JP2009078009A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To array a speaker with a larger diameter by effectively utilizing a space within a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: A speaker housing 4 having a speaker 41 is provided between the bottom plate 10B of an outer frame 10 and the lower end part of the main body 300 of the game machine. The speaker 41 is positioned facing upward to utilize a sufficient space in depth of the game machine, thereby enabling the arraying of the speaker 41 with a larger diameter. A sound guiding space 5 is provided on the main body 300 side of the game machine to enable the securing of the transmission of voices from the speaker 41. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine having a speaker at a lower portion.

In a conventional ball game machine, a game ball thrown by a launching device that launches a game ball is allowed to flow down into the game area, and when the game ball wins a predetermined winning opening, a winning ball is obtained. It has become. And in recent ball game machines, a lottery is started when a game ball wins at the start winning opening, and if it wins, a special game where game balls are more likely to win than normal games. A gaming machine in which a gaming state is switched to a state (so-called probability variation state) has been proposed.
In addition, in such gaming machines, while a lottery is being executed, an effect image is displayed on a large display screen, and the number of models in which various effect patterns are output from a decoration device by voice or light emission is increasing.

In such a ball game machine, the contents of the presentation are complicated depending on the game situation such as the reach state and the probability fluctuation state, and not only in the game board but also in the glass frame etc. Is done. In addition, a selection button or the like for allowing the player to select game contents is also arranged, and a large number of performance members and the like are arranged in a limited arrangement space. For this reason, since the arrangement space of the speaker is limited, a full-range speaker that outputs sound in the entire range is often used.
JP-A-2005-65994

  The effect changed according to the game situation exhibits a better effect due to the sound quality output from the speaker according to the content. As described above, since the speaker cannot take a sufficient space for arranging the speaker, a speaker having a small diameter must be arranged, and a sound with high sound pressure cannot be output. For this reason, there is a problem that sound is often erased by a production sound output from an adjacent gaming machine or a sound output from a speaker in a hall, and a sufficient production effect cannot be obtained.

In addition, when three types of speakers that output a high range, a mid range, and a low range are provided in place of the full range speaker, it is difficult to arrange a space for providing the speaker in the gaming machine, in particular, a relatively large diameter. There has been a problem that it is extremely difficult to secure a space for arranging a large low-frequency speaker.
Further, in the configuration described in Patent Document 1, in the speaker provided on the curtain, the direction in which the speaker points is not easy for the player to hear. For this reason, there is a problem that the voice of the gaming machine being played on the back side can be heard better than the voice output from the gaming machine being played.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can effectively use a space in a gaming machine and output a larger sound pressure.

The present invention for solving the above problems has the following configuration.
(1) outer frame,
A front frame swingably supported by one side frame of the outer frame;
Speakers,
A gaming machine provided between a bottom plate of the outer frame and the front frame, and comprising a speaker unit having the speaker and a speaker housing that constitutes an acoustic space of the speaker,
The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the speaker housing includes a projecting portion that projects an acoustic space in front of the outer frame.

  (2) The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the speaker is attached to the protruding portion.

  (3) The gaming machine according to (1) or (2), wherein the speaker is arranged upward.

  (4) A sound guide that is formed in the front frame in the front-rear direction along the outer contour shape of the speaker at a position facing the speaker and guides the sound output from the speaker to the front side of the outer frame. The gaming machine according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein a space is formed.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sound pressure output from the speaker can be increased by providing the speaker housing with the protruding portion and expanding the acoustic space.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to attach a speaker having a cone having a larger diameter by setting the protruding portion as the speaker attachment position.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, by arranging the output side of the speaker upward, the radial direction of the speaker is arranged in the depth direction of the outer frame, and the internal space of the gaming machine is effectively used. A speaker can be arranged by using it. For this reason, it becomes possible to arrange | position a speaker of a still larger diameter than before.

Furthermore, the sound from the speaker is output upward, and the direction of the speaker can be brought closer to the direction in which the player's ear is positioned, so that the sound can be more easily heard.
According to the invention described in claim 4, by providing a sound guide space formed in the front-rear direction on the front frame side, the sound output from the speaker can be configured to be more easily heard without being blocked. it can.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a gaming machine according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, in this specification, the side on which the player of the gaming machine is arranged is expressed as the front, the front, or the front side, and the opposite side to the arrangement position of the player is the back, the rear, or the rear side, and is shown in FIG. In the front view, the left-right direction is defined as the Y-axis direction, the front-rear direction is defined as the X-axis direction, the vertical direction is defined as the Z-axis direction, the right direction is the positive direction of the Y-axis direction, and the direction from the front side to the rear side Is defined as the positive direction of the X axis, and the direction downward in the vertical direction is defined as the positive direction of the Z axis.

