JP2010273825A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko game machine configured to accurately and readily adjust an adjusted object. <P>SOLUTION: The Pachinko game machine is disposed with an symbol display device 41, and further lighting devices 42 and 43 on the back side of a transparent game board 6, wherein when a main control unit 61 detects opening of a front frame door 4 by an opening detection sensor 16 (S1:YES), and when operation of an object adjusting button 17 is received within five seconds after detecting the opening of the front frame door 4 (S2:NO, S3:YES), the symbol display device 41 and the lighting devices 42 and 43 are controlled to stop light emission thereof (S4) without outputting, from a loudspeaker 7, an alarm sound for alarming of opening of the front frame door 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine having a transparent area on a game board.

  Conventionally, various game machines such as pachinko machines and pachislot machines provided with a symbol display device provided in a game area and displaying a plurality of identification symbols and effect images have been proposed. In such a symbol display device, the gaming machine in the gaming machine is diversified by notifying the player of the presence or absence of the big hit according to the combination of the identification symbols, or displaying various effect images based on the internal lottery result. Furthermore, in recent years, in addition to the above-mentioned symbol display device, light-emitting devices such as large-sized articles, decorative members, LEDs, lamps and the like are often provided in the game area. Such a large accessory, decorative member, and light emitting device are movable or light-emitting when linked to the display content of the symbol display device, or when the player is notified that a big hit has occurred.

  And in recent years, the above-mentioned symbol display device tends to increase in size, and in the pachinko machine, as the symbol display device increases in size, the game area where the pachinko ball rolls becomes narrower, and the gameability due to the rolling of the pachinko ball becomes smaller. There was a problem of lowering. In addition, there is a tendency for an accessory, a decorative member, and a light-emitting device to increase in size and increase the number of arrangements, and similarly, there is a problem that a game area becomes narrow. Therefore, a game board is formed of a transparent member, and a nail, a winning opening, etc. are provided on the transparent game board as a game area, and a symbol display device, an accessory, a decorative member, a light emitting device, etc. are provided behind the transparent game board. Arrangement has been proposed (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-301219). As a result, a wide game area can be secured, and an effect image can be displayed in a wide area within the game area through a transparent game board. Also, a large number of large articles, decorative members, and light emitting devices can be arranged.

JP 2007-301219 (6th page, 7th page, FIG. 2)

However, in the pachinko machine using the transparent game board, the following new problems have occurred.
Conventionally, a large number of adjustment objects such as nails are arranged in the game area of a pachinko machine in order to change the rolling of pachinko balls that roll in the game area. Moreover, this adjustment target object can change a shape (namely, attitude | position with respect to the pachinko ball) by giving a load from the outside. Here, the posture of the object to be adjusted, such as a nail, with respect to the pachinko ball greatly affects the winning probability of the pachinko ball to the winning port and the starting port, and fine adjustment is performed on a daily basis.

  However, the adjustment work of the adjustment object arranged with respect to the transparent game board has been difficult as compared with the adjustment work of the adjustment object arranged with respect to the conventional game board made of plywood. The reason is that if there is a light source such as an LCD, LED or lamp behind the transparent game board around the object to be adjusted, the light emitted from the light source adjusts the object to be adjusted (hereinafter referred to as the adjuster). ) To prevent the adjustment work.

  Therefore, the present invention reduces the brightness of the light source such as LCD, LED and lamp behind the game board when the front frame door covering the game area is opened, so that the light emitted from the light source can be reduced. A pachinko machine that makes it possible to accurately and easily adjust an adjustment target without interfering with the adjustment of the adjustment target.

In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko machine according to claim 1 has a pachinko ball launching device for launching a pachinko ball, a game area for rolling the pachinko ball launched by the pachinko ball launching apparatus, and a game area on the front side. In addition, a game board having a transparent area formed of a transparent member in the game area and having a transparent view of the back, and a posture that can be adjusted with respect to the pachinko ball in the transparent area are arranged so that the pachinko ball comes into contact with the pachinko ball. An adjustment object that changes the rolling direction of the game, and a window portion that can be viewed from the front side to the rear side, and covers the front of the game region in a state in which the game region is visible through the window, and the game region Front frame door that can open and close the front of the door, front frame door opening detection means for detecting the opening of the front frame door, and a decoration that is arranged on the back side of the game board and emits light to the front side through a transparent area A light emission control means for controlling the output of the light emission source, and the light emission control means detects the opening of the front frame door by the front frame door opening detection means when the light emission source is emitting light. In this case, the luminance of the light emitting source is reduced as compared with the case before the front frame door is opened.
The adjustment objects include nails, windmills, and accessories.

  According to the pachinko machine according to claim 1, when the adjuster adjusts the posture of the object to be adjusted with respect to the pachinko ball, the LCD, LED or lamp behind the game board is interlocked with the operation of opening the front frame door. Therefore, the light from the light source can be prevented from entering the eyes of the adjuster. Thereby, even when a game board having a transparent area is used, the adjustment work of the adjustment object can be performed accurately and easily.

  Further, in the pachinko machine according to claim 2, the front frame door is further opened by the operation means for receiving the operation of the person who adjusts the adjustment target, the timer for measuring the passage of time, and the front frame door opening detection means. The elapsed time since the detection is detected is measured by the timer, and the front frame door is opened when the operation means does not accept the predetermined operation before the elapsed time has passed the first predetermined time. And a first notification means for notifying that it is present.

Regardless of the adjustment work by the adjuster, the act of adjusting the adjustment object such as the nail in favor of the player by illegally opening the locked front door frame of the pachinko machine is called a goto action. At the amusement store side, it is necessary to strengthen the monitoring so that the front frame door of the pachinko machine is not opened for such a purpose. However, since the adjustment work by the coordinator is performed with the front door frame opened as in the case of the goto action, it is desirable to avoid the fact that strengthening the monitoring causes a decrease in the efficiency of the adjustment work by the coordinator.
According to the pachinko machine according to the second aspect, it is possible to notify that the front frame door is opened, and when the adjuster performs adjustment work, the first frame is opened after the front frame door is opened. By performing a predetermined operation before the predetermined time elapses, it is possible to prevent notification regarding opening of the front frame door even when the front frame door is opened. As a result, the adjustment work of the adjustment object by the adjuster can be performed accurately and easily while strengthening the monitoring of the goto action.

  Further, the pachinko machine according to claim 3 further receives a predetermined operation in the operation means before the first predetermined time has elapsed since the front frame door was detected to be open. When the second predetermined time longer than the first predetermined time has elapsed and the front frame door is detected to be opened by the front frame door opening detection means, the front frame door is opened. It has the 2nd alerting | reporting means to alert | report that it is carried out.

  According to the pachinko machine according to the third aspect, when the adjuster opens the front frame door and performs a predetermined operation before the first predetermined time elapses, the opening notification of the front frame door is not performed. Even then, when the front frame door is still open after a predetermined time or more has passed, a notification regarding the opening of the front frame door is made, so that the adjustment by the coordinator while strengthening the monitoring of the goto action It becomes possible to perform the adjustment work of the object accurately and easily.

It is the front view which showed the whole pachinko machine concerning this embodiment. It is a front view which shows the transparent game board of the pachinko machine. It is arrow sectional drawing which cut | disconnected the transparent game board by line AA of FIG. It is a block diagram of the pachinko machine. It is a flowchart figure about the attenuation | damping control processing program of a light emission source. It is a flowchart figure of the modification about the attenuation | damping control processing program of a light emission source.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, a schematic configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing the entire pachinko machine according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 can be opened and closed to an outer frame 2 that forms the outer shape of the machine body formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, a middle frame 3 attached to the inner side of the outer frame 2, and the middle frame 3. It is comprised with the front frame door 4 formed in frame shape provided in. The middle frame 3 includes a front frame (not shown) that can be freely opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 2, a mechanism plate (not shown) to which mechanism parts and the like are attached, and various parts attached to them. (Excluding transparent game board 6 and the like to be described later). Further, a transparent game board 6 (see FIG. 2) made of a transparent member having a game area 5 described later formed on the front surface is detachably attached to the front frame of the middle frame 3. On the other hand, on the back surface of the front frame door 4, a power supply unit (not shown), a board box (not shown) in which various control boards are housed, and a speaker described later are provided on a mechanism plate constituting a part of the middle frame 3. 7 etc. are attached.

