JP2003159410A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a game player have an interest in the state during a pattern variation, and keep the expectation of the game player by expressing the pattern variation by a deformation which can be expressed into a state being close to characters being generally used, and has a continuity at the time of variations between patterns. <P>SOLUTION: As a basic image, a bar-shape body 250 having fluidity and a metallic feeling is designed, and the bar-shape body 250 is stretched or contracted. Thus, a deforming motion to a next special pattern is formed. Therefore, the designing property is increased in the performance during the deformation (variation), and the attention degree of the game player can be increased. The characters of a special pattern 252 are made closer to characters being generally used as much as possible. Thus, a tool for a parallel movement is set as one rule for the deformation, in addition to the deformation by stretching/ contracting alone, in order to improve the visibility. Then, all the special patterns are displayed in a rectangular frame 262 which is fixed in the display section 124. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention executes a lottery by winning a winning opening, and informs the player of the result of the lottery by a predetermined symbol variation pattern using a display section provided on the board. The present invention relates to a gaming machine which is provided with a symbol variation display device and which, when the result of the lottery is a winning, stops at a predetermined winning symbol after the symbol variation and can bring a gaming state advantageous to a player. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lottery is made by detecting a pachinko ball that has won a starting winning opening (special symbol starting winning opening) in a gaming machine, particularly a pachinko machine, and this drawing is performed. As a result of, when it becomes a hit,
The special winning opening is opened a predetermined number of times for a predetermined period (one opening and closing is one round, and generally 10 to 16 rounds are continued.) The function of increasing the winning rate of the game ball and making it advantageous to the player (big hit) ) Has a pachinko machine.

In this type of pachinko machine, a display unit (usually a liquid crystal display screen) is installed in the center of the gauge board of the pachinko machine as an effect for notifying the player of the result of the lottery. The display unit is configured with a plurality of columns of variable pattern screens (there is also a background screen), and notifies the missed hits in a line when the changing patterns stop. The player is
By looking at this pattern variation screen, it is possible to give a sense of anticipation, because it is gratifying whether it is a win or a hit.

Here, in the conventional symbol changing screen, a plurality of symbols are independent of each other, and these independent symbols are arranged in a band in a predetermined order and are scrolled to change. Therefore, for example, at the time of reach production, one row of symbols (for the other two rows of symbols,
The other 2 that have already been confirmed (reduced and displayed in the corner of the display)
In the case of changing at a low speed while expecting to stop at the same symbol as the row symbol, the next symbol can be predicted, and the time until the desired symbol appears is long,
It may spoil the player's expectation.

Therefore, the patterns arranged in the above-mentioned strip shape are
It is specially rearranged to randomly appear. According to this, the order of the symbols is difficult to understand, and the player's expectation can be maintained.

[0006] Such a rearrangement of symbols also has the opposite effect of giving the player a feeling of strangeness. Further, the memory capacity is limited, and the number of rearrangement patterns is limited to some extent, and if the player recognizes this, the effect of rearrangement will be weakened.

In order to solve this, it has been proposed that the pattern changing image area be a dot pattern, and that when the current pattern changes to the next pattern, light is turned on and off by controlling the turning on / off of dots. (Actual Kaihei 4-110
See Japanese Patent Publication No. 76 (hereinafter referred to as prior art)). In this prior art, a dot pattern having the shape of the numeral 8 is formed, and the numerals 0 to 9 are displayed as symbols by controlling the turning on / off of each dot of the dot pattern.

Here, when transforming one number into the next number, the unit moves in units of five dots along the dot pattern of the figure eight, and when the target number is reached, the four numbers are moved. The number of lights is changed based on the dots.

According to this, since it is difficult to know what the next number will be during the change, the player can always look at the display state with expectation.

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the movement of the dots is limited in order to produce the effect while the symbol is changing, it can be expressed only as a number having a shape equivalent to the so-called 7-segment display. That is, the expression that is far from the conventional font is forced. This results in difficulty for the player to recognize.

Therefore, the dot pattern may be formed in a matrix, but since the movement during the fluctuation is designed as a basic movement (movement along the figure 8), this fluctuation is not a standard ( It loses its regularity) and loses its original function.

