JP2006142062A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine by which a number of drive means relative to a plurality of rotation bodies in a display unit can be reduced to reduce cost and a component housing space in the game machine can be effectively used. <P>SOLUTION: In the game machine having the display unit 50 constituted of the plurality of rotation bodies in which a plurality of discriminating data are arranged and drive means rotating the plurality of rotation bodies, the drive means comprises one drive means M rotating the plurality of rotation bodies, a plurality of drive force transmitting means 58, 63 individually transmitting the drive force by the one drive means to the plurality of rotation bodies 56, 57 are respectively arranged between the one drive means and the plurality of rotation bodies. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a display device that includes a plurality of rotating bodies in which a plurality of pieces of identification information are arranged and a driving unit that rotates the plurality of rotating bodies.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine includes a display device that includes a plurality of rotating bodies in which a plurality of pieces of identification information are arranged and a driving unit that rotates the plurality of rotating bodies. There are some that display a game hit / miss or the like by a combination of identification information stopped on the surface of the game board by stopping.

  The display device includes a motor as a driving unit for each of the plurality of rotating bodies, and the identification information arranged on the plurality of rotating bodies by controlling the rotational speed of the plurality of driving units and the number of rotations until stopping. The change display and the combination at the time of stop were changed.

  However, in a gaming machine equipped with a conventional rotating body type display device, since the number of driving means equal to the number of rotating bodies is required, complicated control processing for a plurality of driving means (motors) is required. There is a problem that the processing is burdened and the design of the gaming machine is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and reduces the number of driving means for a plurality of rotating bodies in a display device to reduce the burden of control processing on the driving means (motor), thereby making the game easy to design. The purpose is to provide a machine.

  The invention of claim 1 is a gaming machine comprising a display device comprising a plurality of rotating bodies arranged with a plurality of identification information and a driving means for rotating the plurality of rotating bodies, wherein the driving means has a plurality of rotations. A plurality of driving force transmitting means for individually transmitting a driving force by the one driving means to the plurality of rotating bodies, the driving means transmitting between the one driving means and the plurality of rotating bodies; Each is provided.

  The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in claim 1, the rotational speeds of at least two rotating bodies are made different from each other by making the structures of the respective driving force transmission means for at least two rotating bodies different from each other. .

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the driving means is a pulse motor, and the driving force transmission means is connected to a driving side gear fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor and a plurality of rotating bodies. It comprises a gear mechanism having a rotating body gear and a transmission gear for transmitting the rotational force of the driving side gear to the rotating body gear.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the drive means is a pulse motor, and a drive stop control means for controlling the drive and stop of the pulse motor, and a predetermined number of each of the plurality of rotating bodies. Position detecting means for detecting a position, and stop time control means for controlling a stop time of the pulse motor based on detection by the position detecting means.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the number of pieces of identification information arranged in at least two of the plurality of rotating bodies is different from each other.

  According to the gaming machine according to the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, since a plurality of rotating bodies can be individually rotated by one driving means, compared to providing the same number of driving means as the number of rotating bodies. The control system of the driving means is not burdened, and the design of the gaming machine becomes easy.

  Furthermore, according to the gaming machine according to the invention of claim 2, since the rotational speeds (number of rotations) of at least two rotating bodies can be made different from each other by making the configurations of the plurality of driving force transmission means different, These display patterns can be controlled by a single driving means.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 3, since the driving means is a pulse motor and the driving force transmission means is a gear mechanism, the rotation and stop of the rotating body can be controlled reliably.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 4, based on the detection by the pulse motor, the drive stop control means for controlling the drive and stop of the pulse motor, the position detection means for detecting each predetermined position of the plurality of rotating bodies, and the detection by the position detection means. Since the stop time control means for controlling the stop time of the pulse motor is provided, the stop positions of the plurality of rotating bodies can be controlled, and various stop patterns can be controlled by one drive means.

  Furthermore, according to the invention of claim 5, since the number of identification information arranged on at least two of the plurality of rotating bodies is different from each other, the display pattern of various identification information is controlled by one driving means. be able to.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a front view showing a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a variable display unit in the gaming machine of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a normal symbol display device in the gaming machine of FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a cover body of a normal symbol display device, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a rotating mechanism portion of the rotating device, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system in the gaming machine of FIG.

  A gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a pachinko gaming machine, and a gaming board 3 is assembled in an outer frame 2 so as to be detachable. An outer guide rail 4 and an inner guide rail 5 of a game ball are erected in a substantially circular shape on the edge of the game board 3, and a variation display portion 8 and a normal symbol display are displayed in a game area 6 surrounded by the inner guide rail 5. A device 50, a special symbol display device 80, various winning openings, a launching device H, and the like are provided. Reference numeral 17 is an outlet, 18a and 18b are lamp windmills, 22a and 22b are windmills, 34 is a lower ball tray, 35 and 35a are lamps, and 37 is a speaker.

  As a winning opening, an upper first type starting winning opening 10 below the fluctuation display portion 8, a lower first type starting winning opening 11 having a movable piece as a normal electric accessory, and a large winning opening 15 which is a special electric accessory. Are arranged on the left and right sides of the upper and lower first-type start winning ports 10 and 11, and a left-sleeved winning port 23 and a right-sleeved winning port 25. 27 and a right drop winning opening 29 are arranged. Then, the game ball launched by the operation of the launching device H (handle) is launched into the game area through the passage between the outer guide rail 4 and the inner guide rail 5, falls while rolling, and enters the prize opening. When it enters and is detected by each switch provided on the back side of the winning opening, a predetermined number of winning ball game balls are paid out from the ball payout outlet 36 onto the upper ball receiving tray 38.

  A normal symbol variation start left gate 19 and a normal symbol variation start right gate 21 are provided on the left and right of the variation display portion 8, and the normal symbol variation start left gate 19 and the normal symbol variation start right gate 21 play a game. When the ball enters and is detected by a normal symbol variation start switch provided on the back side of the gates 19 and 21, the left symbol 56 and the right symbol 57 are rotated in the normal symbol display device 50. As shown in FIG. 3, normal symbols as a plurality of pieces of identification information 56b and 57b are arranged on the peripheral surfaces 56a and 57a of the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 in the normal symbol display device 50, and specific identification is performed. When the rotating bodies 56 and 57 are stopped by the information, a small hit is made, and the lower first type start winning opening 11 is opened and opened, so that the game ball can easily enter. In the left rotator 56 of this example, the peripheral surface 56a is divided into four 90 ° portions, and red “7”, “BAR”, blue “7”, and “BAR” are in this order as the identification information 56b. 56a, and on the right side rotator 57, the peripheral surface 57a is divided into six portions of 60 °, and the identification information 57b is red '7', blue '7', 'BAR', red '7', Blue '7' and 'BAR' are arranged on the peripheral surface 57a in this order. In addition, the structure of the fluctuation | variation display part 8 in this Example and the normal symbol display apparatus 50 is mentioned later.

  Further, when a game ball enters the first type start winning opening 10, 11 and is detected by a special symbol change start switch provided on the back side of the starting winning opening 10, 11, the special symbol display device When the special symbol fluctuates at 80 and stops at a specific combination of symbols, it becomes a big hit and the big winning opening 15 repeats opening and closing a predetermined number of times to make it easy to enter a game ball, and a predetermined number of game balls for each ball entered Will be paid out. The special symbol display device 80 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal, a dot matrix, or an LED display device. In this embodiment, the special symbol display device 80 includes a liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD module) capable of color display and the like. It is divided into two symbol display areas, a left symbol display area, a central symbol display area, and a right symbol display area. A left special symbol can be displayed in the left symbol display area, a middle special symbol in the central symbol display area, and a right special symbol in the right symbol display area. The special symbols displayed in the left symbol display area, the central symbol display area, and the right symbol display area in this embodiment are “0”, “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “ There are twelve symbols, 5 ',' 6 ',' 7 ',' 8 ',' 9 ',' 10 ', and' 11 ', so-called double eyes that have the same final stop symbol in each display area. For example, in the case of 000, 111 or the like, the big hit is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the variation display portion 8 in this embodiment is inserted into the display device opening formed substantially at the center of the game board 3 and attached to the front side (player side) of the game board 3. A front case 41, a back case 42 attached to the back side of the game board 3, and the normal symbol display device 50 and the special symbol display device 80 held in both cases 41, 42.

  The front case 41 has display windows 41a and 41b for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 on the upper half side, and a display window 41C for the special symbol display device 80 on the lower half side. In addition, a special symbol memory display LED 41d is formed in the upper and lower intermediate portions, and the periphery is an attachment portion 41e to the game board 3. The special symbol memory display LED 41d is for displaying the number of balls that have entered the first type start winning openings 10 and 11 and have not yet been used for the determination of success or failure. Except for those used for determination, a maximum of four are stored in the gaming machine 1 and lighted and displayed on the special symbol memory display LED 41d.

  The back case 42 is formed with an opening 42a for the normal symbol display device 50 on the upper half side, and an opening 42b for the special symbol display device 80 is formed on the lower half side. The normal symbol display device 50 and the special symbol display device 80 are inserted and fixed to the portions 42a and 42b from the back side of the case 42. Further, a mounting portion 42 </ b> C to the back side of the game board 3 is formed at the periphery of the back case 42.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the normal symbol display device 50 includes a cover body 51 including an upper cover body 52, a lower cover body 53, and both side cover bodies 54, 54, and the cover body 51. The rotating device 55 is housed in most of the motor except for the pulse motor M.

  Display windows 51a, 51b corresponding to the display windows 41a, 41b of the front case 41 are formed on the front surfaces of the upper cover body 52 and the lower cover body 53, and both edges of the rear surface are connected to the rear case 42. Mounting portions 52C and 53C are provided, respectively. Reference numerals 53d and 53e are bearing concave portions, and 53f is a rotational bearing concave portion of the pulse motor M. The both side cover bodies 54 and 54 are attached so as to cover the openings on both side parts in the combined state of the upper cover body 52 and the lower cover body 53.

  The rotating device 55 rotates the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 in which a plurality of pieces of identification information are arranged on the peripheral surfaces 56a and 57a as described above, and one drive for rotating the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57. Known pulse motor M (for example, PSB-25C manufactured by Brother Industries, Ltd.) and two driving force transmission means for individually transmitting the driving force by the pulse motor M to the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 The left-side rotating body gear mechanism 58 and the right-side rotating body gear mechanism 63 correspond to the above.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the left rotator 56 and the right rotator 57 have a single boundary portion 59 a that is rotatably held between the upper cover body 52 and the lower cover body 53. Inserted from both the left and right sides of the rotating body support shaft 59, the rotating body support shaft 59 can be idled so as to be able to rotate individually.

  The left rotating body gear mechanism 58 includes a driving side gear 60 fixed to the rotating shaft m of the pulse motor M, and a left rotating body gear 61 coupled to the side surface of the left rotating body 56 by fitting or the like. The left-side rotor transmission gear 62 is engaged with the drive-side gear 60 and the left-side rotor gear 61 to transmit the rotational force of the drive-side gear 60 to the left-side rotor gear 61. The transmission gear 62 for the left rotating body is fixed to a single shaft 64 rotatably held between the upper cover body 52 and the lower cover body 53, and rotates integrally with the shaft 64. ing. Reference numeral 67 denotes a shaft fixing member that fixes the transmission gear 62 for the left rotating body to the shaft 64.

  The right rotating body gear mechanism 63 is fixed to a right rotating body gear 65 coupled to the side surface of the right rotating body 57 by fitting or the like, and a shaft 64 to which the left rotating body transmission gear 62 is fixed. The right rotating body transmission gear 66 meshes with the right rotating body gear 65. The right rotating body transmission gear 66 is rotated integrally with the left rotating body transmission gear 62 via the shaft 64 to transmit the rotational force of the drive side gear 60 to the right rotating body gear 65. The right side rotator 57 is rotated. Reference numeral 68 denotes a shaft fixing member that fixes the transmission gear 66 for the right-side rotator to the shaft 64.

  In this embodiment, the left-side rotating body gear mechanism 58 and the right-side rotating body gear mechanism 63 are different from each other in the structure of the gear mechanism that is a driving force transmitting means, so that the left-side rotating body 56 and the right-side rotating body 57 The rotation speed (the number of rotations at a certain time) is different. That is, in the left rotating body gear mechanism 58, the drive side gear 60, the left rotating body transmission gear 62, and the left rotating body gear 61 all have 20 teeth, whereby the rotation shaft m of the pulse motor M is rotated. The left rotating body gear 61 and the left rotating body 56 rotate in the same direction at the same rotational speed (rotational speed). On the other hand, in the right rotating body gear mechanism 63, the right rotating body transmission gear 66 that rotates integrally with the left rotating body transmission gear 62 by the rotation of the driving side gear 60 has 16 teeth. The number of teeth of the right-side rotor gear 65 meshing with the transmission gear 66 is 24, so that the rotation speed (the number of rotations) is the same direction as the rotation axis m of the pulse motor M and 2/3 times the rotation axis m. ), The right rotating body gear 65 and the right rotating body 57 are rotated. Thus, by making the configuration of the gear mechanism as the driving force transmission means different between the left side rotator 56 and the right side rotator 57, in this embodiment, when the left side rotator 56 rotates three times as shown in Table 1. The right side rotator 57 rotates twice.

  Further, the gaming machine 1 is provided with detecting means for detecting a predetermined position in the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57, and the position of the predetermined identification information on the peripheral surfaces of the both rotating bodies 56, 57 is provided. It can be grasped. In this embodiment, as shown in Table 1, at the positions of the display windows 51a and 51b for the rotators 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50, the identification information of both the rotators 56 and 57 is red. The starting point is the stop position of both rotating bodies 56 and 57 that are displayed as' and are small hits (per normal symbol for expanding and opening the lower first type start winning opening 11). ing. Further, the detecting means of this example is a method for confirming the position of the left rotating body in which slits 69a and 70a capable of transmitting light are respectively formed on a part of the peripheral surface of the annular body and fixed to the side surface of the left rotating body gear 61. A position for the left rotating body including a right rotating body position confirmation member 70 fixed to the side surfaces of the member 69 and the right rotating body gear 65, and a photo sensor provided so as to sandwich the outer surface of the annular body of the both position confirmation members 69. It consists of a detector 71 and a position detector 72 for the right rotating body. The slits 69a and 70a are set on the side portions of the two rotations 56 and 57 where one red '7' set as the starting point is located on the respective peripheral surfaces of the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57. The detection means is not limited to one using a photosensor.

  The pulse motor M is controlled by drive stop means and stop time control means included in the main control circuit 140 shown in FIG. The drive stop means drives and stops the pulse motor M, whereas the stop control means, based on the detection result by the position detection means, stops the pulse motor M, that is, the left and right rotating bodies 56, The stop position of 57 is controlled, and the identification information located in the display windows 51a and 51b for the rotary bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 is controlled.