  The front frame door 4 is a door-type cover member that includes a substantially circular glass plate in the center and covers the game area 5 in a visible state on the front surface of the game area 5. The game area 5 provided on the front surface of the transparent game board 6 is visible to the player through a glass plate held by the front frame door 4.

  A firing ball storage tray (upper plate) 10 is provided on the lower surface of the front frame door 4. At the lower part of the firing ball storage tray 10, there are provided an extra ball receiving tray (lower tray) 11 for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated in the firing ball storage tray 10 and an operation handle 12 for firing game balls. Then, when the player rotates the operation lever 13 that is rotatably attached to the operation handle 12, the game balls stored in the launch ball storage tray 10 provided in the middle frame 3 are After being sent to the launching device 14 via a ball feed mechanism (not shown), it is launched toward the game area 5. In addition, a speaker 7 that outputs various sounds (BGM, sound effects, warning sounds, etc.) related to the pachinko machine 1 is disposed on the back side of the firing ball storage dish 10.

  An opening detection sensor 16 for detecting the opening of the front frame door 4 is provided on the front surface of the upper edge of the middle frame 3. Here, the open detection sensor 16 is a contact-type sensor, and is ON (contact) when the front frame door 4 is closed with respect to the pachinko machine 1, and the front frame door 4 is in contact with the pachinko machine 1. When opened, it is OFF (non-contact). When the opening detection sensor 16 is turned off (non-contact), a detection signal indicating opening of the front frame door 4 is transmitted to a main control board (not shown) connected to the opening detection sensor 16. As a result, the main control board can detect that the front frame door 4 is opened.

Further, an object adjustment button (operation means) 17 is provided on the front surface of the lower edge of the middle frame 3. Here, the object adjustment button 17 is disposed at a position that can be operated only when the front frame door 4 is opened, and the adjuster can change the posture of the adjustment object with respect to a nail that is an adjustment object or a pachinko ball to be described later. Pressed by the adjuster when adjusting. When the object adjustment button 17 is pressed, an operation signal is transmitted to the main control board. As a result, the main control board can detect that the object adjustment button 17 has been pressed.
When the main control board detects that the front frame door 4 is basically open with the main power supply of the pachinko machine 1 being turned on, a warning that informs that the front frame door 4 is open. Control is performed so that sound is output from the speaker 7. However, if it is detected that the object adjustment button 17 is pressed within a predetermined time (for example, within 5 seconds) after detecting that the front frame door 4 is opened, a predetermined time (for example, as described later) No warning sound is output until 5 minutes). Further, when the main control board detects that the object adjustment button 17 is pressed within a predetermined time (for example, within 5 seconds) after detecting that the front frame door 4 is opened, the transparent game board 6 is controlled so as to reduce the luminance of various light emitting sources arranged behind the light source 6 (particularly, in this embodiment, the light emission amount is reduced to 0 (that is, turned off)).

Next, the transparent game board 6 assembled to the middle frame 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a transparent game board of the pachinko machine. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
The transparent game board 6 is formed of a transparent member such as an acrylic board, and includes a transparent region in which the back side can be seen through from the player. In this embodiment, the entire transparent game board 6 is set as a transparent area. As shown in FIG. 2, the transparent gaming board 6 has an arc-shaped outer rail 21, a backflow prevention valve 22, and an inner rail 23 attached in the vicinity of the outer peripheral end portion. A circular area surrounded by the outer rail 21, the backflow prevention valve 22 and the inner rail 23 is a game area 5. And in the game area | region 5, the nail | claw which is an adjustment target, and the various types of accessory mentioned later are arrange | positioned. Then, the pachinko ball that has jumped out from the discharge port 24 partitioned by the backflow prevention valve 22 falls by its own weight and rolls in the game area 5 in contact with a nail or various accessories.

