JP2016214672A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine with a light decoration device which facilitates an arrangement layout within a limited front-to-back space in the game machine due to a smaller front-to-back size of the device and which has a high light decoration effect as well.SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a light decoration device 100. The light decoration device 100 comprises a reflection plate 110, a plurality of light guide plates 120, 130 provided in front of the reflection plate 110, and light emission bodies (LED 140, 150) disposed so as to face an end face (upper end face 121 or 131) of each light guide plate and irradiating the light guide plates and the reflection plate with light.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a light decoration device.

  Conventionally, a gaming machine provided with a light decoration device is known (see Patent Document 1). The said decoration device is the structure which makes the light-guide plate surface-emit by the light radiate | emitted from LED.

  The conventional lighting device is configured such that the surface of the substrate on which the LED is mounted faces the surface of the light guide plate.

JP 2014-113 A

The gaming machine is configured by arranging various gaming parts in a limited front and rear space. For this reason, it is preferable to make the front-rear width dimension of the game component as small as possible.
However, the above-described light decoration device as a conventional game component is configured such that the surface of the board on which the LED is mounted and the surface of the light guide plate are opposed to each other, and thus there is a problem that the front-rear width dimension is increased. there were.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a gaming machine equipped with a lighting device that can reduce the front-rear width dimension, facilitate the layout in the front-rear space where the gaming machine is limited, and has a high lighting effect. .

A gaming machine according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a gaming machine provided with a light decoration device, the light decoration device includes a reflection plate, a plurality of light guide plates provided in front of the reflection plate, and And a light emitter that radiates light to the light guide plate and the reflection plate.
Further, as the plurality of light guide plates, a rear light guide plate provided in front of the reflective plate and disposed to face the reflective plate, and a rear side light guide plate provided in front of the rear light guide plate A front light guide plate disposed so as to face the light guide plate, and the front light guide plate surrounds the central side light emitting part and surrounds the central side light emitting part so as to emit light more strongly than the central side light emitting part. The rear light guide plate includes a light shielding portion that blocks light from behind the rear light guide plate so that the light does not reach the front light guide plate, and a central side surface surrounded by the light shielding portion. The central side light emitting part and the edging surface light emitting part of the front light guide plate emit surface light by the light emitted from the light emitter disposed so as to face the end face of the front light guide plate, and the rear side Is it a light emitter arranged to face the end face of the light guide plate? The central side light emitting part of the rear light guide plate is configured to emit light by the emitted light, and when viewed from the front, the border light emitting part is the central side light emitting part of the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate. Is arranged so as to surround the central side light emitting part, and the light shielding part is arranged so as to surround the outside of the border surface light emitting part. The light shielding part is configured to be visually recognized darker than the central side light emitting part.
The summary of the invention does not enumerate all necessary features of the present invention, and individual configurations constituting the feature group can also be the invention.

  According to the gaming machine according to each of the above-described configurations, a gaming machine including a lighting device that can reduce the front-rear width dimension, facilitates layout in the front-rear space limited by the gaming machine, and has a high lighting effect is obtained. be able to.

The schematic perspective view of a pachinko machine. The front view of a game board. The disassembled perspective view which decomposed | disassembled and showed the light-guide plate and LED installation board | substrate of the lighting device from the game board. The perspective view which shows a light decoration apparatus. The disassembled perspective view which shows the some components which comprise a game board. Sectional drawing which shows the structure and effect | action of a light decoration apparatus (hatching is abbreviate | omitting). It is a control block diagram of a pachinko machine.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail through embodiments, but the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are means for solving the invention. It is not always essential.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 1 as an example of a gaming machine includes a vertical rectangular machine casing 2 installed in an island facility of a game arcade, and a hinge mechanism at one side of the machine casing 2 that can be opened and closed. A main body frame 3 attached, a game board 30 (see FIG. 2) accommodated in the main body frame 3, and a glass window 4A that is pivotally mounted in front of the main body frame 3 so as to be openable and closable and disposed in the center portion. And a panel frame 4 having a receiving tray 6 provided below the glass window 4A, a handle unit 7 projecting forward from one lower side portion of the panel frame 4, and both upper side portions of the panel frame 4. The speaker unit 8 is provided as a main configuration. In a state in which the panel frame 4 is closed to the main body frame 3 side, a player sitting in front of the pachinko machine 1 is accommodated in the main body frame 3 through the glass window 4A disposed in the panel frame 4. The game area 30A (see FIGS. 2 and 3) of the game board 30 can be visually recognized.

