JP3312296B2 - Image display device of pachinko machine - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in an image display device of a pachinko machine which displays predetermined identification information in accordance with a winning of a starting winning opening.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pachinko machine can easily provide a game with a variety of contents by employing a microcomputer, and various types of pachinko machines have been proposed. In such a pachinko machine, the upper limit of the program capacity of the microcomputer is set in advance, and it is a technical problem for the designer how to supply a variety of games with a control program having a small capacity.

[0003] In some pachinko machines, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the probability of winning of a shooting ball is increased for a certain period of time, and the above condition depends on the operation of the pachinko machine. Such models include pachinko machines referred to as so-called first and third types. Some such models are provided with a pachinko machine image display device.

The image display device of this pachinko machine has a variable display device for displaying a plurality of types of identification information, and a pachinko ball (hereinafter, referred to as a launch ball) fired on the game board by the launch device is provided on the game board surface. When the start winning prize is won, the game is started by variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information for a predetermined variance display time.

When a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the game, the variable display of the identification information is stopped and the variable display device stops and displays any of the identification information as stop identification information for a predetermined stop display time. If the identification information is a predetermined specific one, the variable prize ball device is operated to generate advantageous rights for the player. Note that the stop identification information is determined by an identification information determination circuit including an MPU or the like based on a predetermined procedure from a plurality of types of identification information, and only when the determined identification information is predetermined specific identification information, The above advantageous rights are generated.

[0006] The image display device of the pachinko machine has an information display area for changing or stopping the identification information,
There is a model having a variable display device provided with a general display area different from the information display area. In the general display area, a moving image or the like for promoting a desire for a pachinko game is displayed, and the display content of the general display area changes according to the progress of the game.

[0007] Generally, when the pachinko machine is not operating or when there is no winning in the start winning port, the variable display device stops and displays the stop identification information displayed last. The process is continued until the identification information is changed and displayed due to the winning in the winning opening or the pachinko machine is operated. Hereinafter, a pachinko ball that has won the starting winning opening is called a starting winning ball, and a pachinko ball that has won a general winning opening is simply called a winning ball, and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out for any winning ball. Is done.

The above-mentioned variable display device is generally called a "seven-segment", which mainly comprises an LED display element or an LCD display element. However, the variable display apparatus is constituted by an LCD or a dot matrix display comprising an LCD. There are also models. Such an LCD display element or LCD
When a variable display device is configured by a dot matrix display of a display element (hereinafter, referred to as a dot matrix display),
The variety of types of identification information that can be displayed on the variable display device is increased and the display of moving images is not only easy, but also the variable display device can be used in common for each model by simply exchanging the control program related to graphic control. The quality can be improved and the cost can be suppressed.

Further, in the specification in which each pixel of the dot matrix display is provided with a display function of a plurality of colors, the degree of freedom relating to graphic display of the variable display device can be expanded. The variable display device may be constituted by a cathode-ray tube type color display, but in the case of a cathode-ray tube, the depth becomes extremely large as compared with the LCD display element. Is not suitable.

By the way, when the variable display device including the dot matrix display is compared with the model including the “7 segment” display element, the number of control units (the number of pixels) of the variable display device is different.
Is extremely large, and in the case of a model having a display function of a plurality of colors, the number of control units is dramatically increased as compared with a "7-segment" display element having a single-color display function.

[0011]

For this reason, at present, considering the program remaining capacity other than the variable display device, in the case of the above-mentioned type 1 pachinko machine, for example, the dot matrix LC
In the model where each pixel of D is provided with the function of displaying multiple colors,
The control program specifications for a game of about 500 dots capable of displaying two colors are the limit, and it is extremely difficult to display three colors with the same number of dots. Therefore, further improvement in display quality related to the number of displayable colors and the display density is desired, and it is difficult to reduce the capacity of the control program of the variable display device. Inevitably, the capacity is reduced, which causes a problem that the restriction on the development of the pachinko machine including the control program of the game is increased.

In addition, when the pachinko machine is not operating or when there is no winning in the starting winning opening, the variable display device is used until the next change of the identification information is displayed or until the pachinko machine is operated.
One of the stop identification information is continuously displayed. As a result, the display element constituting the variable display device causes a total lighting time difference between the display area of the stop identification information and another display area, and a so-called “burn-in (afterimage)” phenomenon occurs in the display area of the stop identification information. It is easy to generate and causes display unevenness, so that not only is it difficult to visually recognize, but also the display quality deteriorates. This tendency is particularly remarkable in the case of a variable display device having an LCD display element, and in the case of a model capable of displaying a plurality of colors.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an image display device of a pachinko machine which improves display quality without increasing the capacity of a control program for a variable display device and suppresses the occurrence of burn-in.

