JP2011110375A - Illumination decoration, game board unit, and pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination decoration allowing a plurality of light emitting parts to emit light of different colors using a single full-color LED having respective color chips of red, green and blue; and to provide a game board unit and a Pachinko game machine. <P>SOLUTION: The illumination decoration includes: the full-color LED 30 having a red LED chip 34R, a green LED chip 34G and a blue LED chip 34B; red-light-emitting parts 25R, green-light-emitting parts 25G and blue-light-emitting parts 25B; and a red optical fiber 41D, a green optical fiber 41G and a blue optical fiber 41B whose incoming ends are fixed, with their approximating to the respective LED chips respectively and whose outgoing ends are connected to the red-light-emitting parts, the green-light-emitting parts and the blue-light-emitting parts respectively. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electrical decoration body, a game board unit, and a pachinko gaming machine that can simultaneously emit at least three light emitting portions with different colors using one full color LED.

In the pachinko machine, various board parts such as a prize opening, a windmill, a symbol display device, and an electrical decoration device are provided on the board surface of the game board in order to diversify the game contents. Then, when a game ball wins at the start winning opening provided on the game board, the symbols displayed on the symbol display device in the game board start to fluctuate, and the symbols stopped after the lapse of a predetermined time are predetermined jackpot symbols. When it becomes, it becomes a big hit state, and a player can acquire a lot of balls. In such a gaming machine, various display effects are performed in order to enhance the interest of the game.
For example, for the purpose of visually expressing and notifying winnings and other changes in the game state during the game, and for the purpose of creating an electric decoration effect on the game progress, a game board, a movable board surface part, and other arbitrary A light-emitting device such as an LED lamp or a filament lamp is disposed at the site (Patent Documents 1 and 2).
The LED is often used as a light source for electrical decoration in gaming machines such as pachinko machines due to its small size and low cost. It is often used aiming at.
However, for example, there is a variety of effects using LED lamps fixedly arranged on an accessory, such as varying the timing at which the LED lamps emit light and extinguishing at various times, and changing the amount of light and emission color. Was difficult.

Conventionally, full-color LEDs have been used as means for obtaining white light emission or changing emission color (Patent Document 3). Full-color LEDs have a configuration in which red, green, and blue light-emitting diode chips are arranged in a package, and light emission from each chip is mixed to obtain a white color or any other light emission color. ing. For example, if a plurality of optical fibers are connected to one full-color LED, a plurality of light emitting units can simultaneously emit light in the same color via each optical fiber.
However, until now, it has not been possible to simultaneously emit a plurality of light emitting portions with different colors other than white using one full color LED. That is, it is possible to change the color output from one full-color LED in various ways, but when using a full-color LED as the light source of a plurality of light-emitting units arranged on the game board surface, different colors from each light-emitting unit simultaneously. When it was going to output, it was necessary to prepare separate full color LED as a light source for every light emission part. For this reason, there was a problem that the number of used LEDs increased.

JP 2009-000303 A JP 2009-066211 JP 2006-026437 A

In a conventional gaming machine using full-color LEDs, if a plurality of light-emitting portions are caused to emit light in different colors at the same time, it is necessary to use different full-color LEDs, and the number of LEDs used increases. There was a problem.
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is possible to simultaneously emit light of a plurality of light emitting portions in different colors using a single full color LED having chips of red, green, and blue colors. The present invention relates to a decorative body, a game board unit, and a pachinko machine.

In order to achieve the above object, an electrical decoration according to claim 1 is a full color LED including a red LED chip, a green LED chip, and a blue LED chip, a red light emitting unit, a green light emitting unit, and a blue light emitting device. And an optical fiber for red, which is fixed in a state in which the incident end is close to each LED chip and whose emission end is connected to the red light emitting part, the green light emitting part, and the blue light emitting part, respectively. An optical fiber and a blue optical fiber are provided.
According to the present invention, it is possible to simultaneously emit a plurality of light emitting portions with different colors using one full color LED including LED chips (light emitting diode chips) of red, green, and blue colors. In other words, full-color LEDs have the purpose of emitting white or any other color by mixing light from individual LED chips that originally emit different colors. The color emitted simultaneously from one full-color LED is limited to one color. For this reason, when it is desired to cause a plurality of light emitting portions to emit light in different colors at the same time, it is necessary to prepare full color LEDs for the number of light emitting colors. In the present invention, since the incident end of the optical fiber (bundle) is made to face each of the red, green, and blue LED chips mounted on one full-color LED, a plurality of light emitting units are formed by one full-color LED. Can be made to emit light simultaneously in different colors.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the full color LED includes a substrate on which the red LED chip, the green LED chip, and the blue LED chip are mounted, and a coupler that supports an incident end of each optical fiber is fixed to the substrate. It is provided with.
In the invention of claim 3, each of the red LED chip, the green LED chip, and the blue LED chip is associated with each incident end of the red optical fiber, the green optical fiber, and the blue optical fiber exclusively. It is characterized by being fixed.
The invention according to claim 4 non-exclusively corresponds to the respective incident end portions of the red optical fiber, the green optical fiber, and the blue optical fiber for the red LED chip, the green LED chip, and the blue LED chip. It is characterized by being attached and fixed.
A game board unit according to a fifth aspect of the present invention includes the electrical decoration body according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, and a game board.
A pachinko gaming machine according to a sixth aspect of the present invention includes the gaming board unit according to the fifth aspect.

According to the present invention, an electrical decoration body and a game board unit that can simultaneously emit a plurality of light emitting portions in different colors using a single full color LED having chips of red, green, and blue colors. , And a pachinko gaming machine can be provided.
That is, in the present invention, the incident end of the optical fiber (bundle) is made to face each of the red, green, and blue LED chips mounted on one full-color LED. It is possible to cause the light emitting unit to emit light in different colors at the same time.

1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine equipped with an electric decoration according to the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the whole structure of an electrical decoration body. (A), (b), and (c) are the principal part top view, whole front view, and whole side view of full color LED. (A) And (b) is the top view of the LED chip mounting part, and the figure which showed the incident end part of three bundles of optical fibers supported by the coupler. (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the positional relationship of each LED chip and an optical fiber.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
A pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in this figure has a rectangular frame 2, and a game board 3 is detachably attached to a window hole of the frame 2 from the front side.
The game board 3 is provided with a guide rail protruding forward along the outer peripheral edge of the game area. The guide rail is constituted by an outer rail R1 and an inner rail R2 that guide a game ball launched from the launching device to the upper part of the game area or guide the game ball to the out port 18 for collecting the out ball.
A glass frame (not shown) is attached to the front side of the game board 3 so as to be opened and closed. A lower part of the glass frame is provided with a tray part 4 for storing game balls, a launch lever 5 for launching game balls in the tray part 4 and the like. Further, for example, an operation unit 6 such as a chance button or a cross key for a game effect, a purchase button for a game ball, a purchase cancel button, or the like is provided on the upper part of the saucer unit 4.

A symbol display device 9 is disposed in the approximate center of the game board 3. The symbol display device 9 is constituted by a liquid crystal display panel such as a liquid crystal display device, for example, and displays a special symbol image (not shown) in a normal operation state. In the so-called reach state or special game state, an effect image or the like indicating each game state is displayed.
Below the symbol display device 9, a variable winning device 11 for variably displaying the special symbol of the symbol display device 9 is provided.
Further, on the left side of the symbol display device 9, a gate 12 is provided for operating a normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 10 disposed in the lower right portion of the game board 3.
Further, below the variable winning device 11, there is provided a large winning opening 13 having an opening / closing door that is opened in a big hit state which is one of the special gaming states.
The variable winning device 11 includes an upper starting pocket 14 for variably displaying the symbol display device 9 and an electric tulip 17 having a pair of left and right open / close claws (movable pieces).
In addition, the game board 3 is provided with a normal winning opening 16, and a windmill 15 and a large number of game nails project. The game nail slows down the falling speed of the game ball and changes the falling direction in a complicated manner to enhance the interest in game progression.

The normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 10 can variably display one or a plurality of symbols, and the symbol is a random number on the condition that the gate 12 as a normal symbol start port detects a game ball. It is variable and stopped for a predetermined time by control or the like.
As a normal symbol, a numerical symbol, an alphabet symbol, a character symbol, and other appropriate game symbols are used. Then, when the normal symbol becomes a predetermined mode by random number control on the condition that the game ball has passed through the gate 12, the movable piece made of the electric tulip provided in the variable winning device 11 is opened for a predetermined time. It is configured as follows.
The special symbol displayed on the symbol display device 9 is configured to be in a big hit state when the stop symbol is a predetermined symbol combination, for example, the same symbol combination. Also, the special symbol is that the winning of the game ball is detected at the upper starting pocket 14 of the variable winning device 11 or the lower starting port (not shown) where the gaming ball is guided by the opening operation of the electric tulip. For example, the display is scrolled by random number control or the like, and a predetermined fluctuation pattern is changed (variable) for a predetermined time to stop at the symbol. At that time, when two stop symbols become the same on the active line, a reach state occurs, and in this reach state, the last stop symbol on the active line is already stopped. A big hit state occurs when they are the same. In addition, as a special symbol, a numerical symbol, an alphabet symbol, a character symbol, etc. can be used.
On the upper part of the symbol display device 9, an electric decoration body 20 that is shaped like a tree branch is arranged, and a plurality of light emitting units mounted on the electric decoration body 20 emit light according to the progress of the game. It is configured as follows.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the entire configuration of the electric decoration body 20, and is made of a translucent material arranged at various points of the decoration body main body 21 that represents a tree branch and the twigs 21 a that constitute the decoration body main body 21. The light emitting section 25, the full color LED 30 that emits light from each light emitting section 25, and the other light emitting section 25 that is wired in the decorative body main body 21 with the tip (exit end) connected to the light emitting section 25 and the other end (incident end). And an optical fiber 40 connected (closely arranged) to the full color LED 30 in a state where the optical fiber 40 is supported by the coupler 45.
The decorative body main body 21 in the shape of a branch is a resin hollow body through which the optical fiber 40 is inserted and supported, and each light emission composed of a transparent resin or the like disposed at the tip of the twig 21a or other arbitrary position. By connecting the emission end of each optical fiber 40 to the unit 25, the light from the full color LED 30 is emitted from the light emitting unit 25.
The full-color LED 30 has an LED chip mounted on the surface of the substrate 31 as shown in the plan view of the main part of the full-color LED in FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C, the entire front view including the coupler, and the entire side view. A portion 32 and a wiring pattern 35 are provided. The LED chip mounting portion 32 has a configuration in which a red LED chip 34R, a green LED chip 34G, and a blue LED chip 34B are arranged close to each other on the inner bottom surface of a recess 33a provided on the upper surface of a resin base member 33.

The coupler 45 divides the incident side end portions of the plurality of optical fibers 40 extending from the respective light emitting portions 25 into three groups and bundles them, and the incident end portions of the respective optical fiber bundles are red LED chips 34R on the full color LED, green The LED chip 34G and the blue LED chip 34B are face-to-face (proximately arranged).
In this specification, the optical fiber (bundle) disposed in proximity to the red LED chip 34R is referred to as a red optical fiber (bundle) 41R, and the optical fiber (bundle) disposed in proximity to the green LED chip 34G is referred to as a green optical fiber (bundle). The optical fiber (bundle) disposed near the blue LED chip 34B is referred to as a blue LED fiber (bundle) 41B. The light emitting sections 25 respectively connected to the emission end portions of the red optical fiber 41R, the green optical fiber 41G, and the blue optical fiber 41B are referred to as a red light emitting section 25R, a green light emitting section 25G, and a blue light emitting section 25B.

The electric decoration body 20 according to the present invention is positioned and fixed in a state where the incident end portion is close to the red LED chip 34R, the green LED chip 34G, and the blue LED chip 34B, and the emission end portion is the red light emitting portion 25R. The configuration includes a red optical fiber (bundle) 41R, a green optical fiber (bundle) 41G, and a blue optical fiber (bundle) 41B connected to the green light emitting unit 25G and the blue light emitting unit 25B, respectively. is there.
For example, when there is only one red light emitting part 25R on the decorative body main body 21, only one red optical fiber is sufficient. That is, the number of each optical fiber is set corresponding to the number of light emitting portions of corresponding colors.
In FIG. 2, three full-color LEDs are connected to the decorative body 21 because the total number of light emitting units mounted on the decorative body 21 can be connected to one full-color LED. This is because the number of optical fibers in the fiber bundle is exceeded.

4A and 4B are a plan view of the LED chip mounting portion and a bottom view showing the incident end portions of the three bundles of optical fibers supported by the coupler.
The coupler 45 is provided on the substrate surface of the full color LED so that the incident end portions of the optical fibers (bundles) 41R, 41G, and 41B correspond to the red LED chip 34R, the green LED chip 34G, and the blue LED chip 34B on the full color LED side. On the other hand, a screw is fixed through a spacer 46. The coupler 45 includes a coupler main body 47 that bundles and fixes the optical fibers 41R, 41G, and 41B in a predetermined positional relationship, and a flange portion 48 that is fixed to the outer periphery of the distal end of the coupler main body 47. When the flange portion 48 is screwed to the substrate surface of the full-color LED via the spacer 46, each LED chip 34R, 34G, 34B on the LED chip mounting portion 32 and each optical fiber (bundle) 41R, 41G, 41B are incident. The ends are configured to correspond one to one.
Since it is configured as described above, when the red LED chip 34R, the green LED chip 34G, and the blue LED chip 34B constituting one full-color LED are caused to emit light simultaneously, the red color connected via the optical fibers 41R, 41G, and 41B. The light emitting unit 25R, the green light emitting unit 25G, and the blue light emitting unit 25B can simultaneously emit light in different colors (red, green, blue).
In other words, it is sufficient to use one full-color LED in order to emit light of the number of light emitting units corresponding to the number of optical fibers constituting each optical fiber (bundle) 41R, 41G, 41B.

In the above embodiment, the incident end of each of the optical fibers 41R, 41G, and 41B is exclusively associated with the red LED chip 34R, the green LED chip 34G, and the blue LED chip 34B, respectively. It is configured so that light other than red is not incident, configured so that light other than green is not incident on the green optical fiber 41G, and configured so that light other than blue is not incident on the blue optical fiber 41B. The case where the emission colors of the light emitting units are red, green, and blue has been described (see FIG. 5A). Note that “corresponding exclusively” refers to a state in which only a specific optical fiber (bundle) receives light emitted from a specific color LED chip.
On the other hand, the incident end portions of the optical fibers 41R, 41G, and 41B are not exclusively associated with the red LED chip 34R, the green LED chip 34G, and the blue LED chip 34B (by non-exclusive association). Thus, it is possible to emit light with a light emission color obtained by mixing the light emitting portions. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, by arranging one optical fiber bundle so as to face across two LED chips, colors output from a plurality of LED chips are superimposed on one optical fiber. It is possible to mix red and green, green and blue, and red and blue. Therefore, colors other than red, green, and blue can be output to an arbitrary light emitting unit. Here, non-exclusive correspondence refers to a state in which one optical fiber (bundle) receives each light emission from a plurality of LED chips.

As described above, according to the electrical decoration body of the present invention, a plurality of light emitting units are simultaneously provided in different colors using one full color LED including LED chips (light emitting diode chips) of red, green, and blue colors. Can emit light. In other words, full-color LEDs have the purpose of emitting white or any other color by mixing light from individual LED chips that originally emit different colors. The color emitted simultaneously from one full-color LED is limited to one color. For this reason, when it is desired to cause a plurality of light emitting portions to emit light in different colors at the same time, it is necessary to prepare full color LEDs for the number of light emitting colors. In the present invention, since the incident end of the optical fiber (bundle) is made to face each of the red, green, and blue LED chips mounted on one full-color LED, a plurality of light emitting units are formed by one full-color LED. Can be made to emit light simultaneously in different colors.
When the individual optical fibers (bundles) are exclusively disposed close to the individual LED chips, the light emitting portion connected to each optical fiber can emit light in red, green, or blue. In addition, when individual optical fibers (bundles) are arranged close to each other across a plurality of LED chips (non-exclusively with individual LED chips), the light emitting portion connected to each optical fiber is selected from red, green, and blue. It is possible to emit light in an arbitrary color obtained by mixing two or more colors.
In addition, the game board unit constructed | assembled by assembling | attaching the electrical decoration body 20 which concerns on this invention to the game board 3 can be applied to a pachinko game machine and other game machines.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine, 3 ... Game board, 4 ... Dish part, 5 ... Launch lever, 6 ... Operation part, 10 ... Normal symbol display device, 11 ... Variable prize-winning device, 12 ... Gate, 13 ... Grand prize opening, 14 ... Upper start pocket, 15 ... Windmill, 16 ... Normal prize opening, 17 ... Electric tulip, 18 ... Out port, 20 ... Electric decoration body, 21 ... Decoration body, 21a ... Twig, 25 ... Light emitting part, 25B ... Blue light emitting part, 25G ... green light emitting part, 25R ... red light emitting part, 30 ... full color LED, 31 ... substrate, 32 ... LED chip mounting part, 33 ... base member, 34B ... blue LED chip, 34G ... green LED chip, 34R ... red LED chip, 35 ... wiring pattern, 40 ... optical fiber, 41B ... blue optical fiber, 41G ... green optical fiber, 41R ... red optical fiber, 45 ... coupler, 46 ... Over service, 47 ... coupler body, 48 ... flange

Claims (6)

  Full color LED with red LED chip, green LED chip, and blue LED chip, red light emitting part, green light emitting part, blue light emitting part, and incident end part are fixed in a state of being close to each LED chip. And a red optical fiber, a green optical fiber, and a blue optical fiber, each having an emission end connected to the red light emitting part, the green light emitting part, and the blue light emitting part, respectively. . The full color LED includes a substrate on which the red LED chip, the green LED chip, and the blue LED chip are mounted,
The electric decoration body according to claim 1, comprising a configuration in which a coupler that supports an incident end of each optical fiber is fixed to the substrate.   Each red LED chip, green LED chip, and blue LED chip are fixed in association with each incident end of the optical fiber for red, the optical fiber for green, and the optical fiber for blue, respectively. The electric decoration body according to claim 1 or 2.   Each of the red LED chip, the green LED chip, and the blue LED chip is fixed in association with each of the incident end portions of the red optical fiber, the green optical fiber, and the blue optical fiber in a non-exclusive manner. The electrical decoration body according to claim 1 or 2.   A game board unit comprising the electrical decoration body according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and a game board.   A pachinko gaming machine comprising the gaming board unit according to claim 5.

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