  An operation mechanism 9 as an operation means that can be operated arbitrarily by the player is disposed at the center of the tray 6. The operation mechanism 9 includes a circular push button 9A that can be pressed by the player, and a dial 9B that can be rotated by the player around the push button 9A. The operation mechanism 9 is connected to an effect control circuit 270 described later, and signals output from the push button 9A and the dial 9B are input to the effect control circuit 270 side. In addition to this, the receiving tray 6 is provided with a ball lending button, a return button, and the like, and the number of balls that can be lent recorded on a recording medium such as an IC card inserted into a CR unit (not shown) by operating these buttons. A game ball lending operation or a recording medium returning operation corresponding to the above is executed.

[About the configuration of the game board]
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the game board 30 accommodated in the main body frame 3 is disposed on the rear side of the board surface structure 31A and the board surface structure 31A in which the front surface forms the board surface 30F of the game board 30. For example, it is the structure provided with the left and right accessory devices 200 and 200 and the upper and lower effect display devices 210 and 210.
The effect display device 210 includes an effect display screen 215 such as a liquid crystal display screen, and the effect display screen 215 is a liquid crystal display device capable of variably displaying effect symbols including numbers 1 to 8 and specific characters. is there.
On the effect display screen 215 of the effect display device 210, in addition to the effect symbols, various variation effects expressed by images and videos, which are also referred to as notice effects and reach effects, are displayed along with the effect symbol variation display. In general, the user can enjoy a game while visually recognizing the variable display and the variable effect displayed on the effect display screen 215.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the player can visually check the upper and lower effect display screens 215 and 215 and the left and right accessory devices 200 and 200 from the front of the board structure 31 </ b> A at the center of the board structure 31 </ b> A. A display hole 31H is formed. The board surface structure 31A is formed so that the ratio of the area of the display hole 31H to the area of the board surface 30F is, for example, about 1: 1.

Around the display hole 31H on the board surface 30F side of the board surface constituting body 31A, a game ball guiding wall portion 35 protrudes forward. The game ball guiding wall portion 35 is a wall portion extending so as to surround the upper opening edge of the display hole 31H on the board surface 30F side of the board surface constituting body 31A and the opening edges on both the left and right sides in a substantially circular shape. When the glass window 4A is closed, the front end portion of the game ball guiding wall portion 35 and the glass window 4A approach each other less than the diameter of the game ball, and the game is inwardly surrounded by the game ball guiding wall portion 35. It is impossible for a ball to enter.
Further, the decoration device 100 is attached to the game ball guiding wall portion 35 surrounding the upper opening edge of the display hole 31H so as to be positioned below the upper opening edge of the display hole 31H.

  In the game board 30, a game area 30 </ b> A defined by a board surface 30 </ b> F of the game board 30, a game ball guiding wall part 35, an outer guide part 27 and an inner guide part 28 is formed. The game area 30A is a space where a game ball formed between the board surface 30F of the game board 30 and the rear surface of the glass window 4A can flow down. A large number of nails 24 and windmills 25 are provided on the board surface 30F of the game board 30 and are fired by a launching mechanism (not shown) that is driven according to the operation of the handle unit 7 by the player. The game ball that has reached the inside flows down in the game area 30 </ b> A while being irregularly guided by a large number of nails 24 and windmills 25.

In the present embodiment, the game area 30A is roughly divided into a left-handed area EL and a right-handed area ER as shown in FIG. The left-handed area EL is an area on the left side of the left and right center line CL of the game board 30 and the game ball that has reached the left-handed area EL flows down in the game area 30A.
On the other hand, the right hit area ER is an area on the right side of the left and right center line CL of the game area 30A, and the game balls that have reached the right hit area ER are slightly wider than the diameter of the game balls, and two or more The game balls flow down one by one in the game area 30A through the right-handed passage 36 where the flow down is impossible.