[0014]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus for a pachinko machine, which is controlled by a microcomputer having a ROM storing a program and is provided on a game board. In a pachinko machine image display device provided with a display control circuit for detecting a winning of a pachinko ball into the starting winning prize port and controlling the variable display device, the variable display device has an L capable of displaying a plurality of colors.
It is composed of a dot matrix display composed of CD display pixels, and the display composed of the LCD has display control for each display surface.
The display control circuit is divided into a plurality of display
The road starts when the pachinko ball wins the starting winning opening.
Based on the control signal input from the computer,
The video material data of the identification information corresponding to each display surface
From ROM storing various material data for display
Reading of several minutes as one cycle for each divided display surface
Sequentially read out the corresponding moving image material data.
Display on the divided display surface, read out the data and
The display control is repeated so that the identification information is composed of the LCD.
The display is changed so that it flows from the top to the bottom of the display.
It is characterized in that to.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the display control device according to the first aspect, wherein
The control circuit has an information display area for identification information and a variable display device.
And a general display area different from the information display area
Information is stopped and displayed in the information display area for more than a predetermined time.
Display control for displaying identification information in the general display area at times
A circuit is provided .

[0016]

[0017]

According to the present invention, the display control circuit controls the variable display device for each divided display surface.

Further, when the display control circuit is configured to display the identification information in the general display area when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the information display area for more than a predetermined time, the identification information is not limited to the information display area. Since the identification information is stopped and displayed in the general display area, the identification information is not stopped and displayed only in a specific portion for a relatively long time.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a main configuration of an image display device of a pachinko machine according to the present invention, and 1 denotes a variable display device. In this embodiment, the variable display device 1 is an LCD color panel (LCD display element) composed of 100,000 dots.
2, and each pixel is formed by 6 dots. Each pixel of the LCD color panel 2 has a function of displaying eight different colors.

The LCD color panel 2 is provided with an LCD so that the display contents can be clearly recognized when the pachinko machine 5 is installed and the player is sitting or standing.
The clear viewing direction of the color panel 2 is set to the direction (12H) shown by the arrow a in FIG.

Furthermore, since the variable display device 1 is composed of an LCD display element, the external shape is smaller than that of a CRT and the power consumption is smaller than that of a CRT and an LED display element. The external shape and power consumption of the device 1 can be easily reduced.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the display surface of the LCD color panel 2 is provided with a general display area 3 in the lower half.
An information display area 4 is provided in the upper half, and the variable display device 1
Is provided on the game board 6 of the pachinko machine 5.

In the general display area 3, a demonstration (hereinafter referred to as "demo") screen different from the identification information and various messages are displayed as moving images or still images, and the information display area 4 is mainly determined in advance. A moving image or a still image according to a plurality of types of identification information is displayed. The display contents of the general display area 3 and the information display area 4 change according to the progress of the pachinko game.

In the present embodiment, the identification information which is variably displayed or stopped and displayed on the LCD color panel 2 is composed of three-digit numbers, characters and patterns. When a pachinko ball wins in the starting winning opening 7 provided on the game board 6,
The game starts.

Although the details of this game will be described later, in the present embodiment, the variable display device 1 is activated, and the variable display is performed by scrolling a plurality of types of identification information downward from above for a predetermined variable display time. Then, based on the stop of the variable display, any of the identification information is stopped and displayed for a predetermined stop display time.

The identification information stopped and displayed on the LCD color panel 2 is hereinafter referred to as stop identification information.

Returning to FIG. 1, in addition to the LCD color panel 2, the variable display device 1 includes a video control circuit 8 as a display control circuit and a character generator ROM (hereinafter referred to as C-G.R.).
OM) 9 and a video RAM (hereinafter referred to as V.RAM) 10. The video control circuit 8 is communicably connected to the MPU 12 via the interface circuit 11,
The PU 12 controls each part of the pachinko machine 5 based on a control program and various data (both not shown) for the pachinko machine 5 stored in the ROM 13.

The video control circuit 8 controls the display of the LCD color panel 2, that is, the scanning control based on a command input from the MPU 12.
Are stored in the CG.ROM 9.

More specifically, the data stored in the CG.ROM 9 indicates the moving image material data for the fluctuation display of the identification information, the respective still image material data of the stop identification information, and the number of continuations of the main role processing described later. Still image material data, still image material data for demonstration, video material data for the same, still image material data for various messages (large-role occurrence display, large-role processing display, error display, etc.) and the same video material data are stored. .

The LCD color panel 2 has a general display area 3
The information display area 4 is divided into three in the right, middle, and left, that is, the display surface is divided into six, and the video control circuit 8 controls the display of the LCD color panel 2 for each divided display surface. Therefore, data of various characters stored in the CG.ROM 9 is formed for each divided display surface. In this embodiment, in FIGS. 2 and 3, the display surface of the LCD color panel 2 is divided into six for convenience, but the boundary is assumed to be invisible.

The addresses of various characters stored in the ROM 9 are stored in the ROM 13. The MPU 12 sequentially inputs the addresses of the characters to the video control circuit 8 in a predetermined order. LC as appropriate
The display of the D color panel 2 is controlled. In the present embodiment, the design represented on the mahjong tile is used as identification information.

The MPU 12 has a clock function.
AM14, reset circuit 15, clock circuit 16, frequency divider 1
7, the power supply circuit 18 and the interface circuit 19 are connected, the interface circuit 19 to the starting winning ball detection circuit 20,
A continuous winning ball detection circuit 21, a winning ball number detecting circuit 22, a display driving circuit 23, a variable winning ball device 24, and an electronic sound generating circuit 25 are connected, and these are controlled by the MPU 12.

The RAM 14 is used to temporarily store various data and calculated values when the MPU 12 executes the control program. Reset circuit 15 is MPU
The power supply reset circuit 26 is connected to the reset circuit 15, and the MPU 12 is always brought into the initial state in conjunction with the reset circuit 15 when power is supplied from the power supply circuit 18.

The clock circuit 16 supplies a basic clock pulse signal to the MPU 12, and the MPU 12 executes the control program at a predetermined timing based on the basic clock pulse signal. The period of the basic clock pulse signal generated by the clock circuit 16 is 8 MHz to 10 MHz.
Has been entered.

The power supply circuit 18 supplies electric power to each part of the pachinko machine 5, but means for supplying each part is not shown.

The interface circuit 19 is for achieving electrical matching between each part of the pachinko machine 5 and the MPU 12, and the interface circuit 11 is for achieving electrical matching between the variable display device 1 and the MPU 12. is there.

The start winning ball detection circuit 20 is for detecting a starting winning ball by a start winning ball detection switch 27.
The starting winning ball detection switch 27 is provided in the starting winning port 7 shown in FIGS. As a result, the starting winning ball detection circuit 20 can detect the starting winning ball based on the operation of the starting winning ball detection switch 27, and inputs a detection signal of the starting winning ball to the MPU 12 via the interface circuit 19.

Next, the MPU 12 determines any stop identification information based on a procedure stored in the ROM 13 in advance.
An advantageous right is generated only when the stop identification information is specific identification information (hereinafter, referred to as specific identification information). In this embodiment, the case where the stop identification information of all digits is the same is defined as the specific identification information.

The stop identification information that does not generate an advantageous right is hereinafter referred to as non-specific identification information. If the non-specific identification information exceeds a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes), this is indicated by the clock function of the MPU 12 described above. Measured by M
In response to the control signal from the PU 12, the video control circuit 8 displays the non-specific identification information stopped and displayed in the information display area 4 in the general display area 3 as shown by the hatched portion in FIG.

On the other hand, the video control circuit 8 displays a character such as a demonstration screen displayed in the general display area 3 in the information display area 4. This makes the identification information LC
The occurrence of the phenomenon of sticking to the information display area 4 of the D color panel 2 is suppressed.

The MPU 12 is provided with an infinite counter (or a random number table), which will be described later. According to the winning timing of the start winning port 7, the MPU 12 selects stop numerical data corresponding to stop identification information based on the infinite counter. The stop numerical data is selected by the MPU 12 for each of the middle left and right digits.

After the stop numerical data is selected by the MPU 12, a control signal corresponding to the stop numerical data is input to the video control circuit 8 via the interface circuit 11. Here, when the MPU 12 determines that the combination of the stop identification information corresponding to the stop numerical data is the specific identification information, the MPU 12 controls the driving of the variable winning ball device 24 disposed below the variable display device 1 by: The big winning opening 28 which is closed as the main role processing is continuously opened.

The infinite counter is provided in correspondence with the identification information of each digit displayed in the information display area 4, and generates a total of 16 kinds of stop numerical data of "0" to "15". Become. Also the control program, the processing time T _P required for one cycle execution from start to end, is configured not exceed 4 msec (T
_P <4 msec) In other words, the MPU 12 is reset approximately every 4 msec. Then, the infinite counter counts up (updates) the stop numerical data by using a time until a reset signal is input every 4 msec after a series of processing of the control program is completed.

More specifically, the above-mentioned infinity counter completes one cycle of the processing of the control program, and
The stop numerical data is updated using the input standby time of the reset signal of the msec cycle, and stop numerical data in the range of “0” to “15” is generated for each digit display member 2. There are N = 16 × 16 × 16 = 4096 4096 combinations N of stop numeric data of each digit displayed in the information display area 4.

In this embodiment, among the combinations N, 16 combinations as the specific identification information are determined, so that the probability of occurrence of the combination of the specific identification information is set to 1/256. Become. The stop numerical data thus obtained is stored in the RAM 14.

The continuous prize ball detecting circuit 21 outputs a continuous prize ball detection signal when a continuous prize port (not shown) arranged in the large prize port (see FIGS. 2 and 3) is won. Input to MPU 12 via 19. The continuous winning opening is provided with a continuous winning ball detection switch 29. The winning ball number detection circuit 22 inputs a detection signal of a winning ball to the MPU 12 via the interface circuit 19 when the player wins the special winning opening 28. The winning ball number detecting switch 30 is provided in the special winning opening 28. Is provided.

The continuation winning ball detection switch 29 is for continuing the big winning process already executed when a winning ball to the special winning opening 28 is detected.
Numeral 30 counts all the pachinko balls that have won the special winning opening 28 (see FIG. 1). Start winning ball detection switch described above
27, the continuous winning ball detection switch 29 and the winning ball number detecting switch 30 are proximity sensors, and the pachinko ball is
A predetermined signal is generated when approaching any one of 7, 29, and 30.

The display drive circuit 23 controls the display of the start storage number display 31, the winning ball display 32, the big hit display 33 and the symbol change display 34 based on the control signal input from the MPU 12. Lamp, LCD or LE
D (not shown) and other drive means (not shown) are provided. The number of winning balls indicator
32 comprises a "7 segment" LED display element.

The start memory number display 31 is composed of four LED display elements, and is used to light up and display the number of start winning balls counted by the MPU 12 via the starting winning ball detection circuit 20. The maximum value of the winning ball count data is set to four balls. The display for the winning prize balls after the fifth ball is not performed.

If there are five or more starting winning balls during the game, the MPU 12 retains the right to start the game for each starting winning ball up to the fourth ball, and each starting winning ball holding this right is held. Stop numerical data corresponding to the winning ball
The determination is made by U12, and the determination of the stop numerical data corresponding to the winning prize balls after the fifth ball is not performed. That is, MPU12
Means that the starting winning ball after the fifth ball is ignored for starting the game, and only the normal winning process is performed on the starting winning ball.

The start memory number display 31 is a variable display device 1.
In other words, the state is shifted from the stop display state to the variable display state, and the number of the winning prize balls at which the game is started first is not displayed. More specifically, the start storage number display 31 displays the start winning ball count data during the game, that is, from when the LCD color panel 2 variably displays the identification information to when the display is stopped, for each game. At the point when the LCD color panel 2 stops and displays the identification information during the variable display, if the starting storage number display 31 displays the starting winning number data, the starting storage number display 31 displays the start winning number. The number data is reduced by one ball.

The variable winning ball device 24 includes an opening / closing plate 35 for opening and closing the special winning opening 28, a special winning opening solenoid 36 for controlling the opening and closing of the opening and closing plate 35, and a solenoid driving circuit 37 for driving the special winning opening solenoid 36. Main configuration (see FIGS. 1 to 3). The opening / closing plate 35 is rotatably connected in the front-rear direction by a pin (not shown), and is connected to the special winning opening solenoid 36 via a link mechanism (not shown). The solenoid drive circuit 37 is controlled by the MPU 12.

When the solenoid drive circuit 37 excites the special winning opening solenoid 36, the special winning opening 28 is opened, and the shooting ball can easily enter the special winning opening 28. The winning ball to the special winning opening 28 is detected by the winning ball number detecting switch 30, and the winning ball number is determined by M based on the input signal from the winning ball number detecting circuit 22.
At the same time as counting by the PU 12, the MPU 12 displays the number of winning balls on the winning ball number display 32 via the display driving circuit 23.

