JP2005211109A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a player to surely understand contents displayed on one side and the other side of a half mirror. <P>SOLUTION: On game machines such as Pachinko machines and arrange ball machines, the game machines equipped with the half mirror which reflects light incident to one side and transmits light incident to the other side are constituted to have different printing on one side from that on the other side of the half mirror. If light is projected from one side, symbols shown on one side of the half mirror are recognized, and if the light is projected from the other side, symbols on the other side shown in the printing different from that on one side of the half mirror are recognized. Consequently, the contents shown on one side and the other side of the half mirror are surely understood. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a half mirror.

As a conventional gaming machine provided with a half mirror, an example of a technique related to a slot machine provided with a reel band composed of a printing layer, a half mirror layer, and another printing layer is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2403-299766 (page 4-6, Fig. 5-11)

However, even if the half mirror disclosed in the above publication is used, the design printed on the printing layer (hereinafter referred to as “first design” for the sake of simplicity) can be viewed from the opposite side of the printing layer. Only. Therefore, when a pattern printed on another print layer (hereinafter referred to as “second pattern” for simplicity) is printed with a color or ink that is less permeable to light than the print layer, the first It is difficult to see the first symbol at a portion where the symbol and the second symbol overlap. Therefore, depending on the printing method, the contents of the first symbol may not be grasped.
This invention is made in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the gaming machine which can grasp | ascertain reliably the content represented on the surface of one side of a half mirror from the other side.

(1) Means for solving the problem (hereinafter, simply referred to as “solution means”) 1 includes a half mirror that reflects light incident from one side and transmits light incident from the other side. A gaming machine,
On one surface of the half mirror, at least one region is printed with an ink having low light transmittance with respect to the inner or outer region surrounded by a contour line representing a pattern,
The gist of the invention is that the other surface of the half mirror is configured to print with a highly light-transmitting ink in a region corresponding to a region different from the region printed with the low light-transmitting ink on the one surface.

  According to Solution 1, since at least one area of one surface of the half mirror is printed with ink having low light transmittance, it is difficult to recognize the contents displayed on the other surface, but the other area is not printed or light-transmitted. If you print with high quality ink, you can recognize the contents on the other side. On the other hand, on the other surface of the half mirror, since printing is performed with a highly light transmissive ink on a portion corresponding to a region different from the region printed with the light transmissive ink on the one surface, as viewed from the one surface side Sometimes the contents of the part can be recognized. In other words, when light is projected from one side, the pattern displayed on one side of the half mirror can be recognized, and when light is projected from the other side, it is displayed on the other side through an area printed with highly transparent ink on one side of the half mirror. Can recognize the pattern. The pattern is represented by a line drawing or a color, but includes a pattern recognized as a character depending on the way of expression. Therefore, it is possible to reliably grasp the contents shown on one side and the other side of the half mirror.

(2) Solution means 2 is the gaming machine described in Solution means 1, and printing is performed on the other surface of the half mirror in an area other than the area printed with highly light-transmitting ink on one surface of the half mirror. The gist of the invention is that the ink is printed with the same or higher light-transmitting ink.

  According to Solution 2, although the other region is printed on both one side and the other side of the half mirror, the ink printed on one side has the same light transmittance as the ink printed on the other side (almost the same light transmittance). Or higher light transmittance. Therefore, the color synthesized with both inks can be visually recognized from one side.

(3) The solution means 3 is the gaming machine described in the solution means 1 or 2, and is summarized in that one surface of the half mirror is printed with a monotone color and the other surface is printed with a plurality of colors.

The terms described in Solution 3 are interpreted as follows. The interpretation is the same for the claims and the description.
(A) “Monotone color” means a color in which hue (corresponding to the wavelength of monochromatic light) and saturation (a degree of vividness, that is, no whiteness) are specified, but colorless (transparent) Shall be included. For example, in addition to a single color such as blue or red, a color whose brightness (brightness, that is, intensity of light; gradation) is changed so as to change from black to colorless or white is included.
(B) “Multiple colors” means two or more colors in which at least one element is different among hue, saturation, and brightness. Similar to the monotone color, a combination of a plurality of colors includes colorless (transparent). For example, in addition to the case of two or more single colors (or monotone colors) such as green and gold, a color-coded pattern such as a marble pattern is included.

  According to Solution 3, it is difficult to recognize only a monotone color when light is projected from one side, but a plurality of colors can be recognized when light is projected from the other side. Therefore, different shades can be enjoyed depending on whether light is projected from one side or the other side.

(4) The solution means 4 is the gaming machine according to any one of the solution means 1 to 3, wherein at least one of concave or convex is provided on one or both surfaces of the half mirror. This is the gist.

  According to the solution 4, at least one of the concave or convex applied to the surface of the half mirror has a curved surface shape such as a concave lens or a convex lens, a shape that is cut like a glass sculpture, or a surface that is polished like a diamond cut. This includes forms of carving. When light is incident on the concave or convex portions thus formed, the portion or color that shines also changes according to the change in the incident angle. The change in the incident angle changes depending on the relative positional relationship between the half mirror and the viewer of the half mirror, and changes according to the relative positional relationship between the half mirror and the light source. Therefore, a display that is reminiscent of a jewel or a chandelier can be realized with a half mirror.

  According to the present invention, one region on one surface of the half mirror is printed with ink having low light transmittance, and the other surface corresponding to the other region different from one region is printed with ink having high light transmittance. Since it is configured to print, it is possible to reliably grasp the contents expressed on one side and the other side.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to examples.

  This embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine that is one of gaming machines, and will be described with reference to FIGS. The front surface (or front surface) means a surface when the player looks at the pachinko machine when playing.

[Appearance of card unit and pachinko machine]
First, the external appearance of the card unit 10 and the pachinko machine 12 is shown in FIG. The card unit 10 can input and output balance information and valuable value information recorded on a recording medium (for example, a magnetic card or an IC card), and corresponds to an amount desired by the player within the range of the balance information. A number of pachinko balls that can be lent are configured to be lent out. The specific configuration, operation, and the like of the card unit 10 are the same as well-known configurations, so illustration and description are omitted.
On the front side of the pachinko machine 12, a game board 14 for playing using a pachinko ball as a game medium is provided, and the game board 14 is provided with an accessory device 16 having a half mirror 18. A configuration example of the half mirror 18 will be described later. Although not shown in the drawing, the game board 14 includes other display devices, winning devices (including winning ports such as large winning ports and starting ports), gates, windmills, and obstacle nails as needed. Be placed.

[Configuration example in the accessory device]
A description will be given with reference to FIG. The half mirror 18 provided in the accessory device 16 is configured to reflect light incident from the front side and transmit light incident from the back side. The half mirror 18 includes a front print layer 18a for printing on the front surface, a half mirror body 18c, and a back print layer 18b for printing on the back surface. The shape of the half mirror 18 can be arbitrarily formed. For example, when it forms in plate shape, a plane like FIG. 2 may be sufficient and a curved surface may be sufficient as all or one part. In addition, you may form in solid shapes, such as a rectangular parallelepiped, a cylinder, a quadrangular pyramid, a cone.
According to the configuration described above, the viewer V looks as follows. First, when the light source 20 that illuminates from the front side (for example, an illumination lamp in a game hall) is turned on, the pattern shown on the front printed layer 18a can be seen. On the other hand, when the light source 22 (for example, a miniature bulb or LED) illuminating from the back side is turned on, it is possible to see through the pattern shown on the back print layer 18b together with the picture shown on the front print layer 18a. .

[Example of half mirror printing]
A printing example of the half mirror 18 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A shows an example of a pattern printed on the front print layer 18a of the half mirror 18, FIG. 3B shows an example of a pattern printed on the back print layer 18b of the half mirror 18, and FIG. Shows an example of a pattern that can be seen from the front side when light is projected from the back side.

  On the front print layer 18a in FIG. 3A, for example, a pattern 24 imitating branches and leaves of plants and a pattern 26 imitating geometric patterns of line drawings, for example, are printed. The pattern 24 includes an inner region 24a surrounded by a contour line imitating branches and leaves, and an outer region 24b that extends outside the contour line. The inner region 24a is printed with an ink having a high light transmittance, and the outer region 24b is printed with an ink having a lower light transmittance than the inner region 24a. When the front printed layer 18a is printed in black monotone, for example, the inner region 24a is blurred (gradation) between colorless and gray, and the outer region 24b is blurred between gray and black. In the inner region 24a, only the line drawing part imitating the veins may be printed, and the other part may not be printed. For the line drawn as the pattern of the pattern 26, an ink color (for example, gold color) having low light transmittance is used. In this example, the pattern 24 is printed on the upper part of the half mirror 18, and the pattern 26 is printed on the lower part of the half mirror 18.

  A pattern 28 corresponding to a mirror image of the pattern 24 and a pattern 30 corresponding to a part of the pattern 26 are printed on the back print layer 18b in FIG. The pattern 28 is printed so that the outline matches the pattern 24 when viewed through the front side. The inner region 28a surrounded by the contour line is printed with ink having low light transmittance. The outer region 28b corresponds to a portion corresponding to a region different from the inner region 24a, and is printed with the same or higher light-transmitting ink as the ink printed in the inner region 28a. When printing the front print layer 18a in a plurality of colors, for example, the inner region 28a is made of a plant color (for example, green) and the outer region 24b is made transparent.

  The pattern 30 is a geometric pattern corresponding to almost the upper half of the pattern 26, and is printed so as to overlap with the pattern 26 when viewed through the front side. The pattern 30 is printed with a color-coded pattern in which each closed region constituting the geometric pattern is painted with a plurality of colors (for example, blue, red, yellow, green, orange, black, etc.). In FIG. 3B, in order to make it easy to understand that the pattern is a color-coded pattern, the types of hatches are different. In other words, the pattern 30 is a stained glass pattern used for a window glass of a church. The pattern 30 may be a pattern with a geometric pattern such as the pattern 26 or may be a pattern that is simply color-coded.

[Example of half mirror display]
First, when the light source 20 is turned on and illuminated from the front side, the viewer V can see the patterns (that is, the patterns 24 and 26) shown on the front printed layer 18a shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the light source 22 is turned on and illuminated from the back side, as shown in FIG. 4, the viewer V sees the pattern shown on the back print layer 18b together with the picture shown on the front print layer 18a. Can see. That is, the pattern 24 and the pattern 28 appear to be combined, and the pattern 26 and the pattern 30 appear to be combined. In the synthesis of the pattern 24 and the pattern 28, since the outer region 24b is printed with ink having low light transmittance, the colors expressed in the inner region 24a and the inner region 28a appear to be synthesized. Further, in the synthesis of the pattern 26 and the pattern 30, since the pattern 26 is a line drawing, the color-coded pattern of the pattern 30 is seen through as it is.

[Effects of Examples]
According to the embodiment described above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) On the front printed layer 18a (corresponding to one surface) of the half mirror 18, the outer region 24b (corresponding to at least one region) of the inner region 24a and the outer region 24b surrounded by the contour line representing the pattern 24 Was printed with an ink having low light transmittance {see FIG. 3A}. Further, on the back print layer 18b (corresponding to the other surface) of the half mirror 18, a portion corresponding to a region different from the outer region 24b in the front print layer 18a, that is, the inner region 28a is printed with ink having high light transmittance. {See FIG. 3B}.

  In the front print layer 18a of the half mirror 18 configured in this way, the outer region 24b is printed with ink having low light transmittance, so that it is difficult to recognize the pattern 28 shown on the back print layer 18b, but the inner region 24a. Then, the pattern 28 (specifically, the inner region 28a) shown on the back printed layer 18b can be recognized. On the other hand, in the back print layer 18b, the inner region 28a corresponding to the inner region 24a in the front print layer 18a is printed with highly light-transmitting ink, so that the content of the inner region 28a when viewed from the front side. Can be recognized. That is, when the light is projected from the front side, the patterns 24 and 26 represented on the front printed layer 18a can be recognized, and when the light is projected from the other side, the patterns 28 and 26 represented on the back printed layer 18b through the inner region 24a and the pattern 26 are displayed. 30 can be recognized. Therefore, the viewer V can surely grasp the pattern (contents) shown on the front print layer 18a and the back print layer 18b of the half mirror 18.

(2) In the front print layer 18 a of the half mirror 18, the ink printed on the back print layer 18 b of the half mirror 18 is formed in the inner region 24 a (corresponding to a region other than the region printed with highly light-transmitting ink). It is set to print with the same or higher light-transmitting ink {see FIG. 3}. That is, the ink printed in the inner region 24a has the same light transmittance (may be substantially the same light transmittance) as the ink printed in the inner region 28a or higher light transmittance. The color synthesized with the ink can be visually recognized.

(3) The front print layer 18a of the half mirror 18 is printed with a monotone color based on black, and the back print layer 18b is printed with a plurality of colors like a stained glass {see FIG. 3}. When light is projected from the front side by the light source 20, only a monotone color can be recognized, but when light is projected from the back side by the light source 22, a plurality of colors can be recognized. Therefore, different shades can be enjoyed depending on whether the light is projected from the front side or the back side.

[Other Examples]
As mentioned above, although the best form for implementing this invention was demonstrated according to the Example, this invention is not limited to the said Example at all. In other words, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the following forms may be realized.

(1) In the embodiment described above, the present invention is applied to the pachinko machine 12. Instead of this form, the present invention is also applied to other game machines (for example, slot machines, arrange ball machines, sparrow ball game machines, video game machines, etc.) other than the pachinko machine 12 and provided with the half mirror 18. Can be applied. Even in the other game machines, the outer region 24b of the front print layer 18a of the half mirror 18 is printed with a low light-transmitting ink, and the rear print layer 18b corresponding to the inner region 24a is light-transmissive. If printing is performed with high ink, the viewer V can surely grasp the pattern (contents) shown on both sides of the half mirror 18.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the printing is performed only on the surface of the half mirror 18 (front printing layer 18a, back printing layer 18b) {see FIG. 2}. In addition to this form, at least one of the one surface and the other surface may be cut like a glass engraving. For example, for a pattern 32 representing grass as shown in FIG. 5A, the contour line of the pattern 32 is cut into one surface of the half mirror 18. An example of the cross section of the half mirror 18 is shown in FIG. FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB shown in FIG. In FIG. 5B, the cut portion 32a has a different incident angle when light is projected as compared with other portions, so that the colors of reflected light and transmitted light can change like a prism.

  Instead of (or in addition to) the above-described notches, a configuration may be adopted in which concaves or convexes are formed on all or part of one surface and the other surface of the half mirror 18. For example, a curved surface such as a concave lens or a convex lens may be provided, and a concave and convex portion 18d (a shape simulating a diamond cut) as illustrated in FIG. 6 may be provided by polishing or carving. Since such concave portions, convex portions, and concave-convex portions have different incident angles when light is projected in the same manner as the cut portion 32a described above, the colors of reflected light and transmitted light are different from those of the prism. Can vary.

  As described above, when one or both surfaces (all or a part of the surface) of the half mirror 18 are configured to be concave or convex, a portion that shines according to a change in the incident angle of light. And the colors also change. The incident angle of light varies depending on the relative positional relationship between the half mirror 18 and the person viewing the half mirror 18, and varies depending on the relative positional relationship between the half mirror 18 and the light source. Therefore, a display that reminds of a jewel or a chandelier can be realized by the half mirror 18.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the pattern 24, 26, 28, 30 is represented by printing on the front surface (the front print layer 18a and the back print layer 18b) of the half mirror 18 {see FIG. }. Instead of (or in addition to) this form, a configuration may be adopted in which a pattern is displayed on the surface of the half mirror 18 by attaching a member such as a colored film or colored glass. Even in this configuration, with respect to the inner region 24a and the outer region 24b surrounded by the contour line representing the pattern, the outer region 24b on one side is pasted with a member having low light transmittance, and the portion corresponding to the inner region 24a If a member having high light transmittance is attached to the other surface side, the viewer V can surely grasp the pattern (contents) attached to both surfaces of the half mirror 18.

(4) In the embodiment described above, the half mirror 18 is provided in the accessory device 16 {see FIG. 1}. Instead of (or in addition to) this form, it may be configured to be provided on the front side of a display device such as a liquid crystal display, or may be provided in a winning device, and a part of the game board 14 is cut away. It is good also as a structure with which it equips (namely, on the game board 14), and it is good also as a structure with which a main body frame (a cover body is included). Regardless of the configuration provided in any of the gaming machines, the viewer V can surely grasp the patterns (contents) shown on both sides of the half mirror 18.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance of a card unit and a pachinko machine. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of a half mirror. It is a figure which shows the example printed on the front surface and back surface of a half mirror. It is a figure which shows an example of the pattern seen through a half mirror. It is a figure which shows the example which cuts a half mirror and applies a pattern. It is a figure which shows the example which gives an unevenness | corrugation to the surface of a half mirror.

Explanation of symbols

10 Card unit 12 Pachinko machine (game machine)
14 Game board 16 Equipment device 18 Half mirror 18a Front printed layer (one side)
18b Back printing layer (other side)
18c Half mirror body 18d Concavity and convexity 20, 22 Light source 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 Pattern (contents)
24a Inner region 24b Outer region 28a Inner region 28b Outer region 32a Cut portion V Viewer

Claims (1)

A gaming machine including a half mirror that reflects light incident from one side and transmits light incident from the other side,
A gaming machine configured to perform different printing on one side and the other side of the half mirror.

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