JP2016179123A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of increasing variations of images while suppressing an increase in a data amount.SOLUTION: In a Pachinko game machine 10, image source data is stored in a ROM 54C of an image control circuit 54. A CPU 54A of the image control circuit 54 handles the image source data as image data of a first visual recognition object image T1 as it is when generating the image data of the first visual recognition object image T1, while it uses, as image data of a second visual recognition object image T2, data generated by converting color tone parameters of the image source data when generating the image data of the second visual recognition object image T2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a display device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine, there is known one that displays a video for producing a game on a display device (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-143076 A (paragraph [0047], FIG. 31 etc.)

  By the way, in the conventional gaming machine described above, it is possible to improve the taste by increasing the variation of the video, but on the other hand, the amount of video data increases and the storage capacity of the ROM or the like is compressed. was there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of increasing video variations while suppressing an increase in data amount.

  The invention according to claim 1 made to achieve the above object has a common shape and at least one of a color, a size, and a transparency is different from each other in a first visual recognition target image and a second visual recognition target image. And a display for transmitting the first video data for the first visual target image or the second video data for the second visual target image to the display device according to the progress of the game. A video source that identifies a basic visual target image having a common shape that is a shape common to the first visual target image and the second visual target image. Data storage means for storing data, and video data generation means for generating either the first video data or the second video data from the common video source data according to the progress of the game. With the characteristics That is a game machine.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the video data generating means generates the first video data, the video source data is used as it is as the first video data, while when the second video data is generated. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the second video data is obtained by converting at least one of color, size, and transparency in the video source data.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the video source data includes a hue parameter, a brightness parameter, and a saturation parameter for specifying a color, and the video data generation means generates the second video data. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the hue parameter, the lightness parameter, and the saturation parameter in the video source data is converted.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the data storage means stores a plurality of the video source data, a combination information of some of the video source data in the plurality of the video source data, and colors in the video source data, A plurality of pieces of presentation data including size and transparency conversion information; and the video data generation unit is configured to store the video source data from the data storage unit based on the combination information of the presentation data acquired from the data storage unit. And a combination of the video source data converted based on the conversion information and synthesized, including the first video data or the second video data and transmitted to the display device The game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the game machine is generated as video data.

[Invention of Claim 1]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first video data for the first visual target image and the second video data for the second visual target image are generated from the common video source data by the video data generating means. Therefore, the data amount can be reduced as compared with the case where the first and second video data are stored separately. That is, it is possible to increase video variations while suppressing an increase in data amount.

[Invention of claim 2]
The first video data and the second video data may be generated by converting at least one of color, size, and transparency in the video source data. As described above, the second video data is generated by converting at least one of the color, size, and transparency in the video source data, while the first video data is configured to use the video source data as it is. May be. In the latter case, it is possible to reduce the burden on the video data generating means when generating the first video data.

[Invention of claim 3]
In the invention according to claim 3, the video data generating means converts at least one of the hue parameter, the brightness parameter, and the saturation parameter in the video source data, so that the second visual target having a color different from that of the basic visual target image. It becomes possible to generate second video data for an image.

[Invention of claim 4]
According to the configuration of claim 4, the production video data is synthesized by the video data generation means combining a plurality of video source data based on the combination information and converting the video source data based on the conversion information. Since it is generated, it becomes possible to give variations to the production video data by converting the video source data and combining the video source data.

Front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention (A) Conceptual diagram of variable display (B) Conceptual diagram of effect 1 (C) Conceptual diagram of stop display of special symbol (A) Conceptual diagram of effect 2, (B) Conceptual diagram of effect 3, (C) Conceptual diagram of effect 4, (D) Conceptual diagram of effect 5 Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a pachinko machine (A) Conceptual image of forest image, (B) Conceptual image of human image, (C) Conceptual image of bird image Production data conceptual diagram Main control circuit main program flowchart Main interrupt processing flowchart Sub-control circuit main program flowchart Receive interrupt processing flowchart 2ms timer interrupt processing flowchart 10ms timer interrupt processing flowchart Main command analysis flowchart Flow chart of variation production lottery process Video control circuit main program flowchart Flow chart of notice effect setting processing Conceptual diagram of the notice effect selection table

[First Embodiment]
An embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine 10 corresponding to a “gaming machine” of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, a display window 11A is formed through the game board 11 of the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, and corresponds to the “display device” of the present invention behind the display window 11A. A display 13 is provided.