When the number-of-winning-balls data detected by the number-of-winning-balls detecting switch 30 reaches a predetermined number (in this embodiment, 10), the MPU 12 sets the special winning opening solenoid.
A signal for closing the opening / closing plate 35 is generated at 36. As a result, the large winning opening solenoid 36 in the excited state is demagnetized, and the open large winning opening 28 is closed, so that the firing ball does not win.

The MPU 12 has a winning ball number detection switch 30.
If you do not count 10 winning balls,
Until approximately 29.499 seconds have passed since opening 28, the opening of the special winning opening 28 will be continued. This winning ball number detection switch
The data of the number of winning balls to the special winning opening 28 counted by 30 is temporarily stored in the RAM 14 connected to the MPU 12. The opening time of the special winning opening 28 described above is hereinafter referred to as a large winning time.

If the MPU 12 detects a winning ball by the continuous winning ball detecting switch 29 and the continuous winning ball detecting circuit 21 during the big winning process, the continuous mode is set.
The MPU 12 drives the large winning opening solenoid 36 to close the opening / closing plate 35 once after a lapse of the large winning time from the start of the large winning process or after winning 10 balls, and then once again performs the large winning process regardless of the winning ball count data. At the same time as the continuation mode is continued (restarted), the already set continuation mode is released.

This continuation mode is not set when the continuous prize ball detection switch 29 does not detect a prize ball, and is not set again when the main role processing is continued up to a predetermined number of times. In this embodiment,
The maximum value of the number of times the continuation mode is set is set to 15 times.

The electronic sound generation circuit 25 is controlled by the MPU 12, and generates various sound effects from the speaker 38 in accordance with the progress of the game. The speaker 38 is not shown in FIG. When the pachinko ball is thrown in from the upper plate 39 shown in FIG. 2, it is supplied from a throwing ball supply device (not shown) to the hitting device (not shown). By operating the handle device indicated by 40, the pachinko ball is launched toward the game board. Reference numeral 41 shown in FIG. 2 denotes a lower plate.

Next, a procedure for using the image display device of the pachinko machine according to the above configuration will be described with reference to the drawings. First, when power is supplied from the power supply circuit 18, the MPU 12 is initialized by the reset circuit 15 and the power supply reset circuit 26,
At the same time, the MPU 12 performs an initial setting process on each part of the pachinko machine 5. At this time, the video control circuit 8 reads the demo screen material data at the time of the initial setting from the CG.ROM 9 according to the control signal input from the MPU 12 and
M10 is written, and the demonstration screen is displayed on the LCD color panel 2.

The LCD color panel 2 displays stop identification information as moving picture material data or still picture material data in the general display area 3 as a demonstration screen material in an initial state, and displays a trademark, game description and information in the information display area 4. A general display such as a message is displayed as moving image material data or still image material data. At this time, the MPU 12 is in a wait state until the start of the game, in other words, is in a waiting state for detecting a winning ball to be started.

The display of the demonstration screen material in the initial state is continued until the game is started. If the display of the demonstration screen material continues for 5 minutes from the start, this continuation is measured by the clock function. The video control circuit 8 exchanges the display positions in the general display area 3 and the information display area 4 with each other in accordance with a control signal input from the MPU 12.

This exchange is repeated every 5 minutes, so that the identification information and the general display are not stopped and displayed only at a specific place for a relatively long time, and any one of the identification information and the general display is displayed. The image is hardly burned into the general display area 3 or the information display area 4 of the LCD color panel 2.

Next, when the winning ball started from the initial state is detected by the winning ball number detecting circuit 20 and the winning ball number detecting switch 30, the MPU 12 starts the above-mentioned operation at the rising edge of the detection pulse signal shown in FIG. The stop numerical data corresponding to the stop identification information is fetched from the infinite counter.

As a result, the stop identification information for each of the right, middle, and left digits is determined. Subsequently, after a lapse of 122.880 msec from the rise of the detection pulse signal shown in FIG. Causes the LCD color panel 2 to variably display the identification information (see FIG. 5B).

This fluctuation display is 675.8 from the time point of FIG.
Until 40 msec elapses (see FIG. 5C), the video signal is displayed at a relatively low speed by the video control circuit 8 based on the control signal input from the MPU 12, and after the time of FIG. Is displayed in a variable. At the same time, MPU12
The symbol change display 34 is operated, and the symbol change display 34 is continuously operated until the identification information of each digit is stopped and displayed.

