JP2010137065A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which circuit boards can be easily connected to each other without worrying about a managing space of wiring inside a board housing body of a limited space when housing and connecting a plurality of control boards inside one control board box or the like. <P>SOLUTION: In the game machine including the plurality of control boards C1-C3 connected to each other, the control boards C1-C3 are housed and held in the same board box B, the respective control boards C1-C3 are provided with a connector plug respectively, receptables for inserting the connector plug are provided on positions corresponding to the connector plugs of the respective control boards C1-C3 in the control box B, and the respective receptables for respectively inserting the connector plugs of the respective control boards C1-C3 in relation to be connected to each other are connected to each other by the wiring. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a plurality of control boards connected to each other, and more specifically, the control board without the need for securing a wiring routing space in the limited space of the board storage body. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that can be easily connected to each other.

  As a control board of a gaming machine, a configuration in which a liquid crystal control board that controls a liquid crystal symbol display device and a frame control board that mainly controls a payout device are connected to a main control board that controls the entire game. . Conventionally, sound generators and lamps / LEDs for generating sounds related to games have been directly controlled by a main control board.

  In recent years, a structure in which voice control and lamp / LED control are separated from a main control board and are independently provided as a voice control board and a lamp control board and housed in individual control board boxes has become widespread. With such a structure, since the control range of each control board is limited, when the gaming machine model is different, it is possible to replace only the main control board, replace only the lamp board, etc. Compared with the control board, the compatibility of the control board can be improved.

  As described above, when the voice control board and the lamp control board are separated from the main control board to have a separate structure, the separate voice control board and lamp control board are controlled by the main control board as a whole. In addition, the control boards in the control board box need to be connected by wiring. For example, it is complicated to connect the control boards by soldering wiring terminals to the control boards.

  Also, if a connector wiring with a connector provided at the end of the wiring is used, the wiring connection itself is easier than the soldering, but a plurality of wiring crosses between a plurality of control board boxes, Wiring becomes complicated as in the case of soldering. In addition, even on the back side of the gaming machine, if the wiring crosses, it is an obstacle when removing / opening / closing various devices constituting the gaming machine, and the existing wiring is hooked when the device is opened / closed. There is also a danger of making it happen.

  In order to solve the above problems, it is conceivable to store a plurality of control boards in a single control board box. However, the control board box has a board storage space with a view point of compactness and prevention of fraud. In fact, it is not easy to secure a space for wiring in the box.

  An object of the present invention is to easily connect circuit boards without worrying about a wiring space in a limited space of a board storage body such as when a plurality of control boards are housed and connected in one control board box. The provision of connectable gaming machines.

  The gaming machine of the invention of claim 1 for solving the above problem is a gaming machine comprising a plurality of circuit boards connected to each other, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are housed and held in the same board housing body, Each circuit board is provided with a first connector, and a second connector for connecting the first connector is provided at a position corresponding to the first connector of each circuit board in the board housing. The second connectors for connecting the first connectors of the respective circuit boards that are provided and connected to each other are electrically connected to each other.

  For this reason, each circuit board in a relationship to be connected to each other is stored in the board housing body, and the first connector of each circuit board is connected to each second connector of the board housing body. Are connected to each other. For this reason, it is possible to easily connect the circuit boards stored and held in the board storage body.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the substrate container is constituted by a substrate box that covers substantially the entire plurality of circuit boards. In many cases, the circuit board is housed in a board box that covers the entire circuit board for physical protection and fraud prevention. In such a board box, since the internal space is limited, it is not easy to connect the wiring directly to the circuit board in the inside, and it is necessary to secure the wiring space. For example, since each circuit board is connected only by storing and holding a plurality of circuit boards in a relation to be connected to each other in the board box, the effect of the present invention is remarkably exhibited.

  Furthermore, in the gaming machine of which the control unit is configured by at least three boards of the main control board, the sound control board, and the lamp control board, the control signal is frequently exchanged between the control boards. In order to do so, connections between the control boards are essential. In such a case, when the present invention is implemented, the connection between the control boards is facilitated, and the effects of the present invention are more remarkably exhibited.

It is the reverse side figure of the whole pachinko machine P which implemented this invention in the state where the cover body 12 was removed. It is the side view of the whole pachinko machine P which implemented this invention. FIG. 6 is a view of the state in which the main control board C1, the lamp control board C2, and the voice control board C3 are housed in the board box B with the cover body 12 removed, as viewed from the back side of the pachinko machine P. It is the XX sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. It is an expanded sectional view of other embodiments of the present invention. It is a block diagram of a control board.

