JP2008212271A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can simplify wiring between a sub relay board and an illumination board. <P>SOLUTION: A top LED board has a top LED central board 41a arranged in the center of a top illumination area, a top LED right board 41b arranged on the right side of the illumination area and a top LED left board 41c arranged on the left side of the illumination area. The top LED central board is a circuit board and the core of the invention, and is serially connected to the sub relay board. The top LED right board 41b and the top LED left board 41c are separate circuit boards of the invention, and connected to the top LED central board as the core circuit board by wiring. The wiring can be simplified by reducing the number of wires arranged from the sub relay board to the top illumination area. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a revolving type gaming machine that produces a game by displaying an electric decoration display such as a light emitting diode in accordance with the gaming situation or the like.

  FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional gaming machine. As shown in FIG. 11, the conventional gaming machine includes a main control board 110, an effect control board 120, a sub-relay board 130, an image display unit (liquid crystal control board) 140, an electrical display unit 150, And a speaker unit 160. The electrical display unit 150 includes a plurality of electrical display lamps. Such display lamps for lighting are used to produce a game by lighting them. Specifically, a light-emitting diode (hereinafter also referred to as “LED”), a lamp, a cold cathode tube, or the like is used as the display lamp for electrical decoration. The LED and the lamp are each mounted on the illumination board 151. The cold cathode tube is driven by a cold cathode tube substrate 152.

  The main control board 110 mainly controls game content and game media payout control. In addition, the effect control board 120 mainly controls the effect of the game. In other words, the effect control board 120 determines the contents of the game based on the command from the main control board 110, and the image display unit 140, the electric display unit 150, and the speaker unit 160 are determined according to the determined contents of the game. Control.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the effect control board 120 includes a ROM 121, a RAM 122, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 123, a tone generator LSI 124, a tone generator data ROM 125, and a power amplifier 126. As shown in FIG. 11, a serial-parallel conversion circuit 191, an indicator light driver 127, and the like are mounted on the sub relay board 130. In addition, in order to perform signal transmission between the effect control board 120 and the sub relay board 130 by a serial communication method, the effect control board 120 and the sub relay board 130 are connected by serial wiring (Patent Literature). 2). When controlling the electrical decoration display unit 150, the CPU 123 generates a predetermined lighting command signal and sends it to the sub relay board 130. Here, the lighting command signal generated by the CPU 123 is a serial signal. The serial-parallel conversion circuit 191 of the sub-relay substrate 130 converts the serial lighting command signal sent from the CPU 123 into a parallel signal. The indicator lamp driver 127 generates a drive signal for driving each illumination lamp based on the parallel-converted lighting command signal. The drive signal generated by the indicator lamp driver 127 is sent from the sub-relay board 130 to the illumination board 151 and the cold cathode tube board 152, and thereby the lighting of the illumination lamp is controlled. The sub relay board 130 is a board for relaying a lighting command signal output from the effect control board 120, and signal transmission is performed between the effect control board 120 and the sub relay board 130 by a serial communication method.

JP 2003-275390 A International Application W0 2006 / 059710A

  By the way, in a conventional gaming machine, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a wide variety of LED boards for lighting such as a top LED board, a left side LED board, and a right side LED board are used as the lighting board. Is provided. The wiring between each of these LED boards and the sub relay board requires the number of wirings according to the number of LEDs mounted on each LED board, and therefore the wiring between the LED board and the sub relay board. The number will inevitably increase.

  Moreover, the above-described sub relay board and various LED boards are arranged in a very narrow space on the back side of the front panel (front door) of the gaming machine. For this reason, in conventional gaming machines, wiring between the sub-relay board and various LED boards is crowded, which takes time for wiring work and often causes incorrect wiring.

  The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of simplifying the wiring between the sub-relay board and the electrical decoration board.

  A gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object includes an effect control board for controlling display of an electric display for performing an effect related to a game by display, and the effect control board. It is a circuit board that is arranged separately for each illumination area that is configured to include the electrical display, which is configured by separating a sub-relay substrate that relays signals to and from the electrical display. The circuit board on which the display for electric decoration is mounted includes a circuit board serving as a core and a separate circuit board separated from the circuit board serving as the core, and the effect control board and the sub-relay Connected to the board by serial wiring so that information for controlling the display of the display for electric decoration can be sent by serial communication, and the core circuit board and the sub relay board are connected. And the separation circuit board for each of the illumination areas It is characterized in that connecting the circuit board to be Kikaku.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first aspect, information for controlling the display of the display for electric decoration is serially communicated between the sub-relay board and the core circuit board. It is characterized in that it is connected by serial wiring so that it can be sent by.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the second aspect, the core circuit board includes serial-parallel conversion means, and receives a serial signal transmitted from the effect control board via the sub-relay board. It is converted into a parallel signal and sent to the separation circuit board.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the third aspect, the core circuit board includes display driving means for displaying the display for electric decoration together with the serial-parallel conversion means, and the sub The display board is not arranged on the relay board.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the fourth aspect, the serial-parallel conversion means and the display drive means for the separation circuit board provided in the core circuit board are arranged beside the separation circuit board. It is characterized by that.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a circuit board serving as a nucleus is provided for each electric decoration area, and the circuit board and the sub relay board are connected to each electric decoration area, the circuit serving as the nucleus of each electric decoration area By connecting the board and the sub relay board, and the separation circuit board of each lighting area is not the sub relay board, but connected to the circuit board that is the core of each lighting area, from the sub relay board to each lighting area A gaming machine capable of reducing the number of wires and simplifying the wiring by reducing the number of wires routed between the circuit board and the sub-relay board in the illumination area can be provided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the core circuit board is further connected by connecting the sub-relay board and the core circuit board by serial wiring so that signals can be transmitted by serial communication. It is possible to simplify the wiring by reducing the number of wirings between the sub relay board and the sub relay board.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, compared to the conventional gaming machine in which the serial-parallel conversion means is provided on the core circuit board, the serial-parallel conversion means is provided on the sub-relay board. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the wiring by suppressing the generation of the lighting drive signal wiring, and to facilitate the wiring work, so that it is possible to quickly respond to the change of the display for lighting.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the serial-parallel conversion means and the indicator lamp driving means corresponding to the nature of the display for lighting in each lighting area are further provided for each lighting area. The circuit board can be disposed in the vicinity of the separation circuit board, whereby the wiring between the core circuit board and the separation circuit board can be simplified.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the serial-parallel conversion means on the core circuit board and the display drive means for the separation circuit board are arranged beside the separation circuit board, thereby providing a core circuit. The wiring distance between the substrate and the separation substrate can be shortened, and the wiring between them can be simplified.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a schematic front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic back view of the front panel (front door) of the gaming machine, and FIG. 3 is a state in which the front panel of the gaming machine is opened. 4 is a schematic front view of a housing, FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of a gaming machine for explaining an electric decoration area of the present embodiment, FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the gaming machine, and FIG. 6 is an effect control board in the gaming machine. It is a schematic block diagram of a sub relay board | substrate and an electrical decoration board | substrate. Here, a case where the gaming machine is a so-called pachislot machine called a pachislot machine will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, the swivel type gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment includes a housing 2 that houses a main control board 70 and a swivel reel 11 that will be described later, and an electrical display unit that uses LEDs. 40 and the like, and a front panel (front door) 3 configured to be openable and closable. Specifically, the spinning cylinder type gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment includes a first spinning reel 11a, a second spinning reel 11b, a third spinning reel 11c, a display window 12, a medal slot 13, Credit number display section 14, MAX bet button 15, one-piece insertion button 16, bet number display section 17, start lever 18, first stop button 19a, second stop button 19b, and third stop button 19c The clearing button 21, the payout number display unit 22, the medal discharge port 23, the medal tray 24, the payout device 25, the image display unit 30, the electrical display unit 40, the speaker unit 50, and the inserted medal detection Sensor 61, MAX bet button operation detection sensor 62, single-load button operation detection sensor 63, start lever operation detection sensor 64, first stop button operation detection sensor 65a, second stop button Operation detection sensor 65b, third stop button operation detection sensor 65c, first cylinder reel drive unit 66a, second cylinder reel drive unit 66b, third cylinder reel drive unit 66c, main control board 70, and production A control board 80 and a sub relay board 90 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a first spinning reel 11a, a second spinning reel 11b, and a third spinning reel 11c are disposed slightly above the central portion of the spinning cylinder game machine. Each spinning reel 11a, 11b, 11c has a symbol row in which a plurality of symbols are arranged in a row, and is configured to be rotatable. These spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c serve as symbol display means capable of variable display for changing a plurality of symbols and stop display for stopping the variable display. The first drum reel 11a is driven by a first drum reel drive unit 66a, the second drum reel 11b is driven by a second drum reel drive unit 66b, and the third drum reel 11c is driven a third time. It is driven by a drum reel drive unit 66c. Here, as each spinning reel drive unit 66a, 66b, 66c, for example, a stepping motor is used. Control of these spinning reel drive units 66 a, 66 b and 66 c is performed by the main control board 70. Note that the main control board 70 can grasp the symbols displayed by the spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c at predetermined positions in the display window 12 by the number of steps of the stepping motor. A known method is used for grasping.

  The symbols arranged on each reel 11a, 11b, 11c include, for example, a red number “7” symbol (red seven symbol), a blue numeral “7” symbol (blue seven symbol), a BAR symbol, a replay symbol, Watermelon design, bell design, cherry design, etc. A total of 21 or less of these symbols are arranged on the outer periphery of each spinning reel 11a, 11b, 11c. Further, the number of symbols and the arrangement order of symbols differ for each of the spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c.

  The display window 12 is a transparent window provided on the front surface of the reel reels 11a, 11b, and 11c. The display window 12 displays the three symbols along the rotation direction of the spinning reel and the three symbols along the direction orthogonal to the rotation direction when the three spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c are stopped. Can do. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the player can turn the reel reels 11a, 11b, 11b from the display window 12 when the first reel reel 11a, the second reel reel 11b, and the third reel reel 11c are stopped. Three symbols attached to 11c (a total of nine symbols) can be visually observed.

  In the spinning-type game machine, a game (game) is performed in which the symbols displayed when the three spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c are stopped are aligned with combinations of symbols corresponding to various roles. That is, when the three spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c start to rotate and the three spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c are stopped, a combination of symbols corresponding to any of the multiple types of roles. Is stopped and displayed on the display window 12, the game result is the winning combination.

  The medal slot 13 is an slot for a player to insert a medal (game medium). The inserted medal detection sensor 61 is provided inside the medal insertion slot 13 and detects that a medal has been inserted into the medal insertion slot 13. A detection signal from the inserted medal detection sensor 61 is sent to the main control board 70. Based on the detection signal from the inserted medal detection sensor 61, the main control board 70 can recognize how many medals have been inserted.

  A credit number display unit 14 is provided immediately below the display window 12. The credit number display unit 14 displays the medal credit number (stored number) within a predetermined range (for example, within 50 cards). When the result of the game is a winning of a predetermined combination, the main control board 70 adds the number of medals to be paid out corresponding to the combination to the current number of credits, and adds the added number to the credit number display unit 14. Display.

  In the spinning cylinder type gaming machine of this embodiment, one game can be played by inserting one, two, or three medals. Inserting one, two, or three medals is a condition for playing the game. For this reason, when playing a game, the player inserts one, two, or three medals from the medal slot 13, or one medal and two medals from the current medal credit number. The number of credits for 3 minutes or 3 medals must be used.

  The MAX bet button 15 and the single insert button 16 use one, two, or three medals from among the credited medals instead of actually inserting medals from the medal insertion slot 13. It is a game instruction means for instructing to play a game. The MAX bet button 15 and the single-load button 16 are provided on the lower left side of the display window 12. The MAX bet button 15 is a button for instructing to play a game using three medals from among the credited medals, and the one-sheet insertion button 16 is selected from among the credited medals. A button for instructing to play a game using one, two, or three medals. Specifically, by pressing the one-sheet insertion button 16 once, it is instructed to play a game using one medal out of the credited medals, and the one-sheet insertion button 16 is pressed twice. Thus, it is instructed to play a game using two medals from among the medals that have been credited, and by pressing the one-sheet insertion button 16 three times, three medals from the credited medals are selected. It is instructed to play the game using medals. In other words, pressing the single-load button 16 three times is the same as pressing the MAX bet button 15 once.

  The MAX bet button operation detection sensor 62 detects that the MAX bet button 15 has been pressed, and the one-sheet insertion button operation detection sensor 63 detects that the one-sheet insertion button 16 has been pressed. Detection signals from the button operation detection sensors 62 and 63 are sent to the main control board 70. When receiving the detection signal, the main control board 70 recognizes how many medals are used to play the game, subtracts the number of credits corresponding to the number of recognized medals from the current number of credits, and subtracts the number. The number of credits displayed is displayed on the credit amount display unit 14.

  A bet number display portion 17 is provided on the lower left side of the display window 12. The bet number display unit 17 displays the number of medals used in the game. Specifically, when the one-piece insertion button 16 is pressed once, the main control board 70 turns on the lamp corresponding to the “one” portion of the bet number display section 17. When the one-sheet insertion button 16 is pressed twice, the main control board 70 turns on the lamp corresponding to the “two” portion of the bet number display portion 17. When the one-sheet insertion button 16 is pressed three times or the MAX bet button 15 is pressed, the main control board 70 turns on the lamp corresponding to the “three” portion of the bet number display portion 17.

  The start lever 18 is operated by the player to instruct to start the game. The MAX bet button in a state where the number of medals necessary for one game is inserted from the medal slot 13 or the number of medals necessary for one game is already credited. The start lever 18 can be operated by performing any one of the 15 operations or the required number of operations of the single-load button 16. Here, one game starts when the start lever 18 is operated, and ends when all the three stop buttons 19a, 19b, and 19c are pressed. The start lever operation detection sensor 64 detects that the start lever 18 has been operated. When the start lever operation detection sensor 64 detects that the start lever 18 has been operated, it sends a game start signal to the main control board 70.

  The main control board 70 receives a signal from any one of the inserted medal detection sensor 61, the MAX bet button operation detection sensor 62, and the one-sheet insertion button operation detection sensor 63, and inserts the number of medals necessary for playing the game. When the game start signal is received from the start lever operation detection sensor 64 while recognizing that the game is being performed, a game start process is performed. Specifically, when the main control board 70 receives the game start signal, the main control board 70 acquires a random number value, performs a lottery process for the role based on the random number value, and 4.1 from the time of receiving the previous game start signal. Immediately after the elapse of one second or more, the rotating operation of the three reel reels 11a, 11b, and 11c is started immediately after the elapse of 4.1 seconds if 4.1 seconds have elapsed. As described above, the start lever 18 serves as a change instruction unit that gives an opportunity to start the change display operation of the three reel reels 11a, 11b, and 11c.

  The first stop button 19a is for instructing to stop the rotation operation of the first drum reel 11a, and the second stop button 19b is for instructing to stop the rotation operation of the second drum reel 11b. The third stop button 19c is for instructing to stop the rotation operation of the third drum reel 11c. That is, each stop button 19a, 19b, 19c serves as a stop instruction means for giving an opportunity for the spinning reel to stop display. The first stop button operation detection sensor 65a detects that the first stop button 19a has been pressed, and the second stop button operation detection sensor 65b detects that the second stop button 19b has been pressed. The third stop button operation detection sensor 65c detects that the third stop button 19c has been pressed. Detection signals from the respective stop button operation detection sensors 65a, 65b, 65c are sent to the main control board 70. When receiving the detection signals from the stop button operation detection sensors 65a, 65b, and 65c, the main control board 70 stops the rotation operation of the spinning reel corresponding to the stop button operation detection sensor by a predetermined control method.

  In the present embodiment, five winning lines for stopping the three reel reels 11a, 11b, and 11c and aligning predetermined symbols are set. That is, three lines extending in the horizontal direction through each of the upper, middle and lower portions of the display window 12, lines extending from the upper left to the lower right of the display window 12, and from the lower left to the upper right of the display window 12. And a line that extends. The effective winning line varies depending on how many medals are bet. When a game is played using a single medal, only one winning line that passes through the central portion of the display window 12 and extends in the horizontal direction is an effective winning line. When a game is played using two medals, only three winning lines extending in the horizontal direction through the upper, central and lower parts of the display window 12 are effective winning lines. When a game is played using three medals, all five winning lines are valid winning lines. When the three reel reels 11a, 11b, and 11c are stopped, if a combination of predetermined symbols is aligned on an effective winning line among the five winning lines, the game result is a winning combination corresponding to the combination. Become.

  The types of roles include a bell small role, a cherry small role, a watermelon small role, a replay role, a big bonus (BB), and a challenge time big bonus (CT). Among these, the bell small part, the cherry small part and the watermelon small part are referred to as small parts that are small hits. When the player wins the small bell role by the lottery process of the main control board 70, the player can align the three bell symbols on the effective winning line in the game. When the three bell symbols are aligned on an effective winning line, the winning of the bell small role is achieved. In addition, when the cherry small role is won by the lottery process of the role by the main control board 70, the player stops the cherry symbol arranged on the first drum reel 11a in the game at any position in the display window 12. It can be displayed. Then, when the cherry symbol arranged on the first reel 11a is stopped and displayed at any position in the display window 12, a winning of the small cherry role is achieved. Furthermore, when a watermelon small role is won by a lottery process of a role by the main control board 70, the player can align three watermelon symbols on an effective winning line in the game. When the three watermelon symbols are aligned on an effective winning line, a watermelon small character wins. When winning a prize in this way, a predetermined number of medals are paid out according to the type of the prize.

  Further, when a replay combination is won by a combination lottery process by the main control board 70, the player can arrange three replay symbols on an effective winning line in the game. When the three replay symbols are aligned on an effective winning line, a replay role is won. When winning the replay role, the revolving game machine is considered to be in the re-playing state, that is, the same number of medals used in this game are automatically inserted, and the player newly wins a medal. The game can be played again without being thrown in. In this embodiment, since the replay role does not pay out medals, the replay role is not included in the small role, but a new medal insertion operation for the next game is unnecessary, so it was used for that game. It is also possible to treat the replay role as a small role, assuming that the medal has been paid out.

  BB and CT are big players called so-called bonuses. When BB is won by the lottery process of the main control board 70, the player can arrange three red 7 symbols on an effective winning line. When three red 7 symbols are aligned on a valid pay line, a BB win is awarded. When winning a prize for BB, the BB game is executed in the rotary type gaming machine. In the BB game, the win probability of the small role is dramatically improved, and the player can acquire a large amount of medals in a short time. This BB game ends when the cumulative payout number of medals exceeds 345, for example. In addition, when winning a CT by a lottery process of a role by the main control board 70, the player can align three blue 7 symbols on an effective winning line. When these three blue 7 symbols are aligned on an effective winning line, a CT win is obtained. When winning the CT, a CT game is executed in the rotary type gaming machine. In the CT game, the reel control becomes a special control state, and regardless of the lottery result of the combination, any small combination can be aligned on an effective winning line depending on the skill of the player. This CT game ends when the cumulative payout number of medals exceeds 150, for example.

  The number-of-payout display unit 22 displays the number of medals to be paid out in each game according to the result of the game. The main control board 70 controls the payout number display unit 22. For example, when the player presses the clearing button 21, the number of medals corresponding to the number of credits at that time is released from the medal outlet 23. The medal tray 24 is a tray for accumulating medals discharged from the medal discharge port 23. The payout device 25 is a device that pays out medals one by one from the medal discharge port 23 using a predetermined rotation mechanism (not shown). The operation of the dispensing device 25 is controlled by the main control board 70.

  The image display unit 30 is provided on the upper side of the display window 12. In the present embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used as the image display unit 30. The image display unit 30 includes a liquid crystal panel 31 and a liquid crystal control board 32 that controls the liquid crystal panel 31, as shown in FIGS. The image display unit 30 variably displays images of a plurality of characters, numbers, figures, characters, and the like, thereby performing the advance notice of the winning combination, notification of predetermined information, and other effects related to the game. For example, a premium effect for notifying the jackpot confirmation is performed, or the types of symbols to be aligned on an effective winning line are announced. The effect control of the image display unit 30 is performed by the effect control board 80 based on a command (command signal) from the main control board 70.

  Next, the electrical display part 40 in which the display lamp for electrical decoration is arrange | positioned is demonstrated. The electrical display unit 40 uses an electrical display lamp (in this embodiment, an LED) to notify various game states or to provide effects related to the game. This electrical decoration display part 40 is provided with a total of seven electrical decoration area | regions, as shown by the dashed-dotted line in FIG. That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, as the electrical decoration area, a top electrical decoration area 410 provided on the back side of the upper end of the front panel 3 of the swivel game machine 1, and a left side part of the front panel 3 On the back side, the left side illumination area 420 provided on the outer periphery, the right side illumination area 430 provided on the outer periphery of the right side of the front panel 3, and the center of the front panel 3 The left panel electrical decoration area 440 provided at a position closer to the center than the left side electrical decoration area 420 on the left side rear side, and the right side rear side of the center part of the front panel 3 and the center on the right side electrical decoration area 430 A right panel illumination area 450 provided at a close position, a left operation area illumination area 480 provided on the lower left side of the display window 12 on the back side of the front panel 3, and a back side of the front panel 3. Provided on the lower right side of the display window 12 The and a right operation unit illuminations region 490.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.4, the electric decoration display part 40 is the top LED board 41 arrange | positioned at the top electric decoration area | region 410, and the left side LED board 42 arrange | positioned at the left side electric decoration area 420, The right side LED board 43 arranged in the right side illumination area 430, the left panel LED board 44 arranged in the left panel illumination area 440, and the right panel LED board 45 arranged in the right panel decoration area 450. And a left operation unit LED board 48 disposed in the left operation unit illumination region 480 and a right operation unit LED substrate 49 disposed in the right operation unit illumination region 490. Here, the top LED substrate 41, the left side LED substrate 42, the right side LED substrate 43, the left panel LED substrate 44, the right panel LED substrate 45, the left operation unit LED substrate 48, and the right operation unit LED substrate 49 are mounted. The LED units thus provided are provided so as to be turned on and displayed toward the player, and each corresponds to the display lamp for electrical decoration of the present invention. In the following, the top LED board 41, the left side LED board 42, the right side LED board 43, the left panel LED board 44, the right panel LED board 45, the left operation part LED board 48, and the right operation part LED board 49 are collectively shown. , And also referred to as “electric board”.

  Control of the illumination display unit 40 is performed by the effect control board 80 based on a command from the main control board 70. Specifically, the effect control board 80 generates a predetermined lighting command signal based on a command from the main control board 70, and the lighting command signal is transmitted to the sub-relay board 90 by the serial communication method using the wiring L. Send. The sub-relay board 90 relays the lighting command signal from the effect control board 80 and uses the wirings L41 to L45, L47 to L49, and the lighting boards 41 to 45, 48, and 49 of the lighting display unit 40, which will be described later. It is sent out to the cold cathode tube substrate 47. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the effect control board 80 is arranged on the left side of the spinning reel when the inside of the housing 2 is viewed from the front, and the sub-relay board is shown in FIG. Further, it is arranged on the back side of the front panel 3.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram for explaining the connection between the sub-relay board and the electrical decoration board of the present embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 7, the top LED substrate 41 includes a top LED central substrate 41 a disposed at the center of the top illumination area 410, and a right side as viewed from the front of the illumination area 410. And a top LED left substrate 41c disposed on the left side as viewed from the front of the electrical decoration area 410. In FIG. 2, the positions of the sub-relay substrate 90, the top LED central substrate 41a, the top LED right substrate 41b, and the top LED left substrate 41c are indicated by thick solid lines. On the top LED central substrate 41a, a white LED unit 410a (shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 described later) configured to include 24 white LEDs is mounted. Each of the top LED right substrate 41b and the top LED left substrate 41c is mounted with an LED unit including 18 color LEDs each emitting three colors (red, green, and blue). The top LED central substrate 41a of the present embodiment is a circuit substrate that is the core of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the sub-relay substrate 90 and the top LED central substrate 41a are connected by a serial wiring L41 so that signals can be transferred by a serial communication method. The top LED right board 41b and the top LED left board 41c are the separation circuit boards of the present invention, and the parallel wiring L41b, L41c via the top LED central board 41a which is a core circuit board and connectors CN8 and CN9 described later. Connected by.

  The right side LED board 43 includes a right side LED middle board 43a arranged at the center of the right side lighting area 430, a right side LED upper board 43b arranged above the lighting area 430, and the same lighting. And a right side LED lower substrate 43c disposed under the region 430. On the right side LED middle substrate 43a, an LED unit having ten white light emitting LEDs is mounted. On each of the right side LED upper substrate 43b and the left side LED left substrate 43c, an LED unit having six white light emitting LEDs is mounted. The right side LED middle board 43a of the present embodiment is a circuit board as a core of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the sub relay board 90 and the right side LED middle board 43a are connected by a serial wiring L43 so that signals can be transferred by a serial communication method. Further, the right side LED upper substrate 43b and the right side LED lower substrate 43c are separation circuit boards of the present invention, and are connected to the right side LED middle substrate 43a, which is a core circuit board, by parallel wires L43b and L43c. . Although omitted in FIG. 7, the left side LED substrate 42 has the same configuration as the right side LED substrate 43.

  Other LED boards, for example, the left panel LED board 44, are disposed in the left panel illumination area 440, and the left panel LED board 44 is mounted with an LED unit having ten red LEDs. The right panel LED board 45 is disposed in the right panel illumination area 450, and the right panel LED board 45 is mounted with an LED unit having six red LEDs.

  In addition, the left operation unit LED board 48 is disposed in the left operation unit illumination area 480, the right operation unit LED board 49 is disposed in the right operation unit illumination area 490, and each board has two red LEDs. The LED unit which has is mounted.

  Further, the three backlights mounted on the backlight substrates 46a, 46b, and 46c are used to illuminate the spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c from the inside, respectively. It is provided inside the reel 11b and the third cylinder reel 11c. These three backlights are driven to be lit by the backlight substrates 46a, 46b, and 46c, respectively.

  The cold cathode tube 47 a is provided on the back side of the front panel and above the display window 12. The cold cathode tube 47a mainly plays a role of improving the visibility of symbols printed on the spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c by irradiating light to the spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c. The cold cathode tube substrate 47 drives the cold cathode tube 47a. Specifically, an inverter circuit, a high voltage generation circuit, and the like are mounted on the cold cathode tube substrate 47. When a driving pulse signal (ON signal) is sent from the effect control board 80 to the cold cathode tube board 47 via the sub-relay board 90, the inverter circuit is driven, and a high voltage is generated based on the signal from the inverter circuit. When the circuit generates a high voltage, the cold cathode tube 47a is turned on.

  The speaker unit 50 performs an effect related to the game with sound. Control of the speaker unit 50 is performed by the effect control board 80 based on a command from the main control board 70. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the speaker unit 50 includes a first door speaker 51, a second door speaker 52, and a rear speaker 53. The first door speaker 51 and the second door speaker 52 are respectively provided on the left side and the right side of the upper back side of the front panel. That is, in FIG. 1, the first door speaker 51 and the second door speaker 52 are circle portions drawn by dotted lines on the upper portion of the front panel. Further, the rear speaker 53 is provided on the back side of the swivel game machine.

  Next, the main control board 70 will be described. The main control board 70 mainly controls and manages game contents and medal payout. A plurality of integrated circuit elements (ICs) are mounted on the main control board 70. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the main control board 70 includes a ROM 71, a RAM 72, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 73. The ROM 71 stores various programs relating to game content control and the like. The RAM 72 is a working memory that temporarily stores data.

