JP3008114B2 - Pachinko machine display device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a display device of a pachinko machine.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a pachinko machine, when a specific winning opening is won, the design (numbers, characters, patterns, etc.) of the display device fluctuates, and if a specific combination is obtained when the pachinko machine is stopped, a big hit occurs. There is a so-called digital type. In such a type of pachinko machine, three 7-segment LEDs are arranged in parallel and a three-digit digital display is used. Recently, however, many displays have a dot matrix type display using LEDs. For example, there has been a configuration in which three LED display panels each having a 5 × 7 dot number are arranged in parallel, thereby displaying a pattern such as a numeral of each digit.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Accordingly, even in recent devices, each display panel is limited to displaying a pattern such as a single numeral, and the display device as a whole can display only a maximum of three patterns. In this case, it is impossible to perform a combination display with various characters, or a combination with a special pattern or the like. In particular, it is desirable to have a prominent display at the time of a big hit, but in the case of the conventional configuration, the display area is narrow, which greatly restricts the expressiveness of the pattern, the variation of the display mode is reduced, and there is another lack of fun. Had become.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a display device that can give a player more interest.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a display device that variably displays a predetermined symbol on a dot matrix type display in accordance with a prize in a specific winning opening, wherein the display is a dot. A display unit is formed by combining a plurality of matrix type display blocks.

(Operation) According to the present invention, since the display area is enlarged at least in the vertical direction as compared with the related art, the regular font to be used can be displayed in a plurality of rows, and the display variation of the design can be enlarged as compared with the related art.

(Example) Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, a pachinko machine to which the display device of this embodiment is applied will be described. In FIG. 3 showing the front of the pachinko machine, a metal frame 3, glass 4, a glass door frame 5, a front plate 6, and the like are attached to a front frame 2 of the pachinko machine 1. On the front side of the front plate 6, an upper plate 7 for storing a prize ball and supplying a hit ball to a firing position is attached. Below the front plate 6, an operation handle 8 and a lower plate 9 for storing the overflow of the balls stored in the upper plate 7 are mounted.

A game board 10 is detachably attached to the front frame 2 from the back side thereof, and the details of the attachment will be described later.

Various winning holes are arranged on the game board 10, 11 to 15 of them are ordinary winning holes, but 16 to 18 are starting holes, and when winning, the display device 19 displays a variable display of symbols. Start. Then, if a predetermined combination is obtained when stopping after a certain period of time, the opening time of the special winning opening 20 is controlled according to the combination.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2a, when the display device 19 displays all “7” in the center portion, it becomes a jackpot and the large winning opening 20 is passed for 30 seconds or 10 Open until a winning ball is generated.

In addition, a V winning opening 21 is provided at the center of the special winning opening 20. When a winning is made to the V winning opening 21, the large winning opening 20 is again set for 30 seconds or until 10 winning balls are generated. It is opened, and such an operation can be repeated up to 10 times as long as a winning ball wins in the V winning opening 21. At the time of such a jackpot, the number of winnings in the special winning opening 20 and the number of openings of the special winning opening 20 due to the winning in the V winning opening 21 are digitally displayed on the left and right of the upper part of the display device 19 as shown in FIG. 2b. You. This will be further described later.

The game board 10 is provided with a plurality of lamps 22 to 27, which flash when a prize is entered in the starting openings 16 to 18 (operation lamps 22, 24, 27) or flash at the time of a big hit. The lighting is controlled in accordance with a preset combination, such as a lamp (panic lamps 23 and 25) and a lamp blinking (V lamp 26) in accordance with the winning in the V winning opening 21.

 28 is an out mouth.

On the back side of the game board 10, a winning ball set protection plate 29 is detachably mounted. This winning ball set protection plate 29 is a game board 10
It serves to store and protect the electrical wiring from the above various winning devices and decoration devices. However, the winning ball set protection plate 29 is formed in such a size that it can cover each passage of the winning balls discharged from the various winning devices to the back side of the game board 10.