B: Substrate box (substrate housing)
C1: Main control board C2: Lamp control board C3: Voice control board P: Pachinko machine (game machine)
17a, 17b, 18, 19: Connector plug (first connector)
21a, 21b, 22, 23: Receptable (second connector)
24, 25: Wiring

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to a plurality of examples. FIG. 1 is a rear view of the entire pachinko machine P according to the present invention with the cover body 12 removed, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the entire pachinko machine P according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a view of the state in which the main control board C1, the lamp control board C2, and the voice control board C3 are housed in the board box B with the cover body 12 removed, as viewed from the back side of the pachinko machine P. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front frame 2 is mounted on the front side of the wooden frame 1 of the pachinko machine P so as to be openable and closable. A base frame 3 is assembled to the rear surface of the front frame 2 at the peripheral edge of the opening, and a game board (not shown) is detachably fitted into the frame of the base frame 3.

  Further, a back set mechanism 4 is disposed on the peripheral edge of the back surface of the game board, and a back set plate 5 constituting the main part of the back set mechanism 4 surrounds the back cover body 6. It is structured like a frame. Further, the back set plate 5 is assembled so that it can be opened and closed on one side with respect to the base frame 3 by a back set hinge 7 on one side (right side in FIG. 1). The back set plate 5 is detachably fastened to the base frame 3 by a plurality of fasteners 8 on the free end side (left side in FIG. 1). Is held closed. Further, the back set plate 5 is provided with a ball tank 9, a tank rail 10, a lower collecting rod, a prize ball discharge device and the like, and the back set mechanism 4 is constituted by these. A substrate box B that houses a plurality of control boards and covers the whole is integrally attached to the back surface of the back cover body 6.

  Subsequently, the substrate box B which is a portion according to the present invention and the control substrates C1 to C3 housed in the box B will be described with reference to FIGS. The board box B includes a box body 11 that is integrally attached to the back cover body 6 and a cover body 12 that covers the entire opening of the box body 11. The board box B stores and holds three types of control boards: a main control board C1, a lamp control board C2, and a voice control board C3. The lamp control board C2 and the voice control board C3 are all main control boards. Connected to C1, the generation of sound and the lighting of the lamp are controlled based on a control signal generated by the main control board C1, as will be described later.

  The box body 11 has a rectangular plate 13 integrally provided with an intermediate plate 14, and a partition plate 15 orthogonal to each other and parallel to each side of the rectangular frame 13 on the upper surface of the intermediate plate 14. 16 is provided. For this reason, the inside of the box body 11 is partitioned into squares by the partition plates 15 and 16 so as to correspond to the shapes and sizes of the control boards C1 to C3. As shown in detail in FIG. 5, stepped portions 15 a (on the upper end portions of the rectangular frame 13 and the partition plates 15 and 16, which can support almost the entire circumferences of the control boards C 1 to C 3). The step portion of the partition plate 16 is not shown). In addition, with respect to the rectangular frame 13, a stepped portion 13 a is provided at the same height as the stepped portion 15 a of the partition plate 15. This board box B is a box that accommodates and holds the control boards C1 to C3 inside and performs physical protection of the control boards C1 to C3, and at the same time, prevents improper actions such as replacement of the control boards.

  Each of the control boards C1 to C3 has electronic parts (not shown) mounted on the front surface thereof, and connector plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19 are provided at specific positions on the back surface thereof. On the other hand, in the middle plate 14 of the box main body 11, the receptacles 21a, 21b, which connect the respective connector plugs to the positions corresponding to the connector plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19 of the control boards C1 to C3. 22 and 23 are provided. Of these, the main control board C1 is provided with connector plugs 17a and 17b at two locations, and the box body 11 is provided with two corresponding receptacles 21a and 21b.

