JP2002336514A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent malfunction of an electronic control board due to the emitting of an interfering electric wave from outside a game machine and prevent illicit acquisition of coins or pachinko balls. SOLUTION: The game machine subjects a player's operating condition to electric conversion, uses an electronic control board 1 to determine if a game has been won, and provides a prize if winning requirements are met. Wiring cables 2A to 8A for connection to the electronic control board 1 are covered by transparent electromagnetic shield films 9 to 15 which allow visible rays to pass through.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine and a rotary game machine, and more particularly, to a game machine which performs a winning determination by an electronic circuit such as a microcomputer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a pachinko machine in which a jackpot or the like is determined depending on whether a pachinko ball is won in a winning hole or the like. In addition, in a rotary game machine, after inserting a coin and operating the start lever,
It is known that a prize is won when the three drums start to rotate and all the three drums are stopped by pressing the stop buttons corresponding to the respective drums, and the numbers and characters displayed on the drums are completed. ing.

[0003] These gaming machines are used to determine a prize.
An electronic control board including a microcomputer and peripheral circuits is provided, and winning determination condition information is stored in a memory of the electronic control board or a memory of the microcomputer.

[0004] In the case of a pachinko machine, a sensor for detecting a pachinko ball is provided on the electronic control board, for example, at the back of a number of winning holes. When this sensor detects a pachinko ball, it is displayed on the center screen of the pachinko machine. A screen showing a jackpot chance is activated, and a jackpot is provided when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

In the case of an electronic control board of a rotary game machine, when the stop button of the rotary drum is stopped,
Winning coins appear on the coin tray when the rotating drum stops and winning conditions are met.

[0006]

In these gaming machines,
The electronic control board is made of a transparent resin to protect the electronic control board, and the wiring connected to the electronic control unit on the electronic control board is also externally protected to prevent illegal modification and replacement of electronic components. It is mandatory that it can be easily checked.

Further, in order to illegally obtain coins and pachinko balls, there is a case where an electronic control board is erroneously operated by radiating interference radio waves or the like from outside the gaming machine.

Regarding the prevention of malfunction due to this jamming radio wave,
Recently, there is an electronic control board in which a protective case is provided with an electromagnetic wave prevention function. However, since the wiring connected to the electronic control board functions as an antenna, the electronic control board may malfunction.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and in a game machine equipped with these electronic control boards, it is possible to prevent malfunction of the electronic control board due to emission of interfering radio waves from outside the game machine. The purpose of the present invention is to prevent illegal coins and pachinko balls from being acquired.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention electrically converts a player's operation state and determines a winning by an electronic control board. In a gaming machine that provides a prize when a winning condition is satisfied, a wiring portion connected to the electronic control board is covered with a transparent electromagnetic wave shielding film that transmits visible light.

The gaming machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the first aspect, wherein the electromagnetic wave shielding film is formed in a tube shape.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the electromagnetic wave shielding film is subjected to shrink processing.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine of the first aspect, the electromagnetic wave shielding film is in a tape shape, and the wiring portion is wound by a tape-shaped electromagnetic wave shielding film. Features.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first to fourth aspects, the wiring portion connects a prize providing means for providing a prize to a player and the electronic control board. An output wiring unit, or an operation information input wiring unit that transmits an operation information signal of a player to the electronic control board,
Alternatively, it is at least one of a winning information wiring section that outputs a winning information signal indicating a winning condition to the determination means of the electronic control board.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine of the first to fifth aspects, the electromagnetic wave shielding film is fixed to the wiring portion with an adhesive.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A main structure of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a main configuration of an electric circuit of a spinning-type gaming machine according to an embodiment of the gaming machine.

This rotary game machine is generally called a slot machine, and has a front panel (not shown) of a housing.
As is well known, a coin insertion slot, a window for viewing the rotating drum, a stop button for stopping the rotating drum, a tray for discharging coins as prizes, and the like are provided.
Further, a start lever for rotating the rotary drum is provided on a side surface portion or the like of the housing.

Inside the housing, an electronic control board 1, a power supply circuit 2, a coin insertion sensor 3 for detecting that a coin has been inserted from a coin insertion slot, and a start for detecting that a start lever has been operated. A lever sensor 4, a drive circuit 5 for supplying power to a reel operation motor for rotating a rotating drum, a stop switch 6 turned on / off by a stop button, a drive circuit 7 for supplying power to a coin payout motor, and a light emitting element such as an LED And a control board 8 such as a sound output element such as a speaker.

On the electronic control board 1, a microcomputer, a memory, an interface circuit and sockets are mounted. Power supply circuit 2, coin insertion sensor 3,
The start lever sensor 4, the drive circuit 5 for the reel operation motor, the switch 6 for the stop button, the drive circuit 7 for paying out coins, the control board 8 for the LED / speaker, etc. are connected via respective wiring cables 2A to 8A (wiring section). To the sockets of the electronic control board 1.

Motor and drive circuit 5 for paying out coins
Is a prize providing means for providing a prize to a player, and is a wiring cable 5A connecting the drive circuit 5 and the electronic control board 1.
Is a prize output wiring section.

The coin insertion sensor 3, the start lever sensor 4 and the stop switch 6 are operation information input means for transmitting operation information signals of the player to the electronic control board 1, and the wiring cables 3A, 4A and 6A are This is an operation information input wiring unit.

The microcomputer of the electronic control board 1 and a memory built in the microcomputer or a memory provided outside the electronic control board 1 are means for determining whether or not the result of button operation or the like satisfies a winning condition. In the case of using a memory incorporated in the microcomputer, the winning information wiring section for outputting a winning information signal indicating a winning condition is the microcomputer itself, and the winning information is transferred from the memory provided outside the electronic control board 1 to the microcomputer. When transmitting a signal, the wiring cable becomes a winning information wiring section.

In this embodiment, the distribution cables 2A to 2A
8A is covered with the electromagnetic wave shielding films 9 to 15, but when the wiring cables 2A to 8A are provided with sockets, if the sockets of the wiring cables 2A to 8A are covered including the sockets so as to be connectable, The effect of electromagnetic waves from the socket can be prevented. At least,
The wiring cables 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A may be covered with the electromagnetic wave shielding film. In addition, the electronic control board 1 and the wiring cables 2A to 8A, the drive circuits 5, 7 and the coin insertion sensor 3, the start lever sensor 4, the stop switch 6, and the outside of each of the LED / speaker control board 8 are covered with electromagnetic wave shielding films. May be covered by

The electromagnetic wave shielding films 9 to 15
It has a light-transmitting property to transmit visible light and has an electromagnetic wave shielding effect (electromagnetic wave shielding effect or shielding effect). Examples of the material of the electromagnetic wave shielding films 9 to 15 include, for example, trade name “Reftel” of Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. and Lintec Co., Ltd., but not limited thereto, and a metal film is formed. Other transparent conductive plastic films may be used. In this case, it refers to plastic film and thin plastic,
Includes sheets.

The electromagnetic wave shielding films 9 to 15
As an example, it is formed in a tube shape shown in FIG.
A plastic film having a size covering the wiring cables 2A to 8A and the electronic control board 1 may be covered by shrink processing. Of course, the wiring cables 2A ~
8A may be covered with a plastic film.

As shown in FIG. 3, the electromagnetic wave shielding films 9 to 15 are formed in a tape shape, and
A to 8A may be covered with a tape-shaped electromagnetic wave shielding film wound spirally (see FIG. 4). Alternatively, an electromagnetic wave shielding film formed in a spiral shape in advance for winding may be used, and in this case, there is an advantage that handling becomes easy.

When the wiring cables 2A to 8A have sockets, the wiring cables 2A to 8A are wound including the sockets so that the sockets can be connected.

The electromagnetic wave shielding films 9 to 1
5 is provided with an adhesive 16 and a release paper 17. After wrapping the wiring cables 2A to 8A in a tubular shape, the release paper 17 is peeled off and the wiring cables 2A to 8A are covered with the adhesive 16.

As a method of covering the wiring cables 2A to 8A, for example, a dovetail groove having a bottom portion for fitting into one of parallel long sides of a rectangular transparent conductive plastic film longer than an upper side is formed. The other long side portion may be formed in a cylindrical shape by forming a protruding ridge having a shape similar to the dovetail portion, overlapping the long sides and fitting the protruding portion into the dovetail portion.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a control circuit of a pachinko machine as a gaming machine.