Here, a method of mounting the game board 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. A game board mounting frame 30 is fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2, and the game board 10 is detachably mounted here. In other words, the pin 31a
~ 31d are projected, and after inserting these into the through holes 32a ~ 32d penetrated at the corresponding position on the game board 10, the game board
By engaging and tightening fixtures 34a to 34d (34d not shown) attached to a mechanism plate 33 supported on the back side of the front face 10 so as to be openable and closable, the game board 10
And the mechanism plate 33 are simultaneously tightened and fixed.

A prize ball collecting recess 35 is formed on the surface of the mechanism plate 33 facing the game board 10, and the prize ball set protection plate 29 on the game board 10 side is located here. In other words, the recess 35 is formed smaller than the game board 10 but larger than the winning ball set protection plate 29. The depth is set to be slightly deeper than the depth width of the winning ball set protection plate 29. In addition, a window 36 is opened at the center of the winning ball collecting recess 35, and the window 36 is formed slightly smaller than the winning ball collecting protection plate 29.

The lower edge of the winning ball set recess 35 has a downward slope to form a winning ball set gutter 37, and the winning ball set protection plate 29
It plays a role of guiding winning balls from various winning devices falling from the opening at the lower edge to the winning ball processor 38.

Although not shown, known devices for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls in accordance with winning are mounted on the back surface of the mechanism plate 33.

Next, the display device 19 will be described (see FIGS. 3, 5 to 7). The display device 19 includes a casing 39, an adhesive substrate 42, and a cover member 43 that sandwiches the mounting substrate 42 between the casing 39, and constitutes a display device unit as a whole.

A mounting board for the game board 10 on the front of the casing 39
44 is formed in a flange-like manner. Arms 45 extend in both left and right directions from both shoulders, and windmills are respectively attached to their ends and the lower corners of the mounting board 44.
46a to 46d are attached. At the center of the mounting board 44, a display window 47 is opened in a square shape. This display window 47
The center of the lower part is further formed as a recess communicating with this, and a recessed part 52a for assembling the lamp holder 56 in the stored number display part 52 described later is formed. And
A colorless and transparent screen plate 48 made of synthetic resin is incorporated in the display window 47 from the back side.The screen plate 48 has a frame 59 of a predetermined height on the front side, and this frame 59 is By pressing against a stopper edge 47a formed at the opening edge of the display window 47, the screen plate 4
8 is incorporated into the display window 47 by the height of the frame 59 so as to be recessed. And screen plate 48
LED display panels 40a to 40d, which will be described later, are arranged at the back of the panel, and a color plate 57 formed approximately the same size as the screen plate 48 is interposed between the panels 40a to 40d and the screen plate 48. ing. In this example, three color plates 57 are interposed due to the clearance adjustment. In addition, one of them is colorless and the other two are red, and the color of the symbols displayed on the LED display panels 40a to 40d is adjusted.

On the other hand, a storage number display section 52 is disposed in the incorporation recess 52a, and the storage number display section 52 is attached to a lamp holder 56 formed of a resin material having no translucency and to the mounting board 42. And four LED lamps 41a to 41d. These lamps 41a to 41d have a lamp holder 56
Are respectively accommodated in four holes 56a to 56d penetrated in parallel with the standing wall portion. Then, in order to display the number of holdings (up to a maximum of four times) of the symbol variable processing accompanying the winning in the starting openings 16 to 18, the lamps 41a corresponding to the number of times are displayed.
~ 41d is turned on.

A light shielding wall 49 is provided in the upper half of the opening edge of the display window 47.
And a lamp housing 50 is provided in the upper center.
Are formed. The upper surface of the lamp housing 50 has a concave shape that guides the pachinko ball that has fallen to the winning opening 11 that opens at the top of the mounting board 44. On the back side of the winning opening 11, there is a guiding piece formed in an upward U-shape.
51 are protruding.