Further, in the above-mentioned prior art, the movement during the change is limited to the two-dimensional movement along the dot pattern, and as a result, the next symbol is easily predicted.

In consideration of the above facts, the present invention can be expressed in a state close to a commonly used font, and by expressing a continuous pattern when changing between symbols, it is interesting to see how the pattern is changing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine which can maintain the player's expectations.

[0014]

The invention according to claim 1 is
The lottery is executed by winning the start opening, the result of the lottery is provided with a symbol variation display device for notifying the player of a predetermined symbol variation pattern using the display unit provided on the board, and the lottery If the result is a win, the game is a gaming machine that can be stopped at a predetermined winning symbol after the symbol variation and can be in a gaming state advantageous to the player, and the symbol variation display device is the result of the lottery. The basic image storage means for storing the rod-shaped body serving as a pattern for notifying as the basic image data, the elastic deformation means for deforming the rod-shaped member so as to be two-dimensionally expanded and contracted in the longitudinal direction, and the rod-shaped member are moved in parallel. A parallel movement means, a variation state generation means for controlling the expansion and contraction deformation means and the parallel movement means to generate a variation state from one symbol of a plurality of preset symbols to another symbol, and It is characterized by having a display control means for displaying the symbol variation patterns generated by the dynamic state generating means to said display unit.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the basic image of the rod-shaped body is used to represent the design, and the variation state generation means controls the expansion / contraction deformation means and the parallel movement means to move the rod-shaped body. Deform. That is, since the rod-shaped body is deformed into different patterns with regularity, continuity is created in the variation between the patterns as in a so-called one-stroke writing. Therefore, the player is interested not only in the resulting pattern but also in the state of deformation,
Moreover, it is difficult to predict the design after the deformation, so that the taste can be improved.

Further, in the variation state generation means, it is not necessary to prepare different symbol variation patterns in advance by controlling the expansion / contraction deformation means and the parallel movement means for each pattern before and after the deformation so as to deform it. It also leads to a reduction in the amount of memory.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the rod-shaped body, which is the basic image, is a fluid, and the expansion and contraction deformation by the expansion and contraction deforming means is performed inside a virtual transparent circular tube. The expansion / contraction deformation is expressed by converting into the filling amount of the fluid.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by designing the rod-shaped body as a basic image with a metal fluid such as mercury, the design is not simply expressed, but
It is possible to have a sense of unity with the background.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first or second aspect, the symbol variation pattern generated by the variation state generating means has a predetermined position fixed in the display section. It is characterized in that it is executed within the rectangular frame of.

According to the invention of claim 3, for example,
The position of the vertical bar when displaying the numbers "3" and "5" as a design, and the position of the vertical bar when displaying the number "4" are commonly used. The fonts have different positions (shifted in the horizontal direction). For this reason,
When this is expressed, if it is simply expansion / contraction deformation, it cannot be expressed in the same rectangular frame. Therefore, by providing the parallel moving means as well, by appropriately moving the vertical rod-like body in parallel, all the symbols (numbers) can be expressed in the same rectangular frame.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a predetermined condition is satisfied when the result of the lottery is notified.
In the variation process between the symbols, a preset common symbol is surely passed.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, a common symbol is prepared in advance, and the player can predict the next symbol by providing a time when the symbol becomes the common symbol in the middle of the fluctuation between the symbols. It gets harder. This is advantageous, for example, in the reach effect, and it is possible to maintain the expectation until the final stop for the player who wants the final stop symbol to be a winning symbol.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine 110 according to a first embodiment. This pachinko machine 1
The outer shape of the frame 10 is constituted by a rectangular frame body 113, and is supported by the base surface 115 on the store side. Further, the frame 113 is provided with a decorative plate 113A, a speaker 162, a key cylinder 113B, and the like.

On the inner front surface of the frame 113, a transparent glass plate 110A is arranged in a state of being fitted in a glass frame 110B. A game board 111 is arranged in an inner area partitioned by the transparent glass plate 110A. The area surrounded by the arc-shaped rails 112 on the game board 111 is a gauge area 114 that is a game area.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of nails 116 are driven over the entire surface of the gauge portion 114, and the pachinko balls punched through the rails 112 are the nails 116.
It is designed to bounce when it hits or falls while being guided by the guide path formed by the nail 116.
In addition to the nail 116, a wind turbine 118 is attached at a position symmetrical with respect to the gauge portion 114,
It is designed to turn the pachinko ball in an unexpected direction.