  The main control circuit 140 includes a computer having a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and a plurality of counters, an input / output circuit connecting the computer and the display control circuit 150 and the like, and a relay circuit connected to the computer and the special winning opening 15 Etc. It is comprised by the input-output circuit etc. which connect etc. The CPU includes a control unit, a calculation unit, various counters, various registers, various flags, etc., and performs calculation control, and also generates a random number or the like that determines a big hit occurrence probability or a small hit occurrence probability. In addition, the RAM has a storage area for a detection signal for a special symbol change start and a detection signal for a normal symbol change start switch, a storage area for various random numbers generated by the CPU, and a storage area for temporarily storing various data. And a working area of the CPU. Further, in the ROM, game control programs and control data (for example, data for the drive stop means and stop time control means) are written, and determination values for big hits and small hits in each gaming state to be described later, etc. Has been written. Further, in this embodiment, the left rotating body position detector 71 and the right rotating body position detector 72 are connected to the computer through an input / output circuit, and the computer and the pulse motor M in the normal symbol display device 50 are connected to the input motor. It is connected via an output circuit.

  The display control circuit 150 includes a computer having a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM, an input circuit connecting the computer and the main control circuit 140, the computer and a special symbol display device (determination result fixed stop display means) 80. It is composed of an output circuit that connects the two. The CPU includes a control unit, a calculation unit, various counters, various registers, various flags, and the like, and performs calculation control. The RAM has a storage area for various data and a work area for the CPU. Further, symbol data such as display data and various display programs is written in the ROM.

  In this embodiment, there are two types of flags provided in the main control circuit 140 or the display control circuit 150: a big hit determination flag F1 and a small hit determination flag F2. These flags are all set to 0 at the initial setting, F1 = 1 is set for the big hit, and F2 = 1 is set for the small hit.

  Furthermore, the plurality of counters provided in the main control circuit 140 are, in this embodiment, a jackpot determination counter that relates to a jackpot for executing a special game for opening the jackpot 15 a predetermined number of times, and the special symbol display device at the time of jackpot There is a special jackpot determining counter for determining the big hit symbol combination displayed on 80, a special symbol determining counter for determining the special symbol display displayed on the special symbol display device 80 at the time of release, and the lower side There is a counter for small hits relating to the small hits for expanding and opening the first type start winning opening 11.

  Since the embodiment of the present invention has a feature in the rotating device 55 that is normally used in the symbol display device 50, the counter related to the jackpot and the execution process of the special game using the same will be briefly described below.

  The big hit determination counter is for determining whether or not it is a big hit. In this example, the big hit determination counter has a numerical value of 0 to 629, and starts from “0” when the gaming machine 1 is turned on. For example, one is added every 4.000 ms), and when the numerical value becomes '629', then it returns to '0' again to repeat the addition. The value of the jackpot determination counter is acquired when the game ball wins the first type start winning opening 10 and 11 and is detected by the special symbol variation start switch, and is determined in advance as a jackpot comparison value. In contrast, it is contrasted with low probability '5' and '500' described later, and high probability '5', '50', '100', '200', '300', '350', '400', ' Compared with 450 ',' 500 ', and' 600 ', it is determined whether or not it is a big hit. When the numerical values coincide with each other and it is judged that the big hit, F1 is set to 1. In addition, since the game ball may win the first type start winning ports 10 and 11 and the value of the jackpot determination counter may be acquired again before the determination of whether or not the winning is completed, the jackpot determination counter A maximum of four storage acquisition numerical values (update acquisition numerical values) are stored in the storage area of the RAM in the main control circuit 140 except for the acquisition numerical value that is currently being determined, and are sequentially used for determination.

  The jackpot special symbol determination counter determines a jackpot symbol combination that is stopped and aligned in the left display area, the center display area, and the right display area of the special symbol display device 80. This big hit special symbol determination counter repeats the numerical value starting from “0” at power-on, incrementing by “1” every interrupt time, and then returning to “0” again when reaching “9”. . The value of the jackpot special symbol determination counter is acquired when the winning balls of the first type starting winning ports 10 and 11 are detected by the special symbol variation start switch, and up to 4 except for those currently being displayed. It is stored in the RAM of the main control circuit 140. A jackpot symbol combination corresponding to each numerical value is assigned in advance to the numerical value of the jackpot special symbol determination counter. In the embodiment, when the acquisition value of the jackpot special symbol determination counter is “0”, the jackpot symbol combination is “0, 0, 0”, and when the acquisition value is “1”, the jackpot symbol combination is “1,”. The acquired value of the jackpot special symbol determination counter is assigned so as to be a symbol constituting the big hit symbol combination grate, such as “1, 1”. Further, in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, when the jackpot symbol combination is an odd number of random numbers such as “1, 1, 1”, in addition to the occurrence of the jackpot, a high probability is set after the jackpot is finished. Thus, the probability of the next big hit occurrence becomes a probability fluctuation state (high probability state, 5/315) higher than the normal gaming state (low probability state, 1/315).

  The special symbol determination counter for losing is used for determining a special symbol for losing that is to be confirmed and stopped on the special symbol display device 80 when it is released based on the determination of whether or not the big hit is made. In this embodiment, the counter includes a left display area counter, a center display area counter, and a right display area counter, each of which is configured by a numerical value of “0” to “9”. The special symbol determination counter for detachment starts from “0” when the power is turned on, and “1” when the numerical value of the special symbol determination counter for big hit returns from “9” to “0” again by repeated addition. 'It is added one by one. The counter for the central display area is incremented by 1 when the numerical value of the counter for the left display area increases to “9” by repeating the addition and returns to “0” again. When the addition is repeated, the value of the counter for the central display area increases to “9” and when it returns to “0” again, the value of the counter for the right display area is incremented by “1”. As a result, it is possible to avoid synchronization (addition in the same combination) of the jackpot special symbol determination counter and the detachment special symbol determination counter. Further, in this embodiment, in the case of detachment, the values of the counters for the left, center and right display areas are coincidentally matched, that is, when the jackpot symbol combination is configured, the counter value for the right display area is decremented by 1. In other words, a deviating symbol combination is configured. The right display area counter also returns to ‘0’ again when the numerical value reaches ‘9’ by repeated addition.

  Corresponding symbols are assigned in advance to the numerical values of the left, center, and right display area counters. In the embodiment, when the acquired numerical value of each counter is “1”, the acquired symbol becomes “1”, and the acquired numerical value of each counter is assigned as a deviated symbol as it is. Then, every time a winning ball is detected by the special symbol variation start switch, the left display region and the central display region of the special symbol display device 80 are separated by a combination of numerical values acquired from the left, center and right display region counters. The combination of outliers to be confirmed and stopped in the right display area is determined. In addition, a predetermined number of numerical values acquired by the special symbol determination counter for outliers are stored in a predetermined number of out symbol storing areas of the RAM in the main control circuit 140, in this example, up to a maximum of four except for the numerical value for the special symbol for out of display. The

  The execution process of the special game is determined in the series of processes by the main control circuit 140 as to whether or not the value of the flag F1 is 1, and when F = 1, it is determined by the jackpot special symbol determination counter. After the jackpot symbol is displayed on the special symbol display device 80, a predetermined special game is executed. When F1 = 0, the off symbol determined by the off symbol determining counter is displayed on the special symbol display device 80.

  On the other hand, the counter for small hits has a numerical value C of 1 to 12, and is set to small hits in advance when it is “1”, and a normal symbol (identification information) corresponding to each numerical value is assigned in advance. It has been. In this embodiment, the stop normal symbols (stop identification information) of the rotating bodies 56 and 57 to be stopped and displayed on the display windows 51a and 51b of the normal symbol display device 50 according to the acquired numerical value C of the small hit counter are displayed. It is defined as 1. For example, when the acquired numerical value C of the counter for small hits is “1”, it constitutes a small hit and both the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 have a stop normal symbol (identification symbol) of “7” in red. When the obtained numerical value C of the small hit counter is “2”, the normal stop symbol of the left rotator 56 becomes “BAR”, the normal stop symbol of the right rotator 57 becomes “7” in blue, and so on.

  Next, the small hit determination process using the small hit counter and the operation of the normal symbol display device 50 will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart executed by the main control circuit and the like for small hits.

  First, a random number update process for the small hit counter is performed (S10). The small hit counter starts from ‘1’ when the power is turned on and is incremented by ‘1’ every interrupt time. After reaching ‘12’, the addition is repeated again starting from ‘1’. Then, the updated numerical value of the C counter is stored in the corresponding random number storage area of the RAM in the main control circuit 140.

  Next, random number acquisition processing is performed (S20). Here, it is first determined whether or not a game ball has passed through the normal symbol variation start left gate 19 and the normal symbol variation start right gate 21, and when the passed game ball is detected by the normal symbol variation start switch, the small amount is detected. An updated numerical value C of the winning counter is acquired and stored in the RAM of the main control circuit 140. At that time, a maximum of four items are stored in the RAM, except for those that are being used for display in the normal symbol display device 50.

  Next, a small hit / fail determination process is performed (S30). Here, as shown in FIG. 8, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value C of the counter for small hits is '1', that is, whether or not it is a small hit (S31), and the acquired numerical value C is a small hit of '1'. The small hit determination flag F2 is set to 1 (S32).

  Next, a normal symbol determination process is performed (S40). Here, as shown in FIG. 9, it is determined whether or not F2 is 1 (S41). When F2 = 1, that is, in the case of a small hit, the normal hit stop based on the acquired value C of the small hit counter is normal. It is instructed to stop both rotating bodies 56 and 57 by the design (S42). In this example, as shown in Table 1, the stop display normal symbols of the left rotator 56 and the right rotator 57 are both determined to be red ‘7’. Further, when the flag F2 is not 1, that is, when the flag F2 is off, it is instructed to stop display with the stop stop normal symbol determined as shown in Table 1 based on the obtained numerical value C of the small hit counter. (S43).

