JP2849684B2 - Control device for amusement machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a control device for a game machine such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine, etc., having a display device. And a high-precision control device for amusement machines such as a pachinko machine and a slot machine.

[Prior Art] A pachinko game machine, which is an example of a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, having a display device has a function as shown in FIG. FIG. 1 shows typical functions of pachinko game machines found on the market.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an operation of the hitting handle 2,
A panel surface on which a hit ball fired by the spring force of the hitting mechanism 3 rolls, 7 is a normal winning opening, and 4 is a first-type starting opening. When a hit ball enters the first-type starting port 4, the symbol display device 6 in which three horizontal rows of symbols are scrolled vertically and fluctuates begins to fluctuate, and three predetermined rows of the same symbols are arranged side by side. When the stoppage occurs, the jackpot 5 is opened and the special winning opening 5 is opened, and the opening of the special winning opening 5 is stopped when a predetermined time elapses or when a predetermined number of hits enter the special winning opening 5.

Reference numeral 14 is a representative representation of a plurality of display lamps provided on the panel surface 1. The lamp 14 is turned on and flashes when a predetermined condition is reached during a game. Reference numeral 15 denotes a sound generating device that generates a predetermined sound when a predetermined condition is satisfied during a game.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a control device for executing the above operation.

In FIG. 3, 31 is a microcomputer of the control device main body, 32 is a bus line for signal transmission,
The address and data are included. 33 is a clock and timing signal generation circuit for synchronizing the operations of the microcomputer and other circuits. A storage device 34 includes a ROM and a RAM.
36 collectively describes sensors for detecting a hit ball entering the first kind starting port 4 or the special winning opening 5 shown in FIG. 1, and 35 indicates respective signals detected by the sensors 36. And an electronic circuit for connecting to the bus line 32 is collectively described.

Reference numeral 38 denotes an operation function including a symbol display device. The indicator lamp 14, the symbol display device 6, the sound generator 15, and the special winning opening 5 shown in FIG. 1 are opened. The operating functions of the solenoid and the like are shown together. 37
Describes collectively an electronic circuit for processing and driving each of these operating functions 38 upon receiving a signal from the bus line 32.

In the circuit configuration described above, the microcomputer 31
Performs a signal processing operation according to a program recorded in the storage device 34 and an input signal from the sensor 36 according to a synchronization signal from the clock and timing signal generation circuit 33, and displays the display lamp 14, the symbol display device 6, and the sound generation device. 15, and
Control such as opening of the special winning opening 5 is executed.

Among the operations described above, the change of the symbol displayed on the symbol display device is executed by the symbol display data recorded in the storage device 34 and the signal processing by the microcomputer 31.

In addition to the above-described pachinko game machines, control devices for game machines such as slot machines having a display device also have functions similar to those described above in relation to the display device, although the conditions of the sensors and the like are different. .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In a control device for an amusement machine, it is desirable that a pattern of a display device be capable of changing and displaying a complicated pattern or a beautiful color at a high speed. In order to execute the control function including the symbol display, the content of the symbol display needs to be limited to a simple display content in the conventional control device due to the limitation from the processing time and the limitation due to the specification of the applicable model.

As a countermeasure, for example, in a control device of a pachinko game machine, means shown in FIG. 4 can be considered.

That is, in FIG. 4, 31 to 36 are almost the same as the circuit shown in FIG. 3, 31 is a microcomputer of the control device main body, 32 is a bus line for signal transmission, And data are included. 33 is a clock and timing signal generation circuit for synchronizing the operations of the microcomputer and other circuits. A storage device 34 includes a ROM and a RAM. 36 collectively describes sensors for detecting a hit ball entering the first kind starting port 4 or the special winning opening 5 shown in FIG. 1, and 35 indicates respective signals detected by the sensors 36. And an electronic circuit for connecting to the bus line 32 is collectively described.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a collective list of operating functions excluding the symbol display device. The operating functions of the display lamp 14, the sound generator 15, and the solenoid for opening the special winning opening 5 shown in FIG. 39 indicates these operating functions 40,
Electronic circuits for receiving and processing the signals from the bus lines 32 and driving the signals are collectively shown.

As described above, the electronic circuit 39 and the operating function 40 do not include the symbol display device 6 in the configuration shown in FIG. 3 and the electronic circuit for controlling and driving the symbol display device, and are executed by a control function described later. .

That is, in FIG. 4, 41 is a control circuit for controlling the symbol display device, 42 is a RAM for transmitting data for symbol display from the microcomputer 31 and storing it during display, and 43 records pattern data of the display symbol. The ROM 44 is an electronic circuit for driving the symbol display device, and the symbol 45 is a symbol display device.

According to this circuit configuration, since the symbol display function requiring processing time is excluded from the processing function of the microcomputer 31, it is possible to display a complicated symbol, but in a control device for a pachinko game machine, etc. Due to the above restrictions, a plurality of ROMs for programs and a plurality of ROMs for storing symbol display data cannot be provided.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, in a control device for a game machine according to the present invention, a signal conversion control device for an operation function including a sensor, a sensor signal conversion device, and a symbol display device. An operation function including a symbol display device, a microcomputer, a clock signal generation unit, a storage unit including a ROM and a RAM, and a control device for amusement machine including a signal transmission bus line. Using a microcomputer whose address data terminal is a three-state terminal, provided with an electronic control function that is driven by a signal from the clock signal generation means and controls and manages direct data transmission between the ROM, RAM, and operating functions. I did it. Further, the ROM includes a processing program for a microcomputer and display data including data for a symbol display device, and has at least an electronic control function for controlling and managing direct transmission of display data to the symbol display device.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, during operation of the symbol display device, the address / data terminal of the microcomputer is set to high impedance, the microcomputer is disconnected from the bus line, and processing by the microcomputer is performed without using management by the microcomputer. Predetermined image data can be directly taken out from the ROM that stores the display data including the program and the display data for the symbol display device and transmitted to the symbol display device, so that the speed of changing complicated symbols can be increased and the processing required for data transmission Since the program was simplified,
It is now possible to display images of designs that include various beautiful color changes.

Example An example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a pachinko machine provided with the display device shown in FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram mainly showing a circuit necessary for the function processing based on the present invention for a pachinko game machine, which is an example of a game machine such as a slot machine, including a power supply circuit and a detailed transmission line for signal transmission; Detailed devices such as gate circuits and element circuits are omitted.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a microcomputer of the control device main body, reference numeral 12 denotes a clock and timing signal generating circuit for synchronizing operations of the microcomputer and other circuits, and reference numeral 6 denotes a circuit described in FIG. The symbol display device, which is an operation function, is configured by, for example, a color television LCD having three primary color coloring layers arranged in a mosaic arrangement, and is displayed by control similar to that of a color television.

16 will be described later in detail. A horizontal and vertical synchronizing signal for displaying the symbol at an appropriate position on the symbol display device, including a signal generating function for scrolling an image on the symbol display device 6; and data necessary for symbol display. Register function to temporarily record and read, and a function to stop the microcomputer function, select predetermined image data recorded in ROM and transmit it to the symbol display device, and sequentially function the pixels on the symbol display device This is a processing signal generation circuit for generating various control signals necessary for the operation.

Reference numeral 21 denotes an address bus for connecting the devices, and reference numeral 22 denotes a data bus for connecting the devices.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a group of sensors for detecting a hit ball described above with reference to FIG. 1. Reference numeral 27 denotes a sensor signal processing for converting each detection signal from the sensor 17 and supplying the converted signal to the next stage circuit. Reference numeral 13 denotes a driving mechanism which collectively describes a movable mechanism including a solenoid for opening the special winning opening 5 described above with reference to FIG. 1, and 23 denotes a driving circuit which operates each driving mechanism. It is described collectively.

Further, 14 is a collective display of the display lamps described above with reference to FIG. 1, 24 is a collective description of lighting circuits for operating the respective lamps, and 15 is a collective description of FIG. Reference numeral 25 denotes a sound generator driving circuit which outputs a predetermined sound signal to the sound generator 15.

The above-described circuits 23, 24, 25, 27 and the microcomputer 11 are connected to the above-described address bus 21 and data bus 22, respectively, and are also controlled by the processing signal generation circuit 16.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a ROM serving as a main storage device, reference numeral 28 denotes a reading circuit for performing a reading operation from the ROM, and the reading circuit 28 is connected to the address bus 21 and the data bus 22. , Is also controlled by the processing signal creation circuit 16. Reference numeral 9 denotes a RAM serving as a temporary storage device.
Reference numeral 9 denotes a read / write circuit for performing read and write operations from the RAM, and a read / write circuit 29 is connected to the address bus 21 and the data bus 22, and is also controlled by the processing signal generation circuit 16. ing.

When the power is turned on in the above-described circuit and this circuit is started, the clock and timing signal creation circuit 12 is started, and further, the processing signal creation circuit 16 processes the timing signal and displays the symbol displayed on the symbol display device. In accordance with the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals and the data recorded in the RAM 9 without passing through the microcomputer, symbol data is extracted from the ROM 8 and various signals necessary for control for transmission and display on the symbol display device are created.

