JP3008100B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine capable of displaying various patterns, characters and the like on a display device. 2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a pachinko machine is provided with many display devices for visually displaying a game state to a player and for decoration. As a conventional display device, for example, there is a so-called digital display that displays a number or an English character as a display mode by a combination of light-emitting portions of a seven-segment light-emitting diode, and draws a plurality of patterns or characters on the outer surface of a rotating drum. There is a rotary drum display or the like in which one of the symbols or the like faces the display window and the display mode of the symbols or the like is changed by the rotation of the drum. Further, for example, 5 × 7 light-emitting diodes are arranged as display elements vertically and horizontally,
There is a matrix display for selecting and displaying a light emitting portion.
In addition, there is a digital display, a rotating drum display, or a plurality of matrix displays which are connected in series to combine each display. [0003] In the conventional display device, the display mode of display is controlled by a control device having a microcomputer. However, the conventional control device controls the display element of the display device, and also has a pachinko machine such as a continuation switch, a 10-count switch, a start-up switch, a drive solenoid, or a sound effect or an indicator light provided in a center accessory or the like. It is necessary to perform overall control, the working capacity of the microcomputer is approaching its limit, and it has been impossible to display complicated display modes and execute high-speed processing. In addition, when the control is performed by one control device including the display device, the control device becomes large in size, the handling becomes troublesome, the wiring becomes complicated, and the complicated wiring hinders other components. In addition, in pachinko machines, since the center accessory generally protrudes rearward, when the size of the control device is increased, the degree of freedom of the mounting space is reduced and mounting is difficult. Further, even if a failure or change occurs in a portion related to control of the display device, the entire control device must be replaced. On the other hand, when a failure or change occurs in a portion related to game control, the portion including the display device must be replaced. Therefore, there is much waste and the cost is high. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above,
An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of reducing the load on each control device by distributing the processing of the control device to two control devices and saving space. [0004] In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a game machine on the back side of a pachinko machine.
A microcomputer and ROM for control are provided.
The control device is installed on the back side of the game board.
Display system such as symbols and characters based on data sent from
A processing unit for performing control, wherein the processing unit
Receives data to be sent multiple times and
The game control for displaying symbols, characters, etc. based on the
A different microcomputer than the one for
To electrically connect to a computer and the control device
External connection terminals are on one side of the printed wiring board.
Mounted on the substrate, the another mounted on the substrate
A display unit controlled by a microcomputer is provided.
Substrates are stacked back and forth and are electrically connected
It is a pachinko machine. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the pachinko machine described in the first aspect, the processing is further performed.
The unit is connected to another microphone by a signal generated from the control device.
A crack that executes an interrupt to the computer
This is a machine. [0005] [Embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment of the drawings. The display device 1 used in the pachinko machine according to the present invention has a first substrate 2 and a second substrate 3, a display substrate 4 is provided on the front surface of the first substrate 2, and the second substrate 3 has
Display processing having a second control device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols based on data sent in only one direction from a first control device for controlling a pachinko game, that is, a sub-MCU (microcomputer unit) 5 The part 6 is formed. In the display processing unit 6, a process of converting into a symbol based on data irreversibly sent from the first control device is executed. Printed wiring is appropriately provided on the front and rear surfaces of the first substrate 2, and chip elements 7 such as transistors and resistors are arranged on the rear surface to form an electric circuit (mainly a drive circuit). For example, a male connector 8 is arranged. The display substrate 4 is, for example, a substrate having a size of about 20 × 20 mm.
A bare LED element 9 having no lens section is arranged. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a translucent cover member 10 is attached to the front surface of the display substrate 4. Also, the cover member 10 can be colored. On the other hand, on the front and rear surfaces of the second substrate 3, the chip element 7, the sub-MCU 5, the crystal oscillator 11, and the like are arranged to form an electric circuit serving as the display processing unit 6. And the female connector 12 is connected to the male connector 8 of the first substrate 2. Therefore, the display processing unit 6 is located on the back surface side of the display substrate 4, and the second control device is the display device 1 provided on the back surface side. According to the embodiment of the drawings, the first board 2 and the second board 3 are joined to each other with the connectors 8 and 12 back-to-back and fixed via the support posts 13, but via the cable 13. Connection. An external connection terminal 14 is provided at one edge of the second substrate 3 so that the external connection terminal 14 can be connected to a first control device 16 for controlling a game of the pachinko machine 15 through the external connection terminal 14. The display device 1 as described above has a display processing unit 6
Including, for example, 90 × 45 × 25 mm,
A 10 × 10 dot pattern can be displayed on one display substrate 4. In the present invention, the display device 1 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
First control device 16 having a block circuit as shown in FIG.
Is controlled by In the present invention, the display processing unit 6 serving as the second control device is formed in the display device 1 to reduce the load on the main MCU 17 in the first control device 16 and to make the wiring connection extremely simple. That is,
The main MCU 17 controls the pachinko game such as the continuation switch 19, the count switch 20, the starting port switch 21, the drive solenoid 22, or the electronic sound generation circuit 23 and the lamp display 24 provided on the center accessory 18 and the like. On the other hand, the sub-MCU 5 of the display processing unit 6 provided on the back side of the display device 1 has LEDs arranged on the display substrate 4 based on data received from the first control device 16.
