JP2006130003A - Method for inspecting variable display, inspection program for variable display, and computer-readable recording medium having inspection program for the variable display recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for inspecting a variable display by which reliability is improved, an inspection program for the variable display, and a recording medium having this recorded thereon. <P>SOLUTION: The method for inspecting a variable display which is provided with a display main body, a storage means and a control means for carrying out the program for inspecting the program and data stored in the storage means of the variable display carries out: a collation value reception waiting step S15 of transmitting an inspection starting command to the control part to wait the reception of a collation value; a collation value reception step S16 of transmitting the collation value to receive the collation value for the inspection; a collation value holding step S17 of temporarily holding the received collation value; an inspection value generation step S21 of generating the inspection value of data in the storage means in the state of holding the collation value; a propriety decision step S22 of comparing the collation value with the inspection value to judge propriety of data in the storage means; and propriety judgment result output steps S23 and S32 of outputting a propriety judgment result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a variable display device inspection method, a variable display device inspection program, and a computer-readable recording medium on which the variable display device inspection program is recorded.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, gaming machines that include a game operation device such as an electrical decoration device, a sound output device, and a variable display device, and a control device that drives and controls the game operation device have become widespread.
As such gaming machines, pachinko machines, pachislot machines and the like are known. Among these, in the pachinko machine, when a player launches a game ball and wins a predetermined winning opening, the control device performs a jackpot lottery set with a predetermined probability, and a control signal is sent to each game operation device. Is output, an image is displayed on the variable display device, the illumination device is turned on / flashes, and a sound effect is output from the audio output device.

  Among these, in the variable display device, the display control device incorporated in the variable display device receives a control signal (command) from the control device of the pachinko machine, and forms an image on the display unit body of the variable display device. In general, a display program to be displayed is activated by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the display control device to display an image, and finally a combination of patterns corresponding to the control signal is finally displayed. The display program, the display data for the picture, and the like are stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory). For this reason, when changing the model of a pachinko machine or performing maintenance, an inspection is performed to determine whether the data stored in the ROM is correct in order to confirm that the variable display device is not defective. There is a need.

  As such a ROM inspection method, a method is known in which an inspection value (checksum) of data is calculated and an error in the data is detected by comparing the inspection value with a collation value (for example, Patent Document 1). reference). In the inspection method described in Patent Document 1, a verification value obtained from the addition result of data stored in the ROM is stored in the ROM in advance, and an inspection value obtained from the addition result of the data stored in the ROM; Compare with the matching value. As a result of this comparison, if the inspection value and the verification value do not match, it is possible to detect that there is an error in the data stored in the ROM.

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However, in the inspection method described in Patent Document 1, since the collation value is stored in the ROM in advance, there is a problem that an appropriate inspection cannot be performed when the collation value is written in the ROM with incorrect data. In other words, in the state where the collation value may be written with incorrect data, the reliability of the inspection is lowered, but when the inspection value and the collation value do not match, the inspection value is calculated. There is a problem that it is impossible to determine whether there is an error in the data, that is, data stored in the ROM, or whether there is an error in the collation value.
Further, since the inspection value is the addition result of data excluding the collation value stored in the ROM, the inspection value does not match the addition result that is added including the collation value when writing to the ROM. For this reason, there is a problem that it is impossible to verify whether or not the inspection value of the data stored in the ROM is a correct value.
Further, when ROM data is stored in a file format, there is a problem that it is difficult to calculate a test value excluding a collation value.
Therefore, there may be a problem in verification when comparing the inspection value with the collation value in the ROM inspection stage.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a variable display device inspection method, a variable display device inspection program capable of improving the reliability of error detection inspection of data stored in a storage means, and a computer on which the variable display device inspection program is recorded. To provide a readable recording medium.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the variable display device inspection method of the present invention includes a display device main body that displays an image composed of a predetermined combination of pictures, a program for causing the display device main body to display the image, and A program stored in the storage means of a variable display device comprising storage means for storing display data including picture data to be displayed by the program, and control means for executing the program stored in the storage means, and And / or a variable display device inspection method for inspecting display data, wherein a verification value reception waiting step of transmitting an inspection start command to the control means and waiting for reception of an inspection verification value; A collation value receiving step for transmitting the collation value and receiving the collation value for inspection; and a collation value storage for temporarily holding the received collation value for inspection. A test value generating step for generating a test value of the program and / or display data in the storage means in a state where the test verification value is held, the test verification value and the generated test value And a pass / fail judgment step for judging pass / fail of the program and / or display data in the storage means and a pass / fail judgment result output step for outputting a pass / fail judgment result are executed.

  Here, the variable display device is used in, for example, a gaming machine including a pachinko machine, and is configured by any one of a liquid crystal element, an organic EL element, an LED matrix, a projection system, or the like that displays a lottery image, a jackpot image, and an outlier image. The displayed display device can be exemplified.

  According to the present invention, an inspection collation value (hereinafter, may be abbreviated as “collation value”) for inspecting a program and / or data stored in the storage means is not stored in advance in the storage means. Since it is transmitted to the variable display device after the start command, the reliability of the collation value can be improved. As a result, the collation value is compared with the test value generated from the program and / or display data (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as “data”) stored in the storage means, and the data stored in the storage means It is possible to improve the reliability of the inspection for detecting the error.

  That is, when the collation value is stored in the storage unit in advance, if each of the collation value and the data is written as an incorrect value in the storage unit, the test value generated from the data matches the collation value. In some cases, an error in data stored in the storage means cannot be detected. In addition, when one of the collation value and data is written with an incorrect value, it cannot be verified which value is incorrect, so it takes time to investigate the cause of erroneous writing of data in the storage means. There's a problem.

  On the other hand, in the present invention, an inspection start signal is transmitted to the control means, the variable display device is set in a standby state for receiving a verification value (a verification value reception standby step), and a verification value transmitted after the inspection start signal is set. The collation value is received in the collation value receiving step, and the collation value for inspection is held in the collation value holding step. Then, an inspection value is generated from the data stored in the storage means in the inspection value generation step, the inspection value and the collation value are compared in the quality determination step, and the quality of the data in the storage means is determined. According to this, since the collation value is not stored in the storage unit in advance, it is possible to avoid the risk of erroneous writing occurring when the collation value is written in the storage unit. Therefore, since the correct collation value and the inspection value can be compared, the reliability of the error detection inspection of the data stored in the storage means can be improved.

Further, as described above, since the inspection collation value is not stored in the storage unit, even when the data storage format of the storage unit is a file format, in the generation of the inspection value excluding the collation value Difficulties can be avoided. Therefore, the inspection process can be simplified.
Further, in the pass / fail judgment result output step, the collation result between the collation value and the inspection value in the pass / fail judgment step is output, so that the result of the inspection can be easily confirmed. Therefore, the inspection efficiency of the variable display device can be improved.

In the present invention, the inspection value is preferably a checksum value of a program and / or display data stored in the storage means.
According to the present invention, by using the checksum of the data stored in the storage means as an inspection value, it is possible to perform a simple and reliable error detection inspection of the storage means. That is, since the checksum is the result of adding the data stored in the storage means, the test value of the data in the storage means can be quickly generated, and only one result of adding each data is calculated. By comparing the checksum value, which is the addition result, with the collation value, a simple and reliable inspection can be performed.

  The variable display device inspection program of the present invention includes a display device main body that displays an image composed of a predetermined pattern combination, a program for displaying the image on the display device main body, and a program that displays the program. A program and / or display data stored in the storage means of a variable display device comprising storage means storing display data including picture data and control means for executing a program stored in the storage means. A variable value display device inspection program executable on the control means for performing inspection, a verification value reception waiting step for transmitting a test start command to the control means and waiting for reception of an inspection verification value A collation value receiving step for receiving the inspection collation value, and a collation value holding step for temporarily holding the received inspection collation value. An inspection value generation step for generating an inspection value of the program and / or display data in the storage means in a state where the inspection reference value is held, the inspection reference value and the generated inspection value, And a pass / fail judgment step for judging pass / fail of the program and / or display data in the storage means and a pass / fail judgment result output step for outputting a pass / fail judgment result are executed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve substantially the same effect as the above-described inspection method for the variable display device.
That is, in the present invention, the inspection program for the variable display device is started by transmitting an inspection start command to the control means, and the control means receives the collation value at the collation value reception step through the collation value reception waiting step. The inspection value is generated from the data in the storage means in the inspection value generation step while the received verification value is held in the verification value holding step. Then, this inspection value is compared with the collation value in the quality determination step to determine the quality of the data in the storage means. As a result, the collation value transmitted from the outside can be received, and the collation value can be compared with the inspection value calculated from the data in the storage means, so that the pass / fail judgment using the correct collation value is performed. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately execute an error detection inspection of data in the storage means.
Moreover, since the control means can be caused to execute the inspection program for the variable display device using the reception of the inspection start signal as a trigger, the error detection inspection of the data stored in the storage means can be automatically performed. it can. Therefore, it is possible to perform a simple and error-free inspection.

In the present invention, the inspection value is preferably a checksum value of a program and / or display data stored in the storage means.
According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve substantially the same effect as the above-described inspection method for the variable display device. That is, the accuracy of the error detection inspection of the data stored in the storage means can be improved, and the inspection can be performed quickly.

The recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium in which the above-described variable display device inspection program is recorded.
According to the present invention, it is possible to execute the error detection inspection of the data stored in the storage means as described above by executing the variable display device inspection program recorded in the recording medium in a computer-readable manner. Become. As recording media, magnetic tapes such as DAT (Digital Audio Tape), magnetic disks such as FD (Flexible Disc), optical disks such as CD (Compact Disc) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), magneto-optical disks, hard disk devices, Further, a semiconductor memory or the like can be used, and by using these, the inspection program for the variable display device can be installed, executed, and distributed.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(1) Schematic Configuration of Pachinko Machine 1 FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment.
The pachinko machine 1 corresponds to the gaming machine of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 covers a game board 2, a panel 3 disposed on the game surface (surface seen from the player) 2A side of the game board 2, and the game board 2 and the panel 3. A glass plate (not shown) and a variable display device 4 are provided. Although not shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 includes a payout device 5 for paying out game balls, and a control board 6 for controlling the drive of the entire device including the variable display device 4. And a power supply unit that supplies electric power to the electronic components constituting the pachinko machine 1.
The configurations of the variable display device 4 and the control board 6 will be described in detail later.

  The game board 2 is formed of a substantially rectangular plywood material. Among these, although not shown, a plurality of nails and a plurality of openings are formed on the game surface 2A that faces the player and through which the game ball passes. A winning opening or the like is fitted in each of the openings.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the variable display device 4 is fitted in the opening 2 </ b> C formed in the approximate center of the game surface 2 </ b> A.
A lamp display device 21 and an LED device 22 that are turned on and blinking in conjunction with the operation of the variable display device 4 are arranged above and to the left and right of the variable display device 4.
Below the variable display device 4 is arranged a start chucker 23 which is a winning opening through which a big hit lottery by a control board, which will be described later, is started when a game ball wins, and a windmill 24 for guiding the game ball to the start chucker 23 is variable. It is arranged on the left and right of the display device 4.
Below each windmill 24, when a game ball wins, a chucker 25, which is a winning opening through which a predetermined number of game balls are paid out, is arranged.
Below the start chucker 23 is a winning opening where opening and closing operations are repeated until a predetermined time elapses or a predetermined number of game balls are won if a big hit lottery by the control board results in a big hit. An attacker 26 is arranged.
Below the attacker 26, an out port 27 is formed in which game balls that have not won any winning port are led to the panel 3 and are swallowed.

Among these, the start chucker 23, the chucker 25, and the attacker 26 are electrically connected to the control board 6, and when a game ball is won in each of the winning openings 23, 25, 26, the winnings won on the control board 6. It is configured to output a signal indicating the mouth.
Although not shown, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a speaker that generates sound effects and the like in conjunction with the operation of the variable display device 4 in addition to these.

  Further, a control board 6 (see FIG. 2) for controlling the driving of the entire pachinko machine 1 including the variable display device 4 is provided on the back surface of the game board 2 (the surface opposite to the game surface 2A). A payout device 5 (see FIG. 2) is provided for paying out a predetermined number of balls when game balls win the chucker 23, the chucker 25, and the attacker 26.

  The panel 3 is formed as a substantially rectangular plate with the center cut out in a substantially circular shape, and is formed of a synthetic resin in this embodiment. A rail (not shown) is formed inside the panel 3, and a game ball launched by a handle as a launching device (not shown) passes through the rail and has a hole 31 formed on the central left side of the panel 3. To appear on the game surface 2A of the game board 2.

(2) Configuration of Control Board 6 FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the variable display device 4 and the control board 6.
The control board 6 is electrically connected to the lamp device 21, the LED device 22, the winning ports 23, 25, 26 and the payout device 5 provided on the game board 2, and a game ball is placed in the winning ports 23, 25, 26. When winning a prize, a signal from the winning opening is received and a predetermined effect and a jackpot lottery are performed. The control board 6 includes a main control unit 61, a ROM 62, a RAM 63, and an interface 64.

Among these, the ROM 62 stores the control program of the pachinko machine 1 processed by the main control unit 61 and various control data, and is configured to be processed by the main control unit 61.
In addition, the interface 64 is electrically connected to the lamp device 21, the LED device 22, the winning openings 23, 25, 26, the payout device 5 and the variable display device 4, and the main control unit 61. When a game ball wins a winning opening 23, 25, 26, a detection signal output from the winning opening 23, 25, 26 is output to the main control unit 61 and also output from the main control unit 61. The drive signal is output to the lamp device 21, the LED device 22, the payout device 5 and the variable display device 4, respectively.

  The main control unit 61 reads the control program stored in the ROM 63 and executes the control program to control the driving of the pachinko machine 1. For example, when a winning signal is input from the winning openings 23, 25, 26 via the interface 64, a signal instructing payment of a predetermined number of game balls is output to the payout device 5 via the interface 64.

  Further, the main control unit 61 performs a lottery lottery when the winning opening where the game ball has won is the start chucker 23. A command (execution command) corresponding to the lottery result is output to the display control system 42 of the variable display device 4 described later via the interface 64.

(3) Configuration of Variable Display Device 4 As shown in FIG. 2, the variable display device 4 includes a display device body 41 that forms and displays an image and the like, and a display control system 42 that controls driving of the display device body 41. It has.
Among these, the display apparatus main body 41 can be comprised from the backlight which illuminates the transmissive liquid crystal panel and the said liquid crystal panel from the back side, for example.

The display control system 42 performs drive control of the display device main body 41 based on a command input from the main control unit 61 of the control board 6 via the interface 64.
The display control system 42 includes a control means 421 configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) 422, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 423, a display control unit 424, and image information. Three CGROMs (Character Generator ROM) 425, 426, and 427, VRAM (Video RAM) 428, and an interface 429, which store display data used for generation, are provided. Connected by.

Among these, the ROM 422 corresponds to the storage means of the present invention, and stores a control program processed by the control means 421 and various control data. The RAM 423 is used as a working memory for the control unit 421, and control data in the ROM 422 is temporarily written as necessary.
The display control unit 424 is configured by a CPU or the like, similar to the control unit 421, generates image information according to a command from the control unit 421, and outputs the image information to the display device main body 41. Display data for generating such image information is stored in CGROMs 425, 426, and 427.
These CGROMs 425 to 427 correspond to storage means of the present invention, and the CGROMs 425 to 427 store character information such as characters and patterns included in the image displayed on the display device main body 41, background image information, and the like. Has been.
That is, the display control unit 424 acquires character information, background image information, and the like stored in the CGROMs 425 to 427 in response to a command from the control unit 421, generates image information based on these information, and displays the display information. Output to the main body 41.

The VRAM 428 is a buffer in which image information output to the display device body 41 is temporarily written.
The interface 429 is interposed between the interface 64 of the control board 6 and the inspection machine 7 described later and the control means 421, and outputs a command input from the control board 6 or the inspection machine 7 to the control means 421. In other words, either the control board 6 or the inspection machine 7 is connected to the interface 429 of the variable display device 4.

The control unit 421 reads a control program stored in the ROM 422 based on commands input from the main control unit 61 of the control board 6 via the interface 64 and the interface 429, and displays the display device via the display control unit 424. Image information is output to the main body 41 and image formation by the display device main body 41 is executed.
In addition, the control unit 421 calculates checksums (inspection values) of the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 in response to an inspection start command (inspection start signal) input from the inspection machine 7 via the interface 429, The error detection inspection of the data stored in the CGROMs 425 to 427 is executed.
The control means 421 is functionally divided into a command receiving unit 4211, a main control unit 4212, a collation value generating unit 4213, an inspection value generating unit 4214, a quality determining unit 4215, and a result output unit 4216. .

The command receiving unit 4211 receives a command (execution instruction) input via the interface 429. The received command is output to the main control unit 4212.
The main control unit 4212 determines the command received by the command receiving unit 4211. If the command is a command related to image display input from the control board 6 via the interface 429, the main control unit 4212 responds to the command. The image information generation signal is output to the display control unit 424 to cause the display device body 41 to form an image based on the image information generation signal.
On the other hand, when the command input to the main control unit 4212 is an inspection start command (inspection start signal) that prompts the start of error detection inspection of each data stored in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427, the variable display device 4 is displayed. In the “ROM inspection” state, the apparatus waits to receive inspection verification value generation data to be input following the inspection start command.

  In this reception standby state, when a command including verification value generation data is input from the inspection machine 7 via the command reception unit 4211, the main control unit 4212 temporarily stores the verification value generation data of the command in the RAM 423. Write and hold. When the main control unit 4212 receives the collation value generation data, the collation value generation unit 4213 generates a collation value from the collation value generation data temporarily stored in the RAM 423.

