JP2018000642A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of improving taste by executing an operation relating to a performance by a novel method.SOLUTION: A performance operation part 36 in a pachinko game machine 10 according to the present invention includes range sensors 36S disposed at four corners of a game board 11 respectively. The pachinko game machine is configured to differentiate a performance content according to a range sensor 36S on which a player puts a hand, out of the four range sensors 36S. Further, a detection range of the lower range sensors 36S and 36S is formed smaller than a detection range of the upper range sensors 36S and 36S, so that it is required for actuating the lower range sensors 36S and 36S to bring an object closer to a glass window 95W than a case of actuating the upper range sensors 36S and 36S.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine having an effect operation unit for performing operations related to effects.

  Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine, one equipped with an effect operation unit such as a cross key or an enter key is known for selection of effect contents. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-055479 A (paragraph [0025], FIG. 4)

  By the way, in the conventional gaming machine described above, the freshness of the production operation unit has been fading.

  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 improving the taste by performing an operation related to a production by a novel method.

  Invention of Claim 1 made | formed in order to achieve the said objective is an effect execution means to perform the effect according to the condition of a game, the effect operation part for a player to perform operation regarding the said effect, and the said effect operation And a production control unit that controls the production execution means so that the production has contents corresponding to the operation information. The detection control unit includes a plurality of detection sensors that detect the presence / absence of an object within a detection range set to be able to be operated by a player holding the object, and the effect control unit includes a plurality of the detection sensors The detection result is obtained as the operation information, and the detection ranges of the plurality of detection sensors are different depending on the installation location of each detection sensor.

  The invention of claim 2 is provided with a game area in which a game ball flows down on the front surface, a game board in which a plurality of the detection sensors are arranged, and a game board arranged in front of the game board so that the game area can be visually recognized. A front cover having a window portion to be operated, and a handle that is disposed below the window portion of the front cover and that can be operated by a player to drive a game ball into the game area. The close detection sensor has a narrower detection range than the detection sensor relatively far from the handle, and is configured to require the object to be closer to the front cover in order to be detected. The gaming machine described in 1.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the plurality of detection sensors are arranged one by one at the four corners of the game board, and the detection range of the lower detection sensor is greater than the detection range of the upper detection sensor. The gaming machine according to claim 2, which is also set narrowly.

  A fourth aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein a distance measuring sensor is provided as the detection sensor.

[Invention of Claim 1]
In the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the effect operation unit is configured to be operated when the player holds an object such as a hand over the hand. That is, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, the operation related to the performance is performed by a novel method of holding an object such as a hand over, and it is possible to improve the preference.

[Invention of claim 2]
According to the invention of claim 2, for example, when the hand operating the handle is moved away from the handle and is held over the detection sensor, the detection is relatively close to the handle by trying to hold the hand over the detection sensor relatively far from the handle. This prevents the sensor from being detected first.

[Invention of claim 3]
According to the invention of claim 3, when an object such as a hand is held over the upper detection sensor, it is prevented that the lower detection sensor first detects the object.

[Invention of claim 4]
As the detection sensor, a thermal sensor may be used, or a distance measuring sensor may be used as in the invention of claim 4.

Front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention Cross section around the distance sensor Front view of a display with variable effects Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the gaming machine

  Hereinafter, an embodiment according to a pachinko gaming machine 10 as a “gaming machine” of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 10 has a game board 11 through a glass window 95 </ b> W (corresponding to “window” of the present invention) provided in a front door 95 (corresponding to “front cover” of the present invention). The game area R1 is visible. An upper plate 26 and a lower plate 27 capable of storing game balls are provided below the glass window 95 </ b> W in the front door 95. Further, an operation knob 28 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 27, and when this operation knob 28 (corresponding to the “handle” of the present invention) is turned, the game ball in the upper plate 26 is played in the game area R1. Be driven into.

  A display window 11A is formed through the center of the game area R1 of the game board 11, and behind the display window 11A is a liquid crystal display device 32 (TFT-LCD module. “Effect execution means” of the present invention). Equivalent to). In addition, a display decoration frame 23 is fitted into the display window 11A from the front side, and an upper side portion and both side portions of the display decoration frame 23 protrude forward from the front surface of the game board 11 so that the game can be played in front of the liquid crystal display device 32. The ball is prohibited from flowing down.

  A first start winning port 14A, a second start winning port 14B, a big winning port 15, and an out port 16 are provided in order from the top in the center in the left-right direction below the display decoration frame 23 in the game area R1. A plurality of general winning openings 20 are provided on both sides. A start gate 18 is provided on the left side of the display decoration frame 23.