  Next, normal symbol display processing is performed (S50). Here, as shown in FIG. 10, a process for stopping the left side rotator 56 and the right side rotator 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 is performed with the stop normal symbol determined in the normal symbol determination process (S40). . First, the presence / absence of a display instruction in the normal symbol determination process (S40) is determined (S51). When there is a display instruction, it is determined whether or not the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 are currently rotating (S52). (S53). In the case of high probability, after rotating the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 for about 5 seconds, both rotating bodies 56 and 57 are stopped with the normal symbols determined in the normal symbol determining process (S40). The variable time shortening variable stop process is determined so as to stop (S54). When the probability is not high, the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 are turned on for about 10 seconds, which is a normal rotation time (variation time). After the rotation, the normal fluctuation stop process is determined so that both rotating bodies 56 and 57 stop at the stop normal symbol determined in the normal symbol determination process (S40) (S55).

  Next, a start winning opening opening process (S60) is performed. Here, as shown in FIG. 11, it is first determined whether or not the small hit determination flag F2 is 1 (S61), and in the case of F2 = 1 small hit, the left rotating body 56 of the normal symbol display device 50 and the right side It is determined whether or not the rotator 57 is stopped (S62). If both the rotators 56 and 57 are stopped, it is further determined whether or not the lower first type start winning port 11 is being opened. (S63). Here, when the lower first type start winning opening 11 is not open, after the lower first type start winning opening 11 is opened (S64), it is determined whether or not the high probability is being reached (S64). S65). If it is determined in S63 that the lower first type start winning opening 11 is being opened, the step of opening the lower first type start winning opening 11 (S64) is omitted. If it is determined in S65 that the probability is high, whether the opening time of the lower first type start winning opening 11 has passed 5.1 seconds (S66), or the upper and lower first type start winning opening If the number of balls entered into 10, 11 has become six (S67), the lower first type start winning port 11 is closed (S68), and then the flag F2 is set to 0 (S69). ). On the other hand, if it is determined in S65 that the probability is not high, has the open time of the lower first type start winning opening 11 passed 0.4 seconds (S70), or the upper and lower first type? If the number of balls entered into the start winning ports 10 and 11 has reached 6 (S67), the lower first type start winning port 11 is closed (S68), and then the flag F2 is set to 0. (S69). The lower first-type start winning opening 11 is opened and closed by a solenoid, and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out by the payout device for each winning.

  The following is an example in which the normal symbol display device 50 drive and stop control for the normal symbol display device 50 by the small hit stop normal symbol display instruction and the disengagement stop normal symbol display instruction and the control at the time of stop are under low probability during normal times. I will explain. First, regarding the small hit stop normal symbol display instruction, as in the small hit symbol display process shown in FIG. 12, first, the pulse motor M is driven to rotate the rotating shaft m in one direction (S71). The left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 rotate in the same direction. At that time, the ratio of the rotational speeds of the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 is 3: 2, and the right rotating body 57 rotates twice while the left rotating body 56 rotates three times. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not 10 seconds have elapsed since the start of rotation of the pulse motor M (S72). If 10 seconds have elapsed, the left-side rotating body position detector 71 and the right-side rotating body position detector 72 are detected. , Whether or not the slits 69a and 70a (starting points) of the left rotating body position checking member 69 and the right rotating body position checking member 70 are detected at the same time, that is, the starting points of the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 (red '7') is detected at the same time and it is determined whether or not the positions are aligned (S73). If it is determined that the starting points are aligned, the pulse motor M is further rotated three times (S74). The both rotating bodies 56 and 57 are stopped by stopping (S75). By stopping the rotation of both the rotating bodies 56 and 57, the display windows 51a and 51b for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50, that is, the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body 57 are both red on the front surface of the game board 3. “7” stops and a small hit is displayed. If the rotation of the pulse motor M has not elapsed for 10 seconds in S72 or if the slits 69a and 69b (starting points) are not detected simultaneously in S73, the process returns to S71 again to continue driving the pulse motor. .

  On the other hand, in the case of a normal stop display symbol display instruction, as shown in FIG. 13, first, the pulse motor M is driven to rotate the rotating shaft m in one direction (S81). The rotating body 57 rotates in the same direction. At that time, as described above, the rotational speed ratio between the left side rotator 56 and the right side rotator 57 is 3: 2. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not 10 seconds have elapsed since the start of rotation of the pulse motor M (S82). If 10 seconds have not elapsed, the process returns to the driving of the pulse motor M (S81) again, and for 10 seconds. When the time has elapsed, it is determined whether or not the slits 69a and 70a (starting points) are simultaneously detected by the left rotating body position detector 71 and the right rotating body position detector 72, that is, the left rotating body 56 and the right rotation. It is determined whether or not the starting points (red “7”) in the body 57 are simultaneously detected and aligned (S83). If the starting points are not detected at the same time, the process returns to the driving of the pulse motor M (S81). On the other hand, if the starting points are detected at the same time, whether the acquired numerical value C of the small hit counter is 2-4. Whether (S84), 5-8 or 9-12 (S85) is judged in order.