The control of the element 9 is performed, and the display device 1 displays a display mode such as a predetermined pattern or character. In the present embodiment, a real-time reset method is adopted to prevent runaway due to noise, a timer circuit is omitted, a reset signal is received from the main MCU 17, and 8-bit data is divided into 4 bits and divided twice. By transferring, the number of connections is reduced. According to the present invention, four data, two power supplies, one reset,
One interrupt, control signal (8-bit upper / lower, light / dark, digit selection)
A total of three wirings of 11 suffices, but at least 40 wirings are required when relying on the main MCU 17 as in the prior art. Further, when each LED element 9 of the display device 1 is controlled by the main MCU 17, the processing time becomes long, and the display becomes flickering, making it difficult to see. Then, a second device provided on the back side of the display device 1
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, the display processing unit 6 initializes the I / O port, determines whether the reset signal is reset by power-on or reset by interrupt, and initializes the RAM (RAM). And converts the upper and lower 4-bit data input by non-maskable interrupt (NMI) into 8-bit data, resets the free-running counter, converts the 8-bit data into symbol data, and outputs it as light / dark information to each port Then, the data for scanning the LED rows of each display substrate 4 is updated. For example, the horizontal scanning is performed ten times, and when the free running counter is larger than 819, a jump is performed to set one emission time to 819 μS. On the other hand, the NMI stores the interrupt data in the corresponding memory and returns. Note that the LED scanning process is not performed in order from the upper row, but, for example, 1-3-5-7-9-2 from the upper row.
By alternately displaying -4-6-8-10, the entire symbol becomes easier to see due to the afterimage phenomenon of the player's eyes. FIGS. 6 and 7 show an example of the center item 18 incorporating the display device as described above. The center accessory 18 has three display windows 26 arranged side by side in the middle of the mounting plate 25, and the display substrate 4 faces each display window 26. Between the display window 26 and the display substrate 4, a shielding plate 27 having a reduced diameter on the display substrate 4 side is provided continuously from the mounting plate 25. In addition, above the display window 26 of the center item 18, a prize entrance 28 and a prize entrance 2
9, a translucent decorative board 30 is provided in front of the natural prize port 28 and the world prize port 29, and the lamp 32 attached to the lamp substrate 31 faces the back side of the decorative board 30.
Further, ball paths 33 and 34 are connected to the winning ports 28 and 29, respectively. Below the display window 26, there are provided a 10-count display section 35 composed of light emitting diodes, a continuous sphere display section 36, and a stored number display section 37. An example of a game in the pachinko machine 15 provided with the center role 18 as described above is a starting ball 3 provided on a game board 15 'by a hit ball hit by a player with a firing device 38.
9, a special game is started by turning on the starting port switch 21, the symbol displayed on the center item 18 is converted at a high speed, and the symbol is displayed when the player operates the touch switch 40 to stop the conversion. The special winning opening 41 is opened by the combination of. As described above, if the display device 1 according to the present invention is used for displaying a special game, the main MCU 17 of the control device 16 can be used.
Is reduced, high-speed processing becomes possible, finer display can be performed as compared with the conventional display, and wiring and control are simplified. According to the present invention, the display device is controlled by the second control device based on data sent in one direction from the first control device to the second control device. It is easy to display the symbols to be displayed in a fluid manner, and it is possible to perform a fresh display that has never been seen before. As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented as appropriate without changing the configuration described in the claims. According to the present invention, on the back side of a pachinko machine,
Microcomputer and ROM for performing game control
Is provided on the back side of the game board.
Table of symbols, characters, etc. based on the data sent from the
A processing unit for performing display control, wherein the processing unit
Device receives the data it sends multiple times,
The game control that displays symbols, characters, etc. based on data
Different from the microcomputer to do
Electrically connected to a microcomputer and the control device
External connection terminal is a piece of printed circuit board
Mounted on the surface side, the substrate, and the substrate mounted on the substrate
Display unit controlled by another microcomputer
Since the provided substrate is stacked and electrically connected before and after, not only can the game device and the control device be made compact, but also the processing unit controls the display device. Thus, the load on the control device can be reduced. It is also possible the correct operation since synchronization may easily take the control device and the processing unit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a display device viewed from a front side. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the display device as viewed from a rear side. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a circuit provided in a display device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control device. FIG. 5 is a flowchart in a display processing unit. FIG. 6 is a front view of a center accessory provided with a display device. FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view of a center accessory provided with a display device. FIG. 8 is a front view of a game board provided with a center accessory provided with a display device. FIG. 9 is a rear view of the pachinko machine. [Description of Signs] 1 Display device 5 Sub MCU 6 Display processing unit 9 Display element 15 Pachinko machine 16 Control device 17 Main MCU

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A microphone on the back side of the pachinko machine for game control
A control device including a computer and a ROM, and on the back side of the game board, data transmitted from the control device is provided.
A processing unit that controls the display of symbols, characters, etc.
The processing unit transmits the data transmitted by the control device a plurality of times.
Received, and based on the data,
Microcomputer for performing the game control for displaying
Another microcomputer different from the computer
External connection terminals for electrical connection to the
Mounted on one side of a substrate provided with a printed circuit board, and the another microcontroller mounted on the substrate.
A substrate provided with a display unit controlled by a computer,
It is characterized by being laminated and electrically connected before and after
Pachinko machine. 2. The processing unit receives a signal generated from the control device.
An interrupt to another microcomputer.
The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein