JP2008161373A - Electric decorative device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric decorative device of a game machine capable of performing complicated light emitting expressions by a simple configuration. <P>SOLUTION: The electric decorative device 100 comprises a plurality of light guides 110 composed of respectively light diffusive core and clad covering the periphery of the core and formed in a line shape or a rod shape, an illumination light source 121 with a plurality of light sources 126 provided corresponding to the plurality of light guides, and a connection member 140 for which the end of the light guide is fitted to one end and the illumination light source is attached to the other end. The light emitting areas of the light guides are disposed so as to be visible to a player and a cross part where the light guides cross each other is provided to constitute a light emitting display part. A light guiding part 145 for connecting the end faces of the respective light guides 111 and the respective light sources 126a in the state of being closed from the periphery is formed on the connection member 140, and illumination light emitted from the respective light sources passes through the light guiding part and is made incident inside the cores of the respective light guides. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric decoration device for a gaming machine that is used in a gaming machine and is lit or blinked in accordance with the game development.

  In game machines such as pachinko machines, arrange ball machines, and slot machines, an electric decoration device (generally called an electric decoration device) equipped with an illumination light source is used to suppress the monotony of the game and make the player visually entertained. Is provided in each part of the gaming machine, and is configured to emit illumination light from the illumination light source and turn on or blink the illumination device according to the game development.

  Conventionally, an illumination light source used in such an electrical decoration device uses a small lamp or light bulb as a light source, and a colored transparent lens member is disposed in front of the light source to transmit transmitted light that has passed through the lens member. The player is configured to allow the player to visually recognize the light emission according to the color of the lens member, and a plurality of colors are electrically decorated by attaching lens members of different colors to each part of the gaming machine. In recent years, with the development of semiconductor technology, the emission color of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can be arbitrarily selected, and the emission luminance of LEDs has increased. Various decoration devices have been devised and used in gaming machines (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2000-279578 A JP 2002-282436 A

  However, in the conventional illumination device as described above, there is a problem that even if a large number of lamps and LEDs are used as the illumination light source, the change mode of the illumination device is fixed and the effect of rendering is poor. On the other hand, in the electrical decoration device as disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is possible to control the lighting or blinking of the light source and the operation of the movable reflector to perform more complicated presentation control than in the past. In addition, there is a problem that the control configuration is complicated, the apparatus is enlarged, and the production cost is increased.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object thereof is to provide an electric decoration device for a gaming machine that can perform complicated light emission expression with a simple configuration.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the electric decoration device for a gaming machine according to the present invention (for example, the light guide electric decoration device 100, 200, 300 in the embodiment) has a light diffusibility and a wire. A plurality of light guides formed in the shape of a bar or a rod, and a plurality of light sources (corresponding to the plurality of light guides) that emit illumination light from the ends of the light guides into the light guides LED 126a, 126b, 126c, etc.) in the form, and a connection member to which the ends of a plurality of light guides are fitted at one end and the illumination light sources are attached at the other end, and at the middle of each light guide The light emitting area to be formed is arranged so that the player can visually recognize it, and the light emitting display part is constructed by providing intersecting parts that cross each other in the extending direction of these light guides. To. The connecting member is formed with a light guide part that communicates between the end face of each light guide and each light source in a state of being blocked from the surroundings, and illumination light emitted from each light source passes through the light guide part into each light guide. It is configured to be incident.

  In addition, it is preferable to comprise so that each said light source may radiate | emit illumination light of a different color.

  The light guide is preferably composed of a core having light diffusibility and a clad covering the periphery of the core and having a lower refractive index than the core.

  In the electric decoration device for a gaming machine according to the present invention, a plurality of linear or rod-like light guides having light diffusibility are provided, and the light emitting areas of these light guides are disposed so as to be visible to the player. A light emitting display portion is formed having crossing portions that cross each other. A connection member is provided between the plurality of light guides and an illumination light source having a light source corresponding to each light guide, and the connection member communicates with the end surface of each light guide and each light source in a state of being blocked from the surroundings. A light guide is formed, and illumination light emitted from each light source is configured to enter each light guide through the light guide. According to such an electric decoration device, the light emitted from each light source is efficiently guided into the light guide of the corresponding light guide without being mixed into other light guides or leaking to the surroundings, and light emitting display In this section, only the light guide emits light. When multiple light sources are turned on at the same time, the light emitted from the back light guide and the light emitted from the front light guide on the player's line of sight mix at the intersection of the light guides, and each emits light independently. The light emission and the color emission different from the case of the case are visually recognized. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an electric decoration device capable of expressing complex light emission with a simple configuration.

