JP2009045269A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To diversify operation inputs to be executed by stop button pressing members and execute a performance based on the diversified operation inputs. <P>SOLUTION: A decoration panel member 201 and a body case 202 hold the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b and 76c to freely reciprocate from pressing waiting positions to the back face side at a predetermined stroke and rotate about the reciprocating direction, photosensors 301a, 301b and 301c detect the reciprocation of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b and 76c, and rotary encoders 302a, 302b and 302c detect the rotations of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b and 76c to diversify the operation inputs executed by the stop button pressing members and execute a performance based on the diversified operation inputs. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of stopping rotation of a plurality of reels having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on a peripheral surface by operating a stop operation means.

  Conventionally, in a slot machine, as described in Patent Document 1, for example, after a player sets the number of medals, three reels rotate all at once by tilting the start lever by the player. It is like that. At this time, the conventional slot machine performs the lottery of the winning combination of the game by internal processing. Next, in the conventional slot machine, after each reel reaches a predetermined number of rotations, the player presses the three stop button pressing members in an arbitrary order, so that the corresponding reels are respectively drawn as described above. Stop control is performed at the rotational position based on the result. When the symbols displayed by the stopped three reels are aligned on a valid line in the combination corresponding to the winning combination, the winning is confirmed, and the number of medals corresponding to the type of winning combination is awarded. Dividends to players.

  Here, the three stop button pressing members are unitized by a stop button unit corresponding to rationalization of the assembly work. That is, the stop button unit locks the three stop button pressing members and the three stop button pressing members at the pressing standby position, and moves the stop button pressing member from the pressing standby position to the back side. A button holding member that holds the button in a freely reciprocating manner with a predetermined stroke, and is interposed between the stop button pressing member and the button holding member, and projects the stop button pressing member from the opening of the button holding member. It is comprised from the urging means (coil spring) urged | biased in the direction to do. The urging means urges the stop button pressing member in a direction protruding from the button holding member, holds the non-operating pressing member at the pressing standby position, and the player presses the stop button pressing member with a finger. In this case, a repulsive force is applied to the player's finger and the stop button pressing member is returned to the pressing standby position when the player releases the finger from the stop button pressing member.

JP 2000-185131 A

  However, in the conventional slot machine, the operation input that can be performed by the stop button pressing member is limited to the reciprocating movement from the standby position of the stop button pressing member to the back side, and the operation is monotonous and the player's interest in the game is reduced. However, there are problems such as making the player feel tired.

  The present invention has been made in view of these conventional problems, and provides a gaming machine capable of diversifying operation inputs that can be performed by a stop button pressing member and performing effects based on the diversified operation inputs. The purpose is to do.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 includes a plurality of reels having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on a peripheral surface, a start lever for performing a rotation start operation of the plurality of reels, A lottery operation means for performing an operation to stop the rotation of each reel, and whether to permit the symbols on the plurality of reels to stop on the active line in a combination that becomes a predetermined winning combination. A lottery means and an effect control means for performing an effect related to a game, and on the precondition that the internal lottery result in the internal lottery means permits the generation of a winning combination, the plurality of reels on the active line A game machine that pays out game media when a combination of stop symbols constitutes a winning combination, wherein the stop operation means has a stop button press capable of performing a pressing operation. And a button holding member that has an opening on the surface side to expose the operation surface of the stop button pressing member to the outside, and holds the stop button pressing member in a rotatable state with the pressing operation direction as an axis. Rotation detecting means for detecting rotation of the stop button pressing member, and the effect control means performs an effect based on a detection result of the rotation detecting means.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the button holding member locks the stop button pressing member at the pressing standby position and reciprocates the stop button pressing member from the pressing standby position to the back side with a predetermined stroke. The stop operation means is interposed between the stop button pressing member and the button holding member, and is attached to the stop button pressing member in a direction protruding from the opening of the button holding member. And a reciprocating movement detecting means for detecting reciprocating movement of the stop button pressing member, wherein the effect control means performs an effect based on a detection result of the reciprocating movement detecting means. Features.

  A third aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the first or second aspect, wherein the effect control means performs an effect based on an internal lottery result in the internal lottery means.

  According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, the button holding member holds the stop button pressing member in a rotatable state with the pressing operation direction as an axis, and the rotation detecting means rotates the stop button pressing member. Since the effect control means produces an effect based on the detection result of the rotation detection means, the operation input that can be performed by the stop button pressing member is diversified, and the effect is produced based on the diversified operation input. It can be carried out.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the function and effect of the first aspect of the invention, the button holding member is capable of reciprocating the stop button pressing member from the pressing standby position to the back side with a predetermined stroke. The reciprocating movement detecting means detects the reciprocating movement of the stop button pressing member, and the effect control means performs an effect based on the detection result of the reciprocating movement detecting means. It is possible to diversify the operation inputs that can be performed and produce effects based on the diversified operation inputs.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the effect control means can perform effects based on the internal lottery result in the internal lottery means, and can perform various effects.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to diversify the operation input that can be performed by the stop button pressing member and to produce an effect based on the diversified operation input. Can prevent a person from feeling tired.

  Hereinafter, a preferred first embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking a slot machine as an example. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external structure of the slot machine 1. FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the slot machine 1 with the exterior front door 3 open. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the slot machine 1.

  In FIG. 1, a slot machine 1 has a main body housing 2 that is a substantially rectangular box having an opening in the front, and a hinge mechanism that is attached to the main body housing 2 so as to be rotatable. An exterior front door 3 that is closed in a state where it can be opened and closed is provided.

  The front side of the exterior front door 3 is roughly divided into an upper panel portion 4 and a lower panel portion 5, which are integrally formed of hard plastic as a so-called decorative panel member designed to enhance the visual effect. Yes. Further, below the lower panel portion 5 is provided a medal tray portion 6 in which a medal tray 62 for storing medals (game media) to be paid out at the time of winning is integrally formed.

  Further, an operation portion 7 is integrally formed between the upper panel portion 4 and the lower panel portion 5 so as to protrude toward the player side and on which switches for performing a game operation are arranged. In addition, the upper panel part 4, the operation part 7, the lower panel part 5, and the medal tray part 6 face the player side, and these constitute a "front panel part".

  A panel surface 41 formed of a hard plastic plate or the like is provided at the center of the upper panel portion 4. A substantially rectangular transparent display window 42 is formed substantially at the center of the panel surface 41. In the slot machine 1, the three reels 101 a, 101 b, and 101 c of the reel unit 100 provided in the main body housing 2 can be seen through such a display window 42.

  Here, in the reel unit 100 installed in the main body housing 2, cylindrical reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged in the rotation axis direction, respectively, and the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged on the periphery thereof. A plurality of types of symbols are drawn along the direction. The player can visually check the three symbols in the vertical direction drawn on the three rows of reels through the display window 42.

Also, on the panel surface 41, a numerical information display unit 151 that numerically displays the number of medals credited (stored) in the slot machine 1, and a setting of the number of medals obtained by winning and the winning lottery probability are switched and selected. A numerical information display section 152 for displaying numerical values is provided below the display window 42, respectively. Each of the numerical information display units 151 and 152 is composed of a two-digit 7-segment light emitting diode, and displays a two-digit number.
On the left and right sides of the panel surface 41, left and right effect illumination units 43a and 43b that incorporate lamps such as high-intensity light emitting diodes are provided.

  In the upper part of the upper panel part 4, an effect illumination unit 43c incorporating lamps such as high-intensity light emitting diodes and an effect sound emitting unit 44a, 44b incorporating a speaker for generating sound effects related to the game are arranged. ing.

  The slot machine 1 is formed so as to enhance the visual effect in the game by lighting or blinking the lighting units 43a, 43b, 43c and the like described above according to the progress of the game.

  In addition, a liquid crystal display device 46 is disposed between the production sound emitting portions 44a and 44b as a production device for a gaming machine facing a display window 45 formed by fitting a transparent hard plastic plate or the like. . Note that the liquid crystal display device 46 mainly displays information related to the video of the game and information related to the game (game).

  A medal insertion guide 71 is provided on the upper right side of the operation unit 7. The medal insertion guide 71 has a medal insertion slot 72 for inserting medals. In addition, two bet buttons 73 and 74 that are push button switches are provided on the left side of the upper surface.

  The bet buttons 73 and 74 are button switches for presenting the number of medals bet on one game of the slot machine 1. In the slot machine 1, when the game is started, the bet button 73 is pressed, so that one medal is bet on the game from the stored medals. Similarly, when the bet button 74 is pressed, medals are bet on three corresponding games. The bet button 74 is particularly called a “max bet button” because it bets the maximum number of medals.

  A start lever 75 is provided on the front left side of the operation unit 7 to instruct the start of rotation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c. The start lever 75 is provided with a swingable operation rod having a spherical operation knob at the tip, and is turned on when the operation rod is tilted, and automatically when the hand is released from the operation rod by the biasing force of the spring. It is formed of a switch unit that returns to a position and is turned off.

  In addition, a stop button unit 200 that is a main part of the present embodiment is provided in the center of the operation unit 7. In the stop button unit 200, stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c for instructing to stop the rotation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged in parallel corresponding to the arrangement of the reels.

  Further, in the left corner of the front surface of the operation unit 7, an instruction is given to cancel and pay out medals bet on the game, and the medal credit means 126 (see FIG. 3) described later settles the medals stored internally. A checkout button 77 is provided for instructing the payout.

  A front door cylinder lock 78 is provided on the right side of the front surface of the operation unit 7. The front door cylinder lock 78 is provided with a key hole 79 into which a key for unlocking the exterior front door 3 is inserted. When an administrator or the like of the slot machine 1 inserts a predetermined door key into the key hole 79 and performs an unlocking operation, the exterior front door 3 attached to the main body housing 2 can be opened forward by a hinge mechanism. When the exterior front door 3 is closed to the main body housing 2 side, these are automatically locked.

The lower panel portion 5 is provided with a display panel 51 for displaying a picture of an appearing character and the like so that the player can recognize the model type of the slot machine 1.
The medal tray portion 6 disposed on the lower side of the lower panel portion 5 includes a medal payout opening 61 for discharging medals at the time of winning a prize, a medal tray 62 for storing the paid out medals, and a speaker for generating effect sound. And left and right effect sound emitting parts 63a and 63b are arranged.

Next, the internal structure of the main body housing 2 and the back surface structure of the exterior front door 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 2, an opening 8 is provided in front of the main body housing 2. A main control board 20 housed in a hard plastic board case 80 is attached to the upper part of the opening 8 via left and right bracket members 81 and 82. The main control board 20 includes a CPU (microcomputer) that centrally controls the overall operation of the slot machine 1.

  A reel unit 100 including reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is provided in the center of the main body housing 2. The reel unit 100 is positioned and attached to a predetermined frame so that the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c face the display window 42 of the exterior front door 3 when the exterior front door 3 is closed to the main body housing 2 side. ing. Note that each of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is rotationally driven by a built-in stepping motor.

  In addition, on the upper part of the reel unit 100, a spinning device board for sending a four-phase drive pulse signal to the stepping motor that rotationally drives each reel is attached, and the main control board 20 is rotated to the spinning device board. By sending drum drive (excitation) pulse data, each reel is controlled to rotate, brake and stop.

  Below the reel unit 100, a hopper device 21, an auxiliary storage unit 23 for storing medals overflowing from the hopper device 21, and a power supply unit 24 are provided. A power supply board 25 corresponding to a so-called switchboard is provided on the right side inside the power supply unit 24.

The power supply unit 24 is electrically connected to electrical components such as the hopper device 21 and the main control board 20 via a harness. Electric power is supplied from the outside of the main body housing 2 through a power cord 10 inserted through a through hole 9 formed in the wall surface of the main body housing 2, and electric power having a predetermined voltage value is generated from the supplied electric power. To supply electrical components such as the hopper device 21 and the main control board 20. A medal discharge port 22 for discharging medals is provided on the front surface of the hopper device 21.
Further, an external concentration terminal board 26 that can be connected to a management computer called a “hall computer” installed in the game hall is attached to the inner wall on the upper right side of the main body housing 2.

  On the other hand, light emission driving units 30a and 30b are arranged in the vicinity of the left side and the upper side of the right side on the back side of the exterior front door 3. In the light emission drive units 30 a and 30 b, the light emission drive unit 30 c is disposed on the upper surface on the back side of the exterior front door 3. The light emission drive units 30a, 30b, and 30c have a plurality of high-intensity light-emitting diodes that are light sources of the above-described lighting units 43a, 43b, and 43c (see FIG. 1), and a drive circuit that drives the light-emitting diodes to emit light. Has been implemented.

  Speakers 32a and 32b are attached to the upper part on the back surface side of the exterior front door 3 so as to face the sound emitting portions 44a and 44b for effects described above. A liquid crystal display device 46 is attached between the speakers 32a and 32b. Further, a sub-control board 40 formed of an electric circuit board and housed in a hard plastic board case 90 is attached to the back side of the liquid crystal display device 46.

  The main control board 20 and the sub control board 40 are control boards that control the operation of the slot machine 1.

  A panel plate 47 having a transparent display window 42 for allowing the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c to be visually observed is disposed below the sub-control board 40. A start lever 75 on the front side is disposed below the display window 42. A central display board 33 is provided which functions as a relay board for transferring the output signals of operation switches such as the stop button unit 200 (see FIG. 1) and the stop button unit 200 (see FIG. 1) to the main control board 20.

  A medal sorting device 34 is attached below the central display substrate 33. The medal sorting device 34 is a device that determines and distributes the suitability of medals inserted in the medal insertion guide 71. Further, the medal sorting device 34 has a built-in medal sensor, and when a normal medal is inserted in a standby state of the game or the like, and the medal sensor detects this medal, a signal indicating acceptance of medal insertion is sent to the main control board. 20 to send.

  Below the main body of the medal sorting device 34, a guide member 35 that guides regular medals distributed by the medal sorting device 34 to the hopper device 21 provided in the main body housing 2, and a medal sorting device 34. A guide member 36 for guiding the removed medal (or foreign matter) to the medal payout opening 61 is provided. In addition, a guide member 37 that guides medals discharged from the medal discharge port 22 of the hopper device 21 to the medal payout port 61 is provided at the lower part on the back side of the exterior front door 3. Further, adjacent to the medal payout opening 61, speakers 38a and 38b facing the above-described effect sound emitting portions 63a and 63b are attached.

  Note that the overall operation of the slot machine 1 is comprehensively controlled by the main control board 20 provided on the main body housing 2 side, and the sub-control board 40 controls the display of the effect video by the liquid crystal display device 46 and the effect. Control mainly related to game effects such as effect sound effect control using the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b of the sound emission units 44a, 44b, 63a, and 63b is mainly performed.

Next, a control system provided in the slot machine 1 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.
In FIG. 3, the main control board 20 includes a CPU 120 and a storage unit 121.

  The storage unit 121 includes a semiconductor memory such as a ROM and a RAM, and includes a program ROM 122 and a control RAM 123 as main components. A system program 124 for slot machine games is stored in advance in the program ROM 122 of the storage unit 121. The main control board 20 controls the overall operation of the slot machine 1 by the CPU 120 executing arithmetic processing according to the system program 124 stored in the program ROM 122 of the storage unit 121.

  In addition, medal credit means 126 is provided in the control RAM 123 of the storage unit 121. The medal credit means 126 stores a credit that is the number of medals stored in the slot machine 1 in a memory.

  Further, the main control board 20 includes bet buttons 73 and 74, a start lever 75, photosensors 301a, 301b and 301c of the stop button unit 200, rotary encoders 302a, 302b and 302c, operation switches such as a settlement button 77, medals, and the like. The medal sensor 131 of the sorting device 34, the sub control board 40, the display unit drive circuit 153 that drives the numerical information display units 151 and 152, and the like are connected via a harness and a relay board. The main control board 20 is electrically connected to a hopper device 21 that is a medal payout device via a power supply board 25.

The main control board 20 detects an operation related to the game based on output signals from the operation switches and the medal sensor 131 of the medal sorting device 34.
When the main control board 20 is in a game standby state and the medal sensor 131 detects a medal, the main control board 20 adds the detected medal to the number of bets in the game, and sends medal acceptance data to the sub-control board 40. Send.

