JP2002292028A - Image displaying method of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To diversify the types of virtual objects used in displaying without increasing the capacity of the object data. SOLUTION: The object data of a minor virtual object and a major, single- piece virtual object are stored in a character ROM 108, and an LSI 104 for image processing prepares a new collective virtual object using the object data. The form of the prepared virtual object is changed dynamically and displayed on an LCD panel 110.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display method of a gaming machine for displaying an image on a display unit to inform information or provide interest for a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game machine called a pachinko machine is provided with a display device disposed at the center of a game board and displaying a special symbol composed of a plurality of numbers and figures while changing the symbol. There is. Then, an image pattern, for example, a combination of a plurality of numbers is “8”, “8”,
Variation winning device is opened a predetermined time when it becomes a predetermined combination such as "8". A special prize state is set and a game value is given to the player. Further, the probability of the combination of the image patterns in the special prize state (hereinafter, referred to as fluctuation probability) is not fixed but is changed according to the game state.

[0003] The value of the variation probability is represented by, for example, a number, and is displayed on a display so that the player is notified of the value of the variation probability.

As a gaming machine for displaying three-dimensional (3D) special symbols, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-70229 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
No. 140881) has been proposed.

[0005]

However, the amount of data used for 3D display is much larger than that of 2D display. Therefore, if the number of types of virtual objects to be displayed is increased, the amount of data becomes enormous. There is a problem that the data cannot be stored in the memory having the limited capacity.

[0006] Conversely, in order to be able to store in a memory, the number of types of virtual objects must be reduced, and there is a problem that the display content becomes monotonous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an image display method for a gaming machine that can diversify the display without enormously increasing the data capacity in view of the above points.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine which draws a 3D image of a virtual object and displays the 3D image on a display unit of the gaming machine. In the image display method, one or a plurality of basic object data serving as a basis for drawing is stored in a storage unit in advance, and using the object data, a virtual object set of a virtual object indicated by the object data is used. A 3D image of the object is drawn, and the drawn 3D image is displayed on the display unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the first aspect, the image is formed such that a part of the virtual object of the group is deleted and changed to another virtual object. A 3D image of another virtual object is displayed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the first aspect, a 3D image in which a plurality of objects are arranged apart from each other in a virtual space is displayed on the display unit, and the object is arranged. To display a 3D image showing changes from the termination of a plurality of objects to the formation of one aggregate,
The image is drawn using the object data.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the first aspect, after displaying the 3D image of the virtual object of the aggregate on the display unit, the virtual object of the aggregate is displayed on the aggregate. The image is drawn using the object data so as to display a 3D image showing a change until the virtual object constituting the virtual object is discrete.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method for a gaming machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the virtual object aggregate is an object for showing a symbol for a lottery. It is characterized by the following.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The mechanical structure of the pachinko machine can be the same as the conventional example shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-319252, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 shows a circuit configuration of a display device for reporting information of a pachinko machine.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a main control unit (CP
U) to control the operation of the entire pachinko machine. The main control device 10 instructs the display device 100 to inform the display device 100 of the same display as the conventional display, such as a combination of special symbols determined as a result of a special prize lottery and a variation probability (probability of a big hit). Information display device 1
Send to 00.

Reference numeral 101 denotes a data receiving circuit for receiving instruction information relating to display from the main control device 10. 103
Is a CPU for controlling the entire display device. 105 is a CP
A program ROM storing a control program to be executed by U103. Reference numeral 106 denotes a RAM for temporarily storing control data in the CPU 103.

Reference numeral 104 denotes an image processing LSI.
An image for information notification to be displayed on the CD panel 110 is created on the video RAM 107. 107 is video R
AM, which temporarily stores an image created by the image processing LSI 104. The image on the video RAM 107 is transferred to the LCD panel 1 at a constant cycle via the image processing LSI 104 and the LCD panel interface circuit 109.
The image is sent to the LCD panel 110, and the image is displayed on the LCD panel 110.

A character ROM 108 stores data 120 for display, and stores the following data.

In this embodiment, in order to perform three-dimensional (3D) display, object data (also called a wire frame or polygon) 122 indicating the shape of the virtual object, image data (texture data) to be attached to the outer surface of the virtual object, ) 121 and image data 130 for two-dimensional (2D) display.

Further, the character ROM 108 stores information for changing the shape of the virtual object. In the present embodiment, one collective object is created by combining small virtual objects. In addition, a single virtual object for display is created by combining a single large virtual object and a plurality of small virtual objects. A plurality of types of large virtual objects are prepared, and the plurality of small virtual objects can be shared for a plurality of types of large virtual objects. In this way, by creating a virtual object of one aggregate by sharing a small virtual object, object data relating to the aggregate is not required, and the total volume of object data relating to the virtual object is reduced.

Furthermore, by dynamically changing (changing in a time series) the manner of combining the set objects, the objects can be deleted, separated, or combined so that the objects are deleted.
The D image can be changed, and the display form of the image is diversified. For this purpose, the identification information of the virtual object combined at each time and information indicating the position are stored in the character ROM 108 as information for changing the shape of the virtual object. Hereinafter, this information will be referred to as a change pattern.

Object data for a single large virtual object and object data for a small virtual object are stored as object data 122 in the character ROM in association with the identification code of the virtual object.

Reference numeral 109 denotes an LCD panel interface circuit for transferring image data of the video RAM 107 to the LCD panel 110. Reference numeral 110 denotes an LCD panel for visually displaying the image data.

Although the hardware configuration of the display device has been described with reference to FIG. 1, the hardware configuration can be the same as that of the related art, so that a more detailed description will not be required.

An image display method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows an image processing LSI 104.
Indicates the contents of the program to be executed. This program is built in a non-volatile memory in the image processing LSI 104 and is executed by the CPU in the image processing LSI 104. The image processing LSI 104 outputs the type of image pattern to be displayed from the main controller 10 (for example, a numeral "
7 ”) is received via the CPU 103, and a 3D image corresponding to the received image pattern is created.To this end, the image processing LSI 104 reads out the data of the initial state of the change pattern for“ 7 ”. The virtual three-dimensional object of the cube 1000 shown in FIG. 3 is drawn on the video RAM 107 using the large single object data and the small object data (step S10).
→ S20).

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1001 indicates a small virtual object, and reference numeral 1002 indicates a single large object. In addition, since the contour of the virtual object in the visible part can be partially not drawn, in order to make the three-dimensional object in the initial state look like a cube, it is necessary to draw only the contour of the cube. Then, a plain texture image may be attached to the outer surface of the cube.

The image created on the video RAM 103 is sent to the LCD panel 110 and displayed (step 30). After a certain period of time, the image processing LSI
A video RAM 1 104 stores an image of only a single large three-dimensional object based on data at the next time in the change pattern.
07 (steps S10 → S20). When the drawn data is displayed on the LCD panel 110 (step S30), the player first looks at the cube 1000, and then looks like a three-dimensional object with the number "7" is displayed. .

FIG. 4 shows another display mode.

In this embodiment, a small virtual object 1001 is displayed first, and then a single virtual object 1002 is displayed.

FIG. 5 shows still another display mode. In this embodiment, a cube 1000 is created and displayed by a single virtual object 1002 and a plurality of small virtual objects 1001, and a state is created in which the plurality of small virtual objects 1001 are partially deleted. In the final stage, a single virtual object 1002
Change the display so that only

In the above-described embodiment, a single large virtual object is used to notify information, in this case, a type of special symbol for lottery, and a plurality of small virtual objects are used for decoration. ing. FIG. 6 shows an example in which a plurality of small virtual objects are combined with a single large virtual object to create another large virtual object. In this embodiment, “4” is obtained by combining the virtual object “1” and a plurality of small virtual objects.
Draw another virtual object. By removing multiple small virtual objects from other objects, the display changes from "4"
It appears to have changed to 1 ".