Further, the gauge section 114 is provided with winning a prize holes 120 at a plurality of positions, and when the pachinko balls enter the winning holes 120, a predetermined number of the pachinko balls are paid out to the player.

The gauge portion 114 as described above has a substantially symmetrical system, and the electric accessory unit 1 is provided at the center thereof.
22 is arranged, and the display portion 124 is exposed.
Below this display portion 124, a special symbol starting winning opening 126 for starting the electric accessory unit 122 is provided.

A special winning opening 128 is arranged further below the special symbol starting winning opening 126, and an opening / closing member 129 for opening / closing the special winning opening 128 is the electric accessory unit 12
In the so-called hit display state in 2, the opening for a predetermined time is repeated a predetermined number of times so that a large number of pachinko balls can be won.

Further, on the upper part of the electric accessory unit 122, four holding lamps 200 are arranged in a horizontal row. This hold lamp 200 is a special symbol start winning opening 12
It is to notify in a lighting state that a maximum of 4 pachinko balls that have won a prize of 6 have been lit, and when the guidance of the lottery result by the electric accessory unit 122 is completed, the reserved amount is consumed. It's turned off.

Further, the gauge portion 114 is provided with a normal symbol starting winning port 130, and the normal symbol starting winning port 1
When a pachinko ball is won in 30, the normal symbol display area 132
When the display (see Fig. 3) fluctuates and reaches a predetermined number,
The electric tulip 134 as a movable portion provided in the special symbol starting winning opening 126 is designed to be opened for a predetermined time. By opening the electric tulip 134, the probability of winning the special symbol start winning port 126 is physically increased.

As shown in FIG. 1, the gauge portion 114 is
The lower part of the transparent glass plate 110A, that is, the lower part of the transparent glass plate 110A, is a panel part 140, the upper panel 140A is provided with an upper plate 141, and the lower panel 140B is provided with a handle 136 as an operating part of the launching device and an upper part. A lower plate 138 for receiving a pachinko ball falling from the plate 141 is provided. An ashtray 143 is also provided on the lower panel 140B.

The handle 136 is attached to a rotary shaft protruding from the inside of the panel 140, and is rotatable around the rotary shaft. That is, when the player holds and rotates the handle 136, the launching device operates and the launch intensity is set based on the rotation angle. In addition, in this rotation,
A return urging force is applied, and when the player releases the hand, the player is automatically returned to the original rotation position.

FIG. 3 schematically shows a control system for controlling the pachinko machine 110. The control system is centered on the main control board 150, the payout control board 152, the voice control board 154, the lamp control board 156, and the firing control board 15.
8, symbol display control board 160, etc., which are classified by function (when these are collectively referred to below, sub control board 15)
1).

By connecting the main control board 150 and the sub-control board 151 to the hall computer 208 on the pachinko parlor side via the management control board 206, it is possible to manage the operating status of the pachinko machine. There is.

The main control board 150 stores a basic program relating to a game, and this main control board 15 is stored.
Other sub-control board 15 based on the command signal from 0
1 executes independently. That is, the main control board 150 basically outputs only commands and does not receive feedback of the results.

The payout control board 152 controls the number of payouts of pachinko balls, and the voice control board 154 controls the output of a sound effect or the like from the speaker 162 provided in the pachinko machine 110. In addition, the lamp control board 156
Controls lighting and extinguishing of the electric decoration member (game board side indicator light) 164 attached to the pachinko machine 110, and the firing control board 158 controls the player's firing of the pachinko ball.

The symbol display control board 160 is the display unit 1
24 is connected to the display driver 166 via the display driver 166, and based on a command signal from the main control board 150, a display that produces a predetermined effect is executed. The symbol display control board 160 also controls the normal symbol display unit 132.

