JP2008237406A - Image display control device and method, and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new framework allowing a color-blind player to select such colors as to be easily recognizable for the player to display images in a game machine or gaming machine. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a pattern image display control means for controlling the image display concerning a combination of colors (Ai and Bi; i >0) which can not be easily discriminated by the color-blind player so that a pattern image Xi for color-blind players can be displayed by referring to a means for storing the pattern image Xi for color-blind players with the color Ai replaced with a color Ci other than the color Bi; an evaluation receiving means for receiving the evaluation of viewability for the pattern image for color-blind players from a user; and a color change control means for the control of changing the color Ai to the color Ci for the image display if the user evaluates that the pattern image Xi for color-blind players is easily viewable. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display control technique when color conversion is performed.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for controlling a display color using a color palette when an image is displayed on a gaming machine or a game machine is known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which the same character data is changed to a different color tone by changing a color palette in an image display device of a pachinko machine.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-333087

  Color blindness refers to a state in which the color looks and feels different from many people who are said to have normal color vision. It occurs congenitally or acquired for reasons such as aging or illness, making it difficult to distinguish between specific color combinations such as red and green.

  Conventionally, when an image is displayed on a gaming machine, a game machine, etc., no consideration is given to such a color blind person, so characters and designs are colored using combinations of colors that are difficult to distinguish, and various images are displayed. There was a case where the production by was displayed. In such a case, it is difficult for a person with color vision deficiency to fully recognize a character, a picture, an effect by an image, etc., so that it is difficult to play the game itself, and as a result, it is a major cause of losing interest in gaming machines and game machines. It was.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a new framework that allows a color blind person to select an easy-to-see color scheme and display an image in a gaming machine or a game machine.

  In order to achieve the above object, the image display control device of the present invention replaces the color Ai with a color Ci other than the color Bi for a color combination (Ai, Bi) (i> 0) that is difficult for color-blind persons to distinguish. The pattern image display control means for controlling the color-blind person pattern image Xi to be displayed with reference to the means for storing the color-blind person pattern image Xi, and the visibility of the color-blind person pattern image from the user Evaluation accepting means for accepting the evaluation of color, and color conversion control means for controlling the color Ai to be converted to the color Ci and controlling the image display when the user evaluates that the pattern image Xi for the color blind person is easy to see. It is characterized by providing.

  Preferably, the pattern image display control means performs control so that the color-blind person pattern image Xm is displayed with reference to the means for storing the color-blind person pattern image Xm expressed in shades of single color Am. The color conversion control means controls the image display so that the image is displayed with the light and shade of the single color Am when the user evaluates that the pattern image Xm for the color blind person is easy to see.

  Preferably, the color conversion control unit cancels the color conversion based on the user's viewability evaluation when there is no input from the user for a certain period after the evaluation reception unit receives the evaluation of the viewability. Control to do.

  Preferably, the color combination (Ai, Bi) that is difficult to distinguish for the color blind person includes either (red, green) or (green, red).

  A gaming machine according to the present invention includes the image display control device according to the present invention.

  Here, the “gaming machine” is not limited, but includes, for example, a rotary gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as “slot machine”), a pachinko machine (including a first kind pachinko machine and a second kind pachinko machine), and the like.

  According to the image display control method of the present invention, for a color combination (Ai, Bi) (i> 0) that is difficult for a color blind person to distinguish, the color Ai pattern image Xi in which the color Ai is replaced with a color Ci other than the color Bi. A step of displaying the created pattern image Xi for the color blind person and accepting an evaluation of visibility of the displayed pattern image for the color blind person from the user, and a color blind person evaluated that the user is easy to see A step of converting the color Ai to the color Ci based on the pattern image Xi for control so that the image is displayed.

  The image display control method of the present invention can be implemented by a computer, and a computer program therefor can be used, for example, for business use or home use through various media such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, and a communication network. It can be installed or loaded into a memory in an information processing apparatus such as a video game machine or a personal computer. In this case, these video game machines and personal computers function as game devices that simulate the game machine of the present invention. In this case, each component (reel, switch, etc.) of the gaming machine can be grasped as an image part / image area displayed on a display or the like by the gaming device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a new framework that allows a color blind person to select an easy-to-see color scheme and display an image in a gaming machine or a game machine.

  Hereinafter, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an image display control method (image display control device) using a color adjustment pattern image for color blind persons according to the present invention in a gaming machine (slot machine) installed in a game hall or the like The thing which applied is illustrated. Such an embodiment is merely an application example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and can be variously modified and applied.

(Definition)
The terms used in this specification are defined as follows.

  “Game” refers to a series of operations from the insertion of a medal to the operation of a stop switch before the next medal is inserted.

  “Normal game” refers to a “game” executed with an expected value set for a default state.

  The “special game” is a “game” that is different from the “normal game” and is advantageous to the player.

  “Lottery” refers to a process in which a computer draws a lottery with a predetermined expected value using a random number or the like when a gaming machine reaches a predetermined condition (switch operation state or the like).

  “Winning” refers to a case where the result of the “lottery” is a win, in particular, a case where a win is obtained by a computer lottery. In the present embodiment, it is distinguished from “winning” determined mechanically.

  “Winning” means that a combination of symbols on the active line indicated by the stopped reels is in a state indicating a specific combination.

  The “combination” is to specify the type of winning when the result of the lottery is winning. It is also called “winning role” when the “winning role” or the design is complete.

  The “special role” is a role for shifting to “special game”.

  The “small role” is a role for paying out to the player the number of medals corresponding to the type of the small role.

  “Replay” is a role for giving the right to replay while maintaining the number of medals inserted in the previous game.

  The “effective line” indicates the arrangement of the stopped symbols for the sake of convenience, and indicates whether the symbol is a specific “combination” or “losing” depending on the combination of symbols arranged on the effective line. When a plurality of “effective lines” are set, they are collectively referred to as “effective line group”.

(Embodiment)
Embodiments described herein relate generally to a gaming machine including an image generating apparatus according to the basic configuration of the present invention.

  First, the case configuration will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an appearance of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a front panel 20 is attached to a front surface portion of a housing of the slot machine 10 according to the present embodiment so as to be freely opened and closed. It is a display area in which an effect display device 40 having a display function is provided in the upper part of the front panel 20, and an operation unit is provided in the center.

  An effect display device 40 having a display function is provided in the upper part of the housing. The effect display device 40 is configured to include, for example, a liquid crystal panel, and is configured to be able to display images for various effects and information necessary for a game in a display area. The effect display device 40 is provided with one transparent display window 21. The area of the display window 21 is not provided with a liquid crystal for displaying an image, a member constituting the liquid crystal (such as a polarizing plate), or a circuit for controlling the liquid crystal, and transmits light. It is an area that cannot physically display an image.

  Three reels (rotating drums) are arranged in a position inside the housing and visible through the display window 21. From the left side when viewed from the front, the left reel 31L, the middle reel 31C, and the right reel 31R are arranged in this order.

  The reels 31L, 31C and 31R are formed in a ring-shaped hollow structure. The outer periphery of the reel is formed in the width of the reel tape that is affixed to the outer peripheral surface, and a plurality of openings are provided on the outer peripheral surface in accordance with the shape of the pattern printed on the reel tape. The inside of the reel is hollow, and the rotating shaft is supported by a frame extending from the outer peripheral surface.

  Each reel tape on which a winning symbol (a symbol constituting a winning combination) is printed is affixed to the outer peripheral surface of the reel. On each reel tape, for example, 21 symbols are printed at regular intervals. The arrangement of the symbols is different for each reel tape. The design of the reel tape corresponds to the opening provided on the outer peripheral surface of the reel. From the display window 21, the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R are observed through the display window. The size of the display window 21 is such that three consecutive symbols in the vertical direction of the outer peripheral surface of each reel can be seen. Is set. In FIG. 1, a circle shown on the reel group 31 (meaning a group of reels 31L, 31C, and 31R) represents one symbol.

  Stepping motors (not shown) are connected to the respective rotation shafts of the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R. This stepping motor is capable of rotating the reels 31L, 31C and 31R at an arbitrary speed or stopping at an arbitrary angle (position). When each reel rotates, the symbols of the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R are visually recognized as moving up and down in the display window 21.

  A back lamp (not shown) is provided inside the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R. Three back lamps are arranged for each reel, and light is emitted through the openings on the outer peripheral surface of the reel for a total of nine symbols visible from the display window 21 when the reels are stopped.

  A broken line on the display window 21 shown in FIG. 1 indicates an effective line group 22 including effective lines 22a, 22b, and 22c. The effective line group 22 includes a horizontal effective line 22a in the horizontal direction, two effective lines 22b in the upper and lower horizontal directions, and two effective lines 22c in the diagonally downward and leftward directions. ing. The symbols attached to the reels 31L, 31C and 31R are spaced so that all nine symbols visible from the display window 21 are positioned on these effective line groups 22 when the reels 31L, 31C and 31R are stopped. Is arranged in.

  A medal slot 23 is provided at a position corresponding to the lower right side of the effect display device 40 in the center of the casing of the slot machine 10. When medals are inserted from the medal insertion slot 23, one to five lines of the effective lines 22a, 22b and 22c are activated according to the number of inserted medals. That is, the inserted number of medals is collected as a premium. When one medal is inserted, one effective line 22a is effective. When two medals are inserted, three horizontal effective lines 22a and 22b are effective. In total, including two effective lines 22c in the direction, five effective lines 22a to 22c become effective. These controls are performed by a later-described main CPU (central processing unit) 51 (see FIG. 2). For example, when three medals are inserted, if a combination of specific symbols is stopped on at least one of the effective lines 22a to 22c when the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R are stopped, the combination is selected. It will be a prize for the corresponding role.

  Various operation switches operated by the player are provided at the center of the housing. For example, in this embodiment, a start switch 41, a stop switch group 42, and a bet switch group 43 are provided.

  The start switch 41 is a switch, for example, a button operated by the player when starting the rotation of the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R. The stop switch group 42 includes a left stop switch 42L that is operated when stopping the left reel 31L, a middle stop switch 42C that is operated when stopping the middle reel 31C, and a right stop that is operated when stopping the right reel 31R. Switch 42R. These stop switches 42L, 42C, and 42R are juxtaposed as buttons, for example.

  The bet switch group 43 is a switch group for designating the number of bets (the number of bets) when the player inserts a medal in the credit. The bet switch group 43 includes a 1-bet / 2-bet switch 43a and a MAX bet switch (3-bet switch) 43b. It is configured. These bet switches 43a and 43b are also arranged as buttons, for example. When the 1-bet / 2-bet switch 43a is operated, one or two medals are bet (collected as a game amount), and when the MAX bet switch 43b is operated, the maximum 3 bets Medals are bet. That is, the number of bets designated by operating the bet switch group 43 is collected from the number of medals that are credited, and the credit is subtracted by the number of bets.

  Further, a medal payout opening 90 is provided in the lower central portion of the housing, and speakers 71 are provided on both sides of the medal payout opening 90. During the game (game), various effects, for example, lighting of a back lamp, image display using the effect display device 40, output of sound from the speaker 71, and the like are performed. Further, as such an effect, there is a case where a notification effect of the possibility of winning is performed.

  An outline of the normal game executed in the slot machine having these configurations will be briefly described. In the slot machine 10, when a player inserts a medal from the medal insertion slot 23 or operates the bet switch group 43, the effective lines 22a to 22c are activated according to the number of bets.

  When the player who has designated the bet number operates the start switch 41, a winning combination according to the bet number is performed and the reels 31L, 31C and 31R start to rotate. When the player operates the stop switches 42L, 42C, and 42R, the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R stop rotating according to the operated button. At this time, if the lottery result of the combination being performed simultaneously with the operation of the start switch 41 is a winning combination, the combination of symbols arranged on the activated effective line group 22 is a predetermined combination of combinations. The reels are controlled so as to match the combination of symbols, and medals are paid out according to the winning combination.

(System configuration)
Next, a system configuration such as an internal configuration of the slot machine 10 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the slot machine 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Inside the casing of the slot machine 10, a main control board 50, a sub control board 60, a reel board 11, a central display board 12, and a power supply board 13 connected to the main control board 50 are arranged.

(Main control board 50)
The main control board 50 is provided with a main CPU 51, ROM 52, RAM 53, and interface circuit (I / F circuit) 54, which are connected to each other via a bus 55.

  The main CPU 51 reads (fetches), interprets (decodes), and executes instructions constituting the program. The main CPU 51 reads out programs, data, and the like stored in the ROM 52, and controls the entire slot machine 10 based on these.

  In the ROM 52, control processing (image display control processing using color adjustment pattern images for color blind persons according to the present invention, based on the player's operation, as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. Software programs and data necessary for a lottery process and other game control processes are stored. The RAM 53 is used when the main CPU 51 performs various controls, and is configured to be able to temporarily store data and the like.

  The I / F circuit 54 performs timing control and the like when signals are transmitted and received between the main control board 50, the sub control board 60, the reel board 11, the central display board 12, and the power supply board 13. It is like that. However, transmission of signals from the main control board 50 to the sub control board 60 is performed between the main control board 50 and the sub control board 60, but transmission of signals from the sub control board 60 to the main control board 50 is not performed. It is configured not to be performed.

(Sub control board 60)
The sub control board 60 is provided with a sub CPU 61, ROM 62, RAM 63, image control processor 64, image data ROM 65, video RAM 66, tone generator circuit 67, amplifier 68 and interface circuit (I / F circuit) 69. The sub CPU 61, ROM 62, control RAM 63, image control processor 64, tone generator circuit 67 and I / F circuit 69 are connected to each other via a bus 70. The image data ROM 65 and the video RAM 66 are connected to an image control processor 64, and the amplifier 68 is connected to a sound source circuit 67.

  The sub CPU 61 reads (fetches), interprets (decodes), and executes instructions constituting the program. Then, the sub CPU 61 reads out programs and data stored in the ROM 62, and controls the entire sub control board 60, in particular, controls the effects for the player. Note that there are no restrictions on the processing capability or development language of the sub CPU 61.

  In the ROM 62, the sub CPU 61 stores software programs, data, and the like necessary for effect processing as shown in a flowchart of FIG. The RAM 63 is used when the sub CPU 61 performs various controls, and is configured to be able to temporarily store data and the like.

  The sub CPU 61, ROM 62, and RAM 63 have the same functions as the main CPU 51, ROM 52, and RAM 53 provided on the main control board 50, respectively. Note that the ROM 62 and the RAM 63 may be the same as the ROM 52 and the RAM 53, respectively, but those having a larger capacity may be used.

  The image data ROM 65 stores color adjustment pattern image data for color blind persons in addition to original image data for generating characters, characters, backgrounds, and the like displayed on the effect display device 40. The video RAM 66 is used when the image control processor 64 generates image data to be displayed on the effect display device 40, and image data generated based on the original image data read from the image data ROM 65 is frame image data. As shown in FIG. The effect display device 40 is connected to the sub-control board 60 so that the frame image data stored in the video RAM 66 can be displayed.

  The sub-control board 60 is further provided with a speaker 71, the above-described back lamp, and the like. The speaker 71 is connected to the amplifier 68. These effect peripheral devices output effects during the game (such as a notification effect of the possibility of winning a role), and are connected only to the sub-control board 60 and connected to the main control board 50. Not.

  The I / F circuit 69 performs timing control and the like when receiving a signal from the main control board 50. As described above, the signal is transmitted from the main control board 50 to the sub control board 60, but the signal is not transmitted from the sub control board 60 to the main control board 50. That is, only one-way transmission is possible.

(Reel board 11)
A stepping motor (not shown) for driving the left reel 31L, the middle reel 31C, and the right reel 31R is connected to the reel substrate 11. Each stepping motor is further connected to the rotation shafts of these reels 31L, 31C and 31R. Control signals for controlling the operations of the reels 31L, 31C and 31R are supplied from the main CPU 51 to the reel substrate 11.

(Central display board 12)
The central display substrate 12 is attached to, for example, a central portion on the back side of the front panel 20.

  The central display board 12 includes a selector 81, a 1-bet / 2-bet switch 43a, a MAX bet switch (3-bet switch) 43b, a start switch (lever) 41, a left stop switch (button) 42L, and a middle stop switch (button) 42C. A right stop switch (button) 42R, a setting display section 82, and a setting change switch 83 are connected.

  The selector 81 is configured to identify whether or not the medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 23 is a genuine one, and to eliminate an illegal medal. The setting display unit 82 is arranged so as to be visible from the back side of the front panel 20, and displays settings relating to probability and payout (for example, settings 1 to 6). The setting change switch 83 is a switch operated when changing the setting related to the probability and the payout.

(Power supply board 13)
A setting change enabling switch 91, a power switch 92, a hopper device 93, and a power device 94 are connected to the power device board 13.

  The setting change enable switch 91 is a switch that is operated when a setting change using the setting change switch 83 is enabled. That is, the setting change using the setting change switch 83 can be performed only when the setting change enable switch 91 is in the ON state. The power switch 92 is a switch for switching on / off the power supply device 94. The hopper device 93 is a device for storing and paying out medals. Based on an instruction from the main CPU 51 via the power supply device board 13, a predetermined number of medals are stored in the medal payout opening 90 from medals stored in advance. It comes to pay out.

(Functional block in the main control board 50)
Next, a functional configuration of the main control board 50 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the main control board 50.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, for example, the main CPU 51 executes a program recorded in the ROM 52, whereby the following control unit 101, role lottery unit 103, reel control unit 106, winning determination unit 107. The gaming state control unit 108 and the payout control unit 109 are functionally realized. For example, the RAM 53 functions as the following flag information storage unit 105, and the following lottery table 102 data is stored in the ROM 52, for example.

(Role lottery section 103)
The role lottery unit 103 is a functional block for performing lottery of a role (special role, small role, replay, etc.). The combination lottery unit 103 obtains one random number after generating a random number internally for each game, refers to the lottery table 102 stored in the ROM 52, and determines the combination of the combination based on the area to which the acquired random number belongs. The presence / absence of winning and the winning combination are determined.

  For example, the role lottery unit 103 performs a lottery when the start switch 41 is operated, and determines whether the “game” is “winning” or “losing” and “winning” when it is “winning”. decide. That is, the role lottery unit 103 generates a random number within a predetermined range (for example, 0 to 65535 in decimal notation) when the start switch 41 is pressed, and the predetermined lot is selected when the predetermined condition is satisfied. Get a random value. In the lottery table 102, a special role winning area, a small role winning area, a replay winning area, a non-winning (losing) area, and the like are set at a predetermined ratio with respect to random numbers that can be acquired by the role lottery unit 103. ing.

  Furthermore, if the winning lottery unit 103 “wins” the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R after having pressed each of the stop switches 42L, 42C, and 42R, an arrangement of symbols representing the winning combination. The stop is controlled so that the winning combination is won. Further, when the lottery result is “losing” (non-winning), stop control is performed so that the symbol arrangement does not represent any combination. In any case, the stop symbol does not change even if the pressing timing of the stop switches 42L, 42C, and 42R is changed.

  The lottery performed by the combination lottery unit 103 may be performed only once per game and may be determined up to the combination, but may be configured to perform a plurality of lotteries.

  In addition to the configuration led by the role lottery unit 103 in which a lottery is performed at the timing of pressing the start switch 41 or the stop switches 42L, 42C, and 42R and the lottery result is determined, the reels can be operated without any special pull-in operation. The group 31 may be stopped, and as a result, the winning determination unit 107 may detect the positions where the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R are stopped, and determine whether there is a winning or a winning combination. In this case, there is no concept of lottery or winning combination, and the combination lottery unit 103 may not exist. Further, depending on the type of game, whether or not the role lottery unit 103 is led, that is, whether to make a lottery or make a winning determination by reel may be switched.