  When the obtained numerical value C of the small hit counter is 2 to 4, the pulse motor M is further rotated three times from the state where the starting points are aligned (S87), whereby the left rotating body 56 and the right rotating body are rotated. Align 57 starting points again. Next, as shown in FIG. 14, it is determined whether the acquired numerical value C of the small hitting counter is 2 (S88), 3 or 4 (S89). When C = 2 in S88, the pulse motor M is further rotated by 90 ° (S90), whereby the display windows 51a and 51b for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50, that is, the game board 3 As shown in Table 1, the left side rotator 56 stops at a position rotated by 90 ° from the starting point, and the right side rotator 57 stops at a position rotated by 60 ° from the starting point. On the right side rotator 57, blue “7” is stopped and a small hit / miss is displayed (S91).

  When the acquired numerical value C of the counter for small hits is 3 in S89, the pulse motor M is rotated 180 ° from the state where the starting points of S87 are aligned (S92), thereby rotating the rotators 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50. In the display windows 51a and 51b, that is, in the front of the game board, the left rotating body 56 stops at a position 180 ° from the starting point and the right rotating body 57 rotates 120 ° from the starting point. On the right side rotator 57, “BAR” is stopped and a small hit / miss is displayed (S93).

  When the acquired value C of the counter for small hits is 4 in S89, the pulse motor M is rotated 270 ° from the state where the starting points of S87 are aligned (S94), thereby rotating the rotators 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50. On the display windows 51a and 51b, that is, on the front surface of the game board 3, the left rotating body 56 stops at a position 270 ° from the starting point and the right rotating body 57 rotates 180 ° from the starting point. On the right side rotator 57, red '7' is stopped and small hit / miss is displayed (S95).

  On the other hand, if the acquisition value C of the counter for small hits is 5-8 in S85, the pulse motor M is rotated once from the state where the starting points are aligned (S96), and the counter for small hit counter is acquired as shown in FIG. Whether the numerical value C is 5 (S97), 6 (S98), 7 or 8 (S99) is judged in order. When the obtained value C of the small hit counter is 5, the pulse motor M is stopped after one rotation in S96 (S100), and the display window 51a for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 is obtained. 51b, that is, on the front side of the game board, as shown in Table 1, red '7' where the left rotating body 56 is at the starting position, and blue '7' where the right rotating body 57 is rotated 240 ° from the starting position. It stops and a small hit / miss is displayed (S101).

  When the obtained value C of the counter for small hits is 6 in S98, the pulse motor M is rotated 90 ° after being rotated once in S96 (S102), and the display window 51a for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 is obtained. 51b, that is, on the front side of the game board, as shown in Table 1, the left rotating body 56 is rotated by 90 ° from the starting position “BAR”, and the right rotating body 57 is rotated by 300 ° from the starting position “BAR”. It stops at 'and a small hit / loss is displayed (S103).

  When the obtained value C of the counter for small hits is 7 in S99, the pulse motor M rotates once by S96 and then 180 ° (S104), and the display window 51a for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 is obtained. 51b, that is, on the front surface of the game board, as shown in Table 1, the blue '7' in which the left rotating body 56 is rotated 180 ° from the starting position and the red '7' in which the right rotating body 57 is at the starting position. At this time, stop and display a small hit / miss (S105).

  When the obtained value C of the small hit counter is 8 in S99, the pulse motor M rotates once by S96 and then 270 ° (S106), and the display window 51a for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 is obtained. 51b, that is, on the front of the game board, as shown in Table 1, the left rotating body 56 is BAR at a position of 270 ° from the starting position, and the blue rotating position at which the right rotating body 57 is rotated by 60 ° from the starting position. Stop at 7 'and a small hit / loss is displayed (S107).

  When the acquisition value C of the counter for small hits is 9 to 12 in S85 after the starting points are aligned, the pulse motor M is rotated twice (S86), and the counter for small hits is acquired as shown in FIG. Whether the numerical value C is 9 (S108), 10 (S109), 11 or 12 (S110) is judged in order. When the obtained value C of the small hit counter is 9, the pulse motor M is stopped after two rotations in S86 (S111), and the display windows 51a for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 are set. 51b, that is, in front of the game board, as shown in Table 1, the left rotating body 56 stops at the red '7' at the starting position, and the right rotating body 57 stops at 'BAR' at the position rotated 120 ° from the starting position, The small hit / miss is displayed (S112).

  On the other hand, when the acquired numerical value C of the small hit counter is 10 in S109, the pulse motor M is rotated 90 ° after being rotated twice in S86 (S113) and is used for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50. As shown in Table 1, on the display windows 51a and 51b, that is, the front of the game board, the left rotating body 56 is at a position rotated by 90 ° from the starting point, and the right rotating member 57 is at a position rotated by 180 ° from the starting point. It stops at the red color “7” and a small hit / loss is displayed (S114).