  According to the configuration in which each light source corresponding to the light guide emits illumination light of a different color, the color of each light source is not mixed in the non-intersection portion of each light guide, and each has a different color according to the illumination light. Light is emitted, and light emission of color and luminance in which each color is mixed is visually recognized at the intersection. Furthermore, by turning on or blinking any one of the plurality of light sources, or turning on or blinking all of the light sources, and blinking with a time difference, an electric decoration device capable of expressing more complicated light emission can be obtained.

  In addition, according to the configuration in which the light guide is composed of a core having light diffusibility and a cladding having a lower refractive index than the core covering the periphery of the core, the illumination light irradiated in the light guide is repeatedly reflected by the cladding. In this transmission path, the light is diffused in the outer circumferential direction by a core having light diffusivity, so that the entire light guide emits light even if it is a relatively long light guide. Can be made.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric decoration device for a gaming machine that can perform complicated light emission expression with a simple configuration including a light guide and an illumination light source.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a front view of a pachinko machine PM as an example of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. First, an overview of the overall configuration of the pachinko machine PM will be described with reference to this figure.

  In the pachinko machine PM, a front frame 2 for opening and closing mounted on a front surface of an outer frame 1 configured to have a predetermined frame size of an outer rectangular shape and forming a vertically fixed holding frame is formed on the front surface of the opening and closing of the rectangular frame size corresponding to this. The frame hinge mechanisms 3a and 3b arranged on the upper left and right sides of the front side are attached to the front so as to be able to be opened and closed laterally and attached to and detached from each other. When connected, they are kept closed.

  On the front side of the front frame 2, a rectangular glass door 5 and a ball tray unit 6 adapted to the front side area can be opened / closed and detached sideways using hinge mechanisms 7a, 7b, 7c provided on the left side of the front. It is assembled in a possible manner and is always kept closed using the locking device 4. A launch handle 8 for performing a launch operation of the game ball is provided at the lower right side of the ball tray unit 6. On the upper part of the front frame 2, an accommodation frame for detachably accommodating and holding the game board 10 from the front is formed integrally with the front frame 2, and the game board 10 configured with a predetermined gauge setting is attached to and detached from the accommodation frame. The game area PA can be faced through the glass door 5 which is set and held as possible and is always held closed.

  As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are perspective views of the gaming board 10 viewed from diagonally forward left and right, respectively, the gaming board 10 is provided with a predetermined design on the surface of the laminated plywood. A decorative board 11 (generally referred to as veneer) to which the cells are adhered is used as a substrate, and a game ball launched from a game ball launching device is surrounded by guide rails inside and outside on the front side. A movable substantially circular game area PA is formed. In the game area PA, together with a large number of game nails and windmills, various prizes 14 such as fixed prizes and movable prizes, and a box that penetrates the front and back of the decorative board 11 and a game ball can roll. A central ornament 15 provided with a waveform stage 15s, an image display device 16 that is attached to the back side of the game board and is located behind the central ornament 15 and displays an animation image according to the progress of the game, etc. At the lower end of the game area PA, there is provided an out port 17 through which game balls that have fallen to the lower end of the game area PA without winning the winning device 14 are discharged to the back surface of the game board 10. A speaker 18 for generating sound effects is provided at the back of the ball tray unit 6, and various parts of the electric decoration devices 20, 20 using light sources such as LEDs and lamps are provided at the glass door 5 and the game board 10. Is provided.

  Although not shown in detail on the back side of the front frame 2 located behind the game board 10, a mechanism set board called a back set board is attached to a ball storage tank or a ball payout device. And a ball processing mechanism such as a game ball discharge mechanism for guiding game balls such as safe balls and out balls discharged from the game board 10 to a collection device of the game facility. In addition, in each part on the rear side of the back set board, a main control board 31 (see FIG. 6) that comprehensively controls the operation of the pachinko machine PM, an image display device 16 according to the game development status on the main control board, An effect control board 32 (see FIG. 6) that controls the operation of the speaker 17 and the electric decoration device 20 to produce a game development visually and audibly, and the operation of the ball payout device based on a command signal from the main control board. Various circuit boards such as a payout control board to be controlled and a launch control board for controlling the operation of the game ball launching device according to an operation signal from the launching handle 8 are attached, and these are connected by a connector cable so that the pachinko machine PM Configured to be operable.

  In the pachinko machine PM schematically configured as described above, a light guide electrical decoration device 100 is provided on the right side of the central decoration 15 as one of the plurality of electrical decoration devices 20 provided. The light guide electrical decoration device 100 includes a light guide 110 having a light diffusibility and formed in an elongated linear or rod shape, and an illumination light source 120 that emits illumination light into the light guide from the end of the light guide 110. Configured as the subject.

A light guide, that is, a light transmission body for the purpose of transmitting light energy, is widely used as a medium for transmitting illumination light to an observation region, such as a microscope or an endoscope, or a light transmission medium for advertising. There are various configurations of light guides, but when classified by the core material of the optical transmission body, multi-component optical fibers using multi-component glass and resin materials such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and silicone polymers are used. It is roughly divided into the used plastic optical fiber (POF). In the electric decoration device according to the present invention, it is possible to use the light guide of any of the above forms, and it is also possible to use a bar-shaped or linear light guide made of only a core material. In the illumination device 100, a configuration example using a light guide that includes a core having light diffusibility and a clad having a lower refractive index than the core covering the periphery of the core is illustrated. Specifically, the diameter φ2 A transparent fluororesin-based tubular clad having a refractive index higher than that of the clad is filled and cured in a transparent fluororesin-based tubular clad having a thickness of about 10 mm (about 6 mm in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5). POF having flexibility) is used. The core material is dispersed with light scattering fine particles for diffusing the illumination light incident in the core in the radial direction of the light guide and emitting it. Fine particles for light scattering are fine particles having a diameter of several tens of micrometers, such as glass fine particles such as multi-component glass and quartz glass, metal fine particles such as Al ₂ O ₃ and TiO _2, and organic polymer fine particles such as silicone resin and polystyrene resin. Etc. can be used.

  In the light guide illumination device 100, the POF as described above is cut into a length of about 180 mm to form three ride guides 110 (111, 112, 113), and the inside of the core from the upper and lower ends of each light guide. An illumination light source 120 that emits illumination light is provided. As the main structure of the lower half of the light guide lighting device 100 is enlarged and shown in FIG. 5, the light guides 111 to 113 intersect with each other in the longitudinal direction in which the light guide extends to form a plurality of intersections. In a state twisted in the longitudinal direction (a state in which each light guide draws a gentle spiral), it is housed in a semi-cylindrical transparent case 131 and attached to the right side of the central ornament 15, A light emitting display portion 101 is formed in which the player can visually recognize the light emitting area. In front of the light-emitting display unit 101 (player side), a punching metal-like grill member 132 is provided which has a large number of small-diameter through holes penetrating the front and back surfaces and is plated or vapor-deposited with a metal film that reflects light. It is arranged so as to cover a part of the part 101.

  The illumination light source 120 includes a first illumination light source 121 that emits illumination light into the core of the light guide 110 (111 to 113) from below the light emitting display unit 101, and a light guide 110 (111 to 113 from above the light emitting display unit 101. ) And the second illumination light source 122. The first illumination light source 121 and the second illumination light source 122 can be configured by providing filters in a single light source such as a lamp and three light projecting portions corresponding to the light guides 111 to 113. In the embodiment, in order to enable individual light emission for each of the light guides 111 to 113 and diversify the light emission expression, three light emitting diodes (hereinafter referred to as LEDs) corresponding to the three light guides. ) As a light source, and the operation of each LED is controlled by the illumination control unit 150 in the effect control board 32. FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a control configuration in the light guide illumination device 100 of the first embodiment.