(Control unit 101)
The control unit 101 is a central functional block that controls the operation timing of the combination lottery unit 103, the reel control unit 106 and the winning determination unit 107, which will be described later.

  For example, on the condition that the start switch 41 is operated, the control unit 101 causes the combination lottery unit 103 to perform combination lottery, causes the reel control unit 106 to start the rotation of the reel group 31, and the stop switch. The reel control unit 106 is controlled to stop the reel group 31 on the condition that the group 42 has been operated, and further, the winning determination unit 107 is configured to perform a prize determination on the condition that the reel group 31 is stopped. It is.

  The operation of the control unit 101 is not limited to these, and controls general control required for the main control board 50.

(Flag information storage unit 105)
The flag information storage unit 105 is configured to be able to store the type of the winning combination and the fact that the flag is turned on when a flag for a certain combination is turned on by the lottery result of the combination lottery unit 103.

(Reel control unit 106)
The reel control unit 106 is a functional block that controls the rotation and stop of the reel group 31 (reels 31L, 31C, and 31R) based on an instruction from the control unit 101.

  More specifically, the reel control unit 106 has a gaming state (for example, a normal gaming state, a special gaming state, etc.), a lottery result by the combination lottery unit 103, and a stop switch group 42 (stop switches 42L, 42C, and 42R). Based on the operated timing, etc., the stop positions of the reels 31L, 31C and 31R are determined, and the driving of the stepping motor is controlled to stop the rotation of the reels 31L, 31C and 31R at the determined positions. It has become.

  For example, if the winning lottery unit 103 results in “losing” and no winning combination is won, each reel is set so that the combination of symbols of any winning combination is not stopped on the activated effective line. The stop positions of 31L, 31C and 31R are determined, and each reel is stopped at the determined position. On the other hand, if a winning combination is selected for a certain role, the symbol combination is determined so that the winning symbol combination is stopped on the active line that is active, and the symbol combination is valid at that time. The stop positions of the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R are determined so as to appear in the effective lines, and each reel is stopped at the determined position.

  In particular, when the special combination is “winned”, the stop combinations of the reels 31L, 31C, and 31R are controlled so that the combination of the special combination symbols is stopped on the active line that is enabled (for example, (Within 4 symbols), pull-in control is performed so that the symbols related to the special role are aligned as much as possible. However, even if the special role is “winned”, the combination of symbols of the special role will not stop on the activated active line when “winning” for a small role or replay. Then, stop positions of the reels 31L, 31C and 31R are determined, and stop control is performed.

  Such control when stopping the reels 31L, 31C and 31R may be performed using a reel control table.

(Winning determination unit 107)
The winning determination unit 107 is a functional block for determining the final winning state.

  The winning determination unit 107 determines whether or not a combination of symbols in the active line group 22 is arranged in any of the active lines that are active, and if there is an in-line combination, it is determined in the game. It is determined that the winning combination has been won. The lottery of the combination is determined in advance by the combination lottery unit 103. However, when a mechanical reel is used, the reel may not be stopped as scheduled, so the position of the finally stopped reel is detected. Because you have to do it.

  The winning determination unit 107 determines a symbol positioned on the active line by detecting, for example, an angle at the time when the stepping motor is stopped, the number of steps, and the like, and based on this, determines the presence / absence of a winning combination.

  Instead of pre-determining a combination by the combination lottery unit 103 and stopping the reels 31L, 31C and 31R together, the reels are stopped one after another at a retractable position, and finally the actual reels 31L, The positions of 31C and 31R may be detected, and the winning determination unit 107 may determine the combination of symbols and determine the combination.

(Game state control unit 108)
The gaming state control unit 108 is a functional block for controlling the special game from the next game until the predetermined end condition is satisfied when the winning determination unit 107 has won a special role as a result of the determination. It is.

  For example, the game state control unit 108 causes the reel control unit 106 to perform reel control for special games according to the lottery result of the role lottery unit 103 during the special game, or causes the sub control board 60 to perform special game effects. Or let it be done.

(Payout control unit 109)
The payout control unit 109 is a functional block for causing the hopper device 93 to pay out medals according to the winning combination as a result of the determination by the winning determination unit 107.

(Functional block in the sub control board 60)
Next, a functional configuration of the sub control board 60 will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the sub control board 60.

  The effect pattern selection unit 201 is functionally realized by the sub CPU 61 executing a computer-readable program recorded in the ROM 62. In addition, when the sub CPU 61 executes a computer-readable program recorded in the ROM 62, the effect control unit 202 is functionally realized while controlling the image control processor 64.

  The effects implemented by the sub-control board 60 are effects by an image displayed in the image display area around the display window 21 by the effect display device 40 and effects by sound generated from the speaker 71. Unlike the operations on the main control board 50, these effects do not change the direction of the game itself, such as lottery. However, the effects of the image and sound stimulate the player and give them a sense of expectation for winning the prize. It plays an important role in improving the quality and eliminating monotony.

(Production pattern selection unit 201)
The effect pattern selection unit 201 is a functional block that selects an effect pattern according to the gaming state.

  Specifically, the effect pattern selection unit 201 receives a signal from the role lottery unit 103 of the main control board 50 and selects an effect pattern according to the winning combination or the like, or a winning determination unit of the main control board 50 In response to signals from 107 and the gaming state control unit 108, an effect pattern corresponding to a winning combination or a gaming state is selected.

  Here, the effect pattern is determined based on the progress of the game such as whether the start switch 41 is pressed, which stop switch 42 is pressed, and which reels 31L, 31C, and 31R are stopped, as a result of lottery. Is selected in accordance with the type of game, such as a normal game or a special game.

(Production control unit 202)
The effect control unit 202 is a functional block that performs processing such as controlling an effect based on the effect pattern selected by the effect pattern selection unit 201.

  The effect control unit 202 creates stereoscopic image data for displaying an image with respect to the selected effect pattern, converts it into two-dimensional image data, and supplies the two-dimensional image data to the effect display device 40. Operates to display an image. In addition, the effect control unit 202 performs control for causing the sound source circuit 67 to generate sound for the selected effect pattern.

  In addition, the production control unit 202 receives a display instruction signal for the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person from the main control board 50, reads the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person, and supplies it to the production display device 40. It operates to display an image on the display area.