  When the acquired value C of the counter for small hits is 11 in S110, the pulse motor M rotates 180 ° after rotating twice in S86 (S115), and the display window 51a for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 is obtained. , 51b, that is, on the front of the game board, as shown in Table 1, blue '7' in which the left rotator 56 is rotated 180 ° from the starting point, and blue in which the right rotator 57 is rotated 240 ° from the starting point. Stops at “7”, and a small hit / loss is displayed (S116).

  When the acquired value C of the small hit counter is 12 in S110, the pulse motor M is rotated 270 ° after being rotated twice in S86 (S117), and the display for the rotating bodies 56 and 57 of the normal symbol display device 50 is performed. As shown in Table 1, on the windows 51a and 51b, that is, the front of the game board, the left rotating body 56 is at the position rotated by 270 ° from the starting point “BAR”, and the right rotating body 57 is at the position rotated by 300 ° from the starting point. The operation stops at BAR 'and a small hit / loss is displayed (S118).

  On the other hand, when the probability is high, the driving time of the pulse motor in S72 and S82 is shortened to 5 seconds. The pulse motor M gradually increases in rotational speed from the point in time when the slits 69a and 70a (starting point) are simultaneously detected by the left rotating body position detector 71 and the right rotating body position detector 72 in S73 and S83. If it is slowed down and finally stopped, the player's expectation for a small hit is further increased.

  In this way, in the gaming machine 1, since a plurality of rotating bodies can be individually rotated by one driving means, the control system of the driving means is not burdened, and the design of the gaming machine is easy. Become. In addition, it is less expensive than the case where a plurality of driving means that are the same as a plurality of rotating bodies is used, the structural restrictions are reduced, and the space in the gaming machine can be used effectively. It is also possible to meet the demands for cost reduction and increased space in the gaming machine.

  Note that the rotation stop instruction of the pulse motor M is not limited to the one that first rotates for a certain period of time as in the above-described embodiment, and confirms the starting point and performs stop control. The pulse motor may be stopped after a certain number of rotations. Further, the number of the rotating bodies is not limited to two, and may be three or more, and the driving force transmission means is not limited to the gear mechanism. Furthermore, the display device using the rotating body may be used for jackpot determination. In addition, it changes suitably in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.

It is a front view which shows the game machine of one Example of this invention. It is a perspective view of the fluctuation | variation display part in the gaming machine of FIG. It is a perspective view of the normal symbol display apparatus in the gaming machine of FIG. It is a cover body disassembled perspective view of a normal symbol display device. It is a disassembled perspective view of the rotation mechanism part of a rotation apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows simply the control system in the gaming machine of FIG. 2 is a flowchart executed by a main control circuit and the like regarding a small hit in the gaming machine of FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a small hit / fail determination process. It is a flowchart of a normal symbol determination process. It is a flowchart of a normal symbol display process. It is a flowchart of a start winning opening release process. It is a flowchart which shows control, such as a drive of the pulse motor at the time of a small hit symbol display instruction | indication. It is a 1st flowchart which shows control, such as a drive of the pulse motor at the time of an off symbol display instruction | indication. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows control, such as a drive of the pulse motor at the time of an off symbol display instruction | indication. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows control, such as a drive of the pulse motor at the time of an off symbol display instruction | indication. It is a 4th flowchart which shows control, such as a drive of the pulse motor at the time of an off symbol display instruction | indication.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 50 Normal symbol display apparatus 56 Left side rotary body 56b Identification information 57 Right side rotary body 57b Identification information 58 Gear mechanism for left side rotary bodies 60 Drive side gear 61 Left side rotary body gear 62 Left side rotary body transmission gear 63 Right side rotary body Gear mechanism 66 Right-side rotating body transmission gear 65 Right-side rotating body gear M Pulse motor (driving means)
m Rotation axis

Claims (5)

In a gaming machine including a display device configured by a plurality of rotating bodies in which a plurality of identification information is arranged and a driving unit that rotates the plurality of rotating bodies,
The driving means comprises one driving means for rotating a plurality of rotating bodies,
A gaming machine, wherein a plurality of driving force transmitting means for individually transmitting a driving force by the one driving means to the plurality of rotating bodies are provided between the one driving means and the plurality of rotating bodies, respectively.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the rotational speeds of the at least two rotating bodies are made different from each other by making the configurations of the respective driving force transmission means for the at least two rotating bodies different from each other. The drive means is a pulse motor,
The driving force transmitting means transmits the driving side gear fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor, the plurality of rotating body gears respectively coupled to the plurality of rotating bodies, and the rotational force of the driving side gear to the rotating body gear. The gaming machine according to claim 1, comprising a gear mechanism having a transmission gear. The drive means consists of a pulse motor,
Drive stop control means for performing drive and stop control of the pulse motor;
Position detecting means for detecting a predetermined position of each of the plurality of rotating bodies;
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising stop time control means for controlling a stop time of the pulse motor based on detection by the position detection means. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the number of pieces of identification information arranged in at least two of the plurality of rotating bodies is different from each other.

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