JP2009279163A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of suppressing power consumption by a cooling means, in the game machine provided with the cooling means. <P>SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine is provided with a display controller. Various kinds of performances in the case of performing the variable display of symbols or in the case of shifting to a big winning state are performed by control by a CPU and an image processor in the display controller. By performing various processing in the CPU and the image processor when performing the various kinds of performances, the heat value of the CPU and the image processor becomes large. When the heat value of the CPU and the image processor is large, a cooling fan provided inside the Pachinko game machine is controlled so as to cool the CPU and the image processor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  Some gaming machines such as pachinko machines are provided with a symbol display device having a display screen as an electric device. For example, on the display screen in a pachinko machine, the design is variably displayed on the condition that the game ball passes through the operation port provided in the game area, and an effect that enhances the interest of the game is performed, or a specific design when a predetermined condition is established Is displayed in a stopped state, and a special game state that is advantageous to a player such as a jackpot is taught. As an effect that enhances the interest of the game, for example, an effect that is closely related to the jackpot and a reach effect that displays a character or the like on the display screen is conceivable. Such reach production is display-controlled by a control device provided in the pachinko machine. In recent years, in order to diversify the above-mentioned effects, a decorative body is provided in the pachinko machine in addition to the above-described symbol display device, and the effect may be performed by moving the decorative body (for example, patents). Reference 1).

In addition, the production has been diversified, and high-performance electronic components such as a CPU having a high processing speed have been mounted on the control board of the control device. As an electronic component, for example, an image processing device (VDP) other than the CPU is mounted on the control board in the symbol display device, and various display effects can be performed by the image processing device.
JP 2006-158832 A

  However, the diversification of the effects complicates the game processing and increases the processing load on the control device. When the processing load applied to the control device increases, electronic components provided in the control device may generate heat and the control device may malfunction. In order to prevent malfunction of the control device due to heat generated by electronic components provided in the control device, it is desirable to provide a fan or the like as a cooling means for cooling in the pachinko machine, but by providing a cooling fan or the like It is considered that the power consumed by the pachinko machine may become enormous.

  Note that the above problem also applies to a gaming machine other than a pachinko machine, and for example, a gaming machine other than a pachinko machine may be a slot machine or a combination of a slot machine and a pachinko machine.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances exemplified above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine equipped with cooling means capable of suppressing power consumption by the cooling means. It is.

  Hereinafter, means for solving the above problems will be described.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the electric device, the device control means used for controlling the operation of the electric device, the cooling means for cooling the device control means, and the control state of the electric device Cooling control means for controlling the output to change the cooling degree of the cooling means, and a plurality of types of load control states with different processing loads are set as control states of the electrical equipment, and the processing load is Cooling state storage means for storing the output state of the cooling means corresponding to the plurality of types of load control states, so that the output corresponding to the larger load control state increases the output of the cooling means; The means controls the cooling means so as to be in an output state corresponding to the load control state when the load control state is reached.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the cooling control means controls the cooling means so as to be in an output state corresponding to the load control state during the load control state. It is characterized by doing.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, when the cooling control unit is in the load control state during the cooling period, the cooling state of the cooling unit is changed to the load control state. The cooling means is controlled so as to be in an output state in which the degree of cooling is greater than the corresponding output state.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the electrical device is an effect execution device that executes an effect, and an effect storage unit that stores the load control state as an effect. And an effect lottery means for effecting lottery to determine whether or not to execute the processing load effect; and when the effect lottery by the effect lottery means is won, the effect execution device is controlled to execute the processing load effect. Effect control means, and the cooling control means controls the output state of the cooling means to cool the device control means when the processing load effect is executed by the effect execution means. It is characterized by.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cooling control means always stops the cooling means even when the device control means is not cooled. It is characterized by continuing to drive without.

  According to the present invention, in a gaming machine provided with a cooling means, it is possible to suppress power consumption by the cooling means.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as “pachinko machine”), which is a type of gaming machine, will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main configuration of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10. In FIG. 2, the configuration in the game area of the pachinko machine 10 is omitted for convenience.

  The pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10, and a gaming machine main part 12 that is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11. The outer frame 11 is configured by connecting wooden or synthetic resin plate materials to four sides and has a rectangular frame shape. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by attaching and fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility.

  The gaming machine main part 12 includes a main body frame 13 as a base body, a front door frame 14 disposed in front of the main body frame 13, and a back pack unit 15 disposed behind the main body frame 13. . The main body frame 13 of the gaming machine main part 12 is supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the outer frame 11. Specifically, the main body frame 13 can be rotated forward with the left side as the rotation base end side and the right side as the rotation front end side in front view.

  A front door frame 14 and a back pack unit 15 are rotatably supported on the main body frame 13. The front door frame 14 can be rotated forward with respect to the main body frame 13 with the left side as a rotation base end side and the right side as a rotation front end side in a front view. Further, the back pack unit 15 can be rotated rearward with respect to the main body frame 13 with the left side as a rotation base end side and the right side as a rotation front end side in a front view.

  The front door frame 14 is provided so as to cover the entire front side of the main body frame 13. The front door frame 14 is formed with a window portion 21 so that almost the entire gaming area described later can be viewed from the front. The window portion 21 has a substantially elliptical shape, and a transparent glass 22 is fitted therein. Around the window portion 21, light emitting means such as various lamps are provided. For example, an annular illumination part 23 incorporating a light emitting means such as an LED is provided along the periphery of the window part 21. In the annular illumination part 23, lighting or blinking is performed in accordance with a change in the gaming state at the time of a big hit or a predetermined reach. In addition, an error display lamp unit 24 that is turned on at the time of a predetermined error is provided at the center of the annular illumination unit 23 and at the uppermost part of the pachinko machine 10, and a prize that is turned on while the prize ball is being paid out on the left and right sides. A ball lamp portion 25 is provided. In addition, a speaker unit 26 is provided at a position close to the left and right prize ball lamp units 25 to output a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state.

  Below the window portion 21 in the front door frame 14, bulging portions 31 and 32 (upper bulging portion 31 and lower bulging portion 32) are provided in two upper and lower stages by bulging to the near side. . The upper bulging portion 31 is provided with an upper pan 33 that opens upward, and the lower bulging portion 32 is provided with a lower pan 34 that also opens upward. The upper plate 33 has a function of temporarily storing game balls paid out from a payout device described later and guiding them to the game ball launching device side described later while aligning them in a line. In addition, the lower tray 34 has a function of storing game balls that become surplus in the upper tray 33. A game ball launching handle 36 is provided on the right side of the lower bulging portion 32 so as to protrude toward the front side. By operating the game ball launching handle 36, a game ball is launched from a game ball launching device to be described later.

  A passage forming unit 37 is attached to the rear surface of the front door frame 14 to distribute and distribute game balls paid out by a payout device, which will be described later, to an upper plate 33 and a lower plate 34. In addition, on the rear surface of the front door frame 14, a plurality of bar brackets 38 constituting a locking mechanism for the main body frame 13 are provided in the vertical direction on the rotating front end side.

  The main body frame 13 is mainly composed of a resin base 40 whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11, and a metal fitting 38 provided on the front door frame 14 is inserted into the rotating front end side thereof. A plurality of insertion holes 42 are provided. By inserting the metal fitting 38 into the insertion hole 42, a locking device (not shown) is locked, and the front door frame 14 is locked to the main body frame 13 so as not to be opened. A cylinder lock 43 for performing the unlocking operation of the locking device is installed at the lower right corner of the resin base 40. When the key inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 43 is turned to the right, the front door frame with respect to the main body frame 13 is provided. 14 locks are unlocked. When the key inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 43 is turned counterclockwise, the lock of the main body frame 13 with respect to the outer frame 11 is released.

  A substantially elliptical window hole 44 is formed at the center of the resin base 40. A game ball launcher 45 is attached to the resin base 40 below the window hole 44. The game ball launching device 45 has, for example, a solenoid-driven launching mechanism, and the output shaft moves in the expansion / contraction direction by the input of an electrical signal to the solenoid, so that the game balls on the launch rail are sequentially directed toward the game area. Be launched.

  A game board 51 is detachably attached to the resin base 40. The game board 51 is made of plywood, and the game area formed on the front surface of the game board 51 is exposed to the front surface side of the main body frame 13 through the window hole 44 of the resin base 40.

  Here, the configuration of the game board 51 on the front side of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The game board 51 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction by being subjected to router processing. Each opening is provided with a general winning port 52, a variable winning device 53, an operating port 54, a through gate 55, a variable display unit 56, and the like. When a game ball enters the general winning opening 52, the variable winning device 53, and the operation opening 54, it is detected by a detection switch (not shown), and a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out based on the detection result. In addition, an out port 57 is provided at the lowermost part of the game board 51, and game balls that have not entered the various winning ports etc. are discharged from the game area through the out port 57. The game board 51 is provided with a large number of nails 58 in order to disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game ball as appropriate, and various members (functions) such as a windmill are provided.

  The variable display unit 56 is provided with a symbol display unit 61 for variably displaying symbols with a winning at the operation port 54 as a trigger. The variable display unit 56 is provided with a center frame 62 so as to surround the symbol display unit 61. A first specific lamp portion 63 and a second specific lamp portion 64 are provided on the upper portion of the center frame 62. Reserving lamp portions 65 and 66 are provided at the upper and lower portions of the center frame 62, respectively. The lower holding lamp unit 65 corresponds to the symbol display unit 61 and the first specific lamp unit 63, and the number of times that the game ball has passed through the operation port 54 is held up to four times, and the holding lamp unit 65 is turned on. The number of reserved items is displayed. The upper holding lamp unit 66 corresponds to the second specific lamp unit 64, and the number of times that the game ball has passed through the through gate 55 is held up to four times, and the number of the holding balls is displayed by turning on the holding lamp unit 66. It has become so.

  In the first specific lamp unit 63, the emission color is switched in a predetermined order using a winning at the operation port 54 as a trigger, and if the display is stopped in a predetermined color, a big hit occurs. Further, in the second specific lamp section 64, the emission color is switched in a predetermined order triggered by the passage of the game ball through the through gate 55, and when the stop color is displayed in a predetermined color, the operation port 54 is displayed. The accompanying electric accessory is opened for a predetermined time.

  The variable winning device 53 is normally in a closed state in which a game ball cannot be won or difficult to win, and is switched to a predetermined open state in which a game ball is easy to win in the case of a big hit. As an opening mode of the variable winning device 53, a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings is defined as one round, and a plurality of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) are repeatedly opened up to an upper limit. It is common.

  An inner rail portion 67 and an outer rail portion 68 are attached to the game board 51, and a guide rail is constituted by each of these rail portions 67, 68, and a game ball launched from the game ball launching device 45 is a game area. It will be guided to the top of the.

  Next, the configuration on the back surface of the game board 51 will be described with reference to FIG.

  An audio lamp control device 70 is provided behind the variable display unit 56 attached to the game board 51, and a control unit 71 on which the display control device is mounted is attached. The sound lamp control device 70 includes a sound lamp control board that controls sound and lamp display and control of the display control device in accordance with instructions from a main control device to be described later, and the sound lamp control substrate is made of a transparent resin material or the like. It is housed and configured in a substrate box.

  A main controller 72 is mounted on the back of the game board 51 below the variable display unit 56 and the sound lamp controller 70. The main control device 72 includes a main control board having a function (main control circuit) that governs the main control of the game and a function (power failure monitoring circuit) that monitors the power supply, and the main control board is a transparent resin material. It is configured to be accommodated in a substrate box made of, for example.

  Next, the back configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 81 formed of a synthetic resin having transparency. The back pack 81 has substantially the same outer dimensions as the resin base 40 and has a base portion 82 having a rectangular opening 82a at a substantially central portion, and an opening portion of the base portion 82 so as to protrude rearward from the pachinko machine 10. And a protective cover 83 provided on 82a. The protective cover 83 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which the left and right side surfaces and the upper surface are closed and only the lower surface is opened, and has a size sufficient to surround at least the variable display unit 56.

  The base portion 82 is provided with an external terminal plate 84 at the upper right portion thereof. The external terminal board 84 is provided with various output terminals, and various signals are output to the management control device on the game hall side through these output terminals.

  The base portion 82 is provided with a payout mechanism portion so as to bypass the protective cover portion 83. That is, a tank 86 opened upward is provided at the uppermost portion of the back pack 81, and the game balls supplied from the island facilities of the game hall are sequentially replenished to the tank 86. A tank rail 87 that is gently inclined toward the downstream side is connected to the lower side of the tank 86, and a case rail 88 that extends in the vertical direction is connected to the downstream side of the tank rail 87. A dispensing device 89 is provided at the most downstream portion of the case rail 88. The game balls paid out from the payout device 89 are supplied to the upper plate 33 and the lower plate 34 via a payout passage and a game ball distribution unit provided on the downstream side of the payout device 89.

  In the base portion 82, a payout control device 91 and a power / fire control device 92 are mounted below the opening 82 a. Each of these control devices 91 and 92 are arranged so as to overlap each other so that the payout control device 91 is behind the pachinko machine 10. The payout control device 91 is configured such that a payout control board for controlling the payout device is accommodated in a substrate box. The power / launch control device 92 is configured such that a power / launch control board is accommodated in a board box, and a predetermined power required by various control devices and the like is generated and output by the board, and further by the player Control of the launch of the game ball accompanying the operation of the game ball launch handle 36 is performed.

  The variable display unit 56 is provided with a pair of left and right door bodies 100 and 101 as movable bodies so as to overlap a part of the display screen of the symbol display section 61. The structure of the door bodies 100 and 101 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6A is a front view of the variable display unit 56 as viewed from the front, and FIG. 6B is a rear view of the variable display unit 56 as viewed from the back side with the liquid crystal display device of the variable display unit removed. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the drive mechanism of the door bodies 100 and 101. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operating state of the door bodies 100 and 101. In the following description of the variable display unit 56, the left and right directions are described when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10, that is, in the state of FIG. The right door 101 is referred to as a “right door 101”.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the left door 100 and the right door 101 both have a substantially rectangular plate shape with the same size, and the symbol display unit 61 is provided with the left door 100 at the upper left corner. A right door 101 is provided in the upper right corner. The left door 100 and the right door 101 are spaced apart from each other by an interval of approximately the same size as the doors 100 and 101. When the symbol display unit 61 is divided into three parts vertically and horizontally and divided into nine as a whole, the left door 100 and the right door 101 have a size corresponding to one of the nine divided parts. That is, at this time, the left door 100 and the right door 101 are disposed so as to overlap the symbol display unit 61, so that an area of about 1/9 × 2 of the symbol display unit 61 is hidden.

  The drive mechanism of the left door 100 and the right door 101 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 basically shows a cross section taken along line AA in FIG. 6B, but for the sake of convenience of explanation, it is shown with the peripheral wall 103 surrounding the symbol display unit 61 removed. The left door 100 is shown in a closed state, and the right door 101 is shown in an open state. In FIG. 7, the symbol display device 104 constituting the symbol display unit 61 is mounted behind the game board 51, and a control unit 71 is attached to the rear of the symbol display unit 61.

  The right door 100 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 116 at a shaft portion 115a provided at the base end portion (the left end portion in FIG. 6B). Further, the right door 101 is provided with an arm portion 115b extending from the shaft portion 115a, and the distal end portion of the arm portion 115b is connected to the link 117a. The distal end of the link 117a is connected to the output shaft 119 of the solenoid 118 via another link 117b. The shaft portion 115a, the arm portion 115b, the links 117a and 117b of the right door 101 are provided outward along the peripheral wall 103, and as a result, they are arranged so as to surround the symbol display portion 61. At this time, the output shaft 119 of the solenoid 118 is extended by the urging force of the spring 120, and in this state, the right door 101 faces the display unit, that is, a part of the symbol display unit 61 is hidden. Retained.

  The left door 100 side has the same configuration as the right door 101 side. That is, the left door 100 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 126 at the shaft portion 125a provided at the base end portion (the right end portion in FIG. 6B). Further, the left door 100 is provided with an arm portion 125b extending from the shaft portion 125a, and a tip end portion of the arm portion 125b is connected to the link 127a. The distal end of the link 127a is connected to the output shaft 129 of the solenoid 128 via another link 127b. The shaft portion 125a, the arm portion 125b, the links 127a and 127b of the left door 100 are provided outward along the peripheral wall 103, and as a result, they are arranged so as to surround the symbol display portion 61. At this time, the output shaft 129 of the solenoid 128 is extended by the biasing force of the spring 130, and in this state, the left door 100 faces the symbol display unit 61, that is, a state in which a part of the symbol display unit 61 is hidden. Held in.

  In the right door 101 and the left door 100 configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, when the solenoid 118 on the left door 100 side is energized, the output shaft 119 contracts against the biasing force of the spring 120, Accordingly, the links 117a and 117b swing. Then, when the left door 100 rotates around the shaft portion 115a, the left door 100 shifts to an upright state with respect to the symbol display portion 61 (open state in the drawing). Of course, the same applies to the operation of the right door 101. A sufficient space is secured between the symbol display unit 61 of the symbol display device 104 and the glass 131 on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10. Therefore, when the doors 100 and 101 are operated, they can be rotated forward without any trouble.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, a relay board 140 is provided between the drive mechanisms of the right door 101 and the left door 100. A drive signal is output to the solenoids 118 and 128 of the doors 100 and 101 via the relay board 140, and the solenoids 118 and 128 are energized according to the drive signals. At this time, the right door 101 and the left door 100 are independently opened and closed.

  When the right door 101 and the left door 100 shift from the closed state to the open state, the display form (the size and shape of the image display area) is changed in the symbol display unit 61. In FIG. 7, the example of a display form in the symbol display part 61 is shown.

  In FIG. 8, (a) illustrates a display form when both the right door 101 and the left door 100 are in the closed state. In this state, the upper right corner and the upper left corner of the symbol display unit 61 are hidden by the right door 101 and the left door 100, and in the upper region of the symbol display unit 61, only the center portion sandwiched between the right door 101 and the left door 100 is included. Is now exposed. At this time, about 2/9 of the entire screen area of the symbol display unit 61 is hidden by the right door 101 and the left door 100.

  (B) illustrates a display form in a state in which the right door 101 is opened and the left door 100 is closed. In this state, the upper left corner of the symbol display unit 61 is hidden by the left door 100, and the right 2/3 portion is exposed in the upper region of the symbol display unit 61. (C) shows a display form in a state where the right door 101 is closed and the left door 100 is opened. In this state, the upper right corner of the symbol display unit 61 is hidden by the right door 101, and the left 2/3 portion is exposed in the upper region of the symbol display unit 61. In the states (b) and (c), about 1/9 of the entire screen area of the symbol display unit 61 is hidden by either the right door 101 or the left door 100.

  Further, (d) shows a display form in a state where both the right door 101 and the left door 100 are opened. In this state, since the symbol display unit 61 is not hidden, the image display area is maximized, and display using the full screen area is possible.

  As described above, the display form of the symbol display unit 61 is changed according to the open / closed state of the right door 101 and the left door 100, but the longest in the vertical and horizontal directions of the symbol display unit 61 in any display form. A partial display area remains. If it demonstrates in FIG. 8, as shown to (a), the center part pinched | interposed into the right door 101 and the left door 100 will remain as a display area, without being hidden. In this case, even if the right door 101 and the left door 100 are provided so as to overlap the symbol display unit 61, the impression that the symbol display unit 61 is reduced is relatively small. Therefore, a suitable display effect can be achieved while using the symbol display unit 61 effectively.

  Next, the configuration of the control unit 71 attached to the rear of the variable display unit 56 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 is a rear view of the control unit 71, FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the control unit 71, and FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. In FIG. 11, the audio lamp control device 70 is not shown.

  The control unit 71 is provided with a display control device 110, and the display control device 110 includes a display control board 151 on which various electronic components are mounted.

  The display control board 151 includes various elements such as a CPU 152 for controlling, a VDP 153 for controlling image processing, and a connector. The various elements are all mounted on the same plate surface and soldered on the opposite plate surface. In other words, the display control board 151 has one plate surface as the element mounting surface 155 and the other plate surface as the solder surface 156. Note that the solder surface 156 is a surface on which soldering portions of various elements mounted on the element mounting surface 155 are provided, but a circuit pattern may be formed on the solder surface 156.

  A cover 160 is provided on the element mounting surface 155 side of the display control board 151, and a base plate 161 is provided on the solder surface 156 side of the display control board 151. The cover 160 has a box shape with the base plate 161 side opened. A display control board 151 is accommodated in an internal space formed by the cover 160 and the base plate 161. As a result, a storage box is formed by the cover 160 and the base plate 161. The display control board 151, the cover 160, and the base plate 161 constitute the display control device 110. A base plate 161 is attached to the variable display unit 56.

  The cover 160 has a rectangular top plate portion 164 formed substantially flat facing the element mounting surface 155 of the display control board 151, a side wall portion 165 formed along the peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion 164, Formed from.

  The top plate 164 is provided with an opening 166 through which the connector 154 mounted on the element mounting surface 155 is inserted. A harness or the like can be inserted and removed from the connector 154 exposed through the opening 166. A command is output from the sound lamp control device 70 to the display control board 151 via the connector 154, and the display control device 110 controls the symbol display device 104 (wiring is not shown).

  The side wall portion 165 of the cover 160 is provided with a side wall side air hole 167 for ventilation. A plurality of side wall-side vent holes 167 are provided in the side wall portion 165 (a plurality of locations are provided in the upper, lower, left and right side wall portions 165, respectively). The cover 160 is provided with a fan duct portion 170 so as to be positioned behind the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 and projecting from the top plate portion 164. A duct side air hole 171 is provided at the top of the fan duct portion 170. The display control board 151 is attached such that a predetermined gap is secured between the element mounting surface 155 and the top plate portion 164 and between the solder surface 156 and the base plate 161 in the display control board 151. ing. The sound lamp control device 70 is attached to the top plate portion 164 of the cover 160 so as not to overlap the fan duct portion 170.

  On the display control board 151, a heat sink 175 as a heat radiating means for radiating heat generated from the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is provided so as to cover the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 which are integrated circuits that generate a large amount of heat. The heat sink 175 is formed in a substantially flat plate shape from an aluminum alloy having good thermal conductivity. The heat sink 175 is provided with a step 176. The step portion 176 is provided in contact with the CPU 152 and the VDP 153, respectively. That is, the surface of the stepped portion 176 that faces the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is in surface contact with them. Thereby, the heat generated from the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is conducted to the heat sink 175 and is radiated from the heat sink 175. Therefore, the CPU 152 and VDP 153 are cooled. The heat sink 175 is formed in a thin plate shape, and can be easily arranged when it is attached to the display control board 151.

  A cooling fan 180 is provided as a cooling means so as to face the CPU 152 through the heat sink 175 and the stepped portion 176. A fan cover 181 that protects the cooling fan 180 is attached to the cooling fan 180. The cooling fan 180 is fixed by being fitted into the fan duct portion 170 with the fan cover 181 attached. The cooling fan 180 is controlled by the display control device 110 (display control board 151), and further, power is supplied from the display control device 110.

  In this embodiment, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are provided with a silicon rubber plate 185 that is non-conductive and has good heat conductivity. The step 176 in the heat sink 175 is in contact with the silicon rubber plate 185. The silicon rubber plate 185 is a thin rubber plate that includes a component having high thermal conductivity and has elasticity. Since the silicon rubber plate 185 has elasticity, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 and the stepped portion 176 of the heat sink 175 are in close contact with each other without a gap. Note that the member attached to the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 and in contact with the stepped portion 176 is not limited to silicon rubber, and silicon glass, heat transfer tape, or the like may be used. That is, any non-conductive heat transfer buffer may be used.

  And if the cooling fan 180 rotates, ventilation will be performed with respect to the heat sink 175. FIG. When the cooling fan 180 performs air blowing, the cooling fan 180 rotates, so that outside air is taken in from the duct side vent hole 171 and the outside air is blown to the heat sink 175. Then, when the outside air is taken in, the air in the display control device 110 is discharged from the side wall side vent hole 167. That is, the duct side vent hole 171 functions as an intake port in the display control device 110, and the side wall side vent hole 167 functions as an exhaust port in the display control device 110. When air flows from the duct side vent hole 171 to the side wall side vent hole 167, the air heated in the display control apparatus 110 can be discharged well to the outside of the display control apparatus 110. Therefore, the heat sink 175 can be cooled by the outside air being taken into the display control device 110 by the rotation of the cooling fan 180.

  Note that air may flow from the side wall side vent hole 167 to the duct side vent hole 171. In this case, for example, the rotation direction of the cooling fan 180 may be opposite to that described above.

  Since the heat sink 175 conducts the heat of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 as described above, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled by the cooling fan 180 via the heat sink 175. Further, since the side wall side air holes 167 in the side wall part 165 are also provided at a position higher than the cooling fan 180 (for example, the side wall side air holes 167 in the side wall part provided above the cooling fan 180), The air warmed in can be efficiently exhausted to the outside.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described based on the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 12, signal lines are indicated by solid arrows.

  The main control device 72 is provided with a power failure monitoring circuit 190 and a CPU 191. The CPU 191 includes a ROM that stores various control programs executed by the CPU 191 and fixed value data, and a memory that temporarily stores various data when the control program stored in the ROM is executed. A certain RAM and various circuits such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data input / output circuit are incorporated.

  On the other hand, on the output side of the CPU 191 in the main controller 72, a CPU 192 of the payout controller 91 and a CPU 193 of the sound lamp controller 70 are connected. The CPU 191 in the main control device 72 outputs various commands such as prize ball commands to the CPU 192 of the payout control device 91, and outputs various commands such as effect commands to the CPU 193 of the sound lamp control device 70. In addition, power is supplied to the CPU 191 of the main control device 72 from the power supply / launch control device 92 via the power failure monitoring circuit 190. The power failure monitoring circuit 190 monitors whether a normal amount of power is supplied to the CPU 191.

  The payout control device 91 performs payout control of prize balls and rental balls by the payout device 89. The CPU 192 in the payout control device 91 includes a ROM that stores a control program executed by the CPU 192, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM that is used as a work memory.

  The power source / launch control device 92 includes a launch control unit. The launch control unit is responsible for launch control of the game ball launch device 45 in accordance with the operation of the game ball launch handle 36 by the player. It is driven when the firing conditions are complete.

  The CPU 193 in the sound lamp control device 70 controls the various lamp units 23 to 25, the speaker unit 26, and the display control device 110. The CPU 193 in the sound lamp control device 70 includes a ROM that stores a control program executed by the CPU 193 and fixed value data, and a RAM that is used as a work memory.

  The CPU 191 in the main controller 72 is connected to the input side of the CPU 193 in the sound lamp controller 70. The CPU 193 controls the various lamp units 23 to 25, the speaker unit 26, and the display control device 110 based on various commands input from the main control device 72 side.

  Here, the electrical configuration of the display control apparatus 110 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The command output from the sound lamp control device 70 is input to the input port 200 provided in the display control device 110 (display control board 151). A command is input to the CPU 152 in the display control apparatus 110 via the input port 200. The CPU 152 is provided with a ROM 201 that stores a control program, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM 202 that is used as a work memory and the like, and processing is executed based on the input command. Here, it is determined whether or not drive control of each of the doors 100 and 101 and the cooling fan 180 described above is performed, and when the drive of the doors 100 and 101 and the cooling fan 180 is executed, the display control device 110 is provided. The doors 100 and 101 and the cooling fan 180 are driven based on the command output from the output port 204 via the drive driver 203. Further, the RAM 202 is provided with a cooling timer counter 202a, and this cooling timer counter 202a is used when the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are cooled.

  Further, the CPU 152 in the display control device 110 outputs a command to the VDP 153 provided in the display control device 110. The VDP 153 controls the symbol display device 104, and includes an image ROM 205 that stores image data and the like used for production, and an image RAM 206 that is used as a work memory and the like. Based on the output of the command output from the VDP 153 to the symbol display device 104 via the output port 204, an image is displayed on the symbol display device 104.

  Since the CPU 152 in the display control device 110 executes arithmetic processing related to the control of the VDP 153 and the doors 100 and 101, heat is generated as the arithmetic processing is executed. Further, when the arithmetic processing of both the VDP 153 and the doors 100 and 101 is executed, the CPU 152 is more likely to generate heat. In the present embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used as the symbol display device 104. In recent years, an increase in the size of a liquid crystal display device and an increase in the number of pixels per unit area in order to display a displayed image clearly. For this reason, when the control of the symbol display device 104 is executed, the processing load applied to the VDP 153 increases, and the VDP 153 generates heat as the symbol display device 104 is controlled.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 configured as described above will be described.

  In the present embodiment, the CPU 191 in the main control device 72 performs a jackpot lottery or the like using various counter information in the game, and specifically, it is used for the jackpot lottery as shown in FIG. Jackpot random number counter C1 to be used, jackpot type counter C2 to be used for selection of the jackpot type, reach random number counter C3 to be used for reach lottery when the symbol display is changed on the symbol display device 104, and jackpot random number counter The random number initial value counter CINI used for setting the initial value of C1 and the variation type counter CS1 used for variation pattern selection of the symbol display device 104 are used.

  Among these, the counters C1 to C3, CINI, and CS1 are loop counters in which 1 is added to the previous value every time it is updated, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The RAM in the main control device 72 is provided with a holding ball storage area composed of one execution area and four holding areas (holding first to fourth areas). Each value of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot symbol counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in time series in accordance with the winning history of the game balls.

  For details of each counter, the jackpot random number counter C1 is configured such that, for example, 1 is sequentially added within a range of 0 to 676, and after reaching the maximum value (that is, 676), it returns to 0. In particular, when the jackpot random number counter C1 makes one round, the value of the random number initial value counter CINI at that time is read as the initial value of the jackpot random number counter C1. The random number initial value counter CINI is a loop counter similar to the jackpot random number counter C1 (value = 0 to 676), and is updated once for each timer interrupt and is repeatedly updated within the remaining time of the normal processing. The jackpot random number counter C1 is updated periodically (once every timer interruption in the present embodiment), and stored in the reserved ball storage area of the RAM at the timing when the game ball wins the operation port 54. The number of random number values that are jackpots is set in the normal state and the high probability state, the number of random number values that are jackpots in the normal state is 2, and its value is “337,673”. The number of random number values that are jackpots at high probability is 10, and the values are “67, 131, 199, 269, 337, 401, 463, 523, 601 and 661”.

  The jackpot symbol counter C2 determines whether the jackpot is a specific jackpot that shifts to a high probability state when the jackpot ends or a non-special jackpot that shifts to a normal state when the jackpot ends. In the present embodiment, counter values from 0 to 49 are prepared, that is, the jackpot symbol counter C2 is incremented by 1 within the range from 0 to 49, and reaches 0 after reaching the maximum value (ie, 49). It is the composition which returns to. The jackpot symbol counter C2 is updated periodically (once every timer interruption in the present embodiment), and stored in the reserved ball storage area of the RAM at the timing when the game ball wins the operation port 54.

  For example, the reach random number counter C3 is incremented by 1 within a range of 0 to 299, for example, and reaches a maximum value (that is, 299) and then returns to 0. In the present embodiment, the reach random number counter C3 causes the last stop symbol to stop after the reach has occurred by shifting the last stop symbol by one before and after the reach symbol. Similarly, after the reach has occurred, the final stop symbol is reached. “Reach other than front / rear off” that stops other than before and after the symbol and “completely out” that does not occur reach are selected by lottery. For example, C3 = 0 corresponds to front / rear reach, and C3 = 1-25 is front / rear. It corresponds to reach other than detachment, and C3 = 26 to 299 corresponds to complete detachment. Note that the reach lottery may be set individually according to the lottery probability state of the symbol display device 104, the number of suspended balls at the start of change, and the like. The reach random number counter C3 is updated periodically (once every timer interruption in this embodiment), and stored in the reserved ball storage area of the RAM at the timing when the game ball wins the operation port 54.

  The variation type counter CS1 is, for example, incremented by 1 within a range of 0 to 198, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value (that is, 198). The elapsed time until the final stop symbol (in the present embodiment) stops is determined by the variation type counter CS1. Further, the variation type counter CS1 is updated once every time a normal process described later is executed once, and is repeatedly updated even within the remaining time in the normal process. Then, the buffer value of the variation type counter CS1 is acquired in the variation pattern determination process described later, and the variation display of the symbol is started after the symbol variation display is started by the combination of the value of the variation type counter CS1 and the values of the counters C1 to C3. The period until the end is determined.

  In addition, the magnitude | size and range of each counter are only examples, and can be changed arbitrarily. However, if importance is attached to irregularity, it is desirable that the jackpot random number counter C1, the reach random number counter C3, and the variation type counter CS1 are all different numbers and are not synchronized in any case.

  Next, each control process executed by the CPU 191 in the main controller 72 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The processing of the CPU 191 is broadly divided into main processing that is started when the power is turned on, timer interrupt processing that is started periodically (in this embodiment, at a cycle of 2 msec), and power failure to the NMI terminal (non-maskable terminal). There is NMI interrupt processing activated by signal input. For convenience of explanation, first, timer interrupt processing and NMI interrupt processing will be described, and then main processing will be described.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the timer interrupt process. This process is executed by the CPU 191 of the main controller 72 every 2 msec, for example.

  In FIG. 15, in step S101, various winning switch reading processes are executed. That is, the state of various switches connected to the main controller 72 (excluding a RAM erase switch described later) is read, and the state of the switch is determined and the detection information (winning detection information) is stored.

  Thereafter, in step S102, the random number initial value counter CINI is updated. Specifically, the random number initial value counter CINI is incremented by 1 and cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value (676 in the present embodiment). Then, the update value of the random number initial value counter CINI is stored in the corresponding buffer area of the RAM. In the subsequent step S103, the big hit random number counter C1, the big hit symbol counter C2, and the reach random number counter C3 are updated. Specifically, the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot symbol counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 are each incremented by 1, and their counter values reach the maximum values (in the present embodiment, 676, 49 and 299, respectively). Each time it is cleared to 0. Then, the updated values of the counters C1 to C3 are stored in the corresponding buffer area of the RAM.

  Thereafter, in step S104, a start winning process associated with winning in the operation port 54 is executed. This starting winning process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 16. In step S201, it is determined whether or not the game ball has won the starting opening 54 (starting winning) based on the detection information of the operating opening switch. When it is determined that the game ball has won the operating hole 54, in the subsequent step S202, it is determined whether or not the number N of active reserved balls is less than the upper limit value (4 in the present embodiment). The process proceeds to step S203 on condition that there is a winning at the operation port 54 and the number N of activated balls is <4, and the number N of activated balls is incremented by one. In subsequent step S204, the values of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot symbol counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 updated in step S603 are stored in the first area of the free storage area of the reserved ball storage area of the RAM. Then, after the start winning process, the CPU 191 once ends the timer interrupt process.

  When the game ball wins the operation opening 54 (start winning), the symbol display by the symbol display device 104 is started accordingly. However, after the start winning, the symbol changes until the symbol stops. There is a restriction that a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) must elapse. Therefore, in the start winning process, when the start winning is confirmed, a timer for measuring the elapsed time after the start winning is set after each counter value storing process (step S204). Specifically, since the start winning process is executed at a cycle of 2 msec, for example, in order to measure an elapsed time of 5 seconds, a numerical value “2500” is set in the timer, and the timer value is incremented by 1 for each start winning process. Subtract. This timer value is stored and managed in the reserved ball storage area of the RAM together with the values of the respective counters C1 to C3.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the NMI interrupt process. This process is executed by the CPU 191 of the main controller 72 when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is shut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. By this NMI interruption, the state of the main controller 72 when the power is shut off is stored in the backup area of the RAM. That is, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is cut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like, the power failure signal SG1 is output from the power failure monitoring circuit 190 to the NMI terminal of the CPU 191 in the main controller 72, and the CPU 191 interrupts the control being executed. To start NMI interrupt processing. The NMI interrupt processing program of FIG. 17 is stored in the ROM of the main controller 72. For a predetermined time after the power failure signal SG1 is output, power is supplied from the power supply / emission control device 92 so that the processing of the main control device 72 can be executed, and the NMI interrupt processing is executed within this predetermined time. The

  In the NMI interrupt processing, in step S301, the used register is saved in the RAM backup area, and in the subsequent step S302, the value of the stack pointer is stored in the backup area. Further, in step S303, information on the occurrence of power interruption is set in the backup area, and in step S304, a power interruption notification command indicating that the power has been interrupted is transmitted to another control device. In step S305, a RAM determination value is calculated and stored in the backup area. The RAM determination value is, for example, a checksum value at a RAM work area address. In step S306, RAM access is prohibited. Thereafter, an infinite loop is entered in preparation for the power supply being completely shut down and the processing being impossible.

  The NMI interrupt process is also executed in the payout control device 91 in the same manner, and the state of the payout control device 91 when the power is cut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like is stored in the backup area of the RAM. Similarly, power is supplied from the power supply / launch control device 92 so that the processing of the payout control device 91 can be executed for a predetermined time after the power failure signal SG1 is output. That is, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is cut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like, the power failure signal SG1 is output from the power failure monitoring circuit 190 to the NMI terminal of the CPU 192 in the payout controller 91, and the CPU 192 interrupts the control being executed. The NMI interrupt process of FIG. 17 is started. The contents are the same as described above, except that the power-off notification command is not transmitted in step S304.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of a main process executed by the CPU 191 in the main controller 72, and this main process is started upon a reset at power-on.

  In the main process, in step S401, an initial setting process associated with power-on is executed. Specifically, in order to set a predetermined value in the stack pointer and wait for the sub-side control devices (such as the sound lamp control device 70 and the payout control device 91) to become operable, for example, Wait processing is performed for about 1 second. In step S402, a payout permission command is transmitted to the payout control device 91, and in subsequent step S403, RAM access is permitted.

  Thereafter, data backup processing is executed for the RAM in the CPU 192. That is, in step S404, it is determined whether or not the RAM erase switch provided in the power / fire control device 92 has been pressed. In subsequent step S405, it is determined whether or not the power shutoff occurrence information is set in the RAM backup area. Determine. In step S406, a RAM determination value is calculated. In subsequent step S407, it is determined whether or not the RAM determination value matches the RAM determination value stored when the power is turned off, that is, the validity of the backup. The RAM determination value is, for example, a checksum value at the RAM work area address. Note that it is possible to determine the effectiveness of backup based on whether or not the keywords written in a predetermined area of the RAM are correctly stored.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine 10, when RAM data is initialized when the power is turned on, for example, at the start of business in the hall, the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch. Therefore, if the RAM erase switch has been pressed, the routine proceeds to RAM initialization processing (steps S414 to S416). Similarly, when the information on occurrence of power shutdown is not set or when a backup abnormality is confirmed by the RAM determination value (checksum value or the like), the process proceeds to the RAM initialization process (steps S414 to S416). . That is, in step S414, the RAM usage area is cleared to 0, and in the subsequent step S415, RAM initialization processing is executed. In step S416, interrupt permission is set, and the process proceeds to normal processing described later.

  On the other hand, if the RAM erasure switch is not pressed, processing at the time of power recovery is performed on condition that the information on occurrence of power shutdown is set and the RAM judgment value (checksum value etc.) is normal. (Processing when power is restored) is executed. That is, in step S408, the stack pointer prior to power shutdown is restored, and in step S409, information on occurrence of power shutdown is cleared. In step S410, a command for returning the sub-side control device to the gaming state at the time of power-off is transmitted, and in step S411, the used register is returned from the RAM backup area. In steps S412 and S413, the interrupt permission / non-permission is returned to the state before the power shutdown, and then the address before the power shutdown is returned.

  Next, the flow of normal processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this normal process, the main process of the game is executed. As an outline, the processing of steps S501 to S506 is executed as a periodic processing with a period of 4 msec, and the counter update processing of steps S508 and S509 is executed with the remaining time.

  In normal processing, in step S501, output data such as a command updated in the previous processing is transmitted to each control device on the sub side. Specifically, the presence / absence of winning detection information is determined, and if there is winning detection information, a winning ball payout command corresponding to the number of acquired game balls is transmitted to the payout control device 91. Based on the output of the prize ball payout command from the main control device 72, the payout control device 91 controls the payout device 89, and the game ball is paid out. In addition, a lottery result indicating whether or not a specific or non-specific big hit is won, a variation pattern command or the like is transmitted to the sound lamp control device 70. Furthermore, the symbol variation in the symbol display unit 61 is transmitted from the sound lamp control device 70 to the display control device 110 by transmitting a lottery result indicating whether or not a specific or non-specific big hit is won, a variation pattern command, or the like. Display is executed. Further, a state transition command is transmitted to the sound lamp control device 70 when the state of the jackpot state is shifted, and an opening command or a closing command is transmitted when the variable winning device 53 is opened or closed.

  Next, in step S502, the variation type counter CS1 is updated. Specifically, the variation type counter CS1 is incremented by 1, and the counter value is cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value. Then, the update value of the variation type counter CS1 is stored in the corresponding buffer area of the RAM. In the subsequent step S503, the prize ball counting signal and the payout abnormality signal received from the payout control device 91 are read. Thereafter, in step S504, a first specific lamp unit control process for switching the color displayed on the first specific lamp unit 63 is executed. In the first specific lamp unit control processing, jackpot determination, setting of symbol variation display by the symbol display device 104, ON / OFF control of a switch of an LED disposed in the first specific lamp unit 63, and the like are performed. However, details of the first specific lamp unit control process will be described later.

  Thereafter, in step S505, a game state transition process for shifting the game state is executed. Although details will be described later, the gaming state shifts to a jackpot state or a high probability state by this gaming state transition process.

  In step S506, a second specific lamp unit control process for switching the color displayed on the second specific lamp unit 64 is executed. Briefly, in the second specific lamp unit control process, the value of the corresponding random number counter is acquired and displayed on the second specific lamp unit 64 on the condition that the game ball has passed through the through gate 55. Start the color switching process. Then, a lottery is performed based on the value of the acquired random number counter, and if it is a win, red is stopped and displayed after a lapse of a predetermined time, and the electric accessory attached to the operation port 54 is opened for a predetermined time.

  Thereafter, in step S507, it is determined whether or not the execution timing of the next normal process has been reached, that is, whether or not a predetermined time (4 msec in the present embodiment) has elapsed since the start of the previous normal process. Then, the random number initial value counter CINI and the variation type counter CS1 are repeatedly updated within the remaining time until the next normal processing execution timing (steps S508 and S509). That is, in step S508, the random number initial value counter CINI is updated. Specifically, the random number initial value counter CINI is incremented by 1 and cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value. Then, the update value of the random number initial value counter CINI is stored in the corresponding buffer area of the RAM. In step S509, the variation type counter CS1 is updated. Specifically, the variation type counter CS1 is incremented by 1 and cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value (198 in the present embodiment). Then, the update value of the variation type counter CS1 is stored in the corresponding buffer area of the RAM.

  Here, since the execution time of each process of steps S501 to S506 changes according to the state of the game, the remaining time until the execution timing of the next normal process is not constant and varies. Therefore, by repeatedly updating the random number initial value counter CINI using the remaining time, the random number initial value counter CINI (that is, the initial value of the big hit random number counter C1) can be updated at random. Similarly, The variation type counter CS1 can also be updated at random.

  Next, the first specific lamp unit control process of step S504 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the first specific lamp unit control process, in step S601, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state is a jackpot state, and if it is a jackpot state, the process is terminated as it is. If it is not a big hit state, it is determined in step S602 whether or not the first specific lamp unit 63 is being switched and displayed. When the 1st specific lamp part 63 is not in the switching display, it progresses to step S603 and it is discriminate | determined whether the number N of operation hold | maintenance balls is larger than zero. And when the number N of operation reservation balls is 0, this processing is ended as it is.

  If the number of active balls N> 0, the process proceeds to step S604. In step S604, 1 is subtracted from the number N of active suspension balls. In step S605, a process for shifting the data stored in the reserved ball storage area is executed. This data shift process is a process of sequentially shifting the data stored in the reserved first to fourth areas of the reserved ball storage area to the execution area side, and the reserved first area → execution area, reserved second area → The data in each area is shifted such as the first hold area, the third hold area → the second hold area, the fourth hold area → the third hold area.

  In step S606, a switching start process for starting switching of the color displayed on the first specific lamp unit 63 is executed. Specifically, the timer for judging the switching timing of the displayed color is reset, and all the switches of the LEDs arranged in the first specific lamp unit 63 are turned off, and then the red light source switch is turned on. Turn on control. Accordingly, red is displayed on the first specific lamp unit 63. By the way, if it is not after the end of the big hit state, the switch of the blue light source is turned on before the switching display starts, and after the end of the big hit state, the switch of the red light source or the green light source is turned on. . And if it is elected to shift to a specific jackpot, the final stop color of the LED is controlled to be red, and if it is elected to shift to a non-special jackpot, the final stop of the LED The color is controlled to be green. In addition, when it is not won to shift to any jackpot, the final stop color of the LED is controlled to be blue.

  Thereafter, in step S607, a variation pattern command determination process for determining a period during which the symbol variation display by the symbol display unit 61 is executed is executed.

  In this variation pattern command determination process, the period from the start of the symbol variation display to the termination of the symbol variation display is determined. In the pachinko machine 10, the period from the start to the end of the symbol variation display is one game number, and it can be said that the variation pattern command determination process determines the period of one game number. Note that the variation pattern command is determined from each of the counters C1 to C3 and the variation type counter CS1 referred to in the game times, and the switching in step S606 is performed over the period determined by the variation pattern determination process. Processing will be executed. The relationship between the values of the counters C1 to C3 and the variation type counter CS1 and the variation pattern is defined in advance by a table (not shown). The change pattern command is output to the sound lamp control device 70, and the command is output from the sound lamp control device 70 to the display control device 110, whereby the display control device 110 can grasp the period of one game. For example, when the value of the variation type counter CS1 is for performing super reach, a period during which super reach can be performed is selected in the variation pattern command determination process. The variation pattern command determined here is output to the sound lamp control device 70 in the external output process of step S501 in the normal process described above. At this time, a lottery result based on the values of the jackpot random number counter C1 and the jackpot type counter C2 is output as a type command in accordance with the variation pattern command. As a result, the audio lamp control device 70 can recognize whether or not the jackpot lottery has been won, and can recognize whether or not the winning result is a specific jackpot or a non-special jackpot if the jackpot lottery has been won. .

  On the other hand, if step S602 is YES, that is, if the first specific lamp unit 63 is being switched, the process proceeds to step S608, and whether the period determined in the previous variation pattern determination process (step S607) has elapsed. Determine whether or not. If it is determined that the switching display time has not elapsed, display color switching processing is executed in step S609. By this display color switching process, the switch of each light source is on / off controlled, and the color displayed on the first specific lamp unit 63 is switched.

  If it is determined in step S608 that the period determined in step S607 has elapsed, a switching end process is executed in step S610. This switching end process is a process for turning on the light source of the color to be finally displayed. Specifically, first, the switch of the light source that is currently turned on is turned off. Thereafter, the display flag set in the previous variation start process is confirmed, and the light source switch corresponding to the display flag is turned on. That is, the switch of the red light source is turned on in the case of a specific jackpot, the switch of the green light source is turned on in the case of a non-special jackpot, and the switch of the blue light source is turned on in the case of being off. As a result, the display color corresponding to the lottery lottery result is finally displayed on the first specific lamp unit 63. Note that the display color set here is maintained until the next switching start process. After performing this switching end process, in S611, a change end command indicating that the switching display time has elapsed is set, and this process ends.

  Next, the gaming state transition process of step S505 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S701, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state is a jackpot state. If it is not a jackpot state, the process proceeds to step S702, and it is determined whether or not the jackpot fluctuation in which the combination of jackpot symbols is finally stopped and displayed has ended. Specifically, the determination is made based on the value of the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the execution area of the reserved ball storage area and the passage of the period determined by the variation pattern determination process. If the big hit variation has not ended, the processing is terminated as it is, and if the big hit variation has ended, the big hit state start processing shown in steps S703 to S706 is performed. In the big hit state starting process, in step S703, 15 is set to the round counter RC provided in the RAM. The round counter RC is a counter for counting the number of times the variable winning device 53 is opened. In step S703, 5000 (that is, 10 seconds) is set in a timer for measuring the opening / closing timing for opening / closing the variable winning device 53, and a jackpot flag is set in a jackpot flag storage area provided in the RAM.

  Subsequently, in step S704, it is determined whether or not a specific big hit has occurred. For this determination, a jackpot type counter C2 is used. If it is a special big hit, the process proceeds to step S705, and a specific flag is set in a specific flag storage area provided in the RAM.

  If it is determined in step S704 that it is not a special big hit, or if a specific flag is set in step S705, the process proceeds to step S706, a state transition command is set, and this process is terminated. Here, the state transition command is transmitted to the display control apparatus 110. Upon receiving the command, the display control device 110 recognizes that it has shifted to the jackpot state, and starts display control so that an opening moving image indicating the transition to the jackpot state is displayed on the symbol display device 104. The set timer value is decremented by 1 every time the timer interrupt process is performed, that is, every 2 msec.

  On the other hand, if the gaming state is a jackpot state in step S701, the process proceeds to step S707, and variable winning device opening / closing processing for opening or closing the variable winning device 53 is performed.

  In the variable winning device opening / closing process, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 22, it is first determined in step S801 whether or not the variable winning device 53 is being opened. If the variable winning device 53 is not being opened, it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter RC is 0 in step S802 and whether or not the value of the timer is 0 in step S803. When the value of the round counter RC is 0 or when the value of the timer is not 0, this process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when the value of the round counter RC is not 0 and the value of the timer is 0, the process proceeds to step S804, and the variable winning device 53 is released. In a succeeding step S805, 0 is set to a winning counter PC for storing the number of game balls won in the variable winning device 53. Thereafter, in step S806, 14750 (that is, 29.5 seconds) is set in the timer, and a release command is set in step S807, and this process is terminated. As a result, the variable winning device 53 is opened for a maximum of 29.5 seconds. Here, the release command is transmitted to the display control device 110. Upon receiving the command, the display control device 110 recognizes that the variable winning device 53 has been released, and causes the symbol display device 104 to display a video to be displayed while the variable winning device 53 is open. Display control is started accordingly.

  If the variable winning device 53 is being opened in step S801, the process proceeds to step S808, and it is determined whether or not the timer value is zero. If the value of the timer is not 0, it is determined in step S809 whether or not the game ball has won the variable winning device 53. If the game ball has not won the variable winning device 53, the variable winning device opening / closing process is terminated. On the other hand, if the game ball has won the variable winning device 53, the value of the winning counter PC is incremented by 1 in step S810, and then it is determined whether or not the value of the winning counter PC is 10 in step S811. In this case, the process is terminated as it is.

  If the timer value is 0 in step S808, or if the value of the winning counter PC is 10 in step S811, it means that the closing condition of the variable winning device 53 is established. In such a case, the variable winning device 53 is closed in step S812. In subsequent step S813, 1 is subtracted from the value of the round counter RC, and it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter RC is 0 in step S814. If the value of the round counter RC is not 0, 1000 (ie 2 seconds) is set in the timer in step S815, and if the value of the round counter RC is 0, 5000 (ie 10 seconds) is set in the timer in step S816. ) Is set. Thereafter, a close command is set in step S817, and this process is terminated. Here, the close command is transmitted to the display control device 110. The display control device 110 receives the command, recognizes that one round has ended, for example, a pre-opening video that teaches the number of rounds for the next time, an ending video that indicates that the jackpot state has ended Is started to be displayed on the symbol display device 104.

  After the variable winning device opening / closing process, it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter RC is 0 in step S708, and whether or not the value of the timer is 0 in step S709. If at least one of the values of the round counter RC or the timer is not 0, this processing is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when the values of the round counter RC and the timer are 0, the process proceeds to step S710, and the jackpot flag set in the jackpot flag storage area is cleared as a jackpot state end process for ending the jackpot state. Therefore, under the big hit state, the consecutive opening of the big winning opening is allowed for the number of times (that is, 15 times) set in the round counter RC.

  After the big hit state end process is performed, a state transition process is performed in steps S711 to S715. That is, in step S711, it is determined whether or not a specific flag is set. If the specific flag is set, it means that a specific jackpot has occurred, so the process proceeds to step S712, and a high probability state transition process is performed in which the gaming state thereafter is set to a high probability state. In step S713, the specific flag is cleared and a high probability state transition command is set, and the gaming state transition process is terminated. Further, when the specific flag is not set, it means that a non-specific big hit has occurred, and therefore, in step S714, normal state transition processing is performed in which the gaming state thereafter is set to the normal state. Then, the process proceeds to step S715, the normal state transition command is set, and the gaming state transition process is terminated. Based on the output of the high probability state or normal state transition command, the sound lamp control device 70 and the display control device 110 recognize that the gaming state has transitioned.

  Next, a process executed by the sound lamp control device 70 when a variation pattern command is output from the main control device 72 to the sound lamp control device 70 will be briefly described.

  As described above, the main control device 72 outputs a lottery result indicating whether a specific or non-specific jackpot is won and a variation pattern command to the sound lamp control device 70.

  As described above, the variation pattern command causes the sound lamp control device 70 to grasp the period of one game time determined by the counters C1 to C3 and CS1 in the main control device 72. The sound lamp control device 70 determines whether or not to execute reach or super reach in the game times according to the period grasped from the variation pattern command. In addition, the sound lamp control device 70 determines at which timing the reach or super reach is executed in the game round, and further determines the timing at which sound is output in the reach or super reach. . The determined result is output to the display control device 110 as one command (referred to as a variation pattern command for convenience). The display control device 110 controls the symbol display device 104 to display an image in accordance with the timing at which the sound determined by the sound lamp control device 70 is output. Thereby, it is possible to execute an effect in which the sound lamp control device 70 and the display control device 110 are linked. That is, the display is performed in conjunction with the display on the symbol display device 104, the light emission patterns on the various lamp units 23 to 25, and the sound output on the speaker unit 26.

  Here, various processes in the display control apparatus 110 will be described. FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing normal processing executed by the display control device 110.