This variable display is a moving image in which the identification information of each digit flows from the upper side to the lower side of the display surface of the LCD color panel 2, and the display of this moving image is controlled in units of each divided display surface. That is, the video control circuit 8 converts the moving image material data for variable display of the identification information corresponding to the general or information display areas 3 and 4 of each digit to the right digit information display area 4R every 1 μsec based on the frequency division pulse signal. The order of the middle-digit information display area 4C, the left-digit information display area 4L, the right-digit general display area 3R, the middle-digit general display area 3C, and the left-digit general display area 3L is set as one cycle, and sequentially read from the CG.ROM 9; The read moving image material is repeatedly displayed and controlled on any of the divided display surfaces 3R to 4L of the LCD color panel 2 corresponding to the moving image material data (see FIG. 6).

As a result, the video control circuit 8 controls the variable display device 1 in units of the divided display surfaces 3R to 4L, so that the video control circuit 8 controls the program in comparison with the case of controlling all the display surfaces 3R to 4L of the variable display device 1 simultaneously. The capacity and data memory capacity are reduced.

After a lapse of 4.374528 seconds from the point in FIG. 5B, based on the control signal input from the MPU 12, the video control circuit 8 sets the left digit information display area 3L and the left digit general display area 4L of the LCD color panel 2. Then, the identification information that is variably displayed at a relatively high speed is transferred to a moving image that is variably displayed at a relatively low speed (see d in FIG. 5).

When 737.280 msec has elapsed from the time point d in FIG. 5, the video control circuit 8 determines the stop numerical data captured by the MPU 12 in FIG. 5 a based on the control signal input from the MPU 12. The stop identification information corresponding to the left digit stop numerical data is stop-displayed in the left digit information display area 3L and the left digit general display area 4L.

At this time, the video control circuit 8 sets the right digit general display area 3R, the middle digit general display area 3C, and the right digit information display area 4
The variable display control is continued for each display surface in the R and middle digit information display area 4C.

Next, when 737.280 msec elapses from the time point d in FIG. 5, the video control circuit 8 controls the middle digit information display area 3C and the middle digit general display area of the LCD color panel 2 based on the control signal input from the MPU 12. The identification information that is variably displayed at a relatively high speed in the area 4C is shifted to a moving image that is variably displayed at a relatively low speed (see e in FIG. 5).

At the point when 737.280 msec has elapsed from the point in FIG. 5e, the video control circuit 8 determines the stop numerical data of the MPU 12 in FIG. 5a based on the control signal input from the MPU 12. The stop identification information corresponding to the middle digit stop numerical data is stopped and displayed in the middle digit information display area 3C and the middle digit general display area 4C.

At this time, the video control circuit 8 continues the variable display control for each display surface in the right digit general display area 3R and the right digit information display area 4R.

Next, when 737.280 msec has elapsed from the point of time e in FIG. 5, based on the control signal input from the MPU 12, the video control circuit 8 sets the right digit general display area 3R and the right digit information display area of the LCD color panel 2. The identification information that is variably displayed at a relatively high speed on the 4R is transferred to a moving image that is variably displayed at a relatively low speed (see f in FIG. 5).

If the stop numerical data of the left digit and the middle digit do not match at the time point f in FIG.
When 737.280 msec has passed since the point f in
Video control circuit 8 based on the control signal input from
In the stop numeric data acquired by the MPU 12 in FIG. 5A, stop identification information corresponding to the right digit stop numeric data is stopped and displayed in the right digit general display area 3R and the right digit information display area 4R (FIG. 5). G)).

Further, if the start winning ball count data is "0" at the time point g in FIG. 5, that is, if the start storage number display 31 is not lit, the identification information stopped and displayed at the time point g in FIG. 0.499 sec., And continuously stopped and displayed in the right digit general display area 3R and the right digit information display area 4R (h in FIG. 5).
reference). At the time point h in FIG. 5, the MPU 12 determines whether or not the stop numerical data taken in at the time point a in FIG. 5 corresponds to the specific identification information or the non-specific identification information. I do.

If the start winning ball count data is “1” at the point g in FIG. 5, the data becomes “2” when 1.998 seconds elapse from the point g in FIG. 5. In this case, when 1.499 sec has elapsed from the time point g in FIG. 5, and when the data is “3”, 0.999 sec from the time point g in FIG. 5.
Is performed, and when the data is "4", the processing is performed when 0.499 sec has elapsed from the time point g in FIG. 5 (see h in FIG. 5).

Further, at the point of time f in FIG. 5, if the stop numerical data of the left digit and the middle digit match each other, M
On the basis of the control signal input from the PU 12, the video control circuit 8 displays a relatively low-speed fluctuation display in the right digit general display area 3R and the right digit information display area 4R until 7864.320 msec elapses from the time point f in FIG. (See FIG. 5i), this relatively low speed fluctuation display is shifted to a lower speed fluctuation display until 245.760 to 3932.160 msec elapses from the time point i in FIG. 5 (FIG. 5). J).

At this time, the video control circuit 8 performs the above “even lower speed” based on the control signal input from the MPU 12.
The variable display control is continued in the right digit general display area 3R and the right digit information display area 4R for each display surface.

The above 245.760 to 3932.160 msec is
Stop identification information corresponding to the right digit stop numerical data captured at the time point a in FIG. 5 and identification during variable display in the right digit general display area 3R and the right digit information display area 4R at the time point i in FIG. Depending on the relative position with respect to the information, the above-mentioned lower-speed fluctuation display is performed in such a manner that the stop identification information corresponding to the right digit stop numerical data captured at the time point of FIG.
The display is continued until it is displayed on the display surface of the R and right digit information display area 4R, and the above-described identification information is stopped and displayed at the time shown by j in FIG.

Then, after the stop identification information is stopped and displayed in the right digit general display area 3R and the right digit information display area 4R until 0.999 sec has elapsed from the time point j in FIG. 5, the MPU 12 determines whether or not it plays a major role (FIG. 5 and h · k in FIG. 7).

5 and FIG.
When U12 determines a major role, the MPU 12 inputs a major role signal indicating the fact to the video control circuit 8 and operates the large hit indicator 33, and continuously operates the large hit indicator 33 until the large role process is completed. Let it.

On the basis of this major signal, the video control circuit 8
Reads the screen material data for the message at the time of the big role processing from the C-G.ROM 9 and writes it to the V.RAM10,
The D color panel 2 displays a screen for a message indicating that a large role has occurred. This display is continued until 5.496 seconds elapse from the time point h or k in FIGS. 5 and 6 (see l in FIG. 7).

The message screen for the occurrence of the large role is displayed on the entire color panel 2 as shown in FIG. 8, but the video control circuit 8 controls the general or information of each digit based on the control signal input from the MPU 12. 6 corresponding to display areas 3 and 4
The divided screen material data for the message is divided into right digit information display area 4R, middle digit information display area 4C, left digit information display area 4L, right digit general display area 3R, middle digit general display area 3C and left digit every 1 μsec. The general display area 3L is sequentially read from the CG.ROM 9 as one cycle, and each read message screen material is divided into one of the divided display surfaces 3R to 3R of the LCD color panel 2 corresponding to the message screen material data. The display is repeatedly controlled to 4L.

As a result, the video control circuit 8 controls the variable display device 1 in units of the divided display surfaces 3R to 4L. The capacity and data memory capacity are reduced. If the message screen with the large role is a still image, the message screen material with the large role is displayed on the entire LCD color panel 2 by temporarily storing the message screen material data in the V.RAM 10.

The message screen for the occurrence of the main role is LCD
When a time point 1 in FIG. 7 has elapsed since the image was displayed on the color panel 2, the special winning opening 28 is opened to perform a large role process, and at the same time, the video control circuit 8 is controlled based on the control signal input from the MPU 12. In the middle digit general display area 3C and the right digit general display area 3R, the screen for the message that is undergoing the large role processing is stopped and displayed in the left digit general display area 3L, respectively, and the information display area of each digit is displayed. The specific identification information of each digit is stopped and displayed on 4R to 4L (see FIG. 9).

In the display processing of the LCD color panel 2 during the main role processing, the display is controlled for each divided display surface in the same manner as described above, so that all the display surfaces 3R of the variable display device 1 are controlled.
The program capacity and the data memory capacity are reduced as compared with the case where .about.4L are controlled simultaneously.

The number of winning balls in the special winning opening 28 during the winning combination process is counted by the MPU 12 and displayed on the winning ball number display 32 via the display driving circuit 23. Further, when the continuous winning ball detection switch 29 detects a winning ball to the special winning opening 28 as shown in m of FIG. 7 during the main role processing, the MPU 12 sends a continuation signal indicating this to the video control circuit 8. Set continuation mode at the same time as input.