In FIG. 1, the ball game machine 100 is for opening and closing mounted on the front surface of the outer frame 10 that is formed in an outer rectangular frame size and constitutes a vertically long fixed holding frame, and is formed in a rectangular frame size in accordance with the outer frame 10. The front frame 2 is provided.
The front frame 2 is attached to the outer frame 10 so as to be openable and closable by hinge fittings 3A and 3B attached to the front left and upper sides of the outer frame 10, and further, by a locking device 12 provided on the front right side of the outer frame 10. It is held in a closed state.
A game board 3 is arranged in the front frame 2, and the game board 3 uses a decorative board in which a cell is attached to the back side of a laminated plywood having a predetermined thickness to process a router (an accessory mounting hole). Although not shown in the figure, a substantially circular game area 6 defined by being surrounded by a guide rail attached in an annular shape is provided on the front side.

The game area 6 is provided with a display portion 6a formed of a liquid crystal display device as a display device at a substantially central portion. The display unit 6a also serves as various display devices, and has a function as a symbol variation display device 6j and a normal symbol variation display device 264d. Around the display portion 6a, a decorative member 6B, a start winning port 6c, a special winning port 6d, and other winning ports 6k are arranged. An out port 6e for collecting the out ball is also provided at the lower part of the game area, and the out ball that has fallen without winning in the start winning port 6c and the special winning port 6d can be discharged from the back side of the game board 3 to the outside of the machine. It is like that.
In addition, a glass frame 70 having a transparent glass board so that the game board 3 can be visually recognized is provided on the upper front side of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and detachable in the horizontal direction. It is held in a closed state and covers the front surface of the game board 3.

  A dish unit 701 is provided on the lower side of the front surface of the front frame 2 and below the glass frame 70 so as to be attached to a back plate supported to be opened and closed by the front frame 2. The dish unit 701 is normally held in a closed state by a locking device (not shown). The dish unit 701 includes a ball storage unit 701a constituting a ball tray, an ashtray 701b provided at the lower left front portion of the ball storage unit 701a, and a launch handle H provided at the lower right front portion of the ball storage unit 701a. , Button 701d.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a game assisting board is formed on the rear side of the front frame 2 behind the dish unit 701. Also, behind the dish unit 701, among the game balls paid out from the ball carry-out device 25d (see FIG. 10) for paying out prize balls, the game balls that cannot be completely discharged to the ball storage unit 701a are temporarily stored. A storage case to be stored and a foul ball collection passage for collecting the foul balls returned from the game balls launched by the game ball launcher without being able to reach the game area 6 to the ball storage unit 701a via the storage case Etc. are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, a back set board 20 is detachably attached to the back side of the game board 3. The back set board 20 includes a ball storage tank that stores game balls, a ball carry-out device that pays out game balls based on a winning state in the game board 3, and a payout that guides game balls repaid from the ball carry-out device to a storage case. A prize ball mechanism such as a passage is provided. In addition, various circuit boards such as a power supply board, a launch control board, a main control board, a payout control board, a lamp / voice control board, and the like are attached to the back side of the back set board 20. Connected with a wire harness and configured to be playable.
The ball game machine 100 configured as described above is fixed on the base BS by hitting a nail as a penetration fixture penetrating the bottom plate 10B of the outer frame 10 against the base BS.

The pachinko gaming machine 100 configured as described above is used in a game in which the glass frame 70, the dish unit 701, and the like are closed and locked, and stores the game ball in the ball storage unit 701a to rotate the launch handle H. By doing so, the game is started. That is, when the launch handle H is turned as shown by a thick arrow in FIG. 1, the game balls stored in the ball storage unit 701a are sent to the launch mechanism unit one by one, and the hitting ball of the launch mechanism unit Thus, the game area 6 is launched and a pachinko game is developed.
As described above, the game ball launching device is configured such that the player himself can adjust the launch intensity so that the player can launch the game ball at a predetermined position in the game area 6, and the launch handle H described above is It is an adjustment device.

