, the reflected light has a band shape, and the light effect is enhanced.

Further, the invention according to claim 4 is based on the premise of the invention according to claim 3, wherein the number of rows of illuminators arranged in a radiating row which emit light at the same time is different, and the width of reflected light is different. Yes, the light effect is enhanced as compared with the case where the reflected light has the same width.

Further, the invention of claim 5 is characterized in that, on the premise of any of the inventions of claims 1 to 4, the mode of the pseudo rotation of the reflected light differs depending on the game state. For example, when the gaming state is such that a large privilege is given to a player such as a "big hit" of a pachinko machine, the pseudo rotation speed is increased, or the pseudo rotation is switched by blinking, and the game state is entered. Depending on the game, excite the game.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to examples. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine incorporating a rotary light emitting device L according to the present invention, and FIG.
Is a schematic perspective view of the rotary light emitting device L, FIG. 3 is a front view of the same, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of the light emitting device A. The pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a substantially circular game area 71 at the center of the game board surface.
A symbol display device 72 is installed at the center of the device, and a start winning device 73 and an attacker device 74 are provided immediately below the symbol display device 72 in a general configuration. The rotary light emitting device L according to the present invention is installed directly above the symbol display device 72.

On the right and left sides of the symbol display device 72, three side lamps 75, 76, 79 are arranged in a diagonal direction, and on the left side, a gate winning device is provided. 77 are arranged. In addition, two pairs (a total of four) of general winning ports 78 are arranged at symmetrical positions on both sides of the starting winning device 73 and the attacker device 74. Then, when the game ball passes through the gate winning device 77 and is detected, the ordinary symbol displayed on the ordinary symbol display section provided at the left end of the symbol display device 72 starts to change. If this change is stopped and the displayed symbol is a predetermined symbol, it becomes a "hit" and the start winning device 7
The third blade is opened for a predetermined time.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the rotary light emitting device L includes a light emitting device A in which a large number of LEDs 2 are regularly arranged on an upper surface of a substantially circular substrate 1; directly above the center C of the conical reflecting body R ₁ disposed toward the top downwards, opacities that a gentle frustoconical covering the outside of the light emitter device a and the reflector R ₁ And a filter F composed of The substrate 1 constituting the light emitting device A has a shape in which a portion disposed on the back surface side of the disk is cut off in a split circle shape, and a plurality of portions are arranged in a radial direction (radial direction) with respect to the center C of the substrate 1. Column (5 columns in the embodiment)
E ₁ LED2 of to E ₅ are arranged equally configurations along the circumferential direction.

In each of the rows E _{1 to} E ₅ , a plurality (three in this embodiment) of LEDs 2 are arranged in the radiation direction, and the arrangement center coincides with the center C of the substrate 1. The reflector R1 having a conical shape is formed by plating or coating an aluminum foil on the reflection surface 3 which is a conical surface of the reflector R1 so that the light emitted from the LED ₂ is easily reflected. And so on. The filter F is made of an opaque resin or the like, and only the light emitted from the LED 2 and reflected by the reflection surface 3 of the reflector R ₁ can be transmitted and recognized. Each of the arranged components cannot be visually recognized.

Then, each column E₁~ E_FiveMultiple LEDs2
Are different from each other in time difference as shown in FIGS.
To start lighting sequentially, turn on and off for the set time.
Immediately after lighting, each LED2 in another adjacent row turns on.
Start. Thus, each column E ₁~ E_FiveLED2 is
The lights are turned on and off sequentially along the arrangement direction of. Also, each column E ₁
~ E_FiveLight emitted from a plurality of LEDs 2
Reflector R₁Of each row E by the inverted conical reflecting surface 3 of
₁~ E_FiveOf the plurality of LEDs 2 (with reference to the substrate 1)
Then, it is reflected in its radial direction). Therefore, each column
E₁~ E_FiveWhen a plurality of LEDs 2 are sequentially turned on and off,
For the technician, the reflected light is in the direction of arrow P (see FIG. 2).
It is recognized as rotating.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control unit of a pachinko machine incorporating the rotary light emitting device L. The pachinko machine includes a main control board 10, a lamp control board 20, a sound control board 30, and a symbol display control board 4.
0, a frame control board 50 and a launch control board 60.

The main control board 10 comprises a CPU (processor) 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, an input processing circuit 14, an output processing circuit 15, a display control circuit 16, and a communication control circuit 17. The CPU 11 controls the pachinko machine main body according to a control program stored in the ROM 12. The RAM 13 stores various data or output signals for controlling the pachinko machine main body. The input processing circuit 14 includes a starting port sensor 101 that detects a ball that has won a starting winning port 73 provided in a game area 71 of a pachinko machine, a gate sensor 102 that detects a ball that has passed through a gate winning device 77, and a general winning. Each signal output from the prize sensor 103 or the like that detects a sphere that has won the mouth 78 or the like is converted into data that can be processed in the main control board 10 and transferred to the CPU (or RAM 13) via the bus 18. I do. The output processing circuit 15 outputs a drive signal for the solenoid 104 and the like.

The lamp control board 20 includes a CPU (processor) 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, an output processing circuit 24, and a communication control circuit 25. The CPU 21 and other circuits are connected via a bus 26. I have. CP
U <b> 21 controls all the lamps related to the pachinko machine according to the control program stored in the ROM 22. The ROM 22 stores various data or output signals for controlling lamps. From the output processing circuit 24, control signals for the rotary light emitting device L, the side lamp 106, the panel decoration lamp 107 and the like according to the present invention are issued. The communication control circuit 25 is a circuit that receives data from the communication control circuit 17 of the main control board 10.

The sound control board 30 includes a speaker 108
The symbol display control board 40 controls the symbol display device 7.
2, the frame control board 50 controls the payout device 111 and the like, and the firing control board 60 controls the firing device 112.

When each symbol of the symbol display device 72 has a specific display mode and is in a specific game state (big hit), the rotation light emitting device L is controlled to operate. When the specific game state is reached, the lamp control board 20 recognizes this and activates the rotary light emitting device L. Thereby, the plurality of LEDs 2 of each row E _{1 to} E ₅ of the light emitting device A constituting the rotary light emitting device L
There sequentially point and off, is reflected by the reflector R _1, up to a certain game state of 16 rounds is completed, by the reflected light is rotated, the game is raised.

Other game modes of the pachinko machine for operating the rotary light emitting device L include "reach notice", "hit notice", and "specific reach (reach with high reliability of hit and long display time). Is displayed, and the like, and in each case, some right has been generated for the player. Therefore, the pseudo-rotation of the reflected light by the rotating light emitting device L excites the specific game related to the generation of the right. In addition, the rotating light emitting device L
Can be periodically performed in a normal game state, and can also be activated during "demo display" to make it more noticeable.

Regarding the operation of the rotary light emitting device L,
It is also possible to carry out in the following modes. (1) Different rotation speeds are provided according to different game states. Thereby, it is possible to recognize the current gaming state according to the rotation speed. For example, in the case of a specific game state (big hit), the spinning speed is the fastest, and the rotation speed is reduced in the order of “hit notice” and “reach notice”. (2) By blinking a plurality of LEDs 2 constituting each of the columns E _{1 to} E ₅ , the reflected light is rotated while blinking. Thereby, since the emitted light is more conspicuous, the interest of the game is enhanced. (3) Forward rotation and reverse rotation are repeated every several rotations of the reflected light. This avoids the monotony of continuing to rotate in the same direction, and enhances the interest of the game. (4) By increasing the width of the reflected light by causing the two rows of LEDs 2 to emit light at the same time, different light effect can be obtained.

Although the reflector R ₁ in the above embodiment has a conical shape, it may be a polygonal pyramid-shaped reflector R ₂ as shown in FIG. In this configuration, a wide band of the reflected light is stepwise irradiation, the said reflector R ₁ in which the conical exhibits different emission decorative effects. Further, the tip of the reflector (the lower end in the arrangement state) may be either sharp or cut as in the above-described reflectors R ₁ and R _2. May have any shape as long as its perimeter is gradually reduced toward the lower end so as to be able to reflect light from the illuminant disposed below. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 3 'denotes a polygonal pyramidal reflecting surface.

Although the above embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine, the present invention can be applied to other gaming machines such as a slot machine and a sloppy machine.

[0025]

According to the rotary light emitting device of the present invention, by turning on / off each light emitting system arranged at different positions along the circumferential direction of the substrate sequentially with a time difference, the reflected light is emitted. Since it is configured to perform pseudo rotation, a driving member, a transmission mechanism, and the like are not required as in a simple rotating light emitting device.
The illuminant device can be installed in the minimum space, and when the illuminant device is installed on the panel surface together with other accessory devices and side lamps, the arrangement position of the illuminant device and other accessory devices is determined. Restrictions are reduced, increasing the degree of freedom in board design.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine in which a rotary light emitting device L according to the present invention is incorporated.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the rotary light emitting device L.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the light emitting device A.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the rotary light emitting device L.

FIG. 6 shows a rotating light emitting device L having a polygonal pyramid-shaped reflector R _2.
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control unit of a pachinko machine in which the rotary light emitting device L according to the present invention is incorporated.

[Explanation of symbols]

A: light emitter device L: rotating the light emitting device R _1, R _2: reflector E ₁ to E _5: arrangement of LED strings 1: substrate 2: LED (light emitter)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A light-emitting device in which different light-emitting systems are arranged at different positions along a circumferential direction of a substrate, and a reflector whose peripheral length is gradually shortened downward, The reflector is erected on the substrate such that the lower end of the short perimeter thereof is opposed to the center of arrangement of each of the light emitting systems on the substrate of the light emitting device, and has a time difference. A rotating light emitting device for a gaming machine, characterized in that the light emitting system is sequentially turned on and off, and the reflected light is pseudo-rotated. 2. The rotating light emitting device of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the reflector has a shape of a cone or a pyramid, or a truncated cone or a truncated polygon. 3. The rotating light-emitting device of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein each of the light-emitting body systems includes a plurality of light-emitting bodies arranged in a radial array. 4. The rotating light emitting device of a gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the number of light emitting elements arranged in a radial line that emit light at the same time is different, and the width of reflected light is different. 5. The rotating light emitting device of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a rotation mode of the reflected light is different depending on a game state.