  Of the game board 11, around the display window 11A, there are provided first and second start winning openings 14, 15, a large winning opening 22, and the like. Then, when the game ball that has been driven into the front surface of the game board 11 by operating the operation knob 28 wins the first or second start winning opening 14 or 15, a special symbol determination is made and the determination result is correct. On the other hand, the big hit game in which the movable door 22T of the big prize opening 22 is opened is executed, while if it is off, the movable door 22T of the big prize opening 22 remains closed.

  The display 13 normally displays three left, middle, and right special symbols 13A, 13B, and 13C stopped side by side. Then, when a game ball wins the first or second start winning opening 14,15, after these three special symbols 13A, 13B, 13C are displayed in a variable manner (scrolled up and down), for example, left, right In this case, the determination result of the special symbol success / failure determination described above is notified depending on, for example, whether or not it is a doublet. In the process from when the special symbols 13A, 13B, and 13C change to when the special symbols 13A, 13B, and 13C are stopped, except for the special symbol that is stopped and displayed last (for example, the middle special symbol 13B), other special symbols (for example, the left and right special symbols 13A , 13C) is called “reach”.

  Now, during the variation display of the special symbols 13A, 13B, and 13C described above, a notice effect is performed on the display 13. In the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, five types of effects 1 to 5 are set as the notice effects, and the reliability (probability) of the jackpot depends on which of the effects 1 to 5 is executed. ) Is recognizable.

  In detail, effects 1 to 5 are easily selected in the display of the special symbol that is a big hit in the order of effects 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and are selected during the display of the special symbol that is out of play. It is set to be difficult. Thereby, for example, when the effect 5 is executed during the special symbol variation display, the possibility of a big hit is higher than when the effects 1 to 4 are executed, that is, the effect 5 is the effects 1 to 1. The reliability is higher than 4. In other words, the effects 1 to 5 play a role of notifying that it is a win, and the reliability of the notification increases as the effects 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are achieved.

  Below, based on FIGS. 1-3, the content of each effect 1-5 is demonstrated with an example of the fluctuation | variation display of special symbol 13A, 13B, 13C.

  The display 13 normally displays the stopped special symbols 13A, 13B, and 13C (see FIG. 1). And when a game ball wins in the 1st or 2nd start winning opening 14,15, the change display of special symbols 13A, 13B, 13C is started. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2A, for example, the special symbols 13A, 13B, and 13C become reach. Then, for example, as an effect 1 of the notice effects, an image of a forest with nothing is displayed as shown in FIG. Thereafter, for example, the special symbols 13A, 13B, and 13C are stopped and displayed without being closed, and the determination result is informed (see FIG. 2C).

  In production 1, an image of an empty forest is displayed on the display 13, but in production 2, for example, an image of a person in the forest (see FIG. 3A) is displayed. A video (see FIG. 3B) of a yellow bird flying in a forest with people is displayed. In the production 4, for example, an image (see FIG. 3C) of flying blue birds in a forest where people are present is displayed. In the production 5, for example, an image of many blue birds flying (see FIG. D) Reference) is displayed. These blue birds have the same shape and the same color as the yellow birds in Stage 3. Hereinafter, the yellow bird is appropriately referred to as “first visual recognition target image T1”, and the blue bird is appropriately referred to as “second visual recognition target image T2”.