  When the collation value generation by the collation value generation unit 4213 ends, the inspection value generation unit 4214 generates inspection values (checksum values) of data stored in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427. The checksum value is generated for each ROM, and the inspection value is temporarily stored in the RAM 423.

When the generation of the inspection value by the inspection value generation unit 4214 is completed, the pass / fail determination unit 4215 compares the ROMs 422, 425 to 427 with the matching values corresponding to the ROMs 422, 425 to 427, respectively. It is determined whether the data stored in .about.427 is correct or incorrect.
The result of the pass / fail judgment by the pass / fail judgment unit 4215 is transferred to the result output unit 4216. The result output unit 4216 and the inspection values generated from the data in the respective ROMs 422, 425 to 427, and the ROMs 422 and 425 to 425, respectively. A command for forming an image including a matching value corresponding to 427 is output to the display control unit 424 to cause the display device body 41 to form an image.
For example, if the collation value and the inspection value match, the result output unit 4216 outputs a command for forming an image with a green background color including the collation value and the inspection value to the display control unit, and does not match. In this case, a command for forming an image with a red background color including the verification value and the inspection value is output to the display control unit 424. Based on this command, the display control unit 424 causes the display device main body 41 to form an image corresponding to the command, so that it is possible to easily confirm the pass / fail determination result.

(4) Method for Inspecting Data in ROM 422 and CGROMs 425 to 427 FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of an inspection method for the variable display device 4.
Hereinafter, an inspection method for inspecting programs and data stored in the ROM 422 and the CG ROMs 425 to 427 constituting the display control system 42 of the variable display device 4 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the main control unit 4212 of the control unit 421 constituting the display control system 42 has an operation state of “normal operation”, that is, an image corresponding to a command input from the main control unit 61 of the control board 6. The operation state for forming is set and activated (processing S11). Then, the command receiving unit 4211 configuring the control unit 421 outputs a command input to the command receiving unit 4211 to the main control unit 4212, and the main control unit 4212 monitors the input command (processing S12). .

Further, the main control unit 4212 determines the type of command input via the command receiving unit 4211 (processing S13).
Here, when it is determined that the command input to the main control unit 4212 is a command input from the control board 6 via the interface 429, drive control of the display device body 41 is performed and based on the image forming command. While forming the image, the process returns to step S12 to continue monitoring the input command.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the command input to the main control unit 4212 is an inspection start command input from the inspection machine 7 via the interface 429, the main control unit 4212 sets the operation state to “ROM inspection”. (Processing S14), the verification value generation data reception standby state is set (Verification value reception standby step S15).

In process S15, the main control unit 4212 in the standby state for receiving collation value generation data determines whether collation value generation data is input (process S16). In this process S16, it is determined whether or not collation value generation data or another command is input within a certain period. This period may be set as appropriate.
In this process S16, when the input of the collation value generation data is not detected within a certain period, or when the input of another command is detected, it is determined whether it is either (process S31).

If the input of another command is detected, the main control unit 4212 returns to step S11, changes the setting of the operation state from “ROM inspection” to “normal operation”, and corresponds to the input command. A command for forming an image is output to the display control unit 424.
On the other hand, if the input of another command and collation value generation data is not detected within a certain period, the result output unit 4216 uses a signal input from the main control unit 4212 to output a command for forming an abnormal end screen. It outputs to the display control part 424, and displays the said abnormal end screen on the display apparatus main body 41 (process S32). Specifically, result output unit 4216 outputs to display control unit 424 a command for forming an image with a red background color including a message indicating that the collation value generation data has not been input.

On the other hand, when the input of the collation value generation data is detected in the determination process of process S16, the main control unit 4212 receives the collation value generation data and temporarily holds it in the RAM 423 (process S17). That is, this process S17 corresponds to a collation value receiving step and a collation value holding step of the present invention.
Then, while receiving and holding the collation value generation data in the process S17, it is determined whether or not the input data includes an end command, that is, whether or not the collation value generation data has been received (process S18). ).

Here, when the input of the end command is not detected, the process returns to the process S17, and the collation value generation data to be continuously input is received, stored in the RAM 423, and held.
On the other hand, when the input of the end command is detected, the reception of the collation value generation data is terminated (process S19), and the collation value generation data stored in the RAM 423 is collated with the data check value (checksum value). A verification value is generated (process S20).