  First, a game state transition process is executed in step S901. This gaming state transition process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the gaming state transition process in the display control device 110, it is determined in step S1001 whether or not the gaming state is a jackpot state (determines whether or not the display jackpot flag is set in step S1003). If the gaming state is not a jackpot gaming state, the process proceeds to step S1002 to determine whether or not a jackpot state transition command has been received. Whether or not the jackpot state transition command has been received is determined whether or not the jackpot state transition command set in step S706 in the gaming state transition process of the main control device 72 has been received via the voice lamp control device 70. It is to be.

  If a jackpot state transition command has been received in step S1002, the process advances to step S1003 to set a display jackpot flag in a display jackpot flag storage area provided in the RAM 202 of the display control device 110. If the display jackpot flag is set, the process advances to step S1004 to perform a jackpot state display start process. In the jackpot state display start process, the opening process is displayed when the jackpot state is started. When the big hit state display start process is executed, the game state transition process is executed.

  If the jackpot state transition command has not been received in step S1002, the process proceeds to step S1005 to determine whether or not a high probability state transition command has been received. If the high probability state transition command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1006 to execute a high probability state display process. For example, the background image displayed on the symbol display device 104 is changed to a color different from the normal state so that the player is informed of the high probability state by executing the high probability state display process. . If a high probability state transition command has not been received in step S1005, it is determined in step S1007 whether a normal state transition command has been received. If a normal state transition command has been received, display corresponding to the normal state is started. When the normal state transition command has not been received in step S1007, or when the normal state display process is executed in step S1008, the gaming state transition process ends.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1001 that the gaming state is a jackpot state, the process proceeds to step S1009 to determine whether or not a jackpot state end command has been received from the main controller 72. If the jackpot state end command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1010, and the display jackpot flag set in the display jackpot flag storage area provided in the RAM 202 of the display control device 110 is cleared. After clearing the display jackpot flag, the process proceeds to step S1011 and, as the jackpot end display process, an ending video or the like that teaches that the jackpot state is ended is displayed on the symbol display device 104. When the jackpot end display process is executed, the game state transition process is ended. If the jackpot state end command has not been received in step S1009, the process proceeds to step S1012 to execute a jackpot display process. In the jackpot display process, based on the output of the opening command or the closing command in the variable winning device opening / closing process of the main control device 72, the above-described display process of the pre-opening moving picture that teaches the next round number and the like is executed. . When the jackpot display process ends, the game state transition process ends.

  Note that the high probability and normal state transition commands in steps S1005 and S1007 are received immediately after receiving the jackpot state end command (steps S710 to 715 of the gaming state transition process in the main controller 72). For this reason, the high probability and normal state transition command is received while the ending display of the jackpot end display process in step S1011 is being executed. In the present embodiment, display on the symbol display device 104 based on the high probability and normal state display processing in steps S1006 and S1008 is started based on the end of the ending display.

  Returning to the description of the normal process in the display control device 110, when the game state transition process in the display control device 110 in step S901 is executed, the process proceeds to step S902, and the variable display mode determination process is executed. This variation display mode determination process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, it is determined in step S1101 whether or not a variation pattern command has been received. The variation pattern command received by the display control device 110 (a command output from the sound lamp control device 70) is not only the period for executing the variation display, but also the timing at which reach determined by the sound lamp control device 70 occurs. Such information is included. If the variation pattern command has not been received, the variation display mode determination process ends.

  If the variation pattern command has been received in step S1101, the process proceeds to step S1102, and it is determined whether or not the big hit lottery has been won. Whether or not the big hit lottery is won is determined based on a command output from the sound lamp control device 70 to the display control device 110. Specifically, the sound lamp control device 70 analyzes the type command output from the main control device 72 and outputs the analysis result to the display control device 110 as a command. The command is output together with the variation pattern command, and includes at least information sufficient to determine whether or not the jackpot lottery is won. The display control device 110 can determine whether or not the jackpot lottery has been won by receiving the command.

  If the jackpot lottery has been won, the process proceeds to step S1103 to execute a jackpot symbol determination process. In the jackpot symbol determination process, it is determined whether the jackpot is a specific jackpot or a non-specific jackpot from the received lottery result, and a symbol corresponding to each jackpot is determined by internal lottery. In the present embodiment, symbols with numbers 1 to 9 are displayed in a variable manner. In the case of a specific jackpot, the symbols with odd numbers are finally stopped and displayed. In the case of a specific jackpot, the symbol with an even number is finally stopped and displayed. In the jackpot symbol determination process, if a specific jackpot is won, the stop symbol is determined by internal lottery so that any one of 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 will stop, and a non-specific jackpot is won. If so, the stop symbol is determined by internal lottery so that any one of 2, 4, 6, and 8 is finally stopped.

  If the jackpot symbol is determined in step S1103, the process proceeds to step S1104, and the jackpot display effect determination process is executed. In the jackpot display effect determination process, when the jackpot lottery is won, it is determined which effect is to be performed on the symbol display device 104.

  On the other hand, if the jackpot lottery has not been won in step S1102, the process proceeds to step S1106, and the off symbol determination process is executed. In the off symbol determination process, a stop symbol when the variation display ends is determined by internal lottery. When the process of step S1105 is completed, the process proceeds to step S1106, and a display effect determination process for removal is executed. In the display effect determination process for losing, it is determined which effect is to be performed on the symbol display device 104 when the jackpot lottery is not won.

  In each display effect determination process in steps S1104 and S1106, an effect to be executed is determined based on the variation pattern command and the result of the big hit lottery. These effects are respectively stored in the ROM 201 of the display control device 110 corresponding to the variation pattern command and the result of the big hit lottery. That is, in response to the received variation pattern command, it is determined whether or not each of the doors 100 and 101 described above is driven and whether or not the symbol display device 104 performs reach or super reach. The correspondence between the variation pattern command and the result of the jackpot lottery and the effect to be executed is as shown in FIG. 28, and details will be described later. In the outlier design determination process in step S1105, if the received variation pattern command corresponds to a command that performs reach or super reach, it is determined by internal lottery in which symbol the reach is generated. .

  As described above, the symbols are variably displayed on the symbol display device 104. In the present embodiment, three symbol rows are displayed on the symbol display device 104, and each symbol row is variably displayed from above to below in the symbol display device 104. Reach teaches the degree of expectation that is won for a specific jackpot or non-special jackpot in the game round. For example, among the three rows of symbols, the symbols with the same numbers in two rows This means that the display is stopped and the remaining one column is displayed in a variable manner. Super reach means that when the reach occurs, a character or the like that performs an effect is displayed on the symbol display device 104, or the left and right doors 100 and 101 move. When the three symbol rows are stopped, the symbols having the same numbers are stopped and displayed, and the jackpot state is entered.

  In the present embodiment, the ROM 201 of the display control device 110 stores whether to drive the doors 100 and 101 and to generate reach or super reach in accordance with the received variation pattern command and lottery result. However, based on the received variation pattern command and the lottery result, whether to drive each door 100, 101 and whether to generate reach or super reach may be determined by internal lottery. In this case, in order to execute an effect linked with the lamps 23 to 25 and the speaker unit 26, it is desirable that the internal lottery is executed by the audio lamp control device 70.

  If the process of step S1104 or step S1106 is performed, it will progress to step S1107 and will respectively perform a cooling timer addition process. In the cooling timer addition process, values corresponding to the effects determined in steps S1104 and S1106 are added to the cooling timer counter 202a provided in the RAM 202 of the display control device 110, respectively. A value corresponding to the determined effect is stored in the ROM 201 of the display control device 110. The correspondence between the determined effect and the value to be added to the cooling timer counter 202a is as shown in FIG. 28, and details will be described later. When the value is added to the cooling timer counter 202a, the variation display mode determination process is terminated.

  In the variation display mode determination process described above, the value corresponding to each effect is added regardless of the current value of the cooling timer counter 202a in step S1107. Therefore, when the effect repeatedly occurs, the cooling timer counter 202a The value is added to the current value. This value is used for controlling the cooling fan 180.

  When the variable display mode determination process in the normal process of the display control device 110 is completed, the process proceeds to step S903 in the normal process, and the cooling fan control process is executed. The cooling fan control process is a process for controlling the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180. For example, when the CPU 152 or VDP 153 in the display control device 110 performs processing, and the CPU 152 or VDP 153 generates a large amount of heat, the cooling fan 180 is driven to cool the CPU 152 or VDP 153. This cooling fan control process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1201 in the cooling fan control process, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is a big hit state. If it is determined that the gaming state is not the big hit state, the process proceeds to step S1202, and it is determined whether or not the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is zero. If the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is 0, the process proceeds to step S1203, and low speed control processing for driving the cooling fan 180 at low speed is executed. On the other hand, if the gaming state is a big hit state in step S1201, or if it is determined in step S1202 that the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is not 0, the process proceeds to step S1204 and the cooling fan 180 is driven at a high speed. Execute high-speed control processing. When the low-speed and high-speed control processing in steps S1203 and S1204 is executed, the cooling fan control processing is terminated.

  In other words, in this cooling fan control process, if it is determined in step S1201 that the jackpot is in effect, the cooling fan 180 is driven at a high speed regardless of the value of the cooling timer counter 202a. If not, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is referred to. If the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is not 0 in step S1202, the cooling fan 180 is driven at high speed. As described above, when the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a high speed, when the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 easily generates heat, the cooling can be performed satisfactorily. When the low speed control is performed, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is 500 rpm (500 rotations / minute), and when the high speed control is performed, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is 1500 rpm (1500 rotations / minute). ).

  When the cooling fan control process is completed in the normal process in the display control device 110, the process returns to the gaming state transition process. That is, in the normal process in the display control apparatus 110, the processes in steps S901 to S903 are repeatedly executed.

  Next, the cooling timer subtraction process executed at a constant cycle in the display control device 110 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The cooling timer subtraction process is executed independently of the normal process in the display control device 110, and is executed by interrupting the normal process in the display control device 110 at a cycle of 2 msec. In this cooling timer subtraction process, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a described above is subtracted.

  First, in step S1301, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is a jackpot state. If it is determined in step S1301 that it is not a big hit state, the process proceeds to step S1302, and it is determined whether or not the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is zero. If the gaming state is not a jackpot state in step S1301, or if the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is 0 in step S1302, the cooling timer subtraction process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is not 0 in step S1302, the process proceeds to step S1303, and the cooling timer counter subtraction process is executed. In the cooling timer counter subtraction process, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is decremented by one. When the cooling timer counter subtraction process is executed, this cooling timer subtraction process is executed.

  The cooling timer counter subtraction process is executed at a cycle of 2 msec as described above. By subtracting the value of the cooling timer counter 202a at a constant period, the period can be measured by the number of subtractions. By referring to the subtracted value in step S1202 in the cooling fan control process described above, it is possible to satisfactorily determine whether or not the period for driving the cooling fan 180 at high speed has elapsed.

  Further, the period from the start of the jackpot state to the end of the jackpot state is different depending on the setting of the pachinko machine 10 (adjustment of the nail 58, etc.), the game pace of the player, and the like. As described above, the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed without subtracting the value of the cooling timer counter 202a in the big hit state. Therefore, even if the period from the start of the big hit state to the end is different, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a becomes 0 before the big hit state ends, and the cooling fan 180 is driven at a low speed. Can be suppressed.

  Here, the value added to the cooling timer counter 202a when the variable display is performed on the symbol display device 104 and when the big hit state occurs will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the period of one game shown in FIG. 28 is determined by the above-described variation pattern command.

  First, the value added to the cooling timer counter 202a in step S1107 of the variable display mode determination process in the display control device 110 described above when the big hit lottery is not won will be described. Reach is set not to occur when the period of one game time corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 5 seconds or 10 seconds. When reach does not occur, the symbol display device 104 performs monotonous fluctuation display of symbols, but is set so that the doors 100 and 101 are not driven. Therefore, when reach does not occur, the processing load on the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is small, and the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 need not be cooled. For this reason, when the duration of one game is 5 seconds or 10 seconds, no value is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. Reach occurs when the duration of one game is 25 seconds. However, super reach does not occur when the duration of one game is 25 seconds. That is, since the processing load on the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 does not increase, a value is not added to the cooling timer counter 202a (in this embodiment, when reach does not occur, a process of adding 0 to step S1107 is executed. ing).

  On the other hand, when the period of one game time in the received variation pattern command is 45 seconds, super reach is set to occur. In the present embodiment, when super reach occurs, various display effects are executed on the symbol display device 104. For this reason, the processing load applied to the VDP 153 increases, and the amount of heat generated by the VDP 153 increases. Therefore, it is necessary to cool the VDP 153, and 25000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. When 25000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a, the cooling timer counter 202a is subtracted every 2 msec, so that cooling is performed for 50 seconds. In this case, since the period of one game is 45 seconds, the cooling fan 180 is driven and controlled at a high speed until the period of 5 seconds elapses after the change display is finished (hereinafter referred to as the cooling fan). Is also referred to as a cooling period).

  Next, a case where the period of one game time corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 59 seconds or 61 seconds will be described. In this case, super reach occurs and one of the left and right doors 100 and 101 described above is movable. The generation of super reach not only increases the amount of heat generated by the VDP 153, but also moves the doors 100 and 101, increasing the processing load on the CPU 152 and increasing the amount of heat generated by the CPU 152. Therefore, the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is larger when the period of one game is 59, 61 seconds than when the period of one game is 5, 10, 25 seconds. In this embodiment, when the period of one game is 59 seconds and 61 seconds, 35000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. As a result, a cooling period of 70 seconds is secured, and when the period of one game is 59 seconds, the game time is 11 seconds after the game time is ended, and when the game time is 61 seconds, the game time is ended. Then, a cooling period of 9 seconds is secured.

  When the duration of one game is 59 seconds and 61 seconds, the effects executed by the change display are similar. For this reason, since the processing loads on the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are approximately the same, the cooling period is set to the same length. That is, even if the period during which the performance is performed is different, the processing load applied to the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is approximately the same, and therefore the period during which the cooling by the cooling fan 180 is executed is set as the synchronization period.

  When the period of one game time corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 75 seconds or 90 seconds, super reach occurs and both the left and right doors 100 and 101 are movable. For this reason, the processing load on the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 increases when the number of game times is 75 and 90 seconds, and the amount of heat generated by the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 increases when the number of game times is 75 and 90 seconds. In this embodiment, 45,000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a when one game is 75 seconds, and 60000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a when one game is 90 seconds. Yes. As a result, when one game time is 75 seconds, a cooling period of 15 seconds is secured after the game time is completed. In addition, when one game time is 90 seconds, a cooling period of 30 seconds is secured after the game time is completed.

  Next, a value added in the cooling timer addition process of step S1107 in the above-described variable display mode determination process of the display control device 110 when a non-specific and specific jackpot is won will be described.

  If a non-specific jackpot is won, for example, if a non-specific jackpot is won and the period of one game corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 25 seconds, 27500 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. Is done. In this case, it takes 55 seconds for 27500 to become zero. As described in the cooling timer subtraction process described above, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is not subtracted in the big hit state. In other words, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is subtracted for 25 seconds in the game times won for the non-special jackpot, but the cooling fan 180 is driven at a high speed without subtracting the value in the jackpot state. Is done. By adding 27500 to the cooling timer counter 202a, the cooling period is secured for a period from when the game is started until the jackpot state ends and 30 seconds elapse.

  Also, if a non-special jackpot is won, and if it is any variation pattern command, similarly, the cooling period will be 30 seconds after the non-special jackpot won in that game round ends. Is set to a value to be added to the cooling timer counter 202a. That is, when a non-specific jackpot is won, a value corresponding to a period obtained by adding 30 seconds to a period in which a variation display corresponding to the selected variation pattern command is executed is stored. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 28, when a variation display in which one game time is 45 seconds is selected, 37500 corresponding to 75 seconds is added, and a variation display in which one game time is 59 seconds is displayed. When selected, 44500 corresponding to 89 seconds is added, and when a variable display in which 1 game time is 61 seconds is selected, 45500 corresponding to 91 seconds is added, and 1 game time is 90 seconds. When a certain variable display is selected, 60000 corresponding to 120 seconds is added.

  When non-specific big hits occur, a variety of effects are executed as compared with the case where reach or super reach occurs. In the present embodiment, when a non-specific jackpot has occurred, a character is displayed on the symbol display device 104 when the opening command and the closing command in steps S807 and 808 in the variable winning device opening / closing process described above are set. Further, the doors 100 and 101 are moved a plurality of times. In one big hit state, opening and closing of the variable winning device 53 is repeated 15 times, and the processing load on the CPU 152 and VDP 153 increases. Therefore, by always driving the cooling fan 180 at a high speed without subtracting the value of the cooling timer counter 202a in the big hit state, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be well cooled even in the big hit state.

  Since various effects are executed in the non-specific big hit, the processing load on the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is large, and the heat generation of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 in the non-specific big hit is larger than the heat generation of the CPU 152 and VDP 153 in the variable display that was won in the big hit lottery. Is bigger. Therefore, no matter which fluctuation pattern command is received, the cooling display that is secured after the jackpot status ends, the cooling display that is secured when the jackpot lottery is not won, and the cooling display that is secured It is longer than the period. That is, the cooling period secured when the non-specific jackpot is completed functions as a period for cooling the CPU 152 and VDP 153 in the non-specific jackpot.

  In the present embodiment, when the jackpot lottery is not won and the variation display in which one game time is 90 seconds is ended, and when the non-specific jackpot is ended, the cooling periods secured are respectively secured. Identical. The fluctuation display in which one game time is 90 seconds is longer in one game time and the processing load is larger than in the case where another fluctuation display is executed, so the processing load on the CPU 152 and VDP 153 is equal to the non-specific big hit. Because it becomes.

  Further, if a specific jackpot is won, it is added to the cooling timer counter 202a so that the cooling period is secured for a period of 45 seconds after the end of the specified jackpot won in the game round. Value is set. For example, when a specific jackpot is won and the game time is 25 seconds, 35000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 28, when a variation display in which one game time is 45 seconds is selected, 45000 corresponding to 90 seconds is added, and a variation display in which one game time is 59 seconds is displayed. When selected, 52000 corresponding to 104 seconds is added, and when a variable display in which 1 game time is 61 seconds is selected, 53000 corresponding to 106 seconds is added, and 1 game time is 90 seconds. When a certain variable display is selected, 67500 corresponding to 135 seconds is added.