(Sound source circuit 67)
The sound source circuit 67 includes a sound generation circuit for a predetermined number of channels, for example, eight sound source channels, and can simultaneously reproduce phrases corresponding to the number of sound source channels. The sound source circuit 67 is controlled by an effect request command output from the effect control unit 202. The sound source circuit 67 reads out and synthesizes sound source data of a corresponding sound source channel from a sound ROM (not shown) corresponding to the effect request command transmitted from the effect control unit 202, and generates it for each of the right channel and the left channel. Then, it is D / A converted and output as an analog sound signal. The amplifier 68 amplifies the analog sound signals of the left and right channels, and sends the stereo sound to the right speaker 71R and the left speaker 71R.

(Detailed function blocks of the production control unit)
Next, a specific configuration of the effect control unit 202 will be described.

  In FIG. 5, the functional block which divided the production | presentation control part 202 from the functional side is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the effect control unit 202 includes, as functional blocks, an image control unit 301, a sound control unit 302, an object data storage unit 3031, a texture data storage unit 3032, and a color adjustment pattern image storage unit 3033 for color blindness persons. A color conversion table storage unit 3034, an image data generation unit 304, a work data storage unit 305, and a display control unit 306.

  The image data generation unit 304 that generates a display image (frame image data) to be displayed on the effect display device 40 further includes a frame image generation unit 3041 and the like.

  In the above configuration, the image control unit 301 and the sound control unit 302 are functionally realized by the sub CPU 61 executing a program stored in the ROM 62. The object data storage unit 3031 and the texture data storage unit 3032 correspond to the image data ROM 65. The work data storage unit 305 corresponds to the RAM 63 or the video RAM 66. Each component of the image data generation unit 304 and the display control unit 306 are functionally realized by the sub CPU 61 and the image control processor 64 that operates based on the control of the sub CPU 61.

(Image control unit 301)
The image control unit 301 can instruct various effects on the image data generation unit 304 in accordance with the effect pattern selected by the effect pattern selection unit 201. Specifically, the image control unit 301 sets information (object ID, position, etc.) of objects to be displayed in the selected effect pattern, and instructs the frame image data generation unit 3041.

  In addition, the image control unit 301 continuously specifies the position of the viewpoint (camera) for expanding the virtual three-dimensional space into a two-dimensional image designated by the effect pattern selection unit 201 for each drawing timing. The generation unit 3041 is instructed.

  In this way, the image control unit 301 determines the story on the image according to the effect pattern, the object to be displayed, and the movement of the object.

  The “drawing timing” is not limited, but in this embodiment, the drawing timing is determined in correspondence with the frame period (synchronization signal).

(Sound controller 302)
The sound control unit 302 is configured to control the sound source circuit 67 so as to generate and generate a sound signal corresponding to the effect pattern selected by the effect pattern selection unit 201. The sound controlled by the sound control unit 302 is temporally linked with the image control unit 301 so as to have a close relationship with the progress of the image displayed by the control of the image control unit 301. ing.

(Object data storage unit 3031)
The object data storage unit 3031 stores object data that is shape definition information of various objects to be displayed in the virtual three-dimensional space.

  Each object data is data that defines the relative position (including direction and size) of a minute polygon (polygon etc.) that forms the outer shape of the object with reference coordinates set in advance for each object as the origin. If each minute polygon is arranged at a relative position from the reference coordinates, the outer shape of the object is defined. Each object has a self-contained user coordinate system (body coordinate system or local coordinate system) in which the relative positions (directions and sizes) of the minute polygons are three-dimensionally defined.

(Texture data storage unit 3032)
The texture data storage unit 3032 stores texture data that defines a texture that is mapped (expanded or pasted) to an object to be displayed.

  Texture is data relating to a pattern, texture, and color mapped to the surface of an object or polygon that is a set of vertex coordinates. The texture data is image data created at a predetermined resolution for representing a pattern or the like, for example, bitmap data. In order to paste a texture onto a predetermined polygon, a predetermined image conversion, for example, affine conversion is performed on the texture data, and a mapping process is performed to expand (expand, reduce, or deform) the texture into a polygon shape.

(Color adjustment pattern image storage unit 3033 for color blind persons)
The color adjustment pattern image storage unit 3033 for the color blind person stores a color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person.

  The color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person is based on the standard pattern image including the color combination (Ai, Bi) (i> 0) that is difficult for the color blind person to change the color Ai in the standard pattern image to the color Bi. A color adjustment pattern image storage unit 3033 is prepared in advance by replacing the color Ci with a color other than.

  Color combinations (Ai, Bi) that are difficult to distinguish for persons with color vision deficiencies are modes of color vision abnormalities such as red-green color vision abnormalities that make it difficult to distinguish between red and green, and yellow-blue visions that are difficult to distinguish between yellow and blue. It can be determined according to an aspect such as abnormality.

In the present embodiment, a standard pattern image having a color scheme as schematically shown in FIG. 6A is employed in order to perform color conversion so that there is no particular sense of incongruity regarding a natural image or a person image. In this standard pattern image, “sky”, “meadow”, and “apple” are drawn as elements related to the natural image, and are arranged in “blue”, “green”, and “red”, respectively. In addition, “human hand” is drawn as an element related to the human image, and is arranged in “light blue color (skin color)”. The standard pattern image arranged in this manner includes the following color combinations as color combinations (Ai, Bi) that are difficult for color-blind persons to distinguish.
First combination of difficult-to-distinguish colors (A1, B1) = (green, red)
-Second combination of difficult-to-distinguish colors (A2, B2) = (blue, pale color)
・ Third combination of difficult-to-distinguish colors (A3, B3) = (red, pale color)

In the present embodiment, for example, using an existing image creation / editing tool or the like, the color Ai is replaced with a color Ci other than the color Bi for the first to third combinations based on the standard pattern image. Then, a color adjustment pattern image Xi for a color blind person (i indicates an image ID, and takes a value of 1 to 3 here) is created. The replacement color Ci corresponding to each combination can be determined according to the color vision abnormality mode, but in this embodiment, the replacement color is determined as follows.
・ (Difficult colors (A1, B1), replacement color C1) = ((green, red), dark blue)
・ (Difficult colors (A2, B2), replacement color C2) = ((blue, light blue), yellow green)
・ (Difficult colors (A3, B3), replacement color C3) = ((red, pale color), yellow)

  FIGS. 6B to 6D schematically show color adjustment pattern images Xi (i = 1 to 3) for the color blind person employed in this embodiment.

(Color conversion table storage unit 3034)
In the color conversion table storage unit 3034, a color conversion table for converting the color Ai that is difficult to distinguish into the replacement color Ci in association with each color adjustment pattern image Xi for color blind persons (that is, in association with the image ID). Is remembered. FIG. 7 schematically shows an example of the color conversion table. As will be described later, the color conversion table is referred to when generating a frame image.