  Next, the video control circuit 54 (corresponding to the “display control unit” of the present invention) that controls these videos will be described together with the game control circuit 51 that controls the entire pachinko gaming machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the game control circuit 51 includes a main control circuit 50 and a sub control circuit 52. The main control circuit 50 generates a random number, performs the above-described special symbol determination based on the random number, and gives the determination result to the sub-control circuit 52. The sub-control circuit 52 acquires information related to the progress of the game, such as the determination result, determines an effect to be displayed on the display 13 based on the information, and gives it to the video control circuit 54 that controls the display 13. .

  The video control circuit 54 includes a CPU 54A, a RAM 54B, and a ROM 54C. The ROM 54C of the video control circuit 54 corresponds to a “data storage unit” according to the present invention, and the ROM 54C of the video control circuit 54 stores data related to the effects 1 to 5 described above.

  By the way, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the video source data as they are for the productions 1 to 5 are stored in the ROM 54C, and the video source data is not displayed on the display 13 as it is. “Forest” (see FIG. 5A), “people” (see FIG. 5B), and “bird” (see FIG. 5C), which are common elements Video source data to be displayed (hereinafter, a combination of these video source data is appropriately referred to as “video source data group”) is stored, and the video source data is combined to generate effect video data for each effect. It has become.

  The video source data described above is bitmap data that is a collection of pixels, and each pixel has a hue parameter (a numeric value in a range of 0 to 359), a brightness parameter (a numeric value in a range of 0 to 100), and a color. The color is set by the degree parameter (a numerical value in the range of 0 to 100). For example, when “hue, lightness, saturation” is “60, 100, 100”, the pixel is yellow, and when “hue, lightness, saturation” is “240, 100, 100”, the pixel. Becomes blue.

  The ROM 54C of the video control circuit 54 stores an effect data group for designating the contents of effects 1-5 in addition to the above-described video source data group. The effect data group is composed of effect data 1 to 5 corresponding to effects 1 to 5. As shown in FIG. 6, the type and number of video source data necessary for each effect are set in each effect data. (The types and number of these video source data correspond to the “combination information” of the present invention). Then, the CPU 54A of the video control circuit 54 corresponding to the “video data generation means” of the present invention acquires and synthesizes necessary video source data from the ROM 54C based on these effect data, and produces effects 1-5. Video data is generated and transmitted to the display 13.

  Here, in the notice effect of the present embodiment, a first visual recognition target image T1 (yellow bird) and a second visual recognition target image T2 (blue bird) having the same shape and different colors appear, but the ROM 54C has the first appearance. The video source data of the visual target image T1 and the video source data of the second visual target image T2 are not stored separately, but for example, the first visual target image T1 (the “basic visual target image” of the present invention). (Corresponding) only video source data is stored.

  When the CPU 54A of the video control circuit 54 combines the first visual target image T1 with the effect video data, the video data of the first visual target image T1 (corresponding to “first video data” of the present invention). While using the video source data as it is, when synthesizing the second visual target image T2 with the production video data, the video of the second visual target image T2 is obtained by converting the video source data so that the color of the bird is blue. It is used as data (corresponding to “second video data” of the present invention).

  More specifically, the CPU 54A of the video control circuit 54 first acquires yellow bird video source data from the ROM 54C. Then, “180” is added to the hue parameter among the color parameters of each pixel of the video source data of the yellow bird (for example, “hue, lightness, saturation” is “60, 100, 100”), and the hue parameter Is converted from “60” to “240”. Thereby, the color of the bird is converted from yellow to blue. Information relating to this conversion (for example, adding “180” to the hue parameter, etc.) is also set in the effect data together with information on the type of necessary video source data (see FIG. 6).

  The description regarding the configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, the function and effect of this pachinko gaming machine 10 will be described. In the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the result of the special symbol success / failure determination is suggested by the type of the notice effect displayed on the display 13 during the variation display of the special symbol 13A, 13B, 13C. Can also be interested.

