JP2011104074A5

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Publication number: JP2011104074A5
Application number: JP2009261597A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2009-11-17
Publication date: 2013-06-06
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-17

Description

特許文献に記載の遊技機は、データ通信のハード構成の自由度が低いという問題もあった。 The gaming machine according to Patent Document has a problem of low flexibility of the hardware configuration of the data communication.

本発明は、ハード構成の自由度が低下させない遊技機を提供することを目的とする。 The present invention aims to freedom of hard configured to provide a gaming machine which does not decrease.

第１の発明は、遊技機の前面側に開閉可能な遊技枠と、遊技領域を形成した遊技盤と、を備え、前記遊技領域に設けた所定の始動入賞領域を遊技球が通過すると所定の補助遊技が実行され、該補助遊技の結果に対応して遊技者に特典を付与する特別遊技状態を発生可能な遊技機において、前記遊技領域における遊技を統括的に制御する遊技制御手段と、前記遊技盤及び前記遊技枠に設けられて、遊技の演出を行う複数の演出装置と、前記遊技制御手段からの指令に対応して、前記複数の演出装置を制御する演出制御手段と、を備え、前記演出装置の系統の各々を複数グループに分割し、該分割されたグループに属する演出装置を制御するためのグループ単位制御手段を各グループ毎に設け、前記演出制御手段を、前記グループ単位制御手段の各々を統括的に制御するグループ統括制御手段として構成するとともに、前記グループ統括制御手段と前記グループ単位制御手段との間でタイミング信号を伝達するタイミング信号線と、前記グループ統括制御手段と前記グループ単位制御手段との間でデータを授受するデータ線と、を備えることにより前記グループ統括制御手段と前記各グループ単位制御手段との間で相互にデータ送信を可能とし、前記グループ統括制御手段は、前記データ線の信号レベルを送信データに対応する信号レベルに設定しながら前記タイミング信号線の信号レベルを繰り返し変化させることで、順次前記グループ単位制御手段にデータ送信を行う送信手段と、前記送信手段によるデータ送信の後に、前記グループ単位制御手段からの返答信号を取り込む返答信号取込手段と、取り込んだ前記返答信号によりデータ送信の成否を判定する判定手段と、を備え、前記グループ単位制御手段は、前記送信手段がデータ送信を行った前記データ線を介して、前記返答信号を前記グループ統括制御手段へ出力する返答信号出力手段を備え、前記送信手段は、前記演出装置の制御に関わる演算処理を行う演算処理手段と、前記グループ単位制御手段と接続されて、前記演算処理手段からの指令に基づいて、該グループ単位制御手段との間の前記データ線及びタイミング信号線の各信号レベルを制御する複数の信号レベル制御手段と、を含んで構成され、前記複数の信号レベル制御手段には、前記遊技盤に設けたグループ単位制御手段と接続される第１の信号レベル制御手段と、前記遊技枠に設けたグループ単位制御手段と接続される第２の信号レベル制御手段と、が含まれる。 The first invention includes a openable game frame on the front side of the gaming machine includes a game board forming a game area, and a predetermined start winning region provided in the game area game ball to the predetermined pass In a gaming machine capable of generating a special gaming state in which an auxiliary game is executed and gives a bonus to a player in accordance with the result of the auxiliary game, a game control means for comprehensively controlling a game in the game area, A plurality of effect devices that are provided in the game board and the game frame, and that produce an effect of the game, and an effect control means that controls the effect devices in response to a command from the game control means; Each of the systems of the effect devices is divided into a plurality of groups, group unit control means for controlling the effect devices belonging to the divided groups is provided for each group, and the effect control means is the group unit control means. of A group control unit that controls the system collectively, a timing signal line for transmitting a timing signal between the group control unit and the group unit control unit, a group control unit and the group unit A data line that exchanges data with the control means, thereby enabling mutual data transmission between the group overall control means and each group unit control means, the group overall control means, A transmission unit that sequentially transmits data to the group unit control unit by repeatedly changing the signal level of the timing signal line while setting the signal level of the data line to a signal level corresponding to transmission data, and by the transmission unit After sending the data, the response signal for taking in the response signal from the group unit control means Determination means for determining success or failure of data transmission based on the response signal acquired, and the group unit control means transmits the response via the data line to which the transmission means has transmitted data. Response signal output means for outputting a signal to the group overall control means, wherein the transmission means is connected to the arithmetic processing means for performing arithmetic processing related to the control of the effect device and the group unit control means, and A plurality of signal level control means for controlling each signal level of the data line and the timing signal line with the group unit control means based on a command from the processing means, and the plurality of signals The level control means includes first signal level control means connected to group unit control means provided on the game board, and group unit control provided on the game frame. Second signal level control means connected to the means.

本発明によれば、ハード構成の自由度が低下させない遊技機を提供することができる。 According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that does not reduce the degree of freedom of hardware configuration .

Claims

A front-side open game frame to the gaming machine includes a game board forming a game area, and when the predetermined start winning region provided in the game area game ball passes a predetermined auxiliary game is executed, In a gaming machine capable of generating a special gaming state that gives a privilege to a player in accordance with the result of the auxiliary game,
Game control means for comprehensively controlling games in the game area;
A plurality of effect devices that are provided in the game board and the game frame and perform effects of the game;
In response to a command from the game control means, an effect control means for controlling the plurality of effect devices,
Dividing each of the systems of the effect devices into a plurality of groups, and providing group unit control means for each group to control the effect devices belonging to the divided group,
The production control means is configured as a group overall control means for comprehensively controlling each of the group unit control means,
A timing signal line for transmitting a timing signal between the group overall control means and the group unit control means;
A data line for exchanging data between the group control unit and the group unit control unit;
Enabling mutual data transmission between the group control unit and each group unit control unit,
The group overall control means is:
Transmitting means for sequentially transmitting data to the group unit control means by repeatedly changing the signal level of the timing signal line while setting the signal level of the data line to a signal level corresponding to transmission data;
A reply signal fetching means for fetching a reply signal from the group unit control means after data transmission by the sending means;
Determining means for determining success or failure of data transmission according to the captured response signal;
With
The group unit control means includes:
A response signal output means for outputting the response signal to the group overall control means via the data line on which the transmission means has transmitted data;
The transmission means includes
Arithmetic processing means for performing arithmetic processing related to the control of the rendering device;
A plurality of signal level control means connected to the group unit control means and controlling each signal level of the data line and the timing signal line with the group unit control means based on a command from the arithmetic processing means. When,
Comprising
The plurality of signal level control means include a first signal level control means connected to a group unit control means provided on the game board, and a second signal level control means provided to the group unit control means provided on the game frame. And a signal level control means.

The signal level control means initializes group unit control means connected to the signal level control means by writing initialization instruction data to a predetermined storage area provided in the signal level control means by the arithmetic processing means. Comprising individual initialization means,
The arithmetic processing means selects one or more signal level control means from the plurality of signal level control means, and writes the initialization instruction data in a predetermined storage area provided in the selected signal level control means. The gaming machine according to claim 1.

The group overall control means includes a data bus that exchanges data with each other between the arithmetic processing means and the signal level control means,
The signal level control means includes
An initialization signal input instruction terminal for inputting an initialization signal for instructing initialization of the signal level control means without the data bus by the arithmetic processing means;
Initialization instruction information for instructing initialization of the signal level control means, an initialization instruction information storage area in which the arithmetic processing means is written via the data bus;
With
The arithmetic processing means includes:
When initializing all of the plurality of signal level control means, the signal level control means are initialized by inputting an initialization signal to an initialization signal input instruction terminal provided in each of the signal level control means. ,
The initialization instruction information is written in the initialization instruction information storage area provided in the specific signal level control means when the specific signal level control means is selected and initialized. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or claim 2.

The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of the plurality of signal level control means is operable in parallel.

The game board includes an image output device for performing a game,
The plurality of signal level control means controls each of the signal levels in synchronization with a timing for updating an image output to the image output device. The gaming machine described in one.

The effect device is updated based on the data transmitted from the group overall control means via the group unit control means, the effect aspect of the effect device,
6. The timing at which the effect mode of the effect device is updated is set for each signal level control means connected to the group unit control means for controlling the effect device. The gaming machine according to any one of the above.