  The game area 5 is provided with a passing gate (through chucker) 25, a special symbol starter (start chucker) 26, etc., with the center of the game area 5 as a reference. Below 26, an attacker 27 is disposed in the vicinity of the lower end of the game area 5. In addition, the special symbol start port 26 is provided with a start port switch (not shown) for detecting the winning of the pachinko ball, and the variation of the identification symbol is detected in the image display device 41 described later by detecting the winning of the pachinko ball. Be started.

  Further, the attacker 27 is provided with an opening / closing door 28, which opens or closes when the opening / closing door 28 is opened or closed. When the open / close door 28 is opened, the game ball dropped on the open / close door 28 is guided by the open / close door 28 and wins the attacker 27.

  Further, the game area 5 is provided with a number of game nails 30 for guiding a windmill 29 and a pachinko ball that falls by itself in the game area 5 to a predetermined route. These windmills 29 and game nails 30 are arranged such that their postures (specifically, curvature and angle with respect to the game board) with respect to the pachinko balls can be adjusted, and change the rolling direction of the pachinko balls by contacting the pachinko balls. The pachinko balls are guided to the vicinity of the special symbol start opening 26 by the windmill 29, the game nail 30, and the like. A stage in which pachinko ball passages are provided on the back side passage and the front side passage of the transparent game board 6 may be provided below the center of the transparent game board 6. The pachinko ball guided on the stage is easy to win a special symbol start opening 26.

  Furthermore, an out-out port 31 through which the dislodged ball is discharged to the back side of the transparent game board 6 is provided at the lowest position of the transparent game board 6.

  A decorative member 32 is installed at the center of the transparent game board 6 so as to surround an image display device 41 described later. A stage 33 for rolling the pachinko ball is formed on the bottom surface inside the decorative member 32.

  Next, the light emitting device disposed in the pachinko machine 1 will be described. Note that the light emitting device is a device including a decorative light source such as an LCD, LED, and lamp, and the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes an image display device 41 and illumination devices 42 and 43 as the light emitting device.

Here, the image display device 41 includes an LCD as a light emission source, and is disposed on the back side of the opening 44 formed in the center of the transparent game board 6 as shown in FIG. The image display device 41 displays character images, identification symbols, normal symbols, and the like according to the progress of the game, and the lottery result of the internal lottery of the pachinko machine 1 (for example, jackpot or missed reach) is given to the player. To inform. Further, when a pachinko ball does not win the winning opening or the out opening 31 for a predetermined time or longer, a demonstration screen is displayed.
In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the image display device 41 is arranged with respect to the opening 44 of the transparent game board 6, but the opening 44 is not formed in the transparent game board 6. Alternatively, the image display device 41 may be disposed on the back side of the transparent game board 6. In that case, the player can visually recognize the display content of the image display device 41 via the transparent game board 6.

  On the other hand, the lighting devices 42 and 43 include an LED 45 as a light emission source, and are arranged on the back side of the transparent game board 6 with a certain distance from the transparent game board 6. In particular, the illuminating device 43 is positioned around an adjustment object that is frequently adjusted, and is arranged so that light can be emitted to the front side through the transparent region. The adjustment object to be frequently adjusted is an adjustment object that greatly affects the winning probability of the pachinko ball winning a prize (special symbol start port 26, attacker 27, etc.). For example, (A) Special symbol A so-called life nail 30 arranged at the upper part of the winning opening such as the start opening 26 and the attacker 27, (B) a game nail 30 arranged at the upper part of the passing gate 25, and (C) a warp winning opening. A certain game nail 30, (D) windmill 29, etc. correspond.