On the main control board 150, a special symbol winning sensor 168 provided in the special symbol starting winning port 126, a normal symbol winning sensor 170 provided in the normal symbol starting winning port 130, and each winning port 120 are provided. The winning a prize sensor 172, and the special winning a prize sensor 173 which detects the pachinko ball which awarded to the special winning a prize mouth 128 are connected. The special winning opening 128 is provided with a V zone for continuing the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening, and a V zone sensor 171 is also provided in this V zone.
Connected to 50.

The main control board 150 has a solenoid 17 for opening and closing the electric tulip 134.
4, a solenoid 175 for opening and closing the opening / closing member 129 of the special winning opening 128, and a holding lamp 200 are connected.

In the main control board 150, special symbols and ordinary symbols are selected by lottery, and the display contents on the display section 124 are selected based on the result of the lottery, and the symbol display control board 160 is selected.
Command signal to. That is, the symbol display control board 1
Data of different display contents based on a plurality of types of command signals is stored in advance in 60, and the data is selected based on the command signals and activated.

Here, in the present embodiment, a fluid metal rod 250 (see FIG. 4) is applied as a basic image as the design of the special symbol in the symbol variation pattern. This rod-shaped body 250 is expressed so that its length changes depending on the filling amount of the fluid into the virtual transparent circular tube, and it is two-dimensionally expandable and contractible (arrow A in FIG. 4). Direction and vice versa). The rod-shaped body 250 is also capable of parallel movement within the display unit 124 (direction of arrow B in FIG. 4 and direction opposite thereto).

Further, the background screen (chain 251 etc. shown in FIG. 4) is designed to be reflected on the surface of the rod-shaped body 250 designed as a fluid metal.

As shown in FIG. 5, the special symbol 252 according to the present embodiment is composed of numbers 0-9. For example, when the number "5" is transformed into "6", unnecessary portions are first reduced to "6" from the state of FIG. 6A (see FIGS. 6B and 6C). ), And then a part that is unnecessary for "5" but necessary for "6" expands (see FIGS. 6D and 6E) and finally finishes transforming to "6" (FIG. 6 ( See F)).

Normally, the special symbol 252 undergoes the deformation motion as described above, and then "0", "1", "2" ...
It fluctuates while looping in the order of "9", "0", etc. (hereinafter referred to as continuity fluctuation), but if the predetermined condition is satisfied, as shown in FIG. 5 during the modification of the special symbol. After passing through the common symbol 254, it is controlled so as to be transformed into the next special symbol (hereinafter, referred to as random fluctuation).

For example, the common pattern 254 starting from the numeral "5"
When it is transformed into “9” after passing through, unnecessary portions are reduced from the state of FIG. 7 (A) to the common symbol 254 (FIG. 7).
(B), (C), (D) refer to), the part required for the common symbol 254 expands (see FIG. 7E), and is first transformed into the common symbol 254.

Then, from the state of the common symbol 254 of FIG. 8 (A), through the expansion / contraction state of FIGS. 8 (B) to (E),
It is transformed into “9” (see FIG. 8 (F)).

As the modified data, "0" to
Only “9” → common symbol 254, and vice versa (common symbol 254 → “0” to “9”), data is read from the reverse.

Here, the predetermined condition is that the special symbols in two columns out of the special symbols in three columns are stopped in the same special symbol to reach the reach state, and the special symbols in these two columns and the temporary stop. The final row design that has been reduced is moved to the corner of the display unit 124 while being reduced, and the remaining special symbols 252 that are changing are displayed on the display unit 1.
It moves to the center of 24 and says the time when the continuity changes until the stopped special symbol (reach symbol) is reached.

After this reach symbol, the special symbol randomly changes, but at that time, by interposing the common symbol in the middle, the special symbol to be displayed next is not predicted. .

The variation of the symbols as described above will be described in detail by applying it to the production after the reach state. First, at the start of the start, the three-row symbol variation pattern production is executed (as in the conventional case), and 2 of them are executed. When the lines become the same symbol, the reach is reached, and as shown in FIG. 4, these two columns of symbols are displayed on the display unit 1.
Small display frames 256, 258, 2 provided at 24 corners
In 60, a reduced display (in the present embodiment, the provisionally stopped final row design is also reduced), and the design of the changing final row is fixed in the rectangular frame 2 in the center of the display unit 124.
It is displayed in 62.