That is, the processing signal generation circuit 16 alternately outputs a microcomputer operation timing signal and a symbol display device operation timing signal in accordance with a predetermined timing condition that is predetermined, and in the microcomputer operation timing, the microcomputer operates in the ROM 8 Reads out the specified program from
Record in RAM9.

In the microcomputer operation timing,
The symbol display device signal processing circuit 26 stops the operation of the symbol display function according to the microcomputer operation timing signal, so that the symbol display device does not display an image.

At the symbol display device operation timing, the symbol display device signal processing circuit 26 reads data recorded in the microcomputer from the RAM 9 according to a predetermined sequence in accordance with a clock and a timing signal sequentially output from the processing signal creation circuit 16. However, an address for reading out the symbol data corresponding to the data from the ROM 8 by the reading circuit 28 is created. The symbol data read by the reading circuit 28 is directly transmitted to the symbol display device signal processing circuit 26, and the symbol display device signal processing circuit 26 includes the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals generated by the processing signal generation circuit 16. Synthesizing the design data transmitted from the ROM 8,
Further, the data recorded in the register function provided in the symbol display device signal processing circuit 26 is added to the data and output to the symbol display device, and a predetermined symbol and color are displayed on the symbol display device.

At the symbol display device operation timing, the operation of the computer and other element devices that are not necessary for image display are stopped in order to dedicate each bus for address and data transmission required for symbol display, and to perform image display. The impedance of the terminals connected to the buses of the computer and other element devices that interfere with necessary address and data transmission is held high by the symbol display device operation timing signal.

In the above description, the operation timing of the symbol display device and the operation timing of the microcomputer are divided into two timings. However, the operation timing of the sensor which needs to read the movement of the hit ball in a short time is provided, and the data of the sensor is stored in the RAM during the timing. The operation may be read, or the operation of each function during each operation timing may be defined according to the configuration of the pachinko game machine, and other necessary operation timings may be provided.

Further, as described above, the function of providing each operation timing and operating during the operation timing and the function operating during the microcomputer operation timing may be arbitrarily set according to the configuration of the pachinko game machine and the configuration of the control device.

Further, the signal designating each operation timing output from the processing signal generation circuit 16 in the above description may be output according to a specific condition fixed in advance by the configuration of the pachinko game machine. Alternatively, the change may be controlled by a processing result in a computer and / or a signal output from a predetermined circuit provided in a control device of the pachinko game machine.

In addition, it has been described that the symbol display device 6 is configured by a color television LCD having three primary color coloring layers arranged in a mosaic arrangement. However, the symbol display device is configured by devices of other types of LCDs and functional elements. Also, the present invention can be applied depending on the types of signals generated by the symbol display device signal processing circuit 26 and the processed signal generating circuit 16.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the pachinko game machine has been described.Other game machines including a display device, for example, a slot machine, etc., have detailed operation specifications according to the specifications of the game machine. The present invention can be implemented.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the address / data terminal of the microcomputer is set to a high impedance during the operation of the display device in a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine provided with the display device. Disconnect the microcomputer from the bus line, and without using the management by the microcomputer, directly take out predetermined image data from the ROM that stores the processing program by the microcomputer and the display data including the symbol display device and transmit it to the symbol display device Because it is possible, the changing speed of complicated patterns can be increased, and the processing program required for data transmission can also be simplified, resulting in an excellent effect of displaying images of patterns including various beautiful color changes. I can do it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a pachinko game machine, FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a circuit of one embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram showing an example of a conventional control device of the pachinko game machine. FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a circuit showing an example of a conventional control device problem countermeasure. 1 ... panel surface, 6 ... design display device, 8 ... ROM, 9 ... RAM, 11 ... microcomputer, 12 ... clock and timing signal creation circuit, 16 ... processing signal creation circuit, 21 ... Address bus, 22 ... Data bus, 23 ... Drive mechanism drive circuit, 26 ... Signal display device signal processing circuit, 28 ... ROM read circuit, 29 ... RAM read / write circuit.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sensor and sensor signal conversion means, an operation function including a symbol display device and an operation function signal conversion control means including a symbol display device, a microcomputer, a clock signal generation means, and a ROM and a RAM. In a control device for a game machine including a storage means and a signal transmission bus line, a microcomputer having an address data terminal having three stages is used as the microcomputer, and the microcomputer is driven by a signal from the clock signal generation means. A control device for amusement machines, comprising an electronic control function for controlling and managing direct data transmission between the ROM, RAM, and operating functions. 2. The ROM is provided with an electronic control function for recording a processing program for a microcomputer and display data including data for a symbol display device, and controlling and managing at least direct transmission of display data to the symbol display device. The control device for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein: