JP2005176984A - Sound generation control device in game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To vary volume for a plurality of sounds when necessary irrespective of a volume set by a volume setting switch. <P>SOLUTION: The sound generation control device 30 in a game machine 1 and 55 has game control means 21 and 57, sound control means 20 and 59, speakers 16, 60, 61, 62 and 63. The sound control means 20 and 59 have a basic volume setting means 27 to input setting data of the basic volume of a sound, basic volume determination means 42 and 43 to determine the occurrence of a sound of a basic volume on the basis of the setting data inputted by the basic volume setting means 27, a forced volume control means 44 to determine the generation of a sound of a specific volume in accordance with an execute command sent from the game control means 21 irrespective of a sound of the basic volume determined by the basic volume determination means 42 and 43. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a sound generation control device capable of controlling a sound of a required sound volume in a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine according to a gaming operation of the gaming machine.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine is equipped with a sound generation control device for a production effect, and various sounds can be emitted from a speaker in accordance with a game result or a game process. And, in such a sound generation control device, a volume setting switch is provided in the vicinity of the speaker, according to the convenience of the game store such as the space of the game store and the installation status of the gaming machine, or the player's request, The volume of the sound emitted from the speaker can be adjusted in a plurality of stages (see, for example, Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2).

JP 2000-14867 A JP 2002-143407 A

  However, in the sound generation control device in the conventional gaming machine described above, since the sound volume can be adjusted only by the volume setting switch, for example, the sound volume is changed according to the game situation, Even if you want to appeal, there is a problem that only the sound of the volume set by the volume setting switch can be generated.

  In addition, if there is an error in a gaming machine or an illegal act on a gaming machine, it is necessary to notify the loudest volume as much as possible, but if the volume setting switch is set to “Low”, the volume will only be low. There was also a problem that the voice could not be emitted, and the discovery of errors and frauds could be delayed or missed.

  Furthermore, in recent years, a form in which sounds having different frequency bands such as “sound” and “voice” are generated in combination as sound effects has been adopted. For example, the volume of “voice” is set to “sound” at a required timing. There is a request to change the volume of "Sound" and "Voice" depending on the game situation, such as wanting to make it louder than the volume of the game, but there is also a problem that it is not possible to respond to such a request. .

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and the volume is changed for each of a plurality of sounds, for example, for each whole sound or each voice, as needed, regardless of the volume set by the volume setting switch. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sound generation control device in a gaming machine that can be played.

  The present invention is a sound generation control device 30 in a gaming machine that can be controlled to a sound of a required volume according to the gaming operation of the gaming machines 1 and 55, and a game for controlling the gaming operation of the gaming machines 1 and 55 Generated by the control means 21, 57, the sound control means 20, 59 for generating the required sound data, and the sound control means 20, 59 in accordance with the execution command transmitted from the game control means 21, 57. The speakers 16, 60, 61, 62, and 63 are configured to emit sound based on the sound data, and the sound control means 20 and 59 include basic sound volume setting means 27 for inputting sound sound volume setting data. Based on the setting data input by the basic volume setting means 27, the basic volume determination means 42, 43 for determining the generation of the basic volume sound and the basic volume determination means 42, 43 Regardless of the sound of the basic sound volume, a forced sound volume control means 44 for determining the generation of sound of a specific sound volume according to the execution command transmitted from the game control means 21 is provided. A sound generation control device in a gaming machine.

  The voice control means 20 and 59 are inputted by the basic volume setting means 27 and the basic volume setting means 27 for separately inputting the basic volume setting data for the whole sound and the basic volume setting data for the voice. Based on the respective setting data, the basic volume determination means 42 and 43 for determining the generation of the whole sound of the basic volume and the generation of the voice of the basic volume are determined by the basic volume determination means 42 and 43, respectively. Regardless of the overall sound and voice of the basic volume, the forced volume control means 44 for separately determining the overall sound and voice generation of the specific volume according to the execution command transmitted from the game control means 21 and 57, The basic volume or the specific volume may be separately controlled for each whole sound or voice.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to generate a sound of a specific volume according to the execution command transmitted from the game control means, regardless of the sound of the basic volume, and change the volume of the sound according to the game situation. Therefore, it is possible to improve the interest of the game, and it is possible to obtain various excellent effects such as early detection of the occurrence of errors in the gaming machine and fraud against the gaming machine. .

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine will be described.

  First, a schematic configuration of a pachinko gaming machine will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which the outer frame is omitted in the pachinko gaming machine and the glass door is opened, FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 3 is a rear view showing an essential part thereof. It is.

  This pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 provided on the front surface of the outer frame 2, and the front frame 3 is provided on the upper left and upper sides of the front side of the outer frame 2. The hinge brackets 4a and 4b are provided so as to be opened and closed, and are held in a closed state by a locking tool 5 provided on the front right side of the outer frame 2. A game board 6 is accommodated in the front frame 3. On the front side of the game board 6, various symbols such as a symbol display device 7, a central decoration 8, a start winning opening 9, a big winning opening 10, a winning opening 11, etc. The gaming parts are arranged, and a gaming area 12 is formed.

  Further, a glass door 13 is provided on the front side of the front frame 3 so as to be openable and detachable with respect to the front frame 3, and the front side of the game area 12 is held by the glass door 13 in a closed state. ing. Further, a ball tray 14 is provided to project forward from the lower side of the glass door 13 of the front frame 3, and a firing handle 15 is provided to project forward from the lower side of the ball tray 14. Further, a speaker 16 is provided at the center below the game board 6.

  A back set board 17 is provided on the back side of the front frame 3, and the back set board 17 is provided with a voice control device 20 in the center and a game control device 21 below the voice control device 20. . A volume setting switch 27 capable of setting the volume in three stages (S1, S2, S3) is attached to the lower part of the voice control device 20, and in this embodiment, S1 and S2 are basic sounds. A switch for setting the volume, and a switch S3 for setting the basic volume of the voice. Furthermore, around the voice control device 20 of the back set board 17, the preliminary prize balls stored in the tank member 22 are stored in the tank member 22 for storing the preliminary prize balls in a clockwise direction when viewed from the back side. Alignment rod member 23 for aligning and flowing down, curve rail member 24 for guiding prize balls flowing down from alignment rod member 23 to ball dispensing device 25, ball dispensing device 25 for performing award ball dispensing process, A ball payout path 26 and the like for discharging the balls paid out from the ball payout device 25 to the ball tray 14 are provided.

  Next, the configuration of the sound generation control apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Here, FIGS. 4 and 5 are block diagrams showing the configuration of the sound generation control apparatus.

  The sound generation control device 30 includes a game control device 21 for controlling the gaming operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and a sound control for generating required sound data in accordance with the execution command transmitted from the game control device 21. It is comprised from the apparatus 20 and the speaker 16 for emitting an audio | voice based on the audio | voice data produced | generated by the audio | voice control apparatus 20. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the game control device 21 determines whether or not an error such as a ball breakage, a ball clogging, or a circuit abnormality in the alignment rod member 23 or the curve rail member 24 has occurred. 31, a control content determination unit 32 for determining control contents such as winning of game balls to the winning openings 9, 10, 11, paying out of winning balls from the ball payout device 25, and error determination unit 31 or control A control data output unit 33 for transmitting an execution command from the content determination unit 32 to the voice control device 20 is provided.

  The voice control device 20 includes a control data input unit (command input circuit in FIG. 5) 34 that accepts an execution command transmitted from the control data output unit 33 of the game control device 21, and each setting data of the basic sound and the basic volume of the voice. Based on the volume switching means 35 having a volume setting switch 27 for inputting each of the above, and the execution command input to the control data input section 34 or the basic volume setting data input from the volume switching means 35. A sound data generating unit 36 for generating each sound volume data, a sound data output unit 37 for outputting a signal corresponding to each sound volume data of the whole sound and voice generated by the sound data generating unit 36, and a sound data output unit 37, an amplifying unit (amplifier circuit in FIG. 5) 38 that amplifies the entire sound and voice signal output from 37, and the entire sound amplified by the audio amplifying unit 38 Based on the voice signal, and a speaker 16 for emitting the entire sound and voice.