  Specifically, the first illumination light source 121 uses a printed wiring board 125 on which a predetermined wiring structure is formed as a substrate, and three LEDs 126 (corresponding to the three light guides 111 to 113 on the printed wiring board 125. 126a, 126b, 126c) and a connector 128 for supplying power to each LED are mounted on a board. For the three LEDs 126, elements of different emission colors are used for each light guide, for example, LEDs having emission colors of R (red), G (green), and B (blue), which are the three primary colors of light, are used. A red light emitting LED 126 a is mounted on the first light guide 111, a blue light emitting LED 126 b is mounted on the second light guide 112, and a green light emitting LED 126 c is mounted on the third light guide 113.

  The second illumination light source 121 is also configured in the same manner as the first illumination light source 122, and supplies three LEDs 127 (127a, 127b, 127c) corresponding to the light guides 111 to 113 to the printed wiring board 125, and supplies power to each LED. A connector 128 is mounted on the board. The three LEDs 127 use different light emitting elements for each light guide, and in the electrical decoration device 100 of the first embodiment, light emitting elements of the same color are used for the same light guide. That is, a red LED 127 a is mounted on the first light guide 111, a blue LED 127 b is mounted on the second light guide 112, and a green LED 127 c is mounted on the third light guide 113.

  Then, the three light guides 111 to 113 and the first and second illumination light sources 121 and 122 are connected by the connection member 140. The connection between the light guide 110 and the first illumination light source 121 by the connection member 140 is shown in FIG. 7 taking the first light guide 111 and the LED 126a as an example, and the connection member 140 has a light guide 110 (111) at one end. A guide fitting portion 141 is formed on each end of the guide fitting portion 141, and a light source receiving portion 142 that receives the LED 126 (126 a) is formed on the other end on the same axis as the guide fitting portion 141. A light guide portion 145 is formed in the interior of each of the guide fitting portions 141 and the light source receiving portions 142 so as to communicate with each other in a closed state from the periphery.

  As shown in FIG. 8 which is a rear perspective view of the vicinity of the attachment portion of the first illumination light source 121, the connection member 140 has positioning protrusions 143 that fit into two positioning holes formed in the printed wiring board 125. Two places are formed, and when these are fitted and the printed wiring board 125 is screwed to the connecting member 140, the LEDs 126a, 126b, 126c of the first illumination light source 121 are positioned at the axis of the light source receiving portion 142. Are arranged. A reflection surface for guiding the illumination light emitted from each LED to the light guide is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the light guide unit 145, and the illumination light emitted from each LED 126 a to 126 c leaks to the outside or other The light guides 145 are efficiently incident on the cores of the light guides 111 to 113 without being mixed with the illumination light. Connections between the three light guides 111 to 113 and the LEDs 127a, 127b, and 127c of the second illumination light source 122 are configured in the same manner as described above.

  For this reason, the illumination light emitted from the LED 126a of the first illumination light source 121 enters the core of the light guide 111 through the light guide unit 145, and is transmitted in the axial direction in the light guide 111, and in the core. Is diffused in the radial direction of the light guide 111 by the action of the light diffusing fine particles dispersed in the light guide 111, and a part of the diffused light is transmitted through the clad and emitted. As a result, the player can visually recognize the light guide 111 that was transparent in the light emitting display unit 101 before the LED 126a is turned on, by emitting the LED 126a to emit red light, which is the emission color of the LED. The lower side closer to the LED 126a is viewed brighter. Similarly, the other LEDs 126b and 126c in the first illumination light source 121 can visually recognize the light emission of each color.

  The same applies to the case where any LED of the second illumination light source 122 is turned on. For example, when the LED 127b in the second illumination light source 122 is turned on, the player emits light before the LED 127b is turned on. The light guide 112 that is transparent in the display unit 101 is visually recognized by emitting light in blue, which is the emission color of the LED, when the LED 127b is turned on, and the light emission luminance is viewed brighter toward the upper side near the LED 127b.

  The lighting control unit 150 controls the operation of the image display device 16, the speaker 17, the electric decoration device 20, etc. according to the game development status on the main control board 31. The operation of the first illumination light source 121 and the second illumination light source 122 is controlled according to the game development situation. Various configuration forms can be applied to the operation control according to game development, and the configuration is free.

  For example, for a single light guide 111, even in a simple control configuration in which the LED 126a of the first illumination light source 121 and the LED 127a of the second illumination light source 122 are simply ON / OFF controlled, both are OFF, the LED 126a is lit alone, the LED 127a There are four types of single lighting and both ON. At this time, the light emitting display unit 101 can perform the following four kinds of different light emitting displays. That is, when both LEDs are OFF, the light emitting display unit 101 does not emit light, and the light guide 111 is visually recognized in a transparent state. When the LED 126a of the first illumination light source is lit alone, the lower the light guide 111, the higher the emission luminance, and the lower the emission luminance becomes, the lower the emission luminance becomes, and the ON / OFF is switched to switch the second illumination light source. If the LED 127a is lit alone, the display is upside down. Further, when both the LED 126a and the LED 127a are turned on, the light emission brightness on both the upper and lower sides is high, and the light guide 111 as a whole emits red light at twice the brightness when one of the lights is turned on.

  In addition to controlling the ON / OFF control for one light guide 111, the light emission luminance of the LED 126a and the LED 127a can be controlled so that “dynamic” light emission expression can be performed in the light emitting display unit 101. For example, the emission luminance is gradually lowered from the state where the LED 126a of the first illumination light source 121 is lit alone with high luminance, and the emission luminance is gradually increased by turning on the LED 127a of the second illumination light source 122 from the extinction state. By controlling this, dynamic light-emitting display in which the red high-luminance light-emitting region moves upward from the lower part of the light-emitting display unit 101 can be performed.

  The above light emission control is performed for each of the three light guides 111 to 113 by lighting or blinking one by one in order at predetermined intervals, thereby enabling movement with changes in color (red, blue, green) and a high luminance part. Luminescent display can be performed. That is, the LED 126a of the first illumination light source and the LED 127a of the second illumination light source, the LED 126b of the first illumination light source, the LED 127b of the second illumination light source, the LED 126c of the first illumination light source and the LED 127c of the second illumination light source are paired, respectively. One of the upper and lower LEDs is lit individually or simultaneously. As a result, the player recognizes the dynamic light-emitting display in which the color and the lighting part change with time in addition to the above-described single color change in the light-emitting display unit 101. This sequential lighting can perform, for example, a cycle display in which the color is changed in a certain order such as red → blue → green → red, and a random display in which the color is randomly changed. It can be performed freely according to the game development, such as sometimes changing in an early cycle, and the production effect can be enhanced.

  Further, by lighting or blinking a plurality of light guides 111 to 113 at the same time, the light guides 111 to 113 intersect with each other at a plurality of intersections of the light guides 111 to 113 that are on the player's line of sight. The light emission from the back light guide and the light emission from the front light guide mix, and a secondary color having a color and brightness different from the light emission color of each light guide is visually recognized by the light mixing action. For example, the intersection between the red light guide 111 and the blue light guide 112 is pink, the yellow light at the intersection with the green light guide 113, the blue light guide 112 and the green light guide 113. Blue and green are visible at the intersection, and white secondary colors are visible at the intersection of the three light guides 111, 112, and 113. Further, the tone and brightness of these secondary colors also change depending on the brightness near the intersection of each light guide. In this way, in addition to the three light guides 111 to 113 emitting light with different colors, light emission of different colors and brightness from each light guide is visually recognized at a plurality of intersections in the light emitting display unit 101, Complicated color expression that cannot be obtained by a conventional illumination device can be performed.

  Further, a punching metal-like grill member 132 having a large number of through holes penetrating the front and back is provided in front of the light emitting display portion, and the light emission of each light guide in the light emitting display portion is the inner surface of the through hole of the grill member 132. Are diffusely reflected, and multi-colored complex light emission expressions are visually recognized. Furthermore, by combining the above-described ON / OFF control, light emission luminance control, and time control, more various and complicated light emission expressions can be performed, and the game effect effect can be enhanced.

  Therefore, according to the light guide electrical decoration device 100 described above, it is possible to provide an electrical decoration device for a gaming machine that can perform a wide variety of complicated light emission expressions with a simple configuration without a movable part.

  Next, the light guide electrical decoration device 200 of 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated. The light guide illumination device 200 of the second embodiment is different in the combination of light emission colors for the light guides of the three LEDs 126a to 126c and 127a to 127c in the first illumination light source 121 and the second illumination light source 122, respectively. Except for the above, the light guide electrical decoration device 100 of the first embodiment described above has the same device configuration. Accordingly, in order to avoid confusion with the light guide lighting device 100 of the first embodiment, the three LEDs mounted on the first illumination light source 121 are 126 (126a (red light emission), 126b ( The three LEDs mounted on the second illumination light source 122 are denoted as 227 (227a, 227b, 227c), and the operation of the light guide lighting device 200 is described as “blue light emission”, 126c (green light emission)). explain. FIG. 9 shows a block diagram of the light guide illumination device 200 of the present embodiment.

  That is, in the light guide illumination device 100 of the first embodiment, the three LEDs 126a to 126c of the first illumination light source 121 that irradiates illumination light from below into the cores of the light guides 111 to 113, and illumination from above. The three LEDs 127 a to 127 c of the second illumination light source 122 that irradiates light have a combination of the same light emission color with respect to the same light guide, and the red light emitting LEDs 126 a and 127 a and the second light guide 111 together For the light guide 112, blue light emitting LEDs 126b and 127b are used, and for the third light guide 113, green light emitting LEDs 126c and 127c are used.

  On the other hand, in the light guide illumination device 200 of the second embodiment, LEDs of different emission colors are combined in the first illumination light source 121 and the second illumination light source 122 for the same light guide. Specifically, for example, the first light guide 111 emits red light-emitting LED 126a and blue light-emitting LED 227a, the second light guide 112 emits blue light-emitting LED 126b and green light-emitting LED 227b, and the third light guide 113 emits green light. The LED 126c and the red LED 227c are mounted on the printed wiring board 125 of each of the illumination light sources 121 and 122.

  Various control forms can be applied to the operation control of the first illumination light source 121 and the second illumination light source 122 by the illumination control unit 150 as in the case of the light guide illumination device 100, and the configuration is free and the same. Even with this control, it is possible to express various colors.

  For example, as described above, there are four basic light-emitting displays expressed by a simple control configuration in which the LEDs 126a and 227a of the illumination light sources 121 and 122 are simply turned on / off for one light guide 111. There is the same point that the light guide 111 is visible in a transparent state when both the LEDs 126a and 227a are turned off. On the other hand, when the LED 126a is lit alone, the lower the light guide 111, the higher the emission luminance, the red light emission display, but when the LED 227a is lit alone by switching ON / OFF, the upper part of the light guide 111 emits light. Blue light emission display with high luminance is achieved, and the light emission color of the light guide 111 visually recognized in the light emission display unit 101 changes between red and blue. Further, when both the LED 126a and the LED 227a are turned on, the light emission colors of blue and red are visually recognized in the vicinity of the upper and lower ends of the light guide 111, and the blue color changes from blue to pink in the upper and lower intermediate regions. A changing multicolored gradation is visible.

  If the light emission luminance of the LED 126a and the LED 227a is controlled in addition to the ON / OFF control, a dynamic light emission expression having a higher effect than that in the case of a single color is possible. For example, the first illumination light source 121 If the LED 126a is controlled to gradually decrease the light emission luminance from the state where the LED 126a is lit alone with high luminance, and to turn on the LED 227a of the second illumination light source from the extinction state and gradually increase the light emission luminance, the light emission display unit 101 The lower part of the light has a bright red monochromatic light emission, and the upper part emits pink light, resulting in a red-to-pink gradation display, and the pink area gradually moves downward to make a blue-to-pink-red gradation display, pink The color area moves further downward to display a blue to pink gradation, and the top of the light-emitting display is bright blue To German emission can be performed with high dynamic emission representations of visual effects accompanied by color change.

  The same applies to the other light guides 112 and 113. In the second light guide 112 in which the blue light emitting LED 126b and the green light emitting LED 227b are combined, a light emitting display including a gradation of blue to blue green to green, green light emitting In the third light guide 113 in which the LED 126c and the LED 227c emitting red light are combined, light emission display including a gradation of green to yellow to red is performed.

  By controlling such light emission control for each of the light guides 111 to 113 in the time domain, each of the light guides 111 to 113 can be changed to multiple colors including the light emission color of each LED. The LED 126a of the illumination light source and the LED 227a of the second illumination light source, the LED 126b of the first illumination light source and the LED 227b of the second illumination light source, the LED 126c of the first illumination light source and the LED 227c of the second illumination light source are paired, and the upper and lower LEDs of each pair One of them is turned on either alone or sequentially. Thereby, in addition to the color change of the monochromatic light by each LED single light emission, the player performs a multicolor change including the intermediate colors of the upper and lower LEDs and a dynamic light emission display in which the intermediate color part changes with time. be able to. Such sequential lighting for each light guide is a monochromatic cycle display in which the colors of the first illumination light source 121 or the second illumination light source 122 are changed in a predetermined order such as red → blue → green → red, and randomly changed. In addition to the single-color random display to be performed, the multi-color cycle display and the multi-color random display in which the first illumination light source 121 and the second illumination light source 122 are simultaneously turned on in a certain order can be performed, and the cycle to be changed is also For example, multi-color random display can be performed at an early cycle when a big hit occurs, and the effect can be enhanced according to game development.

  Further, by lighting or blinking a plurality of light guides 111 to 113 at the same time, the light guides 111 to 113 intersect with each other at a plurality of intersections of the light guides 111 to 113 that are on the player's line of sight. The light emitted from the back light guide and the light emitted from the front light guide are mixed, and light emission display with a color and brightness different from the light emission color of each LED and the secondary color mixed in each light guide can be performed. . In this way, in addition to the three light guides 111 to 113 emitting multicolor light with different colors, the light guides 111 have a color and brightness different from the light emission color of each light guide at a plurality of intersections in the light emitting display unit 101. The light emission is visually recognized, and a variety of complicated color expressions that cannot be obtained by the conventional lighting device can be performed.

  In addition, a multicolored complicated light emission expression is visually recognized by the scattering effect of the punching metal-like grill member 132 provided in front of the light emitting display portion. Furthermore, by combining the above-described ON / OFF control, light emission luminance control, and time control, more various and complicated light emission expressions can be performed, and the game effect effect can be enhanced.

  Therefore, according to the light guide electrical decoration device 200 of the second embodiment described above, an electrical decoration device for a gaming machine capable of performing a wide variety of complex light emission expressions with a simple configuration without a movable part is provided. can do.

  Next, the light guide electrical decoration device 300 of 3rd Embodiment is demonstrated. In the light guide illumination device 300 according to the third embodiment, each of the three LEDs in the first illumination light source 121 and the second illumination light source 122 is red (R), green (G), or blue (B). The light guide illumination device 100 according to the first embodiment and the light guide illumination device 300 according to the second embodiment described above, except that the primary color is different from that of a full color LED capable of emitting these mixed colors. The device configuration is the same. Therefore, hereinafter, in order to avoid confusion with the light guide lighting device 100, 300, three LEDs mounted on the first illumination light source 121 are replaced with 326 (326a, 326b, 326c), and the second illumination light source 122 is mounted on the substrate. Three LEDs to be mounted are denoted as 327 (327a, 327b, 327c), and the operation of the light guide lighting device 300 will be described. FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of the light guide illumination device 300 of the present embodiment.

  That is, in the light guide illumination device 300 of the third embodiment, the upper and lower LEDs can emit light of the same color for the same light guide, as in the light guide illumination device 100 of the first embodiment. Similarly to the light guide lighting device 200 of the second embodiment, the upper and lower LEDs can emit light of different colors. In addition, any combination of the emission colors of the upper and lower LEDs is possible without fixing the combination, and in any LED, not only the three primary colors of red, green, and blue, but also red to blue intermediate colors, 3 White light synthesized with primary colors can be emitted.

  Operation control of the 1st illumination light source 121 and the 2nd illumination light source 122 by the electrical decoration control part 150 is added to the operation control similar to the light guide electrical decoration apparatuses 100 and 200 demonstrated so far, and the operation control which combined these. In addition, it is possible to perform further various controls combining arbitrary intermediate colors, and various color expressions are possible.

  For example, regarding a control configuration for controlling ON / OFF of the LEDs 326a and 327a of the respective illumination light sources 121 and 122 with respect to one light guide 111, an ON / OFF combination of R, G, and B primary color built-in elements is provided for each LED. Therefore, there are eight basic light-emitting displays expressed for one LED (no light emission, RGB three primary colors, intermediate three colors by combining two colors, white light emission), and both LEDs 126a and 227a are combined. And 64 light-emitting displays. At this time, it is possible to perform light emission display similar to that of the light guide illumination device 100 with a combination of upper and lower same colors, light emission display similar to that of the light guide illumination device 200 with a combination of upper and lower colors, and light guide illumination for each. Mixing of intermediate colors different from those of the devices 100 and 200 and white light emission expression can be performed.