Here, when the special symbol 252 is displayed in the fixed rectangular frame 262, for example, when the deformation motion of the special symbol is generated only by the expansion and contraction of the rod-shaped body 250, for example, as shown in FIG. "7" of special design 252,
The positions of the vertically oriented rod-shaped bodies 252 such as “8” and “9”,
It must be laterally offset with the position of the vertically oriented rod-shaped body 252 such as "1" or "4". Therefore, in the present embodiment, the rod-shaped body 252 can be expanded and contracted and moved in parallel.

FIG. 9 shows a functional block diagram in the symbol display control board 160 for the special symbol variation control.

From the main control board 150 to the pattern display control board 1
The command signal sent to 60 is input to the command signal analysis unit 264. The command signal analysis unit 264 analyzes the content of the command signal. The command signal includes designation of the symbol variation pattern, instruction of the symbol variation start and end, and the like.

The command signal analysis unit 264 is connected to the symbol variation pattern recognition unit 266, and a design variation pattern designation signal is transmitted. Design variation pattern recognition unit 266
Then, the symbol fluctuation pattern is recognized, and the necessary symbol is read from the recognized symbol fluctuation pattern by the symbol reading unit 268. That is, the symbol reading unit 268 includes the symbol memory 27.
0 and the common symbol memory 272 are connected, a special symbol which is a material is read according to the set symbol fluctuation pattern, and is sent to the fluctuation pattern generation unit 274.

An editing tool memory 276 is connected to the variation pattern generating section 274. Editing tool memory 2
76 includes a translation tool 278, a telescopic tool 280,
The character tool 282 and the like are stored. Using these tools, the variation pattern generation unit 274 generates a deformation motion between the symbols read as the material,
It is sent to the output control unit 284. Variation pattern generator 2
At 74, a series of symbol variation patterns are generated. In the editing tool memory 276, necessary deformation motion data may be stored in advance or may be generated each time.

To the output control section 284, a signal for instructing the timing of the start and end of symbol fluctuation is inputted from the command signal analyzing section 264, and the symbol fluctuation pattern generating section 2 is inputted.
The symbol variation pattern generated in 74 and sent to the output control unit 284 is displayed on the display unit 124 via the display driver 166 at an appropriate time according to the game state.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below.

First, when a pachinko ball is fired, it is guided by the rail 112 and the nail 116 of the gauge portion 114 and the windmill 1 are guided.
While coming into contact with 18 or the like, it falls while making an unexpected movement. Here, when a prize is won in the winning hole 120, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out (prize balls). Moreover, when the normal symbol start winning hole 130 is won, the normal symbol winning sensor 170 detects this.

By this detection, the main control board 150
A lottery for ordinary symbols will start. That is, a random number is used to randomly draw numbers from 0 to 9 with a predetermined probability.
As a result of the lottery, in the case of losing, there is no particular change in the gaming state. On the other hand, as a result of the lottery, in the case of winning (for example, the winning number 7 is drawn), the main control board 150, the electric tulip 13 provided in the special symbol start winning port 126
The solenoid 174 is energized so that the solenoid 4 is opened. As a result, a pachinko ball easily enters the special symbol starting winning opening, and a high probability state can be achieved.

When a pachinko ball wins the special symbol starting winning opening 126, the main control board 150 starts a big hit lottery with a predetermined probability using a random number counter. As a result of this big hit lottery, when winning / missing is decided, in each case, a previously prepared symbol variation pattern (symbol variation pattern) is selected (may be selected by a random number counter).
Then, the command signal is sent to the control board related to the effect including the symbol display control board 160.

In the symbol display control board 160, the symbol variation pattern is displayed on the display section 124 via the display driver 166 based on the received command signal. In this pattern variation pattern, there are various effects such as hit through the reach, detach reach, detach without reach, and so on.
The player can wait for the lottery result with a sense of expectation.

That is, when the symbol variation control at the time of winning is completed, the jackpot processing of a preset number of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) is executed. During the big hit process, the special winning opening 128 is almost in the open state, so that it can be made advantageous by the player. When the jackpot process for a predetermined round is completed, the game is returned to the normal game.

In the present embodiment, the special symbol displayed on the display unit 124 is constituted by the rod-shaped body 250, and the variation pattern between the symbols is performed by the expansion-contraction deformation and parallel movement of the rod-shaped body 250.

Further, the variation pattern is a combination of a continuous variation in which the numbers from "0" to "9" which are special symbols are varied in ascending order, and a random variation which shifts through a common symbol during the variation between symbols. And directing.

The procedure from generation of the variation pattern to display on the display unit 124 in the symbol variation display control board 160 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step 300, it is judged whether or not a command signal is input, and if the result is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 302 to analyze the input command signal. That is, the command signal includes a signal for designating the symbol variation pattern and signals for the display start time and the display end time, and these are analyzed.

In the next step 304, the variation pattern is recognized based on the signal designating the symbol variation pattern included in the command signal, and then the material required for the variation pattern recognized in step 306 is the pattern memory 270 and the common symbol memory. Read from 272.

That is, in the case of continuous variation, each special symbol from "0" to "9" which is the material is selected, and in the case of random variation, the special symbol 252 and the common symbol 254 before and after the variation are selected. To be selected.

In the next step 308, an inter-pattern deformation motion is generated. That is, the parallel movement tool 278 and the expansion / contraction tool 280 stored in the editing tool memory are used to generate a deformation motion between the symbols, and to give continuity as an image between the symbols. In this case, the character may appear from the character tool 282.

For example, in the case of continuous fluctuation, the numeral "5"
When changing from "6" to "6", from the state of FIG.
First, unnecessary parts are reduced to "6" (Fig. 6 (B),
(See (C)), then the part that is unnecessary for "5" but necessary for "6" expands (see FIGS. 6D and 6E), and finally finishes transforming to "6". A deformation motion as shown in FIG. 6F is generated.

In the case of random fluctuation, when the number is transformed into “5” → common symbol 254 → “9”, unnecessary portions are reduced to the common symbol 254 from the state of FIG. 7 (A) ( 7 (B), (C), (D)), common symbol 254
The part necessary for is extended (see FIG. 7 (E)), and is once used as the common symbol 254 (see FIG. 7 (F)). Then, FIG.
As shown in (A), the common pattern 254 is expanded / contracted in a necessary part so as to be the target symbol “9” (see FIGS. 8B to 8E), and is transformed into “9”. (See FIG. 8F).

In the above, the transformation motion from "5" to "9" has been described, but the motion of transforming from one symbol to another one symbol via such a common symbol 254 is shown in FIG. As you can see, all the special symbols on the top 2
From 52, through the common pattern 254 in the middle tier, it is possible between all the special symbols 252 in the lower tier.

Further, between the two deforming symbols, the center line of the special symbol may deviate if only expansion / contraction deformation is performed. For this reason, conventionally, it has been dealt with by displaying in a state that does not match a normal font, such as a 7-segment display. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the display unit 1
In order to display all the special symbols 254 in the same 24 fixed rectangular frames 262, the translation tool 278 is used to translate the rod 250. As a result, it is possible to display the special symbol 252 in a state close to the established font.

When the generation of the inter-symbol deformation motion is completed in step 308, the process proceeds to step 310. In this step 310, the generation of the deformation motion between the symbols ends between the symbols applied to the entire variation pattern, and it is determined whether or not the series of symbol variation patterns has been generated,
In the case of a negative determination, the process returns to step 306, and the generation of the deformation motion is repeated from the reading of the material such as the special symbol.

If an affirmative decision is made in step 310, it is decided that a series of fluctuation patterns have been generated, and step 31
The process proceeds to 2 and it is determined whether it is the display start time.

When an affirmative decision is made in step 312, the process moves to step 314 and the generated fluctuation pattern is displayed on the display section 124.

At the next step 316, it is judged whether or not it is the display end time, and if the judgment is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step 318, where the display on the display section 124 is ended.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the basic image of the special pattern 252 is designed with the rod-like body 250 (see FIG. 4) having a fluid metallic feeling, and the rod-like body 250 is expanded and contracted. , Since the deformation motion to the next special symbol is generated, the interest in the effect during deformation (during change) is increased, and the attention of the player can be increased.

Further, since the background (represented by a metal) of the special design 252 is depicted as a reflection of the background, a sense of unity between the background and the special design appears, and a pattern variation pattern matching the concept of the gaming machine 110 itself. can do.

Furthermore, in order to improve the visibility by bringing the font of the special design 252 as close as possible to the conventionally used font, a tool for parallel translation is used as one rule of deformation instead of being deformed only by expansion and contraction. It is set so that all the special symbols are displayed in the fixed rectangular frame 262 in the display unit 124. For example, the position of the vertical bar when displaying the numbers "3" and "5" as a design and the position of the vertical bar when displaying the number "4" are normal fonts. At different positions (shifted in the horizontal direction). Therefore, by providing the parallel movement tool 278 together with the extension / contraction tool 280, the rod-shaped body 25
By appropriately moving 0 in parallel, all the symbols (numbers) can be expressed in the same rectangular frame.

The design of the present invention is not limited to the shape of numbers, and the design may be formed using characters such as alphabets, symbols or simple designs.

[0082]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to represent in a state close to the existing font, and by expressing the variation of the symbols with continuity when the symbols change, the expectation of the player can be increased. It has an excellent effect that it can be maintained.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a front view of a gauge section according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a display unit including a basic image of a special symbol according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a list of special symbols applied to the present embodiment, in which an upper stage is a front view of a display unit showing a display state before deformation, a middle stage is a common symbol, and a lower stage is a modified state.

[Fig. 6] Flow of deformation in the case of normal fluctuation ("5" →
It is a front view of a display part showing "6".

FIG. 7 is a front view of a display unit showing a flow of deformation (“5” → common symbol) in the case of random fluctuation.

FIG. 8: Flow of deformation in the case of random fluctuation (common pattern →
It is a front view of a display part showing "9").

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram in a symbol variable display control board for generating a special symbol and a deformation motion using a rod-shaped body set as a basic image of the present embodiment.

It is the flowchart which shows the fluctuation pattern control of the special design.

[Explanation of symbols]

110 Pachinko machine (gaming machine) 114 gauge 122 Electric accessory unit 124 display 126 Special symbol start winning hole 128 Grand Prize 129 lid member 150 Main control board 154 Voice control board 156 Lamp control board 160 symbol display control board 166 display driver 168 Specific symbol winning sensor 250 Rod (Basic image) 252 special design 254 common patterns 262 rectangular frame H.264 command signal analysis unit 266 Design fluctuation pattern recognition unit 268 symbol reading section 270 symbol memory (basic image storage means) 272 common symbol memory 274 Fluctuation pattern generation unit (fluctuation state generation means) 276 Editing Tool Memory 278 Parallel movement tool (parallel movement means) 280 Telescopic tool (Expanding and deforming means) 282 Character Tool 284 Output control unit (display control means)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A symbol variation display device for performing a lottery by winning a prize at a starting opening and notifying a player of the result of the lottery according to a predetermined symbol variation pattern using a display unit provided on a board. Provided, when the result of the lottery is a hit, a gaming machine capable of stopping at a predetermined hit symbol after the symbol variation, and a gaming state advantageous to the player, wherein the symbol variation display device is , A basic image storage means for storing as a basic image data a rod-shaped body which is a symbol for informing the result of the lottery, an expansion / contraction deformation means for deforming the rod-shaped object so as to be two-dimensionally expanded / contracted in the longitudinal direction, the rod-shaped A parallel movement means for moving the body in parallel, a variation state for controlling the expansion and contraction deformation means and the parallel movement means to generate a variation state from one symbol of a plurality of preset symbols to another symbol Gaming machine, wherein the forming means, display control means for the symbol variation patterns generated by the variation state generating means for displaying to the display unit, to have a. 2. The basic image, that is, the rod-shaped body is a fluid, and the stretching deformation by the stretching deformation means is expressed as the stretching deformation by converting into the filling amount of the fluid in a virtual transparent circular tube. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The symbol variation pattern generated by the variation state generation means is executed within a predetermined rectangular frame whose position is fixed in the display unit. Game machine. 4. When a result of the lottery is notified, a predetermined condition is satisfied, so that a preset common symbol is surely passed in a changing process between the symbols. A gaming machine according to claim 3.