(Work data storage unit 305)
The work data storage unit 305 includes an area for storing various work data used for generating frame image data.

  Furthermore, the work data storage unit 305 includes a frame memory 3052 that stores generated frame image data and the like.

  The frame memory 3052 is configured to store pixel data at a physical address corresponding to a physical space constituting the display area of the effect display device 40, and may be configured to include a plurality of storage layers. For example, when blur processing is performed on an object, a layer for storing an object image and a layer for storing a transparent object image generated for blur processing are provided, and these are combined to generate frame image data. It is possible to do.

(Frame image generation means 3041)
The frame image generation unit 3041 is a functional unit for generating a frame image to be displayed at each drawing timing, and in principle operates in the same manner as in the past. The operation of the frame image generation unit 3041 will be described in detail in the description of the operation on the sub control board.

(Display control unit 306)
The display control unit 306 reads the frame image data stored in the frame memory 3052 of the work data storage unit 305 at every drawing timing and transfers the frame image data to the effect display device 40. Based on the transferred frame image data, the effect display device 40 displays an image corresponding to the frame image data in the display area.

(Operation on the main control board)
8 to 9 are flowcharts showing main control processing by the main control board 50.

  When the power of the slot machine 10 is turned on, the control unit 101 causes the sub-control board 60 to perform a standby process (demonstration effect) after performing a predetermined initialization process as in the prior art (S100).

  Next, the control unit 101 determines whether or not an instruction to perform color adjustment for color blind persons has been input (S101). For example, when a player presses a predetermined operation switch used for a game or a switch for instructing execution of color adjustment for a color blind person during a standby performance, color adjustment for a color blind person is performed. It may be determined that an execution instruction has been input.

  If it is determined that the color adjustment execution instruction for the color blind person is not input, the process proceeds to step S108.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that an instruction to perform color adjustment for color blind persons is input, the control unit 101 sets 1 to the image ID designation variable (S102), and the color for color blind persons specified by the image ID designation variable is set. In order to control the adjustment pattern image to be displayed, a color adjustment pattern image display instruction signal for a color blind person including an image ID designation variable as a parameter is output to the sub-control board 60 (S103).

  When the presentation control unit 202 of the sub-control board 60 receives the display instruction signal of the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person from the main control board 50, each of the effect specified by the image ID designation variable included in the received display instruction signal. The color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person is read from the color adjustment pattern image storage unit 3033 for the color blind person and displayed on the effect display device 40.

  Alternatively, a thumbnail list of color adjustment pattern images for color blind persons may be displayed first, and the player may select a color adjustment pattern image for color blind persons to be displayed.

  Next, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a selection operation instruction for the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person is input (S104). Similar to the input of the execution instruction described above, when the player presses a predetermined operation switch used for the game or a switch provided for selecting the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person, the color blind person It may be determined that a color adjustment pattern image selection operation instruction has been input. As the selection operation instruction, instructions such as “display next image” and “evaluate that the currently displayed image is easy to view and select for color conversion” can be considered. By making it possible to accept the latter instruction for each color-blind person color adjustment pattern image, it is possible to receive an evaluation of visibility of the color-blind person color adjustment pattern image from the player.

  When it is determined that the “display next image” operation instruction is input (S104 / “next”), the control unit 101 adds 1 to the image ID designation variable of the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person (S105). ), The process returns to S103.

  As a result of adding 1 to the image ID designation variable, if the maximum value is exceeded, the image ID designation variable is initialized to 1. Further, as a selection operation instruction, an instruction such as “display previous image” may be accepted. In this case, 1 is subtracted from the image ID designation variable (if the subtraction result is less than the minimum value 1, the image ID designation variable is set to the maximum value), and a display instruction signal is output to the sub-control board 60. That's fine. The operation of the effect control unit 202 of the sub control board 60 when the display instruction signal for the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person is received from the main control board 50 is the same as described above.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that an operation instruction “evaluate that the currently displayed image is easy to see and select for color conversion” is input (S104 / “select”), the control unit 101 uses an image ID designation variable. It is determined that the specified color adjustment pattern image Xi for color blind persons is evaluated as easy to see by the player, and color conversion corresponding to the color adjustment pattern image Xi for color blind persons (conversion from color Ai to color Ci) is performed. In order to perform control so that an image is displayed, a signal indicating execution of color conversion is output to the sub-control board 60 (S106).

  When the production control unit 202 of the sub-control board 60 receives a signal indicating color conversion execution, the color conversion execution flag (initial value OFF) is set to ON and stored in the work data storage unit 305, and is also displayed at present. The image ID of the color adjustment pattern image for the color blindness person being stored is stored in the work data storage unit 305 as the color conversion table specifying image ID, and then the process returns to the standby process (demonstration effect).

  Next, the control unit 101 sets the color conversion control flag (initial value OFF) to ON and sets an internal timer value to the timer check variable (S107). The color conversion control flag and the timer check variable are secured in the work data area on the RAM.

  Next, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the color conversion control flag is ON (S108).

  If the color conversion control flag is OFF, the process proceeds to step S111.

  On the other hand, when the color conversion control flag is ON, the control unit 101 determines whether or not (internal timer value−time check variable) is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (that is, the color for the color blind person by the player). After the adjustment pattern image is selected, it is determined whether or not a time equal to or longer than the threshold has passed without any operation input (S109).

  When determining that (internal timer value−time check variable) is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the control unit 101 outputs a signal indicating color conversion stop to the sub-control board 60 and turns off the color conversion control flag. Set (S110) and proceed to step S111. The processes of S101 to S110 basically correspond to the image display control process of the present invention, and the control unit 101 that executes the process corresponds to the image display control apparatus of the present invention.

  When the effect control unit 202 of the sub-control board 60 receives a signal indicating that the color conversion is stopped, the color conversion execution flag is set to OFF and stored in the work data storage unit 305, and then the standby process (demonstration effect). Return to.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that (internal timer value−time check variable) is less than the threshold, the control unit 101 determines whether or not an operation indicating the start of the game has been performed (S111). For example, when a medal is inserted by the player and the start switch 41 is operated, it may be determined that an operation indicating the start of the game has been performed.

  If it is determined that an operation indicating the start of the game has not been performed, the process returns to S101.

  On the other hand, when determining that an operation indicating the start of the game has been performed, the control unit 101 sets an internal timer value in the timer check variable (S112).

  Next, the part lottery unit 103 performs a part lottery process (step S113).

  Specifically, the role lottery unit 103 acquires a random number and performs a lottery process for the role by comparing the acquired random number with a lottery table. As a result of the lottery, when any winning combination is won, the winning combination flag is turned on in the flag information storage unit 105. The lottery result by the combination lottery unit 103 is transmitted as winning combination information to the sub-control board 60 via the I / F circuit 54 (step S114).

  The reel control unit 106 determines whether any one of the stop switch groups 42 has been operated (step S115). When any one of the stop switches is operated (step S115 / YES), the reel control is performed so that the winning combination can be won, and the rotation of the reel corresponding to the operated stop switch is stopped (step S115). S116).

  If no winning combination has been won in the winning lottery process in step S113 (when “losing” has been won), the reel control unit 106 has not won any winning combination in step S106. The reel control corresponding to is performed.

  Subsequently, the reel control unit 106 determines whether all the stop switches are operated and all the reels are stopped (step S117). If all the reels have not stopped yet (step S117 / NO), the processing from the detection processing for the presence / absence of the stop switch operation in step S115 is repeated.

  When all the reels stop (step S117 / YES), the winning determination unit 107 determines the presence / absence of winning based on the combination of symbols arranged on the activated effective line (step S118). As a result, if there is any winning (step S118 / YES), winning processing corresponding to the winning combination is executed (step S119).

  When the winning combination is a “special combination”, the game state control unit 108 performs a transition process for executing the “special game” from the next game until a predetermined end condition is satisfied. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S118 that there is no winning (step S118 / NO), the process returns to step S100.

  As another control process by the main control board 50, the gaming state control unit 108 provides the player with a gaming state corresponding to the big bonus game or the regular bonus game which is the “special role” during the “special game”. The reel control unit 106 is caused to perform reel control during “special game”, and the sub-control board 60 is allowed to perform effects for “special game”. When the specified number of games of the big bonus game or the regular bonus game is finished, a process of shifting to the “normal game” is performed.

  If the winning combination is not “special combination”, if the flag of the special combination is stored in the flag information storage unit 105 in the on state, the storage state of the flag in the flag information storage unit 105 is carried over to the next game. .

  When the winning combination is “replay”, the winning determination unit 107 causes the control unit 101 to carry over the bet (the number of bets) in the game to the next game. On the other hand, when the winning combination is neither “special combination” nor “replay”, the payout control unit 109 causes the hopper device 93 to pay out the number of medals corresponding to the winning combination.

(Production operation on the sub control board)
Next, the rendering operation of the sub control board 60 will be described.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a control process related to the rendering operation by the sub control board 60.

  First, the effect pattern selection unit 201 reads the effect pattern from the main control board 50 and transfers it to the effect control unit 202 (step S201).

  In response to this, the effect control unit 202 executes effect control processing during the period specified by the effect pattern (S202 to S214).

  That is, first, the image control unit 301 determines whether or not the drawing timing is reached (S202). Hereinafter, the drawing timing determined here is referred to as “T time point”, and the past drawing timings as viewed from the T time point are referred to as (T-1) time point, (T-2) time point,. To do.

  If it is not yet the drawing timing (S202 / NO), the display control unit 306 continues the display control of the frame image data output at the previous drawing timing, that is, (T-1) (S214).

  On the other hand, when the drawing timing is reached in step S202 (S202 / YES), the frame image generation unit 3041 sequentially selects objects to be displayed at the current drawing timing, that is, at the time T, based on an instruction from the image control unit 301. (S203).

  Next, the frame image generation unit 3041 determines the position of the object in the virtual three-dimensional space based on the information instructed from the image control unit 301 (S204).

  Next, the frame image generation unit 3041 reads out the object data of the selected object from the object data storage unit 3031 (S205).

  Since this object data is defined in the body coordinate system set for each object, coordinate conversion is required to place the object in the virtual three-dimensional space.

  Therefore, the frame image generation unit 3041 executes normal conversion calculation processing on the object data defined in the body coordinate system based on the determined position of the object in the virtual three-dimensional space, and generates a normal coordinate system (world coordinate system). The absolute object arrangement in the virtual three-dimensional space defined in (1) is determined (S206). At that time, the direction and size of the object are also determined by the coordinate conversion process.

  Next, the frame image generation unit 3041 reads texture data corresponding to each object from the texture data storage unit 3032 and maps the texture corresponding to the surface of each minute polygon forming the object (S207). Each texture data is texture information of a predetermined unit area. The frame image generation unit 3041 performs predetermined image conversion, for example, affine conversion, on the read texture data, and maps the texture on the surface of each object.

  Next, the frame image generation unit 3041 performs a perspective calculation process to generate a frame image obtained by observing the object from the viewpoint set in the effect pattern, and generates a two-dimensional perspective image (S208).

  Specifically, the frame image generation unit 3041 performs a perspective transformation operation for transforming an object defined in the world coordinate system into a perspective coordinate system based on the viewpoint information specified by the image control unit 301. To do. This perspective transformation process is performed for each object.

  Next, the frame image generation unit 3041 determines whether there is an unselected object among the objects to be displayed at time T (S209). If there is an unselected object, the process returns to S203.

  On the other hand, when there is no unselected object, the frame image generation unit 3041 refers to the work data storage unit 305 and determines whether or not the color conversion execution flag is ON (S210).

  When the color conversion execution flag is OFF, the frame image generation unit 3041 combines the two-dimensional perspective image generated for each object, and further combines this when a background image is prepared for the effect scene. Then, without performing the color conversion process, a frame image at time T is generated and stored in the frame memory 3052 (S211).

  On the other hand, when the color conversion execution flag is ON, the frame image generation unit 3041 refers to the work data storage unit 305, reads the image ID stored for specifying the color conversion table, and reads from the color conversion table storage unit 3034. A color conversion table corresponding to the read image ID is read (S212).

  Then, the frame image generation unit 3041 combines the two-dimensional perspective image generated for each object, and further combines the background image if it is prepared for the effect scene, based on the read color conversion table. A color that is difficult to distinguish is converted into a replacement color, and a frame image at time T is generated and stored in the frame memory 3052 (S213).

  Next, the display control unit 306 performs display control based on the frame image data stored in the frame memory 3052 (S214).

  As described above, in this embodiment, prior to the start of the game, the color adjustment pattern image in which the color A is replaced with another color C is displayed for the color combination (A, B) that is difficult for the color blind person to distinguish, When the player selects the image, in the subsequent game, when displaying an image, the color A which is difficult to distinguish is converted into the color C and displayed, so that the color blind person is easy to see for himself ( It is possible to display an image by selecting a color scheme (excluding color combinations that are difficult for the user to distinguish). As a result, a color blind person who has not been able to play with a slot machine because the effects cannot be sufficiently recognized conventionally can play the game with the effects recognized by the slot machine 10 of the present embodiment. It becomes possible.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the suitable embodiment, the game machine of this invention is not limited only to the structure of the said embodiment, A various correction and change from the structure of the said embodiment. The gaming machine which has been subjected to is also included in the scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the drawing timing is determined corresponding to the frame period (synchronization signal). However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to such a configuration, and for example, the drawing timing is set every one or more frame periods. May be.