  The CPU 73 executes control of game content by executing a program stored in the ROM 71. For example, the CPU 73 performs a lottery process for a combination. Specifically, this lottery process is performed as follows. The ROM 71 stores a lottery table showing the correspondence between the combination and the random number value. When the CPU 73 receives a signal from the start lever operation detection sensor 64, the CPU 73 acquires a random value. Then, by determining which role in the lottery table the acquired random number value corresponds to, determine which role has been won, or whether it has won a so-called “unfair” that does not correspond to any role To do. The CPU 73 controls the game content based on the result of the lottery, or transmits a predetermined command to the effect control board 80.

  Further, the CPU 73 performs reel drive start control for starting driving of the three spinning reels and reel drive stop control for stopping driving of the reel reels. This reel drive stop control includes reel pull-in control that is performed when one of the small role, replay role, and major role is won, detachment control that is performed when the wrong combination is won, and the like.

  The reel pull-in control means that when a stop button is pressed, the symbol within the range of a predetermined number of frames (for example, 5 frames) from the symbol including the symbols on the winning line that is valid at the timing when the stop button is pressed. This means that when there is a symbol constituting a winning combination, the stop position of the spinning reel is controlled so that the symbol is drawn on the effective winning line. However, if there is no symbol that constitutes the relevant role within the range of the predetermined number of frames at the timing when the player presses the stop button, the reel pull-in control does not work, and the winning symbol is effective. Stop on line. Therefore, at this time, the symbols constituting the winning combination are not aligned on the effective winning line, and the winning combination is not won.

  On the other hand, the detachment control is to control the stop position of the spinning reel so that any of the small combination, the replay combination, and the large combination is not established on the effective winning line. Therefore, in this case, even if the player presses the stop button aiming at a specific combination, no combination is won, and the result of the game is a so-called “out”.

  The CPU 73 also manages the gaming state. In the swivel type gaming machine of the present embodiment, various gaming states such as “general gaming state”, “BB gaming state”, “CT gaming state”, etc. are set as the gaming state of the gaming machine. The “general game state” is a normal game state. The “BB gaming state” is a gaming state in which a player can obtain the most amount of medals by playing a BB game in which the winning probability of a small role is dramatically improved. The “CT gaming state” is a gaming state in which a player can win a large number of medals after the BB gaming state by performing a CT game. The CPU 73 controls the transition of the gaming state based on the result of the role lottery performed when the game is started, the result of the game, and the like. As described above, when the spinning-type gaming machine has a plurality of gaming states, it is possible to realize a variety of games according to the gaming state.

  Further, the CPU 73 performs processing for transmitting a command to the effect control board 80. There are many types of commands that are transmitted from the CPU 73 to the effect control board 80. For example, there are commands related to game effects (effect commands) created based on the result of the lottery process of the combination, commands (operation commands) created when a predetermined operation is performed by the player, and the like.

  In addition, various standards have been established for the spinning machine. One of the standards is that if 4.1 seconds have not elapsed since the start lever 18 was operated, the spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c do not rotate even if the start lever 18 is operated next time. For this reason, the CPU 73 performs drive start control of the spinning reels 11a, 11b, and 11c so as to conform to the standard. However, even if the start lever 18 is operated next within 4.1 seconds after the start lever 18 is operated, the CPU 73 detects the inserted medal detection sensor 61, the MAX bet button operation detection sensor 62, one piece. If a signal is received from any one of the insertion button operation detection sensors 63 and it is already recognized that one, two, or three medals have been inserted, a hand lottery process based on a random number value is performed.

  Next, the effect control board 80 will be described. The effect control board 80 mainly performs control related to game effects. A plurality of integrated circuit elements are mounted on the effect control board 80. Specifically, the effect control board 80 includes a ROM 81, a RAM 82, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 83, a tone generator LSI 84, a tone generator data ROM 85, and a power amplifier 86, as shown in FIG. The ROM 81 stores various data such as various programs relating to control of game effects and the like, and pattern data for lighting effects. The RAM 82 is a working memory that temporarily stores data. In the present embodiment, a CPU 83 having both a parallel communication function and a serial communication function is used.

  The sound source LSI 84 has a plurality of channels for sending sound source data, and sends the sound source data stored in the sound source data ROM 85 to the speaker unit 50 through a predetermined channel to reproduce and output the sound. is there. The sound source data ROM 85 stores reproduction control data for each sound source data together with a plurality of sound source data. The reproduction control data is data for controlling the sound reproduction output of the speaker unit 50 by controlling the transmission of the sound source data in the sound source LSI 84. The power amplifier 86 amplifies the sound signal sent from the sound source LSI 84 and outputs it to the speaker unit 50.

  By the way, in a gaming machine such as a swivel type gaming machine or a pachinko gaming machine, any board such as the main control board 70, the production control board 80, the sub relay board 90, etc., It is desirable not to provide so-called empty external connection terminals (connectors) that are not connected to the board, that is, it is desirable that all connectors CN provided on each board have no empty terminals. This is because if there is a vacant terminal, an illegal signal can be input to or taken out of the board using the terminal. In the present embodiment, an indicator lamp driver is mounted not on the sub-relay board 90 but on an electric decoration board (this will be described later), and a CPU 83 having both a parallel communication function and a serial communication function is used. The signal transmission is performed between the CPU 83 and an illumination board, for example, a top LED central board, via a sub-relay board 90 by a two-wire I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) serial communication system. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, between the connector CN3 of the effect control board 80 and the connector CN5 of the sub-relay board 90, and the connector CN6 of the sub-relay board 90 and the electrical decoration board, for example, the connector CN7 of the top LED central board The transmission line L of serial wiring connecting between them has at least two I2C serial communication lines, and the serial signal of each serial communication line is transmitted from the connector CN to the connector CN at a transmission speed of 79 kbps or higher. Thereby, even if it does not provide a vacant terminal in the connector of the production | presentation control board | substrate 80, the swivel type game machine of this embodiment can respond easily to the change of the structure of the display lamp for electrical decoration.

  In addition, when serial communication is performed between the effect control board 80 and an illumination board, for example, the top LED central board 41a, a conventionally used connector for parallel communication may be used as it is, instead of a special connector. it can. Of course, in the serial communication between the effect control board 80 and the illumination board, for example, the top LED central board 41a, a serial communication connector may be used. In this embodiment, I2C is used as a serial communication system. In addition to I2C, various systems such as USB (Universal Serial Bus), UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter), RS232, RS232C, RS422, RS423, RS485, and the like. It is also possible to adopt.

