JP2011092584A - Lighting controlling signal generating device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience in the work in setting the lighting control of a plurality of lighting systems and adjusting moving images, etc. with the lighting state of the lighting systems. <P>SOLUTION: The lighting controlling signal generating device includes a projecting part 3 for projecting color information disposed in a first space onto a second space in which lighting system identification marks are optionally disposed, and an associating part 4 for associating the color information projected from the first space with one or a plurality of lighting system identification marks disposed in the second space. The color information is generated based on at least one of a figure, photograph, still image and dynamic image. A lighting controlling signal is transmitted to a control device 12 together with a synchronicity signal for synchronizing image information generated by a synchronization control part 9 and displayed in a symbol display means panel 15 with the lighting states of lighting systems 13<SB>1</SB>-13<SB>n</SB>. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for generating a control signal for a lighting device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in gaming machines such as pachinko machines, arrange ball gaming machines, sparrow ball gaming machines, and slot machines, a large number of lighting devices such as LEDs, light bulbs, and fluorescent lamps are provided. These lighting devices are designed to output control signals from control devices such as LSIs and microcomputers provided in gaming machines for the purpose of improving the beauty of gaming machines and directing various events that occur during gaming. Lighting / extinguishing control is performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2009-201777 A JP 2009-165898 A

  However, in the inventions described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the lighting and extinguishing timings of the respective lighting devices must be manually set individually for each lighting device with respect to the control device. There is a problem that the worker requires a great deal of labor and time. On the other hand, in many cases, a symbol display panel such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is provided on the surface of the game board of the gaming machine. This symbol display panel displays a video, etc. with the occurrence of various events such as a specific gaming state (so-called “big hit” state), and the lighting display lighting adjustment and lighting pattern are It is often linked to the video displayed on the screen. However, in the inventions described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the adjustment for interlocking the moving image and lighting of the lighting device has to be performed manually by the operator, and the operator has a great deal of effort for this adjustment. There is a problem that it takes time.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is a lighting control signal that improves the convenience of work in setting lighting control of a plurality of lighting devices and adjusting a moving image or the like and the lighting state of the lighting device. It is an object to provide a generation device and a program.

  In order to achieve such an object, the invention described in claim 1 is a diagram, a photograph, a static image, a dynamic image, etc., which is displayed on a symbol display means arranged on the gaming machine and displaying a moving image or the like. A first space in which color information, which is generated based on the image information of the color and whose arrangement state can be changed with time, is arranged, has unique position information, and has information for identifying individual lighting devices An illumination control signal generating apparatus in which a second space in which an identification mark is arbitrarily arranged is formed, wherein the color information arranged in the first space is projected onto the second space. And association means for associating the color information projected from the first space with one or a plurality of the illumination device identification marks arranged in the second space, and associated with the illumination device identification mark. The color information Information conversion means for converting into a lighting control signal for controlling the lighting state of the display, and the synchronization state between the image information displayed on the symbol display means and the lighting state of the lighting device controlled by the lighting control signal Synchronization management means for managing, and monitoring information generating means for generating monitoring information indicating at least the color information and a predetermined state of the illumination device identification mark as an image and displaying the monitoring information on a display means, Information is generated based on the image information, and the illumination control signal is generated by the synchronization management unit, and the image information displayed on the symbol display unit and the lighting state of the lighting device are synchronized. And a control signal for controlling the lighting state of the lighting device and the display of the image information on the symbol display means. And wherein the Rukoto.

  In addition to the configuration of claim 1, the invention described in claim 2 corresponds to ID information for uniquely identifying the illumination device as information for identifying the individual illumination device, corresponding to the illumination device identification mark. It is characterized by being attached.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to the first or second aspect, the information conversion means includes the position information indicating the position occupied by the color information in the first space and the color information as the first. The illumination control signal is generated depending on time information indicating time occupying a specific position in the space.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the first to third aspects, a correction unit that corrects the illumination control signal is provided, and the illumination control signal includes the illumination device identification. The luminance information generated by performing a predetermined conversion on the color information associated with the mark is generated by the correction unit correcting the luminance information with a correction value set corresponding to the original color information. It is characterized by that.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the illumination control signal is a signal for controlling a lighting state of a full color LED.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the gaming machine to which the lighting control signal is supplied is a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball gaming machine, or a sparrow ball. It is at least one of a gaming machine and a slot machine.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is a program that causes a computer to function as the illumination control signal generation device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the color information projected from the first space is associated with one or a plurality of illumination device identification marks in the second space, and the color information is converted into an illumination control signal. Thus, the control signal for one or a plurality of lighting devices can be generated at a time. Further, the color information is generated based on at least one of a figure, a photograph, a static image, and a dynamic image, thereby generating an illumination control signal based on the color information forming the image information. be able to. The lighting control signal includes a synchronization signal for synchronizing the image information displayed on the symbol display means and the lighting state of the lighting device, and the lighting state of the lighting device and display of the image information on the symbol display means. By being supplied to the control means for controlling the adjustment, it is possible to easily and accurately adjust the moving image and the lighting device to be linked. In addition, by displaying at least the predetermined state of the color information and the illumination device identification mark on the display means as monitoring information, an operator who sets the illumination control signal generates an illumination control signal generated during the setting operation. It is possible to visually confirm the lighting state and lighting color of the lighting device controlled by. Thereby, the convenience of the operation | work at the time of setting the lighting control of a several illuminating device can be improved.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the illumination device identification mark and the illumination control signal generation device are associated with ID information for uniquely identifying the illumination device. The correspondence with the signal can be managed by the ID information. As a result, the illumination control signal generation device can generate and manage the illumination control signal of each illumination device without recognizing the position of the illumination device, and performs lighting control settings for a plurality of illumination devices. The convenience of the work at the time can be further improved.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the illumination control signal indicates the position information indicating the position where the color information occupies in the first space and the time when the color information occupies a specific position in the first space. By being generated depending on the time information, the lighting state and lighting of the lighting control signal of each lighting device based on the change with time of the position and size of the color information in the first space The turn-off timing can be set, and the lighting states of the plurality of lighting devices can be changed over time. Thereby, the convenience of the operation | work at the time of setting the lighting control of a some illuminating device can be improved further.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the illumination control signal is luminance information generated by performing predetermined conversion on the color information associated with the illumination device identification mark. It is possible to generate a signal that can control lighting. Further, since the illumination control signal is generated by correcting with the correction value set corresponding to the original color information, the difference for each color when converting each color information into luminance information can be simplified. It can be corrected. Thereby, the convenience of the operation | work at the time of setting the lighting control of a some illuminating device can be improved further.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the illumination control signal is a signal for controlling the lighting state of the full-color LED, so that the lighting control of a plurality of small and versatile lighting devices can be set. The convenience of work can be further improved.

  According to the invention of claim 6, when setting the lighting control of a plurality of lighting devices provided in at least one of a pachinko machine, an arrange ball game machine, a sparrow ball game machine, and a slot machine The convenience of the work can be further improved.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the illumination control signal generation device of the present invention can be programmed and realized on various computer hardware.

It is the system block diagram and functional block diagram in the signal generation apparatus for illumination control of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the arrangement | positioning procedure of the illuminating device identification mark of the signal generation apparatus for illumination control same as the above. It is the figure which showed typically the state by which the illuminating device identification mark was arrange | positioned in 2nd space. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which matches color information with the illuminating device identification mark, and converts color information into the signal for illumination control of the signal generator for illumination control same as the above. It is the figure which showed typically the state by which the color information was arrange | positioned in the 1st space by the image acquisition part. It is the figure which showed typically the process which projects the color information arrange | positioned in 1st space by the projection part to 2nd space, and the process which produces | generates monitoring information. It is the figure which showed typically the signal for illumination control and a synchronizing signal supplied to the control apparatus from the signal generation device for illumination control.

  1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram and a functional block diagram of the illumination control signal generation device according to the first embodiment. The lighting control signal generation device 1 is a device for inputting a program or the like to an LSI, a microcomputer, etc., and is mainly composed of various computers such as a personal computer and a program writer. A program or the like is input to a control device 12 such as an LSI or a microcomputer disposed in the housing 11 of a game machine (hereinafter simply referred to as “game machine”) 10 such as a sparrow ball game machine and a slot machine. Used for.

The casing 11 of the gaming machine 10 is provided with _n (n ≧ 1) lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n . The lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n are disposed at arbitrary positions on the entire housing 11 such as on the surface of the game board 14 of the housing 11. The illumination devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _{n according to the first} embodiment are full-color LEDs, and red (R), green (G), and blue (B) LEDs are incorporated therein, respectively. The lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n are controlled in lighting timing and lighting state by the control device 12 as “control means”. The control device 12 supplies a lighting control signal for controlling the lighting state of the full-color LED to each of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n , so that each of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n is provided on the surface of the game board 14. The type of symbols displayed on the symbol display panel 15 as a “symbol display means” such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) disposed in the case, or a specific gaming state (so-called “hit” state) With the occurrence of various events, it repeatedly turns on and off, and changes the lighting pattern. Further, the control device 12 displays image information (described later) on the symbol display panel 15 and performs various processes necessary for displaying the image information.

The illumination control signal generation device 1 has a function of generating illumination control signals for controlling the lighting states of the plurality of full-color LEDs, and storing them in the control device 12. The illumination control signal is generated as control data for controlling the operation of the control device 12 that controls the lighting states of the illumination devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n and is supplied to the control device 12.

  Although not shown in FIG. 1, the illumination control signal generation device 1 includes a CPU and a storage medium, and various functions are realized by the CPU performing arithmetic processing on programs and data.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the illumination control signal generation device 1 includes an image acquisition unit 2, a projection unit 3 as a “projection unit”, and an “association unit” as functional units realized based on a program and hardware resources. , An information conversion unit 5 as an “information conversion unit”, a correction unit 6 as a “correction unit”, a monitoring information generation unit 7 as a “monitoring information generation unit”, an illumination information management unit 8, It has a synchronization management unit 9 as “synchronization management means”.

  The image acquisition unit 2 acquires image information (hereinafter simply referred to as “image information”; the same applies in this specification) such as a figure, a photograph, a static image, and a dynamic image, and extracts color information from the image information. And it arrange | positions in the 1st space mentioned later.

  Note that the image information acquired by the image acquisition unit 2 is various files output from the image output device 20. This image output device 20 is based on a figure formed by an image forming device such as an imaging device, a DVD player, an image scanner, a photograph, a still image as a “static image”, and a moving image as a “dynamic image”. Generate and output still image files and moving image files. Note that symbols and characters are also included in still images and moving images. The image information may be not only a two-dimensional image but also a three-dimensional image formed by, for example, a three-dimensional CAD or a three-dimensional imaging device, or a one-dimensional image. Further, the image output apparatus 20 may be provided in the image forming apparatus, and the image information may be a still image or a moving image that is not filed.

In this embodiment, a specific image (image information including shapes, patterns, colors, and combinations thereof, which is the same in this specification) is output from the image output device 20. More specifically, it indicated by reference numeral 50 _A in FIG. 5, a two-dimensional image and "1" is represented in white ○ and white numbers inside the oval figure is output.

  The projection unit 3 projects the color information arranged in the first space into a second space described later. In this second space, lighting device identification marks that have unique position information in the second space and have a function of identifying individual lighting devices are arbitrarily arranged.

  The association unit 4 associates the color information projected from the first space with one or a plurality of illumination device identification marks.

  The information converter 5 converts the color information associated with the illumination device identification mark into an illumination control signal that controls the lighting state of the illumination device.

  The correction unit 6 corrects the illumination control signal. Specific contents of the correction will be described later.

  The monitoring information generation unit 7 generates monitoring information indicating at least the color information and the predetermined state of the illumination device identification mark as an image, and displays the monitoring information on the display 30 as “display means” shown in FIG. The display 30 is various devices that display image information, such as an LCD and a cathode ray tube.

  The illumination information management unit 8 acquires the illumination device identification mark, and performs various processes such as recording, changing, correcting, and arranging the acquired illumination device identification mark in the second space.

  The synchronization management unit 9 manages the synchronization state between the image information displayed on the symbol display panel 15 and the lighting state of the lighting device controlled by the lighting control signal.

  Next, the processing procedure of this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an arrangement procedure of the illumination device identification mark of the illumination control signal generation device 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, first, the illumination information management unit 8 acquires an illumination device identification mark (step S1). The lighting device identification mark is acquired by loading data recorded in advance in the control device 12 or by supplying information recorded in various devices (for example, data recorded in a CAD designed for the gaming machine 10). Alternatively, an operator may input manually.

Next, the illumination information management unit 8 associates ID information with each acquired illumination device identification mark (step S2). ID number, for example, the lighting device identification mark 41 ₁ ID No. 1, the illumination apparatus identification mark 41 ₂ ID No. 2, ... illuminating device identification mark 41 _n is the ID number n, as in each of the lighting device The identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n are uniquely associated. The illumination control signal generation device 1 performs identification and management of each illumination device identification mark using the ID number in the subsequent procedure. By identifying and managing each of the lighting device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n using the ID number, the user of the lighting control signal generating device 1 can arrange the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n in the gaming machine 10. It becomes possible to perform the operation of generating the illumination control signal without being conscious of the installation state and the arrangement position, and the convenience of the operation can be improved.

Next, the illumination information management part 8 arrange | positions each illumination device identification mark in 2nd space (step S3). FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a state in which the illumination device identification mark is arranged in the second space. As shown in the figure, the second space 40 is a virtual space corresponding to a two-dimensional space extending in the vertical direction (x direction) and the horizontal direction (y direction), and position information in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. (Information corresponding to x-coordinate and y-coordinate). Further, n-number in the second space 40 (n ≧ 1), i.e. the lighting device ₁₃ 1 to 13 _n and the same number of illumination device identification mark ₄₁ 1 to 41 _n are disposed. These lighting device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n are given unique position information on the second space 40 (that is, information on the x-coordinate position and the y-coordinate position in the second space 40). Moreover, these illuminating device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n identify the illuminating devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n by the assigned ID information. The unique position information on the second space 40 may be substantially the same as the arrangement position of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n on the gaming machine 10 or different from the arrangement position. It may be. When the lighting device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n are arranged at positions substantially equal to the arrangement positions of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n on the gaming machine 10 in the second space 40, the lighting on the gaming machine 10 is performed. Position information of the arrangement positions of the devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n may be acquired from data recorded in advance in the control device 12 or from various devices (for example, data recorded in a CAD designed for the gaming machine 10). The operator may input manually.

After the illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n are arranged in the second space 40 by the procedure from steps S1 to S3, the color information is associated with these illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n and the color information is illumination controlled. To convert it into a signal.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of associating the color information with the illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n and converting the color information into the illumination control signal in the illumination control signal generation device 1 of this embodiment. As shown in the figure, first, the image acquisition unit 2 acquires image information output by the image output device 20 (step S11). As for the image information, a figure, a photograph, and a static image of 1 are acquired for a figure, a photograph, and a static image, and one frame of the image is acquired for a dynamic image. In the case of a static image and a dynamic image, it may be a raster image or a vector image. The image information is formed by RGB values (for example, information in which R, G, and B are indicated by numerical values of 0 to 255, respectively), and the image information is used as color information in the subsequent procedures. However, when the image information is formed of information other than RGB (for example, YUV value, YIQ value, CMY value, etc.), the image acquisition unit 2 converts the image information into RGB values as necessary, and then performs the subsequent procedure. Do.

Here, when the synchronization management unit 9 displays the image information acquired in step S11 on the symbol display panel 15, the synchronization information necessary to synchronize the image information with the lighting state of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n. Is acquired (step S12). Specifically, for example, the synchronization management unit 9 acquires information such as the order of frames forming a dynamic image and the elapsed time from the start of the dynamic image. Furthermore, the synchronization management unit 9 generates a synchronization signal for synchronizing the image information displayed on the symbol display panel 15 and the lighting states of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n from the acquired synchronization information, and this control The signal and the image information from which the synchronization information is generated are temporarily stored in a storage medium (not shown) of the illumination control signal generation device 1 (step S12). This synchronization signal is generated as control data of the control device 12 for lighting the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n in a predetermined lighting state at a predetermined timing.

  Next, the image acquisition unit 2 arranges color information in the first space (step S13).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a state in which color information is arranged in the first space 50 by the image acquisition unit 2, and shows the principle of arrangement of color information in the first space 50. is there.

  As shown in the figure, the first space 50 is a virtual space corresponding to a three-dimensional space extending in the vertical direction (x direction), the horizontal direction (y direction), and the height direction (z direction). It has position information (information corresponding to x, y and z coordinates) in the direction, horizontal direction and height direction.

A number (A ≧ 1, FIG. 5, A = 1) in the first space 50 is color information 51 _A of being disposed. Color information 51 _A is generated based on the specific image output from the image output apparatus 20 described above. The color information 51 </ b> _A is formed by a set of dots and is arranged in the first space 50 depending on the shape, size, color, and positional relationship of the components in the image information output from the image output device 20. In FIG. 5, a two-dimensional image is output from the image output device 20, and the image acquisition unit 2 uses color information 51 _A that is the same as or similar to the shape, size, color, and positional relationship of the components of the image information. The state arrange | positioned in the 1st space 50 is shown.

Each dot forming the color information 51 _A has a position (that is, x coordinate, y coordinate, z coordinate) representing a range occupied in the first space 50 and a color (that is, RGB information). When the image acquired by the image acquisition unit 2 is a dynamic image, the position information of each dot forming the color information 51 _{1 to} 51 _m changes sequentially each time a frame is acquired. In the space 50, the shape, size, position, and color of the color information 51 _{1 to} 51 _m change with time.

In FIG. 5, the first space 50 is a three-dimensional space, but the first space may be two or less dimensions or four or more dimensions (that is, there may be any number of information corresponding to coordinates), The color information may be any shape or color. Further, (more precisely, arranged in three-dimensional space 2D object) to the color information 51 _A indicating the plate shape 5 is a three-dimensional shape based on the three-dimensional image by the image acquisition section 2 acquires It may be.

In addition, the image acquisition unit 2 forms color information 51 _A in which the image information output from the image output device 20 is appropriately modified, and the corrected color information 51 _A is arranged in the first space 50. It is good also as a structure. Such arrangement, for example, image information outputted from the image output device 20 is a three-dimensional image, based on the image information, the image acquisition unit 2 forms a color information 51 _A of the two-dimensional shape, The case where it arrange | positions in the 1st space 50 can be considered.

Next, the projection unit 3 projects the color information 51 _{1 to} 51 _m arranged in the first space 50 onto the second space 40 (Step S14). FIG. 6A is a diagram schematically showing a process of projecting the color information arranged in the first space projection 50 onto the second space 40 by the projection unit 3. Specifically, as shown in (a) of FIG. 6, the position information (x-coordinate of the first space 50 of each of the dots forming the color information 51 _A of the first space 50, y-coordinate, z-coordinate ) Is replaced with the corresponding position information of the second space 40 (the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate of the specific position in the second space 40). As a result, as shown in FIG. 6B, the illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n in the second space 40 and the color information 51 _A projected in the second space 40 are overlapped. .

In this state, the association unit 4, the lighting device identification mark ₄₁ 1 to 41 _n, associating the second color information 51 _A, which is projected into the space 40 of (step S15). Specifically, the lighting device identification mark ₄₁ 1 to 41 _n, records the RGB information of the overlapping color information 51 _A. For example, in FIG. 6 (b), the lighting device identification mark ₄₁ 2, 41 _n and the like, associates the RGB information of the overlapping color information 51 _A.

Next, the information converting unit 5 converts the color information 51 _A respectively associated with the lighting device identification mark ₄₁ 1 to 41 _n to the lighting control signal (step S16). Specifically, the RGB information forming the color information 51 _A is converted into luminance information for each RGB (for example, the values of R, G, and B are indicated by numerical values of 0 to 255). Convert. Conversion from RGB information to luminance information for each RGB may be performed using a well-known conversion formula, or may be performed using a unique formula or a conversion table.

Then, the correction unit 6 corrects the respective lighting device identification mark ₄₁ 1-41 illuminating device control signals associated with _n (step S17). Specifically, for example, a correction value determined in advance for each of RGB is multiplied by each of the R luminance signal, the G luminance signal, and the B luminance signal of the luminance signal converted in step S15. The value of the luminance signal thus obtained is obtained. Of course, the correction may be performed by a method other than the above.

  And the monitoring information production | generation part 7 produces | generates monitoring information based on the information formed by step S1-S3 and step S11-S17, and displays it on the display 30 (step S18). 6A and 6B schematically show processing for generating monitoring information. The monitoring information space 60 is a virtual space corresponding to a two-dimensional space extending in the vertical direction (x direction) and the horizontal direction (y direction), and the position information (x coordinate, y coordinate in the vertical direction and horizontal direction). Corresponding information). Then, as shown in FIG. 6A, the monitoring information generation unit 7 virtually makes the second space 40 and the monitoring information space 60 face each other, and converts the information on the second space 40 to the monitoring information space. Monitoring information is generated in such a manner that it is projected onto 60. This monitoring information is converted into a format that can be displayed on the display 30, such as a bitmap (registered trademark) image or a PNG (registered trademark) image. The monitoring information generated as shown in (b) of FIG. 6 is displayed on the display 30.

When Steps S11 to S18 are completed, the generated illumination control signal for each of the illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n is temporarily stored in a storage medium (not shown) of the illumination control signal generation device 1. . Steps S11 to S189 are performed until all processing is completed (specifically, for example, processing is completed for all images output by the image output device 20) ("No" in step S19). In course of the processing of step S11~S18 it is repeated, when the color information 51 _A based on the dynamic image by the image acquisition section 2 acquires changes over time, the illumination control signal is also over time with it Change. That is, the illumination control signal, and time information indicating the time at which the color information 51 _A is the position information and color information 51 _A indicating the position occupied in the first space 50 occupies a particular position in the first space 50 It will be generated depending on.

When all the processes are completed (“Yes” in step S19), the illumination control signal generation device 1 converts all the luminance signals generated and temporarily stored by the processes in steps S11 to S17 into the illumination control signal. Is supplied to the control device 12, and the value of the luminance signal for each of the illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n is stored in the control device 12 (step S20). Further, the illumination control signal generation device 1 outputs the synchronization signal and image information temporarily stored in the storage means (not shown) in step S12 together with the luminance signal, and supplies them to the control device 12, Is stored in the control device 12 (step S20).

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating the illumination control signal and the synchronization signal supplied from the illumination control signal generation device 1 to the control device 12 in step S20. As shown in the figure, the illumination control signal 70 includes information such as ID numbers assigned to the respective illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n , RGB luminance values (0 to 255), lighting times, and the like. . The lighting control signal 70 is supplied to the control device 12 as a lighting control signal for each of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n with reference to the ID number assigned to each of the lighting device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n. Is done. When the control device 12 in which the lighting control signal 70 is stored is provided in the gaming machine 10, the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n can be controlled to be turned on by the control device 12. On the other hand, the synchronization signal 80 indicates which frame of the image information each of the lighting control signals 70 ₁ , 70 ₂ , 70 ₃ ... Is synchronized (in FIG. 7, which frame is synchronized from the beginning. ). Then, the control device 12 can synchronize the image information displayed on the symbol display panel 15 and the lighting states of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n by using the synchronization signal 80. For example, in FIG. 7, the synchronization signal 80 ₁ synchronizes the third frame from the first and the illumination control signal 70 _1, synchronization signal ₈₀₂ synchronizes the sixth frame from the first and the illumination control signal 70 ₂ , the synchronization signal ₈₀₃ is synchronized so on ... synchronize ninth frame from the first and lighting control signal 70 ₃ is performed. Any image information may be used as long as it can synchronize the image information displayed on the symbol display panel 15 and the lighting states of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n .

In FIG. 7, the table is shown as a table for convenience of display. However, the actual lighting control signal 70 and the synchronization signal 80 are described in the table shown in FIG. 7 in each of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n . It is supplied to the control device 12 as control data for controlling various matters.

As described above, in this embodiment, the color information 51 _A projected from the first space 50 is associated with one or a plurality of illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n in the second space 40, and the color information 51 By converting _A into a lighting control signal 70, one or a plurality of lighting control signals 70 can be generated at a time. The color information 51 _A is a view, photographs, static images, by being generated based on at least one of dynamic images, a lighting control based on the color information 51 _A to form an image information A signal 70 can be generated. Further, the illumination control signal 70 is supplied to the control means 12 together with the synchronization signal 80, so that adjustment for linking the moving image and lighting of the illumination device can be performed easily and accurately. In addition, an operator who sets the illumination control signal 70 is generated at the time of setting operation by displaying at least the predetermined state of the color information 51 _A and the illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _{n on} the display 30 as monitoring information. The lighting state of the lighting device controlled by the lighting control signal 70 and the color at the time of lighting can be visually confirmed. Thereby, the convenience of the operation | work at the time of setting the lighting control of a several illuminating device can be improved.

In this embodiment, the lighting device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n are associated with ID information for uniquely identifying the lighting device as information for identifying each lighting device, so that a signal for lighting control is obtained. The generation device 1 can manage the correspondence between the illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n and the illumination control signal 70 using ID information. Thereby, the signal generation device for lighting control can generate and manage the lighting control signal 70 of each lighting device without recognizing the arrangement positions of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n .

In this embodiment, the illumination control signal 70, color information ₅₁ 1 to 51 _m is the position information and color information ₅₁ 1 to 51 _m indicating the position occupied in the first space 50 first space 50 Is generated depending on the time information indicating the time occupying a specific position in the first space 50, so that the position and size of the color information 51 _{1 to} 51 _m in the first space 50 are changed over time. The lighting state of the illumination control signal 70 of each of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n and the lighting and extinguishing timings can be set, and the lighting states of the plurality of lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n can be changed over time.

In this embodiment, the illumination control signal 70 is luminance information generated by performing predetermined conversion on the color information 51 _{1 to} 51 _m associated with the illumination device identification marks 41 _{1 to} 41 _n. Thus, a signal that can reliably control illumination can be generated by simple conversion. Moreover, since the illumination control signal 70 is generated by correcting with the correction value set corresponding to the original color information 51 _{1 to} 51 _m , the respective color information 51 _{1 to} 51 _m is used as luminance information. Differences between colors when converting can be corrected easily.

In this embodiment, the illumination control signal 70 is a signal for controlling the lighting state of the full-color LED as the illumination devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n , so that the plurality of illumination devices 13 ₁ to 13 ₁ are small and highly versatile. The convenience of work when setting the 13 _n lighting control can be further improved.

In this embodiment, setting of lighting control of a plurality of lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n provided in at least one of a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball game machine, a sparrow ball game machine, and a slot machine is performed. The convenience of the work at the time can be further improved.

  The lighting control signal control device 1 of the above embodiment is realized by the cooperation of computer hardware and software. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and all of the lighting control signal control devices 1 are used. It can also be realized by hardware logic.

In the above embodiment, the illumination control signal 70 and the synchronization signal 80 are separately generated. For example, the information conversion unit 5 of this embodiment also has the configuration of the synchronization management unit 9, and the information conversion unit 5 The lighting control signal including the synchronization signal is generated, and the generated lighting control signal itself synchronizes the image information displayed on the symbol display panel 15 in the gaming machine 10 with the lighting state of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n. It can also be configured.

In the above embodiment, the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n are full-color LEDs, and the lighting control signal control device 1 generates the lighting control signal 70 for the full-color LEDs. The devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n are illumination devices such as single-color LEDs, incandescent bulbs, halogen lamps, neon tubes, organic electroluminescence (organic EL), and the illumination control signal 70 is a lighting state of these illumination devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n . It may be a lighting control signal for controlling the lighting.

In the above embodiment, the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n are provided in the gaming machine 10, and the lighting control signal 70 controls the lighting state of the lighting devices 13 _{1 to} 13 _n provided in the gaming machine 10. Although it was a signal, it is not limited to this, for example, lighting devices include arcade games and other arcade game equipment, home game equipment, amusement park play equipment such as merry-go-round, stage equipment, signboards, buildings, and radio towers. The lighting control signal 70 may be a lighting control signal for controlling the lighting state of these lighting devices. The lighting control signal 70 is provided in a building such as a building, a pool, or a tunnel.

  The above embodiment is an exemplification of the present invention, and it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Signal generation apparatus for illumination control 3 ... Projection part (projection means)
4. Association unit (association means)
5 ... Information converter (information converter)
6. Correction means (correction unit)
7: Monitoring information generating unit (monitoring information generating means)
10 ... gaming machine 12 ... control device (control means)
13 _{1 to} 13 _n: Illumination device 30: Display (display means)
40... Second space 41 _{1 to} 41 _n ... Lighting device identification mark 50... First space 51 _{1 to} 51 _m , 51 _A ... Color information 70, 70 ₁ , 70 ₂ , 70 ₃ ... Lighting control signal 80, 80 ₁ , 80 ₂ , 80 ₃ ... Synchronization signal

Claims (7)

Generated based on image information such as diagrams, photos, static images, dynamic images, etc. displayed on the symbol display means arranged on the gaming machine to display moving images etc., and the arrangement state changes over time A first space where the color information that can be obtained is arranged;
A lighting control signal generating device in which a second space in which lighting device identification marks having unique position information and information for identifying individual lighting devices are arbitrarily arranged is formed,
Projecting means for projecting the color information arranged in the first space onto the second space;
Associating means for associating the color information projected from the first space with one or a plurality of the illumination device identification marks arranged in the second space;
Information conversion means for converting the color information associated with the illumination device identification mark into an illumination control signal for controlling a lighting state of the illumination device;
Synchronization management means for managing a synchronization state between the image information displayed on the symbol display means and a lighting state of the lighting device controlled by the illumination control signal;
Monitoring information generating means for generating monitoring information indicating at least the color information and a predetermined state of the illumination device identification mark as an image, and displaying the monitoring information on a display means;
The color information is generated based on the image information,
The lighting control signal is generated by the synchronization management unit, and together with a synchronization signal for synchronizing the image information displayed on the symbol display unit and the lighting state of the lighting device, the lighting device is turned on. An illumination control signal generating apparatus, wherein the lighting control signal generating apparatus is supplied to a control means for controlling the state and display of the image information on the symbol display means.   The illumination control signal generation according to claim 1, wherein the illumination device identification mark is associated with ID information for uniquely identifying the illumination device as information for identifying the individual illumination device. apparatus.   The lighting control signal is generated depending on position information indicating a position occupied by the color information in the first space and time information indicating a time when the color information occupies a specific position in the first space. The illumination control signal generation device according to claim 1 or 2. Correction means for correcting the illumination control signal;
The illumination control signal is set by the correction means corresponding to the original color information, with luminance information generated by performing predetermined conversion on the color information associated with the illumination device identification mark. The illumination control signal generation device according to claim 1, wherein the illumination control signal generation device generates the illumination control signal according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The illumination control signal generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the illumination control signal is a signal for controlling a lighting state of a full color LED.   6. The game machine to which the lighting control signal is supplied is at least one of a pachinko machine, an arrange ball game machine, a sparrow ball game machine, and a slot machine. The signal generation device for lighting control according to any one of the above.   A program causing a computer to function as the illumination control signal generation device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.