  The start gate 18 has a structure in which a game ball can pass inside, and the general winning opening 20 and the first starting winning opening 14A are always open upward. The second start winning opening 14B is opened upward, and movable wing pieces 14C and 14C are provided on both left and right sides of the opening. Both movable wing pieces 14C, 14C are always in a standing state, and the second start winning opening 14B is always a member constituting both the standing movable wing pieces 14C, 14C and the first start winning opening 14A. Surrounded by, game balls are prevented from entering. Then, when a win / fail judgment (hereinafter referred to as “common figure judgment”) is made every time the game ball passes through the start gate 18, the movable wing pieces 14C and 14C are tilted sideways over a predetermined period, and the movable wing With the piece 14C as a guide, the game ball can be awarded to the second start winning opening 14B.

  The big prize opening 15 is opened in a horizontally long rectangle on the front surface of the game board 11 and is normally closed by a door 15T. Then, when the winning determination by special symbols (hereinafter referred to as “special drawing determination” as appropriate) performed by winning the game balls at the first and second start winning holes 14A and 14B, The door 15T is opened so as to fall forward and the door 15T is guided to allow the special winning opening 15 to accept the game ball (so-called big hit game is executed). Each time a game ball wins the general winning port 20, the first and second start winning ports 14 </ b> A and 14 </ b> B, and the big winning port 15, a predetermined plurality of game balls are paid out to the upper plate 26. In addition, winning in special figure determination is appropriately referred to as “big hit”.

  On the display 32E of the liquid crystal display device 32, three special symbols 32A, 32B, and 32C for left, middle, and right are normally displayed side by side and stopped, and the special symbols described above with these special symbols 32A, 32B, and 32C. The result of the determination is notified. Specifically, when a game ball wins the first or second start winning opening 14A, 14B, after these three special symbols 32A, 32B, 32C are variably displayed (scrolled up and down), for example, The display is stopped and displayed in the order of left, right, and middle, and the determination result of the above-described special symbol determination is notified, for example, depending on whether or not it has become a doublet.

  In addition to the special symbols 32A, 32B, and 32C described above, various images are displayed on the display 32E to produce a game. In the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, for example, “variation effect” is performed on the display 32E during the variation display of the special symbols 32A, 32B, 32C.

  Now, the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with an effect operation unit 36 (see FIG. 4) that can be operated by the player in a changing effect. This effect operation unit 36 is configured to be operated by a player holding his hand over the glass window 95W. Hereinafter, the detail of the production | presentation operation part 36 is demonstrated.

  The effect operation unit 36 includes distance measuring sensors 36S (see FIG. 1, corresponding to the “detection sensor” of the present invention) disposed at the four corners of the game board 11, respectively. The distance measuring sensor 36S is configured, for example, to irradiate light, receive light reflected by the object, and calculate the distance to the object, and the detection range set in front of the glass window 95W. It operates by detecting whether there is an object inside. The effect operation unit 36 transmits, as operation information, which ranging sensor 36S of the four ranging sensors 36S is activated. The distance measuring sensor 36S is disposed on the game board 11 at a position visible from the glass window 95W.

  Here, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the detection range of each distance measuring sensor 36S is configured to be different depending on the arrangement location. Specifically, the detection ranges of the upper distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S (symbol X in FIG. 2) are within 10 cm from the front surface of the glass window 95W, whereas the lower distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S The detection range (symbol Y in FIG. 2) is within 5 cm from the front surface of the glass window 95W, and the detection ranges of the lower distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S are larger than the detection ranges of the upper distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S. Is also narrower. That is, in order to operate the lower distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S, it is necessary to bring the object closer to the glass window 95W than when the upper distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S are operated.

  The range of detection for each distance measuring sensor 36S may be made different by using a distance measuring sensor having different specifications such as the upper limit of the detection distance, or the distance of the object using the distance measuring sensor of the same specification. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which control is performed only when each is within a set detection range.

  Next, an example of a variation effect using the effect operation unit 36 will be described. In the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, an effect in which the main character encounters another character, an item, or the like while moving along the road is performed as a variation effect. Specifically, an image of the main character moving on the map is displayed on the display 32E.

  In this variation effect, for example, at the start of the effect, the path of the main character can be selected from four options, and the effect operation unit 36 described above is used for this selection. As shown in FIG. 3, at the start of the production, an image in which the main character MC stands in the middle of the crossroads is displayed on the display 32E. At this time, an operation instruction diagram H having four circles is displayed on each road extending from the crossroad.

  This operation instruction figure H shows the position where the player holds his hand. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the operation instruction figure H suggests holding the hand on the upper left of the glass window 95W on the upper road, Operation instruction diagram H that suggests holding your hand to the upper right of the glass window 95W on the road, operation instruction diagram H that suggests holding your hand to the lower left of the glass window 95W on the right road, and the glass window 95W on the left road Operation instruction diagrams H suggesting that the hand is held in the lower right are respectively displayed. Then, when the player holds his / her hand in accordance with the operation instruction diagram H displayed on the road to be selected, that road is selected. Thereafter, different effects are performed depending on the selected road.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The main control board 50 shown in FIG. 4 has a CPU 50A, a RAM 50B, and a ROM 50C, and performs main control related to the game. Similar to the main control board 50, the sub control board 52 includes a CPU 52A, a RAM 52B, and a ROM 52C, and is connected to the main control board 50, the liquid crystal display device 32, and the effect operation unit 36. The sub control board 52 mainly receives a command from the main control board 50 and controls the effect, and also reflects the operation information received from the effect operation unit 36 in the effect, and the effect operation board 54 of the liquid crystal display device 32. Output to. The CPU 52A of the sub-control board 52 corresponds to the “production control unit” of the present invention.

  The configuration of the present embodiment is as described above. Next, the effect of this embodiment is demonstrated. In the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, during the variation display of the special symbols 32A, 32B, and 32C, an effect is produced by an image on the display 32E. In this effect, the contents of the effect (the way the main character travels) can be made different by the player operating the effect operation unit 36, so that it is possible to improve the game preference.

  Here, the presentation operation unit 36 in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is not a cross key or the like generally used in conventional pachinko gaming machines but is operated by holding the hand over the glass window 95W. Therefore, it is possible to improve the taste.

  By the way, when operating the effect operation unit 36, for example, when the right hand is held over the upper right distance measuring sensor 36S, the lower right distance measuring sensor 36S reacts, and an unexpected option is selected. It is conceivable that a situation will occur.

  On the other hand, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the detection ranges of the lower distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S are narrower than the detection ranges of the upper distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S, and the lower measurement sensors The distance sensors 36S and 36S are configured so as not to react unless the hand is brought closer to the glass window 95W than the upper distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S. Therefore, the lower distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S are erroneously operated. Can be prevented.

[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 other than the following can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. It can be changed and implemented.

  (1) In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the pachinko gaming machine 10, but may be applied to a slot machine or the like as long as it is a gaming machine.

  (2) In the above-described embodiment, the distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S having a relatively wide detection range and the distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S having a relatively small detection range are separated in the upper and lower directions, but may be separated in the left and right. For example, when the detection range of the right distance measurement sensors 36S and 36S is narrower than the detection range of the left distance measurement sensors 36S and 36S, the right hand is used to operate the effect operation unit 36, and the right hand is the left distance measurement sensor 36S. , 36S can be prevented from operating the right distance measuring sensors 36S, 36S. In this case, for example, the detection ranges of all the distance measuring sensors may be different, for example, the detection range is narrowed in the order of upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right.

  Further, depending on the timing at which the production operation unit 36 is operated, it is possible to operate the production operation unit 36 with the left hand while turning the operation knob 28 with the right hand. In this case, it is preferable to make the detection range of the left distance measuring sensors 36S and 36S narrower than the detection range of the right distance measurement sensors 36S and 36S.

  (3) In the above embodiment, the distance measuring sensors 36S are arranged at the four corners of the game board 11, but the distance measuring sensors 36S may be scattered.

  (4) In the above-described embodiment, the configuration is such that the hand is held only in one place by one operation, but for example, a configuration in which the hand is held in two places using both hands may be used.

  (5) In the above-described embodiment, the configuration is such that the hand is held over the distance measuring sensor 36 </ b> S, but a configuration in which a movable member for operation is separately prepared and the movable member is held up may be employed.

  (6) The “detection sensor” of the present invention is the distance measuring sensor 36S in the above embodiment, but may be a thermal sensor, for example.

10 Pachinko machines (game machines)
11 Game board 28 Operation knob (handle)
32 Liquid crystal display device (production execution means)
36 Production operation section 36S Ranging sensor (detection sensor)
95 Front door (front cover)
95W glass window (window)

Claims (4)

Production execution means for performing production according to the game situation;
A production operation unit for the player to perform operations related to the production,
In a gaming machine comprising: an operation control unit that acquires operation information by an operation of the production operation unit, and controls the production execution unit so that the production has contents according to the operation information.
The production operation unit has a plurality of detection sensors that detect the presence or absence of an object within a detection range set in front and can be operated by a player holding the object over,
The production control unit is configured to acquire detection results of a plurality of the detection sensors as the operation information,
A gaming machine in which the detection ranges of a plurality of the detection sensors are different depending on the installation locations of the detection sensors. A game board in which a game area in which a game ball flows down is provided on the front, and a plurality of the detection sensors are arranged;
A front cover that is disposed in front of the game board and has a window portion that allows the game area to be visually recognized;
A handle disposed below the window portion of the front cover and operable by a player to drive a game ball into the game area;
The detection sensor relatively close to the handle has a narrower detection range than the detection sensor relatively far from the handle, and is configured to require the object to be closer to the front cover in order to be detected. The gaming machine according to claim 1. The plurality of detection sensors are arranged one by one at the four corners of the game board,
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the detection range of the lower detection sensor is set to be narrower than the detection range of the upper detection sensor.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a distance measuring sensor as the detection sensor.

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