As shown in FIG. 3, the illuminating devices 42 and 43 uniformly diffuse the LED board 46, the plurality of LEDs 45 arranged on the LED board 46, and the light emitted from the LED 45 arranged in front of the LED 45. And an LED lens 47. Further, the LED lens 47 has a shape related to the pachinko machine 1 (for example, a shape of a character or character related to the pachinko machine 1).
The lighting devices 42 and 43 are connected to an effect control board (not shown), and the output of the LED 45 is controlled based on a control signal transmitted from the effect control board. As a result, the illuminating devices 42 and 43 emit light when linked to the display content of the image display device 41, or when notifying the player that a big hit has occurred. Note that the emitted light is visible through the transparent game board 6.
Further, the image display device 41 and the lighting devices 42 and 43 emit light at all times or at regular intervals even when the player is not playing a game. However, when it is detected that the object adjustment button 17 is pressed within a predetermined time (for example, within 5 seconds) after detecting that the front frame door 4 is opened as will be described later, the image display device 41. The lighting devices 42 and 43 stop emitting light (that is, the LCD backlight and the LED 45 are turned off).

  A frame 51 is attached to the back side of the transparent game board 6 as shown in FIG. The image display device 41 described above is installed on the back side of the frame 51. In addition, a frame portion 52 is provided at a position corresponding to the display screen of the image display device 41 at the center of the frame body 51. The frame portion 52 protrudes from the back wall portion 53 of the frame body 51 to the front side of the pachinko machine and is formed in a cylindrical shape, and is fitted into the opening 44 of the transparent game board 6. Therefore, the player can visually recognize the image display device 41 through the opening 44 and the frame 52. In addition, a space 54 having an interval corresponding to the height of the frame portion 52 is formed between the transparent game board 6 and the back wall portion 53 of the frame body 51. The lighting devices 42 and 43 described above are installed in the space 54.

Next, the configuration of the control system related to the drive control of the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the control system related to the drive control of the pachinko machine 1 basically includes a main control unit 61 and an effect control unit 62. The main control unit 61 is connected to a main storage unit 63, a game mechanism 64, a timer 65, an opening detection sensor 16, and an object adjustment button 17. On the other hand, the RAM 66, the display procedure data storage unit 67, the VRAM 68, the image data storage unit 69, the illumination devices 42 and 43, the frame lamp 70, the image display device 41, and the speaker 7 are connected to the effect control unit 62. The main control unit 61 and the main storage unit 63 are arranged on the main control board, and the effect control unit 62, the RAM 66, the display procedure data storage unit 67, the VRAM 68, and the image data storage unit 69 are arranged on the effect control board.

Here, the main storage unit 63 is a storage unit that stores various operation programs of the main control unit 61 including a later-described attenuation control processing program. The game mechanism 64 includes various mechanisms (such as an open / close solenoid that opens and closes the open / close door 28 and a solenoid that opens and closes the tulip-type accessory) installed on the transparent game board 6. The timer 65 is a measuring means for measuring the current time or the passage of time from a predetermined time.
The main control unit 61 controls the pachinko machine 1 in an integrated manner, and outputs various command signals to the effect control board in accordance with the operation state of the pachinko machine 1, whereby the lighting devices 42 and 43, the frame lamp 70, The image display device 41, the speaker 7 and the like are indirectly controlled.

On the other hand, the RAM 66 is a storage unit that temporarily stores the calculation result of the effect control unit 62. The display procedure data storage unit 67 displays the display procedure data in which the designation of image data to be used when generating the display image data, the designation of the position and size for displaying the image, and the designation of the display time, and the like of the image display device 41. Storage means for storing operation programs and the like. The VRAM 68 is a storage unit that stores display image data generated by virtually rendering an image corresponding to image data by the image display device 41. The image data storage unit 69 is a storage unit that stores image data (images on which numbers are drawn or image data of a background image) for generating display image data. The frame lamp 70 is a light emitting device such as an LED or a lamp disposed inside the front frame door 4.
And the production | generation control part 62 will control the illuminating devices 42 and 43, the frame lamp 70, the image display apparatus 41, the speaker 7, etc. according to the received command signal, if various command signals are received from the main control part 61.

  Next, the control process of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. The light emission source attenuation control processing executed by the main control unit 61 will be described below with reference to FIG. 5 is stored in the main storage unit 63 and is repeatedly executed by the main control unit 61 at predetermined time intervals (for example, 200 ms).

  As shown in FIG. 5, first, in step (hereinafter abbreviated as “S”) 1, the main control unit 61 determines whether or not the front frame door 4 is opened based on a detection signal transmitted from the opening detection sensor 16. Determine.

  And when it determines with the front frame door 4 being open | released (S1: YES), it transfers to S2. On the other hand, when it is determined that the front frame door 4 is not opened (S1: NO), the attenuation control process is terminated.

  Next, in S <b> 2, the main control unit 61 determines whether or not 5 seconds (first predetermined time) have elapsed since the timer 65 was used to detect that the front frame door 4 was opened.

  When it is determined that 5 seconds have not elapsed since the front frame door 4 was detected to be opened (S2: NO), the process proceeds to S3. On the other hand, if it is determined that 5 seconds have elapsed since it was detected that the front frame door 4 was opened (S2: YES), the process proceeds to S8.

  In S3, the main control unit 61 determines whether the object adjustment button 17 has been pressed. And when it determines with the target object adjustment button 17 having been pressed down (S3: YES), it transfers to S4. On the other hand, when it is determined that the object adjustment button 17 is not pressed (S3: NO), the process returns to S2.

  In S <b> 4, the main control unit 61 outputs a command signal for stopping the light emission of the image display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43 to the effect control unit 62. Then, the effect control unit 62 that has received the command signal transmits a control signal to the image display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43, turns off the backlight of the LCD of the image display device 41, and the illumination device 42, The light emission of the LED 45 serving as the light emission source 43 is stopped. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S5.

  Next, in S <b> 5, the main control unit 61 determines whether or not 5 minutes (second predetermined time) has elapsed since it was detected that the front frame door 4 was opened using the timer 65.

  If it is determined that 5 minutes have not elapsed since it was detected that the front frame door 4 was opened (S5: NO), the system waits until 5 minutes have elapsed. On the other hand, if it is determined that 5 minutes have elapsed since it was detected that the front frame door 4 was opened (S5: YES), the process proceeds to S6.

  In S <b> 6, the main control unit 61 determines again whether or not the front frame door 4 is opened based on the detection signal transmitted from the opening detection sensor 16.

  And when it determines with the front frame door 4 not being open | released (S6: NO), ie, when the front frame door 4 has already been closed when 5 minutes have passed since the front frame door 4 was opened. Shifts to S7. On the other hand, when it is determined that the front frame door 4 is opened (S6: YES), that is, even when 5 minutes have passed since the front frame door 4 was opened, the front frame door 4 is continuously opened. If so, the process proceeds to S8.

  In S <b> 7, the main control unit 61 outputs a command signal for restarting the light emission of the image display device 41 and the lighting devices 42 and 43 stopped in S <b> 4 to the effect control unit 62. The presentation control unit 62 that has received the command signal transmits a control signal to the image display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43 to turn on the backlight of the LCD of the image display device 41, and the illumination device 42 and The light emission of the LED 45 serving as the light emission source 43 is started.