  The voice data generation unit 36 includes a voice data storage unit (data ROM in FIG. 5) 39 that stores data relating to the required whole sound and voice volume, and a volume determination unit 40 that determines the volume of the whole sound and voice. The volume determination unit 40 is further configured based on the digital input means 41 for accepting the digital data transmitted from the volume switching means 35 and the basic volume setting data input from the volume switching means 35. Regardless of the overall sound and voice of the basic volume determined by the volume determination unit 42, the overall volume determination unit 42 that determines the basic volume of the sound, the voice volume determination unit 43 that determines the basic volume of the voice, and the game control device 21 The forced sound volume control unit 44 for determining the overall sound of a specific sound volume and the generation of a voice separately according to the execution command transmitted from.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the audio control device 20 includes a CPU 47, an audio control IC 48 (in this embodiment, a YMZ-770C made by Yamaha), a control ROM 49, a control RAM 50, a clock. A generation circuit 51 and the like are provided, and the CPU 47 communicates with an image control unit 52 that controls a stop symbol of the symbol display device (display device in FIG. 5) 7 and a lamp control unit 54 that controls various lamps 53. Data can be exchanged.

  The volume switching means 35 is not limited to the volume setting switch 27 described above, and may be, for example, a variable resistor 45. In this case, the analog signal from the volume switching means 35 is converted into a digital signal. A / D conversion means 46 is provided in the sound volume determination unit 40 for conversion.

  Next, the procedure of the control process of the sound generation control device 20 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 is a flowchart showing the main routine of the control processing procedure, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the subroutine of the volume data input processing, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the subroutine of the control data input processing, and FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of an audio | voice output process.

  First, when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on, as shown in FIG. 6, initial setting of necessary parameters such as I / O setting is performed (S100), and then sequentially according to the main routine. Each subroutine of volume data input processing (S200), control data input processing (S300), and audio output processing (S400) is executed.

  In the audio data input processing subroutine, as shown in FIG. 7, first, the setting data of the volume setting switch 27 of the volume switching means 35 is read (S201), and the first switch (S1) is turned on. Whether or not there is is determined by the CPU 47 (S202). As a result, when it is determined that the first switch (S1) is turned on, the basic volume (VL) of the whole sound is set to 3 (S203), and it is determined that the first switch (S1) is not turned on. In this case, the basic volume (VL) of the whole sound is set to 1 (S204).

  Next, in step S205, the CPU 47 determines whether or not the second switch (S2) is on, and if it is determined that the second switch (S2) is on, After 1 is added to the basic volume (VL) of the whole sound (S206), the process proceeds to the next stage (S207). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S205 that the second switch (S2) is not turned on, the process immediately proceeds to step S207.

  In step S207, the CPU 47 determines whether or not the third switch (S3) is turned on. If it is determined that the third switch (S3) is turned on, the voice is After the basic volume (TV) is set to 1 (S208), the process returns to the main routine. On the other hand, if it is determined that the third switch (S3) is not turned on, the basic voice volume (TV) is set to 2 (S209), and then the process returns to the main routine.

  Note that the set value of the basic volume (VL) of the whole sound at each stage of S203 and S204 and the set value of the basic volume (TV) of the voice at each stage of S208 and S209 are merely examples, and other values May be set.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 8, a control data input processing subroutine is executed.

  In this control data input processing subroutine, first, the execution command data transmitted from the game control device 21 is read via the control data input unit (command input circuit) 34 (S301), and the voice data corresponding to the execution command is read. The data is read from the sound data storage means (data ROM) 39 by the sound control IC 48 (S302). Then, in the next step S303, the CPU 47 determines whether or not the execution command transmitted from the game control device 21 is a special command, which corresponds to a special command, for example, a command corresponding to an error or a special effect. When it is determined that the command is a special command such as a command to be performed, the forced sound volume control unit 44 sets the timing for switching from the basic sound volume to the specific sound volume (S304), and returns to the main routine. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S303 that the execution command transmitted from the game control device 21 is not a special command, the process immediately returns to the main routine.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 9, the audio output processing subroutine is executed.