As described above, in the present embodiment, the object data of a single small virtual object and the object data of a plurality of single large virtual objects may be prepared as object data. The capacity of object data is reduced, and virtual objects of various shapes can be displayed.

The following embodiment can be carried out in addition to the above embodiment. 1) Various combinations other than the above-described combination of virtual objects are possible. What is necessary is just to employ | adopt a suitable combination method according to the content of information to notify and a game state. 2) Functions, tables, and the like can be used as the information indicating the combination. When using functions,
The positions of the large virtual object and the plurality of small virtual objects may be determined by a function (a so-called calculation formula). When a table is used, the positions of a large virtual object and a plurality of small virtual objects are described for each time. The above embodiments have been exemplified to explain the present invention. Therefore, even if it is an improved form and an applied form other than the above-mentioned embodiment, as long as the form is based on the technical idea described in each claim of the present application, the form is within the technical scope of the present invention. Become. 3) In the above-described embodiment, a collective object indicating a symbol for drawing (numbers and the like) is created by combining two types of virtual objects, that is, a small object and a large object.
An aggregate object may be created from a single small object, or a single small object may be arbitrarily combined to create a virtual object for deleting / combining / discrete the aggregate object. Needless to say, a 3D image of a virtual object that deletes / combines / discrete these collective objects may be displayed.

[0034]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is not necessary to prepare object data relating to a virtual object of an aggregate in advance, and it is possible to combine objects of virtual objects constituting an aggregate. A wide variety of new virtual objects can be created. In addition, by displaying the state in the process of creating these virtual objects in a 3D image, a new effect such as deletion, discreteness, and combination of the objects, which has not existed in the past, can be realized. Further, by using such a display for the lottery of the gaming machine, it is possible to further enhance the playability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a display control procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a change in the shape of a virtual object according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another change in the shape of the virtual object according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing another change in the shape of the virtual object according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another change in the shape of the virtual object according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 103 CPU 104 Image processing LSI 107 Video RAM 108 Character ROM 110 LCD panel

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kenichi Takano 2-3014-8 Hirosawa-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma 8 Heiwanai Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takeaki Sueoka 8-3014 Hirosawa-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma 8 shares Heiwauchi Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hajime Tokushima 2-3014-8 Hirosawacho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma Heiwanai Co., Ltd. 72) Inventor Yuki Matsumoto 2-3014 Hirosawa-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma 8 Heiwanai F-term (reference) 2C088 AA35 AA36 AA42 BC22 EB55 5B050 BA08 BA09 EA24 EA28 5B080 AA13 AA18 FA08

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A game machine image display method for drawing a 3D image of a virtual object and displaying the 3D image on a display unit of the game machine, comprising: A 3D image of a virtual object of a set of virtual objects indicated by the object data is drawn in advance in a storage unit, and the drawn 3D image is displayed on the display unit. An image display method for a gaming machine, comprising: 2. The image display method according to claim 1, wherein a part of the virtual object of the group is deleted to change the virtual object into another virtual object, and the virtual object of the another virtual object is displayed. An image display method for a gaming machine, comprising displaying a 3D image. 3. The image display method according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a 3D image in a state where a plurality of objects are arranged separately in a virtual space, and the arranged plurality of objects are terminated. And displaying a 3D image showing a change until a single aggregate is formed by using the object data. 4. The image display method according to claim 1, wherein after displaying a 3D image of the virtual object of the aggregate on the display unit, the virtual object of the aggregate forms a virtual object of the aggregate. 3 showing change until it is separated into virtual objects
An image display method for a gaming machine, wherein the image is drawn using the object data so as to display a D image. 5. The image display method for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the aggregate of the virtual objects is an object for showing a symbol for a lottery. Game machine image display method.