On the other hand, in S <b> 8, the main control unit 61 outputs a command signal that outputs a warning sound notifying that the front frame door 4 is opened to the effect control unit 62. Then, the effect control unit 62 that has received the command signal controls the speaker 7 to output a warning sound for notifying that the front frame door 4 is opened from the speaker 7. Specifically, a voice saying “The door is open” is output from the speaker. The warning may be configured to output an electronic sound such as a buzzer sound in addition to the sound. Moreover, you may comprise so that a warning may be performed by changing the light emission pattern from the various light emission sources with which the pachinko machine 1 is equipped.
Further, in the case where the light emission stop control of the image display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43 is performed in S4, when it is detected that the front frame door 4 is closed thereafter, the image display device 41, A command signal for resuming light emission of the lighting devices 42 and 43 is output to the effect control unit 62.

As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the lighting devices 42 and 43 are arranged on the back side surface of the transparent game board 6 together with the image display device 41, and the main control unit 61 is configured to detect the opening detection sensor 16. When it is detected that the front frame door 4 is opened (S1: YES), and the operation of the object adjustment button 17 is received within 5 seconds after the opening of the front frame door 4 is detected. In (S2: NO, S3: YES), the light emission of the image display device 41 and the lighting devices 42, 43 is stopped without outputting a warning sound for notifying that the front frame door 4 is opened from the speaker 7. (S4), so that the adjuster adjusts the posture of the adjustment object with respect to the pachinko ball, the LCD, LED, lamp, etc. behind the game board in conjunction with the operation of opening the front frame door 4 Reduce the brightness of the light source Since it is possible to light from the light emitting source prevented from entering the eyes of the coordinator. Thereby, even when a game board having a transparent area is used, the adjustment work of the adjustment object can be performed accurately and easily.
Further, when it is possible to notify that the front frame door 4 is opened and the adjuster performs an adjustment operation, a predetermined operation is performed before 5 seconds elapses after the front frame door 4 is opened. By performing, it is possible to prevent notification regarding opening of the front frame door 4 even when the front frame door 4 is opened. As a result, the adjustment work of the adjustment object by the adjuster can be performed accurately and easily while strengthening the monitoring of the goto action.
Further, even if the adjuster does not notify the opening of the front frame door 4 by performing a predetermined operation before the elapse of 5 seconds since the opening of the front frame door 4, 5 minutes have passed after that. When the front frame door 4 is still open at the time, the notification regarding the opening of the front frame door 4 is made, so that the adjustment work of the adjustment object by the adjuster is performed accurately and easily while strengthening the monitoring of the goto action. It becomes possible to make it.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Of course, various improvement and deformation | transformation are possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.
For example, the emission source attenuation control processing program executed by the main control unit 61 shown in FIG. 5 may be configured as shown in FIG.

  Note that the processing of S11 to S15 and S18 shown in FIG. 6 is the same as the processing of S1 to S5 and S8 already described with reference to FIG.

  In step S <b> 16, the main control unit 61 determines whether the front frame door 4 is opened based on the detection signal transmitted from the opening detection sensor 16.

  When it is determined that the front frame door 4 is not opened (S16: NO), that is, when the front frame door 4 has already been closed when 5 minutes have passed since the front frame door 4 was opened. Shifts to S17. On the other hand, when it is determined that the front frame door 4 is opened (S16: YES), that is, even when 5 minutes have passed since the front frame door 4 was opened, the front frame door 4 is continuously opened. In the case, the process returns to S12. Thereafter, in S12, the main control unit 61 determines again whether or not the object adjustment button 17 has been pressed. If it is determined that the object adjustment button 17 has been pressed (S12: YES), a warning sound is generated. Control is performed so as to stop the light emission of the image display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43 continuously without outputting. Then, after 5 minutes have passed (that is, after 10 minutes have passed since the front frame door 4 was opened), the process proceeds to S16. That is, when the object adjustment button 17 is pressed every 5 minutes, the warning sound output stop period can be extended.

In S <b> 17, the main control unit 61 outputs a command signal for restarting the light emission of the image display device 41 and the lighting devices 42 and 43 stopped in S <b> 14 to the effect control unit 62. The presentation control unit 62 that has received the command signal transmits a control signal to the image display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43 to turn on the backlight of the LCD of the image display device 41, and the illumination device 42 and The light emission of the LED 45 serving as the light emission source 43 is started.
With the configuration described above with reference to FIG. 6, the pachinko machine 1 can extend the warning stop period regarding the opening of the front frame door 4 using a simple button operation.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the operation of the object adjustment button 17 is received within 5 seconds after detecting the opening of the front frame door 4, the light emission of the image display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43 is stopped. However, regardless of whether or not the object adjustment button 17 is operated, the light emission of the image display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43 is stopped when the opening of the front frame door 4 is detected. You may control to do. Further, instead of stopping the light emission, the luminance of the light source may be controlled to be reduced to a predetermined value (for example, reduced to 1/2 or 1/3). In addition, when the front frame door 4 is unlocked instead of opening the front frame door 4 or when the vibration of the adjustment target is detected, a warning sound is output or the light emission source is stopped. Also good.

  In this embodiment, when the operation of the object adjustment button 17 is received within 5 seconds after the opening of the front frame door 4 is detected, the warning sound is not output from the speaker 7 until 5 minutes have passed. However, the warning type may be changed instead of stopping the warning. For example, the warning sound output is changed to a configuration in which the warning text is displayed on the image display device 41. Even in such a configuration, since the output of the warning sound is stopped during the adjustment work, the adjuster can concentrate and adjust the adjustment target.

  In the present embodiment, when the operation of the object adjustment button 17 is received within 5 seconds after the opening of the front frame door 4 is detected, all light sources (images) behind the transparent game board 6 are received. The display device 41 and the illumination devices 42 and 43) are controlled to stop the light emission, but may be controlled to stop the light emission of only a part of the light source. However, in that case, it is desirable to stop the light emission of the light emitting source around the object to be adjusted at least frequently. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the object of the present invention can be achieved even if only the lighting device 43 is controlled to stop light emission.

  Further, in this embodiment, the transparent gaming board 6 in which the entire gaming board is formed of a transparent member is used. However, a gaming board in which only a partial area (transparent area) in the gaming area of the gaming board is formed of a transparent member is used. It may be used. In that case, the illumination devices 42 and 43 are arranged behind the transparent region.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine, 5 ... Game area, 6 ... Transparent game board, 17 ... Light control sheet, 29 ... Windmill, 30 ... Game nail, 41 ... Image display apparatus, 42, 43 ... Illumination device.

Claims (3)

A pachinko ball launcher that launches pachinko balls,
A game area for rolling the pachinko ball launched by the pachinko ball launcher;
A gaming board having the gaming area on the front surface and a transparent area formed by a transparent member in the gaming area and transparently visible behind.
In the transparent area, the posture with respect to the pachinko sphere is arranged to be adjustable, and an adjustment object that changes the rolling direction of the pachinko sphere by contacting the pachinko sphere,
A front frame door having a window part that can be viewed from the front side to the rear side, covering the front surface of the game area in a state in which the game area is visible through the window part, and capable of opening and closing the front surface of the game area; ,
Front frame door opening detection means for detecting opening of the front frame door;
A decorative light emitting source disposed on the back side of the game board and emitting light to the front side through the transparent region;
Emission control means for controlling the output of the emission source,
When the front frame door opening detection unit detects the opening of the front frame door while the light emission source is emitting light, the light emission control unit compares the light emission with that before the front frame door is opened. A pachinko machine that reduces the brightness of the source. An operation means for receiving an operation of a person who adjusts the adjustment object;
A timer that measures the passage of time;
The elapsed time after the front frame door opening detection means detects that the front frame door is opened is measured by the timer, and before the elapsed time passes the first predetermined time, the operating means The pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a first notification unit that notifies that the front frame door is open when a predetermined operation is not accepted.   In a case where a predetermined operation is received in the operation means before the elapsed time has passed the first predetermined time, and when the second predetermined time longer than the first predetermined time has elapsed, The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a second notification unit that notifies that the front frame door is opened when the front frame door opening detection unit detects that the front frame door is opened. The pachinko machine described.

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