JP2018051369A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of changing operation feeling of an operation member.SOLUTION: A game machine 10 of the present invention is provided with a movable plate 50 inside a case unit 30 for supporting an operation button 21 in a movable state and has a compression coil spring 60 between the operation button 21 and the movable plate 50. Further, a shaft 41 is fitted to the case unit 30 and the shaft 41 and the movable plate 50 are screwed, and therefore the movable plate 50 is directly moved by rotating the shaft 41. In this way, following the direct movement of the movable plate 50, the compression coil spring 60 makes a telescopic motion and thereby operation resistance to be given to the operation button 21 is changed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a player plays a game by operating an operation member.

  Conventionally, as an operation member of this type of gaming machine, for example, one having an operation button that moves linearly by a pressing operation is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-223211 (paragraph [0036], FIG. 6)

  By the way, when the operation button is operated, the player receives an operation resistance from the operation button.

  An object of this invention is to provide the gaming machine which can change the operation feeling of an operation member.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is characterized in that an operation member movable by a player's operation and a holding means for holding the operation member at an origin position when the operation member is not operated by the player. And an adjusting means capable of changing a holding force received from the holding means by the operating member disposed at the origin position.

  According to the gaming machine of the first aspect, it is possible to adjust the operational feeling of the operation member.

Front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention Side sectional view of operating device (A) Front view of launch operation unit according to second embodiment, (B) Side view of launch operation unit

[First Embodiment]
An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, a game area R1 is formed on the front surface of the game board 11 of the gaming machine 10 of this embodiment, and a display device 13 is provided in the center of the game area R1. On the display device 13, the determination result is notified and a plurality of effects related to the game are executed. Among these plural effects, there is provided an effect mode with operation for requesting the player to operate the operation button 21 described below.

  At the lower end of the gaming machine 10, an upper plate 26 and a lower plate 27 projecting forward are provided side by side in two stages, and a launch operation unit 70 for launching a game ball to the game area R1 is provided. . Further, an operation device 20 including an operation button 21 according to the “operation member” of the present invention is provided on the front outer edge portion of the upper plate 26.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the operation device 20 includes a case portion 30, an operation button 21, and a compression coil spring 60, and the operation button 21 is supported by the case portion 30 so as to be directly movable, and the operation button 21. Is biased to the origin position by the compression coil spring 60. And in this embodiment, the adjustment part 40 which adjusts the operation feeling of the operation button 21 in the operating device 20 is provided.

  The adjustment unit 40 includes a shaft 41 and a moving plate 50 through which the shaft 41 is inserted. The shaft 41 is rotatably supported with respect to the case portion 30 with the lower end portion engaged with the bottom portion 31 of the case portion 30 with the knob 44 provided at the upper end portion protruding from the case portion 30. . Further, the shaft 41 includes a male screw portion 42 at a lower end portion, and the male screw portion 42 is screwed with a female screw portion 52 formed in the insertion hole 51 of the moving plate 50. Thereby, when the shaft 41 rotates, the moving plate 50 moves in the vertical direction. The movement range of the moving plate 50 is restricted by the restriction piece 43 protruding from the upper end portion of the male screw portion 42 of the shaft 41 and the bottom portion 31 of the case portion 30. For example, when the knob 44 is rotated in the clockwise direction. When the movable plate 50 abuts against the restricting piece 43 and is positioned at the upper end position (see FIG. 2B) and the knob 44 is rotated counterclockwise, the movable plate 50 contacts the bottom 31 of the case portion 30. It contacts and is positioned in a lower end position (refer FIG. 2 (A)).

  A compression coil spring 60 is provided between the moving plate 50 and the operation button 21. The compression coil spring 60 expands and contracts with the movement of the moving plate 50. As shown in FIG. 2A, when the moving plate 50 is located at the lower end position, the compression amount of the compression coil spring 60 is relatively small, and the operation button. Since the operation resistance applied to 21 is small, the operation button 21 can be operated with a relatively small force. As shown in FIG. 2B, when the moving plate 50 is located at the upper end position, the compression amount of the compression coil spring 60 is relatively large and the operation resistance applied to the operation button 21 is large, so that the operation can be performed with a relatively large force. It is necessary to operate the button 21. The operation button 21 is provided with a positioning piece 22 projecting to the side, and the operation button 21 is positioned at the origin position by the positioning piece 22 coming into contact with the inner surface of the case portion 30.

  In this embodiment, the case body 30 corresponds to the “support member” of the present invention, the moving plate 50 corresponds to the “movable member” of the present invention, and the compression coil spring 60 corresponds to the “elastic member” and “ Corresponds to “coil spring”. The adjustment unit 40 and the compression coil spring 60 correspond to the “operation resistance adjustment unit” of the present invention.

  This completes the description of the configuration of the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment. Next, the effect of the gaming machine 10 of this embodiment will be described. Among the effects performed on the display device 13, there is provided an effect mode with operation for requesting the player to operate the operation buttons 21. Here, the operation feeling received as the operation resistance when the operation button 21 is operated has a different preference for each player. Therefore, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the adjustment unit 40 that allows the player to arbitrarily change the operation resistance of the operation button 21 is provided, so that the player operates the knob 44 of the adjustment unit 40 to operate the operation button. It is possible to adjust the operational feeling of 21 according to preference.

  The operation resistance of the operation button 21 is adjusted by, for example, requesting the player to operate the operation button 21 in the initial setting when the player starts the game, and adjusting the operation resistance of the operation button 21 at that time. What is necessary is just to alert | report that there exists the adjustment part 40 which can be. Thereby, it is possible to make the player recognize the presence of the adjusting unit 40, and to adjust the operation resistance according to the player's preference before the performance mode with operation starts.

  In the above embodiment, when it is desired to finely change the operation resistance, the compression pitch of the compression coil spring 60 is reduced by shortening the thread pitch of the male screw portion 42 of the shaft 41 and the female screw portion 52 of the moving plate 50. Just change it finely. In the above embodiment, the compression coil spring 60 is changed by the rotation of the shaft 41. For example, instead of the shaft 41, the moving plate 50 is moved up and down by a motor, and the rotation amount of the motor is changed. It is good also as a structure which controls according to the operation amount of an adjustment part.

[Second Embodiment]
This embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the adjustment unit 90 is provided in the launch operation unit 70 (see FIG. 1) that launches the game ball to the game area R1. As shown in FIG. 3B, the firing operation unit 70 has a substantially columnar fixing member 72 protruding from the front surface of the gaming machine 10, and a rotating member 71 assembled to the front end portion of the fixing member 72. The movable member 71 is rotatable with respect to the fixed member 72. Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, a torsion coil spring 80 is provided inside the firing operation unit 70, and thereby the rotating member 71 is biased toward the origin position by the torsion coil spring 80 ( (See FIG. 1). In the present embodiment, of the pair of locking arms 81A and 81B of the torsion coil spring 80, the locking arm 81A is fixed to the rotating member 71, while the locking arm 81B is provided to the fixing member 72. It is fixed to the knob 91 of the section 90.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the adjustment unit 90 can be operated with the thumb on the left peripheral surface of the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member 72 while the player holds the firing operation unit 70. It is arranged in the position. The adjustment unit 90 includes an engagement hole 92 extending in the circumferential direction of the fixing member 72 and a knob 91 that can move in the engagement hole 92. The engagement hole 92 includes a long hole 93 extending in the circumferential direction of the fixing member 72 and a plurality of locking holes 94 formed in the opening edge of the long hole 93 on the side away from the rotating member 71. ing. The locking hole 94 has a right triangle shape, and is arranged in a state where the oblique side is inclined so as to be separated from the long hole 93 upward along the opening edge of the long hole 93. And the opening edge of the one side extended in the direction orthogonal to the long hole 93 among the latching holes 94 is the latching | locking part 94D.

  The knob 91 includes a knob main body 91A disposed outside the engagement hole 92 (the outer periphery of the fixing member 72), a rib 91C protruding from the knob main body 91A and penetrating the engagement hole 92, and laterally from the tip of the rib 91C. It is comprised from the overhang | projection piece 91B overhanging. The knob main body 91A and the overhanging piece 91B have a plate shape extending in the front-rear direction, and the engagement hole 92 is sandwiched between the knob main body 91A and the overhanging piece 91B. Further, a locking portion 81C that is bent from the locking arm 81B of the torsion coil spring 80 and extends in the front-rear direction is locked to the projecting piece 91A.

  When the knob 91 is arranged at the origin position shown in FIG. 3B, the torsion coil spring 80 has the smallest twist amount and the operating resistance applied to the rotating member 72 is small, so that the rotating member 72 can be operated with a relatively small force. can do. Then, when the knob 91 is pressed to the left in FIG. 3B from the origin position, the rib 91C of the knob 91 moves along the opening edge of the locking hole 94, and the locking portion 94D of the locking hole 94 adjacent to the left. At this time, the rib 91C is locked by the locking portion 94D and positioned. Then, the torsion coil spring 80 has a larger amount of twist than the state shown in FIG. 3A, and the urging force applied to the rotating member 71 is increased, so that the operation resistance is increased compared to the origin position.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be achieved by changing the urging force of the torsion coil spring 80 that urges the rotating member 71 in a stepwise manner. Further, in the present embodiment, the adjustment unit 90 is disposed at a position where the player can operate with the thumb while holding the firing operation unit 70, so that the operation can be easily performed even when the rotation member 71 is rotated. can do.

  The rotating member 71 of the present embodiment corresponds to the “operation member” of the present invention, and the fixing member 72 corresponds to the “support member” of the present invention. Further, the knob 91 corresponds to the “movable member” of the present invention, the engagement hole 92 corresponds to the “variable holding mechanism” of the present invention, and the torsion coil spring 80 corresponds to the “elastic member” of the present invention. The adjusting unit 90 and the torsion coil spring 80 correspond to the “operation resistance adjusting unit” of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the locking arm 81B of the torsion coil spring 80 is fixed to the knob 91 has been exemplified. It is good also as a structure which controls according to the operation amount and adjusts operation resistance. At that time, the adjustment unit may be configured to perform a linear motion operation, or may be configured to perform a rotation operation like the adjustment unit 40 of the first embodiment. Further, the twist amount of the torsion coil spring 80 may be changed stepwise or may be changed steplessly.

[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 a pachinko gaming machine, but may be applied to, for example, a slot machine.

  (2) In the first embodiment, the compression coil spring 60 is exemplified as the elastic member, but a tension coil spring may be used. In the second embodiment, not only the torsion coil spring 80 but also a spiral spring may be used.

  Hereinafter, features extracted from each of the above-described embodiments will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary.

  The following feature is made with the problem that “the preference of the operation feeling received as the operation resistance when the operation button is operated differs depending on the player”, and “the operation feeling of the operation member is changed according to the player's preference”. The purpose is to “provide gaming machines that can be used”.

[Feature 1]
In a gaming machine where a player plays a game by operating an operation member,
A gaming machine comprising operating resistance adjusting means for allowing a player to arbitrarily adjust the operating resistance of the operating member.

[Feature 2]
A support member for supporting the operation member in a movable state;
A movable member supported in a movable state by the support member separately from the operation member;
A variable holding mechanism for holding the movable member at an arbitrary position;
An elastic member that engages with each of the operation member and the movable member, and applies an elastic reaction force according to an operation amount of the operation member to the operation member as the operation resistance;
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the operation resistance adjusting means includes the movable member, the variable holding mechanism, and the elastic member.

[Feature 3]
The variable holding mechanism includes a male screw member pivotally supported by the support member, and a female screw hole formed in the movable member.
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the movable member is screwed into the male screw member.

[Feature 4]
The operation member moves linearly from the origin position by a pressing operation,
The movable member is provided so as to face and linearly move in a movable direction of the operation member with respect to a part of the operation member,
The gaming machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a coil spring having both ends engaged with the movable member and a part of the operation member is provided as the elastic member.

[Feature 5]
The operation member is rotated from the origin position by a rotation operation,
The movable member is provided movably along the rotation direction of the operation member,
The gaming machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a torsion coil spring having both ends engaged with the movable member and a part of the operation member is provided as the elastic member.

[Feature 6]
A gaming machine in which a player operates a control member to play a game,
Biasing means for imparting an operating resistance to the operating member according to the operating amount of the operating member;
A gaming machine comprising operation resistance adjusting means that allows a player to arbitrarily adjust the operation resistance of the operation member separately from operation of the operation member.

  According to the gaming machines of features 1 and 6, it is possible for the player to adjust the operation feeling of the operation member according to his / her preference.

  Here, the operation resistance of the operation member may be, for example, a configuration in which the operation resistance is adjusted by a repulsive force between the magnets using a magnet, or the operation resistance is adjusted by an elastic reaction force using the elastic member. It may be a configuration. As a configuration using the elastic member, as in feature 2, a variable holding mechanism is provided that engages the elastic member with the operation member and the movable member, and changes the position of the movable member to an arbitrary position. The operation resistance of the operation member may be changed by changing the position of the movable member by the variable holding mechanism and changing the elastic reaction force of the elastic member.

  Further, the operation member may be configured to move linearly by a pressing operation (configuration of feature 4), or may be configured to rotate by a rotation operation (configuration of feature 5). In the case of an operation member that moves linearly by a pressing operation, a coil spring may be used as the elastic member (configuration of feature 4). In the case of an operation member that rotates by a rotation operation, a torsion coil spring is used as the elastic member. It may be used (configuration of feature 5).

  According to the feature 3, it is possible to change and hold the position of the movable member with a simple configuration.

10 gaming machine 20 operation device 21 operation button (operation member)
30 Case part (supporting member)
40,90 adjustment unit (operation resistance adjustment means)
44, 91 Knob 50 Moving plate (movable member)
60 Compression coil spring (elastic member)
70 Launch Operation Unit 71 Rotating Member (Operation Member)
72 Fixing member (supporting member)
80 Torsion coil spring (elastic member)

Claims (1)

An operation member movable by a player's operation;
Holding means for holding the operating member at the origin position when the operating member is not operated by a player;
A gaming machine, comprising: an adjusting unit capable of changing a holding force received from the holding unit by the operation member disposed at the origin position.

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