The electronic control board 20 includes a pachinko ball detecting sensor 21 provided in the vicinity of the ball firing lever, a pachinko ball sensor 22 provided in the winning hole, and a picture provided in the center of the pachinko machine. A liquid crystal substrate 23 for display, a light emission control substrate such as an LED provided on the pachinko machine, a control board 24 including a sound source board for generating and controlling sound, and a pachinko machine for receiving a pachinko ball as a prize by winning a pachinko machine. The control board 25 for paying out balls to be carried out to the tray and the power supply circuit 26 are provided with wiring cables 27 to 3.
2 (wiring portion).

The periphery of each of the wiring cables 27 to 32 is covered with an electromagnetic wave shielding film 27A to 32A. The electromagnetic wave shield films 27A to 32A are the same as those used in the rotary game machine of FIG. In addition, the electromagnetic wave shielding films 27 to 32
A is covered by a wiring cable 2 including the electronic control board 20 by shrinking a film having a large area.
7 to 32 may be covered, the wiring cables 27 to 32 may be passed through a tube-like film, or a tape-like film may be wound around the wiring cables 27 to 32.

[0034]

According to the gaming machine of the first aspect of the present invention, the wiring portion of the electronic control board is covered with the electromagnetic wave shielding film. In addition to preventing the prize from being provided by mistake, the electromagnetic wave shielding film is transparent, so that it is possible to visually check what kind of wiring is made and to monitor illegal wiring and the like. In addition, there are also effects such as dust prevention.

According to the gaming machine of claim 2 of the present application, since the electromagnetic wave shielding film is formed in a tube shape,
Since it is easy to cover the wiring part and it is difficult to remove it, illegal wiring can be prevented, the unity of the wiring part is improved, and there are also effects such as dust prevention.

According to the gaming machine of the third aspect of the present invention, since the electromagnetic wave shielding film is shrink-processed, the wiring portion of the electronic control means can be shielded, the wiring portion is improved, and the electromagnetic wave shielding film is removed. If you try to do so, you have to cut it and monitor for illegal wiring.

According to the gaming machine of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the electromagnetic wave shielding film is in a tape shape, and the winding process around the wiring portion is easy. In addition, the uniting of the wiring section is improved, and the shielding process after wiring is easy.

According to the gaming machine of claim 5 of the present application, since the operation information of the player, the prize information for determining a prize, or the prize output wiring section for providing a product is shielded, the erroneous determination of the prize is made. Erroneous operation of providing a prize regardless of the determination.

According to the gaming machine of claim 6 of the present application, since it is fixed by the adhesive, it is difficult to remove it.
Shield processing after wiring is easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a wiring cable of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is covered with an electromagnetic wave shielding film.

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of an electromagnetic wave shielding film formed in a tape shape, and FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of a state in which the tape electromagnetic wave shielding film is rolled into a cylindrical shape.

3A is a schematic view showing a state in which an adhesive is formed on a tape-shaped electromagnetic wave shielding film, and FIG. 3B is a schematic view showing a state in which the electromagnetic wave shielding film shown in FIG. FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a state in which a tape-shaped electromagnetic wave shielding film is spirally rolled.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a state in which a wiring cable connected to an electronic control board of the pachinko machine is covered with an electromagnetic wave shielding film.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 electronic control board 2 power supply circuit 3 coin insertion sensor 4 start lever sensor 5 drive circuit 6 stop switch 7 drive circuit 8 control board 2A to 8A wiring cable 9 to 15 electromagnetic wave shielding film

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine which electrically converts a player's operation state, determines a winning by an electronic control board, and provides a prize when a winning condition is satisfied, wherein the gaming machine is connected to the electronic control board. A gaming machine, wherein a wiring portion is covered with a transparent electromagnetic wave shielding film that transmits visible light. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic wave shielding film is formed in a tube shape. 3. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic wave shielding film is subjected to shrink processing. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic wave shielding film is in a tape shape, and said wiring portion is wound by a tape-shaped electromagnetic wave shielding film. 5. A game machine according to claim 1, wherein said wiring section is a prize output wiring section for connecting a prize providing means for providing a prize to a player and said electronic control board, or said electronic section. It is at least one of an operation information input wiring section for transmitting a player's operation information signal to the control board, and / or a winning information wiring section for outputting a winning information signal indicating a winning condition to the determination means of the electronic control board. A gaming machine characterized by that: 6. A game machine according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic wave shielding film is fixed to said wiring portion with an adhesive.