JP3173629U - Amusement machine lighting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide a new appeal for an electric lighting device that is attached to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine and used to display a game data or call a store clerk when trouble occurs. Provide an amusement machine lighting equipment that is rich in quality.
An illumination device provided in a calling lamp device attached to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, wherein a transparent synthetic resin block having a plurality of irregularities formed on a curved or polyhedral surface or colored A transparent block 21 having translucency is provided. In addition, a plurality of light emitters 23 are provided side by side on the back surface of the block, and a power supply device that sequentially or simultaneously emits the plurality of light emitters is provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an electrical decoration device for a call lamp device which is attached to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine and used for displaying game data or calling a store clerk when trouble occurs.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine is provided with a calling lamp device for the purpose of promptly informing a store clerk (hall staff) of troubles. This call lamp device turns on the lamp and informs customers and clerk when a big hit is made, and the customer lights the lamp as necessary to inform the clerk of clogging and gaming machine troubles. By monitoring this, the store clerk can immediately deal with various troubles.

  Generally, the calling lamp device is provided with a display device for displaying the operating status (game information) of the gaming machine. This type of display device has a jackpot (special prize BB) number of times (number of times a special prize state has been reached), probability variation (variation in the probability of occurrence of a special prize state), start count (special prize state) A function for displaying game information such as the number of times that an electric accessory has been operated from the end of the game to the present) is also provided so that the player can know game information for the past several days including the day of each gaming machine. It can be done.

  In addition, with conventional pachinko machines, the acquired balls are once received in a receiving tray, and when the receiving tray is full, it is transferred to a predetermined container (ball box) and stacked and stored in a passage. Stacking boxes in the aisle interferes with traffic for customers and shop assistants, and may hinder emergency evacuation in the event of a fire, etc., so recently acquired balls can be stored in a storage container provided in the main body of the gaming machine or ball lending machine. It is designed to be stored and held. In this case, the current number of balls and the number of ball boxes necessary to accommodate them are displayed on the display device of the calling lamp device so that the player can check the amount of balls acquired as appropriate. Thus, many call lamp devices display various data and messages.

  In addition, as what displays data on a call lamp apparatus, there exist some which are described in the following patent document, for example.

JP 2002-18101 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-121531

  The conventional calling lamp device is capable of displaying various data, but they are similar to each other, are unsatisfactory in terms of individuality, and have a problem of poor appeal. .

  Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide a calling lamp device that is characteristic as compared with a conventional device of the same type and is rich in appeal.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following display device. That is, in the present invention, the electrical decoration device for a gaming machine according to claim 1 is an electrical decoration device provided in a calling lamp device attached to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and has a curved or polyhedral surface. A transparent synthetic resin block having a plurality of projections and depressions or a colored synthetic resin block having translucency is provided, and a plurality of light emitters are arranged side by side on the back of the block, and the plurality of light emitters are sequentially or simultaneously provided. A power supply device for emitting light is provided.

  In addition, the electrical decoration device according to claim 2 is the display device according to claim 1, wherein a transparent sheet or a translucent sheet on which various patterns are drawn is pasted on the back surface of the synthetic resin block. It is characterized in that the light of the luminous body is incident on the synthetic resin block through the sheet.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the light of the light emitter disposed on the back surface portion of the transparent block is transmitted to the outside from the surface on which the unevenness is formed through the transparent block. For this reason, a very characteristic illumination is obtained. Further, by changing the color of the illuminant, the illumination is rich in change. Furthermore, a light effect can be obtained by sequentially lighting a plurality of light emitters from one end side. According to the present invention, it is possible to carry out characteristic illumination that is completely different from the conventional illumination device.

  In addition, according to the invention described in claim 2, since the light of the LED, which is a light emitter, is emitted to the outside through a semi-transparent sheet, it is possible to provide soft and dull illumination that is easy on the eyes.