  By the way, in the notice effect of the present embodiment, the first visual recognition target image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 having the same shape but different in color appear. If these are separately stored as video source data, the video source There is a possibility that the amount of data increases and the storage capacity of the ROM 54C is compressed. On the other hand, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, only the video source data of the first visual target image T1 is stored in the ROM 54C, and the CPU 54A uses the video data of the first visual target image T1 and the first visual target image T1 from the video source data. 2 The video data of the visual recognition target image T2 is generated. That is, since two types of video data can be generated from one video source data, the amount of data stored in the ROM can be reduced as compared with the case where two video data are stored separately. That is, it is possible to increase the number of video variations while suppressing an increase in data amount.

  Further, data of a visual target image having a color different from that of the first visual target image T1 and the second visual target image T2 is stored as video source data, and the video data of the first visual target image T1 and the second data are stored from the video source data. When the video data of the visual target image T2 is generated, the conversion process is performed both when generating the video data of the first visual target image T1 and when generating the video data of the second visual target image T2. Although it is necessary, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, since the video source data is the data of the first visual target image T1, it is necessary to perform conversion processing when generating the video data of the first visual target image T1. Therefore, the burden on the CPU 54A can be reduced.

  In addition, since the production video data of each production is generated by combining a plurality of video source data, the amount of video data can be reduced compared to storing each production as video source data separately, and the ROM It is possible to provide a sufficient storage capacity.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the main control circuit 50, the sub control circuit 52, the video control circuit 54, and the like are controlled by the main control circuit main program in order to control the video displayed on the display 13 as described above. Information is processed by executing PG1, sub-control circuit main program PG2, video control circuit main program PG3, and the like. Hereinafter, information processing in the main control circuit 50, the sub control circuit 52, and the video control circuit 54 will be described.

  When the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is turned on, the one-chip microcomputer provided in the main control circuit 50 takes out the main control circuit main program PG1 shown in FIG. 7 from the ROM 50C and runs it. As shown in the figure, when the main control circuit main program PG1 is run, first, initial settings for setting the stack, setting the constant, setting the CPU 50A, setting the SIO, PIO, CTC (interrupt time controller), and the like are performed. Performed (S1). The initial setting (S1) is executed only when the main control circuit main program PG1 is run for the first time after the power is turned on, and is not executed thereafter.

  Following the initial setting (S1), the following steps S2 to S4 are performed in a loop for the remaining time until a main control circuit interrupt process (S5) described later is executed. Specifically, first, interrupts are prohibited (S2), and even if a timer interrupt comes in, interrupt processing is not performed until the interrupt is enabled. Subsequently, a normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S3) is executed. In this process (S3), a random number counter used for jackpot determination or the like is updated, and the updated counter value is stored in the storage area of the RAM 50B of the main control circuit 50 one by one. When the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S3) is completed, the interrupt is permitted (S4), and the main control circuit interrupt process (S5) can be executed.

  Next, when an interrupt pulse is input to the CPU 50A, the main control circuit interrupt process (S5) is repeatedly executed at a cycle of 4 msec, for example. Then, during the remaining processing period from the end of the main control circuit interrupt processing (S5) to the start of the main control circuit interrupt processing (S5), the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update processing (S3). The process of updating various counter values is repeatedly executed a plurality of times. When an interrupt pulse is input to the CPU 50A in the interrupt disabled state, the main control circuit interrupt process (S5) is not started immediately, but is started after the interrupt is enabled (S4).

  The main control circuit interrupt process (S5) will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, in the main control circuit interrupt process (S5), an output process (S10) is first performed. In the output process (S10), each command (control signal) stored in the output buffer of the main control circuit 50 by each process described below is output to the sub-control circuit 52. The command (control signal) output here includes a variation pattern command and the like.

  Following the output process (S10), an input process (S11) is performed. In the input process (S11), signal input is performed mainly when various sensors (for example, a normal symbol start switch, a start port sensor, other sensors, switches, etc.) attached to the pachinko gaming machine 10 are detected.

  The normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S12) performed next is the same as the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S3) performed in the loop process of the main control circuit main program PG1 described above. is there. That is, the update processing of various counter values includes the execution period of the main control circuit interrupt process (S5) and the remaining process period (after the main control circuit interrupt process (S5) ends, the next main control circuit interrupt process (S5) The period until it is started).

  Following the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S12), a winning detection process (S13) is executed. In the winning detection process (S13), it is determined whether or not the game ball has been won at the start winning ports 14 and 15.

  When the winning detection process (S13) is completed, the normal operation process (S14) is performed. By this process (S14), the main control circuit 50 makes a judgment per ordinary symbol performed when the game ball passes through the start gate 18 (see FIG. 1) and an ordinary symbol on an ordinary symbol display device (not shown). The normal opening / closing of the movable door 15T at the second start winning opening 15 based on the change and stop display of the normal symbol is controlled directly without using the sub-control circuit 52, and the processing related to the normal symbol is performed.

  The special operation process (S15) performed after the normal operation process (S14) directly controls the display state of a special symbol display device (not shown), while indirectly controlling the display 13 and the like via the sub-control circuit 52. Control.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the main control circuit interrupt process (S5), after the reserved ball number process (S16), another process (S17) not deeply related to the present invention is executed, and the main control circuit interrupt process (S17) Exit from S5). Then, as shown in FIG. 7, until the next interrupt pulse is input to the main CPU 50A, the processing of step S2 to step S4 is repeatedly executed, and the main control is again performed due to the input of the interrupt pulse (after about 4 msec). Circuit interrupt processing (S5) is executed. Then, as described above, the control data set in the output buffer of the RAM 50B when the main control circuit interrupt process (S5) was executed last time is the output process of the main control circuit interrupt process (S5) executed next. Output in (S10). The above is the description of the main control circuit main program PG1 executed by the main control circuit 50.

  Next, the processing of the sub control circuit main program PG2 executed by the sub control circuit 52 will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 9, in the sub control circuit main program PG2, first, CPU initialization processing (S60) is performed. In this process, an interrupt process to be described later is set. When power is turned on to a power supply board (not shown), a power-off signal is transmitted from the power supply board to the sub-control circuit 52. When this power-off signal is transmitted, it is determined whether the power-off signal is ON and the contents of the RAM 52B are normal (S61). If normal (yes in S61), the process proceeds to the next. If not normal (no in S61), the RAM 52B is initialized and various flags and counter values are reset (S62). When the above processing (S60 to 62) is completed, the watchdog timer counters 1 and 2 are initialized (S63). Note that these steps S60 to S63 are executed only when the sub control circuit main program PG2 is run for the first time after the power is turned on, and are not executed thereafter.

  When the initial setting is completed in steps S60 to S63, interruption is prohibited (S64), and random number seed update processing (S65) is executed. Next, command transmission processing (S66) for transmitting various commands to the video control circuit 54 (see FIG. 4) is executed, and initialization of the watchdog timer counter 1 (S67) and interruption permission (S68) are performed. Then, these processes (S64 to 68) are repeated in an infinite loop.

  Reception interrupt processing (S69), 2ms timer interrupt processing (S70), and 10ms timer interrupt processing (S71) are interrupted and executed for the infinite loop of the sub control circuit main program PG2. When the sub control circuit 52 receives the strobe signal from the main control circuit 50, the reception interrupt process (S69) is executed in preference to the other interrupt processes (S70, S71). The 2 ms timer interrupt process (S70) is executed in preference to the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S71), and the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S71) is executed by interrupting the remaining time between the 2 ms timer interrupt processes (S70). The

  As shown in FIG. 10, in the reception interrupt process (S69), first, the strobe signal is checked (S430). If the strobe signal is not ON (No in S430), the process exits (S69). If the strobe signal is ON (Yes in S430), the sub-control circuit 52 receives a command and a control signal (data relating to variation mode and special symbol determination) from the main control circuit 50 and stores them in the RAM 52B (S431).

  The 2 ms timer interrupt process (S70) is executed each time an interrupt pulse with a period of 2 msec is input to the sub-control circuit 52. As shown in FIG. 11, in this process (S70), a lamp data output process (S440), a SW / drive output process (S441), an input process (S442), and a watchdog timer process (S443) are performed.

  In the lamp data output process (S440), the lamp data created in the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S71) is output. In the SW / drive output process (S441), the switch valid period and the operation generated in the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S58) are output. In the input process (S442), in order to execute the process based on the switch state in the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S71), switch data corresponding to the on / off state of an operation button (not shown) is created, and the switch data is stored in the RAM 52B. To do. In the watchdog timer process (S443), the watchdog timer is reset.

  The 10 ms timer interrupt process (S71) is repeatedly executed with an interval of 10 msec. As shown in FIG. 12, in the 10 ms timer interruption process (S71), after executing the main command analysis process (S80) and the SW input process (S81), other processes are executed (S82), and the watchdog timer counter 2 Is initialized (S83), and the process exits (S71). The main command analysis process (S80) will be described in detail below.

  In the main command analysis process (S80), a process related to the command received from the main control circuit 50 is performed. As shown in FIG. 13, first, it is determined whether or not a command received by the sub control circuit 52 from the main control circuit 50 (hereinafter referred to as “reception command” as appropriate) is a command related to fluctuation (S450). If the received command is not a command related to fluctuation (No in S450), other processing (S452) is performed based on the received command and the processing (S80) is exited.

  When the received command is a command related to fluctuation (Yes in S450), a notice setting process (S451) for performing a lottery related to a notice effect executed on the display 13 is performed and the process (S80) is exited. In the advance notice setting process (S451) shown in FIG. 14, the effect random number value updated by the random number seed update (S65) described above is acquired, and the effect random number value and the command relating to the gaming state received from the main control circuit 50 are obtained. The notice effect to be executed is selected based on (S460).

  Specifically, as shown in the notice effect selection table in FIG. 17, if the determination result is a win, effect 1 is not selected, and the effect is generated when the effect random number is any one of “0-9”. 2 is selected, the production 3 is selected when the production random number is “10 to 29”, and the production 4 is selected when the production random value is “30 to 59”. The production 5 is selected when the production random value is any one of “60 to 99”. On the other hand, when the determination result is out of effect, the effect 5 is not selected, the effect 1 is selected when the effect random number value is any one of “0 to 39”, and the effect random number value is “40 to 69”. Effect 2 is selected at any one of the times, effect 3 is selected at any of the effect random numbers “70 to 89”, and the effect random number is any of “90 to 99”. At that time, production 4 is selected. In other words, when the production 5 is executed, it is per 100%, whereas when the productions 4, 3, and 2 are executed, the probabilities that the determination result is a success are 75%, 50%, and 25, respectively. %, And when production 1 is executed, it is 100% off.

  Next, a command related to the notice effect selected in step S460 is transmitted to the video control circuit 54 (S461), and the process exits (S451). The preceding is an explanation of the notice setting process (S451), the main command analysis process (S80), the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S71), and the sub control circuit main program PG2 executed by the sub control circuit 52.

  Next, processing of the video control circuit main program PG3 executed by the video control circuit 54 will be described. As shown in FIG. 15, the video control circuit main program PG3 first stores the command received from the sub-control circuit 52 (S500). Next, it is determined whether or not the received command is a command related to a notice effect (S501). If it is not a command related to the notice effect (No in S501), other processing (S503) is performed based on the received command, and then this processing (PG3) is exited.