  If the light emission luminance is controlled in addition to the above ON / OFF control, dynamic light emission expression with a higher effect can be achieved. If the light emission control is controlled in the time domain for each of the light guides 111 to 113, the movement is achieved. A dynamic light emission expression can be performed. Further, by simultaneously lighting or blinking a plurality of the three light guides 111 to 113, light emission is mixed at a plurality of intersections, and a light emission display having a color and brightness different from the light emission color and secondary color of each LED. Therefore, various and complicated color expressions that cannot be obtained by the conventional electric decoration device can be performed. In addition, a complicated multi-color light emission expression is visually recognized by the scattering effect of the grill member 132 provided in front of the light emitting display unit 101. By combining the above-described ON / OFF control, light emission luminance control, and time control, more various and complicated light emission expressions can be performed, and the game effect effect can be enhanced.

  Therefore, according to the light guide illumination device 300 of the third embodiment described above, the light decoration device 100 of the first embodiment and the light guide illumination device 200 of the second embodiment have a simple configuration without moving parts. In addition, it is possible to provide an electric decoration device for a gaming machine capable of performing a wider variety of complex light emission expressions than the above.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the electric decoration device according to the present invention is provided in the central ornament 15 of the pachinko machine PM has been described. However, the present invention is a game constituted by another part of the pachinko machine, for example, a transparent material. It can be installed on the back side of the board, glass door, ball tray unit, etc., and it can be applied in the same way to other gaming machines of different types, such as arrange ball machines, sparrow ball machines, slot machines, etc. Obtainable.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine shown as an example of the gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a front view of the game board simple substance in the said pachinko machine. It is the perspective view which looked at the said game board from diagonally right forward. It is the perspective view which looked at the said game board from the diagonally left front. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part structure of the lower half of the light guide electrical decoration apparatus provided in the said game board. It is a block diagram of the light guide electrical decoration device of a 1st embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the connection condition of the light guide and LED by a connection member. It is a back perspective view of the attachment part periphery of a 1st illumination light source. It is a block diagram of the light guide electrical decoration apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram of the light guide electrical decoration apparatus of 3rd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

PM Pachinko machine (game machine)
20 Electric decoration device 32 Production control board 100 Light guide electric decoration device (electric decoration device of the first embodiment)
101 Light-emitting display unit 110 (111, 112, 113) Light guide 120 Illumination light source 121 First illumination light source 122 Second illumination light source 125 Printed wiring board 126 (126a, 126b, 126c) LED (light source)
127 (127a, 127b, 127c) LED (light source)
140 Connection member 145 Light guide unit 150 Lighting control unit (control device)
200 Light guide lighting device (electric decoration device of the second embodiment)
227 (227a, 227b, 227c) LED (light source)
300 Light guide lighting device (electric decoration device of the third embodiment)
326 (326a, 326b, 326c) LED (light source)
327 (327a, 327b, 327c) LED (light source)

Claims (3)

A plurality of light guides each having light diffusibility and formed in a linear or rod shape;
An illumination light source including a plurality of light sources provided corresponding to the plurality of light guides and emitting illumination light from the end portions of the light guides into the light guides;
An end of the plurality of light guides is fitted at one end, and the connection member to which the illumination light source is attached at the other end;
A light emitting area formed in an intermediate portion of each light guide is disposed so that a player can visually recognize, and a light emitting display portion is configured by providing crossing portions that intersect each other in a direction in which these light guides extend,
A light guide portion is formed on the connecting member so as to communicate between an end face of each light guide and each light source in a state where the light source is blocked from the surroundings, and each light source illuminates the light guide through the light guide portion. An electric decoration device for a gaming machine, wherein the device is configured to emit light.   2. The electric decoration device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein each of the light sources is configured to emit illumination light of different colors.   3. The electric decoration for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the light guide includes a core having a light diffusibility and a cladding having a lower refractive index than the core covering the periphery of the core. apparatus.

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