  As described above, the game is performed by the front frame 2, the game area 6 provided on the front side of the game board 3, the display unit 6a, various winning holes, the glass frame 70, the dish unit 701, the control board provided on the back side, and the like. The machine body 300 is configured. Such a gaming machine main body 300 is supported in the outer frame 10 via the front frame 2, but a speaker housing having a speaker 41 between the gaming machine main body 300 and the bottom plate 10 </ b> B constituting the outer frame 10 ( Enclosure 4 is arranged. The speaker 41 outputs sound effects according to the game development state. In this embodiment, a speaker 41 is disposed at the left end. The speaker 41 and the speaker housing 4 constitute a speaker unit.

  3 is a cross-sectional view of the speaker housing 4 taken along the line AA in FIG. In the speaker housing 4, a reverberation space 43 is formed to resonate the sound emitted from the back of the speaker 41. The larger the volume of the reverberation space 43, the greater the sound pressure of the sound transmitted to the player from the speaker 41. Therefore, the rear side end surface 44 of the speaker housing 4 is located on the rear side end 10bB of the bottom plate 10B of the outer frame 10. Reached (located in the same plane). The rear-side end surface 44 of the speaker housing 4 does not necessarily have to be located in the same plane as the rear-side end side 10bB of the bottom plate 10B, and may protrude slightly to the rear side from the rear-side end side 10bB of the bottom plate 10B. Alternatively, it may be located on the front side.

The speaker housing 4 in this embodiment is a bass reflex type, and is provided with a duct 46 (shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 3). The opening 461 of the duct 46 is provided on the front side and on the opposite side (right side) to the side (left side) on which the speaker 41 is provided.
The duct 46 includes an opening 462 located in the reverberation space 43 in the speaker housing 4 and an opening 461 located on the front side of the speaker housing 4. The duct 46 constitutes a bass reflex type speaker system using Helmholtz resonance. The opening 462 may be provided with a second protrusion on the front side of the speaker housing 4, and may be disposed upward on the protrusion. In addition to this embodiment, the speaker housing 4 may be a closed speaker system without providing a duct.

The front side end surface of the speaker housing 4 has a covering portion 45 that protrudes to the front side of the bottom plate 10B and covers the front side of the front side end surface of the bottom plate 10B. The reverberation space 43 formed in the speaker housing 4 is extended to both end portions of the bottom plate 10 </ b> B, and is further expanded by the internal space 451 of the covering portion 45.
A protruding portion 42 protruding to the front side is formed at a portion where the speaker 41 is disposed. The cross-sectional shape of the projecting portion 42 is formed in an arc shape along the outer peripheral shape of the speaker 41, and the echo space 43 is also expanded by the projecting portion 42.

By taking sufficient depth (X-axis direction) of the speaker housing 4 and disposing the speaker 41 upward, it is possible to dispose a larger-diameter speaker. Further, by providing the protruding portion 42, it is possible to partially extend the speaker housing 4 to the front side and provide a speaker with a larger diameter.
On the upper side of the speaker 41, a sound guide space 5 is formed at the lower end portion of the gaming machine main body 300. The sound guide space 5 has an opening 51 having an arc shape along the outer contour shape of the speaker 41 opened downward, and has a sound emitting port 50 having an outer edge shape of an arc shape on the front side. The inner wall 53 forms a sound guide portion 52 that gradually spreads toward the front. When the front frame 2 is installed inside the outer frame 10 and the gaming machine main body 300 is in an operable state, the opening 51 overlaps the speaker 41 and the speaker 41 is accommodated in the sound guide portion 52. Yes. By the sound guide space 5, the sound output from the entire cone area of the speaker 41 is guided to the outside (front side) of the gaming machine, and the sound blocking due to the speaker 41 being placed upward is suppressed. . Moreover, it is also possible to guide the sound in a desired direction by appropriately changing the formation direction of the sound guide space 5. Further, the sound guide space 5 may not be provided. In this case, in the speaker 41, the sound is output from a portion exposed to the front side at the protruding portion 42.

  In the speaker housing 4 configured as described above, the position where the speaker 41 is provided is not limited to the left end, but may be the right end, the center, or other places. In addition, since the storage box for storing the game balls is placed at the central portion, it is desirable that the position of the projecting portion 42 be at one end. Further, when the protruding portion 42 is provided at the right end, since the storage box is taken out from the left end without the firing handle H when the storage box is exchanged, there is an advantage that such an extraction operation is not hindered. is there. Further, when the protrusion 42 is provided at the left end, the sound is not obstructed by the firing handle H or the hand operating the firing handle H, and the sound can reach the player's ear more clearly. Can do.

  FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the speaker housing 4 showing another configuration example. In this configuration example, the speaker 41 is disposed at an inclination. With such a configuration, a large-diameter speaker can be used without greatly reducing the arrangement space for components such as operation buttons. Further, by arranging the center line n of the speaker 41 so as to be inclined at an acute angle α degree with respect to the vertical line m, a speaker having a larger diameter can be arranged as compared with the case where the speaker 41 is arranged in the vertical direction. In addition, by tilting in the front-rear direction, the direction of the speaker can be made closer to the direction in which the player's ear is located.

  FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the speaker housing 4 showing another configuration example. In this configuration example, the speaker 41 is inclined and arranged such that the direction of the speaker center line is close to the direction of the player's ear in the left-right direction in addition to the front-rear direction. By arranging in such a direction, it is possible to make it easier to hear the sound output from the speaker 41.

  Next, game control means for performing game control in this gaming machine will be described. In FIG. 6, the game control means 200 is a means for overall control of the entire ball and ball game machine 100 including the progress and effects of the game. The game control means 200 includes a CPU that performs calculations, a ROM that stores programs necessary for the progress of the game, data for production, and the like, and data that is captured when the CPU performs various controls. RAM and the like that are temporarily stored. The game control means 200 is provided on a control board provided on the back side of the game board 3. Here, the game control means 200 is not limited to one control board, and may be provided over a plurality of control boards as described above. In the present embodiment, the game control means 200 includes the following means.

(Winning ball detection means)
The winning ball detection means 21 detects a winning when a game ball wins a winning port 6k, a starting winning port 6c and a special winning port 6d. Each of these winning openings 6k, the starting winning opening 6c and the special winning opening 6d is provided with a winning opening sensor 5s, a starting winning opening sensor 6cs and a special winning opening sensor 6ds, which are electrically connected to the winning ball detecting means 21, respectively. It is connected.

(Lottery means)
The lottery means 22 performs a lottery regarding the stop symbol displayed on the symbol variation display device 6j which is a variable display means, on condition that the winning ball detecting means 21 detects the winning of the game ball to the start winning opening 6c. In this embodiment, (1) presence / absence of winning, (2) stop symbol after symbol variation display of symbol variation display device 6j, and (3) variation pattern during symbol variation display Make a lottery. The lottery means 22 includes a winning lottery means 22a, a stop symbol lottery means 22b, and a variation pattern lottery means 22c in order to perform these lotteries (1) to (3).

(Winning lottery means)
In this embodiment, the winning lottery means 22a includes a winning determination random number generating means, a winning determination random number acquiring means, and a winning determination means.
The hit determination random number generating means generates a hit determination random number having a predetermined cycle (for example, a cycle of 0 to 65535 by a 16-bit random number) by a control program or the like. The hit determination random number obtaining means detects one hit determination random number among the hit determination random numbers generated by the hit determination random number generation means, at a predetermined time, in the present embodiment, a detection signal transmitted from the start winning opening sensor 6cs. Is acquired when the winning ball detecting means 21 receives the.
The winning determination means determines whether the winning is determined or not based on the winning determination random number acquired by the winning determination random number acquiring means.
Based on the determination result of winning or not winning, a command is sent to the effect control means 27 described later.

(Stop symbol lottery means)
The stop symbol lottery means 22b draws a stop symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol variation display device 6j based on the determination result of the hit determination means of the hit lottery means 22a.
(Variation pattern lottery means)
The fluctuation pattern lottery means 22c draws a fluctuation pattern of symbols to be displayed on the symbol fluctuation display device 6j.
Based on the determination result by the determination means of the winning determination means of the winning lottery means 22a, one of the variation patterns is selected with reference to the data table storing the variation patterns of a plurality of types of symbols.

(Design display control means)
The symbol display control means 23 performs symbol variation display and stop display of the symbol variation display device 6j on condition that the winning ball detection means 21 has received a detection signal due to the winning of a game ball in the start winning opening 6c. Is to control.
(Special game control means)
In the special game control means 24, the winning determination random number acquired by the winning determination random number acquiring means of the winning lottery means 22a is winning, and the symbol stopped and displayed by the winning symbol variation display device 6j is the winning symbol (for example, “777”). ”), The game is shifted to a special game, and the special game is executed until the end condition is satisfied. Here, “special game” means that a game ball is more likely to win than a normal game. Specifically, the special game port driving device 6dd is activated to open the special game port 6d, and the game ball is opened. It is a game that can be expected to win prize balls more than before by becoming a state where it is easy to accept.

(Ball carry-out control means)
The ball carry-out control means 25 controls the drive of the ball carry-out device 25d for paying out a prize ball. As described above, when the winning ball detecting means 21 receives the detection signals from the start winning port sensor 57 and the special winning port sensor 6ds, the ball unloading device pays out the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning ball. 25d is controlled. When driven, the ball carry-out device 25d pays out the ball to the tray 701a of the ball game machine 1.

(Normal design control means)
The normal symbol control means 26 is for controlling the fluctuation display and stop display of the above-described normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d, and includes the following means.
(Entry detection means)
The incoming ball detection means 262 detects the game ball when it passes through the normal symbol start port 6i.
When the game ball passes through the normal symbol start port 6i, a detection signal at that time is transmitted from the normal symbol start port sensor 6is to the ball detection means 262. When this detection signal is received, the incoming ball detecting means 262 detects that the game ball has passed through the normal symbol starting port 6i.

(Normal symbol lottery means)
The normal symbol lottery means 263 determines the symbol to be stopped and displayed on the normal symbol variation display device 264d by lottery on the condition that the game ball has passed through the normal symbol start port 6i.
The normal symbol lottery means 263 includes a hit determination random number generation means, a hit determination random value acquisition means, and a hit determination means, in the same manner as the above-described winning lottery means 22a.

(Normal design fluctuation control means)
When the game ball passes through the normal symbol variation port 6i, the normal symbol variation control means 264 performs the symbol variation display and stop display of the normal symbol variation display device 264d based on the lottery result of the normal symbol variation lottery means 263. Is to control.
The normal symbol fluctuation control means 264 changes the symbol of the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d for a predetermined time, and finally stops the symbol determined by the normal symbol lottery means 263 on the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d.

(Sphere guidance device control means)
The ball guidance device control means 265 controls the operation of the ball guidance device 265d based on the lottery result of the normal symbol lottery means 263. Specifically, when winning is made by lottery by the normal symbol lottery means 263, the ball guiding device 265d is controlled to operate. On the contrary, when the normal symbol lottery means 263 is not selected in the lottery, the ball guiding device 265d is not operated.

(Production control means)
The effect control means 27 controls the effect image displayed on the symbol variation display device 6j, the effect sound output to the speaker 41, and the like. The effect control means 27 selects a variation pattern based on the lottery result of the winning lottery means 22a, selects an effect image displayed on the symbol variation display device 6j based on the selected variation pattern, and displays it. In addition, sound corresponding to the selected effect image is output from the speaker 41.

It is a whole front view of a bullet ball game machine. It is a whole perspective view of a bullet ball game machine. It is AA sectional drawing of a speaker housing. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the other structural example of a speaker housing. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the other structural example of a speaker housing. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a game control means.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Ball game machine 10 Outer frame 10B Bottom plate 10bB Back side edge 12 Locking device 2 Front frame 3 Game board 3A, 3B Hinge bracket 4 Speaker housing 41 Speaker 42 Protrusion part 43 Resonance space 6 Game area 6a Display part 6c Start prize opening 6d Special prize opening 70 Glass frame 701 Tray unit 701a Ball reservoir 701b Ashtray

Claims (4)

An outer frame,
A front frame swingably supported by one side frame of the outer frame;
Speakers,
A gaming machine provided between a bottom plate of the outer frame and the front frame, and comprising a speaker unit having the speaker and a speaker housing that constitutes an acoustic space of the speaker,
The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the speaker housing includes a projecting portion that projects an acoustic space in front of the outer frame.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the speaker is attached to the protruding portion.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the speaker is arranged upward.   A sound guide space is formed in the front frame in the front-rear direction along the outer contour shape of the speaker at a position facing the speaker, and guides the sound output from the speaker to the front side of the outer frame. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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