In the game area 30A of the game board 30, a first starting component 50, a second starting component 52, a big winning device 60, a general winning component 66, and the like are arranged, and a game ball is placed on these winning components and the winning device. When a ball enters, a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to each prize-winning part or the like are paid out to the tray 6.
When the game ball enters the first starting part 50 or the second starting part 52, in addition to paying out the prize balls, the special winning device 60 is opened to open a special game that fosters an advantageous state for the player. The main control circuit 240 executes various types of lottery such as lottery regarding whether or not the game is possible (special drawing win / lottery lottery) and lottery for determining the mode of the special game. That is, the entry of a game ball into the first starting component 50 or the second starting component 52 is an opportunity to receive the above various lotteries.

Hereinafter, the configuration of each winning device will be described.
The first starting component 50 is disposed below the stage 47 provided along the lower opening edge of the display hole 31H at the approximate center in the left-right direction of the game area 30A. The first starting component 50 includes a winning portion 50A that projects forward from the board surface 30F of the game board 30 and opens upward, and a first starting port detection switch SW1 (see FIG. 6). The game ball taken in from the first start port) is detected by a first start port detection switch SW1 disposed inside.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the first start port detection switch SW1 is connected to the main control circuit 240, and the main control circuit 240 performs the various lotteries described above based on the detection signal from the first start port detection switch SW1. Processing and a prize ball payout process for paying out, for example, three prize balls are executed. In this example, the position of the first starting component 50 is set to a position where only the game ball flowing down the left-handed region EL can enter.

The second starting component 52 is disposed above the first starting component 50 and the big winning device 60 in the right-handed region ER. The second starting component 52 protrudes forward from the board surface 30F of the game board 30 and has a rectangular winning portion 52A having an open side, a second starting port detection switch SW2 (see FIG. 6), and the winning portion 52A side. And an opening / closing body 53 provided so as to be capable of opening / closing in the section. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rectangular winning portion 52A is formed of, for example, a transparent casing, and the player enters a game ball into the side opening (second starting port) of the winning portion 52A. The presence or absence is visible. The game ball that has entered the winning portion 52A is detected by the second start port detection switch SW2 disposed inside.
As shown in FIG. 6, the second start port detection switch SW2 is connected to the main control circuit 240, and the main control circuit 240 performs the various lottery processes described above based on the detection signal from the second start port detection switch SW2. Alternatively, a prize ball payout process for paying out, for example, three prize balls is executed.

  The opening / closing body 53 is a blade-like member capable of taking a closed state and an open state by driving a solenoid SOL1 (see FIG. 6) disposed on the rear surface side of the panel surface constituting body 31A. As shown in FIG. 2, in the closed state in which the opening / closing body 53 stands upright, the free end of the opening / closing body 53 protrudes forward from the board surface 30F of the game board 30 and extends downward in the vertical direction. Therefore, the game ball cannot enter the winning portion 52A of the second starting component 52. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, in the open state where the opening / closing body 53 is lying down in the left-right direction, the free end of the opening / closing body 53 has a gap equal to or greater than the diameter of the game ball and the lower end of the flow-inhibiting wall Since they are separated from each other, the game ball can enter the winning portion 52A of the second starting component 52. Note that the position of the second starting component 52 is set to a position where only the game ball launched into the right-handed area ER described above can enter, and the game ball flows down the right-handed area ER and is opened and closed. A ball can be entered only when the body 53 is in an opening operation.

  A passage gate 58 is disposed above the second starting component 52. The passing gate 58 is a gate-type game component whose top and bottom are opened, and a gate detection switch SW3 (see FIG. 6) is stored in the passing gate 58. The game ball that has passed through the passage gate 58 is detected by the gate detection switch SW3. The main control circuit 240 executes various lotteries regarding whether or not the opening / closing body 53 can be opened, triggered by the input of the detection signal from the gate detection switch SW3.

  Next, the big prize device 60 will be outlined. As shown in FIG. 2, the big winning device 60 is a winning device disposed below the second starting component 52 in the right-handed region ER. As shown by the broken line in the figure, the grand prize winning device 60 includes a big prize opening 60A formed as an upwardly open ball entrance, and an opening / closing body 65 that closes or opens the grand prize winning opening 60A. . The opening / closing body 65 is a member that opens and closes in the front-rear direction of the game board 30 by driving the solenoid SOL2. In a state where the opening / closing body 65 protrudes forward and closes the special winning opening 60A, the game ball flows down to the downstream of the gaming area 30A without entering the special winning opening 60A. On the other hand, in a state where a special game described later is executed and the opening / closing body 65 is immersed backward and the grand prize opening 60A is opened, the game ball enters the big prize opening 60A and is placed inside. After being detected by the mouth detection switch SW4 (see FIG. 6), it is discharged out of the machine. The big prize opening detection switch SW4 is connected to the main control circuit 240. On the main control circuit 240 side, for example, 15 prize balls are paid out based on the detection signal input from the big prize opening detection switch SW4. Execute ball payout processing. The position of the big winning device 60 having the above-described configuration is a position where only a game ball launched into the right-handed area ER can enter, and the game ball flows down the right-handed area ER and is in a special game. Only when the opening / closing body 65 is in the opening operation, it is possible to enter the big winning opening 60A.

  The general winning component 66 is a member disposed on the lower left side portion of the game board 30 and includes a plurality of general winning ports 66a having an upper opening and a general winning port detecting switch SW5 (see FIG. 6). A game ball entered from the general winning opening 66a is detected by the general winning opening detecting switch SW5 accommodated therein. The general prize opening detection switch SW5 is connected to the main control circuit 240, and the main control circuit 240 executes a prize ball payout process for paying out, for example, three prize balls according to the detection signal from the general prize opening detection switch SW5. To do. In addition, game balls that have not entered any of the above winning devices enter into a plurality of out openings 69 established at a plurality of locations in the game area, and are discharged outside the figure in communication with the out openings 69. It is discharged out of the machine through the passage.

[About the configuration of the light decoration device 100]
The light decoration device 100 is opposed to a reflecting plate (reflector) 110, two light guide plates 120 and 130 provided in front of the reflecting plate 110, and upper end surfaces (end surfaces) 121 and 131 of the respective light guide plates 120 and 130. LEDs 140 and 150 as light emitters (light sources) that irradiate light to the light guide plates 120 and 130 and the reflector 110, and the reflector 110, the light guide plates 120 and 130, and the LEDs 140 and 150 are in a predetermined state. And mounting means for mounting to.
The attachment means of the light decoration device 100 includes an attachment base 170 attached to the game ball guiding wall portion 35 surrounding the upper opening edge of the display hole 31H, a plate installation member 171 attached to the front surface of the attachment base 170, and a plate installation. And a board plate installation member 172 attached to the rear surface on the upper edge side of the member 171.
In the light decoration device 100, the reflection plate 110 is formed on the front surface of the plate installation member 171, the light guide plates 120 and 130 are attached to the front surface of the plate installation member 171, and the LEDs 140 and 150 are connected to the light guide plates 120 and 130. A board 160 on which LEDs 140 and 150 are mounted is attached to a board plate installation member 172 so as to face the upper end surfaces 121 and 131 of the board.
The attachment means and the reflector 110 are made of, for example, a synthetic resin such as an ABS resin.

The two light guide plates 120 and 130 are a front light guide plate (hereinafter referred to as a front light guide plate) 120 and a rear light guide plate (hereinafter referred to as a rear light guide plate) 130.
The rear light guide plate 130 is formed of, for example, a synthetic resin such as acrylic resin, and is provided in front of the reflection plate 110 so that the rear surface of the plate faces the front surface of the reflection plate 110 with a predetermined interval. The
The front light guide plate 120 is formed of, for example, a synthetic resin such as acrylic resin, and is provided in front of the rear light guide plate 130 so that the rear surface of the plate faces the front surface of the rear light guide plate 130 with a predetermined interval. Placed in.
That is, the reflecting plate 110, the rear light guide plate 130, and the front light guide plate 120 are arranged so that their surfaces face each other with a predetermined interval.