  As described above, the specific jackpot is one that shifts to a high probability state when the jackpot ends, and is more advantageous to the player than the non-specific jackpot. For this reason, the left and right doors 100 and 101 move more than the non-specific hits, or the symbol display device 104 displays a complicated display. Therefore, the processing load on the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is greater when the specific jackpot occurs than when the non-specific jackpot occurs. Therefore, by setting the cooling period collateralized when the non-special jackpot ends to 30 seconds and the cooling period collateralized when the specific jackpot ends to 45 seconds, the specific jackpot is better than the nonspecific jackpot However, when the processing load is large, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled well.

  According to the present embodiment, in a gaming machine in which a plurality of jackpot states are set, the cooling period can be determined corresponding to each jackpot state. Therefore, even when a plurality of jackpots are set, the CPU 152 In addition, the VDP 153 can be cooled well. Note that in a gaming machine in which a plurality of types of effects to be executed in at least one of the non-specific jackpot and the specific jackpot are set, the cooling period may be set corresponding to each of the types of effects set. In this case, a plurality of types of effects to be executed in one game state are set, and the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled well even when the processing load varies depending on each effect.

  Here, a case will be described in which the jackpot lottery is not won and variation display corresponding to 45 seconds and 90 seconds is continuously performed for one game time period. When the variable display in which one game time is 45 seconds is executed, 25000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a in step S1107 in the variable display mode determination process. When the change display is completed, 45 seconds have elapsed, and the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is 2500. When the variable display is started at the same time that the game display is 90 seconds, 60000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. In this case, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is 62500.

  When the variation display in which one game time is 90 seconds is completed, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is 17500. Therefore, the cooling period of 35 seconds is guaranteed after the display of the fluctuation that one game time is 90 seconds is completed. When the value of the timer counter 202a is 0 and a variation display in which one game time is 90 seconds is executed, a cooling period of 30 seconds has been secured after the variation display is completed. When the variable display that is controlled at high speed is continuously performed, the cooling period secured after the variable display ends is extended.

  In addition, although detailed explanation is omitted, the ratio that the period of one game time is selected by the main control device 72 as the variation pattern command is the sum of cases where the jackpot lottery is won and not won. When the period of one game is 5, 10 seconds, it is selected at a rate of 274 times in 300 times. When the period of one game is 25 seconds, it is selected 16 times in 300 times. In addition, when the period of one game is 45 seconds, it is selected three times at 300 times. When the period of one game is 59, 61, and 75 seconds, it is selected at a ratio of two times every 300 times. It has become. When the period of one game is 90 seconds, it is selected at a rate of once every 300 times. In the present embodiment, the variable display mode with a larger processing load is less likely to be selected by the main control device 72, and an effect with a larger processing load occurs continuously, and excessively occurs in the CPU 152 and VDP 153 in the display control device 110. The processing load is suppressed.

  In addition, when the period of 1 game time is 5 or 10 seconds, each is selected based on the value of the number N of active suspension balls. When the value of the number N of active holding balls is larger than 2, that is, when the value of the operating holding ball number N is 3 or 4, the period of one game is 5 seconds, and the value of the holding ball number N is 0. In the case of ˜2, 10 seconds are selected as the period of one game.

  In addition, the value added to the cooling timer counter 202a may be the same regardless of whether the big hit lottery is won or not. For example, when the period of one game is 45 seconds, it is conceivable that 45000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a regardless of the result of the big win lottery. In this case, when the jackpot lottery is won, the cooling timer counter 202a is set to a value corresponding to a period longer than the period of one game time determined to execute cooling for a predetermined period after the jackpot state ends. It is desirable to add.

  According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

  The rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is controlled according to the big hit state to be transferred and the effect to be executed. If the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is always kept constant, it is necessary to set the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 assuming that the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 tends to increase. In this case, in a state in which the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is difficult to increase, cooling by the cooling fan 180 is performed more than necessary, and extra power is used to drive the cooling fan 180 by the amount of cooling that is necessary. Is consumed. In the above embodiment, when the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 is likely to increase, the rotation speed of the cooling fan can be increased, and the cooling by the cooling fan 180 is suppressed from being performed more than necessary. It can suppress that the power consumption for driving the fan 180 becomes larger than necessary.

  Further, since the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 can be changed, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 can be increased based on the fact that the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and VDP 153 is likely to increase. The CPU 152 and VDP 153 can be cooled well without providing a temperature sensor.

  The cooling fan 180 is controlled to be in a high speed state for a predetermined period after the presentation or the big hit state in which the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 is likely to increase. If the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 generates heat based on the processing load being applied, it is possible that the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 is not sufficiently cooled even if the effect or the big hit state ends. According to the present embodiment, when the production or the big hit state is finished, the high-speed control of the cooling fan 180 is prevented from being finished immediately, and the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are cooled during the period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed. It is possible to make the period sufficient for the above.

  The period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a high speed varies depending on the effect to be executed and the big hit state to be transferred. The amount of processing load differs depending on the effect to be executed and the big hit state to be transferred, and the amount of heat generated by the CPU 152 and VDP 153 also differs. For example, if cooling is performed for the same period for any effect, when one effect is executed, cooling is excessively performed and power is excessively consumed, or an effect different from the one effect is generated. It is conceivable that cooling is not sufficiently performed when it is executed. On the other hand, according to this embodiment, since the period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed differs depending on the performance and the big hit state, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be appropriately cooled.

  When a specific effect is executed during the period when the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed or when the cooling fan 180 shifts to a big hit state, the period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed is extended. As a result, even if the effect is continuously executed or the jackpot state is shifted, and the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 cannot be sufficiently cooled only in the period corresponding to the one effect or the jackpot state, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are sufficiently provided. It is possible to secure a cooling period only for cooling.

  The value of the cooling timer counter 202a that measures the period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed is not subtracted in the big hit state. Depending on the setting of the pachinko machine 10 and the game pace of the player, the period from the start of the jackpot state to the end changes. Thereby, since the subtraction of the cooling timer counter 202a is started when the big hit state is finished, the high speed control of the cooling fan 180 is suppressed from being finished in the big hit state, and the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are cooled in the big hit state. It can suppress that it is not performed enough.

  The execution of the effect and the transition to the big hit state are determined by lottery, so the execution and transition are performed irregularly, and the timing at which the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and VDP 153 increases irregularly occurs. According to the present embodiment, since the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed in response to the determination of the execution of the effect, there is a problem when the effect is executed irregularly without providing a temperature sensor or the like in the CPU 152 or the VDP 153. Does not occur. In addition, a cooling period is stored corresponding to the effect pattern stored in the ROM 201 of the display control device 110. That is, it can be said that the cooling pattern is stored corresponding to the stored effect pattern. Since the effect pattern is conventionally stored in the gaming machine, the stored effect pattern can be used for controlling the cooling fan 180 as it is. That is, since the cooling fan 180 can be controlled only by storing the cooling pattern corresponding to the effect pattern, the design change is easy.

  The cooling fan 180 blows air toward the heat sink 175. Since the heat sink 175 radiates heat generated from the CPU 152 and the VDP 153, the cooling fan 180 cools the heat sink 175, so that the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled via the heat sink 175. For example, even in a gaming machine in which it is difficult to secure a space for installing the cooling fan 180 and it is difficult to cool the entire CPU 152 and VDP 153 by the cooling fan 180, the cooling fan 180 only needs to blow air to the heat sink 175. The CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be suitably cooled even when the space for installing the cooling fan 180 is limited as compared with the case where the cooling fan 180 is not provided.

  The cooling fan 180 is always driven even when the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 need not be cooled. If the cooling fan 180 is stopped, the driving start of the cooling fan 180 and the driving stop of the cooling fan 180 are performed a plurality of times, and it is considered that extra power is consumed in the cooling fan 180. Further, when the pachinko machine 10 is powered on, the CPU 152 always executes some processing, and the symbol display device 104 always executes some display. For this reason, it is conceivable that the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 generate heat somewhat. Therefore, even when a specific performance is not executed or when a big hit state has not been reached, the cooling fan 180 is always controlled at a low speed, so that the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a low speed. It is possible to further suppress the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 from generating heat while suppressing the generated power.

<Second Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, the period for cooling the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 differs according to the received variation pattern command and the result of the big hit lottery. However, in the present embodiment, the cooling fan 180 depends on the received variation pattern command. The cooling degree per unit period is different. Specifically, the number of rotations per minute of the cooling fan 180 varies depending on the effect to be executed and the transferred jackpot state. This case will be described below.

  First, the gaming state transition processing of the display control apparatus 110 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that steps S1401 to S1403, S1405, S1407, and S1409 to S1412 in the gaming state transition processing are steps S1001 to S1003, S1005, S1007, and S1009 in the gaming state transition processing of the display control device 110 in the first embodiment. Since it is the same as ~ S1012, the description is omitted.

  If the display jackpot flag is set in step S1403 in the gaming state transition process, the process proceeds to step S1404. In step S1404, a jackpot start process and a rotation speed change process are executed. The jackpot start process is the same as step S1004 in the gaming state transition process of the display control device 110 in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted. In the rotation speed changing process, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed based on the fact that the gaming state has shifted to the jackpot state. Specifically, when the jackpot is a specific jackpot, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed to 3000 rpm, and when the jackpot is a non-special jackpot, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed to 2500 rpm. To do. As described above, the processing load on the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is greater for the specific jackpot than for the non-specific jackpot. For this reason, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is higher when the specific big hit is made than when the non specific big hit is made, and the cooling effect of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is increased.

  Note that the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 corresponding to each jackpot and the period during which the rotation speed is maintained are stored in the ROM 201 of the display control device 110 as in the first embodiment. Further, the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 is stored in the ROM 201, but the voltage applied to the cooling fan 180 may be stored in the ROM 201 of the display control device 110.

  In step S1406, high probability state display processing is executed as in the first embodiment. Further, in step S1406, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is controlled to 3000 rpm, and 15000 is set in the cooling timer counter 202a. As a result, the specific jackpot ends and the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 reaches 3000 rpm for 30 seconds after the transition to the high probability state, and the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are cooled.

  In step S1408, normal state display processing is executed as in the first embodiment. In step S1408, the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 is controlled to 2500 rpm, and 15000 is set in the cooling timer counter 202a. As a result, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are cooled at the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 of 2500 rpm for 30 seconds after the non-specific big hit ends and shifts to the normal state. When the processes of steps S1404, S1406, and S1408 are executed, the game state transition process is executed.

  Next, the variable display mode determination process in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Steps S1501 to S1506 are the same as steps S1101 to S1106 of the variable display mode determination process in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  In the present variation display mode determination process, when the jackpot display effect determination process is performed in step S1504 or when the display effect determination process for losing is performed in step S1506, the process proceeds to step S1507, and the rotation speed change process is executed. To do. In the rotation speed change process, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is controlled to the rotation speed corresponding to the variation display mode determined in each effect determination process. That is, in the present embodiment, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 can be varied in accordance with the change display to be executed.

  Thereafter, in step S1508, a value corresponding to the period of the one game is set in the cooling timer counter 202a. That is, when a variation pattern command for controlling the cooling fan 180 at high speed is received, a value corresponding to a period from when the variation display corresponding to the variation pattern command is started to when it is ended is set in the cooling timer counter 202a. When the value is set in the cooling timer counter 202a, the variation display mode determination process is terminated.

  The correspondence between each effect and the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 and the value set in the cooling timer counter 202a is as shown in FIG. 32, and will be described in detail later.

  Note that, as described in the gaming state transition process in the present embodiment, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 and the period during which the rotation is maintained correspond to each variation pattern command and the result of the big hit lottery. Stored in the ROM 201. In steps S1507 and 1508, a process of setting a period corresponding to the effect determined in steps S1504 and S1506 and a process of changing to a rotation speed corresponding to the determined effect are executed.

  Next, the cooling fan control process in this embodiment is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG. In the cooling fan control process in the present embodiment, there is no equivalent to the high-speed control process in step S1204 in the first embodiment. Since other processes are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  Next, the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 and its cooling period in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the rotational speed and the cooling period of the cooling fan 180 are determined based on the period of one game, regardless of whether or not the big hit lottery is successful. In addition, about the effect performed corresponding to the period of 1 game time, since it is the same as that of the said 1st Embodiment, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The value set corresponding to the period of one game in step S1508 in the variation display mode determination process will be described. In the present embodiment, the period of one game and the cooling period are set to be the same.

  For example, when the period of one game is 25 seconds, the value set in the cooling timer counter 202a is 12,500, and the cooling period is also 25 seconds. Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 32, when the period of one game is 45 seconds, the value set in the cooling timer counter 202a is 22500 (45 seconds), and the period of one game is 59 seconds. In this case, the value set in the cooling timer counter is 29500 (59 seconds), and when the period of one game is 61 seconds, the value set in the cooling timer counter is 30500 (61 seconds). The value set in the cooling timer counter when the period of one game is 75 seconds is 37500 (75 seconds), and is set in the cooling timer counter when the period of one game is 90 seconds. The value to be set is 45000 (90 seconds).

  Next, the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the controlled speed of the cooling fan 180 is different based on the determined variation display mode. The display of reach and super reach when each variation pattern command is received and the movement of the doors 100 and 101 are the same as in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  When the period of one game time corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 5 seconds or 10 seconds, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 remains at the low speed control. Therefore, if one game time is 5 seconds or 10 seconds, the current rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 and the value of the cooling timer counter 202a are not changed in steps S1507 and S1508 in the variation display mode determination process. The variation display mode determination process is terminated. If one game time is 5 seconds or 10 seconds, the processing in steps S1507 and S1508 may not be executed.

  When the period of one game time corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 25 seconds, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is 750 rpm, and when the period of one game time is 45 seconds, the cooling fan The rotational speed of 180 is 1000 rpm. When the period of one game is 59,61 seconds, the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 is 1500 rpm. When the period of one game is 75 seconds, the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 is Is 2000 rpm. Further, when the period of one game is 90 seconds, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is 2500 rpm. That is, in the present embodiment, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is large when the period of one game is long, and when the processing load on the CPU 152 and VDP 153 is large and the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and VDP 153 is large.

  Since the value set in the cooling timer counter 202a and the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 when each jackpot ends are explained in the gaming state transition process, they are omitted.

  According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

  According to the present embodiment, when the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 is likely to increase, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 can be increased, and the cooling by the cooling fan 180 is suppressed from being performed more than necessary. Further, it is possible to suppress the power consumption for executing the cooling of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 from becoming larger than necessary.

  Further, since the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 varies according to the effect to be executed and the big hit state to be transferred, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is increased based on the fact that the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is likely to increase. Therefore, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled well without providing a temperature sensor for the CPU 152 or the VDP 153.

  The rotational speeds of the cooling fans 180 corresponding to a plurality of types of effects and big hit states are stored differently. The amount of heat generated by the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 varies depending on the effect to be executed and the big hit state to be transferred. According to this embodiment, since the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 is controlled according to the ease of heat generation of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled well.

  The cooling fan 180 is controlled to cool the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 over a predetermined period after the end of the big hit state. When the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 generates heat based on the processing load, even if the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 is cooled until the big hit state is finished, the CPU 152 or the VDP 153 may not be sufficiently cooled. According to this embodiment, when the big hit state is finished, it is possible to suppress the cooling by the cooling fan 180 from being finished immediately. Therefore, it is possible to ensure a sufficient cooling period for cooling the CPU 152 and the VDP 153.

<Third Embodiment>
In the second embodiment, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed based on the effect to be executed or the shift to the big hit state. In this embodiment, the cooling fan 180 cools the CPU 152 and the VDP 153. In the case where an effect set to cool the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is executed, the processing is different. This case will be described below.

  In the present embodiment, the variable display mode determination process is different from that of the second embodiment. The variable display mode determination process in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that steps S1701 to S1708 of the variable display mode determination process in the present embodiment are the same as steps S1501 to S1508 of the variable display mode determination process in the second embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  In this embodiment, after performing the display effect determination process for removal in step S1706, the process proceeds to step S1709, and it is determined whether or not the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is zero. If the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is 0, the processing of steps S1707 and S1708 is executed and the variation display mode determination processing is terminated as in the second embodiment.

  On the other hand, if the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is not 0 in step S1709, the process proceeds to step S1710 to execute the rotation speed increase process. The rotation speed increasing process is a process of making the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 faster than the current rotation speed.

  A case where the rotation speed increasing process is executed will be described in detail. In the present embodiment, as in the second embodiment, the value set in the cooling timer counter 202a when the effect is executed corresponds to the same period as the game times in which the effect is executed. For this reason, when either non-specific or specific jackpot ends and cooling corresponding to the jackpot is being executed, an affirmative determination may be made in step S1709. The rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 when the specific jackpot ends is 3000 rpm, and the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 when the non-specific jackpot ends is 2500 rpm. For this reason, in the rotation speed increasing process in step S1710, when the current rotation speed is 2500 rpm, the rotation speed is controlled to 3000 rpm, and when the current rotation speed is 3000 rpm, the rotation speed is controlled to 3500 rpm.

  When the cooling fan 180 is rotating to cool the CPU 152 and the VDP 153, the cooling fan 180 is controlled so as to increase the rotation speed due to the production. As a result, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled well even when an effect in which the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 increases immediately after the big hit state is finished.

  If an upper limit is set for the rotational speed of cooling fan 180 and the rotational speed of cooling fan 180 cannot be increased any further, the rotational speed of cooling fan 180 is maintained as it is in step S1710. In step S1708, the value is set in the cooling timer counter 202a.

<Fourth Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, the cooling fan 180 is controlled by only two patterns of low speed control or high speed control. However, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 may be controlled by a plurality of types.