Similarly, the main control board 20 transmits bet button pressing operation data to the sub-control board 40 when any of the bet buttons 73 and 74 is pressed.
Further, when the medal sensor 131 detects a medal in the game standby state, the main control board 20 adds the detected medal to the credit of the medal credit means 126.

  Further, when a medal is bet and the operation of the start lever 75 is detected, the main control board 20 enters a reel rotation control state, and detection signals from the reference position sensors 103a, 103b, and 103c provided in the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c. , And a predetermined rotation drive pulse data is sent to the rotation apparatus substrate 110 while grasping the rotation position serving as a reference for each reel. The spinning device substrate 110 controls the rotation and stop of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c by rotationally driving the stepping motors 102a, 102b, and 102c according to the spinning drive pulse data from the main control substrate 20. ing.

  In addition, the main control board 20 pays out a predetermined number of medals to the medal tray 62 by controlling the hopper device 21 via the power supply device 25 when a winning is confirmed.

  Further, when the settlement button 77 is operated, the main control board 20 cancels the medals bet on the game and pays them out to the hopper device 21, and medal credit means 126 (see FIG. 3) stores the medals stored internally. The hopper device 21 pays out medals for the number of credits before the settlement.

  The sub control board 40 is based on a control signal from the main control board 20, the liquid crystal display device 46 (see FIG. 1), the effect lighting units 43 a, 43 b and 43 c (see FIG. 1), and the effect sound emitting units 44 a and 44 b. , 63a, 63b (see FIG. 1) such as speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, 38b and the like are controlled and driven to produce an effect appealing to the player's vision and hearing according to the progress of the game.

  On the other hand, a winning lottery table 125 is stored in the program ROM 122 of the storage unit 121 of the main control board 20. In addition, an internal lottery flag storage area 127 for storing a flag corresponding to an internal winning winning combination is set in the control RAM 123 of the storage unit 121. Further, a control RAM 123 of the storage unit 121 and a setting storage area 128 for storing the lottery probability of the winning combination are set.

  The main control board 20 is provided with a random number generator 129 for generating random value data connected to the CPU 120. For example, the CPU 120 obtains a random value from the random number generator 129 when it detects the operation of the start lever 75 and refers to the winning lottery table 125 corresponding to the setting stored in the setting storage area 128. A winning combination or loss is selected by lottery based on a random value. The winning combination includes a big bonus (BB), a regular bonus (RB), a small role, a replay, etc. that are advantageous for the player. Immediately after the lottery, the CPU 120 transmits command data to the sub-control board 40 based on the lottery result. Then, the CPU 120 turns on the winning combination flag in the internal lottery flag storage area 127 of the storage unit 121 based on the lottery result of the game. Here, the lottery method of winning combination is called “internal lottery”. Note that the above-described medal acceptance data, bet button pressing operation data, and lottery result command data may be transmitted to the sub-control board 40 in accordance with operations of various operation means or control processing of the CPU 120.

Next, an outline of the game operation in the slot machine 1 will be described.
The slot machine 1 enters a game standby state when a prize is won in a previous game and a medal payout is completed, or when a loss is confirmed in the previous game. In this game standby state, the liquid crystal display device 46 or the like performs standby effects such as suggesting the state to the player and prompting a game operation, effects performed at the previous game, display of a demonstration screen, and the like. Next, when the player inserts a medal into the medal insertion guide 71 or presses one of the bet buttons 73 and 74, the slot machine 1 enters the game from the medal (credit) stored inside. A predetermined number of medals are bet and a game is prepared.

  When the start lever 75 is tilted and the game is started in the game preparation state, the main control board 20 starts to rotate the three reels 101a, 101b, and 101c all at once and executes the internal lottery described above. The result of the internal lottery is stored in the internal lottery flag storage area 127.

  Next, when one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c is pressed by the player, the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are stopped, and the main control board 20 displays the symbols displayed by the stopped reels. And the combination of symbols related to the winning combination of the internal lottery stored in the internal lottery flag storage area 127 is determined.

  When these symbol combinations match and the winning combination is confirmed, the slot machine 1 controls the medal credit means 126 by the main control board 20 until the number of credits of the internally stored medal reaches a predetermined number. Then, a medal with a predetermined number of payouts according to the type of the combination is added to the number of credits. Further, when the addition result of the number of payouts and the number of credits exceeds the predetermined number, the slot machine 1 pays out the surplus number of medals to the medal tray 62.

  In addition, when the winning winning symbol is not won in the game as a result of the internal lottery described above, the main control board 20 performs the following depending on the type of winning winning combination (for example, BB or RB described above). After the game, the winning right may be carried over until the winning combination of the winning winning combination is confirmed.

Hereinafter, the stop button unit 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 15.
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the stop button unit 200 and its peripheral portion viewed from the front. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the stop button unit 200 and its peripheral portion viewed from the back side. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the stop button unit 200 as viewed from the front. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the stop button unit 200 as viewed from the back side. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the stop button unit 200 and its peripheral part viewed from the front side. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the stop button unit 200 and its peripheral portion as seen from the back side. FIG. 10 is a front view of the stop button unit 200 and its peripheral part. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the stop button unit 200 and the stop button pressing member 76a in the periphery thereof shown in FIG. 11 are turned on. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the stop button unit 200 and its peripheral circuits. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU 401 of the sub control board 40.

  4 to 15, the left side and the right side of each member indicate the left side and the right side when viewed from the front surface side of the slot machine 1, and FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 and 9, the left side of each member is the right side of each member.

  4 and 5, the stop button unit 200 is a gaming machine switch unit corresponding to the stop button. The stop button pressing members 76 a, 76 b, and 76 c that can perform the pressing operation, and the decorative panel member 201 are illustrated. And a main body case 202, coil springs 203a, 203b, 203c, an electronic circuit board 204, a back cover 205, and screws 291, 291, 292, 292.

  The decorative panel member 201 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin in a horizontally long plate shape, and has a horizontally long plate-like portion 210 as a basic structure, and an opening that penetrates from the front surface (front surface) to the back surface (back surface). 211a, 211b, 211c are arranged in a horizontal row.

  In FIG. 5, a frame portion 212 protrudes from the outer periphery of the back surface of the plate-like portion 210. A rib 213 is formed on the left side of the left opening 211a. On the other hand, a rib 214 is formed on the right side of the right opening 211c. A region surrounded by the ribs 213 and 214 and the upper and lower frame portions 212 is an attachment portion 215 to which a plate-like portion 220 on the front surface of the main body case 202 described later is inserted and attached.

  In addition, left and right screwing projections 216L and 216R are formed on the left and right sides of the central opening 211b on the back surface of the plate-like portion 210, respectively. The left and right screwing projections 216L and 216R are formed with screw holes into which the screw portions of the screws 291 and 291 are screwed.

  Left and right screwing projections 217L and 217R are formed in the vicinity of the left and right frame portions 212 on the back surface of the plate-like portion 210, respectively. The left and right screwing projections 217L and 217R are formed with screw holes into which the screw portions of the screws 293 and 293 are screwed.

4 and 5, the stop button pressing member 76a has a structure in which the front side of a cylindrical cylindrical portion 161 is closed with an operation portion 162 having a dome-shaped operation surface.
An annular flange portion 163 having a slight thickness is integrally formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 161 and in the vicinity of the operation portion 162. The flange portion 163 locks the front side of the coil spring 203 a attached to the cylindrical portion 161.

A gear portion 164 that meshes with a gear 321 of an encoder 302a described later is formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 161 and in the vicinity of the rear end.
Note that the stop button pressing members 76b and 76c have the same structure as the stop button pressing member 76a.

The main body case 202 is formed by integrally forming a front plate-like portion 220, upper and lower plate-like portions 221, 222, and cylinder portions 223a, 223b, 223c with a hard synthetic resin.
The plate-like portion 220 is formed in a horizontally long shape according to the shape of the mounting portion 215, and the openings 211a, 211b, 211c are aligned with the central axis to form the openings 224a, 224b, 224c shown in FIG. .

In FIG. 5, a frame portion 225 protrudes from the outer periphery of the plate-like portion 220.
Cylinder portions 223a, 223b, and 223c are arranged side by side along the longitudinal direction of the plate-like portion 220 on the back surface of the plate-like portion 220. The front sides of the through holes 226a, 226b, 226c of the cylinder portions 223a, 223b, 223c are continuous with the openings 224a, 224b, 224c shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, vertical plate-like hook portions 227a, 228a, and 229a projecting toward the center are provided on the inner wall of the rear portion of the through hole 226a in the left cylinder portion 223a. The hook portions 227a, 228a, and 229a are for locking the rear end of the stop button pressing member 76a at the pressing position of the stop button pressing member 76a. The hook portions 227a, 228a, and 229a are provided on the left side, the upper right side, and the lower right side of the through hole 226a, respectively. Between the hook parts 228a and 229a on the wall surface of the cylinder part 223a, a gear 321 (see FIG. 4) of the encoder 302a (see FIG. 4) and a notch 230a into which the photosensor 301a (see FIG. 4) is inserted are formed. ing.

  On the inner wall of the rear portion of the through hole 226b in the central cylinder portion 223b, there are provided vertical plate-like hook portions 227b, 228b, 229b protruding toward the center. The hook portions 227b, 228b, and 229b are for locking the rear end of the stop button pressing member 76b at the pressing position of the stop button pressing member 76b. The hook portions 227b, 228b, and 229b are provided on the left side, the upper right side, and the lower right side of the through hole 226b, respectively. A notch 230b (see FIG. 4) into which the gear 321 (see FIG. 4) of the encoder 302b and the photosensor 301b (see FIG. 4) are inserted is formed between the hook portions 228b and 229b on the wall surface of the cylinder portion 223b. ing.

  On the inner wall of the rear portion of the through hole 226c in the right cylinder portion 223c, vertical plate-like hook portions 227c, 228c, and 229c projecting toward the center are provided. The hook portions 227c, 228c, and 229c are for locking the rear end of the stop button pressing member 76c at the pressing position of the stop button pressing member 76c. The hook portions 227c, 228c, and 229c are respectively provided on the right side, the upper left side, and the lower left side of the through hole 226c. Between the hook portions 228c and 229c on the wall surface of the cylinder portion 223c, a notch portion 230c into which the gear 320 (see FIG. 4) of the encoder 302c (see FIG. 4) and the photosensor 301c (see FIG. 4) are inserted is formed. ing.

  Reverse flange portions 231a, 231b, and 231c are formed in front of the cutout portions 230c on the inner walls of the cylinder portions 223a, 223b, and 223c, respectively. The reverse flange portions 231a, 231b, and 231c engage the rear end sides of the coil springs 203a, 203b, and 203c, respectively.

  In FIG. 4, left and right projecting step portions 232L and 232R are formed on the left and right sides of the opening 211b on the back surface of the plate-like portion 220 so that the plate surface bulges rearward. Spaces into which the screwing protrusions 216L and 216R are respectively inserted are formed on the front side of the left and right protrusions 232L and 232R. Screw insertion holes into which the screw portions of the screws 291 and 291 are inserted are formed on the front end surfaces of the protruding step portions 232L and 232R.

  A left screwing protrusion 233L (see FIG. 5) is formed on the left side of the left protrusion-like step 232L on the back surface of the storage portion plate-like portion 210. A right screw projection 233R (see FIG. 5) is formed on the right side of the right projection step 232R on the back surface of the storage plate 210. In FIG. 5, screw holes into which the screw portions of the screws 292 and 292 are screwed are formed in the left and right screw fixing projections 233L and 233R.

A step portion 234 is formed on the rear end side of the outer periphery formed by the upper and lower plate-like portions 221 and 222 and the cylinder portions 223a and 223c.
The front surface of the electronic circuit board 204 is a component mounting surface 241 shown in FIG. 4, and the back surface is a wiring surface 242 shown in FIG.

  On the component mounting surface 241 shown in FIG. 4, light emitting diodes 243a, 243b, and 243c are mounted at positions corresponding to the central axes of the through holes 226a, 226b, and 226c of the cylinder portions 223a, 223b, and 223c, respectively. Light emitting diodes 244a, 244b, and 244c are mounted on the component mounting surface 241 above the light emitting diodes 243a, 243b, and 243c, respectively.

Photosensors 301a and 301b are mounted on the component mounting surface 241 on the right upper side of the light emitting diodes 243a and 243b, respectively.
Rotary encoders 302a and 302b are mounted on the component mounting surface 241 at right lower sides of the light emitting diodes 243a and 243b, respectively.
A photo sensor 301c is mounted on the component mounting surface 241 on the upper left side of the light emitting diode 243c.
A rotary encoder 302c is mounted on the component mounting surface 241 on the lower left side of the light emitting diode 243c.

  In FIG. 5, a board-side connector 245 that is connected to a harness connector that is electrically connected to the main control board 20 is provided on the upper right side of the wiring surface 242. The board-side connector 245 includes photosensors 301a, 301b, 301c (see FIG. 4), rotary encoders 302a, 302b, 302c (see FIG. 4), and light emitting diodes 243a, via a wiring pattern 246 formed on the wiring surface 242. 243b, 243c, 244a, 244b, 244c (see FIG. 4) are electrically connected.

  In FIG. 4, photosensors 301a, 301b, and 301c are formed in a U-shape and have a gap 311 into which the cylindrical portion 161 is inserted. The photosensors 301a, 301b, and 301c have a light receiving element and a light receiving element on one side and the other side of the gap 311. The cylindrical portion 161 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c is inserted into the gap 311. It is possible to detect whether or not.

The rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c have a structure in which a gear 321 is rotatably provided in the encoder body 320.
The gear 321 always meshes with the gear portions 164 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c between the pressing standby position and the pressing position.
The rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c detect the rotation of the gear 321 and transmit a number of pulse signals proportional to the rotation angle of the gear 321 as stop button rotation detection signals.

  Further, the electronic circuit board 204 has screw insertion holes 248L and 248R formed at positions corresponding to the left and right screwing projections 233L and 233R shown in FIG. The screw portions of the screws 292 and 292 are inserted through the screw insertion holes 248L and 248R.

  4 and 5, the back cover 205 is formed by forming a frame-like portion 253 that extends forward through an inclined portion 252 that is inclined forward on the outer periphery of a horizontally long plate-like portion 251. A through portion 254 for exposing the board-side connector 245 to the outside is formed from the upper right portion of the plate-like portion 251 to the upper right portion of the inclined portion 252.

  The plate-like portion 251 is formed by protruding left and right protruding step portions 255L and 255R forward at positions corresponding to the screw insertion holes 248L and 248R of the electronic circuit board 204. A space for accommodating the screw heads of the screws 292 and 292 is formed on the rear surface side of the left and right protruding step portions 255L and 255R. Screw insertion holes through which the screw portions of the screws 292 and 292 are inserted are formed on the front end surfaces of the left and right protruding step portions 255L and 255R.

On the other hand, a laterally long through portion 171 into which the rear portion is inserted from the frame portion 225 of the stop button unit 200 is formed in the front center portion 170 of the operation portion 7. Left and right projecting stepped portions 172L and 172R are formed at the positions of the left and right sides of the penetrating portion 171 in the front central portion 170 with the plate surface bulging rearward. Spaces for storing the screwing protrusions 216L and 216R shown in FIG. 5 are formed on the front side of the protrusions 172L and 172R.
Screw insertion holes through which the screw portions of the screws 293 and 293 are inserted are formed on the front end surfaces of the left and right protruding step portions 172L and 172R.

Hereinafter, a method for assembling the stop button unit 200 will be described.
When assembling the stop button unit 200, an operator first passes the rear of the cylindrical portion 161 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 to the inside of the coils of the coil springs 203a, 203b, and 203c, respectively. The coil springs 203a, 203b, and 203c are attached to the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c by engaging the front sides of the coil springs 203a, 203b, and 203c with the flange portion 163.

