JP2009153762A - Seal and board case - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seal capable of easily finding with the naked eye a fraudulence caused by clever cutting, etc., and to provide a board case. <P>SOLUTION: The seal is made to adhere onto the board case, which stores a control board to control an operation concerning a game, or a mounting element, which is mounted on the control board to control the operation concerning the game, so as to inhibit the opening of the board case or the exchange of the mounting element. The seal includes: a sheet film having an adhesive surface on one surface; a solar battery for generating electromotive force by the application of emitted light and a light emitting diode for emitting visible light by the supply of power from the solar battery, which are respectively arranged on a sheet film surface; and thin film wiring for electrically connecting the solar battery to the light emitting diode. When the seal is irradiated with the light, light emission from the light emitting diode is visibly recognized with the naked eye. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a board case for storing a seal, a game control board, and the like used in gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.

A gaming machine such as a slot machine or a pachinko machine is provided with a control board on which a CPU, a ROM, and the like are mounted, and a gaming operation in the gaming machine is recorded in the ROM on the CPU mounted on the control board. This is realized by performing control based on a program. Therefore, the game content in the gaming machine is determined by the program recorded in the ROM. Therefore, the ROM mounted on the control board is a rogue ROM (so-called so-called rogue ROM in which a program that allows a player to acquire a large number of medals and game balls, or a program that can increase the profits of a game store is recorded. The back ROM may be replaced. In addition, a legitimate program recorded in the ROM may be rewritten with an illegal program as described above.

In order to easily detect such an illegal act, in the conventional slot machine, the control board on which the ROM is mounted is stored in a board case composed of a case body and a case lid. A sealing seal capable of leaving a trace of peeling is pasted over. However, when this sealing seal is skillfully cut with a very thin sharp blade (razor, cutter knife) or the like, it is difficult to detect it with the naked eye, and fraud is often overlooked. As a countermeasure, there has been proposed a method of detecting the sealing seal cutting by measuring the energization state of the sealing seal using an energization tester for detecting the sealing seal cutting (see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-10-118289

However, the energization tester needs to be carried to detect the energization state of the seal seal, and there is a new problem that requires a lot of time and labor to check a large number of gaming machines installed in the game hall. Has occurred.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned new problem, and an object thereof is to provide a sealing sticker and a substrate case that can easily detect an illegal act caused by a skillful cutting or the like with the naked eye.

The seal seal according to claim 1 is attached to a board case for housing a control board for controlling an operation related to a game or a mounting element mounted on a control board for controlling an action related to a game. A sealing seal for prohibiting the opening of the substrate case or the replacement of the mounting element,
A sheet film having an adhesive surface on one side, a photovoltaic element that is arranged on the sheet film surface and generates an electromotive force by receiving light irradiation, and receives supply of electric power from the photovoltaic element A light-emitting element that emits visible light; and a connecting portion that electrically connects the photovoltaic element and the light-emitting element, and the light emitted from the light-emitting element is emitted by irradiating light to the sealing seal. The seal is characterized in that it is configured to be visible with the naked eye.

According to invention of Claim 1, when light, such as a fluorescent lamp, is irradiated to the stuck seal sticker, an electromotive force will arise in a photovoltaic device (solar cell etc.), and a photovoltaic device and a connection part Light-emitting elements (visible light-emitting diodes) that are electrically connected to each other (such as thin-film wiring) can be turned on. When the seal seal is cut by an illegal act or the like, the connecting portion is also cut to cause an electrical disconnection, so that the light emitting element is turned off. By turning off the light, fraudulent acts can be easily found with the naked eye without using an inspection device such as an energization tester or an externally connected power source.

The sealing seal according to claim 2, wherein the photovoltaic element, the light emitting element, and the connecting portion are provided on a surface opposite to the adhesive surface of the sheet film, and are translucent and have an adhesive surface on one surface. 2. The seal seal according to claim 1, wherein the sheet film of 2 is provided in a state of covering the sheet film with an adhesive surface thereof.

According to invention of Claim 2, while the 2nd sheet | seat film prevents exposure of the said photovoltaic element, a light emitting element, and a connection part and protects from mechanical contact, it has translucency in a film. Therefore, it does not prevent the photovoltaic element from receiving light and emitting light from the light emitting element, so that the durability of the seal can be ensured without degrading the ability of the present seal to detect fraud.

The sealing seal according to claim 3, wherein the sheet film has translucency, and the photovoltaic element, the light emitting element, and the connection portion are provided on the adhesive surface of the sheet film. It is a seal seal.

According to the invention of claim 3, since the sheet film prevents exposure of the photovoltaic element, the light emitting element, and the connection portion to protect it from mechanical contact and has translucency, the photovoltaic film is used. It does not interfere with the light reception of the element and the emission of light emitted from the light emitting element. An effect similar to that of the second aspect can be secured, and the second sheet film is unnecessary, which is advantageous in terms of cost.

The seal seal according to claim 4, wherein the connection portion is a thin film wiring formed on the sheet film.

According to the invention described in claim 4, by forming the thin film wiring on the sheet film using a printing technique or the like, it is possible to secure sufficient flexibility of the seal seal and to each of the photovoltaic element and the light emitting element. A circuit can be constructed simply by placing the element on a sheet film.

The seal seal according to claim 5 is the seal seal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the photovoltaic element is formed of a flexible thin film.
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According to the invention described in claim 5, since the photovoltaic element is formed of a flexible thin film such as an amorphous silicon flexible solar cell, the entire flexibility of the sealing seal can be ensured, and the portion other than the flat surface can be secured. It is possible to put a seal seal on.

The board case according to claim 6 is a board case for accommodating a control board for controlling an operation relating to a game, and is adhered to the board case to prohibit the opening of the board case. Any of the above is a substrate case provided with the sealing seal according to item 1 and capable of determining whether the substrate case is opened or not based on a light emitting state of a light emitting element provided on the sealing seal.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily detect the unauthorized opening of the substrate case by confirming the light emission state of the seal seal.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it has the effect which can confirm easily generation | occurrence | production of a fraudulent act with the sealing function which prevents unauthorized opening | release of a substrate case etc.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a slot machine to which a seal seal according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The machine of this slot machine is composed of a box-type machine body and a machine door 10 attached to the front of the machine body so as to be openable and closable. A lever 13 and three stop button switches 14, 15, 16 are provided.

In the reel display window 11, a part of the peripheral surface of the three reels R1, R2, and R3 is disposed so as to be visible. During the rotation of the reels R1, R2, and R3, the rotation state is indicated in the reel display window. 11 is visible. A plurality of types of symbols are displayed on the peripheral surfaces of the reels R1, R2, and R3, and the symbols displayed on the peripheral surfaces are displayed in the reel display window 11 while the reels R1, R2, and R3 are rotating. It appears one after another. Then, when the reels R1, R2, R3 are stopped, the symbols of, for example, three frames on each reel R1, R2, R3 are placed on the middle, upper, lower and diagonal stop lines L1, L2, L3, L4, L5. Line up side by side.

When playing a game in this slot machine, first, medals are inserted from the medal insertion slot 12. When medals are inserted from the medal insertion slot 12, the number of stop lines corresponding to the number of inserted medals is activated. For example, when one medal is inserted, one stop line L1 is activated, and when two medals are inserted, three stop lines L1 to L3 are activated, and three medals. When is input, the five stop lines L1 to L5 are activated. After determining the effective stop line in this way, when the start lever 13 is operated, the reels R1, R2, and R3 start to rotate simultaneously. When the stop button switches 14, 15, 16 are pressed, the rotating reels R1, R2, R3 are stopped in order from the reel corresponding to the pressed stop button switch. When all three reels R1, R2 and R3 are stopped, if the combination of symbols arranged on the activated stop line is a predetermined winning combination, the predetermined number determined for each winning type The medal is paid out to the medal tray 18 from the medal payout opening 17 provided in the lower part of the body door 10.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the internal configuration of the main body of the slot machine. The inside of the body 20 is exposed by opening the body door 10 shown in FIG. Three reels R1, R2, and R3 are arranged in the center of the body 20. Below the three reels R1, R2 and R3, a medal hopper 31 is provided for storing medals thrown into the machine. In the medal hopper 31, medals inserted from a medal insertion slot 12 (see FIG. 1) formed in the machine door 10 are provided with a medal passage (not shown) provided on the back surface (inner surface) of the machine door 10. To be taken in through.

Below the medal hopper 31, a medal sending device 32 is provided for sending medals stored in the medal hopper 31 to the medal payout opening 17 (see FIG. 1). The medal sending device 32 can, for example, allow the slot machine to deposit a predetermined number (for example, 50) of medals when a combination of symbols for winning a prize is arranged on the activated stop lines L1 to L5. If more medals are inserted (deposited) than the predetermined number, the number of medals to be paid out is sent out toward the medal payout exit 17.

On the other hand, a case mounting member 40 is fixedly disposed above the three reels R1, R2, and R3, and the case mounting member 40 controls the basic operation of the game in the slot machine. A substrate case 50 containing the main control substrate is attached. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view partially showing the configuration of the substrate case 50. The substrate case 50 includes a case main body 51 attached to the case attaching member 40 and a case lid 52 fixed to the case main body 51. The case body 51 and the case lid 52 are both integrally molded products of a transparent synthetic resin such as ABS resin (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin).

The case main body 51 has a substantially rectangular bottom plate 511 and a side wall 512 rising from the periphery of the bottom plate 511, and a surface facing the bottom plate 511 is an open surface. On the other hand, the case lid 52 includes a substantially rectangular flat plate 521 having substantially the same area as the bottom plate 511 of the case main body 51 in a plan view, and a side wall 522 that falls from the periphery of the flat plate 521. It is fixed to the case main body 51 so as to close the open surface of 511, and together with the case main body 51, a substrate accommodation space for accommodating the main control board is formed. Further, the joint portion 53 between the case main body 51 and the case lid 52 has a structure in which no wire or the like is illegally inserted into the case 50 from the boundary.

A sealing seal 60 that prevents unauthorized opening of the substrate case 50 is attached to the substrate case 50 across the case body 51 and the case lid 52. A thin film solar cell module 63 and a surface mounting light emitting diode 64 are disposed on the seal seal 60 with the joint portion 53 between the case body 51 and the case lid 52 interposed therebetween.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the configuration of the seal seal 60, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof. The seal seal 60 is made of a synthetic resin film such as a polyethylene film, a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, or a polyimide film having a substantially rectangular planar shape, and has a first and a second adhesive layer on one surface (lower surface). A flexible solar cell module 63 formed of a thin film semiconductor such as amorphous silicon disposed between the second sheet films 61 and 62 and the sheet films 61 and 62, and a chip for surface mounting with small size and low power Type red light emitting diode (LED) 64 and a chip-type resistor element 65 for surface mounting for limiting the current flowing through the light emitting diode 64. Amorphous silicon solar cells are preferable for indoor use because the wavelength sensitivity range is similar to the emission wavelength range of fluorescent lamps, and a thin film can be formed on a flexible film. On the first sheet film 61, a thin film wiring 66 for circuit connection of the solar cell module 63, the light emitting diode 64, and the resistance element 65 is formed by a screen printing technique using a conductive paste such as Ag or Cu paste. Is formed. In addition, the second sheet film 62 covers the entire first sheet film 61 to protect the elements 63 to 66 and the thin film wiring 66, and has translucency, so that the solar cell module It is possible to visually confirm the light receiving of a fluorescent lamp or the like at 63 and lighting of the light emitting diode by the electric power generated thereby.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an electric circuit of the seal seal 60 shown in FIG. The solar cell module 63 is composed of a plurality of solar cell cells (S), and the photovoltaic power of each cell generated upon irradiation of light such as a fluorescent lamp is connected in series and in parallel. Adjustment is made by combining them to obtain a voltage and current that can light the light emitting diode 64. In this embodiment, adjustment is performed so that an electromotive force of about 3 to 5 volts can be obtained by normal room lighting. The red light emitting diode 64 emits red light by a current flowing by applying a voltage. The resistance element 65 is connected in series to the light emitting diode 64 in order to limit the current flowing through the light emitting diode 64. When the generated voltage of the solar cell module 63 is E, the forward operating voltage of the light emitting diode 64 is V, the resistance of the resistance element 65 is R, and the current flowing through the circuit (thin film wiring 66) is I, R = (EV) For example, if E = 3.5 (volts), V = 2.5 (volts), and I = 5 (milliamperes), R = 200 (ohms).

As shown in FIG. 2, the seal seal 60 of the present invention can confirm the state of being attached to the surface of the substrate case 50 by opening the body door 10. When there is no unauthorized opening in the substrate case 50, the light emitting diode 64 of the sealing seal is lit with the electric power generated from the solar cell module 63 by room lighting. As a result, it is determined that the substrate case 50 is not open. On the other hand, if the substrate case 50 is illegally opened by cutting the seal, the light emitting diode 64 is not lit even when the machine door 10 is opened.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the seal seal 60 is affixed to the substrate case 50 is taken as an example. However, the seal seal 60 does not necessarily have to be affixed to the substrate case 50. The main control board housed in the board and the ROM or CPU mounted on the wiring board may be pasted.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a slot machine is taken as an example, but the present invention can be widely applied to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine in addition to the slot machine. Moreover, various design changes can be made within the scope of the matters described in the claims.

It is a front view of the slot machine to which the seal seal concerning one embodiment of the present invention was applied. It is a front view which shows the internal structure of the body main body of the said slot machine. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of a substrate case partially. It is a top view which shows the structure of a seal seal. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of a seal seal. It is an electrical configuration of a seal seal.

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50 substrate case 51 case body 52 case lid 511 bottom plate 512 side wall 521 flat plate 522 side wall 53 joint portion 60 sealing seal 61 first sheet film 62 second sheet film 63 solar cell module 64 light emitting diode 65 resistance element 66 thin film wiring

Claims (6)

Opening or mounting of the board case by being attached to a board case for accommodating a control board for controlling the operation related to the game or a mounting element mounted on the control board for controlling the action related to the game A sealing seal for prohibiting replacement of an element, a sheet film having an adhesive surface on one side, and a photovoltaic element that is arranged on the sheet film surface and generates an electromotive force when irradiated with light A light emitting element that emits visible light upon receiving electric power from the photovoltaic element, and a connection portion that electrically connects the photovoltaic element and the light emitting element, and light is applied to the sealing seal. The seal seal is configured so that light emitted from the light-emitting element can be visually recognized by the naked eye. The photovoltaic element, the light emitting element, and the connecting portion are provided on a surface opposite to the adhesive surface of the sheet film, and the second sheet film having translucency and an adhesive surface on one surface is an adhesive layer. The sealing seal according to claim 1, wherein the seal film is provided in a state of covering the sheet film with a surface. The sealing sheet according to claim 1, wherein the sheet film has translucency, and the photovoltaic element, the light emitting element, and the connection portion are provided on an adhesive surface of the sheet film. The sealing seal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the connection portion is a thin film wiring formed on the sheet film. The sealing seal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the photovoltaic element is formed of a flexible thin film. 6. The sealing sticker according to claim 1, wherein a board case for accommodating a control board for controlling an operation relating to a game is adhered to the board case and prohibits the opening of the board case. A substrate case that can determine whether the substrate case is open or not based on a light emitting state of a light emitting element provided on the seal seal.

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