  In this audio output processing subroutine, first, the overall volume determination unit 42 of the volume determination unit 40 determines the basic volume (VL) of the overall sound (S401), and the voice volume determination unit 43 of the volume determination unit 40 sets the basic voice. The sound volume (TL) is determined (S402), and then sound and voice data corresponding to the determined overall sound and voice basic volumes are output from the sound data output unit 37 (S403). In step S404, the forced volume control unit 44 determines whether or not it is time to switch the basic volume to the specific volume. If it is determined that it is time to switch to the specific volume, the basic volume is forcibly changed. It is switched to a specific volume, for example, VL = 3 and TV = 2 (S405), and the process returns to the main routine. On the other hand, if the forced volume control unit 44 determines that it is not the timing to switch from the basic volume to the specific volume, the process immediately returns to the main routine. Note that the volume and the timing of volume switching are determined by the CPU 47, and each time a volume setting signal is transmitted to the voice control IC 48, the volume is determined by a volume determination unit (not shown) inside the voice control IC 48.

  As described above, according to the sound generation control device 30 according to the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the whole sound and the voice are both in the basic sound volume (VL, TV) state (FIG. 10A). The basic volume or the specific volume is controlled separately for each whole sound or voice at a required timing, such as switching to a state in which only the voice is changed to the specific volume (TV ′) (see FIG. 10B). Will be able to. Therefore, if you want to appeal something to the player, depending on the situation of the game, for example, only a relatively low frequency voice is emitted at a high volume, and the overall sound and the volume of the voice are changed separately. Therefore, it is possible to improve the interest of the game. In addition, when it is desired to notify an error occurrence of a gaming machine or an illegal act on the gaming machine, it can be output at a specific volume level higher than the basic volume regardless of the determined basic volume output level. It will be possible to detect fraud early.

  In the above-described embodiment, the basic volume or the specific volume is configured to be separately controllable for each whole sound or voice, but this is merely an example, for example, the whole sound and the voice It is configured so that only one basic volume or specific volume can be controlled, or the basic volume or specific volume of the whole sound and voice can be controlled simultaneously. It is also possible to divide the frequency range into two so that each sound in each frequency band can be controlled separately.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the pachinko gaming machine 1 described above, but can be applied to other gaming machines, for example, a slot machine 55 as shown in FIG. In this case, the sound generation control device includes a game control device 57 provided at the upper part on the rear side of the housing 56 of the slot machine 55, a sound control device 59 provided at the upper center on the front panel 58 side of the slot machine 55, Speakers 60, 61, and 62 are provided on both sides of the voice control device 59 and on the lower right side of the housing 58, respectively.

1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a rear view which shows the back set board of the pachinko gaming machine in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view which shows the audio | voice control apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the audio | voice generation control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the audio | voice generation control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the main routine of the control procedure of the audio | voice production | generation control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the control procedure of the audio | voice production | generation control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the control procedure of the audio | voice production | generation control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the control procedure of the audio | voice production | generation control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the sound controlled by the audio | voice generation control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and the volume of a voice. FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state in which a front panel of the slot machine in the embodiment of the present invention is opened.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 16 Speaker 20 Voice control device 21 Game control device 27 Volume setting switch 30 Voice generation control device 42 Whole volume determination part 43 Voice volume determination part 44 Forced volume control part 55 Slot machine 57 Game control apparatus 59 Voice control apparatus 60 Speaker 61 Speaker 62 Speaker

Claims (2)

A sound generation control device in a gaming machine capable of controlling a sound of a required volume according to a gaming operation of the gaming machine,
Game control means for controlling the gaming operation of the gaming machine;
Voice control means for generating required voice data in response to the execution command transmitted from the game control means;
A speaker for emitting voice based on the voice data generated by the voice control means;
The voice control means comprises
Basic volume setting means for inputting basic sound volume setting data;
Basic volume determination means for determining the generation of the sound of the basic volume based on the setting data input by the basic volume setting means;
Regardless of the sound of the basic volume determined by the basic volume determination means, forced volume control means for determining the generation of sound of a specific volume according to the execution command transmitted from the game control means,
A voice generation control device in a gaming machine, comprising: The voice control means is
Basic volume setting means for separately inputting the basic volume setting data of the whole sound and the basic volume setting data of the voice;
Basic volume determination means for separately determining the generation of the overall sound of the basic volume and the generation of the voice of the basic volume based on the respective setting data input by the basic volume setting means;
Regardless of the overall sound and voice of the basic volume determined by the basic volume determining means, in order to separately determine the overall sound and voice generation of a specific volume according to the execution command transmitted from the game control means Forced volume control means,
The sound generation control device in a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the basic sound volume or the specific sound volume is separately controllable for each whole sound or voice.

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