  Next, the operator places the opening 224a of the plate-like portion 220 of the main body case 202 shown in FIG. 4 behind the cylindrical portion 161 to which the coil springs 203a, 203b, 203c of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c are attached. 224b and 224c are inserted into the through holes 226a, 226b and 226c of the cylinder portions 223a, 223b and 223c, and the rear sides of the coil springs 203a, 203b and 203c are locked to the reverse flange portions 231a, 231b and 231c shown in FIG. In this state, the cylindrical portions 161 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are inserted inside the reverse flange portions 231a, 231b, and 231c. Thereafter, the operator inserts the operation part 162 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c shown in FIG. 5 into the openings 211a, 211b, and 211c from the back side of the decorative panel member 201, and the decorative panel member 201. Are inserted into the space formed on the front side of the left and right protruding step portions 232L, 232R of the main body case 202 shown in FIG. In this state, the operator inserts the screw portions of the screws 291 and 291 into the screw insertion holes of the left and right protruding step portions 232L and 232R shown in FIG. 4, respectively, and the screw fixing protrusion portions 216L and 216R shown in FIG. The main body case 202 is screwed and fixed to the decorative panel member 201 by screwing the screw portions of the screws 291 and 291 into the screw holes and tightening the screws 291 and 291, respectively. Thereby, the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c, the decorative panel member 201, the main body case 202, and the coil springs 203a, 203b, and 203c are integrated.

  Next, the operator inserts the electronic circuit board 204 into the inside of the frame-like portion 253 from the front of the back cover 205 shown in FIG. 4, and connects the board-side connector 245 of the electronic circuit board 204 shown in FIG. Insert into penetrating part 254. Next, the worker puts the frame-like portion 253 of the back cover 205 on the step 234 on the rear side of the main body case 202. In this state, the operator inserts the screw portions of the screws 292 and 292 into the screw insertion holes of the left and right protruding step portions 255L and 255R from the rear side of the left and right protruding step portions 255L and 255R, and further, screws 292 and 292. Are inserted into the screw insertion holes 248L and 248R of the electronic circuit board 204, and the screw portions of the screws 292 and 292 are screwed into the screw holes of the screw fixing projections 233L and 233R of the main body case 202, respectively. The back cover 205 and the electronic circuit board 204 are attached and fixed to the rear side of the main body case 202 by tightening 292 and 292. As a result, the stop button unit 200 is completed as shown in FIGS.

  Thereafter, the operator inserts the rear part from the frame part 225 including the back cover 205 of the stop button unit 200 into the through part 171 of the front center part 170 from the back side of the front center part 170 of the operation part 7 shown in FIG. The screw-fastening projections 217L and 217R of the stop button unit 200 are inserted into the space on the front side of the projecting stepped portions 172L and 172R shown in FIG. Insert the screw part into the screw insertion hole of the protruding step part 172L, 172R, screw the screw part of the screw 293, 293 into the screw hole of the screw fixing protrusion part 217L, 217R, and tighten the screw 293, 293, respectively. 8 to 12, the stop button unit 200 is attached and fixed to the front central portion 170 of the operation unit 7.

  Thereafter, by connecting the harness connector to the board-side connector 245 of the electronic circuit board 204 exposed from the through-hole 254 of the back cover 205, the operation input signal of the stop button unit 200 can be supplied to the main control board. .

  In the state where the stop button unit 200 is assembled, the coil springs 203a, 203b, 203c shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 are connected to the flange portion 163 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c and the reverse flange portions 231a, 231b of the main body case 202. The stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are urged forward by being inserted between 231c. The flange portions 163 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are engaged with the edges on the back side of the openings 211a, 211b, and 211c at the pressing standby position.

  The rear ends of the cylindrical portions 161 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are locked to the corresponding hook portions 227a, 228a, 229a, 227b, 228b, 229b, 227c, 228c, and 229c at the pushing position.

  The rear end side of the cylindrical portion 161 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c is positioned outside the photosensors 301a, 301b, and 301c of the stop button unit 200 at the pressing standby position as shown in FIG.

  The gears 321 of the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c are always engaged with the gear portions 164 of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c between the pressing standby position and the pressing position, respectively.

  Next, the switch operation by the stop button pressing member 76a will be described. The stop button pressing member 76a is slidably accommodated in the cylinder portion 223a of the main body case 202, and is always urged forward by a coil spring 203a installed on the reverse flange portion 231a. As shown in FIG. 11, in a state where the pressing operation is not performed, the front wall surface of the flange portion 163 of the stop button pressing member 76 a is held in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the opening portion 211 a of the decorative panel member 201. . In this state, the stop button pressing member 76a is in the pressing standby position. At this time, since the rear end of the stop button pressing member 76a is retracted from the photosensor 301a, the photosensor 301a detects the light from the light emitting element by the light receiving element, and the stop button pressing member 76a is not operated. An off signal having a low voltage level is transmitted.

  When the stop button pressing member 76a is pressed by a player or the like, the stop button pressing member 76a moves backward by a predetermined stroke in the cylinder portion 223a. In this case, as shown in FIG. 13, the rear end of the stop button pressing member 76 a comes into contact with hook portions 227 a, 228 a, 229 a (see FIG. 5) formed on the inner periphery of the cylinder portion 223 a, and the pushing amount Is limited. In this pressed state, the stop button pressing member 76a is in the pressing position, and the sensing region of the photosensor 301a (the light emitting element and the light receiving element are mounted) on the rear surface of the electronic circuit board 204 with the rear portion of the stop button pressing member 76a being mounted. By inserting it in the gap 311 which is an opposing region), light is shielded between the light emitting element and the light receiving element of the photosensor 301a. That is, in a state where the stop button pressing member 76a is pressed, the photosensor 301a is not detected by the light receiving element because the light from the light emitting element is blocked by the stop button pressing member 76a, and the operation of the stop button pressing member 76a. A high voltage level ON signal is transmitted as a signal indicating the state to perform a switching operation.

The gear 321 of the rotary encoder 302a is always in mesh with the gear portion 164 of the stop button pressing member 76a between the pressing standby position and the pressing position.
While the stop button pressing member 76a is pushed by the finger 350, the player twists the finger 350 left or right, so that the stop button pressing member 76a rotates left or right, and the gear 321 rotates in conjunction with this. To do.
The rotary encoder 302a detects the rotation angle of the gear 321 and transmits a pulse signal proportional to the rotation angle.

  By such an operation, the photosensor 301a detects an operation when the stop button pressing member 76a is pressed by the finger 350, and the rotary encoder 302a rotates by the twisting of the stop button pressing member 76a by the finger 350, respectively. Detect motion.

  Note that the stop button pressing members 76b and 76c, the photo sensors 301b and 301c, and the rotary encoders 302b and 302c perform the same operations as the stop button pressing member 76a, the photo sensor 301a, and the rotary encoder 302a. 301b and 301c detect the operation when the stop button pressing members 76b and 76c are pressed by the player's finger, respectively. The rotary encoders 302b and 302c respectively detect the stop button pressing members 76b and 76c by the player's finger. Detects rotational movement caused by being twisted.

Hereinafter, the stop button unit 200 and its peripheral circuits will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 14, the effect device 50 includes, as an electric circuit system, a liquid crystal display device 46, light emission drive units 30a, 30b, and 30c of effect illumination units 43a, 43b, and 43c, and sound emission units for effect 44a, 44b, 63a, and 63b. Speaker 32a, 32b, 38a, 38b.
The stop button unit 200 includes photosensors 301a, 301b, and 301c and rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c.

  The sub-control board 40 performs centralized control of the overall operation of the effect device 50 and also selects a CPU (microcomputer) 401 for selecting an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46, an effect control ROM 402 and RAM 403 as storage units for control, An image data ROM 404, an audio data ROM 405, a liquid crystal display device drive circuit 406, a light emission control circuit 407, a speaker drive circuit 408, and a random number generation device 409 are provided.

  The CPU 401 of the sub-control board 40 includes a main control board 20 of the slot machine 1 (see FIG. 2), an effect control ROM 402, a RAM 403, an image data ROM 404, an audio data ROM 405, and a liquid crystal display device driving circuit. 406, the light emission control circuit 407, the speaker drive circuit 408, and the random number generator 409 are connected.

  A liquid crystal display device 46 is connected to the liquid crystal display device driving circuit 406. To the light emission control circuit 407, light emission driving units 30a, 30b, and 30c are connected. Speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, 38b are connected to the speaker drive circuit 408.

  The main control board 20 determines whether or not the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are on based on detection signals from the photosensors 301a, 301b, and 301c of the stop button unit 200, and presses the stop button. Operation data is generated and supplied to the CPU 401 of the sub-control board 40, and when the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are switched from the off state to the on state, the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are controlled to stop.

  Further, the main control board 20 generates stop button rotation operation data indicating how much the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are rotated and how much based on detection signals from the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c. And supplied to the CPU 401 of the sub-control board 40.