  The CPU 83 controls the image display unit 30, the electrical display unit 40, and the speaker unit 50 by executing a program stored in the ROM 81. Specifically, when receiving an effect command from the main control board 70, the CPU 83 determines the content of the game effect based on the effect command. Then, the CPU 83 generates a liquid crystal command corresponding to the determined content of the effect and sends it to the liquid crystal control board 32. The liquid crystal control board 32 controls display of an image based on the liquid crystal command. Further, the CPU 83 reads the illumination effect pattern data corresponding to the determined content from the ROM 81, and then generates a predetermined lighting command signal based on the illumination effect pattern data. Here, the lighting command signal generated by the CPU 83 is a signal for designating lighting / extinguishing for each of the indicator lamps (LED), and the CPU 83 generates the lighting command signal as a serial signal. Then, the CPU 83 sends the generated lighting command signal to the sub-relay board 90 and controls lighting of the display lamps for electrical decoration via the sub-relay board 90. Further, when the CPU 83 sends information about the determined contents to the sound source LSI 84, the sound source LSI 84 reads out sound source data and reproduction control data corresponding to the information from the sound source data ROM 85. The sound source LSI 84 controls the transmission of the sound source data based on the reproduction control data. The sound signal transmitted from the sound source LSI 84 is amplified by the power amplifier 86 and then output from the speaker unit 50.

  The sub-relay board 90 is configured separately from the effect control board 80 and relays the lighting command signal sent from the effect control board 80. In this embodiment, the sub relay board 90 is attached to the back surface of the front panel as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, since the signal transmission between the effect control board 80 and the sub relay board 90 is performed by the serial communication method, serial wiring is provided between the effect control board 80 and the sub relay board 90. Connected by. In FIG. 6, the signal transmission between the effect control board 80 and the liquid crystal control board 32 is shown to be performed by the parallel communication method, but the two may be performed by the serial communication method. .

  8, 9 and 10 are wiring diagrams of the top LED central substrate 41a. As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the top LED central board 41a is connected to the sub relay board 90 by the serial wiring L41, the buffer CN 411, the stage control board 80 via the sub relay board 90, and the buffer circuit 411. Two serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b for converting the serial signal sent from the light into parallel signals, and four indicator lamp drive circuits 413a, 414a, 413b and 414b for generating a lighting drive signal for lighting the LED 24 white LED units (LED1 to LED24) 410a arranged on the top LED central board 41a, a connector CN8 for connecting to the top LED right board 41b by wiring, and connecting to the top LED left board 41b by wiring Connector CN9.

  The two serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b are connected to the common clock line SCL1 and the common data line SDA1 via the buffer circuit 4111. A lighting command signal is transferred between the effect control board 80 and the top LED central board 41a by the I2C serial communication method. In this serial communication system, a clock signal is sent from the clock line, and the serial signal is transferred from the data line in accordance with the clock signal sent by the clock line. In this embodiment, since the lighting command signal is transmitted to the two serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b connected to the common clock line SCL1 and data line SDA1, the effect control board 80 is connected via the sub-relay board 90. First, an 8-bit address signal indicating to which serial-parallel conversion circuit a signal is sent is sent to the top LED central board 41a, and then an 8-bit serial signal to be transferred is sent. The serial-parallel conversion circuit on the receiving side acquires the serial signal that is the next transmitted data only when the first 8-bit address signal is its own. When the 8-bit address signal is not its own, the serial signal sent subsequently is not acquired.

  By such a communication method, the effect control board 80 transfers the serial signal by dividing into a plurality of destinations connected to the same clock line and data line. In this embodiment, an IC (PCA9532PW) shown in FIG. 9 is used as the serial-parallel conversion circuit. The serial-parallel conversion circuit IC 412a shown in FIG. 9 can set the addresses of a total of eight serial-parallel conversion circuit ICs depending on the connection method of the terminals A0, A1, and A2. For example, in the case shown in FIG. 9, since the terminals A0, A1, A2 of the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412a are all connected to the ground, the address of the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412a is “000”. In the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412b shown in FIG. 10, the terminal A0 is connected to the 5v power source, and the terminals A1 and A2 are connected to the ground. Therefore, the address of the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412b is “100”. Therefore, the effect control board 80 sets the address signal to “000” when transferring the serial signal to the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412a, and the address signal when transferring the serial signal to the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412b. Set to “100”.

  Each of the serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b receives one 8-bit serial signal (lighting command signal) addressed to itself from the effect control board 80 via the sub-relay board 90 as described above. Are converted into 16-bit parallel signals and output from terminals 4 to 20. Further, among the 16-bit parallel signals of the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412a, the lower bit signals of the terminals 4 to 11 are transferred to the indicator lamp driving circuit 413a, and the upper bit signals of the terminals 13 to 20 are displayed. Transfer to the lamp drive circuit 414a. In the present embodiment, the IC (TD62387AFN) shown in FIG. 9 is used as the indicator lamp driving circuit. Each indicator light drive circuit 413a, 414a generates a 12v drive signal for lighting the LED unit based on the transferred 5v lighting instruction signal and transfers it to the LED unit. For example, the drive signals output from the terminal 13 to the terminal 18 of the indicator lamp drive circuit 414a are the 12 white LEDs 1 to 2 which are half of the 24 mounted on the top LED central substrate 41a which is its own substrate. It is sent to LED12. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 9, two 12v drive signals output from the terminals 13 to 18 of the indicator lamp drive circuit 414a are connected in series to the terminals 13 to 18 in series. The white light emitting LEDs (LED1 to LED12) are driven to turn on. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the drive signal output from the terminal 13 to the terminal 18 by the indicator lamp driving circuit 414b is 12 of the remaining half of 24 mounted on the top LED central board 41a which is its own board. It is sent to the LEDs 13 to 24 that emit white light. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, two white signals connected in series to the terminals 13 to 18 by the 12v drive signal output from the terminals 13 to 18 of the indicator lamp driving circuit 414b. Light-emitting LEDs (LED13 to LED24) are driven to turn on. That is, in this embodiment, two LEDs are driven to be lit by one drive signal. Similarly, in the case of color LEDs emitting three colors (red, green, blue), two LEDs, for example, red LEDs are driven to light by one drive signal. Note that the terminal 12 of the indicator lamp driving circuit 414a and the terminal 12 of the indicator lamp driving circuit 414b are empty terminals. However, since these vacant terminals 12 and 12 are not external connection terminals, even if they are vacant terminals, there is no possibility of being used for fraud.

  In this embodiment, the two serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b and the two indicator lamp drive circuits 413a and 413b are arranged on the top LED central substrate 41a for the following reason. That is, one serial-parallel conversion circuit 412a and an indicator lamp driving circuit 413a are arranged beside the top LED right board 41b, and the other serial-parallel conversion circuit 412b and indicator lamp driving circuit 413b are beside the top LED left board 41c. This is because the wiring between the top LED central substrate 41a, the top LED right substrate 41b, and the top LED left substrate 41c is made as short as possible. That is, according to the present embodiment, the wiring distance can be shortened by arranging the serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b and the indicator lamp drive circuits 413a and 413b near the LED to be controlled. As another arrangement / wiring method of the serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a, 412b and the indicator lamp driving circuits 413a, 413b, for example, all the serial-parallel conversion circuits and the indicator lamp driving circuits are arranged in the central portion of the top LED central board 41a. The lighting of the LED mounted on the top LED central board 41a is controlled by one circuit, for example, the circuit shown in FIG. 9, and the top LED right board 41b and the top LED are controlled by the other circuit, for example, the circuit shown in FIG. It is also possible to control the lighting of the LEDs mounted on the left substrate 41c. However, with such arrangement / wiring, the wiring distance between the indicator lamp driving circuit and the LED becomes longer than that of the present embodiment, and the wiring materials having different lengths increase, so that the wiring work is complicated. It will be a thing.

