JP2005348942A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which wires present in the game machine can be prevented from complicatedly being disturbed due to the presence of the wires relating to a door monitoring unit when the door monitoring unit is arranged in the game machine, or attenuation of the intensity of communication signals in noncontact communication can be avoid when the door monitoring unit is arranged in the game machine. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine 1 has a front door arranged in front of the casing accommodating a device constituting the game machine and constituted openably and closably relative to the casing, the door monitoring unit monitoring the opening and closing of the front door, a relating processing circuit performing processing relating to the monitoring of the opening and closing of the front door by the door monitoring unit, and a relay board for electrically connecting the door monitoring unit and the above relating processing board through the wires. The door monitoring unit arranged in the rear face of the front door and in the vicinity of the relay board. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachislot machine.

  In a conventional gaming machine such as a pachislot machine, a door monitoring unit that monitors the open / closed state of the front door provided on the front side of the casing of the gaming machine has been provided. According to such a door monitoring unit, since the opening / closing status of the front door can be sent to, for example, a hall terminal, the monitor can know that the front door of the gaming machine has been opened illegally. It is possible to avoid the installation of unauthorized devices and unauthorized wiring.

As a gaming machine for attaching such a door monitoring unit, for example, there are a gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-170249 and a gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-260176.
JP 2001-170249 A JP 2003-260176 A

  When the door monitoring unit is incorporated in the conventional gaming machine as described above, there are the following problems. In the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-170249, a substrate for electrically connecting various devices housed in the gaming machine is provided on the back surface of the front door. A large number of wirings from various devices are attached to this board. When a door monitoring unit is incorporated in such a gaming machine, for example, it is necessary to connect the door monitoring unit to the board via wiring. Here, if the wiring of the door monitoring unit is mixed with other wiring, the wiring existing in the gaming machine is complicated and disturbed. As a result, the wiring related to each device such as the door monitoring unit becomes difficult to understand, and there is a problem that the maintenance related to each device such as the door monitoring unit takes time.

  Therefore, when the door monitoring unit is provided in a gaming machine, it has been desired to develop a gaming machine that can avoid the complicated and disturbing wiring existing in the gaming machine due to the presence of wiring related to the door monitoring unit.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-260176 describes a gaming machine that performs communication using infrared rays with a communication device outside the gaming machine. In order to perform infrared communication between the communication device and the door monitoring unit by incorporating a door monitoring unit into such a gaming machine, it is possible to perform the above infrared communication in the gaming machine. In position, a door monitoring unit needs to be arranged. Here, in the gaming machine, depending on the position where the door monitoring unit is disposed, there is a problem that the infrared communication signal is attenuated before reaching the door monitoring unit or the communication device.

  Therefore, when a door monitoring unit is provided in a gaming machine, it has been desired to develop a gaming machine that can avoid attenuation of the strength of a communication signal in non-contact communication.

  When the door monitoring unit is provided in a gaming machine, the present invention can avoid that the wiring existing in the gaming machine is complicated and disturbed due to the presence of wiring related to the door monitoring unit, or the door monitoring unit is a gaming machine. When it is provided, it aims at providing the game machine which can avoid attenuation | damping of the intensity | strength of the communication signal in non-contact communication.

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine of the present invention is provided on the front side of a housing (for example, the housing 1a) that houses the devices constituting the gaming machine as viewed from the front side of the gaming machine, A front door configured to be openable / closable with respect to the housing (for example, the front door 1b), a door monitoring unit (for example, the door monitoring unit 60) for monitoring the opening / closing of the front door, and a front surface by the door monitoring unit. A related processing board (for example, sub-control board 40, main control board 30 etc.) that performs processing related to door opening / closing monitoring, and the door monitoring unit and the related processing board are electrically connected via wiring. And the door monitoring unit is provided on the back surface of the front door and in the vicinity of the relay board. To do.

  According to the present invention, since the door monitoring unit is provided in the vicinity of the relay board, the wiring (for example, the wiring 51f shown in FIG. 6) between the relay board and the door monitoring unit is shortened. For this reason, the wiring of the door monitoring unit (for example, the wiring 51f between the sub-control board relay board 51 and the door monitoring unit 60) is replaced with another wiring (for example, the main control board relay board 50 and the sub-control board). The situation where the relay board 51 and the wiring for connecting each board or device) are mixed together is prevented, and the wiring existing in the gaming machine is complicated and disturbed by the presence of the wiring of the door monitoring unit. The situation of becoming is avoided.

  In the above invention, the display device (for example, the liquid crystal display device 5) is provided at a position penetrating from the back surface to the front surface of the front door, and the related processing substrate is opened and closed by the door monitoring unit. The display related to the monitoring (for example, the display of monitoring history information) may be a display control board (for example, the sub control board 40) that causes the display device to perform.

  In this case, the related processing board can cause the display device to perform display related to monitoring of opening / closing of the front door, such as display of monitoring history information sent from the door monitoring unit. For this reason, compared with the case where the administrator of the gaming machine, the supervisor, etc. cannot know the information (for example, monitoring history information) related to the monitoring of opening / closing of the front door unless the hall computer is used. Administrators, monitoring personnel, etc. can easily know information related to monitoring the opening and closing of the front door without going through the hall computer, and that the front door of the gaming machine has been illegally opened. Easy to know.

  In the above invention, the door monitoring unit includes a non-contact communication unit for performing non-contact communication (for example, infrared communication) with a communication device (for example, the mobile phone 70) outside the gaming machine. (For example, the second port 60b) is provided, and the front door is configured to allow a signal output from the non-contact communication unit and a signal output from the communication device to pass therethrough. Part (for example, a window part 27 is provided, on the back surface of the front door, in the vicinity of the window part, or on a two-dimensional coordinate composed of a height direction and a lateral direction when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine, The door monitoring unit may be arranged in an area including at least a part of the area of the window portion.

  Further, on the back surface of the front door, an area including at least a part of the area of the window part on a two-dimensional coordinate formed in the height direction and the lateral direction when viewed from the vicinity of the window part or the front side of the gaming machine. In addition, a door monitoring unit is arranged. For this reason, the distance between the door monitoring unit and the window portion is shortened, and as a result, the distance between the door monitoring unit and the communication device is also shortened. For this reason, compared with the case where the door monitoring unit is arranged at a position away from the window portion, a situation where the communication signal by non-contact communication is attenuated before reaching the door monitoring unit or the communication device is avoided. Is done.

  Further, in the above invention, the related processing board is a process related to information transmitted from the communication device via the door monitoring unit and the relay board (for example, a process for storing video or audio content, Processing to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5) may be performed.

  In this case, the related processing board can store the predetermined content sent or display it on the display device as the above processing. For this reason, the predetermined content sent from the communication device is stored, and then various contents are displayed on the display device in a timely manner, so that the player feels that the display is changed, and the game There are cases in which a person can have an expectation or thrill that something interesting or beneficial to him may happen during a game.

  Further, the present invention is a front door that is provided on the front side of a housing that houses the devices that constitute the gaming machine, as viewed from the front side of the gaming machine, and is configured to be openable and closable with respect to the housing; A door monitoring unit including a non-contact communication unit for monitoring the opening and closing of the front door and performing non-contact communication with a communication device outside the gaming machine; A window configured to allow a signal output from the non-contact communication unit and a signal output from the communication device to pass therethrough is provided, in the back of the front door, in the vicinity of the window, or The door monitoring unit is arranged in an area including at least a part of the area of the window portion on a two-dimensional coordinate formed in a height direction and a horizontal direction when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine. It is a feature.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when a door monitoring unit is provided in a gaming machine, a gaming machine that can avoid complicated and disturbed wiring existing in the gaming machine due to the presence of wiring related to the door monitoring unit, or When the door monitoring unit is provided in the gaming machine, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that can avoid the attenuation of the strength of the communication signal in the non-contact communication.

  Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachislot machine (hereinafter referred to as a gaming machine 1) of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic external view showing a state in which the front door 1b is opened in the gaming machine 1. 3 is a schematic block diagram for explaining a configuration of a communication system including the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a back surface of the front door 1b when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine 1. is there. Here, the same reference numerals are given to the same members, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine 1 includes a gaming machine main body (hereinafter referred to as a casing 1a) in which each device constituting the gaming machine such as reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is accommodated, and a casing 1a. The front door 1b is provided on the front side (front side when viewed from the front of the gaming machine 1) and is rotatably attached to the housing 1a via the hinge portion 1c. A liquid crystal display device 5 is disposed substantially at the center of the front door 1b.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, three reels 3L, 3C, 3R (variably displaying a plurality of symbols necessary for a game (game)) are rotatably arranged in a horizontal row inside the housing 1a. Display windows 4L, 4C, and 4R are provided on the front surface thereof. A symbol row composed of a plurality of types of symbols is drawn on the outer peripheral surface of each reel, and these symbols are made visible to the player through the display windows 4L to 4R.

  As shown in FIG. 1, these display windows 4L to 4R have three horizontal and two diagonal winning lines (top line 8b, center line 8c, bottom line 8d, cross down line 8a, cross up line 8e). Is provided. A pedestal 10 is provided below the display windows 4L to 4R. On the right side of the upper surface portion of the pedestal portion 10, a medal insertion port 22 for a player to insert medals is provided.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, on the left side of the upper surface portion of the pedestal portion 10, a BET switch 11 for betting one credited (stored) medal by a pressing operation and a credit by a pressing operation are given. A BET switch 12 for betting three medals is provided. It should be noted that LEDs are arranged inside the BET switch 11 and the BET switch 12, and the LEDs are lit when a medal can be inserted.

  In addition, a game information display device 17 is provided in the center of the upper surface portion of the pedestal portion 10. The game information display device 17 has a bonus related count display section. This bonus-related count display section is composed of 7-segment LEDs, and when a big bonus (hereinafter referred to as BB) or a regular bonus (hereinafter referred to as RB) is won, the number of jack games won or the number of games in the BB general gaming state Etc. are digitally displayed. In addition, the game information display device 17 digitally displays the number of inserted medals, digitally displays a game insertion display unit composed of 7-segment LEDs, and a payout number of medals when a winning combination is won, from the 7-segment LEDs. The payout display unit, the number of credited medals are digitally displayed, the credit display unit consisting of 7-segment LEDs, the game start display unit that lights up when the reel can be rotated, and the stop button can be operated A game stop display section that is lit in any case, and a winning display section that is lit until BB or RB wins after BB or RB can win.

  Further, on the left side of the front portion of the pedestal portion 10, a window portion 27 is provided for communication between the mobile phone 70 outside the gaming machine 1 and a door monitoring unit 60 described later. A detailed description of the window 27 will be described later. On the right side of the window 27, a start lever 6 for rotating the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and starting display of the symbols in the display windows 4L, 4C, 4R by a player's operation is at a predetermined angle. In a range, it is attached so that it can rotate freely.

  Further, at the center of the front portion of the pedestal portion 10, there are three stop buttons 7L, 7C, 7R for stopping the rotation of the three reels 3L, 3C, 3R at the center of the front portion of the pedestal portion 10, respectively. Is provided. Note that LEDs are arranged inside the stop buttons 7L, 7C, 7R, and the LEDs are lit when the stop button can be operated.

  An information input unit 29 is provided on the right side of the front surface of the pedestal unit 10 so that the player can switch the liquid crystal screen of the liquid crystal display device 5 or input predetermined information. On the right side of the information input unit 29, a medal settlement button 25 for paying back (settlement) inserted medals or credited medals from the medal payout exit 15 is provided. On the right side of the medal settlement button 25, there is provided an open / stop release unit 24 for releasing the stop during the game or opening the front door. The release / stop release unit 24 has a function of releasing the stop in the game when the player turns the switch provided in the release / stop release unit 24 counterclockwise. The front door 1b is opened by turning the switch provided in the release unit 24 clockwise.

  Speakers 21L and 21R are provided on the left and right above the gaming machine 1, and a gaming state display for performing effect display according to the gaming state is provided between the two speakers 21L and 21R by LEDs. A portion 23 is provided.

  Speakers 21L and 21R are provided below the pedestal unit 10, and a panel unit 28 is provided between the two speakers 21L and 21R to display a combination of winning symbols and the number of medals paid out. ing. Note that the speakers 21L and 21R provided below the pedestal 10 are for heavy bass and may not be provided in the gaming machine 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, below the gaming machine 1, a medal payout exit 15 for paying out medals to the player and a medal for storing medals paid out from the medal payout exit 15. A receiving portion 16 is provided.

  In FIG. 2, the arrangement | positioning relationship of the one part apparatus in the gaming machine 1 is typically shown in the state where the front door 1b is opened. In the housing 1a, a main control board 30 is disposed above the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, and a sub control board 40 is disposed on the left side of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. Detailed descriptions of the main control board 30 and the sub control board 40 will be described later. A liquid crystal display device 5 is provided on the front door 1b. In FIG. 2, devices other than the illustrated devices, wiring for connecting the devices, and the like are omitted.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system including the gaming machine of the present embodiment. The communication system includes a gaming machine 1 and a mobile phone 70.

  The gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 30, a liquid crystal display device 5, and a sub control board 40 that controls the liquid crystal display device 5 disposed on the housing 1 a side. The main control board 30 starts the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R when the start lever 6 is operated. Further, when the stop buttons 7L, 7C, and 7R are operated while the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are rotating, the main control board 30 stops the rotation of the reels corresponding to the operated stop buttons. In addition, when the stop mode of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R is a winning mode for a predetermined combination, the main control board 30 outputs a control command (command) relating to the payout of medals to a payout control board (not shown). Then, a predetermined number of medals are paid out on the payout control board. Note that the main control board 30 determines a winning combination (for example, BB, RB, small combination, disengagement, etc.) by random lottery or the like based on the operation of the start lever 6. Further, the main control board 30 transmits information such as the current gaming state to the hall computer via an external concentration terminal board (not shown). This external concentration terminal board is disposed on the housing 1a.

  The liquid crystal display device 5 displays an image related to the game (for example, an effect image or the like). For example, the sub control board 40 controls the display on the liquid crystal display device 5 based on a command sent from the main control board 30.

  In addition, the gaming machine 1 includes a sub control board relay board 51 disposed on the front door 1b side, a door monitoring unit 60, and a door monitoring sensor 65.

  The door monitoring unit 60 is a device that monitors the open / closed state of the front door 1b. Specifically, the door monitoring unit 60 includes a first port unit 60a, a second port unit 60b, a flash ROM 60d, and a microcomputer unit 60c that controls each unit. The door monitoring unit 60 includes a power supply unit (not shown) that supplies power to the microcomputer unit 60c.

  The door monitoring sensor 65 sends a signal related to opening or closing of the front door 1b to the microcomputer unit 60c. Based on the signal sent from the door monitoring sensor 65, the microcomputer unit 60c periodically writes monitoring history information indicating the correspondence between the time and information on opening or closing of the front door 1b in the flash ROM 60d. The flash ROM 60d stores identification information for identifying the flash ROM 60d and cannot be rewritten from the outside.

  The first port unit 60 a is connected to the sub control board relay board 51 through wiring, and transmits and receives various signals to and from the sub control board 40.

  The second port unit 60 b performs non-contact communication with the mobile phone 70 through the window unit 27. Here, as an example of non-contact communication, an infrared communication (for example, communication with a communicable range within 1 m and a maximum transmission rate of 4 Mbps (specifically, communication called IrDA (trademark)) will be described. . When the mobile phone 70 performs infrared communication, the mobile phone 70 operates in the power saving mode, so that the infrared reachable range is short. For this reason, the distance between the mobile phone 70 and the door monitoring unit 60 is about 10 cm to about 10 cm so that the attenuation of the communication signal can be minimized when the infrared communication signal reaches the mobile phone or the door monitoring unit. It is preferably within 20 cm.

  The microcomputer unit 60 c communicates with the sub control board 40 through the first port unit 60 a and the sub control board relay board 51, and communicates with the mobile phone 70 through the window part 27.

  In the communication system configured as described above, the following operations are performed. For example, the microcomputer unit 60c reads the monitoring history information from the flash ROM 60d, and transmits a signal indicating the monitoring history information to the sub control board 40 via the first port unit 60a and the sub control board relay board 51. The sub-control board 40 stores the monitoring history information in a predetermined storage unit based on the transmitted signal. Further, the sub control board 40 may display the monitoring history information on the liquid crystal display device 5 based on the transmitted signal. As a result, it can be said that the sub-control board 40 performs processing related to monitoring of opening / closing of the front door 1b by the door monitoring unit 60 (for example, monitoring history information storage processing, display control processing, etc.). Further, it can be said that the sub control board 40 causes the liquid crystal display device 5 to perform display related to the monitoring of the opening and closing of the front door 1b by the door monitoring unit 60.

  Here, the opportunity for the microcomputer unit 60c to read the monitoring history information may be that the microcomputer unit 60c has acquired a monitoring history information request signal based on an operation of an operator or the like. Further, the microcomputer unit 60c may read the monitoring history information periodically.

  In addition, the user of the mobile phone 70 uses the mobile phone 70 to use a signal (hereinafter, content signal) indicating predetermined content (audio information, video information, etc.) and a request signal indicating a request to be stored in the gaming machine 1. Is transmitted to the gaming machine 1 by infrared communication. The content signal and the request signal are sent to the microcomputer unit 60c through the window unit 27 and the second port unit 60b. Based on the request signal, the microcomputer unit 60c transmits a content signal and an instruction signal indicating that the sub control board 40 stores the content signal to the sub control board 40 via the first port unit or the like. . The sub-control board 40 stores the content specified by the content signal in a predetermined storage unit based on the instruction signal. The sub-control board 40 may read the content from a predetermined storage unit and display the content on the liquid crystal display device 5 or output it from the speakers 21L and 21R. Further, when receiving the content signal, the sub control board 40 may display the content on the liquid crystal display device 5 or output it from the speakers 21L and 21R.

  As a result, the sub control board 40 performs processing (storage process, display control process) related to information (for example, content) sent from the mobile phone 70 via the door monitoring unit 60 and the sub control board relay board 51. Etc.).

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a liquid crystal display device 5 is provided substantially at the center of the front door 1 b. Specifically, an opening is provided at substantially the center of the back surface of the front door 1b, and the liquid crystal display device 5 is inserted into the opening. That is, the liquid crystal display device 5 is provided at a position penetrating from the back surface of the front door 1b to the front surface.

  The liquid crystal display device 5 includes a liquid crystal panel, a diffusion sheet, a light guide plate, a reflection sheet, a cold cathode tube (hereinafter referred to as a cold cathode tube for liquid crystal), a heat sink, and a rear frame. In addition to the above, the liquid crystal display device 5 includes a flexible substrate including a table carrier package (TCP) on which an IC for driving a liquid crystal panel is mounted, but has the same configuration as that used in a general liquid crystal display device. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

  The liquid crystal panel is composed of a pair of transparent substrates and a liquid crystal material sandwiched therebetween. The display mode of this liquid crystal panel is set to normally white which performs white display in a state where no voltage is applied. Accordingly, the player can visually recognize the symbols in the display windows 4L, 4C, and 4R from the front side in a state where no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal panel, and the player can continue the game. Note that a display board on which various images are displayed and a protective glass are sequentially arranged on the front surface of the liquid crystal panel from the front side of the gaming machine 1.

  As viewed from the front side of the gaming machine 1, a light guide plate is disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal panel via a diffusion sheet. A reflective sheet is disposed on the back side of the light guide plate. In addition, cold cathode fluorescent tubes are arranged along the upper and lower ends of the light guide plate.

  The light guide plate is made of a translucent material. The light guide plate is provided with three symbol visual recognition areas for allowing the player to visually recognize the symbols of each reel from the display window, corresponding to the respective display windows 4L, 4C, and 4R. Here, the symbol visual recognition area may be an opening formed by cutting out the light guide plate, and is configured by a transparent material having a transparency such that the player can visually recognize the symbol of each reel from the display window. Also good.

  The reflection sheet reflects light from the light guide plate to the liquid crystal panel side, and may be composed of, for example, a white polyester film. In the reflection sheet, the following openings are formed. That is, when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine 1, an opening of an area larger than the symbol visual recognition region is provided for each symbol visual recognition region, including the symbol visual recognition region of the light guide plate.

  As a result, a part of the light from the light guide plate is directed to the reel side without being reflected by the reflection sheet, so that most of the light from the light guide plate is not sent to the liquid crystal panel but the light sent to the reel. Since the amount can be increased, it is not necessary to provide an auxiliary light source for illuminating the reel display.

  Further, the cold cathode tube for liquid crystal makes light incident on the light guide plate, and has a function of a backlight of the liquid crystal panel together with the light guide plate.

  A heat radiating plate for absorbing heat generated by the liquid crystal cold cathode tube and suppressing an excessive temperature rise in the liquid crystal display device 5 is disposed on the back side of the reflection sheet. A rear frame for supporting the light guide plate from the back surface is disposed on the back surface side of the heat radiating plate. In these heat radiating plates and the rear frame, the following openings are formed. That is, when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine 1, an opening having a size substantially coincident with the opening formed in the reflection sheet is provided at a position overlapping the opening of the reflection sheet. Reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are provided on the rear surface side of the rear frame corresponding to the display windows 4L, 4C, and 4R, respectively.

  Further, on the back side of the front door 1b, the left side of the liquid crystal display device 5 (left side when viewed from the back side of the front door 1b, hereinafter, directions in explanation of each device arranged on the back side of the front door 1b (right, left, etc.) Is a direction when viewed from the back side of the front door 1b), an inverter 82 of a cold cathode tube for liquid crystal is arranged. Speakers 21L and 21R are disposed on the left and right above the liquid crystal display device 5, and a game state display board 23a constituting the game state display unit 23 is disposed between the speakers 21L and 21R.

  A game information display board 17a constituting the game information display device 17 is disposed below the liquid crystal display device 5 on the rear surface of the front door 1b. Also, below the game information display board 17a, a stop button board 7a for stopping the rotation of the corresponding reel and turning on the LED inside the stop button according to the operation of the stop buttons 7L, 7C, 7R. Is arranged. On the left side of the stop button board 7a, an information input board 29a constituting the information input unit 29 is arranged. In addition, on the right side of the stop button board 7a, a process for betting three credited medals according to the operation of the BET switch 12, and a medal insertion board 12a for turning on the LED inside the BET switch 12 are performed. Is arranged. A start lever 6 is arranged on the right side of the medal insertion board 12a.

  A cold cathode tube 81 for illuminating the panel unit 28 is disposed below the stop button substrate 7a.

  Further, a window portion 27 is formed on the right side of the start lever 6 on the back surface of the front door 1b. The window portion 27 is configured to allow an infrared signal output from the second port portion 60 b of the door monitoring unit 60 and an infrared signal output from the mobile phone 70 to pass therethrough. Specifically, the window portion 27 is configured by a member capable of infrared communication between the door monitoring unit 60 and the mobile phone 70. Note that an opening penetrating from the back surface of the front door 1b to the surface may be formed in the window portion 27.

  A door monitoring unit 60 is disposed immediately below the window portion 27. The method for attaching the door monitoring unit 60 to the back surface of the front door 1b will be described later.

  On the back surface of the front door 1b, a main control board relay board (hereinafter referred to as a main relay board) 50 and a sub control board relay board (hereinafter referred to as a sub board) are provided so as to cover the lower portion of the door monitoring unit 60 from the back side. 51) (referred to as a relay board). Here, the sub relay board 51 is a relay board for electrically connecting the door monitoring unit 60 and the sub control board 40 through wiring. The specific description of the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51 is as follows.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51. As shown in FIG. 5, in the main relay board 50, a medal selector connector 50 a for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the medal selector 80 is arranged. On the right side of the medal selector connector 50a, there is disposed a stop button connector 50b for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the stop button substrate 7a. Also, an adjustment button connection portion 50h for connecting to the wiring from the medal adjustment button 25 is disposed below the medal selector connector 50a, and an open side is provided below the adjustment button connection portion 50h. / A stop release connection portion 50i for connecting to the wiring from the stop release portion 24 is disposed.

  On the right side of the check button connection portion 50h, a stop setting switch 50j for setting whether or not to stop after the BB game is finished when the power is turned on is arranged. On the right side, an automatic settlement switch 50l for automatically setting the presence / absence of medal settlement after the BB game is finished when the power is turned on. Further, a reset switch 50k for canceling the error state when an error occurs is disposed below the stop setting switch 50j.

  In addition, a game information display connector 50f for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the game information display board 17a is disposed on the right side of the automatic settlement switch 50l. Further, a main control connector 50g for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the main control board 30 is disposed below the game information display connector 50f.

  Further, the main relay board 50 is provided with a MAX-BET connector 50c for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the medal insertion board 12a. A 1-BET connector 50d is disposed on the right side of the MAX-BET connector 50c. The 1-BET connector 50d is a tip of wiring from a predetermined board (a board for betting one credited medal and turning on an LED inside the BET switch 11 in accordance with the operation of the BET switch 11). It is a connector for fitting the connector attached to the.

  On the right side of the 1-BET connector 50d, a start lever connector 50e for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the start lever 6 is arranged.

  When the main relay board 50 receives a signal from the medal selector 80 via, for example, the wiring from the medal selector 80 or the medal selector connector 50a, the main relay board 50 receives the signal via the main control connector 50g. Relay transmission to the main control board 30. Similarly, when a signal is sent to the main relay board 50 from the stop button board 7a, the medal insertion board 12a, and the start lever 6, the main relay board 50 relays and transmits the signal to the main control board 30. To do. Also, the main relay board 50 sends signals indicating information set by various switches (stop setting switch 50j, automatic settlement switch 50l, reset switch 50k) via the main control connector 50g. Transmit to the control board 30.

  When a signal for driving and controlling the game information display board 17a is sent from the main control board 30 to the main relay board 50 via the main control connector 50g, the main relay board 50 Is relay-transmitted to the game information display board 17a via the game information display connector 50f.

  In addition, in the sub relay board 51, an input board connector 51a for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the information input board 29a is disposed. On the right side of the input board connector 51a, a door monitoring connector 51b for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the door monitoring unit 60 is disposed. On the lower side of the door monitoring connector 51b, a sub-control connector 51c for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the sub-control board 40 is disposed.

  An inverter connector 51e for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the inverter 82 of the liquid crystal cold cathode tube is disposed on the left side below the sub-control connector 51c. On the right side of the inverter connector 51e, a speaker connector 51d for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring from the speakers 21L and 21R is arranged.

  In such a sub relay board 51, a signal from the information input board 29a (for example, switching of the liquid crystal screen of the liquid crystal display device 5 is shown via the wiring from the information input board 29a and the input board connector 51a. When the signal is received, the signal is relayed and transmitted to the sub control board 40 via the sub control connector 50c.

When the sub relay board 51 receives a signal from the door monitoring unit 60 via the door monitoring connector 51b, the sub relay board 51 relays the signal to the sub control board 40 via the sub control connector 50c. Further, the sub relay board 51 is connected via the sub control connector 50c.
When the signal from the sub control board 40 is received, the signal is relayed to the door monitoring unit 60 via the door monitoring connector 51b.

  Further, when the sub relay board 51 receives a signal for driving and controlling the speakers 21L and 21R via the sub control connector 50c, the sub relay board 51 relays the signal to the speakers 21L and 21R via the speaker connector 51d. Send.

  The main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51 configured as described above are provided with cover portions 53 that cover the front and back surfaces of the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51. Yes. The cover portion 53 is for protecting circuits formed on the surfaces of the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51. Here, in a state in which the cover portion 53 is attached to the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51, each cover (for example, the door monitoring connector 51b) and each connection section (for example, the door monitoring connector 51b) are connected to the cover portion 53. An opening is formed so that the adjustment button connection portion 50h) is exposed when the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51 are viewed from the front. This opening is for facilitating the insertion or removal of a connector or the like attached to the tip of the wiring from another board or device with the connector or the like on the relay boards 50 and 51.

  And the screw hole 53a is provided in the protrusion part above the cover part 53, and a protrusion part below. By inserting and fixing screws into the screw holes 53a and the screw holes provided on the back surface of the front door 1b, the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51 to which the cover 53 is attached are It is attached to the back surface of the door 1b.

  As shown in FIG. 4, an inverter 83 of a cold cathode tube for illuminating the panel section 28 is disposed below the main relay board 50 on the back surface of the front door 1b.

  On the back surface of the front door 1b, below the medal selector 80, a medal passage portion 81 for passing a medal inserted into the medal insertion port 22 when it is returned to the medal receiving portion 16 is disposed.

  On the left side of the upper part of the medal passage portion 81, a door monitoring sensor 65 is disposed. The door monitoring sensor 65 is provided with a button 65a. When the front door 1b is closed, the button 65a is pushed by the housing 1a, and when the front door 1b is opened, the button 65a is not pushed by the housing 1a. When the front door 1b is closed, the door monitoring sensor 65 transmits a signal indicating that the button is pressed to the door monitoring unit 60. When the microcomputer unit 60c of the door monitoring unit 60 receives the signal, it recognizes that the front door 1b is closed. When the front door 1b is opened, the door monitoring sensor 65 transmits a signal indicating that the button is not pressed to the door monitoring unit 60. When the microcomputer unit 60c of the door monitoring unit 60 receives the signal, it recognizes that the front door 1b is open. Speakers 21L and 21R are disposed below the back surface of the front door 1b.

  FIG. 6 is an external configuration diagram showing some devices in the gaming machine 1 in a state where the front door 1b is opened. As shown in FIG. 6, the connectors (for example, the door monitoring connector 51 b) disposed on the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51 disposed on the back surface of the front door 1 b, and the wiring ( For example, the wiring 51f) is connected to a corresponding substrate or device (for example, the door monitoring unit 60). In the case 1a, a hopper that stores medals to be paid out and a power supply unit 101 that supplies power to the gaming machine 1 by operating a main switch are disposed below the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. ing.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an enlarged view of a part of the front door 1b in which the window 27 and the door monitoring unit 60 are arranged in FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the door monitoring unit 60. FIGS. 9 and 10 are supplementary diagrams for explaining the attachment of the door monitoring unit 60 to the back surface of the front door 1b.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the door monitoring unit 60 is provided at a position near the sub relay board 51 on the back surface of the front door 1 b. Further, on the back surface of the front door 1b, the door monitoring unit 60 is disposed in the vicinity of the position of the back surface of the window portion 27 (the back surface when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine 1).

  As shown in FIG. 8, a door monitoring sensor connector 64 for fitting a connector attached to the leading end of the wiring from the door monitoring sensor 65 and a sub relay board 51 are installed at the upper end of the door monitoring unit 60. And a relay board connector 68 for fitting a connector attached to the tip of the wiring. The relay board connector 68 constitutes the first port portion 60a described above.

  The second port portion 60b provided inside the door monitoring unit 60 is opposite to one surface 66 of the door monitoring unit 60 in the thickness direction of the door monitoring unit 60 (perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 8). It is provided at a position close to the side surface (hereinafter referred to as the port side surface). Here, the door monitoring unit 60 is configured such that the second port unit 60 b can receive an infrared signal from the window 27 or transmit an infrared signal to the window 27. Specifically, for example, in the thickness direction of the door monitoring unit 60, the region 64 from the second port portion 60b to the port side surface is made of a material that can pass an infrared signal (for example, resin or the like). ).

  The second port portion 60b provided in the door monitoring unit 60 is provided at a position far from the port side surface in the thickness direction of the door monitoring unit 60 (in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 8). It may be done. In this case as well, the present invention can be applied. However, in order to reduce the amount of attenuation of the infrared communication signal before reaching the door monitoring unit 60 as much as possible, the second port unit 60b includes the door monitoring unit. In the thickness direction of 60, it is preferable to be provided at a position close to the port side surface.

  In addition, a screw hole 63 for inserting a screw necessary to attach the door monitoring unit 60 to the back surface of the front door 1b is formed in the side portion of the door monitoring unit 60.

  As shown in FIG. 9, screw holes 91 and 92 for inserting screws necessary for attaching the door monitoring unit 60 are provided on the back surface of the front door 1b. Further, a hole 90 for inserting a part of the door monitoring unit 60 is provided on the back surface of the front door 1b below the screw hole 91.

  And as shown in FIG. 10, while making the port part side surface of the door monitoring unit 60 and the back surface of the front door 1b face each other, the screw hole 63 and the screw hole 91 are aligned at the screw holes. The door monitoring unit 60 is attached to the back surface of the front door 1b by inserting and fixing screws 63 and the screw holes 91. Depending on the arrangement of the screw holes 63 in the door monitoring unit 60, the door monitoring unit 60 may be attached to the rear surface of the front door 1b by inserting and fixing screws into the screw holes 63 and 92. Good.

(Function and effect)
In the gaming machine 1 configured as described above, the door monitoring unit 60 is provided in the vicinity of the sub relay board 51, so that the relay between the door monitoring connector 51 b of the sub relay board 51 and the door monitoring unit 60 is provided. Wiring to the board connector 68 (for example, wiring 51f shown in FIG. 6) is shortened. Therefore, the wiring of the door monitoring unit 60 (for example, the wiring 51f between the sub relay board 51 and the door monitoring unit 60) is replaced with another wiring (for example, the main relay board 50, the sub relay board, and each board). And wiring for connecting between devices), and the presence of wiring of the door monitoring unit 60 complicates and disturbs the wiring existing in the gaming machine 1. The situation is avoided.

  Further, the sub control board 40 can display the monitoring history information sent from the door monitoring unit 60 on the liquid crystal display device 5. For this reason, compared with the case where the monitoring history information cannot be known unless the monitoring person or the like is through the hall computer, the administrator of the gaming machine 1, the monitoring person or the like can easily do without the hall computer, The monitoring history information can be known, and it can be easily known that the front door of the gaming machine 1 has been opened illegally.

  Further, a door monitoring unit 60 is provided at a position near the window 27 on the back surface of the front door 1b. At this time, the door monitoring unit 60 is provided on the back surface of the front door 1b so that the port side surface of the door monitoring unit 60 faces the back surface of the front door 1b. For this reason, the distance between the second port portion 60b of the door monitoring unit 60 and the window portion 27 is shortened. As a result, the distance between the second port portion 60b of the door monitoring unit 60 and the mobile phone 70 is reduced. Is also shortened. For this reason, compared with the case where the second port portion 60b of the door monitoring unit 60 is arranged at a position away from the window portion 27, the infrared communication signal reaches the door monitoring unit 60 or the mobile phone 70 until The situation of attenuation is avoided.

  In addition, the sub control board 40 stores a predetermined content sent as a process related to information sent from the mobile phone 70 via the door monitoring unit 60 and the sub relay board 51, or a liquid crystal It can be displayed on the display device 5 or output to the speakers 21L and 21R. For this reason, predetermined contents sent from the mobile phone 70 are stored, and thereafter, various contents are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 5 or output to the speakers 21L and 21R at appropriate times, thereby allowing the player to In some cases, the player may feel that a strange display or BGM is flowing, and may cause the player to have an expectation or thrill that something interesting or advantageous to him may occur during the game.

(Example of change)
(1) In the embodiment described above, the door monitoring unit 60 is disposed in the vicinity of the window 27 on the back surface of the front door 1b. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and on the back surface of the front door 1b, You may arrange | position to the area | region containing at least one part area | region among the area | regions of the window part 27 on the two-dimensional coordinate which consists of a height direction and a horizontal direction seeing from the front side of the gaming machine 1. For example, the door monitoring unit 60 is disposed on the back surface of the front door 1b at a position overlapping the window portion 27 (specifically, the position on the back surface of the window portion 27) when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine 1. Also good.

  Further, the sub control board 40 may cause the liquid crystal display device 5 to display an error based on the monitoring history information sent from the door monitoring unit 60. For example, the sub-control board 40 indicates the number of times of opening corresponding to each time zone (for example, pm 5:00 to 11: 00) (the number of times that the front door 1b is legitimately opened by a supervisor or a worker in advance). A release number table is shown. Then, the sub-control board 40 indicates the number of times of opening during a predetermined time zone, for example, in the number-of-opening-number table based on the sent monitoring history information and the number-of-opening table held. If the number is more than the number of times of opening, the liquid crystal display device 5 is caused to display an error. Thereby, a supervisor or the like can know that the front door 1b has been opened illegally.

  In the above-described embodiment, the sub control board 40 performs processing related to the opening and closing of the front door 1b by the door monitoring unit 60. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the main control board 30 performs the above processing. May be performed. Specifically, the main control board 30 stores the monitoring history information sent from the door monitoring unit 60 via the sub control board 40 in a predetermined storage unit, or displays lamps related to the monitoring history information (for example, , Lamp display indicating the number of times of opening in a predetermined time) may be performed on the monitoring history display lamp.

  In this case, a door monitoring connector for fitting a connector attached to the leading end of the wiring from the door monitoring unit 60 may be arranged on the main relay board 50. As a result, the main control board 30 stores the monitoring history information sent from the door monitoring unit 60 via the door monitoring connector of the main relay board 50 and the main control connector 50g in a predetermined storage unit. Alternatively, a lamp for monitoring history information (for example, a lamp display indicating the number of times of opening in a predetermined time) may be displayed on the monitoring history display lamp.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the communication device that is outside the gaming machine 1 and performs contactless communication with the door monitoring unit 60 is the mobile phone 70 has been described. Any communication terminal device (for example, a mobile terminal device) that can perform communication is not particularly limited. In the above-described embodiment, the case of infrared communication is described as the non-contact communication performed between the door monitoring unit 60 and the mobile phone 70. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the communicable range is Wireless communication using a 2.4 GHz band at about 10 m (specifically, wireless communication called Bluetooth (trademark)) may be used.

  In the above-described embodiment, the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51 have different configurations. However, the configuration is not limited to this, and the function of the main relay board 50 and the sub relay board 51 are not limited thereto. One board | substrate which has these functions may be arrange | positioned on the back surface of the front door 1b.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, a communication module for performing infrared communication with the door monitoring unit 60 may be arranged. And the door monitoring unit 60 may be arrange | positioned in the position where the port part side surface of the door monitoring unit 60 faces the back surface of the front door 1b, and the position where the port part side surface of the door monitoring unit 60 faces the housing | casing 1a. In addition, a door monitoring unit may be arranged. When the door monitoring unit is disposed at a position where the port side surface of the door monitoring unit 60 faces the housing 1a, the door monitoring unit 60 can perform infrared communication with the communication module. Thereby, the door monitoring unit 60 may transmit the monitoring history information to the hall computer via the communication module and the external concentration terminal board.

  In the door monitoring unit 60, two second port portions 60b may be provided. That is, the door monitoring unit 60 includes a first second port unit 60b that performs infrared communication with the mobile phone 70, and a second second port unit 60b that performs infrared communication with the communication module. You may make it have.

  In this case, the first second port portion 60b is, for example, a position close to the surface opposite to the one surface 66 of the door monitoring unit 60 in the thickness direction of the door monitoring unit 60 (perpendicular to the paper surface). Is provided. The second second port portion 60b is provided at a position close to one surface 66 of the door monitoring unit 60 in the thickness direction of the door monitoring unit 60 (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface). The door monitoring unit 60 is configured such that the first second port portion 60b can receive an infrared signal from the window portion 27 or transmit an infrared signal to the window portion 27, and the second second port portion 60b can receive the infrared signal. The two-port unit 60b is configured to receive an infrared signal from the communication module and to transmit the infrared signal to the communication module.

  And the door monitoring unit 60 may be arrange | positioned in the position where one surface 66 of the door monitoring unit 60 faces the housing | casing 1a. In this case, the door monitoring unit 60 can transmit the monitoring history information to the sub control board 40 and also to the hall computer.

  The surface of the door monitoring unit 60 may be covered with a resinous cover. This cover prevents dust from adhering to the door monitoring unit 60 and also enables the door monitoring unit 60 to be protected. Further, in order to transmit an infrared communication signal from the second port portion 60 of the door monitoring unit 60 to the outside of the cover or to receive the communication signal from the outside of the cover, all of the cover or a part of the cover is provided. May be made of a resin capable of passing an infrared communication signal.

  As mentioned above, although an example of the embodiment of the present invention and the example of the modification has been described, the specific example is merely illustrated, the present invention is not particularly limited, and the specific configuration and the like of each unit (for example, the door monitoring unit) The design of the configuration of 60, the configuration of the window 27, and the like can be changed as appropriate. Further, the actions and effects described in the embodiment and its modified examples are merely a list of the most preferable actions and effects resulting from the present invention, and the actions and effects according to the present invention are not limited to the embodiments of the present invention and modifications thereof. It is not limited to those described in the examples.

It is a front view which shows the gaming machine of this embodiment. In the gaming machine of this embodiment, it is an external appearance schematic diagram which shows the state which open | released the front door. It is a schematic block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the communication system containing the game machine of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the back surface of a front door seeing from the front side of the gaming machine of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the relay board for main of this embodiment, and the relay board for sub. In this embodiment, it is an external appearance block diagram which shows a one part apparatus in a game machine in the state by which the front door was open | released. In FIG. 6, it is a figure which shows a mode that a part of front door in which the window part and the door monitoring unit are arrange | positioned is expanded. It is a figure which shows the structure of the door monitoring unit of this embodiment. It is a supplementary figure for demonstrating attaching the door monitoring unit of this embodiment to the back surface of a front door. It is a supplementary figure for demonstrating attaching the door monitoring unit of this embodiment to the back surface of a front door.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine, 1a ... Housing, 1b ... Front door, 1c ... Hinge part, 3L, 3C, 3R ... Reel, 4L-4R ... Display window, 5 ... Liquid crystal display device, 6 ... Start lever, 7L, 7C, 7R ... Stop button, 7a ... Stop button board, 8a ... Cross down line, 8b ... Top line, 8c ... Center line, 8d ... Bottom line, 8e ... Cross up line, 10 ... Pedestal part, 11, 12 ... BET switch, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12a ... Medal insertion board, 15 ... Medal payout opening, 17 ... Game information display apparatus, 17a ... Game information display board, 21L, 21R ... Speaker, 22 ... Medal insertion slot, 23 ... Game status display part, 23a ... Game status display Substrate, 24 ... Open / stop release unit, 25 ... medal settlement button, 27 ... window, 28 ... panel unit, 29 ... information input unit, 29a ... information input substrate, 30 ... main system Substrate, 40 ... sub control board, 50 ... main relay board, 50a ... medal selector connector, 50b ... stop button connector, 50c ... sub control connector, 50c ... MAX-BET connector, 50d ... 1-BET connector, 50e ... Start lever connector, 50f ... Game information display connector, 50g ... Main control connector, 50h ... Checkout button connection, 50i ... Stop release connection, 50j ... Stop setting switch, 50k ... Reset switch, 50l ... automatic settlement switch, 51 ... sub relay board, 51a ... input board connector, 51b ... door monitoring connector, 51c ... sub control connector, 51d ... speaker connector, 51e ... inverter connector, 51f ... wiring, 53 ... Cover part, 53a ... Screw hole, 60 ... Door monitoring unit 60a ... 1st port part, 60b ... 2nd port part, 60c ... Microcomputer part, 60d ... Flash ROM, 63 ... Screw hole, 64 ... Door monitoring sensor connector, 65 ... Door monitoring sensor, 68 ... Relay board connector, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 70 ... Mobile phone, 80 ... Medal selector, 81 ... Medal passage part, 81 ... Cold cathode tube, 82, 83 ... Inverter, 91, 92 ... Screw hole.

Claims (5)

A front door configured to be openable and closable with respect to the casing; provided on the front side of the casing that houses the devices constituting the gaming machine as viewed from the front side of the gaming machine;
A door monitoring unit for monitoring the opening and closing of the front door;
A related processing board for performing processing related to the opening and closing monitoring of the front door by the door monitoring unit;
A relay board for electrically connecting the door monitoring unit and the related processing board via wiring;
The gaming machine, wherein the door monitoring unit is provided on the back surface of the front door and in the vicinity of the relay board. Having a display device provided at a position penetrating from the back surface of the front door to the surface;
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the related processing board is a display control board that causes the display device to perform display related to monitoring of opening and closing of the front door by the door monitoring unit. The door monitoring unit is provided with a non-contact communication unit for performing non-contact communication with a communication device outside the gaming machine,
The front door is provided with a window configured to allow a signal output from the non-contact communication unit and a signal output from the communication device to pass through,
On the back surface of the front door, in the vicinity of the window portion, or on a two-dimensional coordinate composed of a height direction and a horizontal direction when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine, at least a part of the region of the window portion. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the door monitoring unit is arranged in an area to be included.   The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the related processing board performs processing related to information transmitted from the communication device via the door monitoring unit and the relay board. A front door configured to be openable and closable with respect to the casing; provided on the front side of the casing that houses the devices constituting the gaming machine as viewed from the front side of the gaming machine;
A door monitoring unit comprising a non-contact communication unit for monitoring the opening and closing of the front door and performing non-contact communication with a communication device outside the gaming machine;
The front door is provided with a window configured to allow a signal output from the non-contact communication unit and a signal output from the communication device to pass through,
On the back surface of the front door, in the vicinity of the window portion, or on a two-dimensional coordinate composed of a height direction and a horizontal direction when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine, at least a part of the region of the window portion. A gaming machine, wherein the door monitoring unit is disposed in a region including the gaming machine.

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