Based on this continuation signal, the video control circuit 8
The screen message data for the continuation message indicating that the continuation of the main role processing is possible is read from the C-G.ROM 9 and written into the V.RAM 10, and the screen for the continuation message is displayed on the LCD color panel 2. This display is continued for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds) that can be visually recognized by the player, and then the above-described specific identification information at the time of the occurrence of the main role, the message during the main role processing, and the stop display related to the number of executions of the main role processing Return to

The continuation message screen is displayed on the entire color panel 2 as shown in FIG. 8, and the video control circuit 8 controls the general or information display area of each digit based on the control signal input from the MPU 12. The screen material data for the message divided into 6 corresponding to 3 and 4 is displayed every 1 μsec in the right digit information display region 4R, the middle digit information display region 4C, the left digit information display region 4L, the right digit general display region 3R, and the middle digit. The general display area 3C and the left digit general display area 3L are sequentially read from the CG.ROM 9 as one cycle, and each read message screen material is replaced with one of the LCD color panels 2 corresponding to the message screen material data. Kano split display surface 3
Display control is repeatedly performed for R to 4L.

During the big role processing, the winning ball number detection switch 30
If the winning prize ball of 10 balls is not counted, the opening of the special winning opening 28 is continued after the opening of the special winning opening 28 and the large winning time elapses, and when the large winning time elapses, the opening / closing plate 35 is closed once. (See n in FIG. 7). This closed state is continued from 2.998 seconds from the time point n in FIG. 7, and when the continuation mode is being generated during the large role processing, the large role processing is continued only once again regardless of the ball count data (restart to O in FIG. 7). ), The already set continuation mode is released.

On the other hand, when the continuation mode is not set, or when the continuation mode is continued up to 15 times, that is, when the large role processing is performed 16 times in total, the large role processing ends (see p in FIG. 7). And p of FIG.
Winning opening 28 is open / closed until 2.998 seconds elapse from the time of
It is closed by 35 (see q in FIG. 7).

At time q in FIG. 7, as described above, the video control circuit 8 sets the special winning opening at the time of the sixteenth role processing.
The number of winning balls to 28, the specific identification information, and the screen for the message during the role processing are stopped and displayed on the LCD color panel 2. However, until 15.138 seconds elapse from the time q in FIG.
On the CD color panel 2, an end message indicating the end of the main role processing is displayed (see r in FIG. 7).

This end message is displayed on the entire color panel 2 as shown in FIG. 8, similarly to the continuation message screen. Then, at time r in FIG. 7, r in FIG.
At the time of the start winning ball count data is not "0",
That is, when the start memory number display 31 is lit,
The same processing as that after the point in FIG. B is performed, and when the starting winning ball is “0”, the MPU 12 is in the wait state until the game is restarted.

[0095]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the display of the variable display device is controlled in units of divided display surfaces, the program capacity and the data size can be reduced as compared with the case where all the display surfaces of the variable display device are controlled simultaneously. Since the memory capacity is reduced and the restrictions on development are relaxed, the efficiency of development work can be improved.

When the identification information is displayed in the general display area when the identification information is stopped and displayed in the information display area for more than a predetermined time, the identification information is stopped not only in the information display area but also in the general display area. Since the identification information is displayed, the identification information is not stopped and displayed only at a specific location for a relatively long time, and the occurrence of the burn-in phenomenon can be suppressed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a pachinko machine provided with the device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view showing the principle of operation of a display surface provided in the variable winning ball apparatus of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing timings of control signals of the variable winning ball apparatus of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state different from FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state different from FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state different from FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state different from FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Variable display device 2 LCD color panel 3 General display area 4 Information display area 5 Variable prize ball device 6 Game board 8 Video control circuit

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine having a display control circuit which is controlled by a microcomputer having a ROM in which a program is stored, detects a winning of a pachinko ball in a starting winning port provided on a game board, and controls a variable display device. the image display device, the variable display device is constituted by a dot matrix display comprising a viewable LCD display pixels a plurality of colors, the
An LCD display is a multi-display that is controlled for each display surface.
The display control circuit is configured to enter a pachinko ball into the starting winning opening.
Control signal input from the computer when winning
Based on the moving pixel of the identification information corresponding to each display surface
RO data containing various material data for display
Each cycle is defined as one cycle of reading from M for the number of divisions.
The video material is read out sequentially in units of split display surface
The data is displayed on the corresponding divided display surface, and the data
Repeat the reading and display control to obtain the identification information.
It flows from the top to the bottom of the LCD display
An image display device of a pachinko machine characterized by performing a fluctuating display . 2. The display control circuit according to claim 1, wherein the variable display device has an information display area for identification information and a general display area different from the information display area, and the identification information is stopped and displayed in the information display area for a predetermined time. 2. The image display device of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein identification information is displayed in the general display area when the information is displayed.