  In this case, according to the function to add the period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed in the first embodiment and the ease of heat generation of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 in the effect to be executed in the second embodiment or the transitioned gaming state. It can also be said that the function of controlling the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is combined. This case will be described below. Since the basic configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, only differences from the first embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, the variable display mode determination process in the first embodiment is different. The variable display mode determination process in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that steps S1801 to S1807 of the variable display mode determination process in the present embodiment are the same as steps S1101 to S1107 of the variable display mode determination process in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  If the cooling timer addition process is executed in step S1807, the process proceeds to step S1808, and the rotation speed change process is executed. In this rotation speed changing process, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed to the rotation speed corresponding to the effect determined in step S1804 or step S1806. When the rotational speed changing process is executed, the present variation display mode determining process is terminated. Also in the present embodiment, as in the second and third embodiments, the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 corresponding to each determined effect is stored in the ROM 201 of the display control device 110.

  Here, the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 and the value added to the cooling timer counter 202a in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the case where the jackpot lottery is not won will be described. Reach does not occur when the duration of one game time corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 5 seconds or 10 seconds. As described above, when reach does not occur, the processing load on the CPU 152 and VDP 153 is small, and it is not necessary to cool the CPU 152 and VDP 153. Therefore, when the duration of one game is 5 seconds or 10 seconds, no value is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. Further, when one game time is 25 seconds, reach occurs, but super reach does not occur. In this case, since the processing load on the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 does not increase, no value is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. Further, in the rotation speed changing process in step S1808, when one game time is 5, 10, 25 seconds, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is not changed.

  On the other hand, when the duration of one game corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 45 seconds, 25000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a because the VDP 153 needs to be cooled. In the rotation speed changing process, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed to 1000 rpm.

  When the period of one game corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 59 seconds and 61 seconds, 35000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. In the rotation speed changing process, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed to 1500 rpm.

  When the period of one game time corresponding to the received variation pattern command is 75 seconds, 45000 is added to the cooling timer counter 202a, and when 1 game time is 90 seconds, 60000 is added to the cooling timer counter. Is done. Further, in the rotation speed changing process, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed to 2000 rpm when one game time is 75 seconds and to 2500 rpm when one game time is 90 seconds.

  Next, a case where a value is added to the cooling timer counter 202a when a non-specific and specific jackpot is won will be described. In this case, a value is added in the cooling timer addition process in step S1807 in the variable display mode determination process of the display control apparatus 110 described above.

  When a specific big hit or a non-specific big hit is won, the value added in the cooling timer addition process in step S1807 is the same as in the first embodiment, but in the rotation speed changing process in step S1808, the specific big hit In the case of winning, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed to 3000 rpm, and in the case of winning an unspecified big hit, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed to 2500 rpm. The rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is greater in the case of winning the specific jackpot than in the case of winning the non-specific jackpot. As described above, when a specific jackpot is won, the processing load on the CPU 152 and VDP 153 is larger than when a non-specific jackpot is won, and the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are more likely to generate heat. Even in this case, the cooling speed of the cooling fan 180 is higher when the specific jackpot is won than when the non-special jackpot is won, so that the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled well. .

  That is, in this embodiment, when an effect with a large processing load is executed, the cooling period is set to be long and the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is increased. Therefore, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled in accordance with the effect to be executed.

  In this embodiment, since the speed of the cooling fan 180 is changed in the variation display mode determination process, the high-speed control process in step S1204 in the cooling fan control process is not performed. That is, the cooling fan control process in this embodiment performs the same process as the cooling fan control process in the second embodiment.

  In addition, if steps S1709 to S1710 in the third embodiment are applied to the present embodiment, if any of the effects occurs when the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is not 0, or shift to the big hit state In this case, since the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 is not reduced, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled more favorably.

  In addition, it is not limited to the description content of embodiment mentioned above, For example, you may implement as follows. Incidentally, the following configurations may be applied to each other.

  (1) In each of the above embodiments, the cooling fan 180 blows air toward the CPU 152 and VDP 153 in the display control device 110, but the cooling target by the cooling fan 180 is not limited to the CPU 152 and VDP 153. .

  For example, the main control device 72 and the payout control device 91 may be cooled by the cooling fan 180. In addition, the portion cooled by the cooling fan 180 in each control device is not limited to the CPU or processing device in each control device, but may be a ROM, RAM, driver, or the like provided in each control device. In the case of the above embodiment, for example, the cooling fan 180 may cool the input port 200, the ROM 201, the RAM 202, the drive driver 203, the output port 204, and the like in the display control device 110.

  Further, in a configuration that includes at least one of a light emitting device and a sound output device and that produces an effect by light emission from the light emitting device and sound output from the sound output device, the cooling fan 180 cools the light emitting device and sound output device. Good. In the above embodiments, the various lamp units 23 to 25 controlled by the audio lamp control device 70 are light emitting devices, and the speaker unit 26 is an audio output device.

  (2) In each of the above embodiments, the cooling fan 180 blows air toward the heat sink 175. However, the heat sink 175 is not provided, and the air is directly blown toward the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 in the display control device 110. May be.

  (3) In each of the above embodiments, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is not subtracted in the jackpot state, but the value of the cooling timer counter 202a may be subtracted even in the jackpot state. In this case, when the jackpot state is reached or when the variable display of winning the jackpot lottery is started, a value corresponding to the jackpot state may be added to the cooling timer counter 202a in the cooling timer addition process. For example, when the display jackpot flag is set in step S1003 of the gaming state transition process of the display control device 110 in the first embodiment, or when the cooling timer addition process of step S1107 in the variable display mode determination process is executed The value may be added to the cooling timer counter 202a.

  In this case, it is desirable to add a value for cooling fan 180 to cool CPU 152 and VDP 153 over a period longer than the maximum period in one jackpot state. If a value corresponding to a period shorter than the longest period in one jackpot state is added to the cooling timer counter 202a, one jackpot state occurs depending on the setting of the nail 58 of the pachinko machine 10 and the player's game method. It is conceivable that the cooling by the cooling fan 180 is finished before the big hit state is finished because the period of time is different.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the variable prize-winning device 53 is opened 15 times when shifting to a single jackpot state. When the jackpot state occurs, the period for which the opening is displayed is 10 seconds (the timer counter value is 5000), and the maximum period during which the variable winning device 53 is kept open once is 29.5 seconds (timer The counter value is 14750), and the period from when the variable winning device 53 is closed to when it is opened again is 2 seconds (timer counter value is 1000). For this reason, since the longest period during which one jackpot state has occurred is 475.5 seconds, it is desirable to add at least a value of 237750 to the cooling timer counter 202a when the jackpot state is entered. In consideration of the fact that the ending display is performed when the big hit state ends, a value corresponding to a period slightly longer than 475.5 seconds (for example, 485.5 seconds) is added to the cooling timer counter 202a. May be.

  (4) In the above embodiments, the display control device 110 controls the left and right doors 100 and 101. However, the left and right doors 100 and 101 do not have to be provided. In this case, instead of the left and right doors 100 and 101, a decorative body is provided at a position that can be viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10, and the decorative body is controlled by the display control device 110 or the audio lamp control device 70. In this case, the effect may be executed by operating the decorative body or emitting light from the decorative body. Further, the left and right doors 100 and 101 and the decorative body are not provided, and the effect may be executed only by the symbol display device 104.

  (5) In each of the above embodiments, the symbol display device 104 displays the symbol variation display or effect, but the symbol display device 104 may not be provided. Instead of the symbol display device 104, a plurality of or single orbital bodies provided with a pattern may be provided, and the variation display and effects of the pattern may be executed by the orbiting body. In the above embodiment, the three symbol rows are displayed in a variable manner. However, any number of symbol rows may be provided, and symbol rows such as 1, 2, 4, 5 may be provided. .

  (6) In each of the above embodiments, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are cooled by driving the cooling fan 180, but the method for cooling the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 may be changed.

  As a cooling means for cooling the CPU 152 and the VDP 153, a heat transfer element such as a heat pump or a Peltier element can be considered. For example, when the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 are cooled using a Peltier element, the voltage applied to the Peltier element may be changed depending on the effect to be executed and the big hit state.

  (7) In each of the above embodiments, cooling is performed by the cooling fan 180 when an effect is performed on the left door 100, the right door 101, and the symbol display device 104. However, when the lamp units 23 to 25 emit light, When the sound is output from the speaker unit 26, the cooling by the cooling fan 180 may be performed.

  Cooling may be performed by the cooling fan 180 in at least a part of the period in which the big hit state has occurred. For example, it can be considered that cooling by the cooling fan 180 is started when a big hit state occurs and a predetermined period has elapsed. Specifically, it is conceivable that cooling by the cooling fan 180 is started when the value of the round counter RC becomes 5 (when the variable winning device 53 is opened 10 times in the big hit state).

  Further, the cooling by the cooling fan 180 is not executed when the big hit state or the effect is performed. For example, the cooling by the cooling fan 180 may be executed only when the big hit state is entered. Furthermore, a special game state other than the big hit state may be set, and the cooling fan 180 may be controlled at high speed in the special game state.

  (8) In each of the above embodiments, the cooling fan 180 continues to be driven even when the cooling by the cooling fan 180 is not executed. However, when the cooling is not executed, the cooling fan 180 may be stopped. Even in this case, the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 can be cooled well by driving the cooling fan 180 when the heat generation amount of the CPU 152 and the VDP 153 is large.

  (9) In the first embodiment, the period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a high speed is determined corresponding to the effect to be executed and the jackpot state to be transferred, but the cooling corresponding to each effect and jackpot state is determined. The period during which the fan 180 is controlled at high speed may be changed. For example, the value added to the cooling timer counter 202a may be the same regardless of whether a specific or non-specific big hit occurs. For example, in the case where a win-win lottery is won and a variable display is generated in which the duration of one game is 25 seconds, 27500 is added when either a specific or non-specific big win occurs.

  Further, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a added when each game time is generated may be changed. For example, when a variable display in which the period of one game time is 5 seconds is performed, the cooling timer counter 202a is performed. The value of 10000 may be added.

  (10) In the first embodiment, when a cooling fan 180 is controlled at a high speed and an effect or a big hit state in which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a high speed occurs, a value corresponding to the effect or a big hit state is set. Although it is added to the cooling timer counter 202a, it is not limited to this configuration.

  For example, when the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed and an effect or a big hit state where the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed occurs, a predetermined value is added to the cooling timer counter 202a regardless of which effect is executed. May be.

  (11) In the first embodiment, an upper limit is not provided for the value to be added to the cooling timer counter 202a. However, an upper limit may be provided for the value of the cooling timer counter 202a.

  For example, in the cooling timer addition process, the current value of the cooling timer counter 202a is referred to. If the value is equal to or greater than 100,000, the cooling timer addition process is terminated without adding a value to the cooling timer counter 202a. Things can be considered.

  If the cooling timer counter 202a is not provided with an upper limit, the value set in the cooling timer counter 202a is enormous when a big hit state or an effect in which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed occurs continuously. It is conceivable that the storage capacity of the cooling timer counter 202a will be exceeded. By providing an upper limit for the cooling timer counter 202a, it is possible to suppress exceeding the storage capacity of the cooling timer counter 202a.

  (12) In each of the above embodiments, as the period of one game time becomes longer, various effects are executed, and the time period for cooling the CPU 152 and VDP 153 is longer than in the case where one game time is short. It is not limited to the configuration. That is, a first game effect in which one effect is executed and a second game effect in which one game time period is longer than the first game effect are set, and the first game effect is the second game effect. When the processing load is greater than the game effect and the first game effect is executed, the period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a higher speed may be longer than when the second game effect is executed. Even in this case, the cooling fan 180 can be controlled in accordance with the amount of heat generated by the CPU 152 and VDP 153, and the CPU 152 and VDP 153 can be cooled well.

  (13) In the second embodiment, when the variable display is performed on the symbol display device 104, the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed in the game times in which the variable display is performed, but the game times are ended. Then, the cooling fan 180 may be controlled at a high speed over a predetermined period. In this case, for example, a value to be set in the cooling timer counter 202a may be set so that the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed for 5 seconds after the game round is completed.

  (14) In the second embodiment, the rotational speed at which the cooling fan 180 is controlled differs depending on the performance and the special game state to be transferred, but the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 may be changed. For example, when the jackpot state is shifted, the cooling fan 180 can be controlled to 1500 rpm even if the jackpot is a specific or non-specific jackpot. Further, for example, when one game time period of 45 seconds is selected, the cooling fan 180 may be controlled to have a rotational speed of 2000 rpm.

  In addition, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 in each of the above embodiments may be changed. For example, in the second embodiment, when the gaming state is a specific big hit, the cooling fan 180 may be controlled to 2000 rpm. . In the second embodiment, when the gaming state is a non-specific big hit, the cooling fan 180 may be controlled to 1500 rpm. However, if the game state is a special game state such as a specific jackpot or a non-specific jackpot, the processing load will be greater than if the effect accompanying the symbol variation display is executed, so the effect accompanying the symbol variation display will be executed. It is desirable to increase the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180 as compared to the case where it is performed.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the rotation speed when the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed or low speed may be changed. For example, when the cooling fan 180 is controlled at low speed, the rotation speed is 300 rpm, In the case of high speed control, a rotation speed of 2000 rpm can be considered.

  (15) In each of the above embodiments, the cooling fan 180 is controlled when shifting to the big hit state or when the change display is started. However, the timing for controlling the cooling fan 180 may be changed. For example, when the variable display in which the left and right doors 100 and 101 are movable is executed, the cooling fan 180 may be controlled at the timing when any one of the doors 100 and 101 in the variable display is movable. In addition, when the left and right doors 100 and 101 are not movable during the game, the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a low speed, and the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a high speed again when any one of the doors 100 and 101 is movable. Also good. That is, when one fluctuation display is performed, the rotation speed of the cooling fan 180 may be changed a plurality of times.

  (16) In each of the above embodiments, the value of the cooling timer counter 202a is subtracted, and the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a low speed when the value of the cooling timer counter 202a becomes 0. However, the period measurement method is the same as that of the above embodiment. Not limited to things.

  The cooling timer counter 202a for controlling the cooling fan 180 at a low speed is arbitrary. For example, when the value of the cooling timer counter 202a becomes −1 by periodically subtracting the value of the cooling timer counter 202a, the cooling fan 180 Can be controlled at low speed.

  Further, it is conceivable to periodically count up the value of the cooling timer counter 202a and to control the cooling fan 180 at a low speed when the value of the cooling timer counter 202a reaches a predetermined value.

  Further, the pachinko machine 10 may be provided with a real time clock, and the period during which the cooling fan 180 is controlled at high speed may be actually measured.

  Furthermore, when the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a high speed, the high-speed control of the cooling fan 180 may be maintained until a predetermined game round is completed. For example, when a variable display in which one game time is 45 seconds is executed, it is conceivable that the cooling fan 180 is controlled at a high speed from the end of the game time until the end of the third game time.

  (17) The present invention can also be applied to other types of ball and ball game machines different from the above embodiment, for example, game machines such as pachinko machines, arrange ball machines, and sparrow balls provided with other objects.

  Also, a non-ball-type gaming machine, for example, a plurality of reels with a plurality of types of symbols attached in the circumferential direction, starts rotation of the reel by inserting a medal and operating a start lever, and a stop switch is operated. If a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on the active line visible from the display window after the reel has stopped after a predetermined time has passed, a privilege such as paying out medals is given to the player The present invention can also be applied to a slot machine.

  In addition, a pachinko machine and a slot machine that have a take-in device and start rotation of a reel by operating a start lever after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage unit are taken in by the take-in device The present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which is integrated.

  (18) In the above embodiment, display control is performed based on the command output from the main control device 72 to the sound lamp control device 70 and further from the sound lamp control device 70 to the display control device 110. The device 110 controls the symbol display device 104 and the left and right doors 100 and 101 so as to display effects and symbols. However, a command is output from the main control device 72 to the display control device 110. Based on this, the symbol display device 104 and the left and right doors 100 and 101 may be controlled.

  Furthermore, the sound lamp control device 70 and the display control device 110 may be the same device, and the display of the effects and the symbols may be performed by outputting a command from the main control device 72 to the device.

  (19) It is good also as a structure which combined each of the structure in embodiment mentioned above and each structure in another example arbitrarily. For example, the configuration of another embodiment may be applied to the configuration of one embodiment. Further, the configurations of the embodiments having three or more patterns may be applied to each other.

<Invention Group Extracted from the Embodiments>
Hereinafter, the features of the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiment will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for easy understanding, the corresponding configuration in the above embodiment is appropriately shown in parentheses, but is not limited to the specific configuration shown in parentheses.

Features 1. Electrical equipment (symbol display device 104);
Device control means (sound lamp control device 70, display control device 110) used for controlling the operation of the electrical device;
Cooling means (cooling fan 180) for cooling the device control means;
Cooling control means for controlling the output so as to change the degree of cooling of the cooling means in accordance with the control state of the electrical device (step S1507 in the variable display mode determination process by the display control device 110);
With
As the control state of the electrical equipment, multiple types of load control states with different processing loads are set,
Cooling state storage means (cooling fan) for storing the output state of the cooling means corresponding to the plurality of types of load control states so that the output corresponding to the load control state with a larger processing load becomes larger. ROM 201) storing 180 rotation speeds,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the cooling control means controls the cooling means so as to be in an output state corresponding to the load control state when the load control state is reached.

  According to the feature 1, the cooling means is controlled in conjunction with the state of the electric device. If the output of the cooling means is always kept constant, it is necessary to set the output of the cooling means assuming that the device control means is likely to generate heat.In a state where the device control means does not easily generate heat, Cooling by the cooling means is performed more than necessary, and it is considered that extra power is consumed to perform cooling by the cooling means. If this feature is applied, it is possible to increase the output of the cooling means when the device control means tends to generate heat, thereby suppressing the cooling by the cooling means from being performed more than necessary, and the means for controlling the equipment. It can suppress that the power consumption for performing this cooling becomes larger than necessary.

  In addition, a plurality of types of load control states with different processing loads are set, and a plurality of types of output states with different outputs of the cooling means are stored corresponding to the respective load control states. For this reason, it is conceivable that the degree of ease of heat generation of the device control means varies depending on the control state of the electric device. According to this feature, a plurality of types of output states with different outputs of the cooling means are stored according to the ease of heat generation by the device control means, so that the gaming machine in which the control state of the electric device changes to a plurality of types of states However, it is possible to satisfactorily cool the device control means while suppressing the consumption of more power than necessary.

  In addition, since the degree of cooling by the cooling means varies according to the control state of the electrical equipment, it is possible to increase the cooling effect of the cooling means based on the fact that the equipment control means is in a control state that easily generates heat. Thus, the device control means can be cooled well without providing a temperature sensor in the device control means.

  Feature 2. In the feature 1, the cooling control means controls the cooling means so as to be in an output state corresponding to the load control state during a period in which the load control state is set.

  According to the feature 2, it is possible to reliably cool the device control means at least during the period of the load control state.

  Feature 3. In the feature 1 or 2, the cooling control means controls the cooling means so as to be in an output state corresponding to the load control state over a predetermined cooling period after the load control state is ended. A featured gaming machine.

  According to the feature 3, the cooling means is controlled to the output state corresponding to the load control state over the cooling period after the load control state ends. When the device control means generates heat based on the processing load applied, the device control means is not sufficiently cooled even if the device control means is cooled until the load control state ends. It is possible. According to this feature, when the load control state is finished, it is possible to suppress the cooling by the cooling unit from being finished immediately. Therefore, it is possible to ensure a sufficient cooling period for cooling the device control means.

  Feature 4. In the characteristic 3, when the cooling control unit is in the load control state during the cooling period, the cooling state of the cooling unit is set to an output state in which the cooling degree is larger than an output state corresponding to the load control state. A gaming machine characterized by controlling the cooling means.

  According to the feature 4, when the load control state is entered during the cooling period, the output is switched to an output state in which the output of the cooling means is larger than the output state corresponding to the load control state.

  When the load control state is entered during the cooling period, it is conceivable that the load control state is entered multiple times during a short period. When the load control state is entered a plurality of times in a short period of time, it is conceivable that the device control means generates more heat than when the load control state is established. In this case, when the output state corresponding to the last executed load control state is controlled, the device control means generates a large amount of heat due to the load control state being entered multiple times. May not be sufficiently performed.

  On the other hand, when this feature is applied, when the load control state is entered in the cooling period, that is, when the process load state is entered multiple times in a short period, the output state corresponding to the last executed load control state Since the cooling means is controlled to an output state in which the degree of cooling is greater than that, the device control means can be sufficiently cooled even when the load control state is entered multiple times.

  Feature 5. In the characteristic 4, when the cooling control means is in the load control state during the cooling period, the output is larger than the cooling state corresponding to the load control state, and the output is higher than the output state until then. The game machine is characterized in that the cooling means is controlled so as to achieve a large output state.

  According to the feature 5, when the load control state is entered during the cooling period, the output state is larger than the output state corresponding to the load control state, and the output state is larger than the output state so far. The cooling means is controlled. For example, when the load control state corresponding to the second output state whose output is smaller than that in the first output state is set in the cooling period controlled to the first output state, the output is output from the output state corresponding to the second output state. Even if the cooling means is controlled to the third output state with a large value, if the output of the third output state is smaller than that of the first output state, the output of the cooling means may be reduced as a result.

  On the other hand, according to this feature, when the load control state is entered during the cooling period, the output state is larger than the output state corresponding to the load control state, and the output is larger than the previous output state. Since the cooling means is controlled so as to be in the state, it is possible to suppress the output of the cooling means from being reduced when the corresponding output of the cooling means becomes smaller than the previous cooling state in the cooling period. .

Feature 6 In any one of the features 1 to 5, a cooling period storage unit (ROM 201 storing a cooling period) that stores a cooling period that maintains the output level of the cooling unit corresponding to each of the plurality of types of load control states. Prepared,
The cooling output storage means stores the cooling period such that a control state with a large processing load among control states with different processing loads is longer,
The cooling control unit controls the cooling unit to maintain the output corresponding to the load control state over the cooling period corresponding to the load control state when the cooling control unit enters the load control state. A gaming machine characterized by

  According to the characteristic 6, when it becomes a load control state, the magnitude | size of the output of a cooling means is maintained over the period corresponding to the said load control state. Moreover, the period during which the output of the cooling means is maintained increases as the processing load in the load control state increases. As a result, when the load control state is entered, it is possible to control the cooling means for the output corresponding to the load control state and for the period corresponding to the load control means. The means can be cooled well.

  When this feature is applied, the cooling period by the cooling unit and the magnitude of the output of the cooling unit are controlled in the load control state. As a result, the cooling period and the cooling intensity per unit period can be adjusted according to the size of the processing load in the load control state, so that the device control means in the load control state can be cooled well. It becomes.

Feature 7. In the feature 6, period measuring means (cooling timer counter 202a) for measuring a period after the output of the cooling means is changed so that the cooling means cools the device control means;
When the load control state is entered in the period during which the device control means is cooled by the cooling means, the period during which the cooling means cools the device control means corresponds to the load control state. A cooling period control means (such as step S1807 in the variation display mode determination process) for controlling the cooling period measurement means to extend the cooling period;
A gaming machine characterized by comprising:

  According to the feature 7, when the load control state is entered during the cooling period, the period during which the cooling means cools the device control means is extended by the cooling period corresponding to the load control state. If the output state of the cooling means is changed only during the cooling period corresponding to the last load control state when the load control state is continuously entered, the device control is performed due to the continuously generated load control state. It is conceivable that the heat generated by the means is not sufficiently cooled.

  When this feature is applied, even when multiple load control states occur continuously and the device control means cannot be sufficiently cooled only by the cooling period corresponding to one load control state, the load control state continues. If this occurs, the cooling means that cools the device control means by the cooling period corresponding to each load control state is extended, so that a cooling period sufficient to sufficiently cool the device control means is ensured. be able to.

  Note that “measuring a period” is not limited to a specific structure for measuring a period, and a predetermined period has elapsed when a predetermined count number is obtained by periodically counting up or counting down. What is supposed to be included. In addition, in the gaming machine in which one display of the game is completed by the start of the variable display and the end of the variable display, it is assumed that a predetermined period has elapsed when the specified game is completed. .

Feature 8 In any one of the features 1 to 7, the electrical device is an effect execution device that executes an effect,
Effect storage means (ROM 201 of the display control device 110) for storing the load control state as an effect;
Production lottery means (step S204 of the start winning process by the main control device 72, etc.) for producing lottery to determine whether or not to execute the processing load production;
Production control means (display control device 110) for controlling the production execution device to execute the processing load production when the production lottery by the production lottery means is won;
With
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein when the processing load effect is executed by the effect executing unit, the cooling control unit controls an output state of the cooling unit so as to cool the device control unit.

  According to the feature 8, it can be considered that a plurality of types of effects are performed by the effect execution device. By controlling the output state of the cooling means when an effect with a large processing load is performed, it is possible to cool the equipment control means satisfactorily when there is a possibility that the equipment control means generates heat.

  Also, according to this feature, the cooling means is controlled to the second operating state at the timing when the processing load effect is started by the effect executing means in order to control the cooling means corresponding to the effect performed by the effect executing device. It is also possible to switch. Therefore, it is possible to switch the air blowing means to the second operating state over the period in which the processing load effect is being executed by the effect executing means.

  Furthermore, since the timing at which the processing load effect is executed is determined by lottery, the execution is irregularly performed, and a control state in which the device control means may generate heat may occur at irregular timing. . According to this feature, since the device control means is cooled at the timing when the processing load effect is executed, even in a gaming machine in which a control state in which the device control means may generate heat is irregularly generated. It becomes possible to cool the device control means satisfactorily.

  The “processing load effect” refers to an effect in which processing that may cause the device control means to generate heat is executed. In the case of a gaming machine in which a series of effects are performed by the effect executing means, This includes not only those that have all the effects as processing load effects, but also those that have some of the series of effects as processing load effects.

  Further, the “production execution device means” includes not only an image display device or the like that displays image information, but also a three-dimensional decorative body that is used to display information. Includes those that perform As a display of the decorative body using the decorative body, for example, a display in which the decorative body is movable can be considered. In addition, an audio output device is provided, and information is displayed by sound output by the audio output device, or a light emitting device is provided, and information display is executed by light emission from the light emitting device. Things are included.

Feature 9 In any one of the features 1 to 8, as the electric device,
An image display device (symbol display device 104) for displaying image information;
Movable bodies (left and right doors 100 and 101);
Have
The device control means is a control device that controls both the image display device and the movable body,
As the load control state, a first effect load control state in which an effect is executed using the image display device, and a second effect load control state in which an effect is executed using the image display device and the movable body, , Is set,
The cooling state storage means is configured so that the output of the cooling means is larger in the output state corresponding to the second load effect control state than in the output state corresponding to the first effect load control state. A gaming machine that stores an output state corresponding to a control state.

  According to the feature 9, the output of the cooling means is increased when the effect is executed by the image display device and the movable body, rather than when the effect is executed only by the image display device. An output state corresponding to the load control state is stored. Since the control device executes control of the image display device and the decorative body, the processing load is greater when the rendering is performed by the image display device and the movable body than when the rendering is performed only by the image display device. It is conceivable that the calorific value of the device increases. When this feature is applied, control of the image display device and the movable body, i.e., when the control device is highly likely to generate heat by increasing the output of the cooling means when a plurality of controls are executed simultaneously. In addition, the cooling of the control device can be performed satisfactorily.

Feature 10 In any one of the features 1 to 9, the device control means includes heat radiating means (heat sink 175) that radiates heat generated from the device control means.
The gaming machine, wherein the cooling means cools the heat dissipation means.

  According to feature 10, the cooling means cools the heat dissipation means. Since the heat radiating means radiates heat generated from the device control means, the cooling means cools the heat radiating means, so that the device control means can be cooled via the heat radiating means. Depending on the gaming machine, it may be difficult to secure a space for installing the cooling means, and it may be difficult to cool the entire device control means by the cooling means. On the other hand, according to this feature, the cooling means only needs to cool the heat radiating means. Therefore, even in a gaming machine in which the space for installing the cooling means is limited compared to the case where the heat radiating means is not provided. The above features can be preferably applied.

  Feature 11. Any one of the features 1 to 10, wherein the cooling means is a blowing means for blowing air toward the device control means.

  According to the feature 11, the device control means can be cooled by the air blown by the air blowing means. If a thermoelectric element such as a Peltier element is used as the cooling means, it is conceivable that the electric power required to cause the thermoelectric element to absorb heat is larger than that of the air blowing means. Further, since the thermoelectric element itself generates heat, there is a concern that cooling of the thermoelectric element must be taken into consideration. According to this feature, since the device control means is cooled using the air blowing means, it is not necessary to consider the heat generation of the air blowing means as compared with the case where a thermoelectric element is used.

  In the case of a blower fan that blows air by rotating the blower means, the cooling state storage means stores the number of rotations of the blower fan corresponding to the load control state, and the cooling control means The blower fan may be controlled so that the rotation speed stored in the rotation speed storage means when the load control state is reached.

Feature 12. In the feature 11, a substrate box (base plate 150, cover 155) containing the device control means,
A cover member (fan duct portion 165) disposed corresponding to the blowing means on the outside of the substrate box;
With
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the blower blows air toward the inside of the board box.

  According to the feature 12, the outside air can be blown into the substrate box by the blowing means. Furthermore, by providing a cover member arranged corresponding to the air blowing means on the outside of the substrate box, that is, on the air intake side of the air blowing means, it is possible to prevent foreign matters such as dust and dirt from adhering to the device control means. it can.

  Feature 13. Any one of the features 1 to 12, wherein the cooling control means always keeps driving without stopping the cooling means even when the device control means is not cooled.

  According to the feature 13, the cooling means is always driven. The control state may change several times in a short period of time. If the device control means is unlikely to generate heat and the cooling means is stopped, the device control means generates heat. When the possibility of being low is repeated and the case of being high is repeated, the driving stop and the driving start of the cooling means are repeatedly performed. Since the electromotive force for starting the driving of the cooling means is necessary when starting the driving of the cooling means, if the driving stop and the driving start of the cooling means are repeatedly performed, the extra power is required to start the driving of the cooling means. It is possible that electric power will be required.

  On the other hand, according to this feature, since the cooling means continues to be driven without stopping driving, the cooling means starts up as compared with the case where the driving stop and driving start of the cooling means are repeated a plurality of times. The power consumed as power can be suppressed.

  In addition, when the gaming machine is powered on, it is considered that some control is being executed by the device control means. By always driving the cooling means at a low speed, it is possible to further suppress the device control means from generating heat due to the control that is always executed while suppressing the power consumed by the cooling means.

Feature 14. In any one of the features 1 to 13, a lottery means for executing a special lottery for determining whether or not to generate a special gaming state advantageous to the player (a function for executing step S204 in the start winning process);
Special gaming state generating means for generating the special gaming state based on winning the special lottery by the lottery means (function for executing step S703 in the gaming state transition process);
In a gaming machine equipped with
At least a part of the period in the special gaming state is set as the load control state,
The gaming machine, wherein the cooling state storage means stores a cooling state of the cooling means corresponding to the special game state.

  According to the feature 14, the cooling by the cooling means is executed in at least a part of the period in which the special gaming state is generated. The special gaming state is a state advantageous to the player, and in order to teach that the player is advantageous, it is conceivable that the processing load becomes larger than the other gaming states. According to this feature, it is possible to execute cooling by the cooling means corresponding to the gaming state.

  The technical ideas that can be extracted within the scope of disclosure of the present specification are described below.

(1). Electrical equipment (symbol display device 104);
Device control means (CPU 152 and VDP 153 in the display control device 110) used for controlling the operation of the electric device;
Cooling means (such as a cooling fan 180) for cooling the device control means;
Cooling control means (cooling fan control processing by the display control device 110) for controlling the cooling means to change the degree of cooling according to the control state of the electrical equipment;
A gaming machine characterized by comprising:

  According to (1), the cooling means is controlled according to the control state of the electric device. If the cooling effect of the cooling means is always kept constant, it is necessary to perform cooling by the cooling means on the assumption that the amount of heat generated by the device control means is large. In this case, in a state where the heat generation amount of the device control means is small, it is considered that cooling by the cooling means is performed more than necessary, and extra power is consumed to perform cooling by the cooling means. If (1) is applied, it becomes possible to increase the cooling effect of the cooling means when the calorific value of the device control means is large, suppressing the cooling by the cooling means from being performed more than necessary, It can suppress that the power consumption for performing cooling by a cooling means becomes larger than necessary.

  In addition, since the degree of cooling of the cooling means varies according to the control state of the electrical equipment, the cooling effect of the cooling means can be increased based on the fact that the heat generation amount of the equipment control means has become large. Therefore, the device control means can be cooled well without providing a temperature sensor in the device control means.

  The “device control means used for controlling the operation of the electric device” includes not only a device for controlling the operation of the electric device itself, but also the operation control of the electric device. In some cases, it is used indirectly. For example, a CPU that controls an electric device can be considered as one that controls the operation of the electric device. In addition, for example, when a signal is output from the CPU, a relay board that relays the signal and an amplification that amplifies the output signal are used indirectly when performing operation control of the electrical equipment. A machine etc. can be considered.

(2). In (1), as a control state of the electrical equipment, a normal control state and a load control state having a processing load larger than the normal state are set,
Further, as the operating state of the cooling means, a first operating state and a second operating state in which the output of the cooling means is larger than the first operating state are set,
The cooling control means controls the cooling means to the first operating state when in the normal control state, and controls the cooling means to the second operating state when the load control state is reached. A gaming machine characterized by

  According to (2), when the load control state is entered, the cooling means is controlled to the second operating state in which the output of the cooling means is larger than that in the first operating state. That is, the cooling effect of the device control means by the cooling means is greater in the load control state than in the normal control state. Therefore, it is possible to vary the output of the cooling means in accordance with the control state, and it is possible to satisfactorily cool the device control means by the cooling means.

  In the gaming machine in which the cooling by the cooling means is stopped when the heat generation amount of the device control means is small, the “first operation state” may be a “cooling stop state” in which cooling is not executed.

  (3). In (2), the cooling control means controls the cooling means to the second operating state over a period in which the load control state is set.

  According to (3), the cooling means is controlled by the second operating means in the load control state. This makes it possible to reliably cool the device control means at least in a processing load state.

  (4). In (2) or (3), the cooling control means controls the cooling means to the second operating state for a predetermined cooling period after the load control state ends. Gaming machine.

  According to (4), the cooling means is in the second operating state over the cooling period after the load control state ends. When the amount of heat generated by the device control means increases based on the processing load applied, it is conceivable that the device control means is not sufficiently cooled even if the load control state ends. According to (4), even if the load control state ends, the second operation state is prevented from immediately ending, and the period controlled to the second operation state is sufficient to cool the device control means. It is possible to set a period of time.

(5). In (4), as the load control state, at least a first load control state and a second load control state having a larger processing load than the first load control state are preset,
The cooling control means controls the cooling means to the second operating state for a long period of time when the second load control state is entered rather than when the first load control state is entered. A gaming machine characterized by

  According to (5), the cooling by the cooling means is performed for a longer period in the case of the second load control state where the processing load is larger than in the case of the first load control state. It is conceivable that the amount of heat generated by the device control means differs when each load control is executed by entering different load control states with different processing load levels. If the same period of cooling is performed for any load control, excessive cooling is performed in the first load control state and excessive power is consumed, or sufficient cooling is performed in the second load control state. It is thought that it is not broken. On the other hand, according to (5), since the cooling period is different for each load control state, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of excessive or insufficient cooling of the device control means.

(6). In any one of (2) to (5), a control state in which at least two or more processing loads are different is set as the load control state.
Cooling period storage means (ROM 201 storing the cooling period) that stores a predetermined cooling period corresponding to each of the two or more types of load control states,
The cooling period storage means stores the cooling period so that the period in the control state with a large processing load among the control states with different processing loads is longer,
When the cooling control means is in the load control state, the cooling means controls the cooling means to the second operating state over the cooling period corresponding to the load control state.

  According to (6), the cooling periods are stored respectively corresponding to the plurality of control states. In addition, the cooling period is stored so that the longer the processing load corresponding to the control state, the longer the processing load. Since the processing load is different, the amount of heat generated by the device control means may vary depending on the processing load. According to (6), a cooling period is provided for each of a plurality of load control states, and the cooling period can be lengthened when the device control means enters a load control state with a large amount of heat generation. Thus, the period during which the cooling means is in the second operating state can be set to an appropriate length. Therefore, when the load control state is entered, a cooling period is provided for an excessively long period, and cooling is performed when the amount of heat generated by the device control means is large while suppressing excessive power consumption. Since the period is short, it is possible to obtain an effect of suppressing the device control means from being sufficiently cooled.

  Further, in gaming machines in which whether or not to enter the load control state is determined by lottery, it is possible that the timing to enter the load control state occurs irregularly. According to (6), since the cooling of the device control means by the cooling means is started when the load control state is reached, the device control means is well cooled even when the load control state is irregularly set. Can be done.

(7). In (6), period measuring means (cooling timer counter 202a) for measuring a period during which the cooling means cools the device control means;
When the cooling means is in the load control state during the period in which the cooling means is controlled to the second operating state, the cooling period corresponding to the load control state is the period during which the cooling means is controlled to the second operating state. A cooling period control means (a function for executing step S1107 in the variation display mode determination process) for controlling the cooling period measurement means to extend the period,
A gaming machine characterized by comprising:

  According to (7), when the load control state is entered during the cooling period, the period during which the cooling means cools the device control means is extended by the cooling period corresponding to the load control state. If the cooling means is in the second operating state only during the cooling period corresponding to the last load control state when the load control state is continuously reached, the device control means due to the continuously generated load control state. It is conceivable that the heat generated in is not sufficiently cooled.

  If (7) is applied, a plurality of load control states are continuously generated, and even when the device control means cannot be sufficiently cooled only by the cooling period corresponding to the one load control state, the load control state continues. If this occurs, the period during which the cooling means cools the device control means by the cooling period corresponding to each load control state is extended, so that a cooling period sufficient to cool the equipment control means is ensured. can do.

  Note that “measuring a period” is not limited to a specific structure for measuring a period, and a predetermined period has elapsed when a predetermined count number is obtained by periodically counting up or counting down. What is supposed to be included. In addition, in the gaming machine in which one display of the game is completed by the start of the variable display and the end of the variable display, it is assumed that a predetermined period has elapsed when the specified game is completed. .

(8). In any one of (2) to (7), a lottery means for executing a special lottery for determining whether or not to generate a special gaming state advantageous to the player (a function for executing step S204 in the start winning process);
Special gaming state generating means for generating the special gaming state based on winning the special lottery by the lottery means (function for executing step S703 in the gaming state transition process);
In a gaming machine equipped with
The gaming machine characterized in that the cooling control means controls the cooling means to the second operating state during at least a part of the period in the special gaming state.

  According to (8), the cooling by the cooling means is executed in at least a part of the period in which the special gaming state is occurring. The special gaming state is a state advantageous to the player, and in order to teach that the player is advantageous, it is conceivable that the processing load becomes larger than the other gaming states. According to (8), it is possible to execute cooling by the cooling means corresponding to the gaming state.

(9). In (6) or (7), lottery means for executing a special lottery for determining whether or not to generate a special gaming state advantageous to the player (function or the like for executing step S204 in the start winning process);
Special gaming state generating means for generating the special gaming state based on winning the special lottery by the lottery means (function for executing step S703 in the gaming state transition process);
In a gaming machine equipped with
The special gaming state is set as the load control state;
A maximum period during which the one special gaming state occurs is set in advance;
The cooling period storage means stores a cooling period corresponding to a load control state in the special gaming state so as to be longer than a maximum period from the occurrence of the special gaming state to the end of the special gaming state. A gaming machine characterized by that.

  According to (9), the cooling period corresponding to the load control state in the special gaming state is longer than the maximum period from when the special gaming state occurs until the special gaming state ends.

  It is conceivable that the period from when the special game state is started to when it is ended changes depending on the setting of the gaming machine and the game pace of the player. If the cooling period corresponding to the load control state in the special gaming state is shorter than the maximum period in the special gaming state, the cooling period ends before the special gaming state ends, and the device control means is sufficiently cooled. It is conceivable that this will not be done. On the other hand, according to (9), since the cooling period is longer than the maximum period of the special gaming state, it is possible to prevent the device control means from being sufficiently cooled.

  When (7) is applied, the period during which the cooling means is controlled to the second operating state is extended by the cooling period corresponding to the load control state in the special gaming state based on the occurrence of the special gaming state. That's fine.

(10). In (7), lottery means for executing a special lottery for determining whether or not to generate a special gaming state advantageous to the player (a function for executing step S204 in the start winning process);
Special gaming state generating means for generating the special gaming state based on winning the special lottery by the lottery means (function for executing step S703 in the gaming state transition process);
In a gaming machine equipped with
The processing in the special gaming state is set as the load control state,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the period measuring means starts measuring the period during which the cooling means is controlled to the second operating state when the special gaming state is completed.

  According to (10), the period measuring unit starts measuring the period in which the cooling unit is controlled to the second operating state after the special gaming state is ended.

  It is conceivable that the period from when the special game state is started to when it is ended changes depending on the setting of the gaming machine and the game pace of the player. If the measurement of the cooling period is started at the timing when the special gaming state is started, the cooling period ends before the special gaming state ends, and the device control means is not sufficiently cooled. Can be considered.

  On the other hand, according to (10), since the measurement of the cooling period is started when the special game state is ended, the cooling by the cooling means is suppressed from being ended in the special game state. It is possible to prevent the device control means from being sufficiently cooled in the state.

(11). In any one of (2) to (10), a plurality of operating states are set as the second operating state,
As the load control state, a control state in which at least two kinds of processing loads are different is set,
Cooling output storage means (ROM 201 storing the rotational speed of the cooling fan 180) that stores the magnitude of the output of the cooling means corresponding to each of the two or more load control states,
The cooling output storage means stores the magnitude of the output so that the output of the cooling means is larger in the control state with a larger processing load among the control states with different processing loads,
When the cooling control means is in the load control state, the cooling control means controls the cooling means so that the output corresponds to the load control state.

  According to (11), when the load control state is entered, the cooling means is controlled to the magnitude of the output corresponding to the load control state. In addition, the output of the cooling means increases as the processing load in the load control state increases. Thereby, when it becomes a load control state, since it becomes possible to control a cooling means to the output corresponding to the said load control state, it becomes possible to cool the apparatus control means favorably.

  Further, when (11) is applied to any of (6) to (10), the cooling period by the cooling unit and the magnitude of the output of the cooling unit are controlled when the load control state is established. Become. As a result, the cooling period and the cooling intensity per unit period can be adjusted according to the size of the processing load in the load control state, so that the device control means in the load control state can be cooled well. It becomes.

(12). In any one of (2) to (11), the electric device is an effect execution device that executes an effect.
Effect storage means (ROM 201 of the display control device 110) for storing a plurality of types of processing load effects that require processing load as effects;
Production lottery means (step S204 of the start winning process by the main control device 72, etc.) for producing lottery to determine whether or not to execute the processing load production;
Production control means (display control device 110) for controlling the production execution device to execute the processing load production when the production lottery by the production lottery means is won;
With
The gaming machine characterized in that the cooling control means controls the cooling means to the second operating state when the processing load effect is executed by the effect executing means.

  According to (12), it is considered that a plurality of types of effects are performed by the effect execution device. When a processing load effect with a large processing load is performed among a plurality of types of effects, the cooling means is controlled to the second operating state, so that the device control means can be satisfactorily performed when the heat generation amount of the device control means is large Cooling can be performed.

  According to (12), in order to control the cooling means in response to the effect performed by the effect executing device, the cooling means is set to the second operating state at the timing when the processing load effect is started by the effect executing means. It is also possible to switch to Therefore, it is possible to switch the air blowing means to the second operating state over the period in which the processing load effect is being executed by the effect executing means.

  Furthermore, since the timing at which the processing load effect is executed is determined by lottery, the execution is irregularly performed, and a control state in which the amount of heat generated by the device control means increases may occur at irregular timing. . According to (12), in the gaming machine in which the device control means is cooled at the timing when the processing load effect is executed, the control state in which the heat generation amount of the device control means increases irregularly occurs. The device control means can be cooled well.

  The “processing load effect” refers to an effect in which a process for increasing the amount of heat generated by the device control means is executed. In the case of a gaming machine in which a series of effects are performed by the effect executing means, This includes not only those that have all the effects as processing load effects, but also those that have some of the series of effects as processing load effects.

  Further, the “production execution device means” includes not only an image display device or the like that displays image information, but also a three-dimensional decorative body that is used to display information. Includes those that perform As a display of the decorative body using the decorative body, for example, a display in which the decorative body is movable can be considered. In addition, an audio output device is provided, and information is displayed by sound output by the audio output device, or a light emitting device is provided, and information display is executed by light emission from the light emitting device. Things are included.

(13). In any one of (6) to (9), as the electric device,
An image display device (symbol display device 104) for displaying image information;
Movable bodies (left and right doors 100 and 101);
Have
As the load control state, a first effect load control state in which an effect is executed using the image display device, and a second effect load control state in which an effect is executed using the image display device and the movable body, , Is set,
The device control means is a control device that controls both the image display device and the movable body,
The cooling period storage means stores each cooling period such that the cooling period corresponding to the second load effect control state is longer than the cooling period corresponding to the first effect load control state. A gaming machine characterized by that.

  According to (13), each cooling is performed so that the cooling period is longer when the effect is executed by the image display device and the movable body than when the effect is executed only by the image display device. The period is stored. Since the control device executes control of the image display device and the decorative body, the processing load is greater when the rendering is performed by the image display device and the movable body than when the rendering is performed only by the image display device. It is conceivable that the calorific value of the device increases. When (13) is applied, the control of the image display device and the movable body, that is, even when the amount of heat generated by the control device is increased by extending the cooling period when a plurality of controls are performed simultaneously, Cooling of the control device can be performed satisfactorily.

(14). In any one of (1) to (13), the device control means includes heat radiating means (heat sink 175) for radiating heat generated from the device control means.
The gaming machine, wherein the cooling means cools the heat dissipation means.

  According to (14), the cooling means cools the heat dissipation means. Since the heat radiating means radiates heat generated from the device control means, the cooling means cools the heat radiating means, so that the device control means can be cooled via the heat radiating means. Depending on the gaming machine, it may be difficult to secure a space for installing the cooling means, and it may be difficult to cool the entire device control means by the cooling means. On the other hand, according to (14), since the cooling means only needs to cool the heat dissipation means, compared to the case where the heat dissipation means is not provided, the gaming machine has a limited space for installing the cooling means. Also, the above (1) to (13) can be preferably applied.

  (15). In any one of (1) to (14), the cooling control means always keeps driving without stopping the cooling means even when the device control means is not cooled. Gaming machine.

  According to (15), the cooling means is continuously driven. The control state may change several times in a short period of time. If the heat generation amount of the device control means is small and the driving of the cooling means is stopped, the heat generation amount of the device control means is When the small case and the large case are repeated, the driving stop and driving start of the cooling means are repeatedly performed. Since the electromotive force for starting the driving of the cooling means is necessary when starting the driving of the cooling means, if the driving stop and the driving start of the cooling means are repeatedly performed, the extra power is required to start the driving of the cooling means. It is possible that electric power will be required.

  On the other hand, according to (15), since the cooling means continues to be driven without stopping the driving, the cooling means is compared with the case where the driving stop and driving start of the cooling means are repeated a plurality of times. Power consumed as electromotive force can be suppressed.

  In addition, when the gaming machine is powered on, it is considered that some control is being executed by the device control means. By always driving the cooling means at a low speed, it is possible to further suppress the device control means from generating heat due to the control that is always executed while suppressing the power consumed by the cooling means.

  (16). In any one of (1) to (15), the cooling unit is a blowing unit that blows air toward the device control unit.

  According to (16), the device control means can be cooled by the air blown by the air blowing means. If a thermoelectric element such as a Peltier element is used as the cooling means, it is conceivable that the electric power required to cause the thermoelectric element to absorb heat is larger than that of the air blowing means. Further, since the thermoelectric element itself generates heat, there is a concern that cooling of the thermoelectric element must be taken into consideration. According to (16), since the device control means is cooled using the air blowing means, it is not necessary to consider the heat generation of the air blowing means as compared with the case where a thermoelectric element is used.

  In addition, when it is a ventilation fan which performs ventilation by rotating a ventilation means, it is provided with the rotation speed memory | storage means which each memorize | stores the rotation speed of a ventilation fan corresponding to a load control state, and a cooling control means is a load control state. In this case, the blower fan may be controlled so that the rotational speed stored in the rotational speed storage means is obtained.

(17). (16), a substrate box (cover 160, base plate 161) containing the device control means;
A cover member (fan duct portion 170) disposed outside the substrate box so as to correspond to the air blowing means;
With
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the blower blows air toward the inside of the board box.

  According to (17), the outside air can be blown into the substrate box by the blowing means. Furthermore, by providing a cover member arranged corresponding to the air blowing means on the outside of the substrate box, that is, on the air intake side of the air blowing means, it is possible to prevent foreign matters such as dust and dirt from adhering to the device control means. it can.

  (18). (17) The gaming machine according to (17), wherein the air blowing means is disposed opposite to a mounting surface of an electronic component mounted on the device control means.

  According to (18), the outside air can be efficiently applied to the electronic component mounted on the device control means.

  (19). In (17) or (18), the air blowing means is disposed opposite to a specific electronic component among the electronic components mounted on the device control means, and blows air toward the specific electronic component. A featured gaming machine.

  According to (19), since the specific electronic component can be intensively cooled, the specific electronic component can be efficiently maintained at an appropriate temperature.

  (20). (17) The gaming machine according to any one of (19) to (19), wherein the board box is provided with an exhaust port at least at a position higher than a height position where the air blowing means is disposed.

  According to (20), for example, by providing the exhaust port at a position above the height position where the air blowing means is disposed, such as the upper wall portion of the substrate box, the air warmed in the substrate box is efficiently removed from the outside. Can be exhausted.

  Each gaming machine of (1) to (20) can be implemented in any combination with any one of the features 1 to 14. In addition, when combining (1) to (20) and the above-described features 1 to 14, the same configuration may be used for the same name, for example, “cooling means” in features 1 to 14 and ( The same cooling means in 1) to (20) may be used.

  The basic configuration of various gaming machines to which the above features can be applied is shown below.

  Pachinko gaming machine: operation means (game ball launching handle 36) operated by the player, game ball launching means (game ball launching device 45) for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operation means, and the fired A ball path (inner and outer rail portions 67 and 68) for guiding a game ball to a predetermined game area, and each game part arranged in the game area, and a game in a predetermined ball entry part among these game parts A gaming machine that gives a privilege to a player when a ball enters.

  Revolving type gaming machine such as a slot machine: equipped with a picture display device for variably displaying a plurality of pictures, variably starting display of the plurality of pictures due to the operation of the start operation means, and due to the operation of the stop operation means In addition, the game machine is configured such that the variable display of the plurality of patterns is stopped when a predetermined time elapses and a privilege is given to the player according to the pattern after the stop.

It is a front view which shows the pachinko machine in one embodiment. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. It is a rear view which shows the structure of a pachinko machine. It is a front view which shows the structure of a game board. It is a rear view which shows the structure of a game board. (A) The front view which looked at the variable display unit from the front, (b) is the back view seen from the back side in the state which removed the liquid crystal display device of the variable display unit. It is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG.6 (b). It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the operating state of a door body. It is a rear view of a control unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a control unit. It is the BB sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a display control apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the various counters used for game control. It is a flowchart which shows a timer interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows a start winning process. It is a flowchart which shows a NMI interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows the main process by the main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the normal process by the main controller. It is a flowchart which shows a 1st specific lamp part control process. It is a flowchart which shows the game state transfer process by a main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the variable prize-winning device opening / closing process by the main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the normal process by a display control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the game state transfer process by a display control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows a fluctuation | variation display mode determination process. It is a flowchart which shows a cooling fan control process. It is a flowchart which shows a cooling timer subtraction process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the cooling period corresponding to the period of 1 game time. It is a flowchart which shows the game state transfer process of the display control apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the change display mode determination process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the cooling fan control process in 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the rotation speed of the cooling period and cooling fan corresponding to the period of 1 game time in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the fluctuation | variation display mode determination process in 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the change display mode determination process in 4th Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the rotation speed of the cooling period and cooling fan corresponding to the period of 1 game time in 4th Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine as a game machine, 36 ... Game ball launching handle, 45 ... Game ball launch device, 51 ... Game board, 56 ... Variable display unit, 67, 68 ... Inner, outer rail part, 100, 101 ... Left, Right door, 104 ... Symbol display device, 110 ... Display control device, 152 ... CPU, 153 ... VDP, 160 ... Cover, 161 ... Base plate, 170 ... Fan duct part, 175 ... Heat sink, 180 ... Cooling fan, 201 ... ROM, 202a ... Cooling timer counter.

Claims (5)

Electrical equipment,
Device control means used to control the operation of the electrical device;
Cooling means for cooling the device control means;
Cooling control means for controlling the output so as to change the cooling degree of the cooling means in accordance with the control state of the electrical equipment;
With
As the control state of the electrical equipment, multiple types of load control states with different processing loads are set,
Cooling state storage means for storing the output state of the cooling means corresponding to the plurality of types of load control states, so that the output of the cooling means becomes larger as the processing load corresponds to a larger load control state,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the cooling control means controls the cooling means so as to be in an output state corresponding to the load control state when the load control state is reached.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the cooling control unit controls the cooling unit to be in an output state corresponding to the load control state during a period in which the load control state is set.   When the cooling control unit is in the load control state during the cooling period, the cooling control unit is configured to change the cooling state of the cooling unit to an output state in which the degree of cooling is greater than an output state corresponding to the load control state. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the means is controlled. The electrical device is an effect execution device that executes an effect,
Production storage means for storing the load control state as production,
Effect lottery means for effecting lottery whether or not to execute the processing load effect;
Production control means for controlling the production execution device to execute the processing load production when the production lottery is won by the production lottery means,
With
The cooling control means controls the output state of the cooling means so as to cool the device control means when the processing load effect is executed by the effect execution means. 4. The gaming machine according to any one of 3.   The game according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cooling control means always keeps driving the cooling means without stopping even when the device control means is not cooled. Machine.

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