On the other hand, on the rear surface of the mounting board 44, a rear peripheral wall 53 is provided in a frame shape over the entire range surrounding the display window 47 and the stored number display section 52. The rear peripheral wall 53 is disposed with a predetermined gap below the guide piece 51, and a pair of left and right lamps 54 (one side in FIG. Only shown) is attached.

The depth of the rear peripheral wall 53 from the rear surface of the color plate 57 to the opening edge of the rear peripheral wall 53 is substantially equal to or greater than the mounting height of the LED display panels 40a to 40f of the adhesive substrate 42 described below. Is set slightly deeper (see FIG. 7).

The mounting board 42 is aligned with the rear peripheral wall 53, and the rear peripheral wall 53
It is fastened by a screw. As shown in FIG. 6, the four LED lamps 41a to 41d described above are attached in parallel at a position near the lower edge of the surface of the mounting board 42,
Above it is a total of six LED display panels 40a-40f
Are arranged in three rows in the horizontal direction and two rows in the vertical direction, and they are assembled together so as to be in close contact with each other.
As described above, three LED display panels are normally arranged side by side, but in this example, another one is added to the upper and lower two stages, whereby the display area is enlarged and continuous. It is a display area.
These are accommodated in the rear peripheral wall 53 as they are attached to the casing 39 of the mounting board 42.

Note that the LED display panels 40a to 40f in this example
In this method, 8 × 8 LED chips are bonded on a substrate wired in a matrix.

On the other hand, on the back side of the mounting board 42, each LED display panel 40a to 40f or each LED lamp 4 for the stored number display section is provided.
Connectors 60 for 1a to 41d are attached, and are electrically connected to a control device constituted by a microcomputer as shown in FIG.

The cover member 43 serves to protect the mounting board 42, and has a relief hole in a portion corresponding to the connector 60.
61 is open. Further, a side wall 62 is provided substantially all around except a portion corresponding to the guide piece 51, and is fastened to the casing 39 side by screws with the mounting board 42 sandwiched therebetween.
An upper center of the cover member 43 has an abutment plate 58 having substantially the same width as the guide piece 51, and an upflow plate 58 is provided on an inner surface thereof. 63 is formed obliquely downward.

The display device unit configured as described above is
When the connector 60 is mounted, a part of the connector 60 is exposed through a through hole (not shown) formed in the winning ball collecting protection plate 29 so that it can be connected to the outside. In order to prevent breakage, the tips of the pins 60a are substantially flush with the prize ball collecting protection plate 29 and are not exposed to the outside (this point is not shown).

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine of this embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 8. The control device includes a CPU 64 for performing digital arithmetic processing and a ROM 65 for storing programs and fixed data.
And a microcomputer having a main part such as a RAM 66 for storing the results of arithmetic processing and the like. And RO
According to the program stored in the M65, the signal from the winning detection switch 68, the winning opening detection switch 69, the V winning detection switch 70 via the waveform shaping circuit 67, or the activation via the reset signal generating circuit 71. A signal or the like from the switch 72 is input to the CPU 64 as input information, a predetermined symbol is displayed on the LED display panels 40a to 40f, the various lamps 22 to 27 are turned on, and the storage number display LED lamps 41a to 41 are displayed.
Control such as lighting of d is performed.

