JP2004298578A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a game machine for providing a rendition with a strong impact by a mobile member. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile member 29 is provided in the upper center part of a special picture display device 8, and includes guide walls 30, 31 having guide holes 32, 33 to the left and right part. A motor 36 is disposed behind the mobile member 29, and a crank disk 37 is under the motor 36. The mobile member 29 is connected to the crank disk 37 by a rod 38. A lower shaft 34 penetrating the mobile member 29 is arranged in the neighborhood of a depth part on the bottom surface of the mobile member 29 being on its side, and connected, so as to be orthogonally crossed with the rod 38. An upper shaft 35 projects near the center part of the left and right wall surfaces of the mobile member 29. When the motor 36 rotates the crank disk 37, the lower shaft 34 is pushed by the rod 38, and slid forward through the guide hole 32. At the same time, the upper shaft 35 is guided by the guide hole 33 and slid upward. Then the mobile member 29 is erected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a movable member provided on a game board of a gaming machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some gaming machines such as pachinko machines include a symbol display device that variably displays symbols, numerals, characters, patterns, and the like using LEDs, liquid crystals, or the like. Such a symbol display device, for example, performs a lottery triggered by the detection of a game ball, variably displays a plurality of symbols along a predetermined pattern, stops sequentially, and determines whether or not the symbols are aligned. Is notified to the player.
[0003]
The effect of the lottery result display by such a variable display of the symbol is devised so that the player is not bored by using various types of symbols or changing the display mode. There is a problem that interests are decreasing. For this reason, in order to enhance the effect, for example, a movable member is provided in addition to the display of the symbol, and the effect is performed by moving the movable member (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-306768
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the effect using the conventional movable member, there are many things that perform a simple operation such as finely moving left and right on the game board, and there is a problem that the player loses interest after a while.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that performs an effect with a high impact by a movable member.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine according to claim 1 has a launching means for launching a game ball, and a game board on which a game ball launched from the launching means flows down, for producing a game. A game machine having a movable member to be used on the game board, wherein a motor driving the movable member, a crank connected to the motor and rotating, a pin provided on the crank, and the pin A rod connected to a crank and reciprocating in a direction from the game board toward the player by rotation of the crank, provided in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the rod near a bottom surface of the movable member, A lower shaft to be connected, an upper shaft provided near a central portion on both sides of the movable member, and a guide hole in which both ends of the lower shaft and the upper shaft slide with the reciprocation of the rod. Yes A pair of guide walls provided on both sides of the movable member, wherein the rod has an elongated hole at one end in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and the pin is provided at the elongated hole. When the rod and the lower shaft are moved in a direction away from the game board by the rotation of the crank, the bottom surface of the movable member can be visually recognized by a player. The movable member stands upright.
[0008]
In the gaming machine having this configuration, the motor rotates the crank, and the rod reciprocates due to the rotation of the crank. When the rod advances from the game board toward the player, the lower shaft connected to the rod is pushed, and both ends of the lower shaft slide in the guide hole toward the player, and both ends of the upper shaft are Slide the guide hole upward. With the movement of the upper shaft and the lower shaft, the movable member stands up so that the player can visually recognize the bottom surface. On the other hand, when the rod retreats toward the game board due to the rotation of the crank, the lower shaft connected to the rod is pulled backward, both ends of the lower shaft slide backward through the guide holes, and both ends of the upper shaft are Slide the guide hole downward. With the movement of the upper shaft and the lower shaft, the movable member that has been upright falls down.
[0009]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the crank is a crank disk, and the pin is fitted into the long hole, and the eccentric position of the crank disk is provided. It is characterized by being fixed to.
[0010]
In the gaming machine having this configuration, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, since the crank is configured by the crank disk, a configuration with high strength can be realized.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a pachinko machine 1 which is an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 3 is a front view of the special symbol display device 8 and the movable member 29.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 1, a substantially square game board 2 is provided in an upper half portion of the front of the pachinko machine 1, and the game board 2 has a substantially circular shape surrounded by guide rails 3 (see FIG. 2). A game area 4 is provided. Below the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, there is provided an upper plate 5 for supplying a game ball as a game medium to a launcher (not shown) and receiving a prize ball. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided directly below the upper plate 5, a firing handle 7 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6, and a speaker 48 is provided on the lower plate 6.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 2, a special symbol display screen 28 (see FIG. 3) composed of an LCD, a special lamp having various lamps, and an LED are provided substantially at the center of the game area 4 located at the front center of the game board 2. A symbol display device 8 is provided. Illuminated windmills 10 and 9 are provided above and below the special symbol display device 8, respectively, and a normal symbol start gate 12 is provided on the left side of the special symbol display device 8.
[0014]
Above the center of the special symbol display device 8, a movable member 29 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape similar to a mahjong tile is disposed, and guide walls 30 for guiding the movable member 29 to stand upright and sideways, 31 are provided.
[0015]
In addition, a special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is provided below the special symbol display device 8, and a special winning opening 16 is provided below the special symbol starting electric accessory 15. The large winning opening 16 is provided with an opening and closing door member that opens and closes forward and backward. When the opening and closing door member is closed, it is not possible to win, and only when the opening and closing door member is opened, the game ball can win. ing. The door member is normally closed.
[0016]
When the player operates the firing handle 7, a game ball is fired by a firing means (not shown), and the fired game ball is guided by the guide rail 3 and flows down the game board. Then, when the game ball wins the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, a jackpot lottery is performed to determine whether or not to shift to a jackpot game state in which the opening and closing door member of the special winning opening 16 is opened, and the special symbol shown in FIG. The result is displayed on the display screen 28. When the big hit is displayed on the special symbol display screen 28, the opening and closing door member is opened, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out when the game balls enter the large winning opening 16 while being opened. The game board 2 (see FIG. 2) is provided with various illumination lamps 63 (see FIG. 8), LEDs, windmills, a large number of obstacle nails, and the like, in addition to the above.
[0017]
Next, the structure of the special symbol display device 8 and the screen displayed thereon will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the special symbol display device 8 includes a special symbol display screen 28 in the center, and a special symbol display section L1, a special symbol display section L3, and a special symbol display center from the left in the center of the special symbol display screen 28. In the order of the symbol display section L2, three special symbol display sections are arranged in a horizontal row. In the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, the notification of the jackpot determination result is performed by a variable display of the symbol such that the symbol is scrolled from top to bottom or from bottom to top. Further, the special symbol display device 8 includes a symbol display substrate 44 (see FIG. 8) on the back surface.
[0018]
In the upper right portion of the special symbol display screen 28, an ordinary symbol display section 24 is provided, and can display a symbol such as a one-digit number or a one-letter alphabet. At the upper left of the special symbol display screen 28, a normal symbol storage number display 59 capable of displaying four symbols is provided, which passes through the normal symbol starting gate 12 and determines whether the symbol hits the normal symbol display 24. The number of game balls for which the resulting symbols are not displayed, that is, the so-called operation suspension number, can be displayed up to four.
[0019]
Further, at the lower left of the special symbol display screen 28, a special symbol storage number display section 60 capable of displaying four symbols is provided, and the special symbol starting electric accessory 15 (see FIG. 2) is awarded. The number of game balls that are not displayed as a big hit on the symbol display screen 28, that is, the number of operation-pending balls, can be displayed up to four. The special symbols are not always displayed on the special symbol display sections L1 to L3, the ordinary symbol display section 24, the ordinary symbol storage number display section 59, and the special symbol storage number display section 60 on the special symbol display screen 28. In place of these displays, moving images and messages can be displayed.
[0020]
Next, the movable member 29 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a side view of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 is lying down and a driving mechanism thereof. FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 is lying down and a driving mechanism thereof. FIG. 6 is a side view of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 stands upright and a driving mechanism thereof. FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 stands upright and a driving mechanism thereof.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 3, the movable member 29 is provided above the center of the special symbol display device 8, and guide walls 30 and 31 are provided on the left and right. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a motor 36 for driving the movable member 29 is provided behind the movable member 29. A crank disk 37 is provided below the motor 36, and the center of the crank disk 37 is connected to the motor 36. The movable member 29 and the crank disk 37 are connected by a T-shaped rod 38 extending in a direction from the game board toward the player. The rod 38 has an elongated hole 38a at the end on the side of the crank disk 37 which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and a pin 39 fixed at an eccentric position of the crank disk 37 fits into the elongated hole 38a. The rod 38 and the crank disk 37 are connected. In the present embodiment, the crank connected to the rod 38 is constituted by a crank disk. However, the crank is not limited to a disk, and may be constituted by a normal rotating crank.
[0022]
The movable member 29 is formed of a resin in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape resembling a mahjong tile, and characters or designs such as “Tsumo” are drawn on the front side (upper side in an upright state) in a sideways state. On the front side (the bottom surface in the sideways position), for example, characters and patterns such as "medium" are drawn. A lower shaft 34 that penetrates the movable member 29 is provided near the inner bottom of the bottom of the movable member 29 (lower left in FIG. 4), and is connected to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod 38. Further, near the center of the left and right wall surfaces of the movable member 29, an upper shaft 35 is protruded from the movable member 29. The upper shaft 35 may be provided so as to penetrate the movable member 29. The guide walls 30 and 31 are provided with a guide hole 32 in which the lower shaft 34 slides and a guide hole 33 in which the upper shaft 35 slides.
[0023]
Next, an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration of the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, a sound board 43, a symbol display board 44, a payout control board 45, an illumination board 46, a relay board 47, and a sub-integrated board 58. ing. The control unit 40 is provided on the back side (back side) of the pachinko machine 1 (see FIG. 1).
[0024]
The main board 41 is provided with a CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. The CPU unit 50 includes a CPU 51 that performs various types of arithmetic processing, a RAM 52 that stores random numbers and data of flags and counters, data of control programs and various initial values, and display contents on the special symbol display device 8. And a ROM 53 that stores command data and the like for instructing the same, and these are integrally molded as one LSI. Further, an interrupt signal generating circuit 57 is connected to the CPU unit 50, and the interrupt signal generating circuit 57 supplies an interrupt signal to the CPU 51 every 0.002 seconds (hereinafter, abbreviated as "2 ms"). It has become. The CPU 51 executes the main routine stored in the ROM 53 from the beginning each time the interrupt signal is input, and controls the pachinko machine 1 according to the main routine.
[0025]
The main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54 for transmitting and receiving data signals to and from sub-boards such as the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, and the relay board 47. The sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, and the illumination board 46 are connected to the main board 41 via the sub-integrated board 58. Further, the I / O interface 54 is connected to an output port 55 for outputting information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game center management computer (not shown).
[0026]
The main board 41 controls the main control of the pachinko machine 1, the power supply board 42 supplies a direct current to each board, and the sub-integrated board 58 is a sound board 43, a symbol display board 44, an electric decoration board 46, and a movable member. 29 is controlled. The sound board 43 controls generation of sound effects of the pachinko machine 1, the symbol display board 44 controls symbols displayed on the special symbol display device 8 and the normal symbol display section 24, and the payout control board 45 includes a prize. The ball dispensing device 49 is controlled, the illumination board 46 controls the light emission mode of each illumination of the pachinko machine 1, and the relay board 47 relays the wiring of each sensor. The sub-integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 58a, a ROM 58b, and a RAM 58c. The sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, the payout control board 45, and the illuminated board 46 also include a CPU, RAM, ROM, an input interface (not shown), respectively. It is installed.
[0027]
The sub-integrated board 58 is connected to the sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, the illuminated board 46, and a motor control circuit 77 that controls the motor 36 for raising and lowering the movable member 29. . Illumination windmills 9 and 10, illumination LED 62, and illumination lamp 63 are connected to the illumination board 46. The symbol display board 44 is connected to the special symbol display device 8 and the normal symbol display unit 24, the sound board 43 is connected to a speaker 48, and the payout control board 45 is connected to a prize ball payout device 49. It is connected. Further, on the relay board 47, a special winning opening opening solenoid 70 for opening and closing the opening and closing member of the special winning opening, an electric accessory opening solenoid 71 for opening and closing the opening and closing member of the electric accessory, a special symbol starting electric accessory A start port switch 72 for detecting a game ball winning 15, a normal symbol operation switch 73 for detecting a game ball passing through the normal symbol starting gates 11 and 12, and detecting a game ball winning the V zone in the special winning port 16. V switch 74, a count switch 75 for counting the number of game balls that have won the large winning opening 16, and a winning opening switch 76 for detecting various winning balls.
[0028]
The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41, the sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, the payout control board 45, the illuminated board 46, and the sub-integrated board 58, respectively. It has become so. The power supply board 42 is supplied with AC 24 V. The power supply board 42 is provided with a rectifier including a silicon diode bridge (not shown), a smoothing circuit including an electrolytic capacitor, a stabilizing circuit including a regulator IC, and the like, and can supply stabilized DC 12 V and 5 V, and the like. It has become. Although not particularly shown in FIG. 8, the main board 41, the power supply board 42, the sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, the payout control board 45, the illumination board 46, the relay board 47, and the sub-integrated board 58 are all grounded. Connected by line.
[0029]
Next, the operation of the movable member 29 will be described. The movable member 29 is in a state of being laid down as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 in normal times, and is controlled by the sub-integrated board 58 so as to stand up in accordance with a change in the game state of the pachinko machine 1. As the change of the gaming state, when the jackpot winning state 16 is opened to the jackpot gaming state, when the reach state before entering the jackpot gaming state, when the hit state of the jackpot reliability is high, For example, when the game enters a probability-variable gaming state in which the probability of drawing the next big hit is increased. Further, the movable member 29 may be erected in order to notify the change to the game state. Further, the movable member 29 may be raised in accordance with the display of the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 for notifying the big hit.
[0030]
4 and 5, when the motor control circuit 77 controls and drives the motor 36 in response to a command from the sub integrated board 58, the crank disk 37 rotates. Then, the rod 38 connected to the crank disk 37 pushes the lower shaft 34, and the lower shaft 34 slides forward in the guide hole 32. At the same time, the upper shaft 35 is guided by the guide hole 33 and slides upward. By the operation of the lower shaft 34 and the upper shaft 35, the movable member 29 moves up and rises so that the bottom surface becomes the front. As described above, the movable member 29 is guided by the guide walls 30, 31 and the guide holes 32, 33, and the pin 39 is fitted into the long hole 38a provided in the rod 38, thereby connecting the rod 38 and the crank disk 37. Therefore, the movable member 29 does not move in the left-right direction and rises while moving forward as shown in FIGS.
[0031]
On the other hand, in the state shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the motor control circuit 77 controls the motor 36 to rotate in the reverse direction in response to a command from the sub integrated board 58, the crank disk 37 rotates in the reverse direction. Then, the rod 38 connected to the crank disk 37 pulls the lower shaft 34, and the lower shaft 34 slides backward in the guide hole 32. At the same time, the upper shaft 35 is guided by the guide hole 33 and slides downward, and the movable member 29 falls down so that the front surface in the upright state becomes the bottom surface.
[0032]
Therefore, the movable member 29 stands up so as to be directed toward the player, that is, in such a manner as to flip the mahjong tile toward the front, so that the player's eyes can be attracted according to the excitement of the playing state, and the impact can be obtained. You can excite the entertainment of the game with a strong production of.
[0033]
The shape of the movable member 29 is not limited to a mahjong tile shape, and various shapes can be used. For example, a doll such as a character may be laid or woken up.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above description, according to the gaming machine of the first aspect, the motor rotates the crank, and the rotation of the crank causes the rod to reciprocate. When the rod advances from the game board toward the player, the lower shaft connected to the rod is pushed, and both ends of the lower shaft slide in the guide hole toward the player, and both ends of the upper shaft are Slide the guide hole upward. Along with such movement of the upper shaft and the lower shaft, the movable member stands forward so that the bottom surface can be visually recognized by the player while moving forward. On the other hand, when the rod retreats toward the game board due to the rotation of the crank, the lower shaft connected to the rod is pulled backward, both ends of the lower shaft slide backward through the guide holes, and both ends of the upper shaft are Slide the guide hole downward. With the movement of the upper shaft and the lower shaft, the movable member that has been upright falls down. Therefore, the movable member stands up so as to come toward the player with the progress of the rod, so that the player's eyes can be attracted in accordance with the excitement of the game state, and the interest of the game can be excited.
[0035]
According to the gaming machine described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, since the crank is formed by the crank disk, a structure with high strength can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2.
3 is a front view of the special symbol display device 8 and a movable member 29. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 is lying down and a driving mechanism thereof.
FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 is lying down and a driving mechanism thereof.
FIG. 6 is a side view of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 is upright and a driving mechanism thereof.
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 stands upright and a driving mechanism thereof.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit configuration of the pachinko machine 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 pachinko machine 2 game board 4 game area 8 special symbol display device 29 movable member 30, 31 guide wall 32, 33 guide hole 34 lower shaft 35 upper shaft 36 motor 37 crank disk 38 rod 38a long hole 39 pin

Claims (2)

A game machine having a launching means for launching a game ball, and a game board on which a game ball fired from the launch means flows down, and having a movable member used for producing a game on the game board,
A motor for driving the movable member,
A crank connected to the motor and rotating;
A pin provided on the crank,
A rod connected to the crank by the pin and reciprocating in a direction from the game board toward the player by rotation of the crank;
A lower shaft provided near the bottom surface of the movable member in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod and connected to the rod,
An upper shaft provided near a central portion on both sides of the movable member,
Each of the lower shaft and the upper shaft has a guide hole in which both ends thereof slide along with the reciprocating movement of the rod, and includes a pair of guide walls provided on both sides of the movable member,
The rod has an elongated hole at one end in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof,
The pin is fitted into the long hole to connect the rod and the crank,
A game machine characterized in that when the rod and the lower shaft advance in a direction away from the game board by rotation of the crank, the movable member stands up so that a bottom surface of the movable member can be visually recognized by a player. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the crank is a crank disk, and the pin is fitted into the elongated hole and is fixed at an eccentric position of the crank disk.

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