The front surface of the front light guide plate 120 includes a reference front surface 122 formed by a plane serving as a reference, and a raised portion 123 that protrudes in front of the reference front surface 122. The raised portion 123 forms an optical design portion such as a logo mark with characters and symbols on the front surface of the front light guide plate 120.
The design portion front surface 124 (central side light emitting portion), which is the front surface of the raised portion 123, is configured by an uneven surface functioning as a light diffusion portion in which fine unevenness is formed on a plane parallel to the reference front surface 122.
The design portion peripheral surface 125 (border surface light emitting portion), which is the peripheral surface of the raised portion 123, is configured by an inclined surface that is inclined from the peripheral edge of the design portion front surface 124 toward the reference front surface 122.
As shown in FIG. 5, each inclined surface of the design portion peripheral surface 125 that faces the design portion front surface 124 with respect to the design portion front surface 124 is more than the distance a between the boundary edges with the design portion front surface 124 that sandwiches the design portion front surface 124. Is formed by an inclined surface such that the distance b between the boundary edges becomes long. That is, the inclined surfaces are formed in inclined surfaces that are close to each other on the front side and are separated from each other on the rear side.
The rear surface of the front light guide plate 120 includes a reference rear surface 126 formed by a plane parallel to the reference front surface 122, and a light reflecting portion 127 configured by a concave groove formed so as to be recessed forward from the reference rear surface 126.
The light reflecting portion 127 is formed at the position of the reference rear surface 126 corresponding to the design portion circumferential surface 125. The light reflecting portion 127 has, for example, a triangular cross-section (for example, a bottom of a regular triangle and two apex angles that are located on the same plane as the reference rear surface 126 and one apex angle that is located forward). It is formed by a concave groove having a triangular cross section.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the optical design portion is a character “CATS”, the character “CATS” is formed by the front surface 124 of the design portion, and the periphery of the character “CATS” is bordered by the peripheral surface 125 of the design portion. A front character border surface light emitting portion is formed, and a rear character border surface bordering the periphery of the character “CATS” on the rear side by the light reflecting portion 127 on the reference rear surface 126 side so as to correspond to the front character border surface light emitting portion. A light emitting part is formed.

  That is, the front side light guide plate 120 has a central side light emitting portion formed by a plate portion corresponding to the design portion front surface 124 and a plate portion corresponding to the design portion peripheral surface 125 and the light reflecting portion 127 from the central side light emitting portion. In addition, an edge-emitting surface light emitting portion that strongly emits light is formed.

The front surface of the rear light guide plate 130 is formed by applying a metal plating or the like to the front surface of the reference front surface 132 formed by a flat surface serving as a reference, and the raised portion that protrudes in front of the reference front surface 132, and light from the rear is forward. And a light shielding portion 133 that shields the light from passing through.
The inner portion 134 surrounded by the light shielding portion 133 in the reference front surface 132 is formed in the optical design portion such as the same character or symbol that forms the optical design portion of the front light guide plate 120. The rear surface 136 of the inner portion 134 that forms the light design portion of the rear light guide plate 130 is formed as an uneven surface that functions as a light diffusion portion 135 in which fine unevenness for diffusing light forward is formed. .

  That is, the central side light emitting part of the rear light guide plate 130 is formed by the plate part corresponding to the inner part 134, and the light shielding part 133 is formed so as to surround the inner part 134 that is the front surface of the central side light emitting part. Then, the light emitted from the LED 150 arranged so as to face the upper end surface 131 of the rear light guide plate 130 is blocked by the light shielding unit 133 so as not to reach the front light guide plate 120.

The reflecting plate 110 includes a light reflecting portion 111 having substantially the same outer diameter as the light design portion facing the light design portion of the front light guide plate 120.
The light reflecting portion 111 has a configuration in which, for example, metal plating is applied to the front surface, and the light diffusing and reflecting surface portion 112 facing the design portion front surface 124 of the front light guide plate 120 in parallel and the rear surface 136 of the rear light guide plate 130. The inclined surface forming the design portion peripheral surface 125 of the front light guide plate 120 and the reflecting inclined surface portion 113 formed substantially symmetrically with respect to the surface parallel to the surface.
That is, the light diffusion reflection surface portion 112 is formed by an uneven surface plated with metal, for example, and the reflection inclined surface portion 113 is formed by an inclined plane plated with metal, for example.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5, the light emitted from the LED 150 arranged to face the upper end surface 131 of the rear light guide plate 130 travels through the rear light guide plate 130 and is diffused forward by the light diffusion unit 135. Then, the light is diffused forward of the front light guide plate 120 through the light design portion (inner portion 134) of the rear light guide plate 130 and the light diffusion portion of the front surface 124 of the design portion of the front light guide plate 120 (see the two-dot chain line x1). For this reason, a player who plays a game in front of the front light guide plate 120 views the design portion front surface 124 in the light design portion of the front light guide plate 120 as if it is weakly (lightly) emitting light.
Furthermore, the light emitted from the LED 140 disposed so as to face the upper end surface 121 of the front light guide plate 120 travels through the front light guide plate 120 to the front of the front light guide plate 120 by the light reflecting action of the light reflecting portion 127. The light exits intensively (see the two-dot chain line x2). That is, the border light emitting portion of the front light guide plate 120 configured by the plate portion corresponding to the design portion peripheral surface 125 and the light reflection portion 127 in front of the light shielding portion 133 of the rear light guide plate 130 is the light of the light reflection portion 127. Since concentrated surface light emission is performed by the reflection action, the design portion peripheral surface 125 surrounding the design portion front surface 124 of the front light guide plate 120 is emphasized by being edged with light stronger than the design portion front surface 124.

Further, the light emitted from the LED 150 disposed so as to face the upper end surface 131 of the rear light guide plate 130 is diffused and reflected forward by the light diffusion reflection surface portion 112 as shown by a two-dot chain line x3, and reflected. The light is reflected from the inclined surface 113 and reaches the light diffusing / reflecting surface 112 to be diffused and reflected forward by the light diffusing / reflecting surface 112. Furthermore, the light emitted from the LED 140 disposed so as to face the upper end surface 121 of the front light guide plate 120 is diffused and reflected by the light diffusing / reflecting surface portion 112 as indicated by a two-dot chain line x4, and the reflection inclination The light is reflected from the surface 113 and reaches the light diffusing / reflecting surface 112 and is diffused and reflected forward by the light diffusing / reflecting surface 112.
Accordingly, the light emitted from the LED 150 and the LED 140 can be effectively used without waste, and the amount of light transmitted through the light design portion (center side light emitting portion) of the front light guide plate 120 can be increased, so that the light decoration effect can be improved. it can.

  Further, the light is blocked by the light blocking portion 133 and does not reach the player on the front side, and the light transmitted through the light design portion formed by the inner portion 134 surrounded by the light blocking portion 133 in the reference front surface 132 is emphasized. Since it reaches the player on the front side, the optical design portion of the front light guide plate 120 is emphasized and is visually recognized by the player.

  That is, in the lighting device 100, the light emitted from the LED 140 disposed to face the upper end surface 121 of the front light guide plate 120 causes the central side light emitting portion and the edging surface light emitting portion of the front light guide plate 120 to emit light. The light emitted from the LED 150 disposed to face the upper end surface 131 of the rear light guide plate 130 is configured so that the central side light emitting portion of the rear light guide plate 130 emits light, and the rear light guide plate 130 Since the light shielding part 133 is provided, the light decoration effect by the central side light emitting part of the front light guide plate 120, the rimmed light emitting part, and the central side light emitting part of the rear light guide plate 130 is emphasized.

  According to the decorative device 100 of the embodiment, the LED 150 is disposed so as to face the upper end surface 131 of the rear light guide plate 130, and the LED 140 is disposed so as to face the upper end surface 121 of the front light guide plate 120. Therefore, since the thickness dimension before and behind the light decoration device 100 can be made small, the layout of the pachinko machine 1 in the limited front and rear space is facilitated, and the light decoration device 100 having a high light decoration effect can be configured. .

Further, the decoration device 100 has a central side light emitting portion that weakly shines the design portion front surface 124 in the light design portion of the front light guide plate 120 and a design portion peripheral surface 125 surrounding the design portion front surface 124 stronger than the design portion front surface 124. Since the light-shielding portion 133 of the rear light guide plate 130 is darkened, the player is provided with a central portion that weakly emits light by the central side light-emitting portion, An optical design part having a configuration including an inner edge light emitting part where the periphery of the part strongly emits light by the edge light emitting part and an outer edge light emitting part darkened by the light shielding part 133 surrounding the inner edge light emitting part is visually recognized. Thus, the light decoration device 100 that exhibits a sharp light decoration effect with emphasized brightness and darkness is obtained.
That is, when viewed from the front, the design portion side circumferential surface 125 (border surface light emitting portion) is the design portion front surface 124 (center side light emitting portion) of the front light guide plate 120 and the inner portion 134 (center side surface) of the rear light guide plate 130. The light shielding portion 133 is disposed so as to surround the outer side of the design portion peripheral surface 125, so that the design portion peripheral surface 125 is disposed on the front surface 124 of the front light guide plate 120 and the rear side. The light guide part 133 is visually recognized as being more intensely emphasized than the inner side part 134 of the side light guide plate, and the light shielding part 133 is seen darker than the front surface 124 of the design part of the front light guide plate 120 and the inner part 134 of the rear side light guide plate 130. Since it is comprised so that it may become the light decoration apparatus 100 which exhibits the light decoration effect with the sharpness emphasized brightness and darkness.

  Further, the lighting device 100 is arranged such that the plurality of LEDs 150 are opposed to the upper end surface 131 along the extending direction of the upper end surface 131 of the rear light guide plate 130, and the plurality of LEDs 140 are disposed on the front light guide plate 120. The rear light guide plate 130 is disposed on the substrate 160 so as to face the upper end surface 131 along the extension direction of the upper end surface 121 of the game board 30 so that the plurality of LEDs 150 and the plurality of LEDs 140 are not adjacent in the front-rear direction of the game board 30. Since the arrangement is such that the upper end surface 131 and the upper end surface 121 of the front light guide plate 120 are extended in a staggered manner, interference between the light emitted from the LED 150 and the light emitted from the LED 140 can be reduced.

[Internal configuration of pachinko machine]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control unit that controls the pachinko machine 1. As shown in the figure, the pachinko machine 1 mainly controls a main control circuit 240 that controls basic operations related to the entire game, a payout control circuit 250 that mainly controls the payout operation of prize balls, and mainly controls the launch of game balls. A launch control circuit 260, and upper and lower effect display devices 210 and 210, left and right accessory devices 200 and 200, a speaker unit 8, and an effect control circuit 270 that controls the above-described LEDs 140 and 150 as light emitters.

  The main control circuit 240 includes a (main) CPU 240a, a (main) ROM 240b, and a (main) RAM 240c, and the CPU 240a reads a program stored in advance in the ROM 240b in response to an input from each detection switch or timer. The first special symbol display device that performs arithmetic processing according to the program and is disposed outside the above-described solenoids SOL1 and SOL2 connected to the main control circuit 240 and the game area 30A of the game board 30. 35A, the second special symbol display device 35B, the first special symbol hold display device 36A, the second special symbol hold display device 36B, the normal symbol display device 37, and the normal symbol hold display device 38 are directly controlled. Or send various commands to other control circuits. At this time, the RAM 240c functions as a work area at the time of arithmetic processing of the CPU 240a, and temporarily holds various data and commands necessary for the arithmetic.

  A payout control circuit 250 and an effect control circuit 270 are connected to the main control circuit 240. The payout control circuit 250 is a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM (not shown) similarly to the main control circuit 240, and is connected to the main control circuit 240 so as to be capable of one-way communication. An external information output terminal board 251 is connected to the payout control circuit 250. The external information output terminal board 251 is provided on the host computer side where various information relating to the progress of the game output from the main control circuit 240 (CPU 240a) and the payout control circuit 250 (payout CPU) is provided at the store where the pachinko machine 1 is installed. Send to.

  The payout control circuit 250 is connected to a payout motor 252 for paying out a prize ball to a player, and a prize ball number counting switch 253. The payout control circuit 250 controls the payout motor 252 so that a predetermined prize ball number is paid out based on the prize ball number information included in the payout command transmitted from the main control circuit 240. The prize balls paid out by driving the payout motor 252 are detected by the prize ball number counting switch 253, and it is grasped on the payout control circuit 250 side whether or not an appropriate number of prize balls has been paid out. In addition, the payout control circuit 250 detects that the tray full tank detection switch for detecting that the allowable number of game balls are stored in the tray 6 or that the door of the main body frame 3 is open. Various switches such as a door opening detection switch are connected.

  The launch control circuit 260 includes a touch sensor 261 mounted in the handle unit 7, a launch volume 262, a ball feed motor 263 that feeds a game ball stored in the tray 6 into a launch mechanism (not shown), and a launch mechanism. A stored ball launch motor 264 is connected, and the launch control circuit 260 is responsive to the launch permission from the payout control circuit 250 and the input from the touch sensor 261 according to the amount of operation of the handle unit 7 by the player. The ball launch motor 264 is controlled based on the input signal from the changing launch volume 262, and the game ball stored in the tray 6 is launched into the game area 30A with a predetermined launch force.

The effect control circuit 270 controls various effects while the game is in progress or in standby.
The effect control circuit 270 includes a (sub) CPU 270a, a (sub) ROM 270b, and a (sub) RAM 270c, and communicates with the main control circuit 240 only from the main control circuit 240 to the effect control circuit 270 (one-way). Communication is possible. The effect control circuit 270 reads a program stored in advance in the ROM 270b based on various commands related to the effect transmitted from the main control circuit 240 and an input signal from the internal timer, and performs arithmetic processing according to the program. The speaker unit 8 outputs sounds such as image control of the effect display screens 215 and 215 of the upper and lower effect display devices 210 and 210, drive control of the left and right accessory devices 200 and 200, and music and sound effects during the game. Sound output control to be performed, light emission control to cause the LEDs 140 and 150 of the light decoration device 100 to be issued in various patterns, and the like are executed. At this time, the RAM 270c functions as a work area at the time of calculation processing of the CPU 270a, and temporarily holds various data necessary for calculation, commands, and the like.

  The effect control circuit 270 is connected to the CPU 270a, receives various commands related to image display transmitted from the CPU 270a, and displays various images on the effect display screen 105, and the image display processing described above. It is equipped with hardware necessary for various controls, such as a VRAM that temporarily stores various data necessary therein, a voice synthesis LSI for voice control, and the like. The effect control circuit 270 is connected to the above-described operation mechanism 9 that can be arbitrarily operated by the player. For example, each control described above is executed in accordance with the operation timing of the operation mechanism 9, and the operation mechanism 9 It is possible to express a predetermined effect according to the operation timing.

Hereinafter, the game flow of the pachinko machine 1 having the above-described configuration will be outlined.
When the game ball flowing down in the game area 30A by the player's operation of the handle unit 7 enters the first starting component 50 or the second starting component 52, the main control circuit 240 receives a special game (so-called big hit game). Various lotteries such as a lottery regarding execution availability, a lottery for determining the type of special symbol, and a lottery for determining a variation pattern of the special symbol are executed.
If the result of the special drawing win / fail lottery is “winning” in the lottery, a special game that makes the above-mentioned large winning device 60 open and makes it easy to enter the game ball is executed.

  In the first embodiment, the configuration in which the LEDs 140 and 150 are arranged to face the upper end surface 121 of the front light guide plate 120 and the upper end surface 131 of the rear light guide plate 130 is shown. However, the LEDs face the end surface of the light guide plate. What is necessary is just to arrange | position. For example, the LED may be disposed to face the lower end surface of the light guide plate, the LED may be disposed to face the left end surface of the light guide plate, or the LED is opposed to the right end surface of the light guide plate. You may arrange as follows.

  The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and improvements can be made by combining the embodiments. Obviously in the trader. Further, it is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such various changes and improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 Pachinko machine (game machine), 30 game board, 30F board surface, 100 light decoration device,
110 reflector, 120 front light guide plate, 121 upper end surface (end surface), 130 rear light guide plate,
131 Upper end surface (end surface), 133 light-shielding part, 140,150 LED (light emitting body).

Claims (2)

A gaming machine equipped with a light decoration device,
The light decoration device includes a reflecting plate, a plurality of light guide plates provided in front of the reflecting plate, a light emitter that is disposed so as to face an end surface of each light guide plate, and emits light to the light guide plate and the reflecting plate. A gaming machine characterized by comprising: As the plurality of light guide plates, a rear light guide plate provided in front of the reflector and disposed so as to face the reflector, and a rear light guide plate provided in front of the rear light guide plate. And a front light guide plate arranged to face the surface,
The front light guide plate includes a central side light emitting part and an edge surface light emitting part that surrounds the central side light emitting part and emits light more strongly than the central side light emitting part,
The rear light guide plate includes a light shielding unit that blocks light so that light does not reach the front light guide plate from the rear of the rear light guide plate, and a central side light emitting unit surrounded by the light shielding unit,
The light emitted from the light emitter disposed so as to face the end surface of the front light guide plate emits surface light from the central side light emitting portion and the edging surface light emitting portion of the front light guide plate and faces the end surface of the rear light guide plate. The center side surface light emitting portion of the rear light guide plate is configured to emit light by light emitted from the light emitter arranged to be,
When viewed from the front, the edge light emitting portion is disposed so as to surround the central side light emitting portion of the front light guide plate and the central side light emitting portion of the rear light guide plate, and the light shielding portion is the edge light emitting portion. By being arranged so as to surround the outside, the border surface light emitting part is visually recognized as being emphasized by shining stronger than the central side light emitting part, and the light shielding part is darker than the central side light emitting part. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is configured to be visually recognized.

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