In the processes S14 to S19 so far, the process of the display control system 42 for the command input from the inspection machine 7 will be specifically described.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing input / output of commands between the inspection machine 7 and the display control system 42 in the processes of steps S14 to S19. In FIG. 4, the processing S15, S16, S18 shown in FIG. 3 is not shown.
As shown in FIG. 4, the inspection device 7 connected to the variable display device 4 via the interface 429 outputs an inspection start command “FF74” when starting inspection of data stored in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 ( Process SA11). The main control unit 4212 of the control unit 421 that has received the inspection start command “FF74” sets the operation state to “ROM inspection” (process S14) as described above, and waits for reception of collation value generation data (step S14). Process S15).

  The inspection machine 7 outputs a command including the verification value generation data to the display control system 42 which is in a standby state for reception of the verification value generation data, following the inspection start command (processing SA12). In this processing SA12, the inspection machine 7 sequentially outputs commands including values corresponding to the first to eighth digits of the collation value of the ROM 422 and the first to eighth digits of the collation value of the CGROMs 425 to 427.

Specifically, the inspection machine 7 first outputs a command “FE0X11” including the collation value generation data corresponding to the first digit of the collation value in the ROM 422. “FE” of the command “FE0X11” indicates that the command includes the verification value generation data, and “0X11” is a data portion of the verification value generation data. The second digit of the data portion “0X11” indicates the ROM number. In this embodiment, “1” indicates the ROM 422 and “2” to “4” indicate the CGROMs 425 to 427, respectively. The lower first digit is digit position information indicating the value of the collation value of the ROM, and “1” indicates the first digit. Furthermore, “X” in the lower third digit indicates the collation value of the digit position indicated in the lower first digit of the ROM indicated in the lower second digit.
That is, the command “FE0X11” indicates that the first digit of the collation value in the ROM 422 is “X”. Here, a predetermined digit value of the collation value, that is, the collation value generation data is indicated as “X”, but “X” is a value determined as appropriate.

In such processing SA12, the command “FE0X11” including the collation value generation data output from the inspection machine 7 is input to the main control unit 4212 via the interface 429 and the command receiving unit 4211 of the display control system 42, and The control unit 4212 stores the collation value generation data “X” in the RAM 423 as the first digit of the collation value in the ROM 422 (processing S1701).
Thereafter, similarly, commands “FE0X12”, “FE0X13”, “FE0X14”, “FE0X15”, “FE0X16”, “FE0X17”, and “FE0X18” that are continuously output from the inspection machine 7 are received, and processing S1702 is performed. In S1708, the respective collation value generation data are stored in the RAM 423 as the second to eighth digits of the collation value in the ROM 422.

Further, the inspection machine 7 outputs a command including the verification value generation data of the CGROM 425 following the output of the command including the verification value generation data of the ROM 422. That is, the command “FE0X21” including the first-digit collation value generation data of the CGROM 425 is output following the command “FE0X18” including the eighth-digit collation value generation data of the ROM 422.
Receiving this command “FE0X21”, the main control unit 4212 stores the verification value generation data “X” as the first digit of the verification value in the CGROM 425 (processing S1711).
Thereafter, the inspection machine 7 uses the verification value generation data corresponding to the second to eighth digits of the verification value of the CGROM 425, the verification value generation data corresponding to the first to eighth digits of the verification value of the CGROM 426, and the verification value of the verification value of the CGROM 427. Each command including verification value generation data corresponding to the first to eighth digits is output. On the other hand, the main control unit 4212 receives the command including the verification value generation data, and stores the verification value generation data included in each command as each digit of each CGROM 425 to 427.

  Further, the inspection machine 7 outputs a data output end command after outputting the command “FE0X48” including the eighth digit collation value generation data of the CGROM 427. This data output end command is a command that means that the output of the collation value generation data has been completed, and the main control unit 4212 that has received the data output end command receives the command “FE0X48” including the collation value generation data. After the collation value generation data storage process (process S1738), the collation value generation data reception process ends (process S19). As a result, the storage process and the reception process can be ended reliably. Note that the reception process may be ended after a predetermined time in step S1738 without outputting the data output end command.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the collation value generation unit 4213 constituting the control unit 421 generates collation values in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 from the collation value generation data stored in the RAM 423, and temporarily stores them in the RAM 423. Hold (process S20).
In this process S20, the collation value generation data corresponding to each digit of each collation value is concatenated to generate the collation values of the respective ROM 422 and CGROMs 425 to 427.
For example, when commands “FE0111”, “FE0212”, “FE0313”, “FE0414”, “FE0A15”, “FE0B16”, “FE0C17”, and “FE0D18” are input as commands including the collation value generation data, processing S17 Then, “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “A”, “B”, “C”, “D” are used as the verification value generation data corresponding to 1 to 8 digits of the verification value in the ROM 422. Is stored in the RAM 423. The verification value generation unit 4213 connects these verification value generation data to generate a verification value “1234ABCD” in the ROM 422.

In this embodiment, the inspection machine 7 transmits a command with the ROM number and digit position information added to the data portion as a command including collation value generation data. It is also possible to transmit a command “FE0X” that does not add the ROM number and digit position information. In such a case, the ROM number and digit position information can be eliminated, and the command transmitted at one time is shortened, so that the command can be transmitted in a short time. Further, the verification value generation data of a plurality of digits may be transmitted by extending the command length.
On the other hand, if the inspection machine 7 transmits a command to which information such as a ROM number and digit position information is added, the occurrence of a communication error can be detected by detecting that the verification value generation data has not been transmitted.

  After generating and holding the collation value, the inspection value generation unit 4214 constituting the control unit 421 generates inspection values of the respective ROM 422 and CGROMs 425 to 427, that is, checksum values (inspection value generation step S21). This checksum value is generated for each ROM 422 and CGROM 425 to 427, and each generated checksum value is temporarily held in the RAM 423 as a check value.

Next, the pass / fail judgment unit 4215 compares the inspection values of the respective ROM 422 and CGROMs 425 to 427 with the corresponding collation values, and judges pass / fail of the data of the ROM 422 and CGROMs 425 to 427 (pass / fail judgment step S22). .
Here, when each inspection value and the collation value corresponding to the inspection value coincide with each other, a normal end screen indicating that the inspection has ended normally is displayed (good / bad determination result output step S23). Specifically, the result output unit 4216 generates a command for generating an image with a green background color including the inspection value and the collation value, and outputs the command to the display control unit 424. Then, the display control unit 424 generates image information corresponding to the command and outputs the image information to the display device main body 41. The display device main body 41 displays a normal end image corresponding to the image information.

On the other hand, if at least one set of each inspection value and the matching value corresponding to the inspection value does not match, an abnormal end screen indicating that an error has been detected in the ROM data in the inspection is displayed. (Pass / fail judgment result output step S32). Specifically, the result output unit 4216 generates a command for forming an image with a red background color including the inspection value and the collation value, and outputs the command to the display control unit 424. Then, the display control unit 424 generates image information corresponding to the command and outputs it to the display device main body 41, and the display device main body 41 displays an abnormal end image corresponding to the image information.
After the pass / fail judgment result output steps S23 and S32 are completed, the inspection of the data stored in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 is completed.

According to such an inspection method for the variable display device 4 of the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
Collation values that are collated with inspection values that are checksum values of programs and display data stored in the ROM 422 and CGROMs 425 to 427 are output as inspection value generation data from the inspection machine 7, and display control of the variable display device 4 Since the system 42 generates a verification value from the verification value generation data, the error detection inspection of the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 using the correct verification value can be performed.
That is, when the collation value is stored in advance in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 together with the program and the display data, the collation value may be erroneously written in the ROM. There is a problem that the inspection cannot be performed and the reliability of the inspection is low. On the other hand, at the time of error detection inspection of the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427, a verification value is generated from the verification value generation data input from the inspection machine 7, and the pass / fail determination is performed by comparing the verification value with the inspection value. Therefore, it is possible to improve the reliability of the error detection inspection and perform an appropriate inspection.

  Even when the program and display data stored in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 are stored in a file format, the check value is a check value excluding the check value because the check value is not stored in the ROM. It is possible to easily calculate the value. Therefore, the error detection inspection can be simplified.

  Furthermore, the determination result of the inspection value and the collation value, that is, the pass / fail determination results of the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 are output to the display device main body 41 of the variable display device 4 and displayed by the pass / fail determination result output steps S23 and S32. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm the result of the error detection inspection.

  Note that the variable display device inspection method as described above may be realized by a variable display device inspection program executed by inputting an inspection start command. For example, a ROM storing a variable display device inspection program for executing the processes S11 to 23, S31, and S32 in the inspection method described above is provided, and the program is read by using an inspection start command input from the inspection machine 7 as a trigger. It may be configured to execute in With such a configuration, since the error detection inspection of the variable display device 4 can be automatically executed, the inspection of the variable display device 4 can be simplified.

The variable display device inspection program is not only configured to be stored in the ROM, but is configured to be connectable to the variable display device 4 and can be read by the control means 421 constituting the display control system 42 of the variable display device 4. It may be configured to be stored in a simple storage medium. As such storage media, magnetic tapes such as DAT (Digital Audio Tape), magnetic disks such as FD (Flexible Disc), optical disks such as CD (Compact Disc) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), magneto-optical disks, and hard disk devices And semiconductor memory.
If such a variable display device inspection program is recorded on a storage medium as described above in a computer-readable manner, the variable display device inspection program can be easily distributed. The same applies to a configuration in which the variable display device inspection program is distributed by connecting to the Internet or the like.

(5) Variations of Embodiments The best configuration for carrying out the present invention has been disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited to these. That is, the invention has been illustrated and described primarily with respect to particular embodiments, but may be configured for the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art in terms of materials, quantity, and other detailed configurations.
Therefore, the description limiting the shape, material, etc. disclosed above is an example for easy understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The description by the name of the member which remove | excluded the limitation of one part or all of such is included in this invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the inspection value is a checksum value that is an addition result of the program and display data stored in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an arithmetic result by another method. Good.
In addition to generating test values from all data stored in the ROM 422 and CGROMs 425 to 427, test values may be generated from selected data.

  In the above embodiment, the data stored in the ROM 422 and the CGROMs 425 to 427 is the inspection object. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any data relating to drive control of the variable display device 4 is stored in other storage means. It may be processed data.

  In the above embodiment, the variable display device 4 is provided in the pachinko machine 1, but the present invention is not limited to this and may be a variable display device provided in a pachislot machine or other gaming machines.

  The present invention is stored in the storage means of a variable display device including a display device main body for displaying an image, storage means for storing a program and data, and control means for executing the program stored in the storage means. It can be suitably used as a program and data inspection method.

The front view which shows the pachinko machine concerning one Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the variable display apparatus and control board of the pachinko machine of the said embodiment. The figure which shows the processing flow of the test | inspection method of the data of the display control system of the said embodiment. The figure which shows the command input-output and a process with the inspection machine of the said embodiment, and a display control system.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine, 4 ... Variable display apparatus, 41 ... Display apparatus main body, 422 ... ROM (storage means), 425, 426, 427 ... CGROM (storage means), 421 ... Control part (control means), S15 ... Collation value Reception standby step, S17 ... processing (collation value reception step, collation value holding step), S21 ... inspection value generation step, S22 ... pass / fail judgment step, S23, S32 ... pass / fail judgment result output step.

Claims (5)

A display device main body for displaying an image composed of a predetermined pattern combination;
A program for displaying the image on the display device main body, and storage means for storing display data including picture data to be displayed by the program;
An inspection method for a variable display device for inspecting a program and / or display data stored in the storage means of a variable display device comprising a control means for executing a program stored in the storage means,
In the control means,
A verification value reception waiting step for transmitting an inspection start command and waiting for reception of a verification verification value;
A collation value receiving step of transmitting the collation value for inspection and receiving the collation value for inspection;
A verification value holding step for temporarily holding the received verification value;
A test value generation step of generating a test value of the program and / or display data in the storage means in a state in which the verification value for the test is held;
A pass / fail judgment step for comparing the test collation value with the generated test value and judging pass / fail of the program and / or display data in the storage means;
An inspection method for a variable display device, comprising: executing a pass / fail judgment result output step for outputting a pass / fail judgment result. The inspection method for a variable display device according to claim 1,
The inspection method for a variable display device, wherein the inspection value is a checksum value of a program and / or display data stored in the storage means. A display device main body for displaying an image composed of a predetermined pattern combination, a program for displaying the image on the display device main body, and a storage means for storing display data including pattern data to be displayed by the program; In order to inspect the program and / or display data stored in the storage means of a variable display device comprising a control means for executing the program stored in the storage means, the control means can be executed on the control means An inspection program for a variable display device,
In the control means,
A verification value reception waiting step for transmitting an inspection start command and waiting for reception of a verification verification value;
A verification value receiving step for receiving the verification value for inspection; and
A verification value holding step for temporarily holding the received verification value;
A test value generation step of generating a test value of the program and / or display data in the storage means in a state in which the verification value for the test is held;
A pass / fail judgment step for comparing the test collation value with the generated test value and judging pass / fail of the program and / or display data in the storage means;
An inspection program for a variable display device, comprising: executing a pass / fail judgment result output step for outputting a pass / fail judgment result. In the inspection program for variable display devices according to claim 3,
The inspection program for a variable display device, wherein the inspection value is a checksum value of a program and / or display data stored in the storage means.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the inspection program for a variable display device according to claim 3 is recorded.

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