It is an external view of the pachinko machine which is a gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing the outline | summary of a display apparatus. It is a general view of a calling lamp device. It is an enlarged view showing the principal part. They are a front view (a), a left side view (b), a right side view (c), a plan view (d), and a bottom view (e) of the transparent block. It is a perspective view of a transparent block.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described. FIG. 1 is an external view of a pachinko machine that is a gaming machine provided with a calling lamp device, and a calling lamp device 2 is provided above the gaming machine 1. A ball lending machine 3 is provided on the side of the gaming machine 1, and the acquired ball (in the case of a slot machine, a coin) is placed inside the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 3 (which may be either). An acquisition ball storage container V for storage is provided. The call lamp device 2 is for the player to call the store clerk by operating the call button B as necessary to turn on the call lamp L (the button B also serves as the call lamp). A display device 4 is incorporated, and as described above, the operating status of the gaming machine is displayed and information for selecting a gaming machine by the customer is provided. In addition, at the left and right side positions of the calling lamp device 2, there are provided lighting devices (illuminations) 20 and 20 of the present invention that diffuse light over a wide range. Further, changeover switches X, Y, and Z for switching the display contents of the display device 4 are also provided.

  In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the balls or coins acquired by the player are received once in the receiving tray P. When the receiving tray P becomes full, the gaming machine itself or the container V inside the ball lending machine is there. To be sent to. As shown in FIG. 2 to be described later, the acquired number is detected by a sensor 51 attached to the storage container V, and the current storage quantity is sequentially detected by the sensor S and the arithmetic unit 52. Is displayed on the display device 4 to be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, game data (information) from the gaming machine 1 is input to the calling lamp device 2. That is, various data of the gaming machine 1 is input to a control unit (CPU) 10 including a calculation unit, and operation status data and statistical data calculated there are displayed in the call lamp device 2 incorporated from the control unit. It is output to the device 4. This data is output through a communication line to an external centralized management device, for example. The route in which the number of balls in the storage container V is displayed on the display device 4 is as described above.

  Note that a fraud detection device is connected to the input circuit from the gaming machine 1, and an alarm is issued when an illegal radio wave or the like is detected.

  On the other hand, the calling signal when a trouble occurs is input from the microcomputer 10 to the representative lamp output circuit via the amplifier circuit, and the calling lamp L is turned on. Thereby, the store clerk can know that there was some trouble. It is preferable that the lamp L blinks when such trouble occurs.

  In addition, the player can appropriately turn on the calling lamp L by operating the calling button B.

  FIG. 3 is an overall view of the calling lamp device 2, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the display portion of the display device 4. The display device 4 is provided with an operation status display area 40. The operation status display area 40 includes a portion for displaying data of various items representing the operation status, a custom A portion 41, a custom B portion 42, a custom C portion 43, a custom D portion 44, a custom E portion 45, and a probability change today. An (RB) unit 46, a start unit 47, a graph unit 48, and the like are provided.

  In the operation status display area 40, normal data, past highest data, and accumulated data are switched and displayed in order. This switching is performed by button operation. First, in the case of a normal data display screen, today's jackpot number of the custom A section 41 is today's jackpot number, today's chance variable section is today's chance variable, custom B section 42 is the previous day, two days ago. The custom C section 43 shows the number of hits on the previous day, the custom D section 44 shows the highest number of hits in the past, the custom E section 45 shows the continuous number of times, the start section 47 shows the number of hits in the hit, In the part 48, a graph for the first seven hits is displayed.

  In addition, in the case of the record high data display screen, today's jackpot number of the custom A section 41 has a record jackpot number, today's probability variable section has a record variable, and the custom B section 42 has a record high hit number. The custom C section 43 displays Hi, the custom D section 44 has a record high continuation count, the custom E section 45 has a record high start count per start, the start section 47 has a record high cumulative start count, In the part 48, “Kakosaikou” is displayed.

  Furthermore, in the case of the cumulative data display screen, the daily big hit number of the custom A section 41 is the daily big hit number, the Japanese daily variable is the same today variable section, and the average daily start is the custom B section 42. The custom C section 43 displays “0 to 29 days before”, the custom D section 44 displays the first hit of each day, the custom E section 45 displays the highest start range for each day, and the start section 47 The cumulative number of starts per day is displayed in the graph section, and the daily big hit graph is displayed in the graph section 48.

  The custom C section 43 is divided into a C-1 section and a C-2 section. For example, the previous day is displayed in the C-1 section, and the previous day is displayed in the C-2 section.

  The custom E section 45, which is the statistical display area, is provided with backlights of a plurality of colors (for example, red, blue, yellow, and white). For example, seven colors (red, blue, purple, (Green, light blue, white) lighting is performed. In order to enhance the illumination effect of the gaming machine and make it rich in change, it is preferable to switch the colors of these illuminations as appropriate.

  As described above, the operation status display area 40 of the display device 4 can be switched and displayed by operating the buttons X, Y, and Z. Such display switching may be performed automatically, or a desired item may be displayed by the player's designation.

  Next, the custom C section 43 and the custom B section 42 also serve as the acquired quantity (number of balls) display section 50. As shown in FIG. 2, the acquired quantity display unit 50 detects the number of balls (coins) stored in the storage container V by the sensor 51 and sends it to the display device 4, and the custom C unit 43. Is displayed specifically. Further, the number of ball boxes necessary for storing the acquired balls is calculated by the calculation device 52 and displayed in the custom B section 42. In this case, since the number of balls is generally large, the custom C portion 43 is displayed as a series of numbers without being divided into the C-1 portion and the C-2 portion.

  An underline U is displayed together with these numbers below the portion representing the number of balls and the number of boxes. The underline U is displayed in a straight line or the like with an easily noticeable color, for example, green illumination (for example, liquid crystal, LED, etc.). By displaying this, the number of balls and the number of boxes can be confirmed at a glance.

Next, FIGS. 5 and 6 show a transparent block which is a main body of the electrical decoration device 20 of the present invention.
The electrical decoration device 20 includes a transparent block 21 made of a synthetic resin (for example, PP or PET) having a prism or plate lens function, a transparent sheet 22 attached to the back surface thereof, and a plurality of light emitters. LED23 is provided.

  As for the transparent block 21, the surface part which faces the outside is formed as a curved surface (may be a polyhedron shape) having an approximate curvature R, and a plurality of irregularities are formed on this surface part. In the illustrated example, the unevenness is provided with a plurality of grooves 25 having a V-shaped cross section in parallel, and is formed in a sawtooth shape along the curved surface (R). That is, the transparent block 21 is provided with a plurality of cuts 27 (four in the illustrated example) at predetermined intervals along the left and right longitudinal directions, and two V-grooves are formed for each section divided by the cuts. Has been.

  A transparent sheet 22 is attached to the back surface of the transparent block 21. This transparent sheet 22 is a sheet of synthetic resin (for example, PP or PET), and is a light diffusion sheet for a light diffusion effect. The transparent sheet 22 may be a translucent sheet. If it is translucent, soft lighting can be obtained.

  A plurality of light emitters (LEDs) 23 are arranged at predetermined intervals on the back side of the transparent block 21 to which the transparent sheet 22 is attached. Electric power is supplied to these light emitters from a power supply device (not shown), and desired light emission is performed. For example, blue light can be moved along the light emitter row (LEDs arranged in a row are sequentially turned on / off) with white light as a whole. Moreover, it is also possible to obtain a patrol-like illumination by making the whole red and moving red light in a predetermined direction.

  As described above, according to the illumination device of the present invention, various characteristic illuminations can be performed, so that it is possible to differentiate from the conventional models and attract the attention of customers. Since it is mainly composed of a transparent block having irregularities on its surface and a plurality of light emitters arranged in a row, it is structurally simple and has excellent durability.

  The display device for gaming machines according to the present invention can be effectively used as an illumination device for gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Call lamp apparatus 3 Ball lending machine 4 Display apparatus 20 Illumination apparatus 21 Transparent block 22 Transparent sheet 23 Luminescent body 40 Operating condition display area 41 Custom A part 42 Custom B part 43 Custom C part 44 Custom D part 45 Custom Part E 50 Earned ball display part

Claims (2)

  It is an electric decoration device provided in a calling lamp device attached to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and a transparent synthetic resin block having a plurality of irregularities formed on a curved or polyhedral surface or colored translucency. An electrical decoration device for a gaming machine, characterized in that a synthetic resin block is provided, a plurality of light emitters are arranged side by side on a back surface portion of the block, and a power supply device that sequentially or simultaneously emits the plurality of light emitters is provided.   2. A transparent sheet or a translucent sheet on which various patterns are drawn on the back of the synthetic resin block, and the light from the light emitter is incident on the synthetic resin block through the sheet. The electrical decoration apparatus as described in.

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