  The drive signal of the indicator lamp drive circuit 413a shown in FIG. 9 is sent to the top LED right board 41b, which is the separation circuit board, via the connector CN8, via the parallel wiring L41b, and is mounted on the top LED right board 41b. It is sent to the light emitting LED unit. The lighting of one set of three color light emitting LEDs connected in series is controlled by the top LED right data 0 to 2 which are drive signals output from the connector CN8. That is, the top LED right data 0 output from the connector CN8 drives two red light emitting LEDs connected in series on the top LED right board to be lit, and the top LED right data 1 indicates the top LED right data. Two green light emitting LEDs connected in series on the board are driven to light up, and two blue light emitting LEDs connected in series mounted on the top LED right board are driven by the top LED right data 2. Drive on. Similarly, lighting of the other two sets of three-color light emitting LEDs is controlled by the top LED right data 3 to 5 and the top LED right data 6 to 8 output from the connector CN8. Note that a total of nine drive signals are required to control lighting of the three sets of three-color light emitting LEDs mounted on the top LED right substrate, and the drive signals output by the indicator lamp drive circuit 413a are There are 8 and one is not enough. For this reason, in this embodiment, the drive signal output from the terminal 19 of the indicator lamp drive circuit 414a is used as an insufficient drive signal.

  Further, the drive signal of the indicator lamp drive circuit 413b shown in FIG. 10 is sent to the top LED left board 41c, which is a separation circuit board, via the connector CN9 and the parallel wiring L41c, and is mounted on the top LED left board 41c. It is sent to a color LED that emits three colors. That is, as described above, the top LED left data 0 to 2 output from the connector CN9 controls the lighting of a pair of three-color light emitting LEDs connected in series and is output from the connector CN9. Based on the top LED left data 3 to 5 and the top LED left data 6 to 8, the lighting of the other two sets of color LEDs for three-color emission is controlled. As in the case of FIG. 9, the deficient drive signal uses a drive signal output from the terminal 19 of the indicator lamp drive circuit 414b.

  Note that the resistors RA1 to RA4 shown in FIG. 9 and the resistors RA5 to RA8 shown in FIG. 10 are transistors used for the output of the IC because the ICs used for the serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b are oven collector outputs. This is a pull-up resistor for pulling up the terminal to the power supply voltage when is off. The capacitor C2 shown in FIG. 9 and the capacitor C3 shown in FIG. 10 are for supplying power with a stable potential to the ICs of the serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b. The buffer circuit 411 is a buffer for the I2C bus.

  The right side LED middle substrate 43a shown in FIG. 7 also has the same configuration as the top LED central substrate 41a. Although omitted in FIG. 7, the left side LED middle substrate 42a constituting the left side LED substrate 42 has the same configuration as the top LED central substrate 41a. Furthermore, the electric decoration board | substrate provided in each other electric decoration area | region is divided into the circuit board used as a nucleus, and the separation circuit board parallel-connected with the circuit board used as the nucleus similarly to the top LED board 41, and is comprised. You may make it do. Moreover, like the right operation unit LED board 49, when the number of mounted LEDs is small, a circuit having a plurality of illumination areas, the LED board arranged in one of the illumination areas as a core. You may make it comprise a board | substrate and comprise the LED board arrange | positioned in another electrical decoration area | region as a separation circuit board. For example, the right panel LED board 45 arranged in the right panel illumination area 450 is used as a core circuit board, and the right operation section LED board 49 arranged in the right operation section illumination area 490 is constituted as a separation circuit board. It may be. Alternatively, the right operation unit LED board 49 may be a circuit board having the right side LED middle board 43a as a core, and may be a separation circuit board with respect to the right side LED middle board 43a. It is good also considering the LED board arrange | positioned as another circuit board as another circuit board as a separation circuit board. In addition, it is not necessary to separate the LED boards arranged in all the illumination areas into a core circuit board and a separation circuit board, and some of the illumination areas, particularly areas where wiring is crowded, such as top You may make it apply this invention only to a decoration area | region. FIG. 4 shows an example of the illumination area, and the present invention is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, the right panel illumination area, the right side illumination area, and the right operation area illumination area may be combined into one illumination area, or all the illumination areas shown in FIG. 4 may be regarded as one illumination area. Good.

  Next, a processing procedure for controlling the display lamp for electrical decoration in the spinning cylinder game machine of the present embodiment will be described. When the player operates the start lever 18, the start lever operation detection sensor 64 sends a game start signal to the main control board 70. When receiving a signal from the start lever operation detection sensor 64, the CPU 73 of the main control board 70 acquires a random number value. Then, based on the lottery table stored in the ROM 71, it is determined whether the acquired random number value corresponds to which combination, and it is determined whether the combination is an incorrect selection or various types of selection. . Thereafter, the CPU 73 generates an effect command based on the lottery result and transmits it to the effect control board 80.

  Next, when an effect command is sent from the main control board 70, the CPU 83 of the effect control board 80 determines the contents of the game effect based on the effect command. The CPU 83 reads the illumination effect pattern data corresponding to the determined content from the ROM 81, then generates a predetermined lighting command signal based on the illumination effect pattern data, and sends it to the sub relay board 90. Here, the lighting command signal generated by the CPU 83 is a serial signal.

  The lighting command signal generated by the effect control board 80 is transferred to the top LED central board 41a, which is a core circuit board, for example, via the sub-relay board 90. The serial-parallel conversion circuits 412a and 412b of the top LED central board 41a convert the lighting command signal (serial signal) sent from the production control board 80 through the sub-relay board 90 into serial signals into parallel signals, It outputs to the indicator lamp drive circuits 413a, 413b, 414a, 414b. The indicator lamp drive circuits 413a, 413b, 414a, and 414b generate drive signals for driving the display lamps for lighting based on the parallel signals. Each of these drive signals is output to the illumination board, for example, to turn on the white LED unit 410a configured by the LED group mounted on the top LED board 41 arranged in the top illumination area 410. Be controlled.

  According to the present embodiment described above, a circuit board serving as a nucleus is provided for each illumination area, and when connecting the circuit board and the sub relay board in each illumination area, the circuit board serving as the nucleus of the illumination area, for example, In the top lighting area, the top LED central board and the sub relay board are connected, and the top LED right board and the top LED left board, which are separation circuit boards, are connected to the top LED central board instead of the sub relay board, Wiring can be simplified by reducing the number of wirings from the sub-relay board to the top electrical decoration area and reducing the number of wirings between the circuit board in the top electrical decoration area and the sub-relay board.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the sub-relay board and the electrical decoration are transmitted by transmitting signals between the effect control board and the core circuit board, for example, the top LED central board through the sub-relay board by the serial communication method. Compared to a conventional game machine in which a board is connected using a large number of wires, the number of wires between them can be reduced to simplify the wires.

  In this embodiment, the sub-relay board is not provided with a serial-parallel conversion circuit or an indicator lamp driving circuit, and these circuits are mounted on the core circuit board, so that the sub-relay board has a serial-parallel connection. Compared to conventional gaming machines with a conversion circuit, it is possible to simplify the wiring by suppressing the generation of long lighting drive signal wiring, and the wiring work becomes easy. It is possible to respond quickly to changes.

  Further, according to the above-described embodiment, the serial-parallel conversion circuit and the indicator lamp driving circuit are arranged on the core circuit board, so that each lighting area corresponds to the property of the LED in the lighting area. The serial-parallel conversion circuit and the indicator lamp driving circuit can be disposed in the vicinity of the separation circuit board in each illumination area, thereby simplifying the wiring between the core circuit board and the separation circuit board. be able to. For example, the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412a and the indicator lamp drive circuit 413a of the top LED central board 41a are arranged beside the top LED right board 41b, that is, at the left end of the top LED central board 41a shown in FIG. By arranging the serial-parallel conversion circuit 412b and the indicator driving circuit 413b beside the top LED right board 41c, that is, at the right end of the top LED center board 41a shown in FIG. 2, the top LED center board 41a, The wiring distance between the top LED right substrate and the top LED left substrate can be shortened, and the wiring between them can be simplified.

  Furthermore, according to the above-described embodiment, the wiring between the sub-relay board and the circuit board in the illumination area is simplified, so that the wiring work between them is facilitated, and erroneous wiring can be reduced.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible within the range of the summary. For example, the indicator lamp driving circuit for lighting the LED mounted on the separation circuit board may be arranged on each separation circuit board instead of the core circuit board.

  Moreover, although said embodiment demonstrated the case where there were two separation circuit boards in an illumination area, the separation circuit board of each illumination area may be one piece or three or more.

  Moreover, although said embodiment demonstrated the case where the display lamp for electrical decoration was LED, this invention is not limited to this, Even if the display lamp for electrical decoration is lamps, such as a bean ball, Good.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a revolving game machine using medals as a game medium has been described. For example, a pachinko ball called a parot machine, a pacilot machine, or the like is used as a game medium. You may apply to the used slot machine game machine. Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to a pachinko gaming machine.

  As described above, in the gaming machine of the present invention, a circuit board serving as a core is provided for each electric decoration area, and when connecting the circuit board of each electric decoration area and the sub relay board, the core of each electric decoration area By connecting the circuit board and the sub-relay board, the separation circuit board of the illumination area is not the sub-relay board, but the circuit board that is the core of the illumination area, Wiring can be simplified by reducing the number of wires and reducing the number of wires. Therefore, the present invention can be applied to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a revolving gaming machine that performs a game effect by turning on an indicator lamp in accordance with a gaming situation or the like.

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic back view of the front panel (front door) of the gaming machine of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of the housing in a state where the front door of the gaming machine of the present embodiment is opened. FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of the gaming machine for explaining the electric decoration area of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the gaming machine of this embodiment. FIG. 6 shows an effect control board in the gaming machine of this embodiment. FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram for explaining the connection between the sub-relay board and the electrical decoration board according to this embodiment. FIG. 8 is a wiring diagram of the top LED central substrate of the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a wiring diagram of the top LED central substrate of the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a wiring diagram of the top LED central substrate of the present embodiment. FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional gaming machine.

Explanation of symbols

1-drum-type gaming machine 2 Housing 3 Front panel 11a First-drum reel 11b Second-drum reel 11c Third-drum reel 12 Display window 13 Medal slot 14 Credit number display 15 MAX bet button 16 One sheet Button 17 Number-of-bets display section 18 Start lever 19a First stop button 19b Second stop button 19c Third stop button 21 Settlement button 22 Number-of-payout display 23 Medal outlet 24 Medal tray 25 Dispensing device 30 Image display section 31 Liquid crystal panel 32 LCD control board 40 Illumination display 41 Top LED board 41a Top LED central board (core circuit board)
41b Top LED right board (separation circuit board)
41c Top LED left board (separation circuit board)
42 Left side LED board 43 Right side LED board 43a Right side LED middle board (core circuit board)
43b Right side LED upper substrate (separation circuit board)
43c Right side LED lower board (separation circuit board)
44 Left panel LED substrate 45 Right panel LED substrate 46a, 46b, 46c Backlight substrate 47 Cold cathode tube substrate 48 Left operation unit LED substrate 49 Right operation unit LED substrate 50 Speaker unit 51 First door speaker 52 Second door speaker 53 Rear surface Speaker 61 Insertion medal detection sensor 62 MAX bet button operation detection sensor 63 Single sheet insertion button operation detection sensor 64 Start lever operation detection sensor 65a First stop button operation detection sensor 65b Second stop button operation detection sensor 65c Third stop button operation detection Sensor 66a First drum reel drive unit 66b Second drum reel drive unit 66c Third drum reel drive unit 70 Main control board 71 ROM
72 RAM
73 CPU
80 Production control board 81 ROM
82 RAM
83 CPU
84 Sound source LSI
85 Sound source data ROM
86 Power amplifier 90 Sub relay board 410 Top illumination area 412a, 412b Serial-parallel conversion circuit (serial-parallel conversion means)
413a, 413b, 414a, 414b Indicator lamp driving circuit (display driving means)
LED1-LED14 Light-emitting diode (display for lighting)
411 Buffer circuit 420 Left side illumination area 430 Right side illumination area 440 Left panel illumination area 450 Right panel illumination area 480 Left operation area illumination area 490 Right operation area illumination areas CN1 to CN9 connectors

Claims (5)

Separation of an effect control board for controlling the display of the display for electric decoration that performs an effect relating to the game by display and a sub-relay board for relaying a signal from the effect control board between the display for electric decoration And configure
A circuit board arranged for each of the illumination areas configured to include the display for illumination, wherein the circuit board on which the display for illumination is mounted is a circuit board serving as a nucleus and the nucleus The circuit board is configured to include a separate circuit board,
The circuit board serving as the core is connected between the effect control board and the sub-relay board by serial wiring so that information for controlling display of the display for electric decoration can be sent by serial communication. And the sub-relay board, and the separation circuit board and the core circuit board are connected for each of the illumination areas.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein information for controlling display of the display for electric decoration can be transmitted serially between the sub-relay board and the core circuit board by serial communication. A gaming machine characterized by being connected by wiring.   3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the core circuit board includes serial-parallel conversion means, and converts the serial signal transmitted from the effect control board via the sub-relay board into a parallel signal and performs the separation. A gaming machine characterized by being sent to a circuit board.   4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the core circuit board includes display driving means for displaying the display for electric decoration together with the serial-parallel conversion means, and the display driving means is provided on the sub relay board. A gaming machine characterized in that it is configured not to be arranged.   5. A gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the serial-parallel conversion means and the display drive means for the separation circuit board provided in the core circuit board are arranged beside the separation circuit board. .

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