JP2018065014A5

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Publication number: JP2018065014A5
Application number: JP2018016862A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2018-02-02
Publication date: 2018-11-01
Anticipated expiration: 2033-06-27

Description

従来より、始動入賞口への入賞による遊技球を検出した場合、当りの抽選、変動パターンの抽選、停止図柄の抽選等を行うとともに、特別図柄表示装置を制御する主制御部（主制御手段）と、この主制御部からの抽選結果に応じたコマンドにより遊技領域等に設けられているランプの点滅制御、スピーカから出力される効果音の制御、及び、モータを回転制御し遊技領域等に設けられているキャラクタフィギャア等の演出用可動物の制御を行う副制御部（演出制御手段）と、この副制御部からのコマンドにより演出図柄表示装置１０３を制御する表示制御部と、を備える遊技機が提案されている（例えば、特許文献１）。
Conventionally, when a game ball due to winning at the start winning opening is detected, a main control unit (main control means) that performs a lottery drawing, a variation pattern lottery, a stop symbol drawing and the like, and controls a special symbol display device And a flashing control of a lamp provided in the game area or the like by a command according to the lottery result from the main control unit, a control of a sound effect output from the speaker, and a rotation control of the motor provided in the game area or the like A gaming machine comprising: a sub-control unit (production control means) for controlling a movable product for production such as a character figure, and a display control unit for controlling the production symbol display device 103 by a command from this sub-control unit Has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

特許文献１に記載される遊技機においては、電源が投入されると、主制御部は、初期値設定処理を行い、割込みモード等を設定するＣＰＵ機能初期化処理を行い、ＲＡＭクリアスイッチが押されたか否かを判定し、副制御部等の周辺装置が起動するまで待機して、他の処理を行うようになっている。そして、電源が遮断されると、主制御部は、チェックサムを算出し、この算出結果をサムチェックバッファに記憶してバックアップデータを保持することができるようになっている。
ところで、特許文献１に記載される遊技機においては、電源が投入されると、主制御部は、副制御部等の周辺装置が起動するまで待機しているが、これは、例えば主制御部が副制御部よりも先に起動してコマンドを副制御部に送信すると、この送信されたコマンドを副制御部が取りこぼすことを防止するためである。
In the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, when the power is turned on, the main control unit performs an initial value setting process, performs a CPU function initialization process for setting an interrupt mode, and the RAM clear switch is pressed. It is determined whether it has been performed or not, and it waits until a peripheral device such as a sub-control unit is activated to perform other processing. When the power is turned off, the main control unit calculates a checksum, has become so that it is possible to hold the backup data and stores the calculation result to the checksum buffer.
By the way, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, when the power is turned on, the main control unit waits until a peripheral device such as the sub control unit is activated. This is for preventing the sub-control unit from losing the transmitted command when the command is started before the sub-control unit and the command is transmitted to the sub-control unit.

特開２０１２−０７１１６４号公報（段落［００５９］、図２、及び図７）JP 2012-071164 A (paragraph [0059], FIG. 2 and FIG. 7)

ところが、特許文献１に記載される遊技機においては、電源が投入されると、主制御部は、副制御部等の周辺装置が起動するまで待機しているものの、この待機している間に、瞬停や停電が発生すると、チェックサムを算出し、この算出結果をサムチェックバッファに記憶完了する手前で機能停止することとなる。そうすると、主制御部は、電力が回復する復電時において、再起動して再びチェックサムを算出し、この算出結果とサムチェックバッファとが一致するか否かを判定したとしても、一致するはずがなく、ホールの店員等によりＲＡＭクリアスイッチが押されていなくても、ＲＡＭの内容（遊技情報）を初期化するという問題があった。
However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, when the power is turned on, the main control unit is on standby until a peripheral device such as the sub control unit is activated. When an instantaneous power failure or power failure occurs, the checksum is calculated, and the function is stopped just before the calculation result is stored in the sum check buffer. Then, the main control unit restarts and calculates the checksum again at the time of power recovery when the power recovers, and even if it determines whether or not this calculation result matches the sum check buffer, it should match. there is no, even if no RAM clear switch is pushed by the clerk or the like of the hall, the contents of the RAM (the game information) there is a problem that you initialized.

本発明は、このような事情に鑑みてなされたものであり、その目的とするところは、復電時において、瞬停や停電が発生する直前の遊技情報が初期化されることを防止することができる遊技機を提供することにある。
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to prevent initialization of game information immediately before a momentary power failure or power failure occurs during power recovery. It is to provide a gaming machine that can be used.

（解決手段１）
遊技の進行を制御する主制御手段と、該主制御手段からのコマンドに基づいて演出表示装置による演出の進行を制御する演出制御手段と、を備える遊技機であって、前記遊技機は、さらに、遊技盤に形成される遊技領域に配置されるとともに、予め定めた作動条件が成立したときに電気的駆動源により作動されて前記遊技領域を流下する遊技球を受け入れることができる作動役物装置を備え、前記主制御手段は、少なくとも、主制御ＭＰＵと、復電時において、パワーオンリセット信号を出力するパワーオンリセット手段と、前記パワーオンリセット信号でリセットされる機能を有する出力手段を用いて前記作動役物装置の前記電気的駆動源を駆動し、電源が遮断される旨の停電予告信号を前記パワーオンリセット信号でリセットされない出力手段を用いて前記演出制御手段に伝え、前記復電時において、前記演出制御手段が起動するまで待機する待機制御手段と、該待機制御手段が待機した後に、前記遊技機への電源が遮断されるか否かを判別する電源遮断判別制御手段と、を含み前記主制御ＭＰＵはウォッチドックタイマを内蔵し、該ウォッチドックタイマは所定時間内に前記ウォッチドックタイマのレジスタがセットされないことによって前記主制御ＭＰＵをリセットするものであり、前記主制御手段は前記復電時に、前記待機制御手段によって前記演出制御手段が起動するまで待機し、前記待機制御手段が待機した後に前記遊技機への電源が遮断されると前記電源遮断判別制御手段により判別され続けた場合、前記ウォッチドックタイマは所定時間内に前記ウォッチドックタイマのレジスタがセットされないことによって前記主制御ＭＰＵをリセットし、前記待機制御手段が待機した後に前記遊技機への電源が遮断されないと前記電源遮断判別制御手段により判別された場合、前記主制御手段は、遊技の進行を行い、該遊技の進行を行っている際に、前記遊技機への電源が遮断されても、前記遊技の進行による遊技情報を記憶するためのバックアップ処理を完了することを特徴とする遊技機。
(Solution 1)
A gaming machine comprising: main control means for controlling the progress of the game; and effect control means for controlling the progress of the effect produced by the effect display device based on a command from the main control means, the gaming machine further comprising: An actuating equipment device that is arranged in a game area formed on the game board and that can receive a game ball that is actuated by an electric drive source and flows down the game area when a predetermined operation condition is satisfied. The main control means includes at least a main control MPU, a power-on reset means for outputting a power-on reset signal at the time of power recovery, and an output means having a function to be reset by the power-on reset signal. The power supply warning signal indicating that the electric drive source of the working accessory apparatus is to be turned off and the power is cut off is not reset by the power-on reset signal. Means for transmitting to the effect control means, and at the time of power recovery, the standby control means for waiting until the effect control means is activated, and after the standby control means waits, the power to the gaming machine is cut off. The main control MPU includes a watchdog timer, and the watchdog timer does not set the watchdog timer register within a predetermined time. The control MPU is reset, and the main control means waits until the effect control means is activated by the standby control means when the power is restored, and the power to the gaming machine is turned on after the standby control means waits. If the watchdog timer continues to be discriminated by the power shutoff discriminating control means, the watchdog timer will stop the watchdog within a predetermined time. The main control unit resets the main control MPU by not setting the register of the timer, and the main control unit determines that the power supply to the gaming machine is not cut off after the standby control unit waits. When the game is progressing and the game is progressing, the backup process for storing the game information according to the progress of the game is completed even if the power to the gaming machine is cut off. A featured gaming machine.

本発明の遊技機においては、復電時において、瞬停や停電が発生する直前の遊技情報が初期化されることを防止することができる。
In the gaming machine of the present invention, at the time of power recovery, it is possible to prevent the game information immediately before the occurrence of a momentary power failure or power outage from being initialized .

Claims

Main control means for controlling the progress of the game;
Effect control means for controlling the progress of the effect by the effect display device based on a command from the main control means;
A gaming machine comprising
The gaming machine further includes:
An actuating equipment device arranged in a game area formed on a game board and capable of receiving a game ball flowing down the game area by being actuated by an electric drive source when a predetermined operation condition is established. Prepared,
The main control means is at least
A main control MPU;
Power-on reset means for outputting a power-on reset signal upon power recovery;
Driving the electrical drive source of the working accessory device using an output means having a function of being reset by the power-on reset signal;
Tell the effect control means using an output means that is not reset by the power-on reset signal to notify that the power is shut off,
Standby control means for waiting until the effect control means is activated at the time of power recovery;
A power-off determination control means for determining whether or not power to the gaming machine is cut off after the standby control means waits;
Including
The main control MPU incorporates a watchdog timer, and the watchdog timer resets the main control MPU when a register of the watchdog timer is not set within a predetermined time.
The main control means waits until the effect control means is activated by the standby control means at the time of power recovery,
When the power supply to the gaming machine is cut off after the standby control means waits, the watchdog timer register is not set within a predetermined time if the power cut-off determination control means continues to make a determination. To reset the main control MPU,
When the power cut-off determination control means determines that the power to the gaming machine is not cut off after the standby control means waits, the main control means advances the game and advances the game. At this time, even if the power to the gaming machine is cut off , the gaming machine is characterized in that the backup process for storing the gaming information by the progress of the gaming is completed .