That is, the display device drive circuit 73, the display device selection circuit 74, and the driver 75 are connected to each output port of the microcomputer. The display device driving circuit 73 and the display device selecting circuit 74 include the LED display panels 40a to 40
f, LED lamps 41a to 41d in the stored number display section 52 are connected. In the display device 19 including the LED display panels 40a to 40f and the LED lamps 41a to 41d, a predetermined display is performed based on display data output from the microcomputer. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the pattern (numeral or predetermined pattern) is always imitated by rotating the drum of the throttle machine.
Are displayed in three digits on the display of the display device 19, and upper and lower symbols are displayed above and below each digit, respectively. Further, these symbols are scrolled at a predetermined speed for each digit in the vertical direction at an unreadable speed in accordance with the winning of the starting openings 16 to 18. In the example shown in FIG. 1, only the left digit in FIG. 1 displays numbers from 0 to 9; Five kinds of patterns with a glass are set (displayed in five stages according to the amount of wine put in). Then, at the time when a predetermined time has elapsed, each stops sequentially, and in this case, if the display of the central portion is the hit mode, the big hit display as shown in FIG. 2a is performed. In this case, a blinking display of "7" is performed on the entire central portion for a predetermined time, and thereafter, the display is switched to a two-stage display as shown in FIG. 2b. That is, in the example of the figure, the number at the upper left indicates the number of continuous opening to the special winning opening 20 due to the winning in the V winning opening 21 (in the example of FIG. Display), the number in the center flashes "7" which is a jackpot display, and the number on the right displays the number of winnings to the big winning opening 20 (currently the fourth winning is displayed). I have. The lower row is set so that the characters "big hit !, GO! GO!" Are displayed while scrolling from right to left.

The driver 75 controls opening and closing of the special winning opening 20 and various lamps 22 to 27 in accordance with a signal from the microcomputer.
The lighting operation of is controlled. The fonts used in this example are set so that they can be displayed in a normal state in the upper and lower two rows on the display.

In the pachinko machine of this example configured as described above, the LED
Three display panels 40a to 40d in the horizontal direction,
In the vertical direction, they are arranged in two stages. In other words, the number of LEDs in the vertical direction is twice as large as that of the normal direction, so that the symbol display area is twice as large as the conventional one. Therefore, in the prior art, the number could only be changed on the spot for each LED display panel, whereas in the present example, the pattern could be scrolled in the vertical direction, thereby reducing the rotation of the throttle in the throttle machine. It is also possible to provide a display as shown (as shown in FIG. 1, the entire pattern is displayed in the center portion, and the upper and lower portions display the upper half and lower half, respectively). Also,
2 At the time of the jackpot as shown in FIGS.
The display method of the jackpot state is diversified by various displays, such as displaying the numbers and characters represented in the upper and lower parts in two rows. Further, in this example, a commercially available 8 × 8 dot LED display panel was used, and the display area was enlarged by combining these six LED display panels.
Another advantage is that there is no need to specially prepare two large display panels.

In addition to these effects, in the display device unit of the present example, since the mounting board 42 and the cover member 43 are within the projection area of the mounting board 44 of the casing 39, the display device unit is mounted from the front of the game board 10. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an effect that the assembling workability is excellent. Further, the mounting substrate 42 in the display device 19 is
Since only a part of the connector 60 protrudes slightly, the display unit itself is prevented from being damaged during storage, transportation or assembly work.
There is also an effect. Further, the display unit is assembled with the connector 60 and the like connected to the back surface of the cover member 43 having a predetermined gap between the connector 60 and the winning ball set protection plate 29. There is also an advantage that there is no need to form a concave portion in order to avoid interference.

(Effects of the Invention) The effects of the present invention are as follows.

This display is made up of a large display unit by combining a plurality of small display blocks, and if a general-purpose display unit is used for each display block, a large display screen can be produced at low cost without using a dedicated large display. Can be set. Further, there is an effect that the size and shape of the display surface can be arbitrarily changed by changing the number of combinations or the combination mode. Furthermore, the conversion property is excellent if each block is formed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a front view of the display device, FIG. 2a is a front view showing a display state at the time of a big hit, FIG. 2b is a front view showing a state where 10 counts and the number of continuations are displayed at the time of a big hit,
FIG. 3 is a front view of the pachinko machine, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine with the game board removed, as viewed from the back side, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the display unit as viewed from the back side, and FIG. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the display device is mounted on a game board, and FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of the pachinko machine. 1. Pachinko machine 19 Display devices 40a to 40d LED display panel 47 Display window

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A display device for variably displaying a predetermined symbol on a dot matrix type display in accordance with a winning in a specific winning opening, wherein said display is formed by combining a plurality of small dot matrix type display blocks and integrating them. A display device for a pachinko machine, which is provided as a single large display unit.