  The random number generator 409 generates random value data based on the control of the CPU 401. For example, the CPU 401 acquires a random number value from the random number generation device 409 when receiving command data corresponding to the lottery result from the main control board 20 or a signal relating to control of the gaming state. Further, the CPU 401 acquires a random number value from the random number generator 409 when receiving stop button rotation operation data or rotation angle data indicating that the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c have been rotated more than a predetermined angle. . In addition, you may acquire a random value according to various control processing timings.

  The CPU 401 receives the control program stored in the effect control ROM 402, the command data received from the main control board 20 of the slot machine 1 (see FIG. 2), the stop button pressing operation data, the stop button rotation operation data, and the random number generator 409. Necessary data is stored in the RAM 403 based on the acquired random number value, and the liquid crystal display device driving circuit 406, the light emission control circuit 407, and the speaker driving circuit 408 are controlled.

  The effect control ROM 402 of the sub-control board 40 stores an effect table corresponding to the gaming state, the lottery result, the rotation operation of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c, the bonus game, and the like, and the RAM 403 stores an effect flag. Is done.

Hereinafter, an example of the operation of the CPU 401 of the sub-control board 40 shown in FIG. 14 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 15, the CPU 401 of the sub control board 40 first determines whether or not command data corresponding to the lottery result has been received from the main control board 20 in step S1. Here, until the start lever 75 is operated, the main control board 20 does not perform the lottery for selecting the winning combination or lose, and does not transmit the command data corresponding to the lottery result to the sub control board 40. The determination result is NO, and the CPU 401 returns to the determination process of step S1. That is, the CPU 401 repeats the determination process in step S1 until command data corresponding to the lottery result is received. Further, when the start lever 75 is tilted with the medals bet, the main control board 20 performs the lottery for the winning combination and transmits the command data corresponding to the lottery result to the sub-control board 40. The determination result in step S1 is YES, and the CPU 401 proceeds to the process in step S2.

  In step S2, the CPU 401 selects the basic effect content by lottery based on the command data corresponding to the lottery result from the main control board 20 and the random number value from the random number generator 409, and proceeds to the process of step S3. The basic effect content in this case indicates the effect content performed in a normal game operation.

  In step S3, the CPU 401 controls the effect device 50 with the contents of the basic effect, and proceeds to the process of step S4.

  In step S <b> 4, the CPU 401 of the sub control board 40 determines whether stop button pressing operation data has been received from the main control board 20. Here, when none of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c is pressed, the main control board 20 does not transmit stop button operation data to the sub control board 40, so that the determination result of step S4 is obtained. The result is NO, and the CPU 401 returns to the control process for the basic effect content in step S3. Further, when any of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is pressed, the main control board 20 transmits stop button operation data to the sub control board 40, so the determination result in step S4 is YES, The CPU 401 proceeds to the process of step S5. The stop button operation data may be transmitted when two or more stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are pressed.

  In step S5, the CPU 401 of the sub control board 40 receives stop button rotation operation data indicating that the main control board 20 has been rotated more than a predetermined angle (for example, 60 °) within a predetermined time (for example, within 10 seconds). It is determined whether or not. Here, when none of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c is rotated by a predetermined angle or more within a predetermined time, the main control board 20 is rotated by a predetermined angle or more with respect to the sub-control board 40. Since stop button rotation operation data indicating that this has been done is not transmitted within a predetermined time, the determination result of step S5 is NO, and the CPU 401 proceeds to the process of step S6. Further, when any one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is rotated by a predetermined angle or more within a predetermined time, the main control board 20 is rotated by the sub control board 40 by a predetermined angle or more. Is transmitted within a predetermined time, the determination result of step S5 is YES, and the CPU 401 proceeds to the process of step S7.

  In step S <b> 6, the CPU 401 controls the effect device 50 with the basic effect contents until the game ends, and ends the process.

  In step S <b> 7, the CPU 401 causes the random number generation device 409 to generate random value data, selects the development effect content based on the random value acquired from the random number generation device 409, and proceeds to the process of step S <b> 8. The development effect content indicates the effect content performed in the rotation operation of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c, and an effect that is flashy and has a higher impact than the above-described basic effect content is adopted.

  In step S <b> 8, the CPU 401 controls the rendering device 50 with the developed rendering content until the game ends and ends the process.

  These processes will be described with specific examples. For example, the CPU 401 is generated by the random number generation device 409 of the sub control board 40 when the command data of the effect control corresponding to the lottery result is supplied from the main control board 20. A random value is acquired, and in step S2, the effect table of the effect control ROM 402 corresponding to the lottery result is referred to, and the effect content (the effect in this case is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46) based on the obtained random value. By selecting an image, the content of the light emission operation of the light emission drive units 30a, 30b, and 30c, and the sound output from the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b, a lottery of effects is performed. The production contents in this case are the basic production contents. Then, the CPU 401 stores the effect content corresponding to the random number value in the effect flag of the RAM 403.

  In step S3, the CPU 401 stores the image data ROM 404 based on the control program stored in the effect control ROM 402, the effect flag in the RAM 403, and the winning combination lottery result indicated by the command data from the main control board 20. The read image data is read out, the liquid crystal display device driving circuit 406 is controlled, an image corresponding to the image data is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46, the light emission control signal transmitted by the light emission control circuit 407 is selected, and the audio The audio data stored in the data ROM 405 is read out and supplied to the speaker drive circuit 408, thereby causing the speaker drive circuit 408 to transmit a baseband audio signal.

  When the CPU 401 wins a winning combination such as replay, bell, cherry, watermelon, regular bonus, big bonus, etc., the CPU 401 displays an image corresponding to the winning winning combination on the liquid crystal display device 46, and the selected winning combination is displayed. The lighting drive units 30a, 30b, and 30c of the effect lighting units 43a, 43b, and 43c are caused to emit light with the content of the light emission operation corresponding to the combination, and the sound corresponding to the winning winning combination is output from the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b. .

  For example, when the replay is won, the CPU 401 selects and displays a replay pattern or an image of a person wearing blue clothes on the liquid crystal display device 46 based on the random number generated by the random number generator 129, and the light emission driving unit The lights 30a, 30b, and 30c are made to emit blue light, and the sound of “It is replay” is output from the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b.

  In addition, the CPU 401 is supplied with the command data for the presentation control corresponding to the lottery result of the winning combination from the main control board 20, and further, in step S5, the stop button pressing operation data and the stop button rotation operation data from the main control board 20 are added. Based on this, when it is determined that one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c has been rotated by a predetermined angle or more while being pressed, the random number generator 409 of the sub control board 40 generates a random number value again. This random number value is acquired, and in step S7, the random number value obtained by referring to the effect table in the effect control ROM 402 corresponding to the lottery result of the winning combination and the rotation operation amount of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is obtained. A lottery for the production is performed by selecting the production content based on the production. The production contents in this case are the development production contents.

  Here, the CPU 401 wins a winning combination such as a bell, a cherry, a watermelon, a regular bonus, a big bonus, etc. and rotates one or more of a predetermined angle while one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is pressed. If it is, in step S8, an image corresponding to the winning prize winning combination and the amount of rotation of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46. For example, when the winning combination of cherry and big bonus is won and one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is rotated 90 degrees or more, the CPU 401 displays a person wearing a cherry pattern or red clothes on the liquid crystal display device 46. Are selected and displayed based on the random number generated by the random number generator 409 of the sub-control board 40, and images such as background flashing and flame are selected based on the random number generated by the random number generator 409. To display. In this case, an image such as flashing of the background or a flame indicates that there is a high possibility that the big bonus has been won, and also indicates the rotation operation of the stop button pressing member. In addition, the CPU 401 causes the light emission drive units 30a, 30b, and 30c to blink in red, and outputs the “docker” sound that gives an image of explosive sound from the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b.

  With such a configuration and operation, the slot machine 1 performs a rotation start operation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on the peripheral surface and the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c. Start lever 75, stop button unit 200 as stop operation means for performing an operation of stopping the rotation of each of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c, and symbols of the plurality of reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are determined in advance. Internal lottery means for internal lottery to determine whether or not it is permitted to stop on the active line in a combination that becomes a winning combination, a sub-control board 40 as an effect control means for performing effects related to the game and effects, and effects Device 50.

  The internal lottery means includes a winning lottery table 125 of the main control board 20, an internal lottery flag storage area 127, a setting storage area 128, and a random number generator 129.

  The slot machine 1 is based on the precondition that the internal lottery result in the internal lottery means permits the generation of a winning combination, and the combination of the stopped symbols of the reels 101a, 101b, 101c on the active line has a winning combination. When configured, the game medium medal is paid out to the player.

  The stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c have an operation surface capable of performing a pressing operation on the operation unit 162.

  The decorative panel member 201, the main body case 202, and the screws 291 and 291 have openings 211a, 211b, and 211c on the surface side that expose the operation surfaces of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c to the outside. The stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are locked at the pressing standby position, and the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c can be reciprocated with a predetermined stroke from the pressing standby position to the back side, and the reciprocating movement is performed. It is a button holding member that holds in a rotatable state with the direction as an axis.

  The reciprocating direction of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is the pressing operation direction of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c.

  Coil springs 203a, 203b, and 203c are inserted between the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c and the button holding member, and the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are inserted from the opening of the button holding member. It is an urging means for urging in the protruding direction.

The photosensors 301a, 301b, and 301c are reciprocating movement detecting means for detecting reciprocating movements of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c.
The rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c are rotation detecting means for detecting the rotation of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c.

The sub control board 40 and the rendering device 50 are rendering control means for performing rendering based on the detection results of the photosensors 301a, 301b, 301c and the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, 302c.
Further, the rendering device 50 performs the rendering based on the internal lottery result in the internal lottery means in addition to the detection results of the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c.

  As described above, according to the slot machine 1 of the embodiment of the present invention, the decorative panel member 201 and the main body case 202 are arranged such that the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are predetermined from the pressing standby position to the back side. The photosensors 301a, 301b, and 301c detect the reciprocating movement of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c, and can be rotated. The encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c detect the rotation of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c, and the sub control board 40 and the rendering device 50 include the photosensors 301a, 301b, and 301c and the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, Production based on the detection result of 302c Therefore, the operation input that can be performed by the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c can be diversified, and an effect can be performed based on the diversified operation input, increasing the player's interest in the game, You can avoid feeling tired.

Hereinafter, a preferred second embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention will be described.
Here, in the first embodiment, the sub control board 40 is any one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c (see FIG. 4) based on the stop button rotation operation data from the main control board 20. When it is determined that one of them has been rotated by a predetermined angle or more, the random number generator 409 of the sub-control board 40 generates the effect content indicating the rotation operation of the stop button pressing member assigned to the obtained random value. Although configured as described above, the sub-control board 40 of the second embodiment selects all the contents of effects from immediately after the start lever 75 is turned on until at least one game ends. In addition, you may select the production of multiple games. The contents of the effects in this case include the contents of the basic effects in a state where all of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c have not been rotated more than a predetermined angle within a predetermined time, and the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c. The sub-control board 40 selects one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c. The production content is switched from the basic production content to the advanced production content when the rotation is performed over a predetermined angle.

  More specifically, in the second embodiment, the CPU 401 of the sub control board 40 acquires a random value generated by the random number generator 409 of the sub control board 40 after the start lever 75 is turned on, and the lottery result is obtained. With reference to the production table in the corresponding production control ROM 402, the basic production content and the development production content are selected by lottery based on the obtained random number value and stored in the RAM 403. Then, the CPU 401 controls the light emission control circuit 407 with the contents of this basic effect until immediately after the start lever 75 is turned on until one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is rotated by a predetermined angle or more. In addition, the image data and audio data corresponding to the contents of the basic effect are read from the image data ROM 404 and the audio data ROM 405, and the liquid crystal display device drive circuit 406, the light emission control circuit 407, and the speaker drive circuit 408 are controlled. The production device 50 is caused to perform the production operation of the basic production content.

  Thereafter, when the CPU 401 recognizes that at least one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c has been rotated more than a predetermined angle within a predetermined time based on the stop button rotation operation data from the main control board 20. The light emission control circuit 407 is controlled with the contents of the developed effect, and the image data and the sound data corresponding to the contents of the developed effect are read from the image data ROM 404 and the sound data ROM 405, and the liquid crystal display device driving circuit 406, the light emission control. By controlling the circuit 407 and the speaker drive circuit 408, the effect device 50 is made to produce the developed effect content. Note that the CPU 401 continues to control the content of the basic effects described above when all of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c are not rotated more than a predetermined angle within a predetermined time immediately after being turned on.

Hereinafter, a specific example of the operation of the sub control board 40 of the second embodiment will be described.
When the main control board 20 performs an internal lottery when the start lever 75 is turned on and wins, for example, a cherry, the CPU 401 of the sub control board 40 first has the sub control board 40 immediately after the start lever 75 is turned on. The production device 50 is controlled with the basic production content selected based on the random number generated by the random number generation device 409, and a person wearing a cherry pattern or red clothes on a blue sky background is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46. The displayed image is displayed, the light emission drive units 30a, 30b, and 30c are made to emit red light, and the sound of “Cherry is” is output from the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b.

  Thereafter, when the CPU 401 is rotated more than a predetermined angle within a predetermined time with one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c being pressed, the sub-control board immediately after the start lever 75 is turned on. The control device 50 is controlled with the content of the development effect selected based on the random number value generated by the 40 random number generators 409, and a person wearing a cherry pattern or red clothes on a background showing flashing light or flame The image that has appeared is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46, one of the light emission drive units 30a, 30b, 30c is turned off, the remaining light is emitted in red, and the "Dokkan" image of explosive sound is emitted from the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, 38b. Output audio.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, even when two of the basic effect content and the advanced effect content are selected immediately after the start lever 75 is turned on, the effect is the same as in the embodiment shown in FIGS. Can be diversified.

  In the first and second embodiments, the lottery of the basic effect contents and the development effect contents on the sub control board 40 uses the random value generated by the random number generator 409 of the sub control board 40. The lottery of the contents and the development effect contents may use a random value generated by the random number generator 129 of the main control board 20.

  Further, as a modification of the second embodiment, at least one kind of development effect contents when one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is rotated by a predetermined angle or more regardless of lottery by a random value. The image of the background of the flame is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46, for example, and only one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is rotated by a predetermined angle or more. , 30b, 30c may be flashed and a sound of “docker” that sounds like an explosion sound may be output from the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, 38b.

  A preferred third embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 14 taking a slot machine as an example.

  In the slot machine of the third embodiment, one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c (see FIG. 4) is predetermined while the rendering device 50 (see FIG. 14) is performing an effect unrelated to the lottery. When the rotation operation is more than the angle, the content of the effect is changed.

  Here, as a specific example of the state in which the effect device 50 is performing an effect unrelated to the lottery, for example, there is a game standby state. In this state, the liquid crystal display device 46 repeatedly displays the demonstration video, and the light emission drive. All the parts 30a, 30b, 30c are turned off, and the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, 38b are silent. When one of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c is rotated by a predetermined angle or more from such a game standby state, for example, the liquid crystal display device 46 displays a character cut-in image and emits light. All of the sections 30a, 30b, and 30c are lit in a blinking manner, and the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b output the voice of the character speech.

  In addition, as the effect contents changed by the rotation operation of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c, the effect contents may be used as one kind by non-lottery, and the sub control board is selected from a plurality of kinds of effect contents. The effect content selected by lottery using the 40 random number generators 409 or the random number generator 129 of the main control board 20 may be used.

  As a modification of the third embodiment, the effect mode of the effect device 50 changes step by step in accordance with changes in the rotation angles of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c (see FIG. 4) during the rotation operation. The slot machine may be configured as described above.

  A specific example of this modification will be described. For example, the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c mainly control a two-phase pulse signal having a pulse number proportional to the rotation angle of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, and 76c. The CPU 120 of the main control board 20 transmits information indicating whether the rotation direction of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c is clockwise or counterclockwise depending on the phase difference between the two-phase pulse signals to be transmitted. Configure to send to.

  The CPU 120 of this modified example sets the game start time to 0 °, and the number of pulses of one of the two-phase pulse signals from the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, and 302c depends on the rotation direction indicated by the two-phase pulse signal. By adding / subtracting (adding in the case of right rotation, subtracting in the case of left rotation), each rotation angle of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c (see FIG. 4) is determined in units of ± 10 °, for example. In this case, the sign “+” of each rotation angle indicates clockwise, and the sign “−” indicates counterclockwise. For example, when the stop button pressing member is rotated clockwise by 50 °, the determination of the CPU 120 is + 50 °. When the stop button pressing member is rotated 30 ° counterclockwise, the determination by the CPU 120 is −30 °. The determination result of each rotation angle of the CPU 120 changes in real time, for example, in units of ± 10 ° during the rotation operation of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c, and is transmitted to the effect device 50 in real time.

  The rendering device 50 increases or decreases the volume of the speakers 32 a, 32 b, 38 a, 38 b in proportion to the absolute value of each rotation angle that changes in real time from the CPU 120, and moves the character displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46. Speed up / down, increase / decrease the light emission area of the light emission drive units 30a, 30b, 30c, and change the light emission color of the light emission drive units 30a, 30b, 30c from a cool color system to a warm color system corresponding to each determined rotation angle Or change it.

  By the modification of such a configuration, the rendering device 50 responds to changes in the rotation angles of the stop button pressing members 76a, 76b, 76c (see FIG. 4) during operation, and the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, 38b. The volume of the light is changed stepwise, the movement of the character displayed on the liquid crystal display device 46 is changed stepwise, and the light emitting areas and colors of the light emission drive units 30a, 30b, 30c are changed stepwise. It becomes possible to do.

Even in the third embodiment and its modifications, it is possible to diversify the effects as in the first and second embodiments.
In the first to third embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 15, the detection results of the photosensors 301a, 301b, 301c and the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, 302c are input to the main control board 20, and The control board 20 converts these detection results into stop button pressing operation data and stop button rotation operation data and supplies them to the sub control board 40, and the sub control board 40 and the rendering device 50 are supplied from the main control board 20. Although the presentation is performed based on these data, the detection results of the photosensors 301a, 301b, 301c and the rotary encoders 302a, 302b, 302c are directly input to the sub control board 40, and the sub control board 40 and The rendering device 50 includes the photosensors 301a, 301b, 301c, and the Over stream encoders 302a, 302b, may be configured to perform the rendering based on the detection result input directly from 302c.

  The present invention can be applied not only to slot machines but also to other gaming machines such as parrots that use pachinko balls as gaming media.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external structure of the slot machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the slot machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the slot machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the stop button unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention and its peripheral portion as viewed from the front. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the stop button unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention and its peripheral portion as seen from the back side. FIG. 6 is a perspective view seen from the front side of the stop button unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view seen from the back side of the stop button unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the stop button unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention and its peripheral portion as seen from the front side. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the stop button unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention and its peripheral portion as seen from the back side. FIG. 10 is a front view of the stop button unit and its periphery according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the stop button unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention and the stop button pressing members in the periphery thereof are turned on. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the stop button unit and its peripheral circuits according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Slot machine, 2 ... Main body housing, 3 ... Front door for exterior,
4 ... upper panel part, 5 ... lower panel part, 6 ... medal tray part,
7 ... operation part, 8 ... opening, 9 ... through hole, 10 ... power cord,
20 ... main control board, 21 ... hopper device, 22 ... medal outlet,
23 ... Auxiliary storage unit, 24 ... Power supply unit, 25 ... Power supply board,
26 ... External concentration terminal substrate, 30a, 30b, 30c ... Light emission drive unit,
32a, 32b ... speaker, 33 ... central display board,
34 ... Medal sorting device, 35 ... Guide member,
36 ... Guide member, 37 ... Guide member, 38a, 38b ... Speaker,
40: Sub-control board, 41: Panel surface,
42 ... Display window, 43a, 43b, 43c ... Illumination unit for production,
44a, 44b ... production sound emitting unit, 46 ... liquid crystal display device,
45 ... display window, 47 ... panel board, 50 ... production device,
51 ... Display panel, 61 ... Medal payout port, 62 ... Medal tray,
63a, 63b ... production sound emission unit, 71 ... medal insertion guide,
72: medal slot, 73, 74 ... bet button,
75 ... Start lever,
76a, 76b, 76c ... stop button pressing member,
77 ... Checkout button, 78 ... Front door cylinder lock, 79 ... Keyhole,
80, 90 ... substrate case, 81, 82 ... bracket member,
100 ... reel unit, 101a, 101b, 101c ... reel,
102a, 102b, 102c ... stepping motors,
103a, 103b, 103c ... reference position sensor,
110: Cylinder device substrate, 120 ... CPU, 121 ... Storage unit,
124 ... system program, 126 ... medal credit means,
125 ... winning lottery table, 127 ... internal lottery flag storage area,
128 ... setting storage area, 129 ... random number generator, 131 ... medal sensor,
151, 152 ... Numerical information display unit, 153 ... Display unit drive circuit,
161 ... cylindrical part, 162 ... operation part, 163 ... flange part,
164 ... Gear part, 170 ... Front center part, 171 ... Penetration part,
172L, 172R ... right and left protruding stepped parts,
200: Stop button unit, 201: Panel member for decoration,
202 ... Main body case, 203a, 203b, 203c ... Coil spring,
204 ... Electronic circuit board, 205 ... Back cover,
210 ... Plate-like part, 211a, 211b, 211c ... Opening part,
212 ... Frame portion, 213, 214 ... Rib, 215 ... Mounting portion,
216L, 216R, 217L, 217R ... Screw fixing protrusion,
220, 221, 222 ... plate-like part,
223a, 223b, 223c ... cylinder part,
224a, 224b, 224c ... opening, 225 ... frame,
226a, 226b, 226c ... through hole,
227a, 227b, 227c ... hook part,
228a, 228b, 228c ... hook part,
229a, 229b, 229c ... hook part,
230a, 230b, 230c ... notch,
231a, 231b, 231c ... reverse flange part,
232L, 232R ... protruding step,
233L, 233R ... Screw fixing projection, 234 ... Stepped portion,
241, component mounting surface, 242, wiring surface,
243a, 243b, 243c ... light emitting diodes,
244a, 244b, 244c ... light emitting diodes,
245 ... Board side connector, 246 ... Wiring pattern,
248L, 248R ... screw insertion hole, 251 ... plate-like part,
252 ... inclined part, 253 ... frame-like part, 254 ... penetrating part,
255L, 255R ... protruding step,
291,291,292,292,293,293 ... screws,
301a, 301b, 301c ... photo sensors,
302a, 302b, 302c ... rotary encoder,
311 ... Gap, 320 ... Encoder body, 321 ... Gear,
350: finger, 401: CPU, 402: ROM for effect control,
403 ... RAM, 404 ... ROM for image data,
405: ROM for audio data, 406 ... Liquid crystal display device driving circuit,
407 ... Light emission control circuit, 408 ... Speaker drive circuit,
409 ... random number generator

Claims (3)

A plurality of reels on which a plurality of types of symbols are drawn,
A start lever for performing a rotation start operation of the plurality of reels;
A lottery is selected to determine whether or not to permit the stop operation means for stopping the rotation of each reel to stop on the active line in a combination in which the symbols of the plurality of reels become a predetermined winning combination. Internal lottery means;
And a combination of stop symbols of the plurality of reels on the active line on the precondition that the internal lottery result in the internal lottery means permits the generation of a winning combination. Is a gaming machine that pays out game media when it constitutes a winning combination,
The stop operation means includes
A stop button pressing member having an operation surface capable of performing a pressing operation;
A button holding member that has an opening on the surface side to expose the operation surface of the stop button pressing member to the outside, and holds the stop button pressing member in a rotatable state around the pressing operation direction;
Rotation detection means for detecting rotation of the stop button pressing member;
With
The game machine characterized in that the effect control means performs an effect based on a detection result of the rotation detection means. The button holding member locks the stop button pressing member at a pressing standby position, and holds the stop button pressing member in a freely reciprocating manner with a predetermined stroke from the pressing standby position to the back surface side,
The stop operation means includes
A biasing means that is interposed between the stop button pressing member and the button holding member, and biases the stop button pressing member in a direction protruding from the opening of the button holding member;
Reciprocation detection means for detecting reciprocation of the stop button pressing member;
Further comprising
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the effect control unit performs an effect based on a detection result of the reciprocation detection unit.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the effect control means performs an effect based on an internal lottery result in the internal lottery means.

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