JP2012165972A - Electric yakumono (accessory) and game machine mounting the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the visibility of patterns shown on the peripheral face of a rotator and to increase the interest of a player by diversifying the presentation manner of the patterns shown while the rotor remains suspended.SOLUTION: A rotor 78 showing patterns on its peripheral face is placed rotatable and laterally at a position visible from a player through a window hole formed on a game board face. The rotor 78 is formed in a hollow and laterally positioned barrel shape using a translucent material. A plurality of patterns are shown being arranged in the rotating direction of the rotor 78 and a light source 90 is placed in its inner hollow part. A shutter 80 which opens/closes the front face of the rotor in the inside of the window hole is provided on the front side of the rotor 78.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric accessory that includes a rotating body that represents a pattern on a peripheral surface and performs a predetermined effect, and a gaming machine equipped with the same.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a means of transmitting information related to game progress in a gaming machine and related effects, a technique in which a rotating body is horizontally mounted in a position that can be seen by a player through a window hole formed in a game board surface is known. (See Patent Document 1).
In this technology, there is a substantially spherical rotating body in which a spherical surface is exposed from a window hole on the game board surface, and a seal printed with characters and pictures as information is attached to the peripheral surface of this rotating body. The characters and pictures are selectively exposed by the rotation of the rotating body, and information on the game progress is notified. A hemispherical transparent cover is installed on the front surface of the rotating body so as to cover the window hole on the game board surface, and a lens frame for refracting light and irradiating the peripheral surface of the rotating body is provided on the periphery of the transparent cover. ing.

JP 2004-65633 A

However, in the above prior art, even if the light refracted by the lens frame irradiates the peripheral surface of the rotating body, the illuminance of the light itself is not high and the rotating body cannot be effectively irradiated. For this reason, the rotating body viewed from the player is not so bright, and therefore it is difficult for the player to visually recognize characters and designs on the circumferential surface of the rotating body, and even if it can be visually recognized, the brightness is clear enough to attract the player's full interest. There was a problem that it was not. Further, the peripheral surface of the rotating body was always visible from the window hole on the game board surface. Therefore, the player's interest was only to know which character or design in the stopped state that can be seen from the window hole. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to make the player's interest last long or deep.
Accordingly, the present invention increases the visibility of the symbols represented on the peripheral surface of the rotating body and diversifies the manner in which the symbols appear in the stopped state of the rotating body, thereby increasing the player's interest. The challenge is to make it happen.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the electric accessory according to the first invention rotates a rotating body representing a plurality of symbols on a peripheral surface to a position visible to a player through a window hole formed in the game board surface. In an electric accessory that can be horizontally mounted,
The rotating body is formed of a translucent material into a hollow and horizontally-placed barrel shape, and the plurality of symbols are displayed side by side in the rotating direction of the rotating body, and further on the hollow portion of the rotating body, on the window hole side A light source arranged so as to be able to project toward the light source, and a shutter for opening and closing the front surface of the rotating body in the window hole on the front side of the rotating body.

An accessory means a device or device that performs a predetermined effect by blinking of light, movement of parts, or the like on a game board surface regardless of the presence or absence of a winning opening. Therefore, the electric accessory means an accessory that produces an effect by electric power. In the present invention, the rotating body is rotated and the shutter is opened and closed by electric power, and the light source is also turned on by electricity.
In the present invention, the rotating body on which the design is represented is formed in a hollow with a light-transmitting material, and the light source is disposed in the hollow portion. Is clearly visible. In addition, since the front surface of the rotating body is opened and closed by the shutter, the rotation of the rotating body stops and not only the specific symbol can be seen, but also the symbol can be seen and hidden by opening and closing the shutter. Can be added to satisfy your taste.

  Here, the material of the rotating body has a light-transmitting property means that it has a property of transmitting light, which is different from transparent because the transmitted light including transparent is diffused or the transmittance is low. It also includes the property that the shape of the other side cannot be clearly recognized through the material, or cannot be recognized at all. This applies to transparent glass and plastic as well as ground glass and milky white plastic.

  Next, the barrel shape which is the shape of the rotating body will be described. The barrel is a cylindrical container. In Europe, a traditional barrel, that is, a Western barrel, is made of a wooden board (barrel board) and an iron ring that binds it. Is a cylindrical shape with an inflated center. A common thing in Japan is Yuidaru, which appeared from the Kamakura period to the beginning of the Muromachi period. Also, the shape is straight and different from a western barrel, it is a cylindrical shape that does not swell. Here, the rotary body used in the first invention is preferably the above-mentioned western barrel type so-called beadal or the like. The reason for this is that when the center part swells, a three-dimensional effect appears on the pattern on the peripheral surface, and the force of the pattern is transmitted to the player who sees it. On the other hand, even if the circumferential surface of the rotator swells, if the bulge becomes large and becomes a spherical surface, the diameter becomes too large compared to the length in the left-right direction of the rotator. For this reason, if the left and right lengths having dimensions suitable for symbol display are secured on the rotating body, the depth dimension of the game board becomes too large, which may cause problems in the design of the game board. For this reason, the peripheral surface of the rotating body cannot be a spherical surface. Therefore, a western barrel type that is intermediate between a barrel having a straight barrel side and a die having a spherical side is preferred.

The electric accessory according to the second invention is the one according to the first invention, wherein the shutter moves between a closed position of the front surface of the rotating body and an open position retracted to at least one of the upper and lower sides thereof. The trajectory of the movement of the opening / closing piece is set in an arc shape with the center of curvature at or near the rotation center of the rotating body.
The point where the opening / closing track of the opening / closing piece is set in an arc shape having the center of curvature at or near the rotation center of the rotating body will be described below. The reason for this setting is to open and close the shutter opening / closing piece along the outer periphery of the rotating body. Therefore, it is only necessary to make the track on which the shutter opens and closes have an arc shape when viewed from the axial direction of the rotating body, and the center of curvature of the arc coincides with the rotation center line of the rotating body. However, even if the center of curvature of the arc does not coincide with the center of rotation of the rotating body, it is sufficient if it appears to match at first glance as viewed from the player. As a range that appears to be, it is sufficient that “the vicinity” is the center of curvature. Therefore, even if the above does not match, if it seems to match, it means that the center of curvature is “near it”.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, in the process of retracting the opening / closing piece to the open position, the movement of the arcuate track is retracted in the back direction from the game board surface. Seems to move forward and approach the player. In other words, the opening / closing piece opens, and the movement of the rotating body is pushed out (or pops out) relative to the opening / closing piece. Therefore, it is possible to produce an effect full of stereoscopic feeling within the limited depth of the game board.

According to a third aspect of the invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the shutter is composed of a pair of upper and lower open / close pieces that open and close the front surface of the rotating body, and the open / close pieces are adjacent to each other. Then, the shutter is closed, and both opening and closing pieces are opened away from each other.
Here, the rotary body is preferably a Western barrel type as described above, and the pair of upper and lower open / close pieces may have a shape corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary body.
As a result, the barrel-shaped rotating body is equivalent to an eyeball, and the upper and lower opening / closing pieces are opened and closed as if they were upper and lower eyelids, making the effect of the second invention even more bold.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electric combination according to the third aspect, wherein the pair of the rotating body and the shutter is provided at a position offset toward the upper or lower part of the game board surface, and a pair of upper and lower parts constituting the shutter. A direction in which the shutter is offset toward the center side of the game board surface by providing a joint portion of the opening / closing piece on the front side of the rotary body and at a position offset from the rotation axis of the same rotary body on the center side of the game board surface. It is characterized by being configured to start to open and to close in the same direction.

  Here, the joint part of a pair of opening-and-closing pieces means the site | part thru | or position where both upper and lower opening-and-closing pieces close and join. The game board is often provided with an effect symbol display device composed of a liquid crystal display at a central position that is at the level of the eyes of the player. For this reason, the electric combination of this invention will be arrange | positioned in the upper or lower part of the effect symbol display apparatus, ie, the upper part or the lower part of the game board surface. Therefore, since the player is looking up or looking down at the electric combination of the present invention, the shutter is opened or closed facing diagonally downward or diagonally upward so as to face the player's line of sight. Improved the production effect of objects. For this reason, when the character is displayed on the design of the rotating body, it is possible to produce an effect that the character is looking into the player through the gap of the shutter.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects of the invention, the cross-section in the opening / closing direction of the opening / closing piece constituting the shutter is the rotation of the circumferential surface of the rotating body. The opening / closing piece is formed of a translucent material, and is formed in an arc shape corresponding to a cross section in the direction.
Since the shutter opening and closing piece is translucent, if the light source is turned on, the outline of the rotating body and the silhouette of the pattern can be seen through even when the shutter is closed, and the shutter is closed. Can also give the player a sense of expectation. In particular, if the opening and closing piece is transparent, the action of the shutter that blocks the line of sight is reduced. Therefore, as described above, the outline of the rotating body and the silhouette of the pattern are transparent. Those that are visible are preferred.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the third to fifth aspects, the upper and lower open / close pieces constituting the shutter are supported coaxially with the rotating body, and these The gears for the open / close pieces, which are coaxial with the open / close pieces and have different pitch circles, are individually fixed to the upper and lower open / close pieces, and further, between the two gears for the open / close pieces, the gears are rotated in the opposite directions. A gear is provided.

As a result, the upper and lower opening / closing pieces simultaneously rotate in the opposite direction to open and close the shutter, but the opening / closing piece having the smaller pitch circle than the opening / closing piece provided with the gear for the opening / closing piece having the larger pitch circle. The opening / closing piece provided with the gears for use has a larger turning angle, and the upper and lower opening / closing pieces have a turning angle proportional to the size of the pitch circle. .
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, in the sixth aspect of the invention, the gear having the larger pitch circle is an internal gear. As a result, the intermediate gear in the sixth aspect of the invention can be a single gear, so the structure is simplified.

The electric accessory according to the eighth invention is the one according to any one of the first to seventh inventions, wherein at least some of the plurality of symbols of the rotating body and dimensions of the other symbols in the rotational direction. And the shutter is opened in accordance with the size of the symbol displayed at a position visible to the player.
The dimensions of the symbols in the rotation direction of the rotating body are made different depending on the types of symbols. That is, the size of the symbol in the circumferential direction of the rotating body is changed depending on the symbol, so that the shutter is opened only for the symbol depending on the size of the symbol displayed to the player. As a result, it is possible to change the display size according to the design and produce an effect that represents the expectation level and reliability of the game by the size of the size.
A gaming machine according to a ninth invention is characterized in that the electric accessory according to the first to eighth inventions is mounted.

  According to the present invention, the illumination from the inside increases the visibility of the symbol represented on the peripheral surface of the rotating body, and only identifies which symbol is represented by the stopped state of the rotating body. First, it is possible to diversify the manner in which the symbols appear by opening and closing the shutter, thereby increasing the player's interest.

The front view of a game board. The perspective view of a game board. The block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of a pachinko machine. The perspective view from the front side of a display unit. The perspective view from the back side of a display unit. The top view of an electric accessory. The front view of an electric accessory. The right view of an electric accessory. The perspective view from the front side of an electric accessory. The exploded perspective view from the back side of an electric accessory. The exploded perspective view from the front side of an electric accessory. FIG. 3 is a side view of a mechanism for opening and closing a shutter of an electric accessory, with the shutter closed. The side view of the state which is a mechanism which opens and closes the shutter of an electric accessory and the shutter is opened. The perspective view from the back side which has detected the state where the shutter of the electric accessory was closed. The perspective view from the back side which has detected the state where the shutter of the electric accessory was opened. The perspective view from the back side which is detecting the rotation position of the rotary body of an electrically-driven accessory. The development view of the symbol displayed on the surface of the rotating body of the electric accessory.

(Game board)
The gaming machine described here is a pachinko machine, and a game board 2 which is a main component of the gaming machine 2 is described as a front view in FIG. 1 and as a perspective view in FIG. The surface that appears in front of the game board 2 is the game board surface.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an effect symbol display device 4 capable of displaying an effect image is provided at a substantially central portion of the game board 2. The effect symbol display device 4 is configured by a variable display device such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display.

Although not shown, the effect symbol display device 4 has four regions in which the effect symbol can be varied and stopped independently. Then, the effect symbol display device 4 displays the result of the winning lottery (special prize lottery) by the combination of the effect symbols stopped and displayed in the four areas.
A normal symbol start gate 6 is provided on the right side of the effect symbol display device 4. When the game ball passes, the normal symbol start gate 6 detects a winning of the game ball based on a detection signal of a start gate switch (not shown) inside the pachinko machine, and gives a chance to draw by the normal symbol.

  A first start winning port 8a is provided on the lower side of the production symbol display device 4, and a second starting winning port 8b is provided on the lower side of the normal symbol starting gate 6, and both the start winning ports 8a and 8b are provided. It is a component of the start winning device 8. The first start winning opening 8a is a winning opening (a so-called umbilicus) that is open upward so that a game ball can always be won. The second start winning opening 8b is a so-called electric tulip capable of changing the winning probability. The second start winning opening 8b is normally closed so that the game ball cannot win, but when the lottery with the normal symbol is won, it becomes an open state in a predetermined pattern and the game ball can win. It becomes a state.

The game ball that has won the first start winning port 8a is detected by the first start winning port switch 10a (see FIG. 3), and gives an opportunity to win a lottery. In addition, the game ball that has won the second start winning port 8b is detected by the second start winning port switch 10b (see FIG. 3), and gives an opportunity to win a lottery.
A large winning opening 12 is provided to the right of the first starting winning opening 8a. The special winning opening 12 is normally closed, but when the special prize state is generated, it is in an open state in a predetermined pattern so that the game ball can be won. The game balls that have won the big prize opening 12 are detected by the big prize opening switch 14 (see FIG. 3) and give an opportunity to pay out the prize balls.
An out port 16 for collecting game balls that did not win any of the winning ports is provided below the big winning port 12 and at the lowermost part of the game board 2. Also, below the effect symbol display device 4, an electric accessory 18 which is an embodiment of the present invention is disposed. Details of the electric accessory 18 will be described later.

(Control system)
Next, the configuration of the control system in the pachinko machine will be described mainly with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko machine includes a first start winning port switch 10 a, a second starting winning port switch 10 b, a big winning port switch 14, and various winning port switches 20.
The first start winning port switch 10 a detects the winning of a game ball to the first start winning port 8 a and transmits a detection signal to the main control device 22. The second start winning port switch 10 b detects the winning of the game ball to the second start winning port 8 b and transmits a detection signal to the main control device 22. The big winning opening switch 14 detects the winning of a game ball in the big winning opening 12 and transmits a detection signal to the main control device 22. The various prize opening switches 20 detect the passage of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 6 and transmit a detection signal to the main controller 22.

  The pachinko machine includes a main control device 22, an effect control device 24, a display control device 26, a lamp control device 28, a sound effect control device 30, and an object control device 32 as control units. In order to prevent fraud, etc., the main control device 22 and the effect control device 24 are each mounted on separate boards. Further, data can be transmitted only in one direction from the main control device 22 to the effect control device 24.

  The main control device 22 acquires (lottery) various random values in response to the detection of the winning of game balls at the start winning ports 8a and 8b. Then, the main controller 22 transmits a control command and controls the entire game based on the acquired various random numbers. Further, the main control device 22 directly controls (port output control) the special symbol display devices 34a and 34b, the normal symbol display device 36, the game state display device 38, the prize ball payout control device 40, the special winning opening solenoid 42, and the like. .

The main controller 22 includes a CPU 44, a ROM 46, a RAM 48, an input port 50, and an output port 52. The input port 50 outputs detection signals output from each of the first start winning port switch 10a, the second starting winning port switch 10b, the big winning port switch 14 and the various winning port switches 20 to the CPU 44.
The output port 52 includes control commands and control signals for the production control device 24, the special symbol display devices 34a and 34b, the normal symbol display device 36, the game state display device 38, the prize ball payout control device 40, and the big prize opening solenoid 42, respectively. Is output. Further, the output port 52 outputs the output information and abnormality signal of the pachinko machine to the hall computer 54.

  The ROM 46 stores a program for controlling the pachinko machine executed by the main control device 22, data for game control, and the like. The game control data includes various control commands for controlling the effect control device 24. Here, as various control commands, there are a state designation command, a change time designation command, a symbol stop designation command, an effect start designation command, and the like.

  The RAM 48 temporarily stores input / output data for the main controller 22, data for arithmetic processing, various counters including a random number counter related to the game, a lottery result and a flag for managing the game state. In addition, the RAM 48 is provided with an area for storing start information acquired in response to winning of a game ball in the start winning ports 8a and 8b. Here, the start information is information such as various random number values obtained by winning the game balls at the start winning ports 8a and 8b (for example, hit determination random number value, hit type determination random number value, variation time determination disorder) Number).

The main controller 22 is connected to a power supply circuit 56 for supplying power.
The effect control device 24 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input port, and an output port, like the main control device 22. The ROM of the effect control device 24 stores a program for controlling the effect, various data, and the like. The RAM of the effect control device 24 temporarily stores control commands input from the main control device 22, data for performing arithmetic processing, and the like.

The CPU of the effect control device 24 controls each of the display control device 26, the lamp control device 28, the sound effect control device 30, and the accessory control device 32 by executing processing according to a program stored in the ROM.
The effect control device 24 determines an effect to be executed based on the control command received from the main control device 22. And the production | presentation control apparatus 24 produces | generates the production | presentation control command according to the decided production | generation, and transmits the produced | generated production | presentation control command, The display control apparatus 26, the lamp control apparatus 28, the sound effect control apparatus 30, and a role. Each of the object control devices 32 is controlled.

  The display control device 26 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an image processing VDP (Video Display Processor), an input port, and an output port. The ROM of the display control device 26 stores a program for effect display, various image data, and the like. The RAM of the display control device 26 temporarily stores input / output data for the CPU and data for arithmetic processing, and functions as a work area and a buffer memory.

In response to receiving an effect control command (hereinafter referred to as a display control command) from the effect control device 24, the CPU of the display control device 26 specifies an image specified by the display control command in accordance with a program stored in the ROM. Data is read from the ROM and the image data is output to the VDP. The image processing VDP outputs image data to the effect symbol display device 4 via the output port in accordance with an output instruction from the CPU.
The lamp control device 28 controls lighting, blinking, and the like of the lamp 58. In response to receiving the effect control command from the effect control device 24, the lamp control device 28 reads out control data corresponding to the lamp effect indicated by the effect control command from the ROM, and the lamp 58 is based on the control data. Turns on, blinks, turns off, etc.

The sound effect control device 30 controls the output of sound effects from the speaker 60. In response to receiving the effect control command from the effect control device 24, the sound effect control device 30 reads the sound data corresponding to the effect sound effect indicated by the effect control command from the ROM and outputs the sound data to the speaker 60.
The accessory control device 32 controls the operation of the electric accessory 18. In response to receiving the effect control command from the effect control device 24, the accessory control device 32 reads control data corresponding to the operation pattern of the electric accessory 18 indicated by the accessory control command from the ROM, and The electric accessory 18 is operated based on the control data.

(Electric accessories)
In the illustrated example, the electric accessory 18 according to the embodiment of the present invention is disposed above the out port 16 below the game board 2. 4 and 5 show the display unit 70 in which the electric accessory 18 is incorporated. FIG. 4 is a perspective view from the front side of the display unit 70, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view from the back side. is there. The display unit 70 includes a structure 71 that displays a decorative picture and forms a part of the game board surface, the first start winning opening 8a and the large winning opening 12 formed in the structure 71, and a grand prize. And an opening / closing drive mechanism 72 that opens and closes the mouth 12, and the electric accessory 18 is disposed at a position that can be seen from the front through a relatively large window hole 74 formed in the structure 71. Yes.

As the decorative picture of the structure 71, an object related to the decoration on the game board 2, for example, the theme of a specific person in the history is expressed in a cartoon style. Further, the structure 71 has a strength for supporting the electric accessory 18 as will be described later, and an electronic circuit board used for controlling the electric accessory 18 is also provided on the back surface of the structure 71. Is provided.
As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the electric accessory 18 includes a machine frame 76 having an upward U-shape fixed to the structure 71, a rotating body 78 rotatably supported by the machine frame 76, and a machine And a shutter 80 which is supported by a frame 76 and opens and closes the front surface of the rotating body 78.

  A rotating shaft 82 is installed between the left and right rising portions 76a and 76b of the machine frame 76, and a gear 84a rotates integrally with the rotating shaft 82 on the inner side of the left rising portion 76a. It is attached as follows. The gear 84a meshes with a gear 84b rotatably supported on the inside of the rising portion 76a. The gear 84b is driven by a motor 86 attached to the outside of the rising portion 76a. It has become.

  A rotating body 78 is cantilevered on the rotating shaft 82. That is, the rotator 78 is a hollow, barrel-shaped rotator made of a hard synthetic resin that is light transmissive and close to a transparent body, and its left end is rotated around the rotating shaft 82 near the gear 84a. It is fixed so as to rotate integrally with the shaft. On the other hand, the right end of the rotating body 78 is open as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, and the rotating body 78 is not in contact with the rotating shaft 82 except for the left end.

  The symbols 88a, 88b,... 88f shown in FIG. 17 are displayed in the circumferential direction on the peripheral surface of the rotating body 78. In the example of FIG. 17, six types of symbols 88a, 88b,... 88f are used and printed on a transparent heat-shrink film whose outline is indicated by a broken line. The film 88 is wound around the outer periphery of the rotator 78 to form a cylindrical shape, which is thermally shrunk and brought into close contact, whereby the symbols 88 a, 88 b,... 88 f are displayed on the rotator 78. Since the heat shrinkage as described above and the outer peripheral surface of the rotator 78 is a western barrel type having a bulge in the center, the pattern displayed on the outer periphery of the rotator 78 is shaped compared to that of FIG. Is slightly changed, but the change is not large. Therefore, it can be said that the state of FIG. 18 is close to the developed view of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 78.

These symbols 88a, 88b,... 88f are not the same in the direction of the rotation direction, and are distinguished into two or more types. Here, the two symbols 88d and 88e are small symbols that are halved in the rotational direction with respect to the other symbols, and the other symbols 88a, 88b, 88c, and 88f are large symbols.
As shown in FIG. 10, a substrate 92 on which an LED 90 as a light source is disposed is inserted into the rotating body 78 from the open end on the right side of the rotating body 78, and the LED 90 is inside the rotating body 78. It can be lit with. The board 92 is fixed to the rising portion 76b on the right side of the machine casing 76 via a bracket 94, and is lit while receiving the supply of electric power by an unillustrated electric cable even while the rotating body 78 is rotating. ing.

  Further, a disk 96 on which a rotational position detection slit 96a is formed is fixed to the rotating shaft 82 of the rotating body 78 outside the rising portion 76a on the left side of the machine frame 76, and the position of the slit 96a of the disk 96 is fixed. Is detected by a photo sensor 98 (FIG. 16) installed in the machine casing 76 or the structure 71, and the rotational position of the rotating body 78 can be specified.

  Next, the shutter 80 that opens and closes the front surface of the rotating body 78 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, the shutter 80 is composed of two upper and lower opening / closing pieces 80a and 80b each having a translucent semi-transparent synthetic resin plate with a lattice pattern. These opening / closing pieces 80a, 80b have a curved shape along the outer periphery of the rotating body 78, and both opening / closing pieces 80a, 80b have the same diameter. Then, when the upper opening / closing piece 80a is lowered and the lower opening / closing piece 80b is raised and the both opening / closing pieces come close to each other, the shutter 80 is closed, the upper opening / closing piece 80a is raised, and the lower opening / closing piece 80b is lowered. Thus, the shutter 80 is opened when both the open / close pieces 80a and 80b are moved away from each other. Reference numeral 80c is a joint when both the opening and closing pieces 80a and 80b are closed.

Both the left and right end portions of the opening / closing pieces 80a, 80b are loosely fitted to the rotary shaft 82, so that the opening / closing pieces 80a, 80b rotate in an arc around the rotation center of the rotating body 78. An opening / closing operation is performed along the surface of the body 78.
A gear 102a having the rotation shaft 82 as a center of rotation is fixed to the loose fitting portion of the lower opening / closing piece 80b to the rotation shaft 82 inside the rising portion 76b on the right side of the machine frame 76. The gear 102a and the power transmission system in which it is interposed are particularly shown in FIGS. The gear 102a forms a gear for the lower opening / closing piece 80b, and meshes with a gear 102b that is rotatably supported inside the rising portion 76b. The gear 102b is driven by a motor 104 attached to the outside of the rising portion 76b to open / close the lower opening / closing piece 80b via the gear 102a.

  An intermediate gear 106 that meshes with the gear 102a is rotatably supported inside the right-side rising portion 76b of the machine frame 76, and this gear 106 is fixed to the right end of the upper opening / closing piece 80a. It meshes with the internal gear 108. The internal gear 108 is a gear for the upper opening / closing piece 80a, and is formed in a rack shape having a pitch circle with the rotation shaft 82 as the center. This pitch circle is larger than the pitch circle of the gear 102a fixed to the lower opening / closing piece 80b. For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the angle β at which the lower opening / closing piece 80b opens / closes is smaller than the angle α at which the upper opening / closing piece 80a opens / closes with respect to a certain rotation angle of the motor 104 and the gear 102b. It is getting bigger.

  Thus, the gear 102a rotates integrally with the lower opening / closing piece 80b, and the internal gear 108 rotates integrally with the upper opening / closing piece 80a. The two gears 102a and 108 rotate in the opposite direction to the gear 102a via the gear 106. However, since the pitch circles of the two gears 102a and 108 are provided with large and small differences. The difference between the angles α and β at which the upper and lower open / close pieces 80a and 80b open and close can be provided.

The arm 110 that rotates integrally is fixed to the lower opening / closing piece 80b. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the photo sensor fixed to the base on the back surface of the structure 71 at the closed position of the shutter 80. In 112, the arm 110 is detected, and it is detected that the arm 110 is in the closed position.
Here, FIGS. 12 and 13 show the line of sight L of the player looking at the rotating body 78. Since the electric accessory 18 including the rotating body 78 and the shutter 80 is located at the lower part of the game board 2, the player is looking down. For this reason, the line of sight L is downward as shown in FIGS. In order to respond to this downward line of sight L, among the symbols 88a, 88b... 88f (only the outline is shown and the specific symbols are omitted) of the rotating body 78 shown in FIG. As for the designs of characters such as animals and animals, the line of sight is directed upward to match the line of sight L of the player.

  When the shutter 80 is closed (FIG. 12), the joint 80c of the upper and lower opening / closing pieces 80a, 80b is located obliquely above the rotation shaft 82 and faces the direction matching the player's line of sight L. . In the character design of the symbols 88a, 88b,... 88f of the rotator 78, the position of the character's eyes stops according to the joint 80c of the open / close pieces 80a, 80b. When the shutter 80 is opened, it is possible to produce an effect that the character is looking through the gap of the shutter 80. From the closed state to the state where the front surface is largely opened (FIG. 13), the upper and lower open / close pieces 80a and 80b are opened by angles α and β as described above, and the shutter 80 moves back and closes. It has become. The size of the opening of the shutter 80 is adjusted to the size of the symbol that appears on the front surface when the rotating body 78 is stopped, so that it rotates to the symbol 88a, 88b,... 88f as shown in FIG. When the size of the direction is large or small, the shutter 80 opens to a size that matches the pattern that appears.

  Such control is performed by the control from the accessory control device 32 in FIG. 3, the light source comprising the LED 90 is turned on, and the rotating body 78 is rotated from the start position to a predetermined angle by the motor 86 and stopped. In accordance with the dimensions of the symbols 88a, 88b,... 88f to appear, the open / close pieces 80a, 80b are opened from the closed position to a predetermined angle by the motor 104 and stopped. The number of rotations of the motors 86 and 104, that is, the rotation angles of the rotating body 78 and the open / close pieces 80a and 80b is performed by a known method such as pulse control from the accessory control device 32.

  The power from the motors 86 and 104 to the rotating body 78 and the open / close pieces 80a and 80b is transmitted as follows, as is apparent. First, the rotational force of the motor 86 is transmitted to the gear 84b, whereby the gear 84a is rotationally driven, and the rotating shaft 82 and the rotating body 78 are rotated integrally with the gear 84a. The rotation of the rotating body 78 is controlled by the accessory control device 32 (FIG. 3) including sensors such as the photosensor 98 shown in FIG.

  Next, the rotational force of the motor 104 is transmitted to the gear 102b. Then, the gear 102a meshing with this rotates at a predetermined angle outside the rotating shaft 82, and the lower opening / closing piece 80b integrally rotates with the gear 102a at a predetermined angle around the rotating shaft 82. The rotation of the gear 102a is caused by rotating the internal gear 108 via the intermediate gear 106, and the upper opening / closing piece 80a, which is fixed integrally with the internal gear 108, is rotated at a predetermined angle around the rotation shaft 82. Let The opening / closing of the shutter 80 comprising the opening / closing pieces 80a and 80b is performed at the angles α and β shown in FIG. 13 in proportion to the pitch circle of the gears 82 and 108 as described above. This is performed by the accessory control device 32 (FIG. 3) provided with sensors such as the photosensor 112 shown in FIG.

  When the shutter 80 is thus opened, any of the symbols is seen by the player by the light source inside the rotator 78, so that the player understands or estimates the meaning of the effect, such as a notice effect described later. The game can be progressed. When the predetermined time has passed, the light source is turned off, the rotator 78 is returned to the original position, the shutter 80 is closed, and one performance operation of the electric accessory 18 is completed.

  However, in addition to the above-described operation, it is also possible to adopt a mode in which the light source is turned on and the rotating body 78 is rotated at a predetermined angle while the shutter 80 is closed or the shutter 80 is opened and closed. It is. In this case, since the shutter 80 is made of a light-transmitting material, the light of the light source composed of the LED 90 and the contour of the rotating body 78 and the silhouette of the symbol can be seen through to the player. You can have a feeling and the effect will be great.

In the present embodiment, the effect control device 24 shown in FIG. 3 executes a notice effect by the electric accessory 18 via the accessory control device 32. The notice effect is an effect for notifying the result of the winning lottery. The notice effect is executed in response to the change display of the effect symbol displayed on the effect symbol display device 4.
Specifically, when the win control lottery is executed, the effect control device 24 displays the change of the effect symbol via the accessory control device 32, and then the effect symbol according to the mode according to the result of the win lottery. Stop display of. At this time, the effect control device 24 executes a notice effect for notifying the result of the winning lottery related to the change display in association with the change display of the effect symbol.

  First, the effect control device 24 determines whether or not to execute the notice effect corresponding to the change display of the effect symbol by lottery (hereinafter referred to as notice effect execution lottery). In the notice effect execution lottery, whether or not to execute the notice effect is determined in consideration of the result of the winning lottery related to the notice effect. In the notice effect execution lottery, the probability that the notice effect is determined to be executed when the result of the winning lottery related to the variable display is “win” is the result of the winning lottery related to the variable display is “out of”. In some cases, it is set higher than the probability that the notice effect is determined to be executed. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the player's expectation that a win will occur when the electric accessory 18 is activated.

  In addition, when it is determined that the notice effect is to be executed by the notice effect execution lottery, the effect control device 24 selects the notice effect to be executed from among the plurality of notice effects by lottery (hereinafter referred to as the notice effect type lottery). decide. For example, notice effects A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are set as a plurality of notice effects. The notice effect A is a notice effect in which the shutter 80 is simply opened / closed and swung like a blink in the electric accessory 18 and the shutter 80 is not opened. The rotating body 78 at this time may be rotating or may not be rotating. The notice effect B is a notice effect that opens the shutter 80 in the electric accessory 18 and displays the small symbol 88d shown in FIG. The notice effect C is a notice effect that opens the shutter 80 in the electric accessory 18 and displays a small symbol 88e. The notice effect D is a notice effect that opens the shutter 80 in the electric accessory 18 and displays the large symbol 88a. Hereinafter, the notice effect E is a notice effect that opens the shutter 80 in the electric accessory 18 and displays the large symbol 88b. Similarly, the notice effect F is a notice effect that displays a large symbol 88c, and the notice effect G is a notice effect that similarly displays a large symbol 88f. It is assumed that the LED 90 is turned on at any notice effect.

In the notice effect type lottery, a notice effect to be executed is determined from among a plurality of notice effects in consideration of the result of the winning lottery related to the notice effect. In the notice effect type lottery, each notice effect A, B, C... G is determined so that expected values of two or more notice effects A, B, C. Probability is set. The expected value is a value indicating the probability of winning when the notice effect is executed.
In this embodiment, in the order of the notice effects G, F, E, D, C, B, and A, the expected value is set to be high at first, and the expected value is sequentially decreased. That is, the expected value is set higher for the notice effect with a larger symbol displayed on the electric accessory 18 (as the notice effect with a larger width in which the shutter is opened and in a certain order).

  In the present embodiment, a notice effect for notifying the result of the winning lottery is performed using the electric accessory 18. However, the reach notice effect and the prefetch notice effect may be performed using the electric accessory 18. The reach notice effect is an effect for notifying whether or not the reach effect is executed in the variation display of the effect symbol displayed on the effect symbol display device 4. The pre-reading notice effect is an effect of notifying the result of the winning lottery for which the effect symbol variation display is suspended in the display of the previous winning lottery result (the effect symbol variation display).

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, since this invention has the characteristics in the structure of the electrically-driven accessory 18, operation | movement of each part is not limited to said control, rotation of each part, Other timings for opening / closing operations, operation amounts, and the like may be used. In the above embodiment, the electric accessory 18 is provided at the lower part of the game board surface, but it can be provided at the upper part of the game board surface, that is, above the effect symbol display device 4 comprising a liquid crystal display. In that case, the player looks up the electric accessory 18. Therefore, it goes without saying that the joint 80 c of the shutter 80 is located at a position offset toward the lower side of the rotating shaft 82 on the front side of the rotating body 78. As a result, the shutter 80 faces obliquely forward and downward and opens and closes in a direction opposite to the player's line of sight. In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine is exemplified as the gaming machine, but the present invention can also be applied to other gaming machines such as an amusement game machine.

2 Game board 4 Effect symbol display device 18 Electric accessory 22 Main control device 24 Effect control device 32 Effect control device 70 Display unit 71 Structure 74 Window hole 76 Machine frame 78 Rotating body 80 Shutter 80a Open / close piece 80b Open / close piece 80c Joint 82 Rotating shaft 86 Motors 88a to 88f Pattern 90 Light source 92 Substrate 102a Gear 102b Gear 104 Motor 106 Gear 108 Internal gear

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In a motorized object that has a rotating body that represents a plurality of symbols on the peripheral surface, and is horizontally mounted in a position that can be seen by the player through a window hole formed in the game board surface,
The rotating body is formed of a translucent material in a hollow and horizontal barrel shape, and the plurality of symbols are displayed side by side in the rotating direction of the rotating body, and further, in the hollow portion of the rotating body, on the window hole side And a shutter for opening and closing the front surface of the rotating body in the window hole on the front side of the rotating body.   The shutter is configured by an opening / closing piece that moves between a closed position of the front surface of the rotating body and an open position retracted to at least one of the upper and lower sides thereof, and the trajectory of the movement of the opening / closing piece is rotated by the rotation of the rotating body. The electric accessory according to claim 1, wherein the electric accessory is set in an arc shape having a center of curvature or the vicinity thereof.   The shutter is composed of a pair of upper and lower open / close pieces that open and close the front surface of the rotating body, and the open / close pieces are closed close to each other, and the open / close pieces are opened away from each other. The electric accessory according to claim 1 or claim 2.   A set of the rotating body and the shutter is provided at a position offset to the upper or lower part of the game board surface, and a joint portion of a pair of upper and lower opening / closing pieces constituting the shutter is a front surface of the rotating body and It is provided at a position shifted toward the center side of the game board surface from the rotation axis, and is configured so that the shutter starts to open toward the center side of the game board surface and closes toward the same direction. The electric accessory according to claim 3.   The opening / closing section of the opening / closing piece constituting the shutter is formed in an arc shape corresponding to the section of the rotating body circumferential surface in the rotation direction, and the opening / closing piece is made of a light-transmitting material. The electric accessory according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:   The upper and lower open / close pieces constituting the shutter are supported coaxially with the rotating body, and gears for open / close pieces that are coaxial with these open / close pieces and have different pitch circles are individually fixed to the upper and lower open / close pieces, 6. The electric accessory according to claim 3, further comprising an intermediate gear for rotating the opening and closing pieces in opposite directions to each other. .   The electric accessory according to claim 6, wherein the gear having the larger pitch circle is an internal gear.   The size of at least some of the symbols of the rotating body is different from the size of the other symbols in the rotational direction, and the shutter is opened in accordance with the size of the symbol displayed at the position visible to the player. The electric accessory according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: A gaming machine comprising the electric accessory according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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