  Further, in the above embodiment, after a color adjustment pattern image for a color blind person is selected by a player (that is, after an evaluation of visibility is accepted), when a time equal to or greater than a threshold has elapsed without any operation input. The color conversion control flag is turned OFF, and the color conversion based on the selected color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person (that is, the color conversion based on the player's visibility evaluation) is stopped. However, for example, the color conversion may be forcibly stopped by a predetermined operation input regardless of whether the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person is selected or not.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the color adjustment pattern image Xi for the color blind person in which the color Ai is replaced with the color Ci other than the color Bi is previously created and stored for the combination (Ai, Bi) that is difficult to distinguish. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, a configuration in which a color adjustment pattern image for a color blind person is created by simultaneously replacing two or more combinations (Ai, Bi) by replacing color Ai with color Ci based on a combination (Ai, Bi) that is difficult to distinguish. It is good. Further, for example, in consideration of the case of all color blindness, the color adjustment pattern image Xm for the color blind person expressed in shades of the single color Am is created and stored in advance, and is added to the color adjustment pattern image Xi for the color blind person Alternatively, a color adjustment pattern image Xm for a color blind person may be displayed to select an image that is easy for the player to view.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the image display control technology of the present invention is applied to the configuration including the main control board 50 and the sub control board 60 has been described as an example. However, one or three or more control boards are used. You may apply the image display control technique of this invention with respect to the structure provided. When applied to a configuration including one control board, each function of the main control board 50 and the sub control board 60 is realized on the one control board.

  In the embodiment described above, the slot machine (dedicated machine) has been described as an example. However, for other hardware (game machines and game machines other than the slot machine, personal computers, devices for practical purposes, etc.) The image display control technique of the present invention can be applied.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a simulation apparatus capable of executing the same game as the slot machine according to the present invention on the screen (pseudo game).

  The simulation device 500 is, for example, a personal computer, a game machine, a mobile phone, or a PDA, and includes a control device 510, a display device 520, and an input device 530.

  The control device 510 includes a CPU 510a, a ROM 510b, a RAM 510c, and the like, and centrally controls each part of the simulation device 500 by executing various control programs stored in a memory such as the ROM 510b. The memory of the control device 510 stores a simulation program for performing a pseudo game on the screen of the display device 520. The simulation program is installed through various storage media such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, and a semiconductor memory, and from a server equipped with the simulation program via a network (such as the Internet or an intranet) or a communication interface (not shown). Can be downloaded.

  The display device 520 includes a CRT, a liquid crystal panel, and the like, and displays an image representing each element constituting the slot machine 1 shown in FIG. 1, for example, a character displayed on the effect display device 40.

  The input device 530 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and realizes functions such as a start switch 41, a stop switch group 42, and a bet switch group 43 that constitute the slot machine 1. Specifically, when the input device 530 is operated by the player, an image display using the color adjustment pattern image for the color blind person, a reel rotation start / stop operation, and the like are performed in the pseudo game.

  According to the simulation program described above, since the same function as the gaming machine according to the present invention can be realized in a pseudo manner by a simulation device such as a personal computer or a mobile phone, the player can play a pseudo game by using the simulation device. I can enjoy it.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of a main control board. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of a sub control board. It is a detailed functional block diagram of an effect control unit in the embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a standard pattern image and the color adjustment pattern image for color blind people. It is a figure which shows the example of a color conversion table. It is a flowchart which shows the main control processing by a main control board. It is a flowchart which shows the main control processing by a main control board. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing in connection with presentation operation | movement by a sub control board. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the simulation apparatus which concerns on a modification.

Explanation of symbols

10 slot machine 21 display window 31 reel 31L left reel 31C middle reel 31R right reel 40 effect display device 50 main control board 51 main CPU
52, 62 ROM
53, 63 RAM
54, 69 I / F circuit 60 Sub control board 101 Control unit 102 Lottery table 103 Role lottery unit 105 Flag information storage unit 106 Reel control unit 107 Winning determination unit 108 Game state control unit 201 Production pattern selection unit 202 Production control unit 301 Image Control unit 302 Sound control unit 3031 Object data storage unit 3032 Texture data storage unit 3033 Color adjustment pattern image storage unit for color blindness person 3034 Color conversion table storage unit 304 Image data generation unit 3041 Frame image generation unit 3042 Object position determination unit 305 Work Data storage unit 3051 Tracking control work data storage area 3052 Frame memory 306 Display control means

Claims (7)

With respect to a combination of colors (Ai, Bi) (i> 0) that is difficult for a color blind person to distinguish, refer to means for storing a color blind person pattern image Xi in which the color Ai is replaced with a color Ci other than the color Bi. Pattern image display control means for controlling the pattern image Xi for the color blind person to be displayed;
Evaluation accepting means for accepting an evaluation of visibility of the pattern image for color blindness from the user;
Color conversion control means for controlling the color Ai to be converted into the color Ci and controlling the image display when the user evaluates that the pattern image Xi for the color blindness is easy to see;
An image display control device comprising: The pattern image display control means refers to a means for storing a color vision abnormal person pattern image Xm expressed in shades of a single color Am, and controls so that the color vision abnormal person pattern image Xm is displayed,
2. The image display control according to claim 1, wherein the color conversion control unit performs control so that an image is displayed with a light and shade of a single color Am when the user evaluates that the pattern image Xm for color blindness is easy to see. apparatus.   The color conversion control unit controls the color conversion based on the user's visibility evaluation to be stopped when there is no input from the user for a certain period after the evaluation reception unit receives the evaluation of the visibility. The image display control device according to claim 1, wherein the image display control device is an image display control device.   The color combination (Ai, Bi) that is difficult to distinguish for the color blind person includes either (red, green) or (green, red), according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The image display control device described.   A gaming machine comprising the image display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Creating a color blind person pattern image Xi by replacing the color Ai with a color Ci other than the color Bi for a combination of colors (Ai, Bi) (i> 0) that is difficult to distinguish for a blind person;
A step of displaying the created pattern image Xi for a color blind person and receiving an evaluation of visibility of the displayed pattern image for a color blind person from a user;
A step of controlling the color Ai to be converted into the color Ci based on the color vision abnormal pattern image Xi evaluated as being easy for the user to view; and
An image display control method comprising:   A program for causing a computer to execute the image display control method according to claim 6.