  When the received command is a command related to the notice effect (Yes in S501), the notice effect setting process (S502) shown in FIG. 16 is executed. As shown in FIG. 16, in the notice effect setting processing (S502), based on the effect data of the selected notice effect, the effect is selected from CGROM (ROM 54C storing the video source data group). One piece of necessary video source data is selected (S510), and developed in the RAM 54B to generate video data (S511). Then, if necessary, the color of the video specified from the video data is converted (S512). Next, it is checked whether or not all the video source data necessary for the selected notice effect is expanded in the RAM (S513). If the necessary video source data still remains (No in S513), the step is performed. Returning to S510, the next video source data is developed.

  When the development of all the video source data is completed (Yes in S513), the video data stored in the RAM 54B is transmitted to the display 13 as effect video data (S514), and this process (S502) is exited. The above is the description of the video control circuit main program PG3 executed by the video control circuit 54.

[Second Embodiment]
In the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the first embodiment, the difference between the first visual recognition target image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 is a color, but in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the first visual recognition target. The difference between the image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 is transparency. Specifically, an alpha value indicating transparency is set for each pixel of the video source data, and conversion information for converting this alpha value is set in the effect data. Then, the CPU 54A of the video control circuit 54 generates video data obtained by converting the alpha value of the video source data based on the conversion information.

[Third Embodiment]
In the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the first embodiment, the difference between the first visual recognition target image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 is a color, but in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the first visual recognition target. The difference between the image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 is the size. Specifically, conversion information for converting the horizontal and vertical ratios of the video source data is set in the effect data, and the CPU 54A of the video control circuit 54 determines the horizontal direction of the video source data based on the conversion information. Video data obtained by converting the ratio between the direction and the vertical direction is generated.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the embodiments described below are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention other than the following. It can be changed and implemented.

  (1) In the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine 10 is exemplified as the gaming machine, but it may be a ball game machine such as an arrangement ball or a coin gaming machine such as a slot machine.

  (2) In the above embodiment, the difference between the first visual recognition target image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 is only one of color, size, and transparency. Two may be sufficient and all three may be sufficient.

  (3) In the above embodiment, the first visual recognition target image T1 is a yellow bird and the second visual recognition target image T2 is a blue bird. However, the shapes and colors of the first visual recognition target image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 are as follows. It is not limited to this.

  (4) In the above-described embodiment, the difference between the first visual recognition target image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 is the hue parameter. However, the lightness parameter and the saturation parameter may be different. For example, the first visual target image T1 and the second visual target image T2 are forest images, and the brightness of the images is different from each other, so that the daytime forest and the nighttime forest can be expressed.

  (5) The whole video specified from the video source data may be changed, or only a part may be changed.

  (6) The first visual recognition target image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 may be a single color or may have color shading. Even in the case of having color shading, it is possible to maintain the shading relationship while changing the hue by adopting a configuration that converts only the hue parameter.

  (7) In the above embodiment, the color of each pixel of the video source data is specified in the so-called HSV format including the parameters of hue, saturation, and brightness, but the so-called RGB format including the parameters of red, green, and blue. May be specified.

  (8) In the above embodiment, all the effects 1 to 5 are used as the notice effects, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the effects 1 to 3 may be the notice effects, and the effects 4 and 5 may be the effects of the big hit.

  (9) In the above embodiment, the video source data to be subjected to the conversion process is only one type (bird video). However, it may be configured to convert a plurality of types of video source data.

  (10) In the above embodiment, there are two pieces of video data generated from one piece of video source data (the first visual target image T1 and the second visual target image T2), but may be three or more. .

  (11) In the above embodiment, the visual recognition target image specified from the video source data and the first visual recognition target image T1 are the same. However, as the video source data, both the first visual recognition target image T1 and the second visual recognition target image T2 are used. The structure which memorize | stores the data of the visual recognition object image which is different also in FIG.

10 Pachinko machines (game machines)
13 Display (display device)
54 Video control circuit (display control unit)
54A CPU (video data generating means)
54C ROM (data storage means)

The invention of claim 1 made to achieve the above object has a display device capable of displaying a first visual recognition target image and a second visual recognition target image having a common shape and having at least different colors , A gaming machine comprising: a display control unit that transmits the first video data for the first visual target image or the second video data for the second visual target image to the display device according to a progress of the game. In
The display control unit includes data storage means for storing video source data for specifying a basic visual target image having a common shape that is a shape common to the first visual target image and the second visual target image; Video data generating means for generating either the first video data or the second video data from the common video source data according to a progress situation, and specifying a color for the video source data A hue parameter, a brightness parameter, and a saturation parameter, and the data storage means includes at least one of a hue parameter, a brightness parameter, and a saturation parameter in the video source data together with the video source data. The addition value for adding and converting the color is stored as conversion information, and the video data generation means is acquired from the data storage means On the basis of the conversion information, a gaming machine and generates either from said video source data or the first image data or the second image data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the video data generating means generates the first video data, the video source data is used as it is as the first video data, while when the second video data is generated. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein at least a color converted in the video source data is used as the second video data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the data storage means stores a plurality of the video source data, and also includes some combination information of the video source data among the video source data and the conversion for the video source data . A plurality of presentation data including information, and the video data generation means acquires a plurality of the video source data from the data storage means based on the combination information of the presentation data acquired from the data storage means, Generating synthesized data obtained by converting and synthesizing the video source data based on the conversion information as effect video data including the first video data or the second video data and transmitted to the display device; A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

[Invention of Claim 1]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first video data for the first visual target image and the second video data for the second visual target image are generated from the common video source data by the video data generating means. Therefore, the data amount can be reduced as compared with the case where the first and second video data are stored separately. That is, it is possible to increase video variations while suppressing an increase in data amount.
According to the present invention, the first video data for the first visual target image having a different color from each other by converting at least one of a hue parameter, a brightness parameter, and a saturation parameter in the video source data, It is possible to generate the second video data for the second visual recognition target image.

[Invention of claim 2]
Both the first video data and the second video data may be generated by converting at least the color in the video source data, and the second video data is a video as in the invention of claim 2. While the first video data is generated by converting at least colors in the source data, the video source data may be used as it is. In the latter case, it is possible to reduce the burden on the video data generating means when generating the first video data.

[Invention of claim 3 ]
According to the configuration of claim 3 , the production video data is synthesized by the video data generating means combining a plurality of video source data based on the combination information and converting the video source data based on the conversion information. Since it is generated, it becomes possible to give variations to the production video data by converting the video source data and combining the video source data.

Claims (4)

A display device having a common shape and capable of displaying a first visual target image and a second visual target image that are different from each other in at least one of color, size, and transparency;
A gaming machine comprising: a display control unit that transmits the first video data for the first visual target image or the second video data for the second visual target image to the display device according to a progress of the game. In
The display control unit
Data storage means for storing video source data specifying a basic visual recognition target image having a common shape that is a shape common to the first visual recognition target image and the second visual recognition target image;
A game machine comprising: video data generation means for generating either the first video data or the second video data from the common video source data according to the progress of the game.   The video data generation means, when generating the first video data, uses the video source data as it is as the first video data, while generating the second video data, the color in the video source data 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the second video data is obtained by converting at least one of size, transparency, and transparency. The video source data includes a hue parameter, a brightness parameter, and a saturation parameter for specifying a color,
The video data generation means converts at least one of the hue parameter, the lightness parameter, and the saturation parameter in the video source data when generating the second video data. Item 3. The gaming machine according to Item 2. The data storage means stores a plurality of the video source data, combination information of some of the video source data among the video source data, and conversion information of color, size, and transparency in the video source data A plurality of production data including
The video data generation unit acquires a plurality of the video source data from the data storage unit based on the combination information of the effect data acquired from the data storage unit, and the video source data is acquired based on the conversion information. 4. The composite data synthesized by conversion is generated as effect video data including the first video data or the second video data and transmitted to the display device. A gaming machine according to claim 1.