  On the side of the box body 11, the one receptable 21a into which one connector plug 17a of the main control board C1 is inserted and the receptable 22 into which the connector plug 18 of the lamp control board C2 are inserted are the back side of the intermediate plate 14. Are previously connected by wiring 24. In exactly the same manner, the other receptacle 21b into which the other connector plug 17b of the main control board C1 is inserted and the receptacle 23 into which the connector plug 19 of the voice control board C3 is inserted are connected to the wiring 25 in the back side portion of the intermediate plate 14. Are connected in advance. In this way, in the box body 11, specific receptacles are connected in advance by the wires 24 and 25, and the bottom plate 26 is bonded to the bottom opening of the box body 11 after the wires 24 and 25 are arranged. In order to prevent unauthorized actions from being applied to the control boards C1, C2, C3 accommodated in the box B from the back side of the box B.

  In addition, a transparent cover body 12 is attached to the box body 11 that stores and holds the control boards C1 to C3. The cover body 12 is hingedly connected to the box main body 11 via a hinge portion 27 at the right end portion in back view, and is connected to the box main body 11 by a sealing portion 28 at its left end portion so as not to be opened and closed. With this structure, after the cover body 12 is attached to the box body 11, the cover body 12 is not removed unless the sealing portion 28 is cut, and fraud can be immediately detected.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a stepped portion 29 is provided at the edge of the cover body 12 on the opposite side of the hinge portion 27, and the lower stepped portion 12 a that forms a lower portion of the stepped portion 29 in the cover body 12. Is close to the surface of the main control board C1 accommodated in the board box B and forms a plane parallel thereto. Further, the end edge portion of the lower step portion 12 a of the cover body 12 is bent downward and is placed on the upper end surface of the rectangular frame body 13. In the lower step portion 12a of the cover body 12, when the cover body 12 is closed, the receptacles 61a to 61d protruding from the upper surface of the main control board C1 are for avoiding contact with the lower step portion 12a. A through hole 62 is formed. For this reason, in a state where the cover body 12 is closed, the receptables 61a to 61d of the main control board C1 protrude from the through hole 62 to the outside. In FIG. 3, the receptable 61a is connected to various switches such as a start opening switch, a gate switch, and a prize winning count switch, and the receptables 61b to 61d are a frame control board C5 and a liquid crystal control board C4, respectively. And connected to a power source. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 63 denotes a plug inserted into a receptable 61a connected to various switches.

  For this reason, when the cover body 12 of the board box B is removed, the control boards C1 to C3 respectively corresponding to the portions partitioned by the partition plates 15 and 16 in the box body 11 are accommodated, and their connector plugs 17a. , 17b, 18, and 19 are inserted into corresponding receptacles 21a, 21b, 22, and 23 provided on the box body 11 side, and the control boards that are connected to each other (the main control board C1 and the lamp are connected to each other). The control board C2, the main control board C1, and the voice control board C3) are connected to each other by wires 24 and 25 previously arranged on the back side of the intermediate plate 14. After the control boards C1 to C3 are stored and held in the box main body 11, the cover body 12 is attached to the box main body 11, and both are sealed via the sealing portion 28.

  Therefore, at the time of connection, the control boards can be connected to each other only by storing and holding the control boards C1 to C3 in the box body 11 without performing any wiring work such as soldering, wiring bundling / handling and fixing. It is extremely easy and eliminates connection errors. Further, since it is not necessary to provide a space for routing the wiring on the side of the board box B, the space provided on the side of the board box B is the minimum necessary to accommodate the control boards C1 to C3. Space is enough.

  Further, as described above, the connector plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19 of each of the control boards C1 to C3 are inserted into corresponding receptacles 21a, 21b, 22, 23 provided on the box body 11 side, When the control boards C1 to C3 are mounted at predetermined positions in the board box, the control boards C1 to C3 are arranged in parallel and at the same height level, that is, on the same plane. The reason why the control boards C1 to C3 are arranged as described above is that, in the board box B of the pachinko machine P, it is necessary to protect the control boards C1 to C3 accommodated therein from illegal acts. In addition, the cover body 12 is formed of a transparent body, and all the components (in particular, the ROM chip) on the control boards C1 to C3 in the board box B can be visually recognized from one direction, thereby suppressing execution of illegal acts. However, this is to facilitate the discovery. From the viewpoint of preventing fraud, the control boards do not have to be arranged in the board box with the same height, and may be arranged with a height difference.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a printed circuit board 64 may be used for connection between the receptacles attached to the board box B side. That is, the two receptacles 21a and 22 (21b and 23) are mounted on the printed circuit board 64 in an electrically connected state, and the blind substrate 64 is attached to the back surface of the intermediate plate 14 using screws 65 or the like. You may attach and fix to the side. Thereby, the connection work of two receptacles becomes still easier.

  Next, an outline of the control block of the pachinko machine provided with the control boards C1 to C5 will be described with reference to FIG. The main control board C1 is provided with a main control unit including a CPU 31, ROM 32, RAM 33, a communication interface 34, and a switch input circuit 35. The ROM 31, RAM 33, communication interface 34, and switch input circuit 35 are connected to the CPU 31 via an internal bus. It is connected. The ROM 32 stores a control program and design data for overall control of the pachinko machine, and the switch input circuit 35 includes, for example, various winning detections arranged at various start winning holes and specific winning holes. The switch 36 is connected and the signal is input to the CPU 31. The CPU 31 controls the entire pachinko machine according to detection signals from various winning detection switches 36.

  The lamp control board C2 is provided with a lamp control unit including a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a RAM 43, and a communication interface 44. The ROM 42 stores a control program for controlling the lamp exclusively and control data for lighting the lamp, and various lamps 46 are connected to the CPU 41 via various drivers 45.

  The voice control board C3 is provided with a voice control unit including a CPU 51, a ROM 52, a RAM 53, and a communication interface 54. The CPU 51 is connected to a sound generation unit including an SSG (software controlled sound generator) 55, an amplifier 56, and a speaker 57. Note that the ROM 52 stores a control program for exclusive control of sound and control data for sound. Further, the liquid crystal control board C4 controls the liquid crystal display device, and the frame control board C5 controls the payout device for paying out the winning balls.

  The communication interface 34 of the main control board C1 is connected to the communication interface 44 arranged on the lamp control board C2 via the wiring 24, and the wiring 25 is connected to the communication interface 54 arranged on the voice control board C3. Only one-way communication from the main control board C1 to the lamp control board C2 and the voice control board C3 is possible. The communication interface 34 of the main control board C1 is connected to each interface (not shown) of the liquid crystal control board C4 and the frame control board C5 via wirings 66 and 67.

  For example, communication from the main control board C1 to the voice control unit of the voice control board C3 will be described as an example. When the main control unit outputs a sound according to the gaming state, for example, after turning on the power, when the start opening prize is detected, during symbol fluctuation, during symbol generation, when the symbol big hit is established, when the big prize opening is open, or during the big hit When the voice is output in response to the occurrence of an abnormality of the pachinko machine at the time of closing, command data corresponding to each gaming state is output to the voice control board C3 via the communication interface 34. The command data is output to the voice control board C3 through the wiring 25.

  Command data sent from the main control unit is stored in the RAM 53 via the communication interface 54 of the voice control unit. The CPU 51 reads out audio data from the ROM 52 according to the type of command data and outputs it to the SSG 55. The SSG 55 creates an analog waveform and supplies the analog waveform to the amplifier 56, which is amplified by the amplifier 56 and outputs predetermined audio from the speaker 57. The

  Similarly, the communication from the main control board C1 to the lamp control section of the lamp control board C2 is similarly performed when the main control section sends command data corresponding to various gaming states via the communication interface 34 and the wiring 24. To be output.

Command data sent from the main control unit is stored in the RAM 43 via the communication interface 44 of the lamp control unit. The CPU 41 reads the lamp lighting data from the ROM 42 according to the type of command data, drives the various drivers 45, and drives the various lamps 46 to light or blink.

  In the above embodiment, three types of control boards, ie, the main control board C1, the lamp control board C2, and the voice control board C3 are stored in one board box B. The control board is not limited to these combinations.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment accommodates and hold | maintains several control boards in a board | substrate storage body and connects control boards, the circuit board which comprises this invention is not restricted to the said control board, Others It may be a circuit board such as a relay board or a drive board.

Claims (3)

In a gaming machine including a plurality of circuit boards connected to each other, the plurality of circuit boards are housed and held in the same board housing body, and each circuit board is provided with a first connector, A second connector for connecting the first connector is provided at a position corresponding to the first connector of each circuit board in the substrate housing,
The gaming machine, wherein the second connectors for connecting the first connectors of the circuit boards in a relationship to be connected to each other are electrically connected to each other.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the board storage body is a board box that covers substantially the whole of the plurality of circuit boards.   The plurality of circuit boards include at least three boards: a main control board that controls the entire game, a sound control board that controls a sound generation device that generates sound related to the game, and a lamp control board that controls a lamp related to the game. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is included.

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